That is true. On the other hand, they're at least an amusing presentation of the fanboi propaganda. To me, that's about as high as an advertisement can aspire - to be funny. After all, they'd barely be advertisements if they aspired to faithfully representing only the facts.
A previous poster mentioned a similar idea out of a work of fiction and your comment has a humourous angle to it. I don't see why this couldn't be a local-scale solution, though. Right now, all of the work that I do on the stationary bicycle during my lunch hour is turned into waste heat. Electricity is not my strong point, but it seems reasonable that many low-power generators could be put to some good use.
I wish to relate anecdotal evidence in support of the statements that c_fel has made. When I am interested in editing a document on my Win2K desktop computer and also on my Kubuntu laptop computer, I use an open document format. When I am interested in viewing or displaying a finished, "published" document, I convert it to a PDF. For example, this is how I maintained a consistent, polished appearance across documents when preparing my resume and cover letter for print.
How much utility do you get out of doing something good for the environment? For some people it's a lot more than the money they would otherwise have sunk into gasoline and electricity. I've only recently joined the ranks of the gainfully employed so I'm stuck with my gasoline automobile and steam-heated apartment. In the future, though, I am going to investigate hybrid, battery-electric, and fuel-cell-electric automobiles. When I get a house, I'm going to look into solar power, wind power, and geothermal heating/cooling. All of these things are expensive, but I derive value from using my disposable income in an environmentally conscious way. I'm more afraid of my neighbors petitioning to have my windmill taken down than I am of the cost of putting it up in the first place.
For what it's worth, I went straight to iTunes, listened to a few of their excerpts, then purchased the song that's poised to make the top 40 (Blag, Steal & Borrow.) I guess that qualifies this article sort of as a slashvertisement, but whatever. I'm happy to put my money where my mouth is. I don't necessarily agree with the "eradicate copyright" argument, but I'm very interested in supporting alternate distribution channels. Because of iTunes, I have very little incentive to download music in violation of copyright. $0.99 is a price I'm willing to pay for a single that I like.
It is for this reason that the analogy is just an analogy. It is descriptive of the phenomenon but it does not simulate it perfectly. When thinking about slips of paper in envelopes, you're right, the slip that your brother receives is determined the moment you drop the envelope in the mailbox. I could not begin to explain why (I only vaguely understand it, myself) but when thinking about quantum-scale particles, the particle actually is neither black nor white until it is observed, which collapses the state of the particle and the other particle(s) to which it is entangled.
I think that the point is that if it is required for a registered sex offender to have a registered email address then you can charge them with a crime before they hurt anybody. Why should it be considered a crime then? If it's required that they register their email address then if they use an unregistered address, it is a safer assumption that they have ill intent. I believe that this represents a valid safety measure to prevent repeat offenses and to punish attempts at repeat offenses before they escalate.
I tend to agree with you. Where the parents fail their children, it is sometimes proper for the government to pick up the slack. This is an unusual instance, however. The point has been raised previously that the government can not simply create a law that defers to the ratings of the ESRB. (I don't recall the exact terminology of the argument but the gist of it was that doing so would place the power of law into a non-government agency.) Although I find the lack of parental involvement upsetting, I also think that it is staggering how some video game retailers fail to recognize that ignoring the ESRB will ultimately harm the video game industry. The parallel to the film industry is apt. Movie theatres and rental retailers uphold the ratings system that the film industry voluntarily uses. There are many video game retailers that uphold the ESRB's ratings but there are others that do not. (This problem is, of course, compounded by parents who ignore warnings provided by compliant game retailers.) I don't think that government intervention can solve this problem satisfactorily. I think that the solution must, ultimately, be a collaborative effort between retailers and parents with the burden first falling to retailers to increase the compliance rate. The video game industry could also promote increased parental involvement by an informational campaign designed to educate parents about the ratings system and the role of retailers in enforcing it.
Although this does not pertain to an obvious idea, the patent office has always operated on the principle that the first to file is granted the patent. Alexander Graham Bell secured a patent for the telephone hours before rival Elisha Gray filed for a telephone patent.
It should also be noted that when it comes to volume measures, US pints, quarts, and gallons are all smaller measures to their English equivalents.
So very true. This is why my heart leaps for joy whenever I find a bar that provides beer by the Imperial pint. That is really the perfect size for a glass of beer. Unfortunately, it doesn't convert so nicely to metric. Who wants to order 5.7 deciliters of lager?
