"this could possibly rate video game players as better drivers"
Highly dubious. I play video games all the time (and I'm pretty damn good at it too) and I've gotten in 3 accidents and gotten 2 speeding tickets. I'm 17. One of my accidents was running into a bus full of cheerleaders, btw.
"it looks like this one has got all the right ingredients to make not only one of the best RPGs ever, but the definitive Star Wars title."
How can Star Wars Galaxies not be called the deifnitive Star Wars game? KotOR is set 4000 years before the familiar Star Wars tales! Galaxies is set in the middle trilogy's era. I think that would "immerse them directly in the world they longed to be part of".
We've held Half-Life: Counter-Strike tournaments and Quake III: Arena tournaments at my high school, but last year the administration shut them down because they were "too violent". We used both school computers (mostly dual Celerons) in the Computer Systems Lab running Linux for Quake III, and those brought from home for the Half-Life tourneys. The current LAN gaming at my school now occurs in the network administration class, where we are encouraged to play network games, e.g. Diablo, Starcraft, Descent, and Quake.
For larger gap to emerge between the current consumer internet (dial-up, dsl, cable) and a new form of Internet? I can see one (the current) becoming a lowlier, cheaper, seedier, less secure, internet "underground" if you will, and a new one emerging that's faster, more standardized and secure, but more expensive, and used by high-class citizens and businesses. Any thoughts?
The current high bidder is px21, and his eBay profile page says he's in high school. I'm in high school, and my current mode of transportation (my car) cost approximately 300 bucks. Damn.
Lord knows I learned a hell of a lot more by seeing Star Wars then going to physics class. When I came in late, one of my teachers asked "how was it?" (he knew). I said that my doctor's appointment had "amazing special effects".
But why the fuck in the first place are people looking at porn on their cell phone???? Do people know when enough is enough? Honestly I jack off at least 3-5 times a day (not healthy, I know, but I'm a teenager, get over it) but I don't go THAT far to get my freakin' porn. Aye Carumba.
You should be able to copyright sequences you made entirely yourself. But if you use any part of any other DNA sequence that already exists in the world, you should be accused of plagiarizing God's work. The work of God should not be copyrighted.
Hey, I'm 16. Hypothetically speaking, would anybody give someone my age a job if they had some certs? I mean not like a bench-tech at CompUSA for your A+, but like a Novell admin (or even like an apprentice) with a Network+, CNA, CNE, and CISSP (and of course experience). If I could scrounge up the money, I could pass the A+, Network+, CNE, CNA, MCP, and (with a little studying) CISSP. I have experience to back it up, so don't whip the "no experience" card out on me. So all it boils down to is: should I get some certs and look for an IT job, or not waste my time (and money) and just get a normal teenager job?
I remember hearing somewhere that someone could bring down ALL over-Atlantic phone connections by finding the IP address of AT&T's router and shutting it down via DoS.
yeah, i've been waiting for this for a loooong time. god knows my next cad machine will be a dual sledgehammer. btw, sledgehammer is the multiprocessor one right? and the clawhammer is the single?
I got NetFlix when it started more than a year ago. It was great. The problem is, that it took at least three days for any dvd to come to my house. This was because I'm on the east coast and they're based on the west coast. People on the west coast will be getting a very good deal, as you can get the dvd you order in usually under two days. I cancelled my service because I'm a filmaholic and could watch a dvd a day (and without my fix man, I get withdrawal symptoms!)
Wouldn't a PDA and some of those iGlasses be a lot cheaper? Who says you have to use it while walking down the street? As long as it's small and portable.
that we all know that a megabyte is 1,048,576 bytes, and that a kilobyte is 1,024 bytes. the "mega" and "kilo" are an "estimation" if you will, of the actually number of bytes. this idea, frankly, is absurd.
It is my firm belief that video games are art. I also believe code can be art, like a great piece of writing. I also believe that some hardware should be considered art.
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"this could possibly rate video game players as better drivers"
Highly dubious. I play video games all the time (and I'm pretty damn good at it too) and I've gotten in 3 accidents and gotten 2 speeding tickets. I'm 17. One of my accidents was running into a bus full of cheerleaders, btw.
From the article:
"it looks like this one has got all the right ingredients to make not only one of the best RPGs ever, but the definitive Star Wars title."
How can Star Wars Galaxies not be called the deifnitive Star Wars game? KotOR is set 4000 years before the familiar Star Wars tales! Galaxies is set in the middle trilogy's era. I think that would "immerse them directly in the world they longed to be part of".
