Zaxxon (and Super Zaxxon) Karate Champ (the one true martial arts control system!) Joust Rygar Sinistar (Run, Coward! I Live...*rawwwwwwwrrrrrr!*) Xevious Stargate/Defender Ghosts n' Goblins (Ghosts n' Ghouls) Shinobi (!) 720 degrees (SKATE OR DIE!)
There are currently just a few types of games. The downfall of the arcade started with the release of Mortal Kombat, a game designed to hide maneuvers so they could sell books with the 'secret moves' in them. Ugh. If you were stupid enough to memorize all those idiotic button/joystick moves, you're a moron (sorry to the the one to break the news to you). All games now seem to be Mortal Kombat ripoffs, a racing game or a FPS.
Is it any wonder that people still buy the latest Super Mario whatever games? There's still a market for that kind of stuff, despite how many fight/race/fps games the put out. You'll note that arcades in the U.S. are mostly a thing of the past.
Wikipedia is probably not that different in accuracy from the textbooks most schools in the U.S. are using. Here's the deal: teachers need to teach critical thinking more than rote memorization of facts. If they're not teaching kids to question the textbooks (and the teachers themselves!), then they're already guilty of what they're afraid of using wikipedia would do.
Wikipedia is *great*, as is the web and internet in general, for nothing more than bringing up aspects of a topic that someone wouldn't suspect even existed. Check out a topic on wikipedia and notice aspects of a topic that wouldn't occur to you - then research those aspects using whatever sources you want.
The advantages of Wikipedia far outweigh any data inaccuracies - that it's constantly updated, and has a far wider range of viewpoints being represented than any textbooks.
If you teach critical thinking to the kids, then you downplay wikipedia's weaknesses while leaving the strengths.
If anyone does they'll be contacted by my lawyers. I hold a patent on non-patents.
Well, I hold the patent on holding, so pay up. I also hold the patent on paying, and on non-paying, so pay up. Oh, and that reminds me, I patented all the directions.
Let me guess, the first man in space was Russian as well...
It's not so easy as all that! You can't just willy-nilly put some guy into space. First they'd have to put up some type of artificial 'satellite' type object, along the lines of the idea by that sci-fi writer Clarke, though I dunno, it seems like a pretty far-out idea. But, if they can get that to work, they should send up an animal, perhaps a monkey, or, I dunno, a dog or something. One thing's for sure - any space explorer, or 'cosmonaut' for lack of a better word, involved in the Russian space program will be famous forever, whether they get into space or not. None of these brave men will ever just disappear from history.
My next car stereo will have a USB port on it (probably a Kenwood KDC-X991), which I will have mounted in the glove compartment, to which I'll attach a nice 16gig USB flash drive (around $140 at Newegg) with my mp3s/AACs. Sayonara to CD for anything other than archival use. I do like having the actual CD around for re-ripping into new formats as necessary, but pretty soon, with storage increasing at the rate it has been, I'll just rip one final time into FLAC and keep it on a harddrive somewhere for encoding into the lossy format of the moment. Actually, now that I think about it, I have the storage necessary for that already. Hmmm...
Look, people had LPs, and willingly went to 8 track. People had 8 track and willingly went to cassette. People had cassette and willingly went to CDs. People had CDs and willingly went to iPod/m3-players. It's not that great a stretch to see people go to AAC or some other format that has better sound quality at a given bitrate, especially if it ushers in a DRM-less age at the same time. The hardware manufacturers such as Apple/Creative/etc will *certainly* not have a problem with this -- they'll make it as easy as possible to upgrade, and will encourage people to do so in whatever way they can - because they want to sell more hardware.
This is a great window of opportunity for Ubuntu, assuming 7.04 is as nice as it sounds like, and if they can get the Windows-based installer and data migration tool working well. Make sure to get those networking hardware detection functions working well, Ubuntu devs! More more of those problems with WPA please, and I think you'll do quite well.
Does anyone think there would even *be* a Mal Reynolds if there hadn't been a Han Solo first?(and yes, they both shot first!)
Despite the depths of mediocrity that Lucas has since sunk to, give credit where credit is due. Star Wars and all the technology that ILM created during the making of the Star Wars films changed the industry forever. Blade Runner certainly changed the look of sci-fi films, but it still didn't have the impact that Star Wars did. I'm not sure that was the overriding criterion for making the list, though.