This is absolutely true, even for a reasonably savvy user. I had to reinstall Windows to my laptop while I was at college. All of the necessary protections were available in the college's software library, but it became a race for me to download the protections fast enough that my computer did not become compromised (and subsequently booted off the network.) Ultimately, I had to have a friend of mine burn the most critical protections to a CD for me so that I could download the rest. If he hadn't been around, my computer would have been crippled and there's nothing I could have done about it -- and I knew what was going on. An average user is not going to realize how quickly their computer can become compromised and may not have access to somebody else who can obtain important protections for them before they try to go online.
I agree with you. If games are to be taken as a genuine art form, then they deserve to be studied in the same way that other art forms are studied. Furthermore, I have noticed some criticism levelled against critique of art in general. Critique of art is to culture what pure research is to science. It may not be clear, even to the critic or researcher, what the result of their work will be. That work, however, if properly conducted, should be valued for its own sake. Just as pure research sometimes stumbles upon a revolutionary new idea that helps us to better understand the universe, critique of art sometimes stumbles upon a psychological theme that helps us to better understand humanity. You should not be asking who cares about a critique or what benefits we derive from it. It is one of the building blocks of culture. Perhaps by critiquing the video games of today, a foundation may be laid for future video games that will be considered art by the mainstream in the same way that a symphony or a painting are considered art.
The moon may not be unnecessary baggage, though. Some astronomers speculate that the presence of the moon has had a regulatory effect on the earth's rotation, which has resulted in a more stable climate. Of course, if we have the means of moving the entire planet, regulating our rotation may not require a large moon anymore, but it may prove the most convenient way of doing so.
It partly is the fault of the food that they serve in high school. I don't remember the exact prices, but the ratios were close to these... To get a grilled chicken sandwich, possibly the healthiest entree available in the ala-carte line, it cost $1.20; a hamburger or a cheeseburger was $1.00. To get a carton of french fries, it cost $0.60, and an ice cream bar was $0.50. A serving of vegetables was something ridiculous (to us), like $1.50. How many kids going through the ala carte line ever got the vegetables? None! The prices were skewed so that if you wanted to get more food, the best "value" was french fries and ice cream. In retrospect, sure, a chicken sandwich and vegetables would have been better for me, but then I would have had to explain to my parents why I needed $3.00 for lunch instead of just $2.00. I always lamented that they charged peanuts for the unhealthy crap, but charged a premium for the healthy food. Sure, that's the way it is in real life, but they're already subsidizing the meal! Why not charge more for the unhealthy food and make it easier for kids to get something good for lunch?
That's why this reform would need to be implemented at the federal level, which is unfortunate. If the entire system were changed all at once, then all states would continue to be on equal footing. Frankly, I dislike the ramifications of the current system. Your argument suggests that states with more granual electoral distributions will get less pork, which is true. But states shouldn't be fighting over pork in the first place! The system should function to determine the will of the public concerning federal leadership. It should not serve as a means of individual states to purchase political IOU's from the executive branch. If the implementation of electoral granularity weakens a state's political sway, it is because the present system is corrupt, not because there is something wrong with more truly representing the public will.
Your final statement is one of the aspects of our system that I find most disappointing. The entities with the authority to reform the system have no incentive to do so. It is bad for the two principle parties, so why would ruling Democrats or ruling Republicans vote to abolish the system that would increase the accountability of politicians? Granted, there are probably some politicians who truly feel accountable to the public and they might consider reform like this, but it is human nature to cling to power in one's posession. Most politicians would not support this kind of reform unless the public truly rose up in fervent, vocal support of it. Until the public shows that kind of motivation, politicians won't even begin to believe that they're in danger of losing their position. It is a happy fantasy to suppose that our represenatives and senators are looking out for the best interests of the public, but they're looking out for themselves at least as much!
I don't think we need to do away with the electoral college altogether. Allowing each state to have a minimum possible voice is valuable. New York and California already have a lot of electoral votes, but not entirely in proportion to their populations. The problems with the electoral college could be mitigated if only the votes from the college were more granular. As it is, in most states, the candidate that wins the popular vote in that state earns all of the electoral votes from that state. That means that 49% of a state's votes might "not count" in the final decision. As a citizen of Ohio, this problem was really driven home in the last presidential election. The two principle candidates were nearly equal in terms of popular vote, but the state's entire contribution was to George Bush. Let the two "senator" votes go to the popular majority, but let the "representative" votes be divided proportionally to the popular vote.
