One thing the US government should do is honor the treaties it signed when fucking over the Native Americans. If you have been paying attention to the news over the last 5 years there have been some major breaches, a few led to the loss of life among people already fucked for a large portion of history.
While it is impressive they (sony and MS) decided to follow Nintendo's lead in moving to PPC, if these are full fleged PPP970 chips there is no way the console could come in at $500 (unless the new mantra is to lose $1000 per conssole). If they are not(as it would appear to be from readin) and in fact stripped down less complex cores you have to stop expecting the end console to be as powerful as a Pseries box.
Cast of unknowns? Adam Baldwin and Ron Glass are hardly what I would call unknown. Strangly Summer started in Angel, Sean started in Party of Five (had earlyer film roles), Jewel startid doing films and tv in the early 90's and has a good amount of stuff in her credits, Morena did a few films before Firefly, Alan has done a few movies before firefly starting in the late 90's, Gina has been active in TV actin since the early90's and films since the mid 90's, Nathan has been doing filmand tv since the early/mid 90's.
I notice one thing about most of the less well known cast, most have had some role in another series like Angel or Buffy.
This does not make sense as the reason Han dumped his load was due to Imperials that might search his ship. Did you even watch the films? It's in the dialog clear as day.
In that case why does the president allow so many children to be killed day in day out.
He needs to immediately pass legislation forcing a woman to have every egg implanted (not at the same time) and make all those babies she is willing to kill just to have one.
Also they need to outlaw miscarriages and birth control as well as menstruation. After all those are children being destroyed.
My use of Last Action Hero was not because it was a good movie. It was becuase it takes characters who live in a world of movie physics and plotting and puts them (briefly) in the real world where things dont explode when you shoot them, getting shot will kill you, and instead of people being killed for money or some big scheem they get killed for a pair of shoes.
All these doomsday speculations require so much more work and time then any terrorist wants to put into execution (otherwise they would cary out attacks like that). The long time for it to happen means more chances the plot is found out as well as people deciding to drop out ot alert authorities. They would be more likely to blow up the radar or control towers. Gas an airport terminal (Assuming they can get anything deadly in enough quantity) or the holy grail of fearmongers, the nuclear device.
If I had a penny for every asshat that says (we need to be on high alert for terrorists getting a nuke) every 5 min I'd be rich. As much as I am sure terrorists would like to nuke a city, it just is not easy. Frankly you should worry about them trying to use something like avian flu to infect large population areas. Easier to accomplish but still more work then strapping explosives to yourself.
Do you enjoy promoting fear over rational collected thought? The only way we can effectively defend ourselves (outside of nuking the rest of the world) is to keep our heads and take reasonable effective steps to prevent attacks. We screen air traffic controlers as well as many other personel for this kind of reason. You dont need to be a terrorist, just some guy sitting there who loses it and goes nuts to have the same kind of thing happen.
I'll avoid being injured near those sites then. Every hospital I ahve worked at had functional backups and they made sure they worked. Only once ever did I see a power loss that the generators did not kick in (with barely a flicker of the lights) and that was because the power company managed to screw the pooch while working on the incoming power where the generator links into the system. While four is a small number it's unacceptable and should not happen. Also heads should have rolled over the long time it too to restore power to that one.
I would read that article but I get "Page can not be found" (yes I made sure there was no space). Also I wish the medical profession would encourage people who need machines to survive on the outside to get either backup generators for the home or some form of UPS.
My point and why I'm getting angry at the wild ass know nothing speculation about what some 1337 haxor can do is ther are safeguards, not every god damn electrical device in the world is accessable on the internet.
Non metro and rural areas (from my direct experiance) tend to have a lower dependancy on IT and tech. From what I saw of the blackout (I live in Ohio) NYC had it worse then around here in the midwest. Often they still use paper medical records and have few computers (outside of say accounting, while important is not going to kill anyone).
It was the same for Xbox. All the demo machines were dev kits (dev kits have 2x the memory and a few other better features). I dont know if they went as far as porting the controllers through mock ups of the xbox case down the table and into the dev kit.
Looking at my shelf for this generation games, I cant see what the fuck you are talking about. Specifically: "Why is it so hard to accept that predominately child-like games is not a sound marketing strategy in an increasingly competitive market?"