Serenity was great (GREAT! "I am a leaf on the wind!"), but c'mon, let's not get stupid here. While you don't have to have watched Firefly before Serenity to enjoy it, it certainly helps immensely. The whole Mal/Inara history has much more comedic impact if you have the Firefly backstory. The Rev? A complete throwaway character if you haven't watched Firefly!
The bigger surprise(s) of the list (for me) were what was included, that most fans have forgotten:
Planet of the Apes (the original) and Forbidden Planet. Right on.
Back to the Future? Uhm, I don't think so.
The Star Wars film that most fans seem to think was the best (Empire Strikes Back) wasn't even on the list? That seems a little odd.
Ahh, the 2-11, with their "No Whistling" policy, and "I'm a Whistler" punishment signs. There has never been another poolhall in the area with the same awesome vibe. *sniff*
The Garage and Jillians just aren't the same (at all). Very sad.
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In no particular order:
Zaxxon (and Super Zaxxon)
Karate Champ (the one true martial arts control system!)
Joust
Rygar
Sinistar (Run, Coward! I Live...*rawwwwwwwrrrrrr!*)
Xevious
Stargate/Defender
Ghosts n' Goblins (Ghosts n' Ghouls)
Shinobi (!)
720 degrees (SKATE OR DIE!)
There are currently just a few types of games. The downfall of the arcade started with the release of Mortal Kombat, a game designed to hide maneuvers so they could sell books with the 'secret moves' in them. Ugh. If you were stupid enough to memorize all those idiotic button/joystick moves, you're a moron (sorry to the the one to break the news to you). All games now seem to be Mortal Kombat ripoffs, a racing game or a FPS.
Is it any wonder that people still buy the latest Super Mario whatever games? There's still a market for that kind of stuff, despite how many fight/race/fps games the put out. You'll note that arcades in the U.S. are mostly a thing of the past.
Wikipedia is probably not that different in accuracy from the textbooks most schools in the U.S. are using. Here's the deal: teachers need to teach critical thinking more than rote memorization of facts. If they're not teaching kids to question the textbooks (and the teachers themselves!), then they're already guilty of what they're afraid of using wikipedia would do.
:)
Wikipedia is *great*, as is the web and internet in general, for nothing more than bringing up aspects of a topic that someone wouldn't suspect even existed. Check out a topic on wikipedia and notice aspects of a topic that wouldn't occur to you - then research those aspects using whatever sources you want.
The advantages of Wikipedia far outweigh any data inaccuracies - that it's constantly updated, and has a far wider range of viewpoints being represented than any textbooks.
If you teach critical thinking to the kids, then you downplay wikipedia's weaknesses while leaving the strengths.
IMO, though, so think about it for yourself.
Too late - I patented plastic, metal, and electricity. Plus the term 'stfu'.
You know, come to think of it, I'm pretty sure I patented matter, antimatter, energy, and time.
Whoops, sorry, I forgot to mention I patented currency.
That's okay, as I trademarked lawyers. And hearing. Plus TM are my initials (seriously), so putting my initials after something means it's mine.
:)
So pay up.
Fortunately for me, I've patented baseball bats (and all other types of bats), all types of pads, and questions. Also, I patented replying. So pay up.
If anyone does they'll be contacted by my lawyers. I hold a patent on non-patents.
Well, I hold the patent on holding, so pay up. I also hold the patent on paying, and on non-paying, so pay up. Oh, and that reminds me, I patented all the directions.
Let me guess,
the first man in space was Russian as well...
It's not so easy as all that! You can't just willy-nilly put some guy into space. First they'd have to put up some type of artificial 'satellite' type object, along the lines of the idea by that sci-fi writer Clarke, though I dunno, it seems like a pretty far-out idea. But, if they can get that to work, they should send up an animal, perhaps a monkey, or, I dunno, a dog or something. One thing's for sure - any space explorer, or 'cosmonaut' for lack of a better word, involved in the Russian space program will be famous forever, whether they get into space or not. None of these brave men will ever just disappear from history.