I used to think this way until my $100 Wal-Mart bicycle failed catastrophically while I was riding it. That bicycle is not just inexpensive enough to be disposable. It is inexpensive because the materials and craftsmanship used in its construction result in a dangerously fragile bicycle. Yes, you could get four Wal-Mart bicycles for the price of the bicycle I have now, but they're hazardous. Maybe a cheap cell phone isn't likely to hurt you when it fails, but there are plenty of other goods that are. For examplke, in addition to bicycles: knives, toasters, and ladders can all be dangerous when they fail. We have come to expect that goods be inexpensive and disposable and we have lost our appreciation for quality, even so far as it relates to safe use of the good.
There are both advantages and disadvantages to creating an unlicensed football video game. In my opinion, one of the prime disadvantages is that many people buy the licensed game because they want a NFL simulator. They want to create teams of familiar players, based on their statistics during a given seasons and to play out games using these carefully-crafted teams. They also like the ease of recognizing the skills of a player without having to carefully read the statistic sheets. If the player's stats have been faithfully reproduced, then they'll know which players they want to use.
The advantage of having "nameless" players is that you open up the exact opposite phenomenon. You allow the excitement of discovery that isn't possible when you already know the stats of the real players. You either have to read through the player statistics to see what you like or you have to play games with teams you don't recognize to learn the strengths and weaknesses of their players.
That was my first thought as well. A while back, I got into several lengthy discussions about handwriting implements. I am quite fond of the Pilot G2 pen. The ink smears a little bit, but the colours are vibrant, the cartridges are easy to obtain, and they are also used in the Dr. Grip series of pens, which are very comfortable and stylish. They're also the only gel ink cartridge I've ever used that doesn't dry up in the tip and clog the pen if you don't use it for a few weeks.
I'm definitely an anachronism when it comes to writing. I really enjoy writing letters: with a real pen, in longhand, on fancy stationery, to be sent by postal mail. I know a lot of people who lament the loss of grammar and spelling that the age of instant messages has brought upon us. In addition to those, I lament the loss of penmanship and the "human" factor that the word processor has wrought.
The sticking plaster does perform a couple of important roles in this design. It is "breathable," so it lets oxygen in so that it can react with the methanol. The gauze pad is absorbant and will hold a few drops of methanol solution, so you don't need a continuous feed of methanol to the anode.
Plus, holding together the other componoents is not exactly unimportant! For the cost of obtaining them, sticking plasters are tough and their adhesive is durable.
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Although it may be true that this is all a ploy by the administration to pretend that they are striving for energy independence, I think that it will ultimately have a positive outcome. I can see two plusses to a "hydrogen economy" that are relevant even if we are presently producing hydrogen by stripping hydrocarbons.
1. As long as we're not generating carbon dioxide during the stripping process, then we will be generating less greenhouse gas. Consuming hydrogen as a fuel produces water only. If the stripped hydrocarbons are a more tractable form of carbon than CO2 then we've at least cut back on emissions.
2. When alternate energy sources finally catch up, we will have the infrastructure in place already to use hydrogen as a transfer mechanism. Rather than trying to tackle the entire problem at once, by solving the energy-transfer problem now, we set ourselves up to make quick and effective use of cleaner, cheaper energy sources in the future.
I disagree. Everybody is so hung up on how "wee" is a synonym for "urine." I haven't yet seen somebody mention that "wee" is also a synonym for "small." In that regard, it's one of my favourite words. Sure they could be saying that the machine is underpowered, but they could also be saying that it is compact. Leprechauns are wee and I think they're kind of swell. Heck, you could also say that the name sounds like "Whee!" -- something you might shout when you're having fun. I don't know. I had been planning on getting a Revolution before, but the name announcement has rekindled my excitement, because the name sounds like so much fun.
I agree that wrist problems are caused more by poor posture than by extensive typing. At home, I use a MS Natural keyboard. At work, I have my keyboard mounted below the desk and tilted "downward." (Compare this to the risers on keyboards that cause them to tip "upward.") This allows my arms to hang naturally and my wrists to approach the keyboard without bending. I find that this prevents the muscles in my wrists from flexing and pressing against the carpal tunnel. Prior to discovering these techniques, I regularly experienced pain, numbness, and coldness in my hands. Since, I experience symptoms of CTS very rarely.
