I think one of the most important things the game teaches you is RHYTHM! Plus, it really helps you *feel* the song while pushing you to keep up the rhythm like teaching one to climb a rope by lighting it on fire. I personally enjoy the aspect that it's *not* like playing a real guitar. The challenge is real. The feeling is real. And most importantly, the FUN is real! I've actually been inspired to learn some of the songs I play on guitar hero, and not just because of the embedded suggestion that "You should consider getting a real guitar at some point" (it really says that on one of the loading screens).
Not to mention the fact that they need to hit a sweet price point that would be largely difficult with having so many buttons as you propose. I hear naysayers like you say "it's not a real instrument" all the time. To this day, I have yet to have any of these people who can outperform me in the game OR on an actual guitar. Maybe a snare drum isn't a real instrument to you because it only has one "button". I had to play a stupid plastic recorder in middle school all the time, and it seriously turned me off from wanting to learn music. Guitar hero has the complete opposite effect for me.
If you really want an electronic guitar learning experience, check out FretLight! http://www.fretlight.com/ It costs quite a bit more than guitar hero, but it's a real quality guitar.
Oh, and another rebuttal to the "it's not a real instrument" claim: Check out these hacks that enthusiasts have made, among them turning the controller into a sampler and fitting a real guitar to play the game: http://www.pixelsumo.com/post/guitar-hero-hacks
Go pick on DDR'ers for "not really dancing" at your local arcade. I dare ya.
Good point about the jumbo frames, although I want to nitpick this: All of these are bunk. Most cat5 that's properly wired has 4 conductors in it (which is what you need for gigE) and are shielded well enough. You mentioned a switch; you should know that a switch allows for mixed speed devices with no general speed drop (unlike the old hubs that used to exist).
Cat5e (enhanced) is required for gigE, which has 8 wires (conductors?) or 4 pairs, all of which are required. As for being shielded well enough, UTP -> UNshielded Twisted Pair. The pairs are twisted to counteract crosstalk. The 'shielding' is nothing more than plastic insulation around the wires and a plastic outer wrapped to bind it all together. Try running a cable over an older flourescent light or two and see what that does for your traffic.
Speaking of Disney, in the movie second hand lions there is a scene where everyone grabs their guns to run out to the cornfield and meet the lion menace. Protrayed humorously are two children (like 6-7) handling a rifle at the same time with many unconcerned adults present. They are shown again later "hunting" in the grass again again handling the rifle simultaneously.
I'm not really the offendable type, but I am concerned about gun safety - unloading my landlord's guns in the house and whatnot. I think such a presentation is highly irresponsible for a movie intended to be fam friendly. At least GTA gives you an idea that guns can hurt people (although personally I wish it could give *more* of that idea, they need to license gibs from id soft).
Why hasn't JT or any other concerned parent group addressed this with Disney, or offered to have the movie re-edited or pulled from stores?
You just described the plot of a very funny comic by David Malki called wondermark (an illustrated jocularity). It's hilarious, check this out: http://www.wondermark.com/d/220.html
and yet sex sells beer. And cars. And a billion other things.
I like reading engadget for all the pretty, self respecting asian ladies frequently placed next to product introductions. I just think of it as good presentation as opposed to blunt sexual influence, like putting fresh flowers on your dinner table when guests come over. Which isn't to say that certain floral arrangements couldn't fit into that latter classification.
I'm all for pretty computers. Cheers for apple and here's hoping more computer makers strive for such excellence.
This is a very interesting idea, saying basically that people "collide" socially with an updated velocity analogous to making acquiantances based on your most recent social activities. I drew something similar out in a notebook once illustrating a lot of people I knew, and how and through whom I had met them (with me at the center, of course). It was very interesting to see groups where people were concentrated, and how those connected to others. Suprisingly, I would find large amounts of people that I had known, all because of one person.
