OK, hyperbole comparing with middle earth, but have you checked out HBO? Those guys are either over-reading and over-immersed, or there really is a rich story. don't get me wrong, I'm not that deeply involved... besides, the Halo thing goes back to the days of Marathon - there's more than most people think...
I agree with the extensibility thing, if extensibility can be, to an extent, controlled.
OK. yeah. sort of right. for a given value of right.
It's the equivalent of teaching newtonian gravity at high school so that later you can learn einsteinian gravity at university, and then demolish the whole thing in your PhD thesis.
the fringes of the atmosphere are thinner in oxygen than the lower reaches. of course for practical purposes (Everest/Chomolungma) there's less difference in percentage than higher up, and pressure is the overriding factor.
It's certainly not the first time Vulcanism* has been implicated in a mass extinction - the Deccan Traps, for instance, have been implicated in the KT event that is thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 Million Years ago. There's even a school of thought that says the Chicxulub event may have triggered a major convulsion in the Traps - double jeopardy, if you will.
Except that the earth is only about 4000 years old and fossils were put there to test our faith, right?
* I nearly typed 'vulvanism', but that's a different story.
.. If you're willing to fork out the kind of money to score you what I basically read as a pretty nifty desktop machine, you could just go off-the-peg and get a custom built 1 or 2RU NAS device (or a small box) for a similar kind of price, sans the hassle of building the thing and setting it up. Plug in and go....
The FA mentions Age Of Mythology in the context of learning about ancient history, and that struck a solid chord for me, since AOM was pretty solidly (back)grounded in established mythology (aside from the fact the campaign civ was 'atlantean' - they were technically greek). I even got the urge to re-geek on the mythology thing after playing.
The Titans' Expansion, however, was pushing it a little. It didn't really add anything educational. It added a kick-ass Titan power though
I mean, some would say the whole of Quake (I) was a work of art. others would say that some sections of Halo (Halo, Silent Cartographer) were stunning in terms of landscape.
This is not even to extend out as far as the background stories - to cite Halo again, the world it's situated in is arguably as rich as any literary fantasy world. If you call "The Hobbit" a work of art, surely some story-heavy games can break into the "art" world?
.. did Michael Dell hedge his bets and also donate a substantial pre-election sum to the democrats? It's certainly known to happen - hedge your bets, butter up both candidates, win either way..?
not that I believe it for a minute, but it would add a depth to the story...
I live in the centre of the city. granted not everyone can do this, but I'm doing this because it's the best thihng for me.
I don't want a car, and I need one rarely. I'm taking public transport or riding my mountain bike to work. Sure, I'm either "sitting with the proles" or taking my own life into my hands (as if it was anyone else's!), but I'm not riding a car on my own, something which thoroughly pisses me off.
I'm of the opinion that if you live more than 15km from work in a city/major urban area, then you really need to explore the following:
car pooling public transport/mass transit motor bikes bicycles/recumbents living closer to work
take your pick. driving to work is utterly asteful unless your car is full.
The XP firewall is much maligned, but I have to say it's been a boon to me. In my day-to-day work I install naked XP Virtual machines over and over. If I do a fresh install with the network disconnected, then enable the firewall, THEN connect and patch the machine up with WU, no problem at all.
If, however, I just connect it directly to the network (behind a firewall, large corporate), the VM is as good as dead.
So the OEM installs with XPSP2 and the slipstreamed install media which is apparently being distributed are actually effective, despite all the hyperbole about the firewall being utterly worthless (it's not).
OK, it's not ideal, but you have to look at this stuff in context.
At the risk of being burned to fuck for citing Rumsfeld: In a corporate IT situation, you set your machines up with the media you have, not the media you would dearly wish to have.
Then you hassle to get the next iteration sorted out.
Too true, y'all. accelerating global warming will bring for th'apocalypse, and therefore the second coming, and in its wake Jeeeezuz's 1000 year utopian reign on earth.
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non-story. at least non-tech. talk to Oprah.
OK, hyperbole comparing with middle earth, but have you checked out HBO? Those guys are either over-reading and over-immersed, or there really is a rich story. don't get me wrong, I'm not that deeply involved... besides, the Halo thing goes back to the days of Marathon - there's more than most people think...
I agree with the extensibility thing, if extensibility can be, to an extent, controlled.
OK. yeah. sort of right. for a given value of right.
It's the equivalent of teaching newtonian gravity at high school so that later you can learn einsteinian gravity at university, and then demolish the whole thing in your PhD thesis.
the fringes of the atmosphere are thinner in oxygen than the lower reaches. of course for practical purposes (Everest/Chomolungma) there's less difference in percentage than higher up, and pressure is the overriding factor.
OK, OK, I'm Anal Retentive. sue me.
You know other countries have factories, oil, pollution, etc ?
Factories?
Us?
