(1) From what I understand, the games do NOT require "insane amounts of speed". I don't have one, but from what I've read, simple hand motions are enough to get it to react properly. You don't need to do 100 mph fast pitches or whatever to get a fast pitch in the game.
(2) This is likely to cause more problems than it'd solve. Besides, the people already have a deterrent: the controller could slip out of their hand and break something. If people couldn't see that as a possible outcome, then how is that Nintendo's fault?
(3) I'm not sure what this means. I know what the "user controlled acceleration" in mice is, the faster you push it the farther it relatively goes...also I'm not sure HOW you'd do that considering it's all accelerometers; the Wiimote doesn't have linear frame of reference like your mouse/trackball does.
Sadly, Nintendo probably would've been better off had they NOT included a strap. After all, you don't see Louisville Slugger being sued because their bat slipped out of someone's hand.
It's not a study. The cell phone providers must provide the information to the FCC. It's not about coverage; it's about times when the system was unavailable for some reason (technical problem). Landline providers must provide the same information.
RTFA - this isn't talking about coverage. It's talking about true outages where people who were within range of a tower could not use their phone due to a technical problem by the cell phone company.
Am I the only one that thinks this is based on a couple Simpsons episodes?
In one episode, where Maude died, Bart was playing "Bible Blasters" or something like that with Rod and Todd, converting the heathens. ("Nah, you just winged him and made him a Unitarian.")
Then there was another episode where Homer saw a movie called "Left Below" or something like that and became obsessed with Doomsday.
This game really sounds like they took those two concepts and put them together for humor...
I scanned about 70 rolls of 35mm film in by scanning the prints on a Canon USB flatbed scanner (I think mine's an LIDE 70 or something like that, it was under $100). The results are pretty good, and I could do an entire roll in less than an hour using the bundled software. I think I was scanning at 600 dpi. I'd put one one, click "Scan", wait, pull it off, put the next on, click Scan, wait... Repetitive and a bit boring, but at the same time I was able to look at the pictures while I was waiting.:)
Yeah, there are certainly better ways to do this, but if you don't mind spending the time and don't want to spend a lot for a high-end scanner, this works.
Why did Google even bother responding to this accusation? They would've been much better off to ignore it. It's their company, they can do what they want for advertising, and if the external customers have a problem with how they operate, they'll go elsewhere. The anti-google crowd won't be happy with any explanation Google would give, anyway.
But, now here it is, refreshed in our memories, giving the accusation more publicity.
I think you're missing the point (along with a lot of other people). Drivers KNOW they're following too closely, they just don't care or feel it's worth the risk.
Everyone feels that their reactions are so good that they'd be able to stop in time if the car in front of them suddenly had to stop. There's also faith that the car isn't going to just randomly slam on their brakes, of course.
Very bottom of the page. I just got it running Firefox 2.0 on Linux (Kubuntu). THAT'S what passes for "pushing" these days? An "MS IE Optimized for Yahoo" ad at the BOTTOM of the page, below all the results, navbar, etc.? "Pushing" IE to me would be, say, blocking use of search.yahoo.com with other browsers or something - and even that would be questionable "pushing" since there are plenty of other search engines, and I don't think Yahoo's is so great that I could live without it (in fact, until just now, I haven't used it since Google appeared).
If that's pushing IE, then websites should feel free to continue pushing things in that manner. It's the most unobtrusive ad I've ever seen. I didn't even notice it until you pointed it out to me.
I thought I'd never do it, but I now have a Myspace account. Despite having my own domain name and all sorts of pages set up there, I've found that, even at my age (31), you pretty much have to have a Myspace account when dating, so you can see their pictures and all. I finally gave in and created an account.
On the plus side, yesterday I got a message from a guy I haven't seen or heard from since high school, which is pretty cool. Through him, I found another friend from HS that I lost touch with, too.
My usual complaints still apply though: bad web designs abound. One page I saw yesterday had a brightly-colored vertical striped background that made the text nearly impossible to read. Music and videos automatically playing (the option to turn them off doesn't seem to work for me). And so on.
Now, paying for friends? Whaaaaaat? I guess some people see having a lot of friends on Myspace as a measurement of their worth or something.
Yeah, but the ones in the US aren't set up to accept different-sized notes, so they'll all have to be changed.
A lot of that headache could be avoided by making the $1 note the same size - most vending machines only accept ones anyway. But some do accept $5 bills and higher, and these are the ones that could hit organizations much harder. For example, DC's Metro has machines that you can slip in bills to buy a farecard, but the readers don't look to me like they have extra room for wider bills. So, cash-strapped Metro will have to spend money replacing hundreds of bill-readers.
In fact, the US Mint did just redesign most of the bills, and now you see both the old and new of each variety in circulation. So it's possible even in the US.
However, I'm sure they considered all these options (different sized bills, etc.) and rejected them. I wonder what their rationale was.
