The experts know how to both hit and be hit (and are better at avoiding the hits); they take a lot less damage than novices, and unless they INTEND to deal damage, they deal less damage too.
On the flip side an expert INTENDING to deal damage will deal it a lot more effectively than a novice.
The same is generally true in most sports.
Yeah, I've noticed the same thing in golf. My father-in-law takes a whole lot less damage than my brother-in-law, in general.
They play full-contact, though, which I'm told is uncommon.
-1, Troll, for an informative post on the game's ACTUAL CONTENT? What the HECK??
This is the fourth comment I've seen unfairly modded down in this story in the same timeframe. Whoever's doing this needs his moderator privileges revoked.
How is this offtopic? Really? I'm talking about the price of a game versus its length, which the article has a whole paragraph devoted to, and I said it wasn't worth it because I could get much more bang for my buck elsewhere.
I guess I don't follow games that closely anymore. What 3d platformers have I missed, and what games defined the 2d renaissance that followed?
The 3D ones I can think of offhand are Super Mario 64 (and Sunshine) and Metroid Prime. Metroid Prime is more an adventure than a platformer, but it does have a ton of platformer-type puzzles.
I don't know what games were involved in the 2D renaissance either.
For 20 bucks, I could get myself a couple of used GameCube games and have at least 50 hours of fun. Or one new one minus a tenner - Mario Kart Double Dash has dropped in price, and I know I'd spend at least 100 hours playing it with my kids.
... and 1.6% of the readers think that Sony should sell the PS3 for $1200?
They must have bought that, "It really is cheap when you think about it really hard in exactly the right twisted way" line.
Really, I can't imagine anybody saying it's not expensive enough. "There's no way I'm putting a hundred thousand down on that Volkswagon Beetle! Can you make it two hundred thousand?"
Still, we should first have a good quality check procedures on those programmers and engineers work, as a programmer myself I wouldn't trust my own code to keep me alive:)
Not just the programmers and engineers, but the theoretical computer scientists and AI specialists who come up with the algorithms that drive the machines.
It'd be a sorry thing if your system failed simply because it was incapable of handling a common case, no matter how well it was programmed or built.
Actually, it probably has more to do with the feeling of control. Even when a computer is better at the job, the human still likes to be in control. The media will play up the fear of losing control for... what else? Greenbacks.
Does this mean I won't be getting that gorilla heart?
Even better: you could grow a new gorilla heart, if that kind of thing floats your boat. I'm going to go out on a limb and say it does, along with having a chicken brain implanted in your butt to drive your legs more efficiently.
You can probably make up your own flawed car analogy and compare top speed and fuel consumption of today's compact cars with the racing cars of 60 years ago.
And then marvel at how automobile technology has advanced, which I think was the point.
Yeah likewise. I'm on a Dell Inspirion 1150, totally seamless install and use.
I've also got a Dell Inspiron 1150, and I've been running Ubuntu Breezy Badger. The install was seamless and all that, but it's got a couple of issues. If you don't mind, I'd like to quiz you to see if they're fixed in Dapper.
1) Fan control sucks. It'll let itself get so hot that it shuts down. (I know that this is a stupid BIOS issue.) When I was on Windows XP, the motherboard driver (I think) handled this, so I had to write a script to turn the fan on using i8kutils. Annoying as heck.
2) ACPI buttons: the reset button and lid close event do not work. As far as I can tell, this is a kernel limitation.
For those who don't know... well, the name of their company is awesome. Schadenfreude is a German word that describes feeling joy over someone else's sorrow (literally "damage joy," if I recall correctly). Imagine the feeling of watching a gaming opponent fail miserably. It usually has a negative connotation.
Except when you use it to sell Cthulu Karts. That's frickin' awesome. Better than sharks with laser beams.
No-one knows the true pronunciation of this elder god's name, for those unfortunate enough to stumble upon it, invariably utter it aloud, resulting in the summoning of this dread being to the mortal realm, whereupon it devours the souls of anyone nearby.
