Yeah, if I didn't already have a Wii, I'd definitely be buying a Wii U and a copy of Skyward Sword.
Still baffled that Nintendo didn't do a Hi-def remake of Twilight Princess, bolting on the motion controls and enemy AI from Skyward Sword --- I'd've bought a Wii U for that.
Still trying to find the time / inclination to buy and play Mario Kart --- may wait for the Wii U version at this point in time.
There've always been some pretty cool games on the Wii Shop Channel (along w/ shovelware like SPOGS Racing).
I'm still not seeing anything which I can use to justify _my_ purchase of a Wii U --- nothing yet like my favourite games:
- Red Steel 2
- Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
- Xenoblade Chronicles
- The Last Story
I want a full-fledged RPG w/ an expansive world which allows for exploration (I'd be willing to pay for expansions as DLC) and which uses motion controls as well as Skyward Sword or Red Steel 2 (if the former, I want an option for swapping handedness w/ the bow and sword).
I can see the cost-savings in leaving out the radio antenna, and not having to make the case suitable for Wi-Fi, and not including the wireless chip --- I don't see saving enough money on the firmware to justify taking the software out of it.
If it's still there and a USB dongle works, this becomes a very interesting unit for streaming Netflix and co-op gaming.
Went to a local hardware store (in business since the Civil War) to purchase bullet catches for a woodworking project since I knew that they carried Stanley brand, unlike the local True Value distributor which I was in on Sunday which carries National Hardware --- turns out that Stanley sold their hardware division to National Hardware, so the bullet catches were the same as the ones I'd rejected on Sunday, just in Stanley's black and yellow packaging.
Lowes and Home Depot don't bother w/ much small hardware, so no bullet catches at either when I checked on Sunday.
The only other choice locally (since the last nearby independent woodworking shop closed) is Woodcraft and their inexpensive bullet catches seem to be from the same Pacific Rim factor which makes them for National Hardware so that leaves Brusso catches (too expensive and I want surface mounted strike plates), so I had to order from Lee Valley in Canada (and order strike plates from D. Lawless).
I really regret my father selling his father's anvil --- looks like I'm going to have to take up metal-working to have nice hardware for my woodworking projects.
Not only that, but there're little bits of Flash in various places for some reason or other.
The wish list interface is quite nice though, and I'm finding that a lot of what I'm managing (in private lists) is from other vendors using Amazon's Universal Wish List feature (which isn't making them any money).
- I use a manual lawn mower
- I fertilize w/ leaf mold raked up by hand and composted on-site
- I'm growing crepe myrtle, viburnum dentatum (arrowwood), walnut and mulberry which I harvest to make bows and arrows of which stores carbon (broken gear becomes wall decorations or are stored in my shop for scrap)
The only CO_2 expense is the occasional purchase of an herbicide to kill poison ivy vines when birds plant them.
There's more acreage in lawns in the U.S. than any other single crop.
The manual reel mower is the best option, both for the quality of the cut, the exercise which it imparts on the user and the CO_2 savings of not burning gasoline or coal (if electric --- but people near hydro-electric or nuke plants get a bye).
I've used one (a narrower, simpler one bought before this improved version was available) for about 2 decades and am glad to not have to do an annual tuneup / oil change of a gas-powered mower and to not have to trouble over storing gasoline.
When I make something as simple as a dovetail box, when it's time to cut off the lid, I carefully do not cut the lid all the way off, leaving some uncut areas around the edges to hold the lid in place so that the saw blade doesn't bind.
The patent in question is for generating supports to hold a model in place as it's being printed --- if one does this same thing in a subtractive process, it's obvious that one would be able to in an additive process.
The games I've enjoyed most have been Wii Motion Plus games w/ IR pointing and RPGs rounding out things --- wish there was a blending of all 3 genres:
- Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword --- amazingly fun, just wish there was DLC and an option to switch handedness
- Red Steel 2 --- lots of fun, but too short and needed on-line multiplayer
- Wii Sports Resort --- wish the menus were faster to navigate
- Xenoblade Chronicles --- wish it were motion controlled w/ more of a 1st person view
- The Last Story --- the lack of IR pointing for looking / aiming is bizarre, plus motion sword controls and DLC and it'd be the perfect game for me.
