More like "Just because I read Slashdot doesn't mean I make purchasing decisions for anybody's IT department." They are so inapplicable to me they may as well be "Punch the monkey!" ads. The algorithm I use when I decide whether or not to block are:
Do the ads actually apply to me?
Do the ads actually apply to the content of the website?
And about the only thing the PSP seems to be killing is... the PSP.
If Microsoft wishes to do the same thing as Sony, making a "gaming" handheld that does everything but actually play games, they'll get the same results.
Granted, they may make a better movie player than the PSP (depending on the specifics), but Microsoft is already losing the format wars with Apple over music formats (much like Sony) and if they aim for squeezing the "latest and greatest" in graphics and sound technology into the gaming function, it certainly isn't going to be as small as the iPod (like Sony). And, finally, like Sony, there'll be little more than "portable" (i. e. watered-down) versions of console games (read "Halo Lite").
"When as many citizens of English-speaking countries are as multi-lingual as the residents of Asia (and no, understanding Texan doesn't count)"
From my own personal experience, Texas is pretty darned bilingual. There are reasons why the former governor had to be able to hold something resembling a conversation in Spanish.
Could be worse: we could waste our time trying to diss other people wasting their time with a holier-than-thou attitude that accomplishes nothing.
As for what you're ranking as more important than Futurama, about the only way any of that is going to change is through armed revolution. If you wish to try to start one, be my guest, but your time would probably be better spent buying ammunition and rallying compatriots rather than posting on Slashdot.
I'll concede and let them pass this law so long as the domain is blocked on any and all computers in the House and Senate office buildings, with any violations by any legislator or their staffer being widely publicized to the voters.
"The team would like to create incentive to get people to try new, unconventional job combinations to see what's effective (i.e. Paladin without a WAR sub)"
Like WAR/WHM? Ghetto paladin for the win!
Hell, I'd just like for my Warrior to get party invites without having to sub Ninja. But it's nice to hear that they're thinking about tweaks to make my Paladin more attractive (instead of parties having to "settle" for me and griping about it all the way), especially seeing how @#^*ing annoying it is trying to get into a party to do any/all of the Promyvion notorious monsters to begin the Chains of Promathia missions ("No, ABC Fansite says we require party set-up XYZ. Unless you're a summoner or a ninja, you can't come.").
In fact, I noticed the article touched upon the negative aspects of that previous expansion pack, any word on if they'll be making any changes to them?
You're assuming that the cat-eared fans aren't balding, overweight men who wouldn't know personal hygene if it hit them in the face with a pound of delousing powder?
No, the judge will be unelected. The legislators will get re-elected for having the "courage" to "stand up" to those "evil out-of-state game companies trying to corrupt our children." The incumbents will ride in on the martyrdom ticket.
This wouldn't be the first time Nintendo put "forward compatable" features into a game. The Zelda: Oracle games for the GBC had content that could only be unlocked on a GBA. Then there are the GBA game carts that interact with DS games...
Don't get your panties in a wad, Twilight Princess will be published for the GameCube, there will just be some bonus content if you put it into a Revolution.
Slashdot Mirror
"Luke Skywalker is in fact just as experienced and battle-hardened as any character from Sailor Moon."
Mark Hamil in a girls' high school uniform?
You don't need to fill out all that information. The only questions the Census needs to ask are:
- How many people (other than untaxed Indians) live in your household?
- Of those, how many are men over the age of 21?
- Of those, how many are enfranchised?
Anything else is extraneous.Using non-annoying advertising that doesn't drive users to block?
I don't block until the ads get annoying, personally. But once they're blocked, they're blocked.
"Live action?"
"I'm being repressed! Come see the violence inherent in the system!"
"But if these people would have spent a little more time working with their representatives,"
Those representatives are in gerrymandered "safe districts." They don't have to care, they're the government.
And about the only thing the PSP seems to be killing is... the PSP.
If Microsoft wishes to do the same thing as Sony, making a "gaming" handheld that does everything but actually play games, they'll get the same results.
Granted, they may make a better movie player than the PSP (depending on the specifics), but Microsoft is already losing the format wars with Apple over music formats (much like Sony) and if they aim for squeezing the "latest and greatest" in graphics and sound technology into the gaming function, it certainly isn't going to be as small as the iPod (like Sony). And, finally, like Sony, there'll be little more than "portable" (i. e. watered-down) versions of console games (read "Halo Lite").
"When as many citizens of English-speaking countries are as multi-lingual as the residents of Asia (and no, understanding Texan doesn't count)"
From my own personal experience, Texas is pretty darned bilingual. There are reasons why the former governor had to be able to hold something resembling a conversation in Spanish.
I like how the submitter misspelled "profit" in his handle.
Yeah, one more thing to tether you to your desk, as if the sacred cows of mouse and keyboard weren't enough.
But at least you're getting five more frames per second than a console, right?
Could be worse: we could waste our time trying to diss other people wasting their time with a holier-than-thou attitude that accomplishes nothing.
As for what you're ranking as more important than Futurama, about the only way any of that is going to change is through armed revolution. If you wish to try to start one, be my guest, but your time would probably be better spent buying ammunition and rallying compatriots rather than posting on Slashdot.
Bender already flirted with Robotology in one episode, I recall.
It's a suppository!
Now now, let us not forget that Fox themselves more or less boycotted Futurama.
Just so long as they don't try to put a little clicky dial into its heel...
See, this is why Dear Leader decided to skip the courts altogether with his wiretaps, for our own good.
I'll concede and let them pass this law so long as the domain is blocked on any and all computers in the House and Senate office buildings, with any violations by any legislator or their staffer being widely publicized to the voters.
"The team would like to create incentive to get people to try new, unconventional job combinations to see what's effective (i.e. Paladin without a WAR sub)"
Like WAR/WHM? Ghetto paladin for the win!
Hell, I'd just like for my Warrior to get party invites without having to sub Ninja. But it's nice to hear that they're thinking about tweaks to make my Paladin more attractive (instead of parties having to "settle" for me and griping about it all the way), especially seeing how @#^*ing annoying it is trying to get into a party to do any/all of the Promyvion notorious monsters to begin the Chains of Promathia missions ("No, ABC Fansite says we require party set-up XYZ. Unless you're a summoner or a ninja, you can't come.").
In fact, I noticed the article touched upon the negative aspects of that previous expansion pack, any word on if they'll be making any changes to them?
You're assuming that the cat-eared fans aren't balding, overweight men who wouldn't know personal hygene if it hit them in the face with a pound of delousing powder?
Your joke is too locallized for anybody to get.
What sysadmin wants to believe in the users?
When do they add the new Cultural Revolution expansion pack?
"That's bad for democracy."
Public resonsibility and accountability is bad for democracy?
Would you happen to be a Member of Congress, by any chance?
No, the judge will be unelected. The legislators will get re-elected for having the "courage" to "stand up" to those "evil out-of-state game companies trying to corrupt our children." The incumbents will ride in on the martyrdom ticket.
This wouldn't be the first time Nintendo put "forward compatable" features into a game. The Zelda: Oracle games for the GBC had content that could only be unlocked on a GBA. Then there are the GBA game carts that interact with DS games...
Don't get your panties in a wad, Twilight Princess will be published for the GameCube, there will just be some bonus content if you put it into a Revolution.