I have probably as many GC games as I do PS2(probably around 30 see next sentence). I'm picky as a gamer, and selective where my money goes. I'm also over 30. Please explain how RE4 (has those so important zombies you go on about), Eternal Darkness (lovcraftian horrors), Baten Kaitos, Alien Hominid, Pikmin (1&2), Monkey Ball (1&2), Metroid Prime (and Echoes), Blood Omen 2, Ikaruga, Jedi Outcast, Prince of Persia SOT, Second Sight, Viewtiful Joe, XIII, and many, many more are just marketed to kids? A majority of Gamecube games are not platform jumpers. Sure there are quite a few, but if you don't like them, get games you like to play. Plenty of them have depth, if you are willing to get over yourself and the whole "Nintendo is teh kiddy" mindset.
So because 3 out of four people you know bought eyetoy, or DDR pads that makes the PS2 unlike say the GameCube that has it's own niche things like bongos, and Dance pads. Oh wait dance pads are everywhere, so hardly a niche for a particular console. I'm so glad the people you know as a sample can safely extrapolate to the whole world and your subjective opinion is gospel of truth, the only way things can be. This is the problem in America today.
As for the Italian Plumbers, whats wrong with a game using a character people recognize? Luigi's Mansion while a tech demo was a fun game (everyone seems to pan it), Mario golf is a pretty good gold game, Super Smash Brothers Mele is a decent fighter with a different atmosphere then say Soul Calibur or Mortal Kombat. Mario party is fun even for adults (mini games are evil and a good way to kill a few hours with fun), Mario Sunshine while not revolutionary was a decent platformer and I don't understand why so many people think they will get kid cooties if they let themselves enjoy a god damn video game for a few min.
Console games are not mainstream, what to speak of SONY's console specifically, sorry to burst your bubble. Really it's still a niche geek market, sure the Xbox (and to an extent the PS2) did get more non gamers to buy a console, but that hardly make it "mainstream". Let me guess, you actually think there are 60 million working PS2 units out there and 40 million of them have eyetoy and/or DDR pad?
Sega bailed on things when they were still a console developer, this changes anything how exactly?
The person who seems so uptight about the toy is you. Maybe you need to spend less time hating and more time playing. Don't be a player hater.;-)
For the record I own the Dreamcast, GC, and PS2 of the current generation systems. I own a dance mat, some light guns, and plan to pick up some bongos and maracas.
Honestly, the Gamecube was good enough for the other two console makers to switch to IBM POWER technology. I think thats why the Revolution is being said to only be three time the perfomrance of the cube, compared to the thirty two times SONY claims on the PS3.
And nowhere in that diagram do I see the internet. Every medical network I have looked at (and Iahve seen many hundreds), the WAN, remote sites (dialup or whatever) as well as all the internal machines are not directly plugged into the internet or on the otherside of a public connection.
Sure someone may make it past the firewall, but again it takes knowing that you are attacking (that particular hardware) knowing the software, knowing the meaningful changes to make. You have more to worry about from a psycho doctor/nurse then terrorists ddosing the EKG's. When they do go down a warning goes off and nurses check up on the patients. Hospitals wont cut power to an in use OR because they want the generator to run longer for the ICU, they either have a backup backup generator or have someone pump in more fuel.
All I see in this thread is horribly bad "what if" scenarios that are so far fetched as to only exist in bad tv/movie scripts.
All I can think of is the line from The Man with one Red Shoe (Tom Hanks re-make) "What if you just shut up".
This isnt directed at you, I'm just venting some anger at people who seem to have no working knowldge or experiance withthe systems and infrastructure they are wildly speculating about.
Yes, and learn how many of this dictators we americans are responsable for either by overthrowing democratically elected government or proping up the dictator even in the face of horrible atrocities.
So your saying that all airports radar systems are directly connected to the net and have simple to unsterstand interfaces so they can all be taken down at once? You really belive that shit? The stupidity in all these doomsday speculations people are making here keeps getting thicker and thicker. Also for the love of all that is sane stop using fucking hollywood movies as sources for how things work/are in reality. When you people go outside is it like Arnolds character in Last Action Hero when he ends up inthe real world?
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One thing the US government should do is honor the treaties it signed when fucking over the Native Americans. If you have been paying attention to the news over the last 5 years there have been some major breaches, a few led to the loss of life among people already fucked for a large portion of history.
Nintendo also used an IBM processor (powerpc based) in it's Gamecube, so nice to see MS and SONY see the light and get with some good hardware ;-)
While it is impressive they (sony and MS) decided to follow Nintendo's lead in moving to PPC, if these are full fleged PPP970 chips there is no way the console could come in at $500 (unless the new mantra is to lose $1000 per conssole). If they are not(as it would appear to be from readin) and in fact stripped down less complex cores you have to stop expecting the end console to be as powerful as a Pseries box.