An example of a game that was designed around the story that was written for it is Clive Barker's Undying. Although I had some gripes with the mechanics of the game, it really felt like an interactive horror story. And I don't just mean that it was shocking or scary. I mean that the family was genuinely gruesome.
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That is true. On the other hand, they're at least an amusing presentation of the fanboi propaganda. To me, that's about as high as an advertisement can aspire - to be funny. After all, they'd barely be advertisements if they aspired to faithfully representing only the facts.
A previous poster mentioned a similar idea out of a work of fiction and your comment has a humourous angle to it. I don't see why this couldn't be a local-scale solution, though. Right now, all of the work that I do on the stationary bicycle during my lunch hour is turned into waste heat. Electricity is not my strong point, but it seems reasonable that many low-power generators could be put to some good use.
I wish to relate anecdotal evidence in support of the statements that c_fel has made. When I am interested in editing a document on my Win2K desktop computer and also on my Kubuntu laptop computer, I use an open document format. When I am interested in viewing or displaying a finished, "published" document, I convert it to a PDF. For example, this is how I maintained a consistent, polished appearance across documents when preparing my resume and cover letter for print.
Amen!
How much utility do you get out of doing something good for the environment? For some people it's a lot more than the money they would otherwise have sunk into gasoline and electricity. I've only recently joined the ranks of the gainfully employed so I'm stuck with my gasoline automobile and steam-heated apartment. In the future, though, I am going to investigate hybrid, battery-electric, and fuel-cell-electric automobiles. When I get a house, I'm going to look into solar power, wind power, and geothermal heating/cooling. All of these things are expensive, but I derive value from using my disposable income in an environmentally conscious way. I'm more afraid of my neighbors petitioning to have my windmill taken down than I am of the cost of putting it up in the first place.
For what it's worth, I went straight to iTunes, listened to a few of their excerpts, then purchased the song that's poised to make the top 40 (Blag, Steal & Borrow.) I guess that qualifies this article sort of as a slashvertisement, but whatever. I'm happy to put my money where my mouth is. I don't necessarily agree with the "eradicate copyright" argument, but I'm very interested in supporting alternate distribution channels. Because of iTunes, I have very little incentive to download music in violation of copyright. $0.99 is a price I'm willing to pay for a single that I like.
It is for this reason that the analogy is just an analogy. It is descriptive of the phenomenon but it does not simulate it perfectly. When thinking about slips of paper in envelopes, you're right, the slip that your brother receives is determined the moment you drop the envelope in the mailbox. I could not begin to explain why (I only vaguely understand it, myself) but when thinking about quantum-scale particles, the particle actually is neither black nor white until it is observed, which collapses the state of the particle and the other particle(s) to which it is entangled.
I think that the point is that if it is required for a registered sex offender to have a registered email address then you can charge them with a crime before they hurt anybody. Why should it be considered a crime then? If it's required that they register their email address then if they use an unregistered address, it is a safer assumption that they have ill intent. I believe that this represents a valid safety measure to prevent repeat offenses and to punish attempts at repeat offenses before they escalate.
I tend to agree with you. Where the parents fail their children, it is sometimes proper for the government to pick up the slack. This is an unusual instance, however. The point has been raised previously that the government can not simply create a law that defers to the ratings of the ESRB. (I don't recall the exact terminology of the argument but the gist of it was that doing so would place the power of law into a non-government agency.) Although I find the lack of parental involvement upsetting, I also think that it is staggering how some video game retailers fail to recognize that ignoring the ESRB will ultimately harm the video game industry. The parallel to the film industry is apt. Movie theatres and rental retailers uphold the ratings system that the film industry voluntarily uses. There are many video game retailers that uphold the ESRB's ratings but there are others that do not. (This problem is, of course, compounded by parents who ignore warnings provided by compliant game retailers.) I don't think that government intervention can solve this problem satisfactorily. I think that the solution must, ultimately, be a collaborative effort between retailers and parents with the burden first falling to retailers to increase the compliance rate. The video game industry could also promote increased parental involvement by an informational campaign designed to educate parents about the ratings system and the role of retailers in enforcing it.
Although this does not pertain to an obvious idea, the patent office has always operated on the principle that the first to file is granted the patent. Alexander Graham Bell secured a patent for the telephone hours before rival Elisha Gray filed for a telephone patent.
So very true. This is why my heart leaps for joy whenever I find a bar that provides beer by the Imperial pint. That is really the perfect size for a glass of beer. Unfortunately, it doesn't convert so nicely to metric. Who wants to order 5.7 deciliters of lager?
