We're not talking about child development here... we're talking about adults playing games. The first few days you could hang around Pre-Sear and run missions and level up a bit while things are still fairly easy.
And if you make one mistake during an instanced zone, and wipe out, you have to start back at a town.
Have you played Guild Wars recently? You resurrect at a shrine in the same region, nothing is reset. Anything you've killed is dead. You get a temporary penalty to your stats and you go on. If you choose to jump back to the town (which you can do at any time from any distance, which is nice) then yes, things do reset. But that's your choice.
Although the pvp in guild wars is interesting for awhile, getting to the point where you can create characters capable of winning takes quite a long time of grinding for the skills and runes.
I was winning in random group PVP matches on day one. Not regularly mind you, and I had to experiment around with the types of classes I wanted to play, but I was doing it. And it was fun. And I don't really like PVP. It's also nice that special items and skills unlocked during PVE are made available to your PVP character(s).
Anyway, Guild Wars is not perfect, but it is fun, it does take some getting used to (what MMORPG doesn't) and it doesn't have a monthly fee. for those of us who can go a week without getting time to play, this is nice, as it removes the guilt of a waster money from hanging over our heads.
The variety in items has been increasing frquently
Items are less important, as they basically support your skills and skill choice is the best part of the game.
I'm not much into PVP (though I've enjoyed PVP in Guild Wars more than in any other game) and I've enjoyed PVE immensely. There is a great deal of strategy involved in attacking higher level mobs which I have enjoyed.
As far as character variety, I was a little disappointed as the last game I had played was SWG where you had ultimate control. Guild Ward gives less, but as far as I'm concerned it's sufficient.
Even if you move on in a few months, you have only lost the cost of the game. Plus, you can start playing again at any time. Try that with any other MMORPG.
All your characters can share money and treasure amongst themselves.
Oh, and there is no monthly fee. Seriously, you should try it out. You don't even have to go to the store, you can download the client and then use it to purchase your account online.
"How can we honour the memory, of a man like James Doohan . Well, he was governed by the laws of Physics, as are all living things. It is a scientific fact, that hearts and clocks slow down as they approach the speed of light, the point at which matter is converted into energy. Dr. Hanlin's heart approached that speed on Friday evening at 7:57, according to the coroner, converting his matter to energy, into pure white light. Though he is no longer with us, he is all around us."
That movie does not reflect the true India, specially that in villages. Well many things are close (e.g the stick dance, parties, fun-gama) but they arent as liberal - at least in the villages tho. But they are fun
I figured as much. As with all generalizations, and even more so with cinematic generalizations, the devil is in the details. No one can make a two hour movie, much less a comedy, and capture the Truth.
Watch kamasutra
I'm waiting for the book to come out.
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in the end, it is only Light that is sufficent Jesus is that light?
no way. I saw Bride and Prejudice, the women are all independent and they dance and have attitude. Do the stick dance. They are funny and colorful. Ha ha ha. Come to India, come to Pakistan. Do the cobra Dance. Ha ha ha.
Not even worth the time of a full reply, but in short:
reading it (like a regular user would), indexing it (like a search engine would) or archiving it (like the Internet Archive *and* just about any search engine would).
none of those are a problem. Read the parent post, it's about distribution.
If I, as an author, gave you a copy of my book, you could read it, index it, or archive it, because I gave you a copy and you have a right to THAT copy, but I did not give you the right to make copies and distribute it to others.
i.e. you can not separate the information you possess from your attitude toward that information. (which in the end, leads to its acceptance or dismissal)
You can turn anything around. That's the basis for the "in Soviet Russia" jokes, but it doesn't make them insightful.
Here are some other phrases you could turn around:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed
that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Seriously, is anyone, besides the mentally handicapped, the recently comatose, and Poison fans, reading this headline and going, "Whaaaa, cassette sales are down in the US and UK?", and if so, what are the chances that they know what the word "wane" means?
Using firefox and multiple tabs (as in 2 maybe 3) you too can know personally the power of the effect, as you yourself bring a web server server to it's knees.
One of the major problems encountered in time travel... is quite simply one of grammar, and the main work to consult in this matter is Dr Dan Streetmentioner's Time Traveller's Handbook of 1001 Tense Formations. It will tell you for instance how to describe something that was about to happen to you in the past before you avoided it by time-jumping forward two days in order to avoid it...
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
So, (to haven so) how are you planning (howen planninged aren youing) on getting back? (to having beened getten to back?) And, if you figure it out (willan on-figure outen iting), can I come with you? (withen comoll on-I you?)
(with apologies to both Douglas Adams and Dan Streetmentioner)
By this reasoning the concept of "invented" is meaningless and free will is an illusion. Not that I necessarily disagree with that sentiment...
It's something that is pretty hard to argue with if one believes in evolution. After all, if we are shaped by both genetic predisposition and the inputs we receive from the moment of conception and their reaction with one another. (i.e. two individuals with different genetic backgrounds but identical inputs - as if that exists - may process the information differently) then it's hard to assert that we have any control over our response to stimulus. We are only doing what we have been prepared by both heredity and environment to do.
Of course, this line of thinking pretty much leads to despair, and the conclusion that your actions have no significance whatsoever.
Slashdot Mirror
during those crucial first days
We're not talking about child development here... we're talking about adults playing games. The first few days you could hang around Pre-Sear and run missions and level up a bit while things are still fairly easy.
And if you make one mistake during an instanced zone, and wipe out, you have to start back at a town.
Have you played Guild Wars recently? You resurrect at a shrine in the same region, nothing is reset. Anything you've killed is dead. You get a temporary penalty to your stats and you go on. If you choose to jump back to the town (which you can do at any time from any distance, which is nice) then yes, things do reset. But that's your choice.