That said, I prefer 1) Cuh-thoo-loo
Well, you're obviously wrong. I mean, you're still alive, right?
I'm sure XBL caps out your bandwith and that could cause some lag, but couldn't they just implement a cap to the download speed? With a broadband connection, gaming and downloading at the same time isn't far fetched.
I don't know much about the 360 architecture, but you've got more than just network lag to worry about. If a game is taking every last cycle on every processor, a few downloads (in addition to the game's normal network connection, if there is one) might make it stutter just enough to ruin the playing experience. This goes double if the game designers counted on having every last resource at their disposal.
That being said, there are plenty of games and connections for which this wouldn't be a problem. Hopefully they'll make it optional in a future update.
It may even be a good idea to have some LISP experience before going to C++, because some advanced template techniques are basically functional style (I guess that's why many people shy away from those).
Naw, it's because C++'s template syntax is crufty and stupid, and the error messages are totally opaque.
I'd say Java (or C# - same thing, really, except C#'s libraries suck more), C++, Lisp, C++.
You're talking about missing a quarter or more of their lives. No amount of money is worth that.
Seconded, thirded, fourthed, and fifthed. I have a wife and three kids, and they're voting too.:)
Just yesterday, I came home from work and my little 13-month-old held her hands up and said "YAY!" for the first time. I wouldn't want to miss anything like that.
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The experts know how to both hit and be hit (and are better at avoiding the hits); they take a lot less damage than novices, and unless they INTEND to deal damage, they deal less damage too.
On the flip side an expert INTENDING to deal damage will deal it a lot more effectively than a novice.
The same is generally true in most sports.
Yeah, I've noticed the same thing in golf. My father-in-law takes a whole lot less damage than my brother-in-law, in general.
They play full-contact, though, which I'm told is uncommon.
-1, Troll, for an informative post on the game's ACTUAL CONTENT? What the HECK??
This is the fourth comment I've seen unfairly modded down in this story in the same timeframe. Whoever's doing this needs his moderator privileges revoked.
-1, Troll???
Can someone slap the moderator who's doling out negative points like Santa Claus? This is a good, honest question.
Sheesh.
How is this offtopic? Really? I'm talking about the price of a game versus its length, which the article has a whole paragraph devoted to, and I said it wasn't worth it because I could get much more bang for my buck elsewhere.
What the heck?
I guess I don't follow games that closely anymore. What 3d platformers have I missed, and what games defined the 2d renaissance that followed?
The 3D ones I can think of offhand are Super Mario 64 (and Sunshine) and Metroid Prime. Metroid Prime is more an adventure than a platformer, but it does have a ton of platformer-type puzzles.
I don't know what games were involved in the 2D renaissance either.
For 20 bucks, I could get myself a couple of used GameCube games and have at least 50 hours of fun. Or one new one minus a tenner - Mario Kart Double Dash has dropped in price, and I know I'd spend at least 100 hours playing it with my kids.
Anything above ten is definitely out of range.
Welcome our new CSS overlord, Alex Bendiken.
Has someone informed Jon Johansen of his recent demotion?
... and 1.6% of the readers think that Sony should sell the PS3 for $1200?
They must have bought that, "It really is cheap when you think about it really hard in exactly the right twisted way" line.
Really, I can't imagine anybody saying it's not expensive enough. "There's no way I'm putting a hundred thousand down on that Volkswagon Beetle! Can you make it two hundred thousand?"
That's going to be one heck of a training issue. "Oh, no! I'm gonna crash into a building! Hands off the controls!"
Still, we should first have a good quality check procedures on those programmers and engineers work, as a programmer myself I wouldn't trust my own code to keep me alive :)
Not just the programmers and engineers, but the theoretical computer scientists and AI specialists who come up with the algorithms that drive the machines.
It'd be a sorry thing if your system failed simply because it was incapable of handling a common case, no matter how well it was programmed or built.
It's prejudice, that's what it is!
Actually, it probably has more to do with the feeling of control. Even when a computer is better at the job, the human still likes to be in control. The media will play up the fear of losing control for... what else? Greenbacks.