This is absolutely true, even for a reasonably savvy user. I had to reinstall Windows to my laptop while I was at college. All of the necessary protections were available in the college's software library, but it became a race for me to download the protections fast enough that my computer did not become compromised (and subsequently booted off the network.) Ultimately, I had to have a friend of mine burn the most critical protections to a CD for me so that I could download the rest. If he hadn't been around, my computer would have been crippled and there's nothing I could have done about it -- and I knew what was going on. An average user is not going to realize how quickly their computer can become compromised and may not have access to somebody else who can obtain important protections for them before they try to go online.
I agree with you. If games are to be taken as a genuine art form, then they deserve to be studied in the same way that other art forms are studied. Furthermore, I have noticed some criticism levelled against critique of art in general. Critique of art is to culture what pure research is to science. It may not be clear, even to the critic or researcher, what the result of their work will be. That work, however, if properly conducted, should be valued for its own sake. Just as pure research sometimes stumbles upon a revolutionary new idea that helps us to better understand the universe, critique of art sometimes stumbles upon a psychological theme that helps us to better understand humanity. You should not be asking who cares about a critique or what benefits we derive from it. It is one of the building blocks of culture. Perhaps by critiquing the video games of today, a foundation may be laid for future video games that will be considered art by the mainstream in the same way that a symphony or a painting are considered art.
The moon may not be unnecessary baggage, though. Some astronomers speculate that the presence of the moon has had a regulatory effect on the earth's rotation, which has resulted in a more stable climate. Of course, if we have the means of moving the entire planet, regulating our rotation may not require a large moon anymore, but it may prove the most convenient way of doing so.
It partly is the fault of the food that they serve in high school. I don't remember the exact prices, but the ratios were close to these... To get a grilled chicken sandwich, possibly the healthiest entree available in the ala-carte line, it cost $1.20; a hamburger or a cheeseburger was $1.00. To get a carton of french fries, it cost $0.60, and an ice cream bar was $0.50. A serving of vegetables was something ridiculous (to us), like $1.50. How many kids going through the ala carte line ever got the vegetables? None! The prices were skewed so that if you wanted to get more food, the best "value" was french fries and ice cream. In retrospect, sure, a chicken sandwich and vegetables would have been better for me, but then I would have had to explain to my parents why I needed $3.00 for lunch instead of just $2.00. I always lamented that they charged peanuts for the unhealthy crap, but charged a premium for the healthy food. Sure, that's the way it is in real life, but they're already subsidizing the meal! Why not charge more for the unhealthy food and make it easier for kids to get something good for lunch?
That's why this reform would need to be implemented at the federal level, which is unfortunate. If the entire system were changed all at once, then all states would continue to be on equal footing. Frankly, I dislike the ramifications of the current system. Your argument suggests that states with more granual electoral distributions will get less pork, which is true. But states shouldn't be fighting over pork in the first place! The system should function to determine the will of the public concerning federal leadership. It should not serve as a means of individual states to purchase political IOU's from the executive branch. If the implementation of electoral granularity weakens a state's political sway, it is because the present system is corrupt, not because there is something wrong with more truly representing the public will.
Your final statement is one of the aspects of our system that I find most disappointing. The entities with the authority to reform the system have no incentive to do so. It is bad for the two principle parties, so why would ruling Democrats or ruling Republicans vote to abolish the system that would increase the accountability of politicians? Granted, there are probably some politicians who truly feel accountable to the public and they might consider reform like this, but it is human nature to cling to power in one's posession. Most politicians would not support this kind of reform unless the public truly rose up in fervent, vocal support of it. Until the public shows that kind of motivation, politicians won't even begin to believe that they're in danger of losing their position. It is a happy fantasy to suppose that our represenatives and senators are looking out for the best interests of the public, but they're looking out for themselves at least as much!
I don't think we need to do away with the electoral college altogether. Allowing each state to have a minimum possible voice is valuable. New York and California already have a lot of electoral votes, but not entirely in proportion to their populations. The problems with the electoral college could be mitigated if only the votes from the college were more granular. As it is, in most states, the candidate that wins the popular vote in that state earns all of the electoral votes from that state. That means that 49% of a state's votes might "not count" in the final decision. As a citizen of Ohio, this problem was really driven home in the last presidential election. The two principle candidates were nearly equal in terms of popular vote, but the state's entire contribution was to George Bush. Let the two "senator" votes go to the popular majority, but let the "representative" votes be divided proportionally to the popular vote.