We're an anarcho syndicalist collective. No factories here. Or shrubberies either.
Or Return To Castle Wolfenstein?
Luck be a Lady toniiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!
Thank you very much, I'm here every evening between seven and nine
It's certainly not the first time Vulcanism* has been implicated in a mass extinction - the Deccan Traps, for instance, have been implicated in the KT event that is thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 Million Years ago. There's even a school of thought that says the Chicxulub event may have triggered a major convulsion in the Traps - double jeopardy, if you will.
Except that the earth is only about 4000 years old and fossils were put there to test our faith, right?
* I nearly typed 'vulvanism', but that's a different story.
.. If you're willing to fork out the kind of money to score you what I basically read as a pretty nifty desktop machine, you could just go off-the-peg and get a custom built 1 or 2RU NAS device (or a small box) for a similar kind of price, sans the hassle of building the thing and setting it up. Plug in and go....
?
The FA mentions Age Of Mythology in the context of learning about ancient history, and that struck a solid chord for me, since AOM was pretty solidly (back)grounded in established mythology (aside from the fact the campaign civ was 'atlantean' - they were technically greek). I even got the urge to re-geek on the mythology thing after playing.
The Titans' Expansion, however, was pushing it a little. It didn't really add anything educational. It added a kick-ass Titan power though
chaingun? pah!
in my day, we had it tough! it were shotgun or nowt! our dad would thrash us for using any of them new fangled rapid-fire things.
(truth be told. last weapon I was holding in Halo2 about 20 minutes ago was the shotgun. front of mind and all that)
well, how do you define "no works of art yet"?
I mean, some would say the whole of Quake (I) was a work of art. others would say that some sections of Halo (Halo, Silent Cartographer) were stunning in terms of landscape.
This is not even to extend out as far as the background stories - to cite Halo again, the world it's situated in is arguably as rich as any literary fantasy world. If you call "The Hobbit" a work of art, surely some story-heavy games can break into the "art" world?
Never played Grim Fandango right through - I found it a little slow to get into.
Then again I also had to skip from the Party directly to Bree to get through Lord Of The Rings for the first time.
maybe I should crack Grim open again?
really? are you one of these, or one of these?
I think that depends on the sort of novels you're talking about. There are novels, and there's pulp...
did you ever read the Doom adaptation novels, for instance?
... now where's my shotgun?
... gues who just noticed the 'to dems' column.
teach me to post on a friday night after a few small ales.
.. did Michael Dell hedge his bets and also donate a substantial pre-election sum to the democrats? It's certainly known to happen - hedge your bets, butter up both candidates, win either way..?
not that I believe it for a minute, but it would add a depth to the story...
If you want to run with the "Bush is insane" ball, here's some linkage for you.
I'm naturally inclined to agree, but that's because I think most religious people are at least a little insane.
Don't get me wrong, some religious people are really nice. But nutty.
You internal network is virus infected, then.
Yeah, thanks for that Einstein.
Apologies for crappy spelling. it's friday night/saturday morning here. I'm a little drunk.
AC, I'm with you.
I live in the centre of the city. granted not everyone can do this, but I'm doing this because it's the best thihng for me.
I don't want a car, and I need one rarely. I'm taking public transport or riding my mountain bike to work. Sure, I'm either "sitting with the proles" or taking my own life into my hands (as if it was anyone else's!), but I'm not riding a car on my own, something which thoroughly pisses me off.
I'm of the opinion that if you live more than 15km from work in a city/major urban area, then you really need to explore the following:
car pooling
public transport/mass transit
motor bikes
bicycles/recumbents
living closer to work
take your pick. driving to work is utterly asteful unless your car is full.
The XP firewall is much maligned, but I have to say it's been a boon to me. In my day-to-day work I install naked XP Virtual machines over and over. If I do a fresh install with the network disconnected, then enable the firewall, THEN connect and patch the machine up with WU, no problem at all.
If, however, I just connect it directly to the network (behind a firewall, large corporate), the VM is as good as dead.
So the OEM installs with XPSP2 and the slipstreamed install media which is apparently being distributed are actually effective, despite all the hyperbole about the firewall being utterly worthless (it's not).
OK, it's not ideal, but you have to look at this stuff in context.
At the risk of being burned to fuck for citing Rumsfeld: In a corporate IT situation, you set your machines up with the media you have, not the media you would dearly wish to have.
Then you hassle to get the next iteration sorted out.
... is it'll be HOT and DARK
at the same time.
no fun in that that I can see.
Too true, y'all. accelerating global warming will bring for th'apocalypse, and therefore the second coming, and in its wake Jeeeezuz's 1000 year utopian reign on earth.
Who am I channeling?
I WINTER in the UK when I can
Oh you poor deluded soul.
pay the extra and go somewhere with a lower population density at a closer-to-the-equator kinda latitide. jeez.