Microsoft announced Wednesday that there is a serious software flaw with its IIS web server.
[increasing in pitch]Whaaaaaaaaat? Can't be.
We've held Half-Life: Counter-Strike tournaments and Quake III: Arena tournaments at my high school, but last year the administration shut them down because they were "too violent". We used both school computers (mostly dual Celerons) in the Computer Systems Lab running Linux for Quake III, and those brought from home for the Half-Life tourneys. The current LAN gaming at my school now occurs in the network administration class, where we are encouraged to play network games, e.g. Diablo, Starcraft, Descent, and Quake.
For larger gap to emerge between the current consumer internet (dial-up, dsl, cable) and a new form of Internet? I can see one (the current) becoming a lowlier, cheaper, seedier, less secure, internet "underground" if you will, and a new one emerging that's faster, more standardized and secure, but more expensive, and used by high-class citizens and businesses. Any thoughts?
The current high bidder is px21, and his eBay profile page says he's in high school. I'm in high school, and my current mode of transportation (my car) cost approximately 300 bucks. Damn.
This could very well be a dream or a flashback sequence. Or they could be clones! (sorry, still in Star Wars mode)
Lord knows I learned a hell of a lot more by seeing Star Wars then going to physics class. When I came in late, one of my teachers asked "how was it?" (he knew). I said that my doctor's appointment had "amazing special effects".
But why the fuck in the first place are people looking at porn on their cell phone???? Do people know when enough is enough? Honestly I jack off at least 3-5 times a day (not healthy, I know, but I'm a teenager, get over it) but I don't go THAT far to get my freakin' porn. Aye Carumba.
Give it all to Longfellow Deeds, silly.
all that's left to do is make it Harder (better security) and Better (change the name to something cooler perhaps?). Sorry, I couldn't resist.
You should be able to copyright sequences you made entirely yourself. But if you use any part of any other DNA sequence that already exists in the world, you should be accused of plagiarizing God's work. The work of God should not be copyrighted.
Yeah, so does this make more likely that we'll find extraterrestrial intelligences? I mean, we can't restrict out searches to just planets now.
Hey, I'm 16. Hypothetically speaking, would anybody give someone my age a job if they had some certs? I mean not like a bench-tech at CompUSA for your A+, but like a Novell admin (or even like an apprentice) with a Network+, CNA, CNE, and CISSP (and of course experience). If I could scrounge up the money, I could pass the A+, Network+, CNE, CNA, MCP, and (with a little studying) CISSP. I have experience to back it up, so don't whip the "no experience" card out on me. So all it boils down to is: should I get some certs and look for an IT job, or not waste my time (and money) and just get a normal teenager job?
I remember hearing somewhere that someone could bring down ALL over-Atlantic phone connections by finding the IP address of AT&T's router and shutting it down via DoS.
So is this similar to ClearType that comes with Windows XP?
yeah, i've been waiting for this for a loooong time. god knows my next cad machine will be a dual sledgehammer. btw, sledgehammer is the multiprocessor one right? and the clawhammer is the single?
I got NetFlix when it started more than a year ago. It was great. The problem is, that it took at least three days for any dvd to come to my house. This was because I'm on the east coast and they're based on the west coast. People on the west coast will be getting a very good deal, as you can get the dvd you order in usually under two days. I cancelled my service because I'm a filmaholic and could watch a dvd a day (and without my fix man, I get withdrawal symptoms!)
Wouldn't a PDA and some of those iGlasses be a lot cheaper? Who says you have to use it while walking down the street? As long as it's small and portable.
Yeah, I use KaZaA. Every day. KaZaA never stopped downloads. I'm wondering what all the hubbub was about.
The fastest PC processors today top out just above 1GHz.
If by 1GHz you mean 2GHz, yes. Subtle difference, I know, but important nonetheless.
that we all know that a megabyte is 1,048,576 bytes, and that a kilobyte is 1,024 bytes. the "mega" and "kilo" are an "estimation" if you will, of the actually number of bytes. this idea, frankly, is absurd.
i was hoping to see the usenet posts from my birthday, may 2. nuts.
I have Toxicity by System of a Down and it plays fine. Oh yeah, it's the vinyl LP - suck it biotch.
It is my firm belief that video games are art. I also believe code can be art, like a great piece of writing. I also believe that some hardware should be considered art.