I may just be biased (Can't even hear MYSELF over the hum of all this equipment) but, do these people sound like complete blithering idiots to anyone else?
Tin-foil hat brigade indeed.
I don't think the Amish would take them, these people would probably start complaning that proximity to hay or horses or something causes them illness. If anything, I'd say it's all the BULLSHIT.
Uhm, if you're going to complain about the R3 + L3 buttons, don't limit your gripe to the PS2, incase you weren't paying attention the dual shock PSX 'trollers have them too. (Although I've only seen like 2 games that use them...)
Firstly, if you have to work, blow it off. ^_~ Gather foodstuffs and other provisions, break out the extra seating, make space for people to bring laptops, etc. Fire up the entertainment center and away we go....
1. (One of three choices, including: Hellsing, Tenchi Muyo!, and Serial Experiments: Lain)
2. FLCL
3. Cowboy Bebop
4. Unless the first one leaves you short on time, Strange Days (WITH the deleted scenes!)
Lots and lots of videogames are also hella fun and a bit more invloving, my party faves being Mario Kart 64, Tetrisphere (Hell yeah!), and Soul Calibur.
Start the New Year by playing 'Pink Floyd - Time' (Timed so the clocks chiming coincide with midnight)
Wow, this looks like fun, I'm always looking for stuff like this, being a shadowrun/cyberpunk rpg'r. I just hope we haven't irrepairably/damaged/ the company with our little slashdotting... (Read: 'net equivelant of a tac-nuke)
Does it ever occur to you guys to/warn/ people before you do this?;) Like, "Hey, you guys have a great game and all, and we understand that you're a small company, but try and reinforce your webserver, 'cause we're comin' in!'
Wow. I was right!! My aunt got me one of those when I was tiny! It was a cool toy ^_^ When I glimpsed the show on Cartoon Network, I thought they looked familiar...
(You'll have to excuse me, my morning caffeine hasn't kicked in yet so I'm cranky and opinionated...)
Okay... This is one of the dumbest things I've read all week. And that's saying alot since I've been doing a lot of Microsoft-related reading...
First off, here's something no one seems to have noticed, these folks have the Japanese to blame for 7 out of the 12 items, or atleast the shows/games these are merchandise of... (Whether it's intentional, or simply the price to be payed for making all the good games/anime, who knows...)
About the Video Games:
I think at this point, it's safe to say that if playing Doom and Mortal Kombat turned all the kids that played them into homicidal maniacs, we'd be in a lot of trouble right now. I happen to like Doom and Mortal Kombat (Though, I'm much fonder of Half-Life and Soul Calibur these days), but you don't see me running around dismembering people.
About the models:
Would they complain if their kids wanted to build a model of a REAL weapon? (Battleship/fighter plane/tank/Little Johnny's DIY Tac Nuke;P) I actually have a couple Gundam models gracing my desktop, I can't really see how they're any different from non-fictional military hardware...
In Closing (And more or less covering what I missed):
I think the poeple who are worried about the negative influence a TOY has on their kids need to keep their over-active imaginations in check. Besides, many of these toys are a little on the expensive side (for a kid), wouldn't the parents have to buy them in the first place? I think they can use their own good judgement in that endeavor.
Thanks for not instantly pulling my account for such a blatent waste of bandwidth, lol ^_^
Well, I'm sure they'll jack up the prices here beyond other areas (To compensate, ofcourse) once they fix the whole thing (Which may never happen anyway, lol)
Funny I just got an email from my provider saying (Adelphia.net) that my area (Vermont) won't be involved in a recent price hike because service around here has sucked lately... (Which they apologized profusely for, and thanked us for our patience...)
I would have to agree with several of my fellow geeks. Damn near anything Gibson. From coining the term 'Cyberspace', to predicting direct neural computer interfaces(?)... Not to mention spawning an entire culture.
Funny, I just caught something about this on some coverage of the 2001 CES while I was channel surfing... Looks pretty cool. Hope someone actually licenses the hardware to make data drives for them.
Now, on MD's...
Why is everyone saying MDs never went anywhere? Just 'cause their boxen don't have MD drives? 'Shit quality'?? Only popular in the UK and Japan??
First of all, the units are cheap and very useful (My Sharp player/recorder was under $200), the media is uber-cheap, cheaper than memory for an MP3 unit for sure!
As for the quality, mine's several ATRAC generations older than the current units, and it's able to record at very high definition, I recorded several 320kb/s MP3's to one of my MDs (Using my TOSlink optical connection) and you can't tell the difference.
I wouldn't say it isn't popular in the US, many of my friends have MD units, and even the local music store sells MDs and equipment (Though I opt for getting my fix from minidisco, given the obscene prices here...), and I live in VERMONT fer chrissakes! Not exactly the technology center of the country.