That _was_ Steve Jobs original vision back when he built the highly-automated (for its time) NeXT factory --- what he really wanted was a factory where sand (and other raw materials) came in one end and finished machines went out the other.
Military pay is _much_ better than it used to be. Retirement is still amazingly good (until the bean counters decide it should become some sort of 401K).
It's a privilege to serve and one should be more concerned about things other than money --- plenty of time for that later (you've more than half your life ahead of you if you retire at age 38).
But independents have the option of voting for Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate.
Many feel that gridlock caused by a Democrat in the White House and Republicans controlling the House and Senate is the best option possible w/ this election slate.
Voting for Gary Johnson won't interfere w/ that, so isn't a ``wasted'' vote.
the Electoral College, but loses the popular vote --- for bonus points, it'd be funny if Romney manages to beat him in the popular vote while still losing the election. Hopefully Gary Johnson will pull enough votes from both candidates to make people take the Libertarians seriously.
Best debate interaction ever:
``The person who wins the popular vote should win the Presidency.''
``Do you know what mechanism the Founding Fathers placed in the Constitution to defend us from demagoguery?''::blank stare::
``Well, that explains your unfounded, ill-informed opinion.''
Yeah, it was rather humbling when I read / reviewed Rick Cusick's _What Our Lettering Needs_ about Prof. Hermann Zapf's time at Hallmark where it shows a Zapfino-like alphabet design done w/ a 49 cent Bic.
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Again, I've never seen a nursing home which didn't have at least a consulting physician.
Yeah, if I didn't already have a Wii, I'd definitely be buying a Wii U and a copy of Skyward Sword.
Still baffled that Nintendo didn't do a Hi-def remake of Twilight Princess, bolting on the motion controls and enemy AI from Skyward Sword --- I'd've bought a Wii U for that.
Still trying to find the time / inclination to buy and play Mario Kart --- may wait for the Wii U version at this point in time.
William
There've always been some pretty cool games on the Wii Shop Channel (along w/ shovelware like SPOGS Racing).
I'm still not seeing anything which I can use to justify _my_ purchase of a Wii U --- nothing yet like my favourite games:
- Red Steel 2
- Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
- Xenoblade Chronicles
- The Last Story
I want a full-fledged RPG w/ an expansive world which allows for exploration (I'd be willing to pay for expansions as DLC) and which uses motion controls as well as Skyward Sword or Red Steel 2 (if the former, I want an option for swapping handedness w/ the bow and sword).
I've never seen an ambulance system which didn't have an MD as an advisor, and where is one taking the patient but to a doctor at an emergency room?
it's a medical record, entitled to the appropriate legal protections and the property of the person to whom it refers.
End of discussion.
Right.
I can see the cost-savings in leaving out the radio antenna, and not having to make the case suitable for Wi-Fi, and not including the wireless chip --- I don't see saving enough money on the firmware to justify taking the software out of it.
If it's still there and a USB dongle works, this becomes a very interesting unit for streaming Netflix and co-op gaming.
Went to a local hardware store (in business since the Civil War) to purchase bullet catches for a woodworking project since I knew that they carried Stanley brand, unlike the local True Value distributor which I was in on Sunday which carries National Hardware --- turns out that Stanley sold their hardware division to National Hardware, so the bullet catches were the same as the ones I'd rejected on Sunday, just in Stanley's black and yellow packaging.
Lowes and Home Depot don't bother w/ much small hardware, so no bullet catches at either when I checked on Sunday.
The only other choice locally (since the last nearby independent woodworking shop closed) is Woodcraft and their inexpensive bullet catches seem to be from the same Pacific Rim factor which makes them for National Hardware so that leaves Brusso catches (too expensive and I want surface mounted strike plates), so I had to order from Lee Valley in Canada (and order strike plates from D. Lawless).
I really regret my father selling his father's anvil --- looks like I'm going to have to take up metal-working to have nice hardware for my woodworking projects.
Could one add a (wired?) internet connection using a USB dongle?
Not only that, but there're little bits of Flash in various places for some reason or other.
The wish list interface is quite nice though, and I'm finding that a lot of what I'm managing (in private lists) is from other vendors using Amazon's Universal Wish List feature (which isn't making them any money).
