First off, this game predates SoM as we know it. There weren't enough characters to have three players.
But that's besides the point. Square dropped the ball with Seiken Densetsu 3 (SNES game not released in US) and Seiken Densetsu 4 (Legend of Mana, PlayStation). You still have parties of 3, but you can only have two players at a time.
Oh, and you seem to be forgetting that GBA link cables were designed for up to four players in mind and can boot all four GBAs from one cartridge. So Square could have made this a three-player game if they could be bothered to do so.
"The receipts than allow for a recount to be done later if there is some doubt about the machine's accuracy or if the machine crashes."
Like hell they do. They're receipts, which means the voter leaves the polling place with them in hand. That makes them even less reliable than the machines we're talking about. As soon as the state asks for receipts to come back for a recount, each party will turn in a half a million such receipts they "found" somewhere.
This new law requiring these machines to print receipts is nothing more than feel-good legislation that accomplishes nothing. The machines are still the only word you have on who got how many votes, and they're still using the old, buggy software that local governments aren't even allowed to see, let alone fix. Everybody here who's posting "Hey, they finally fixed it!" is going along with the carrot these politicians are dangling in front of the voters' noses while ignoring the pork-barrel politics that's paying for these machines to begin with.
All the problems of mechanical voting machines, none of the advantages of physical mechanisms, for more money. And somehow spitting out a piece of paper is supposed to fix this?
"Just as you can't kill Open Source because it's too decentralized and adaptive"
Yes, you can. The one sure-fired way to kill off open source is to make a better product. Then it goes right back to being a hobby for the occasional odd person. The US can win this by showing the advantages of living in a tolerant and secular lifestyle.
"Instead of trying to wipeout all these people, why not try to figure out why they see us as such a threat and such a hated enemy that hundreds of people each year are willing to violently kill themselves in an attemt to hurt us."
And here's your big problem right here: You're trying to rationalize the utterly irrational. What we're seeing is nothing more than a few people taking advantage of the human species base desire to belong and instinctual fear of "the other" and nothing more. They may say things like "I do this in the name of Allah" or "I do this because of Western oppression," but those are just empty words these people have been more or less programmed to regurgitate as mechanically as a record player. No truly rational being would commit some of the acts we've seen so far.
They're not blowing themselves up because of US foreign policy or as retaliation for something else, they're doing it because God told them to, and this is a difficult concept for the secular Slashdot community to comprehend without scoffing or rolling their eyes. These aren't just words and I'm not talking about some old guy with a beard. I'm talking about Him, the infinite, the supreme being. He who created all you can see and all there is to see with a mere word, who is present in all things large and small, who cannot be beheld without going blind, understood without going mad. To these people, this isn't a question of reason or even of belief. This is Truth, as true as 1=1 if not moreso.
There is no "understanding" of fanaticism. The closest you can come to understanding a fantaic is to be one yourself. You would literally have more chance of understanding a schizophrenic.
"Attorney general for life John Ashcroft commented "too late, assholes. In twenty oh three you let the camel get his nose in the tent, and now he's screwing your wife.""
Which raises the question: Just what kinds of websites does Ashcroft visit?
"exists for only about one billionth of a trillionth of a second"
Remember, people: "billion" and "trillion" mean very different things to people in different English-speaking parts of the world. Exponents and/or SI prefixes are the proper way to express numbers like this.
"It seems surreal that something that was born and raised in academia is now offered for a "discount"."
This may be difficult for you to believe, but there is more to "academia" than the computer science program. The vast majority of college students and faculty don't know what the word "compile" means and would be interested in user support that goes beyond "RTFM, luser!" posts on USENET.
Just yesterday I found a poor, unloved copy of Paper Mario at the local Toys-R-Us for around $10. Neeless to say I've given it a good home in my N64.:)
Now that sound a tad better when you see the $300 price tag"
When I get my "technology assurance" check next month, I can get two out of three for $50. Now, I admit that $300 isn't all that bad for getting all three of those, except I'm really not interested in changing cellular service providers. Mine has yet to do anything to piss me off, and I'm not interested in a new provider having another 6 to 8 weeks before my opt-out request has any effect.
If they expand the phone's functionality and/or the price comes down to $100, I'll think about it. But until then, unless Hell freezes over and the device gets some decent games, I'm really not interested.
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"figured it would do five times better on a system with five times the installed user base."
You mean like SoulCalibur II?
"They'll never release these stateside" I say to myself. So now that I've got a bid on a copy of Phantasy Star on eBay, they announce this.
Considering one of Los Angeles' major industries, why not call them MPAA/consumer?
"Wait 'till you tell them said cables are being used on a computer running a "stoned beaver" OS kernel!"
I don't get it. How did Canadians come into this?
"Their advertising pitch also says how many pounds some fat prick lost..... we use metric buddy, NFI what a pound is."
That's because saying you lost 20 pounds sounds more impressive than saying you lost 10 kilos. Duh!
Does nobody remember how well Capcom's (a Japanese company, for cryin' out loud) classic shooters 1942 and 1943 did in Japan?
It's a post by Taco and I don't remember seeing it before... Is it possible this is Taco's first non-dupe?
"I push people down the stairs."
Do you then blame it on the dog?