I like the page on dan's site (linked to from dan's site?) that has movies of all sorts of interesting things getting fragged in the microwave... And I thought all it was good for was ramen noodles and Windoze/AOL CDs... ^_^
Honestly, why would anyone get the RETAIL version of a linux distro every 6 months?
My first copy of RH was a retail box, I figured 'Well, there, I've contributed some cash to the cause...' After that I've been getting burned cd's from LSL. Hell, I/would/ just DL it, but when I can get it all on cd's for the price of burning them myself, there's not much to think about...
Each time a new update of RH comes out, I get the 2 RH discs, the RH powertools, RH docs, RH source, and the RPM archives cds, plus the latest KDE and Gnome cds. On average this costs me less than $20 with s/h. I'm still nowhere NEAR what I've spent on M$ software/os's
D'oh... I originally posted this to the Tenchi story by accident, proof that I should down a whole pot of coffee before bringing cognitive functions online, otherwise bad things happen.
I don't really agree with all the people who say they'll kill it... They won't kill it, thay'll do to it what they've done to everything that came before, *edited to protect the insecure*, and leave it in a ditch to die.
What the hell is the story anyway?? They put it in the midnight run, how many kids are gonna be watching it at midnight?
Our society fills the airwaves with all this anti-drug, anti-drinking, anti-smoking, anti-damnneareverythingelse, kids aren't stupid, they DO understand these concepts. I have neices and nephews who are thoroughly amused by sillyness like trying to pretend that the characters are drinking TEA when they are OBVIOUSLY loaded. (Tenchi series)
Or the painstaking task of painting out Heyami's (SP?) cigs in Blue Sub 6 (only to screw it up in silly ways).
And someone please tell me what is wrong with the concept of death? Why can't they say DIE, DEAD, DEATH or anything like that?? What in the hell?
No... I'm not going to continue, I fear if I continue, my head will explode. I think I'll go watch FLCL (Sorry, Japanese only), something that will NEVER be shown on CN. (Never never never never, if you've seen it you know what I mean. CN's style of editing would leave less than a commercial break worth of material left per ep, wait... HA. They'd probably air all 6 eps in a half-hour spot)
I don't really agree with all the people who say they'll kill it... They won't kill it, thay'll do to it what they've done to everything that came before, *edited to protect the insecure*, and leave it in a ditch to die.
What the hell is the story anyway?? They put it in the midnight run, how many kids are gonna be watching it at midnight?
Our society fills the airwaves with all this anti-drug, anti-drinking, anti-smoking, anti-damnneareverythingelse, kids aren't stupid, they DO understand these concepts. I have neices and nephews who are thoroughly amused by sillyness like trying to pretend that the characters are drinking TEA when they are OBVIOUSLY loaded. (Tenchi series)
Or the painstaking task of painting out Heyami's (SP?) cigs in Blue Sub 6 (only to screw it up in silly ways).
And someone please tell me what is wrong with the concept of death? Why can't they say DIE, DEAD, DEATH or anything like that?? What in the hell?
No... I'm not going to continue, I fear if I continue, my head will explode. I think I'll go watch FLCL (Sorry, Japanese only), something that will NEVER be shown on CN. (Never never never never, if you've seen it you know what I mean. CN's style of editing would leave less than a commercial break left of material for each ep, wait... HA. They'd probably air all 6 eps in a half-hour spot)
*Shakes head*
And I thought -I- did crazy sh** when I was a kid... Doesn't this disturb anyone? Could someone/actually/ make an atomic weapon using methods like these?
I'm sure many of us have seen 'Serial Experiments: Lain', and therefore know that it takes place about when we're upgrading from IPv6 to IPv7, are they trying to 'Fulfill the Prophecy'? Oh, brb, god is trying to ICQ-chat me...;)
(This bit of nonsense brought to you by: caffeine, sleep dep, and the watching of copious amounts of anime. Please don't mod me down too far for attempting humor in this state... ^_^;;)
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With all the BS I've endured lately I needed a good laugh! Thanks BT! :D
I may just be biased (Can't even hear MYSELF over the hum of all this equipment) but, do these people sound like complete blithering idiots to anyone else?
Tin-foil hat brigade indeed.
I don't think the Amish would take them, these people would probably start complaning that proximity to hay or horses or something causes them illness. If anything, I'd say it's all the BULLSHIT.
Uhm, if you're going to complain about the R3 + L3 buttons, don't limit your gripe to the PS2, incase you weren't paying attention the dual shock PSX 'trollers have them too. (Although I've only seen like 2 games that use them...)
