It shows a lot of promise. Google and Wikipedia provide you with data. Wolfram provides you with answers.
It may not have all (or even many) answers, but it's already showing that it can succinctly give you what you ask for without wading through inordinate amounts of crap.
This will not be a tool for everyone, but it will be a great tool for those who do use it.
Has the PS3 version been updated? While the PSN Store has some pretty ridiculous DLC cash grabs on it (Need for Speed, Disgaea) they also release some games and add-ons for free, and there's not monthly/yearly fee. The Xbox fanboys rave about Live being worth the money, but I haven't seen any argument for it that applies to me. The friend management on Live is much better than PSN but I either play locally with friends or online with random people.
Sony actually seems to understand that you can give stuff away for free on PSN and still make money off of fans. Though I doubt we'll ever see map packs for popular games like CoD arrive on the market free.
Wow. I just connected to his IP and he has the exact same taste in porn that I do. Except for that folder of midget porn. I'd never collect anything like that.
Agreed on SSX Blur lacking something... though for me the something lacking was "fun". It was just a gimmicked version of SSX and that gimmick was poorly implemented. And a current gen version of Tricky would be an immediate must-buy for my library:)
Crazy Taxi as a Burnout Paradise mod would be awesome. Keep the graphics quality, but adapt the CT gameplay.
Jet Set Radio was awesome. I'd love to see it on the PS3.
It may be the stuff of cyberpunk novels, but I believe we'll see widespread corporate warfare in the coming century. Heck, Blackwater (Xe) is already insinuated into government.
But we will hit a point where the only thing for the civilian population to do is rise up, and take arms against the corporations. And it will be with bloodshed, not lawyers. (Unless they beat them to death with lawyers, which some people may advocate)
But Moses was a prophet of God, was he not? So he picks a guy who mangles words for his own agenda and makes him the voice of God on Earth. Still seems rather dickish.:P
Numbers 31: Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Can we blame "God" for things he did himself? The whole Job incident sounds like the first case of biological warfare. And then there's the giving of virgin children as spoils of war after killing all men, women, and livestock in cities. God is apparently a real dick.
A good GM with a laptop can really make the game flow quickly, and doesn't break immersion. (Though our GM wasn't looking up PDFs for reference)
Wayyyyyy back in the early 90s, there was a group of us playing the Undermountain campaign, which was huge.
We had two DMs running us. One handled all the party interactions (and with mostly chaotic characters there were a lot) and the other handled combat / creature generation / loot generation.
It was awesome. We spent so little time actually worrying about numbers that we were able to fight amongst ourselves, engage in pointless mischief, and kill each other with abandon.
Note: When playing D&D, it's always fun to liven things up by creating a major flaw for your character. (In the case of my favorite character, he was obsessive-compulsive about drinking anything that looked like a potion.) The more irrational the better:)
I remember when one of the #oldwarez channel members got raided in the 90s. The cops took music cds, and anything else unrelated that they could carry out in boxes. All part of the intimidation factor I would imagine. "Get our attention and we're going to come fuck up your life, guilty or not."
I did localization on a couple of games and it can be a nightmare when the publishers use translators who aren't gamers. There's a complete lack of comprehension of terminology and slang that quickly becomes evident as you navigate the menus or listen to dialog. Unless the publishers use translation companies that understand the field they work in then translations are going to suck.
Back in the mid 90s, I walked into a local bank (Canada) and noticed a new machine in the foyer with the ATMs. It was a passbook updating machine, sitting in the corner. It was anchored down but set away from the wall. So I took a peek behind it. The keyboard was tucked into a small recess in the back. I restrained my urge to mess with it and left:)
The religion was just a minor branch among all the other stories in the first two seasons. After that they just kind of discarded any semblance of parallel narrative and bet the farm on religion. And the show suffered for it.
I only kept watching the show because I'd already invested two years following it. When they made that final push away from science fiction and toward religious soap opera, it was a real struggle to watch. When they were tackling issues like torture, ethics, and the "us or them" mentality the show remained interesting. And then they ruined it by introducing God as an off-set character.
I don't listen to the music I listened to as a teenager. My tastes change from year to year. Lately I've been downloading 50 year old blues records that I never heard of before. Good stuff.
When I was a kid I listened to Iron Maiden, Metallica, Anthrax, etc. It does nothing for me now.
I still find the odd decent tune now and then that I've never heard before, but I think when people say that there's no good music being made today they're missing the point. Sure, there's good music being made today, but there's a LOT more bad music being made today than there ever was. *Anyone* can make crap and sell it now, and if it's only good enough to fire-and-forget into the music collections of consumers with no attention span, it just means that in two weeks they'll want to buy something else.
The trick is filtering past all that crap.
On a semi-related note: Earlier in the week I was surfing news/entertainment video and I saw another reference to that "If you seek Amy" video by Britney. I'd never actually heard her perform at all. I don't have a TV (use BT for that) and never use the radio. So I give it a listen to see what the fuss it about. The part that amazed me was not the juvenile lyrics, but that she sounds like a singing munchkin from the original Wizard of Oz, and people spend millions on it. Holy crap!
Slashdot Mirror
"Python" should return the movie, or the language. Python by itself and capitalized is a proper noun.
For more precision, eg. the snake, then try Python regius or Python reticulatus.
I bet then it will give you the answer you want. It's only as precise as the question.
It shows a lot of promise.
Google and Wikipedia provide you with data.
Wolfram provides you with answers.
It may not have all (or even many) answers, but it's already showing that it can succinctly give you what you ask for without wading through inordinate amounts of crap.
This will not be a tool for everyone, but it will be a great tool for those who do use it.
Has the PS3 version been updated?