" I moved 9 months ago. I haven't even hooked my ... C64, Vic, C128, Amigas, ST, VHS or DVD player yet. X-Box does it all and does it good."
How did you get the Xbox to play back VHS?
All the posts I read here say the Xbox has 3 dual core PPC970 processors at 3.whatever GHZ. ;-)
Slashdot posters cant be wrong about this
I wonder how many players of SC know what Kali Yuga is?
Cast of unknowns?
Adam Baldwin and Ron Glass are hardly what I would call unknown. Strangly Summer started in Angel, Sean started in Party of Five (had earlyer film roles), Jewel startid doing films and tv in the early 90's and has a good amount of stuff in her credits, Morena did a few films before Firefly, Alan has done a few movies before firefly starting in the late 90's, Gina has been active in TV actin since the early90's and films since the mid 90's, Nathan has been doing filmand tv since the early/mid 90's.
I notice one thing about most of the less well known cast, most have had some role in another series like Angel or Buffy.
How about when he deflects a shot from a blaster just by raising his hand?
So you are saying the force is driven by hype?
Elves being at the battle of Helms Deep killed my apreciation of the whole battle.
Last time I watched EPIV (unless it has changed again) the medals were on ribbons.
This does not make sense as the reason Han dumped his load was due to Imperials that might search his ship. Did you even watch the films? It's in the dialog clear as day.
In that case why does the president allow so many children to be killed day in day out.
He needs to immediately pass legislation forcing a woman to have every egg implanted (not at the same time) and make all those babies she is willing to kill just to have one.
Also they need to outlaw miscarriages and birth control as well as menstruation. After all those are children being destroyed.
Dude! Black holes are like space whirlpools. Ever play Dragons Lair? The Falcon is like Dirk in that barrel with a paddle. ;-)
My use of Last Action Hero was not because it was a good movie. It was becuase it takes characters who live in a world of movie physics and plotting and puts them (briefly) in the real world where things dont explode when you shoot them, getting shot will kill you, and instead of people being killed for money or some big scheem they get killed for a pair of shoes.
All these doomsday speculations require so much more work and time then any terrorist wants to put into execution (otherwise they would cary out attacks like that). The long time for it to happen means more chances the plot is found out as well as people deciding to drop out ot alert authorities. They would be more likely to blow up the radar or control towers. Gas an airport terminal (Assuming they can get anything deadly in enough quantity) or the holy grail of fearmongers, the nuclear device.
If I had a penny for every asshat that says (we need to be on high alert for terrorists getting a nuke) every 5 min I'd be rich. As much as I am sure terrorists would like to nuke a city, it just is not easy. Frankly you should worry about them trying to use something like avian flu to infect large population areas. Easier to accomplish but still more work then strapping explosives to yourself.
Do you enjoy promoting fear over rational collected thought? The only way we can effectively defend ourselves (outside of nuking the rest of the world) is to keep our heads and take reasonable effective steps to prevent attacks. We screen air traffic controlers as well as many other personel for this kind of reason. You dont need to be a terrorist, just some guy sitting there who loses it and goes nuts to have the same kind of thing happen.
I'll avoid being injured near those sites then. Every hospital I ahve worked at had functional backups and they made sure they worked.
Only once ever did I see a power loss that the generators did not kick in (with barely a flicker of the lights) and that was because the power company managed to screw the pooch while working on the incoming power where the generator links into the system.
While four is a small number it's unacceptable and should not happen. Also heads should have rolled over the long time it too to restore power to that one.
I would read that article but I get "Page can not be found" (yes I made sure there was no space).
Also I wish the medical profession would encourage people who need machines to survive on the outside to get either backup generators for the home or some form of UPS.
My point and why I'm getting angry at the wild ass know nothing speculation about what some 1337 haxor can do is ther are safeguards, not every god damn electrical device in the world is accessable on the internet.
Non metro and rural areas (from my direct experiance) tend to have a lower dependancy on IT and tech. From what I saw of the blackout (I live in Ohio) NYC had it worse then around here in the midwest. Often they still use paper medical records and have few computers (outside of say accounting, while important is not going to kill anyone).
It was the same for Xbox. All the demo machines were dev kits (dev kits have 2x the memory and a few other better features). I dont know if they went as far as porting the controllers through mock ups of the xbox case down the table and into the dev kit.