Firstly, if you have to work, blow it off. ^_~ Gather foodstuffs and other provisions, break out the extra seating, make space for people to bring laptops, etc. Fire up the entertainment center and away we go....
1. (One of three choices, including: Hellsing, Tenchi Muyo!, and Serial Experiments: Lain)
2. FLCL
3. Cowboy Bebop
4. Unless the first one leaves you short on time, Strange Days (WITH the deleted scenes!)
Lots and lots of videogames are also hella fun and a bit more invloving, my party faves being Mario Kart 64, Tetrisphere (Hell yeah!), and Soul Calibur.
Start the New Year by playing 'Pink Floyd - Time' (Timed so the clocks chiming coincide with midnight)
I'd go on, but I'm up on Soul Calibur. ^_^
I'd still rather be playing it with the Japanese voices... -_-
I suppose this means it's time for me to learn to READ Japanese as well...
But man does this game look sooooo kickass! ^_^
Wow, this looks like fun, I'm always looking for stuff like this, being a shadowrun/cyberpunk rpg'r. I just hope we haven't irrepairably /damaged/ the company with our little slashdotting... (Read: 'net equivelant of a tac-nuke)
/warn/ people before you do this? ;) Like, "Hey, you guys have a great game and all, and we understand that you're a small company, but try and reinforce your webserver, 'cause we're comin' in!'
Does it ever occur to you guys to
Wow. I was right!! My aunt got me one of those when I was tiny! It was a cool toy ^_^ When I glimpsed the show on Cartoon Network, I thought they looked familiar...
(You'll have to excuse me, my morning caffeine hasn't kicked in yet so I'm cranky and opinionated...)
;P) I actually have a couple Gundam models gracing my desktop, I can't really see how they're any different from non-fictional military hardware...
Okay... This is one of the dumbest things I've read all week. And that's saying alot since I've been doing a lot of Microsoft-related reading...
First off, here's something no one seems to have noticed, these folks have the Japanese to blame for 7 out of the 12 items, or atleast the shows/games these are merchandise of... (Whether it's intentional, or simply the price to be payed for making all the good games/anime, who knows...)
About the Video Games:
I think at this point, it's safe to say that if playing Doom and Mortal Kombat turned all the kids that played them into homicidal maniacs, we'd be in a lot of trouble right now. I happen to like Doom and Mortal Kombat (Though, I'm much fonder of Half-Life and Soul Calibur these days), but you don't see me running around dismembering people.
About the models:
Would they complain if their kids wanted to build a model of a REAL weapon? (Battleship/fighter plane/tank/Little Johnny's DIY Tac Nuke
In Closing (And more or less covering what I missed):
I think the poeple who are worried about the negative influence a TOY has on their kids need to keep their over-active imaginations in check. Besides, many of these toys are a little on the expensive side (for a kid), wouldn't the parents have to buy them in the first place? I think they can use their own good judgement in that endeavor.
Thanks for not instantly pulling my account for such a blatent waste of bandwidth, lol ^_^
Well, I'm sure they'll jack up the prices here beyond other areas (To compensate, ofcourse) once they fix the whole thing (Which may never happen anyway, lol)
Funny I just got an email from my provider saying (Adelphia.net) that my area (Vermont) won't be involved in a recent price hike because service around here has sucked lately... (Which they apologized profusely for, and thanked us for our patience...)
I would have to agree with several of my fellow geeks. Damn near anything Gibson. From coining the term 'Cyberspace', to predicting direct neural computer interfaces(?)... Not to mention spawning an entire culture.
That's it! No more... Anyone know a way to get Japanese TV on the US east coast? ^^;
btw, If you come across a copy of 'Hellsing', check it out! It kicks ass!
Funny, I just caught something about this on some coverage of the 2001 CES while I was channel surfing... Looks pretty cool. Hope someone actually licenses the hardware to make data drives for them.
Now, on MD's...
Why is everyone saying MDs never went anywhere? Just 'cause their boxen don't have MD drives? 'Shit quality'?? Only popular in the UK and Japan??
First of all, the units are cheap and very useful (My Sharp player/recorder was under $200), the media is uber-cheap, cheaper than memory for an MP3 unit for sure!
As for the quality, mine's several ATRAC generations older than the current units, and it's able to record at very high definition, I recorded several 320kb/s MP3's to one of my MDs (Using my TOSlink optical connection) and you can't tell the difference.
I wouldn't say it isn't popular in the US, many of my friends have MD units, and even the local music store sells MDs and equipment (Though I opt for getting my fix from minidisco, given the obscene prices here...), and I live in VERMONT fer chrissakes! Not exactly the technology center of the country.