While the PSN Store has some pretty ridiculous DLC cash grabs on it (Need for Speed, Disgaea) they also release some games and add-ons for free, and there's not monthly/yearly fee.
The Xbox fanboys rave about Live being worth the money, but I haven't seen any argument for it that applies to me. The friend management on Live is much better than PSN but I either play locally with friends or online with random people.
Sony actually seems to understand that you can give stuff away for free on PSN and still make money off of fans. Though I doubt we'll ever see map packs for popular games like CoD arrive on the market free.
If you think viral marketing is bad now, just wait until they start putting advertising payloads in the flu.
Every case of intestinal distress comes with a sudden urge to watch High School Musical XIII.
Or is it the other way around?
Wow. I just connected to his IP and he has the exact same taste in porn that I do. Except for that folder of midget porn. I'd never collect anything like that.
You're in Antarctica? You must really love Linux. :P
Some people just put a penguin sticker on their computer or buy a tshirt.
The Spanish Inquisition flu.
After all, nobody expected it.
Agreed on SSX Blur lacking something... though for me the something lacking was "fun". It was just a gimmicked version of SSX and that gimmick was poorly implemented. :)
And a current gen version of Tricky would be an immediate must-buy for my library
Crazy Taxi as a Burnout Paradise mod would be awesome. Keep the graphics quality, but adapt the CT gameplay.
Jet Set Radio was awesome. I'd love to see it on the PS3.
It may be the stuff of cyberpunk novels, but I believe we'll see widespread corporate warfare in the coming century. Heck, Blackwater (Xe) is already insinuated into government.
But we will hit a point where the only thing for the civilian population to do is rise up, and take arms against the corporations. And it will be with bloodshed, not lawyers. (Unless they beat them to death with lawyers, which some people may advocate)
But Moses was a prophet of God, was he not? :P
So he picks a guy who mangles words for his own agenda and makes him the voice of God on Earth.
Still seems rather dickish.
If Fallout actually made it to TV, I'd want David Milch (Deadwood) to helm it.
Numbers 31:
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Can we blame "God" for things he did himself? The whole Job incident sounds like the first case of biological warfare.
And then there's the giving of virgin children as spoils of war after killing all men, women, and livestock in cities.
God is apparently a real dick.
If you're going to wish on stars, I'd go with (Wolf-Rayet) WR104.
Who needs a rifle when you can wield the power of cosmic radiation.
Heroin doesn't warp reality like that. He's either a user of hallucinogenics or a Republican.
*I kid, I kid. I'd never call someone a Republican*
A good GM with a laptop can really make the game flow quickly, and doesn't break immersion. (Though our GM wasn't looking up PDFs for reference)
Wayyyyyy back in the early 90s, there was a group of us playing the Undermountain campaign, which was huge.
We had two DMs running us. One handled all the party interactions (and with mostly chaotic characters there were a lot) and the other handled combat / creature generation / loot generation.
It was awesome. We spent so little time actually worrying about numbers that we were able to fight amongst ourselves, engage in pointless mischief, and kill each other with abandon.
Note: When playing D&D, it's always fun to liven things up by creating a major flaw for your character. (In the case of my favorite character, he was obsessive-compulsive about drinking anything that looked like a potion.) The more irrational the better :)
I remember when one of the #oldwarez channel members got raided in the 90s. The cops took music cds, and anything else unrelated that they could carry out in boxes.
All part of the intimidation factor I would imagine.
"Get our attention and we're going to come fuck up your life, guilty or not."
I did localization on a couple of games and it can be a nightmare when the publishers use translators who aren't gamers. There's a complete lack of comprehension of terminology and slang that quickly becomes evident as you navigate the menus or listen to dialog.
Unless the publishers use translation companies that understand the field they work in then translations are going to suck.
nochickenleftbehind
A "pearl of consciousness"? :P
Is that what you get when you expose a pedophile and photoshop to an oyster?
If so, sounds like 4chan
Back in the mid 90s, I walked into a local bank (Canada) and noticed a new machine in the foyer with the ATMs. It was a passbook updating machine, sitting in the corner. It was anchored down but set away from the wall. So I took a peek behind it. The keyboard was tucked into a small recess in the back. :)
I restrained my urge to mess with it and left
The religion was just a minor branch among all the other stories in the first two seasons.
After that they just kind of discarded any semblance of parallel narrative and bet the farm on religion. And the show suffered for it.
People thought if they could distract him with politics he might stop acting.
I only kept watching the show because I'd already invested two years following it. When they made that final push away from science fiction and toward religious soap opera, it was a real struggle to watch.
When they were tackling issues like torture, ethics, and the "us or them" mentality the show remained interesting. And then they ruined it by introducing God as an off-set character.
I don't listen to the music I listened to as a teenager. My tastes change from year to year. Lately I've been downloading 50 year old blues records that I never heard of before. Good stuff.
When I was a kid I listened to Iron Maiden, Metallica, Anthrax, etc.
It does nothing for me now.
I still find the odd decent tune now and then that I've never heard before, but I think when people say that there's no good music being made today they're missing the point. Sure, there's good music being made today, but there's a LOT more bad music being made today than there ever was. *Anyone* can make crap and sell it now, and if it's only good enough to fire-and-forget into the music collections of consumers with no attention span, it just means that in two weeks they'll want to buy something else.
The trick is filtering past all that crap.
On a semi-related note: Earlier in the week I was surfing news/entertainment video and I saw another reference to that "If you seek Amy" video by Britney. I'd never actually heard her perform at all. I don't have a TV (use BT for that) and never use the radio. So I give it a listen to see what the fuss it about. The part that amazed me was not the juvenile lyrics, but that she sounds like a singing munchkin from the original Wizard of Oz, and people spend millions on it. Holy crap!