I remember that box with 42 differnt versions of breakout. I forget what that was.
It's friggin oscar material compared to what Uwe Boll has been giving us.
Looking at my shelf for this generation games, I cant see what the fuck you are talking about. Specifically: "Why is it so hard to accept that predominately child-like games is not a sound marketing strategy in an increasingly competitive market?"
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I have probably as many GC games as I do PS2(probably around 30 see next sentence). I'm picky as a gamer, and selective where my money goes. I'm also over 30. Please explain how RE4 (has those so important zombies you go on about), Eternal Darkness (lovcraftian horrors), Baten Kaitos, Alien Hominid, Pikmin (1&2), Monkey Ball (1&2), Metroid Prime (and Echoes), Blood Omen 2, Ikaruga, Jedi Outcast, Prince of Persia SOT, Second Sight, Viewtiful Joe, XIII, and many, many more are just marketed to kids? A majority of Gamecube games are not platform jumpers. Sure there are quite a few, but if you don't like them, get games you like to play. Plenty of them have depth, if you are willing to get over yourself and the whole "Nintendo is teh kiddy" mindset.
So because 3 out of four people you know bought eyetoy, or DDR pads that makes the PS2 unlike say the GameCube that has it's own niche things like bongos, and Dance pads. Oh wait dance pads are everywhere, so hardly a niche for a particular console. I'm so glad the people you know as a sample can safely extrapolate to the whole world and your subjective opinion is gospel of truth, the only way things can be. This is the problem in America today.
As for the Italian Plumbers, whats wrong with a game using a character people recognize? Luigi's Mansion while a tech demo was a fun game (everyone seems to pan it), Mario golf is a pretty good gold game, Super Smash Brothers Mele is a decent fighter with a different atmosphere then say Soul Calibur or Mortal Kombat. Mario party is fun even for adults (mini games are evil and a good way to kill a few hours with fun), Mario Sunshine while not revolutionary was a decent platformer and I don't understand why so many people think they will get kid cooties if they let themselves enjoy a god damn video game for a few min.
Console games are not mainstream, what to speak of SONY's console specifically, sorry to burst your bubble. Really it's still a niche geek market, sure the Xbox (and to an extent the PS2) did get more non gamers to buy a console, but that hardly make it "mainstream". Let me guess, you actually think there are 60 million working PS2 units out there and 40 million of them have eyetoy and/or DDR pad?
Sega bailed on things when they were still a console developer, this changes anything how exactly?
The person who seems so uptight about the toy is you. Maybe you need to spend less time hating and more time playing. Don't be a player hater.
For the record I own the Dreamcast, GC, and PS2 of the current generation systems. I own a dance mat, some light guns, and plan to pick up some bongos and maracas.
Honestly, the Gamecube was good enough for the other two console makers to switch to IBM POWER technology. I think thats why the Revolution is being said to only be three time the perfomrance of the cube, compared to the thirty two times SONY claims on the PS3.
Let me tell you about my mother.
And nowhere in that diagram do I see the internet.
Every medical network I have looked at (and Iahve seen many hundreds), the WAN, remote sites (dialup or whatever) as well as all the internal machines are not directly plugged into the internet or on the otherside of a public connection.
Sure someone may make it past the firewall, but again it takes knowing that you are attacking (that particular hardware) knowing the software, knowing the meaningful changes to make. You have more to worry about from a psycho doctor/nurse then terrorists ddosing the EKG's. When they do go down a warning goes off and nurses check up on the patients. Hospitals wont cut power to an in use OR because they want the generator to run longer for the ICU, they either have a backup backup generator or have someone pump in more fuel.
All I see in this thread is horribly bad "what if" scenarios that are so far fetched as to only exist in bad tv/movie scripts.
All I can think of is the line from The Man with one Red Shoe (Tom Hanks re-make) "What if you just shut up".
This isnt directed at you, I'm just venting some anger at people who seem to have no working knowldge or experiance withthe systems and infrastructure they are wildly speculating about.
Yes, and learn how many of this dictators we americans are responsable for either by overthrowing democratically elected government or proping up the dictator even in the face of horrible atrocities.
So your saying that all airports radar systems are directly connected to the net and have simple to unsterstand interfaces so they can all be taken down at once? You really belive that shit? The stupidity in all these doomsday speculations people are making here keeps getting thicker and thicker.
Also for the love of all that is sane stop using fucking hollywood movies as sources for how things work/are in reality.
When you people go outside is it like Arnolds character in Last Action Hero when he ends up inthe real world?