Now, what I found new and interesting from rtfa'ing was the practical applications. from tfa: Although this particle motion does not literally model human motion, it represents connections among people - and it's these links that contain the most significance for social networking theories. For example, links can represent the flow of information traveling through a community. By knowing the shortest path, communicators can optimize the information flow and improve productivity in a business. With the ability to determine hot hubs or holes in a community, business managers can identify leaders or points that require an organizational change.
That could be applied to business practice, politics, military, world economics, or anything else important with a social foundation.
I've found that people generally enjoy their stupidity, and fail to connect that to the consequences which aren't as likeable. Rather, people don't like to be told they (read: their actions, thoughts, etc) are stupid, even if they are.
I can't tell you how many times I've thought of maintaining a database of stupidities for use in future discussions to avoid past mistakes. I work hard to be open to criticism for myself, but it can be very demoralizing to work with people who insist on repeating stupid decisions then find fault for the outcomes elsewhere while conveniently forgetting their hand in the matter.
Portland's tri-met system already has an excellent trip planner. Google's transit applies that along their map as they do with driving directions. Can't wait to see this for other cities!
I've looked seriously into the diy projector projects before, but one thing that always put me off was the 4:3 aspect ratio. Has anyone found a good screen and supplies with which to do a 16:9 projection?
I know that most of the newer non-diy projectors do that, but still the best price I can find on one that does xga is at least $1K.
I can remember when Lucas Arts canned Sam & Max 2 (itself a sequel, although to a very good original adventure game). Presumably, this was to focus on profiting from an abundance of star wars games. This explains it pretty well: http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=90
Mod the parent up! I still like using PHP for having used it so long and developing my own frameworks and "best practices". The new OOP features of PHP5 are nice, and the Schlossnagle book does a great job of utilizing those features with practical examples for such useful topics as error handling.
I might have to check into Java as a web dev language!
I had been listening to this guy's performances for a few months now, but my copies weren't very good quality and I never actually knew who this was. I even had a video of him playing like mad as his phone rings in the background and it's simply amazing to see him go.
That site is very informative and has some great resources. Go see it if you haven't already.
This is hilarious how it describes traditional swing operation as old an busted then implies that only this patent can boost humanity out of this tragedy.
"These methods of swinging on a swing, although of considerable interest to some people, can lose their appeal with age and experience. A new method of swinging on a swing would therefore represent an advance of great significance and value."
Holy crap that's a good story! Here's a choice paragraph:
As I opened my wallet, I considered whether I should risk using this fake ID on the Secret Service. It probably amounted to a real crime. I had my driver's license as well. But you only live once and only a few of us even get a chance like this once in our lives. So I handed him the fake ID. He noted and returned it. The Secret Service took an ID that said "Laser Safety Officer" with a photo of myself wearing an eyepatch.
I use Path Finder as a drop-in replacement for Finder. It's a nice improvement over the standard finder, and its many options and side panels can be turned off to suit your preferences. I really like the drag n' drop 'holder', and showing directories grouped separately from normal files is just a good idea (haven't figured out how to do this with finder, what a pain!)
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I think one of the most important things the game teaches you is RHYTHM! Plus, it really helps you *feel* the song while pushing you to keep up the rhythm like teaching one to climb a rope by lighting it on fire. I personally enjoy the aspect that it's *not* like playing a real guitar. The challenge is real. The feeling is real. And most importantly, the FUN is real! I've actually been inspired to learn some of the songs I play on guitar hero, and not just because of the embedded suggestion that "You should consider getting a real guitar at some point" (it really says that on one of the loading screens).
Not to mention the fact that they need to hit a sweet price point that would be largely difficult with having so many buttons as you propose. I hear naysayers like you say "it's not a real instrument" all the time. To this day, I have yet to have any of these people who can outperform me in the game OR on an actual guitar. Maybe a snare drum isn't a real instrument to you because it only has one "button". I had to play a stupid plastic recorder in middle school all the time, and it seriously turned me off from wanting to learn music. Guitar hero has the complete opposite effect for me.