Welcome to gopher at slashdot.org!
I am pretty sure you forgot the bit where this is only a geek blog ;)
I thought it was a nerd blog?
"Can you parse me, now?"
My next car stereo will have a USB port on it (probably a Kenwood KDC-X991), which I will have mounted in the glove compartment, to which I'll attach a nice 16gig USB flash drive (around $140 at Newegg) with my mp3s/AACs. Sayonara to CD for anything other than archival use. I do like having the actual CD around for re-ripping into new formats as necessary, but pretty soon, with storage increasing at the rate it has been, I'll just rip one final time into FLAC and keep it on a harddrive somewhere for encoding into the lossy format of the moment. Actually, now that I think about it, I have the storage necessary for that already. Hmmm...
That makes for a very efficient symbiosis with the typical Slashdot reader who doesn't RTFA.
Look, people had LPs, and willingly went to 8 track. People had 8 track and willingly went to cassette. People had cassette and willingly went to CDs. People had CDs and willingly went to iPod/m3-players. It's not that great a stretch to see people go to AAC or some other format that has better sound quality at a given bitrate, especially if it ushers in a DRM-less age at the same time. The hardware manufacturers such as Apple/Creative/etc will *certainly* not have a problem with this -- they'll make it as easy as possible to upgrade, and will encourage people to do so in whatever way they can - because they want to sell more hardware.
This is a great window of opportunity for Ubuntu, assuming 7.04 is as nice as it sounds like, and if they can get the Windows-based installer and data migration tool working well. Make sure to get those networking hardware detection functions working well, Ubuntu devs! More more of those problems with WPA please, and I think you'll do quite well.
Is 7.04 still on track for April 19?
Does anyone think there would even *be* a Mal Reynolds if there hadn't been a Han Solo first?(and yes, they both shot first!)
Despite the depths of mediocrity that Lucas has since sunk to, give credit where credit is due. Star Wars and all the technology that ILM created during the making of the Star Wars films changed the industry forever. Blade Runner certainly changed the look of sci-fi films, but it still didn't have the impact that Star Wars did. I'm not sure that was the overriding criterion for making the list, though.
Serenity was great (GREAT! "I am a leaf on the wind!"), but c'mon, let's not get stupid here. While you don't have to have watched Firefly before Serenity to enjoy it, it certainly helps immensely. The whole Mal/Inara history has much more comedic impact if you have the Firefly backstory. The Rev? A complete throwaway character if you haven't watched Firefly!
The bigger surprise(s) of the list (for me) were what was included, that most fans have forgotten:
Planet of the Apes (the original) and Forbidden Planet. Right on.
Back to the Future? Uhm, I don't think so.
The Star Wars film that most fans seem to think was the best (Empire Strikes Back) wasn't even on the list? That seems a little odd.
That's what happens when you don't let the Wookie win.
That's not Harrison Ford, that's Han Solo, and this all happened a long time ago. They're all dead.
I think they died when the Special Editions came out. I know a little part of me did...
Please make sure that's Leia circa 1977, okay? Please!
Han's should read, "It's not my fault!"
... disturbing."
Luke's, "I was going into Toshi Station to pick up some power converters!"
Leia, "Will somebody get this walking carpet out of my way?!"
Chewie, "Mraaaawwwwrrrr!"
Vader, "I find your lack of faith
Obi-Wan, "We'd like to avoid any Imperial entanglements."
R2D2, *beep* *beep* *whistle* *beep* *splat*
C3PO, "I didn't know I had it in me."
For the Falcon, just the tagline: The fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy!
Ahh, the 2-11, with their "No Whistling" policy, and "I'm a Whistler" punishment signs. There has never been another poolhall in the area with the same awesome vibe. *sniff*
The Garage and Jillians just aren't the same (at all). Very sad.
best objc joke on slashot evar.
Is that your Objective-opinion?
If I was a soldier on recon or something, I'm pretty sure I'd like the ability to tell whether that liquid on the ground was water or blood.
Since when has slashdot been about "objective news reporting"?
Uhhmm...when reporting on Objective-C?
OMG! MIT drops SAE DB of TP over DRM. FWIW, IANAL, but DRM PDF's are not A-OK at EDU's.
LOL