Although the pvp in guild wars is interesting for awhile, getting to the point where you can create characters capable of winning takes quite a long time of grinding for the skills and runes.
I was winning in random group PVP matches on day one. Not regularly mind you, and I had to experiment around with the types of classes I wanted to play, but I was doing it. And it was fun. And I don't really like PVP. It's also nice that special items and skills unlocked during PVE are made available to your PVP character(s).
Anyway, Guild Wars is not perfect, but it is fun, it does take some getting used to (what MMORPG doesn't) and it doesn't have a monthly fee. for those of us who can go a week without getting time to play, this is nice, as it removes the guilt of a waster money from hanging over our heads.
Even if you move on in a few months, you have only lost the cost of the game. Plus, you can start playing again at any time. Try that with any other MMORPG.
Oh, and there is no monthly fee.
Seriously, you should try it out. You don't even have to go to the store, you can download the client and then use it to purchase your account online.
"How can we honour the memory, of a man like James Doohan . Well, he was governed by the laws of Physics, as are all living things. It is a scientific fact, that hearts and clocks slow down as they approach the speed of light, the point at which matter is converted into energy. Dr. Hanlin's heart approached that speed on Friday evening at 7:57, according to the coroner, converting his matter to energy, into pure white light. Though he is no longer with us, he is all around us."
- from an episode of 3rd Rock from the Sun
Defend yourself RSS...
Smack!
Kapow!
At least put your hands in front of your face.
Whack!
Bam!
Get up off the mat, RSS!!!
Get up!!
I can't watch anymore...
That movie does not reflect the true India, specially that in villages. Well many things are close (e.g the stick dance, parties, fun-gama) but they arent as liberal - at least in the villages tho. But they are fun
I figured as much. As with all generalizations, and even more so with cinematic generalizations, the devil is in the details. No one can make a two hour movie, much less a comedy, and capture the Truth.
Watch kamasutra
I'm waiting for the book to come out.
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in the end, it is only Light that is sufficent
Jesus is that light?
no way. I saw Bride and Prejudice, the women are all independent and they dance and have attitude. Do the stick dance. They are funny and colorful. Ha ha ha. Come to India, come to Pakistan. Do the cobra Dance. Ha ha ha.
Not even worth the time of a full reply, but in short:
reading it (like a regular user would), indexing it (like a search engine would) or archiving it (like the Internet Archive *and* just about any search engine would).
none of those are a problem. Read the parent post, it's about distribution.
If I, as an author, gave you a copy of my book, you could read it, index it, or archive it, because I gave you a copy and you have a right to THAT copy, but I did not give you the right to make copies and distribute it to others.
That's what this is about.
Knowledge recapitulates bias.
i.e. you can not separate the information you
possess from your attitude toward that information.
(which in the end, leads to its acceptance or dismissal)
Sun is very much through the Looking Glass, these days
Nice..."
One man's distortion is another man's monopolization of a term
is another man's marketing opportunity
is another man's opinion.
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is another way to say 'YAWN'
AMD vows to release planet with dual massive cores by end of '05. Intel responds by renegotiating contracts with its distributors.
Your loosing your mind. Its not hour fault that you don't know how to read more better.
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Kneel before my righteous furry
Plus at only $10 bucks a year, only a few issues need to be good to justify the cost.
The Turtle Moves!!!
read about it here
Japanese robots on the moon, but no mention of the teenage girls that will pilot them.
I call shenanigans.
What?!?!?!
You can turn anything around. That's the basis for the "in Soviet Russia" jokes, but it doesn't make them insightful.
Here are some other phrases you could turn around:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed
that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Knock yourself out.
Uhmm...
Unskinny Bop
'Nuff said.
Cassette Tapes On The Wane
Seriously, is anyone, besides the mentally handicapped, the recently comatose, and Poison fans, reading this headline and going, "Whaaaa, cassette sales are down in the US and UK?", and if so, what are the chances that they know what the word "wane" means?
Using firefox and multiple tabs (as in 2 maybe 3) you too can know personally the power of the effect, as you yourself bring a web server server to it's knees.
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I AM MIGHTY!!!
One of the major problems encountered in time travel... is quite simply one of grammar, and the main work to consult in this matter is Dr Dan Streetmentioner's Time Traveller's Handbook of 1001 Tense Formations. It will tell you for instance how to describe something that was about to happen to you in the past before you avoided it by time-jumping forward two days in order to avoid it...
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
So, (to haven so) how are you planning (howen planninged aren youing) on getting back? (to having beened getten to back?) And, if you figure it out (willan on-figure outen iting), can I come with you? (withen comoll on-I you?)
(with apologies to both Douglas Adams and Dan Streetmentioner)
thanks for leaking the new title... now they'll have to come up with something besides - Star Wars VII: A New Hype
You hand the Wal-Mart electronics guru your Netflix card
guru?!?!
In which parallel dimension have you been shopping and how do I get there?
I knocked up some crappy Java client a while back.
I hope you had the decency to not bill her for those five minutes...
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It' called incest Arlene, and it's against the law.
By this reasoning the concept of "invented" is meaningless and free will is an illusion.
Not that I necessarily disagree with that sentiment...
It's something that is pretty hard to argue with if one believes in evolution. After all, if we are shaped by both genetic predisposition and the inputs we receive from the moment of conception and their reaction with one another. (i.e. two individuals with different genetic backgrounds but identical inputs - as if that exists - may process the information differently) then it's hard to assert that we have any control over our response to stimulus. We are only doing what we have been prepared by both heredity and environment to do.
Of course, this line of thinking pretty much leads to despair, and the conclusion that your actions have no significance whatsoever.
If only there was something bigger than man.