If you really want an electronic guitar learning experience, check out FretLight! http://www.fretlight.com/ It costs quite a bit more than guitar hero, but it's a real quality guitar.
Oh, and another rebuttal to the "it's not a real instrument" claim: Check out these hacks that enthusiasts have made, among them turning the controller into a sampler and fitting a real guitar to play the game:
http://www.pixelsumo.com/post/guitar-hero-hacks
Go pick on DDR'ers for "not really dancing" at your local arcade. I dare ya.
Good point about the jumbo frames, although I want to nitpick this:
All of these are bunk. Most cat5 that's properly wired has 4 conductors in it (which is what you need for gigE) and are shielded well enough. You mentioned a switch; you should know that a switch allows for mixed speed devices with no general speed drop (unlike the old hubs that used to exist).
Cat5e (enhanced) is required for gigE, which has 8 wires (conductors?) or 4 pairs, all of which are required. As for being shielded well enough, UTP -> UNshielded Twisted Pair. The pairs are twisted to counteract crosstalk. The 'shielding' is nothing more than plastic insulation around the wires and a plastic outer wrapped to bind it all together. Try running a cable over an older flourescent light or two and see what that does for your traffic.
Speaking of Disney, in the movie second hand lions there is a scene where everyone grabs their guns to run out to the cornfield and meet the lion menace. Protrayed humorously are two children (like 6-7) handling a rifle at the same time with many unconcerned adults present. They are shown again later "hunting" in the grass again again handling the rifle simultaneously.
I'm not really the offendable type, but I am concerned about gun safety - unloading my landlord's guns in the house and whatnot. I think such a presentation is highly irresponsible for a movie intended to be fam friendly. At least GTA gives you an idea that guns can hurt people (although personally I wish it could give *more* of that idea, they need to license gibs from id soft).
Why hasn't JT or any other concerned parent group addressed this with Disney, or offered to have the movie re-edited or pulled from stores?
You just described the plot of a very funny comic by David Malki called wondermark (an illustrated jocularity). It's hilarious, check this out: http://www.wondermark.com/d/220.html
and yet sex sells beer. And cars. And a billion other things.
I like reading engadget for all the pretty, self respecting asian ladies frequently placed next to product introductions. I just think of it as good presentation as opposed to blunt sexual influence, like putting fresh flowers on your dinner table when guests come over. Which isn't to say that certain floral arrangements couldn't fit into that latter classification.
I'm all for pretty computers. Cheers for apple and here's hoping more computer makers strive for such excellence.
"I know some of my guys read a lot of forums and sometimes they'll see some remark that someone clueless made and show it to me"
I wonder if he made those guys his bitches.
Are there laws against leaving a key under the rug, on the door frame, or below your car door?
Actually, you could enforce the DMCA to protect your novel method of "secure access".
As long as they don't accidentally blow up the earth. That's where I keep all my stuff.
Just in case anyone needs a quick visual:
nsfw! La Blue Girl nsfw!
This is a very interesting idea, saying basically that people "collide" socially with an updated velocity analogous to making acquiantances based on your most recent social activities. I drew something similar out in a notebook once illustrating a lot of people I knew, and how and through whom I had met them (with me at the center, of course). It was very interesting to see groups where people were concentrated, and how those connected to others. Suprisingly, I would find large amounts of people that I had known, all because of one person.
Now, what I found new and interesting from rtfa'ing was the practical applications. from tfa:
Although this particle motion does not literally model human motion, it represents connections among people - and it's these links that contain the most significance for social networking theories. For example, links can represent the flow of information traveling through a community. By knowing the shortest path, communicators can optimize the information flow and improve productivity in a business. With the ability to determine hot hubs or holes in a community, business managers can identify leaders or points that require an organizational change.
That could be applied to business practice, politics, military, world economics, or anything else important with a social foundation.