As a teenager, you'd probably have picked the wrong ones ;-)
:)
Yeah, but I'd be filthy rich right now. Surely there's nothing wrong with that.
Removal of a person's heart to extract stem cells from it STOPS A BEATING HEART!!!!!
No it doesn't. Haven't you ever seen Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom?
Not only does a removed heart not stop beating, it also bursts into flame. That's wicked cool.
The easiest way to prevent heart attacks is to pick parents that aren't prone to that issue.
As a teenager, I'd love to have picked my parents.
Wow. I've never actually heard organs referred to as OEM.
I don't think I could ever own a heart that came in a white box.
Does this mean I won't be getting that gorilla heart?
Even better: you could grow a new gorilla heart, if that kind of thing floats your boat. I'm going to go out on a limb and say it does, along with having a chicken brain implanted in your butt to drive your legs more efficiently.
Bravo. Just... bravo.
:)
I was going to karma-whore this myself, but you beat me to it, and probably did a better job.
You can probably make up your own flawed car analogy and compare top speed and fuel consumption of today's compact cars with the racing cars of 60 years ago.
And then marvel at how automobile technology has advanced, which I think was the point.
All you need to know is that it wasn't an evil mop, and that the domain googlemops.com has not yet been registered.
It will be tomorrow, though, now that they've been exposed on Slashdot.
Yeah likewise. I'm on a Dell Inspirion 1150, totally seamless install and use.
I've also got a Dell Inspiron 1150, and I've been running Ubuntu Breezy Badger. The install was seamless and all that, but it's got a couple of issues. If you don't mind, I'd like to quiz you to see if they're fixed in Dapper.
1) Fan control sucks. It'll let itself get so hot that it shuts down. (I know that this is a stupid BIOS issue.) When I was on Windows XP, the motherboard driver (I think) handled this, so I had to write a script to turn the fan on using i8kutils. Annoying as heck.
2) ACPI buttons: the reset button and lid close event do not work. As far as I can tell, this is a kernel limitation.
Thanks in advance.
These are the Schadenfreude Interactive guys.
For those who don't know... well, the name of their company is awesome. Schadenfreude is a German word that describes feeling joy over someone else's sorrow (literally "damage joy," if I recall correctly). Imagine the feeling of watching a gaming opponent fail miserably. It usually has a negative connotation.
Except when you use it to sell Cthulu Karts. That's frickin' awesome. Better than sharks with laser beams.
No-one knows the true pronunciation of this elder god's name, for those unfortunate enough to stumble upon it, invariably utter it aloud, resulting in the summoning of this dread being to the mortal realm, whereupon it devours the souls of anyone nearby.
That said, I prefer 1) Cuh-thoo-loo
Well, you're obviously wrong. I mean, you're still alive, right?
I'm sure XBL caps out your bandwith and that could cause some lag, but couldn't they just implement a cap to the download speed? With a broadband connection, gaming and downloading at the same time isn't far fetched.
I don't know much about the 360 architecture, but you've got more than just network lag to worry about. If a game is taking every last cycle on every processor, a few downloads (in addition to the game's normal network connection, if there is one) might make it stutter just enough to ruin the playing experience. This goes double if the game designers counted on having every last resource at their disposal.
That being said, there are plenty of games and connections for which this wouldn't be a problem. Hopefully they'll make it optional in a future update.
It may even be a good idea to have some LISP experience before going to C++, because some advanced template techniques are basically functional style (I guess that's why many people shy away from those).
Naw, it's because C++'s template syntax is crufty and stupid, and the error messages are totally opaque.
I'd say Java (or C# - same thing, really, except C#'s libraries suck more), C++, Lisp, C++.
You're talking about missing a quarter or more of their lives. No amount of money is worth that.
:)
Seconded, thirded, fourthed, and fifthed. I have a wife and three kids, and they're voting too.
Just yesterday, I came home from work and my little 13-month-old held her hands up and said "YAY!" for the first time. I wouldn't want to miss anything like that.