I like the page on dan's site (linked to from dan's site?) that has movies of all sorts of interesting things getting fragged in the microwave... And I thought all it was good for was ramen noodles and Windoze/AOL CDs... ^_^
Honestly, why would anyone get the RETAIL version of a linux distro every 6 months?
/would/ just DL it, but when I can get it all on cd's for the price of burning them myself, there's not much to think about...
My first copy of RH was a retail box, I figured 'Well, there, I've contributed some cash to the cause...' After that I've been getting burned cd's from LSL. Hell, I
Each time a new update of RH comes out, I get the 2 RH discs, the RH powertools, RH docs, RH source, and the RPM archives cds, plus the latest KDE and Gnome cds. On average this costs me less than $20 with s/h. I'm still nowhere NEAR what I've spent on M$ software/os's
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"Look. Endsville is burning." -Mamimi, FLCL
D'oh... I originally posted this to the Tenchi story by accident, proof that I should down a whole pot of coffee before bringing cognitive functions online, otherwise bad things happen.
I don't really agree with all the people who say they'll kill it... They won't kill it, thay'll do to it what they've done to everything that came before, *edited to protect the insecure*, and leave it in a ditch to die.
What the hell is the story anyway?? They put it in the midnight run, how many kids are gonna be watching it at midnight?
Our society fills the airwaves with all this anti-drug, anti-drinking, anti-smoking, anti-damnneareverythingelse, kids aren't stupid, they DO understand these concepts. I have neices and nephews who are thoroughly amused by sillyness like trying to pretend that the characters are drinking TEA when they are OBVIOUSLY loaded. (Tenchi series)
Or the painstaking task of painting out Heyami's (SP?) cigs in Blue Sub 6 (only to screw it up in silly ways).
And someone please tell me what is wrong with the concept of death? Why can't they say DIE, DEAD, DEATH or anything like that?? What in the hell?
No... I'm not going to continue, I fear if I continue, my head will explode. I think I'll go watch FLCL (Sorry, Japanese only), something that will NEVER be shown on CN. (Never never never never, if you've seen it you know what I mean. CN's style of editing would leave less than a commercial break worth of material left per ep, wait... HA. They'd probably air all 6 eps in a half-hour spot)
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"Look. Endsville is burning." -Mamimi, FLCL
D'oh... I don't know how I managed this... But I was supposed to be posting this to the 'Cowboy Bebop on CN' story... -_-;;;;;;;;;
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"Look. Endsville is burning." -Mamimi, FLCL
I don't really agree with all the people who say they'll kill it... They won't kill it, thay'll do to it what they've done to everything that came before, *edited to protect the insecure*, and leave it in a ditch to die.
What the hell is the story anyway?? They put it in the midnight run, how many kids are gonna be watching it at midnight?
Our society fills the airwaves with all this anti-drug, anti-drinking, anti-smoking, anti-damnneareverythingelse, kids aren't stupid, they DO understand these concepts. I have neices and nephews who are thoroughly amused by sillyness like trying to pretend that the characters are drinking TEA when they are OBVIOUSLY loaded. (Tenchi series)
Or the painstaking task of painting out Heyami's (SP?) cigs in Blue Sub 6 (only to screw it up in silly ways).
And someone please tell me what is wrong with the concept of death? Why can't they say DIE, DEAD, DEATH or anything like that?? What in the hell?
No... I'm not going to continue, I fear if I continue, my head will explode. I think I'll go watch FLCL (Sorry, Japanese only), something that will NEVER be shown on CN. (Never never never never, if you've seen it you know what I mean. CN's style of editing would leave less than a commercial break left of material for each ep, wait... HA. They'd probably air all 6 eps in a half-hour spot)
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"Look. Endsville is burning." -Mamimi, FLCL
2 processors of that kind of speed in my workstation, and I might actually be able to render something of FF's quality within my lifetime ^_^
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"Look. Endsville is burning." -Mamimi, FLCL
*Shakes head* And I thought -I- did crazy sh** when I was a kid... Doesn't this disturb anyone? Could someone /actually/ make an atomic weapon using methods like these?
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"Look. Endsville is burning." -Mamimi, FLCL
Japan leads in IPv6....
;)
I'm sure many of us have seen 'Serial Experiments: Lain', and therefore know that it takes place about when we're upgrading from IPv6 to IPv7, are they trying to 'Fulfill the Prophecy'? Oh, brb, god is trying to ICQ-chat me...
(This bit of nonsense brought to you by: caffeine, sleep dep, and the watching of copious amounts of anime. Please don't mod me down too far for attempting humor in this state... ^_^;;)
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"Look. Endsville is burning." -Mamimi, FLCL