Cool stuff!
I've found that people generally enjoy their stupidity, and fail to connect that to the consequences which aren't as likeable. Rather, people don't like to be told they (read: their actions, thoughts, etc) are stupid, even if they are.
I can't tell you how many times I've thought of maintaining a database of stupidities for use in future discussions to avoid past mistakes. I work hard to be open to criticism for myself, but it can be very demoralizing to work with people who insist on repeating stupid decisions then find fault for the outcomes elsewhere while conveniently forgetting their hand in the matter.
stealyourpassword.com is not a registered domain name.
It is now:
Domain Name: STEALYOURPASSWORD.COM
Status: ACTIVE
Creation Date: 08-dec-2005
That screen's awesome, but it costs nearly what I paid for a 24" dell 2405fpw. Thanks for the link!
Portland's tri-met system already has an excellent trip planner. Google's transit applies that along their map as they do with driving directions. Can't wait to see this for other cities!
I've looked seriously into the diy projector projects before, but one thing that always put me off was the 4:3 aspect ratio. Has anyone found a good screen and supplies with which to do a 16:9 projection?
I know that most of the newer non-diy projectors do that, but still the best price I can find on one that does xga is at least $1K.
I can remember when Lucas Arts canned Sam & Max 2 (itself a sequel, although to a very good original adventure game). Presumably, this was to focus on profiting from an abundance of star wars games. This explains it pretty well:
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=90
Mod the parent up! I still like using PHP for having used it so long and developing my own frameworks and "best practices". The new OOP features of PHP5 are nice, and the Schlossnagle book does a great job of utilizing those features with practical examples for such useful topics as error handling.
I might have to check into Java as a web dev language!
GPLFlash is half of the proprietary duo that the Free Software Foundation is rallying to replace with free equivalents.
Macromedia's free as in beer flash plugin is the correct "half of the duo". The other half are the proprietary java implementations.
Watch last night's (the 10th) episode of the daily show about this very topic. go to shuntv.net if you don't know about it yet.
I had been listening to this guy's performances for a few months now, but my copies weren't very good quality and I never actually knew who this was. I even had a video of him playing like mad as his phone rings in the background and it's simply amazing to see him go.
That site is very informative and has some great resources. Go see it if you haven't already.
This is hilarious how it describes traditional swing operation as old an busted then implies that only this patent can boost humanity out of this tragedy.
"These methods of swinging on a swing, although of considerable interest to some people, can lose their appeal with age and experience. A new method of swinging on a swing would therefore represent an advance of great significance and value."
Still a neat idea I'd like to see in action.
Holy crap that's a good story! Here's a choice paragraph:
As I opened my wallet, I considered whether I should risk using this fake ID on the Secret Service. It probably amounted to a real crime. I had my driver's license as well. But you only live once and only a few of us even get a chance like this once in our lives. So I handed him the fake ID. He noted and returned it. The Secret Service took an ID that said "Laser Safety Officer" with a photo of myself wearing an eyepatch.
I use Path Finder as a drop-in replacement for Finder. It's a nice improvement over the standard finder, and its many options and side panels can be turned off to suit your preferences. I really like the drag n' drop 'holder', and showing directories grouped separately from normal files is just a good idea (haven't figured out how to do this with finder, what a pain!)
using proper English grammer and spelling.
You mean proper 'grammar'?
How can people call this thing "music"?
1. Start with a pragmatic approach, and call it 'audio'.
2. Simultaneously apply this method to what you currently call 'music'.
3. Discover that 'music' covers a broad range of genres, represented by the unique styles of various artists.
4. Trace the development of various music genres (country -> blues -> rock ?) (jazz -> funk -> hip hop -> nerdcore ?)
5. If at this point you cannot call it music, try something else such as poetry, copyrightable media, etc.
This method is simply a suggestion conjured during my lunch break. Feel free to modify it in accordance with nature as necessary.