I'm beginning to like this kid...
"I guess it is not as easy to do so on the GBA."
First off, this game predates SoM as we know it. There weren't enough characters to have three players.
But that's besides the point. Square dropped the ball with Seiken Densetsu 3 (SNES game not released in US) and Seiken Densetsu 4 (Legend of Mana, PlayStation). You still have parties of 3, but you can only have two players at a time.
Oh, and you seem to be forgetting that GBA link cables were designed for up to four players in mind and can boot all four GBAs from one cartridge. So Square could have made this a three-player game if they could be bothered to do so.
Yes, I didn't RTFA.
"The receipts than allow for a recount to be done later if there is some doubt about the machine's accuracy or if the machine crashes."
Like hell they do. They're receipts, which means the voter leaves the polling place with them in hand. That makes them even less reliable than the machines we're talking about. As soon as the state asks for receipts to come back for a recount, each party will turn in a half a million such receipts they "found" somewhere.
This new law requiring these machines to print receipts is nothing more than feel-good legislation that accomplishes nothing. The machines are still the only word you have on who got how many votes, and they're still using the old, buggy software that local governments aren't even allowed to see, let alone fix. Everybody here who's posting "Hey, they finally fixed it!" is going along with the carrot these politicians are dangling in front of the voters' noses while ignoring the pork-barrel politics that's paying for these machines to begin with.
All the problems of mechanical voting machines, none of the advantages of physical mechanisms, for more money. And somehow spitting out a piece of paper is supposed to fix this?
Insightful?
"Just as you can't kill Open Source because it's too decentralized and adaptive"
Yes, you can. The one sure-fired way to kill off open source is to make a better product. Then it goes right back to being a hobby for the occasional odd person. The US can win this by showing the advantages of living in a tolerant and secular lifestyle.
"Instead of trying to wipeout all these people, why not try to figure out why they see us as such a threat and such a hated enemy that hundreds of people each year are willing to violently kill themselves in an attemt to hurt us."
And here's your big problem right here: You're trying to rationalize the utterly irrational. What we're seeing is nothing more than a few people taking advantage of the human species base desire to belong and instinctual fear of "the other" and nothing more. They may say things like "I do this in the name of Allah" or "I do this because of Western oppression," but those are just empty words these people have been more or less programmed to regurgitate as mechanically as a record player. No truly rational being would commit some of the acts we've seen so far.
They're not blowing themselves up because of US foreign policy or as retaliation for something else, they're doing it because God told them to, and this is a difficult concept for the secular Slashdot community to comprehend without scoffing or rolling their eyes. These aren't just words and I'm not talking about some old guy with a beard. I'm talking about Him, the infinite, the supreme being. He who created all you can see and all there is to see with a mere word, who is present in all things large and small, who cannot be beheld without going blind, understood without going mad. To these people, this isn't a question of reason or even of belief. This is Truth, as true as 1=1 if not moreso.
There is no "understanding" of fanaticism. The closest you can come to understanding a fantaic is to be one yourself. You would literally have more chance of understanding a schizophrenic.
Meh. When their cylinders start landing, then I'll start to worry.
"I'm guessing the reader score was pushed up by legions of sad fanboys."
Even so, it still shows a huge disconnect between the site and the people that are supposed to give IGN money.
After all, we know how spot-on IGNs reviews are and how well they correspond to the tastes of their readers.
"Attorney general for life John Ashcroft commented "too late, assholes. In twenty oh three you let the camel get his nose in the tent, and now he's screwing your wife.""
Which raises the question: Just what kinds of websites does Ashcroft visit?
... if it will get broadband to my neighborhood sometime before the freakin' heat-death of the universe!
"exists for only about one billionth of a trillionth of a second"
Remember, people: "billion" and "trillion" mean very different things to people in different English-speaking parts of the world. Exponents and/or SI prefixes are the proper way to express numbers like this.
" We could abuse this: Everyone, start sharing plenty of Polka, 80's pop, and Barney."
No need to. I'm already sharing my Wierd Al collection.
Is this an example of bullying or telemarketing?
Oof... If they see it too often, they might actually think that stuff is normal!
"It seems surreal that something that was born and raised in academia is now offered for a "discount"."
This may be difficult for you to believe, but there is more to "academia" than the computer science program. The vast majority of college students and faculty don't know what the word "compile" means and would be interested in user support that goes beyond "RTFM, luser!" posts on USENET.
Just yesterday I found a poor, unloved copy of Paper Mario at the local Toys-R-Us for around $10. Neeless to say I've given it a good home in my N64. :)
Just so long as the DoE's web server wasn't also running anything mission-critical.
Wait a sec, I think I hear Civil Defense coming on the radio...
"mp3 player
surf the net
and its a phone
Now that sound a tad better when you see the $300 price tag"
When I get my "technology assurance" check next month, I can get two out of three for $50. Now, I admit that $300 isn't all that bad for getting all three of those, except I'm really not interested in changing cellular service providers. Mine has yet to do anything to piss me off, and I'm not interested in a new provider having another 6 to 8 weeks before my opt-out request has any effect.
If they expand the phone's functionality and/or the price comes down to $100, I'll think about it. But until then, unless Hell freezes over and the device gets some decent games, I'm really not interested.