That's the point, though - they're printed with the reading mechanism in mind, so they're very reliable. This paper storage device uses a similar concept.
I've never seen a "I don't like this mouse" error on a PC either, but I have seen plenty of issues with video cards not being good enough for certain games or having bugs in the drivers. Basically the same thing - except that new video cards can be expensive, while a replacement DS2 controller is like $20 or $25...
I never said I was a gamer geek, nor did I think the original poster was talking about gamer geeks only.
My computer "just works" too. But I very quickly got tired of "chasing the ball" to keep up with the latest graphics cards, processors, motherboards, RAM, etc. Then fighting all the driver issues for those and then Windows activation issues... Plus all the money spent. Nah, I'd rather walk over to the couch and play the game and not have to worry about whether my video card is DirectX 10 compatible with the current drivers I have installed... or whatever.
This way, I can keep my computer relatively stable; I'm not forced into upgrading so I can play the latest games or whatever. And that's a bonus under ANY operating system - no upgrading means I can get everything working then forget about it until it dies (or becomes painfully obsolete).
My (used) PS2 cost me $150 for the unit, GT4, an extra controller, and a memory card - and the hardware is set. I don't have to worry about the next PS2 game I get interested in being incompatible with its current hardware. Meanwhile, on the computer front, can you even get a high-end graphics card for $150?
I don't have an XBox, and I don't play that many games, so I have no idea what you're yammering about.
I guess you're claiming there was a game released with some bugs. Well, I hate to break it to you, but PC games are released with bugs all the time, too. So, I'd say both platforms are about equal in that respect, though I could argue that the fixed platform design of the PS2, XBOX, etc., should make for fewer bugs (fewer configurations to support).
"It just works." I can sit down at my PS2, put in any PS2 game disc, and know it'll work. No screwing with graphics drivers, worrying about upgrading the graphics card, drivers for the controllers, rebooting the PC 15 times because I haven't booted Windows lately and need to install 30 service packs, etc. etc. etc.
I used to think that there wasn't any point to the consoles, too, but after the headaches listed above, I'll take my PS2 any day.
Obviously, the part starting with the ellipses was supposed to be on a separate line. It's not a lyric. I'm not sure what happened there - I previewed!
Uh, "Every Breath You Take" wasn't a political commentary about the government watching its citizens, it was a (lost-)love song.
Since you've gone I been lost without a trace
I dream at night, I can only see your face
I look around but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep cryin', baby, baby, please...unless you think he loves the government watching him and cuddling him...
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(1) From what I understand, the games do NOT require "insane amounts of speed". I don't have one, but from what I've read, simple hand motions are enough to get it to react properly. You don't need to do 100 mph fast pitches or whatever to get a fast pitch in the game.
(2) This is likely to cause more problems than it'd solve. Besides, the people already have a deterrent: the controller could slip out of their hand and break something. If people couldn't see that as a possible outcome, then how is that Nintendo's fault?
(3) I'm not sure what this means. I know what the "user controlled acceleration" in mice is, the faster you push it the farther it relatively goes...also I'm not sure HOW you'd do that considering it's all accelerometers; the Wiimote doesn't have linear frame of reference like your mouse/trackball does.
Damn. I have an external Hayes Smartmodem 1200 here, with a metal case and red blinkenlights and everything! But no 300. :(
Sadly, Nintendo probably would've been better off had they NOT included a strap. After all, you don't see Louisville Slugger being sued because their bat slipped out of someone's hand.
It's not a study. The cell phone providers must provide the information to the FCC. It's not about coverage; it's about times when the system was unavailable for some reason (technical problem). Landline providers must provide the same information.
RTFA - this isn't talking about coverage. It's talking about true outages where people who were within range of a tower could not use their phone due to a technical problem by the cell phone company.
Readers, no. Posters, yes. ;)
Am I the only one that thinks this is based on a couple Simpsons episodes?
In one episode, where Maude died, Bart was playing "Bible Blasters" or something like that with Rod and Todd, converting the heathens. ("Nah, you just winged him and made him a Unitarian.")
Then there was another episode where Homer saw a movie called "Left Below" or something like that and became obsessed with Doomsday.
This game really sounds like they took those two concepts and put them together for humor...
I scanned about 70 rolls of 35mm film in by scanning the prints on a Canon USB flatbed scanner (I think mine's an LIDE 70 or something like that, it was under $100). The results are pretty good, and I could do an entire roll in less than an hour using the bundled software. I think I was scanning at 600 dpi. I'd put one one, click "Scan", wait, pull it off, put the next on, click Scan, wait... Repetitive and a bit boring, but at the same time I was able to look at the pictures while I was waiting. :)
Yeah, there are certainly better ways to do this, but if you don't mind spending the time and don't want to spend a lot for a high-end scanner, this works.
Why did Google even bother responding to this accusation? They would've been much better off to ignore it. It's their company, they can do what they want for advertising, and if the external customers have a problem with how they operate, they'll go elsewhere. The anti-google crowd won't be happy with any explanation Google would give, anyway.