My lawn has essentially _zero_ CO_2 requirements:
- I use a manual lawn mower
- I fertilize w/ leaf mold raked up by hand and composted on-site
- I'm growing crepe myrtle, viburnum dentatum (arrowwood), walnut and mulberry which I harvest to make bows and arrows of which stores carbon (broken gear becomes wall decorations or are stored in my shop for scrap)
The only CO_2 expense is the occasional purchase of an herbicide to kill poison ivy vines when birds plant them.
There's more acreage in lawns in the U.S. than any other single crop.
The manual reel mower is the best option, both for the quality of the cut, the exercise which it imparts on the user and the CO_2 savings of not burning gasoline or coal (if electric --- but people near hydro-electric or nuke plants get a bye).
For those who don't have one:
http://www.amishlawnmower.com/
I've used one (a narrower, simpler one bought before this improved version was available) for about 2 decades and am glad to not have to do an annual tuneup / oil change of a gas-powered mower and to not have to trouble over storing gasoline.
William
When I make something as simple as a dovetail box, when it's time to cut off the lid, I carefully do not cut the lid all the way off, leaving some uncut areas around the edges to hold the lid in place so that the saw blade doesn't bind.
The patent in question is for generating supports to hold a model in place as it's being printed --- if one does this same thing in a subtractive process, it's obvious that one would be able to in an additive process.
William
The games I've enjoyed most have been Wii Motion Plus games w/ IR pointing and RPGs rounding out things --- wish there was a blending of all 3 genres:
- Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword --- amazingly fun, just wish there was DLC and an option to switch handedness
- Red Steel 2 --- lots of fun, but too short and needed on-line multiplayer
- Wii Sports Resort --- wish the menus were faster to navigate
- Xenoblade Chronicles --- wish it were motion controlled w/ more of a 1st person view
- The Last Story --- the lack of IR pointing for looking / aiming is bizarre, plus motion sword controls and DLC and it'd be the perfect game for me.
I believe the short story you want is ``Manna 2.0'':
http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm
That _was_ Steve Jobs original vision back when he built the highly-automated (for its time) NeXT factory --- what he really wanted was a factory where sand (and other raw materials) came in one end and finished machines went out the other.
William
before (instead) of doing something so foolish:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094027/
Military pay is _much_ better than it used to be. Retirement is still amazingly good (until the bean counters decide it should become some sort of 401K).
It's a privilege to serve and one should be more concerned about things other than money --- plenty of time for that later (you've more than half your life ahead of you if you retire at age 38).
Agreed (posting to fix accidental offtopic moderation --- mea culpa).
That's why Heifer International gets my charity money on a regular basis:
http://www.heifer.org/
Right, because having a nation-wide recount would be such a great thing.
But independents have the option of voting for Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate.
Many feel that gridlock caused by a Democrat in the White House and Republicans controlling the House and Senate is the best option possible w/ this election slate.
Voting for Gary Johnson won't interfere w/ that, so isn't a ``wasted'' vote.
the Electoral College, but loses the popular vote --- for bonus points, it'd be funny if Romney manages to beat him in the popular vote while still losing the election. Hopefully Gary Johnson will pull enough votes from both candidates to make people take the Libertarians seriously.
Best debate interaction ever:
``The person who wins the popular vote should win the Presidency.''
``Do you know what mechanism the Founding Fathers placed in the Constitution to defend us from demagoguery?'' ::blank stare::
``Well, that explains your unfounded, ill-informed opinion.''
Given that some polling locations are likely to not have power on election day:
http://www.salon.com/2012/11/01/power_loss_threatens_vote_in_6_plus_states/
the problems w/ unnecessarily using machines is obvious.
Use a paper ballot. Use machines to count them. Have standards for how said machines communicate the totals.
Above all, have a physical paper trail for the inevitable recounts.
Yeah, it was rather humbling when I read / reviewed Rick Cusick's _What Our Lettering Needs_ about Prof. Hermann Zapf's time at Hallmark where it shows a Zapfino-like alphabet design done w/ a 49 cent Bic.
Unfortunately,I've yet to find a journal program which:
- allows a (configurable --- angle, width, pressure response) chisel edge
- honors rotation input
- has handwriting recognition
I use Futurewave Smartsketch, Alias Sketchbook, MS Journal and Evernote on a Fujitsu Stylistic w/ daylight display.