But, now here it is, refreshed in our memories, giving the accusation more publicity.
I think you're missing the point (along with a lot of other people). Drivers KNOW they're following too closely, they just don't care or feel it's worth the risk.
Everyone feels that their reactions are so good that they'd be able to stop in time if the car in front of them suddenly had to stop. There's also faith that the car isn't going to just randomly slam on their brakes, of course.
If that's pushing IE, then websites should feel free to continue pushing things in that manner. It's the most unobtrusive ad I've ever seen. I didn't even notice it until you pointed it out to me.
This is a nonstory.
I thought I'd never do it, but I now have a Myspace account. Despite having my own domain name and all sorts of pages set up there, I've found that, even at my age (31), you pretty much have to have a Myspace account when dating, so you can see their pictures and all. I finally gave in and created an account.
On the plus side, yesterday I got a message from a guy I haven't seen or heard from since high school, which is pretty cool. Through him, I found another friend from HS that I lost touch with, too.
My usual complaints still apply though: bad web designs abound. One page I saw yesterday had a brightly-colored vertical striped background that made the text nearly impossible to read. Music and videos automatically playing (the option to turn them off doesn't seem to work for me). And so on.
Now, paying for friends? Whaaaaaat? I guess some people see having a lot of friends on Myspace as a measurement of their worth or something.
That business plan is just crazy enough to work!
Yeah, but the ones in the US aren't set up to accept different-sized notes, so they'll all have to be changed.
A lot of that headache could be avoided by making the $1 note the same size - most vending machines only accept ones anyway. But some do accept $5 bills and higher, and these are the ones that could hit organizations much harder. For example, DC's Metro has machines that you can slip in bills to buy a farecard, but the readers don't look to me like they have extra room for wider bills. So, cash-strapped Metro will have to spend money replacing hundreds of bill-readers.
In fact, the US Mint did just redesign most of the bills, and now you see both the old and new of each variety in circulation. So it's possible even in the US.
However, I'm sure they considered all these options (different sized bills, etc.) and rejected them. I wonder what their rationale was.
So who is going to play Cowboy Neal?And will he be driving the Slashdot PT Cruiser?
That's the point, though - they're printed with the reading mechanism in mind, so they're very reliable. This paper storage device uses a similar concept.
I've never seen a "I don't like this mouse" error on a PC either, but I have seen plenty of issues with video cards not being good enough for certain games or having bugs in the drivers. Basically the same thing - except that new video cards can be expensive, while a replacement DS2 controller is like $20 or $25...
I never said I was a gamer geek, nor did I think the original poster was talking about gamer geeks only.
My computer "just works" too. But I very quickly got tired of "chasing the ball" to keep up with the latest graphics cards, processors, motherboards, RAM, etc. Then fighting all the driver issues for those and then Windows activation issues... Plus all the money spent. Nah, I'd rather walk over to the couch and play the game and not have to worry about whether my video card is DirectX 10 compatible with the current drivers I have installed... or whatever.
This way, I can keep my computer relatively stable; I'm not forced into upgrading so I can play the latest games or whatever. And that's a bonus under ANY operating system - no upgrading means I can get everything working then forget about it until it dies (or becomes painfully obsolete).
My (used) PS2 cost me $150 for the unit, GT4, an extra controller, and a memory card - and the hardware is set. I don't have to worry about the next PS2 game I get interested in being incompatible with its current hardware. Meanwhile, on the computer front, can you even get a high-end graphics card for $150?
I don't have an XBox, and I don't play that many games, so I have no idea what you're yammering about.
I guess you're claiming there was a game released with some bugs. Well, I hate to break it to you, but PC games are released with bugs all the time, too. So, I'd say both platforms are about equal in that respect, though I could argue that the fixed platform design of the PS2, XBOX, etc., should make for fewer bugs (fewer configurations to support).
"It just works." I can sit down at my PS2, put in any PS2 game disc, and know it'll work. No screwing with graphics drivers, worrying about upgrading the graphics card, drivers for the controllers, rebooting the PC 15 times because I haven't booted Windows lately and need to install 30 service packs, etc. etc. etc.
I used to think that there wasn't any point to the consoles, too, but after the headaches listed above, I'll take my PS2 any day.
Obviously, the part starting with the ellipses was supposed to be on a separate line. It's not a lyric. I'm not sure what happened there - I previewed!
Uh, "Every Breath You Take" wasn't a political commentary about the government watching its citizens, it was a (lost-)love song.
...unless you think he loves the government watching him and cuddling him...
Since you've gone I been lost without a trace
I dream at night, I can only see your face
I look around but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep cryin', baby, baby, please
We don't save stuff to the PCs. They're saved on the server, which is backed up nightly and doesn't shut down. Thus, no need to back up the PCs.
We shut down each day, and the updates are pushed to us when we start it in the morning. What's the problem?