I used to think this way until my $100 Wal-Mart bicycle failed catastrophically while I was riding it. That bicycle is not just inexpensive enough to be disposable. It is inexpensive because the materials and craftsmanship used in its construction result in a dangerously fragile bicycle. Yes, you could get four Wal-Mart bicycles for the price of the bicycle I have now, but they're hazardous. Maybe a cheap cell phone isn't likely to hurt you when it fails, but there are plenty of other goods that are. For examplke, in addition to bicycles: knives, toasters, and ladders can all be dangerous when they fail. We have come to expect that goods be inexpensive and disposable and we have lost our appreciation for quality, even so far as it relates to safe use of the good.
There are both advantages and disadvantages to creating an unlicensed football video game. In my opinion, one of the prime disadvantages is that many people buy the licensed game because they want a NFL simulator. They want to create teams of familiar players, based on their statistics during a given seasons and to play out games using these carefully-crafted teams. They also like the ease of recognizing the skills of a player without having to carefully read the statistic sheets. If the player's stats have been faithfully reproduced, then they'll know which players they want to use.
The advantage of having "nameless" players is that you open up the exact opposite phenomenon. You allow the excitement of discovery that isn't possible when you already know the stats of the real players. You either have to read through the player statistics to see what you like or you have to play games with teams you don't recognize to learn the strengths and weaknesses of their players.
That was my first thought as well. A while back, I got into several lengthy discussions about handwriting implements. I am quite fond of the Pilot G2 pen. The ink smears a little bit, but the colours are vibrant, the cartridges are easy to obtain, and they are also used in the Dr. Grip series of pens, which are very comfortable and stylish. They're also the only gel ink cartridge I've ever used that doesn't dry up in the tip and clog the pen if you don't use it for a few weeks.
I'm definitely an anachronism when it comes to writing. I really enjoy writing letters: with a real pen, in longhand, on fancy stationery, to be sent by postal mail. I know a lot of people who lament the loss of grammar and spelling that the age of instant messages has brought upon us. In addition to those, I lament the loss of penmanship and the "human" factor that the word processor has wrought.
The sticking plaster does perform a couple of important roles in this design. It is "breathable," so it lets oxygen in so that it can react with the methanol. The gauze pad is absorbant and will hold a few drops of methanol solution, so you don't need a continuous feed of methanol to the anode.
Plus, holding together the other componoents is not exactly unimportant! For the cost of obtaining them, sticking plasters are tough and their adhesive is durable.
Although it may be true that this is all a ploy by the administration to pretend that they are striving for energy independence, I think that it will ultimately have a positive outcome. I can see two plusses to a "hydrogen economy" that are relevant even if we are presently producing hydrogen by stripping hydrocarbons.
1. As long as we're not generating carbon dioxide during the stripping process, then we will be generating less greenhouse gas. Consuming hydrogen as a fuel produces water only. If the stripped hydrocarbons are a more tractable form of carbon than CO2 then we've at least cut back on emissions.
2. When alternate energy sources finally catch up, we will have the infrastructure in place already to use hydrogen as a transfer mechanism. Rather than trying to tackle the entire problem at once, by solving the energy-transfer problem now, we set ourselves up to make quick and effective use of cleaner, cheaper energy sources in the future.
I disagree. Everybody is so hung up on how "wee" is a synonym for "urine." I haven't yet seen somebody mention that "wee" is also a synonym for "small." In that regard, it's one of my favourite words. Sure they could be saying that the machine is underpowered, but they could also be saying that it is compact. Leprechauns are wee and I think they're kind of swell. Heck, you could also say that the name sounds like "Whee!" -- something you might shout when you're having fun. I don't know. I had been planning on getting a Revolution before, but the name announcement has rekindled my excitement, because the name sounds like so much fun.
I agree that wrist problems are caused more by poor posture than by extensive typing. At home, I use a MS Natural keyboard. At work, I have my keyboard mounted below the desk and tilted "downward." (Compare this to the risers on keyboards that cause them to tip "upward.") This allows my arms to hang naturally and my wrists to approach the keyboard without bending. I find that this prevents the muscles in my wrists from flexing and pressing against the carpal tunnel. Prior to discovering these techniques, I regularly experienced pain, numbness, and coldness in my hands. Since, I experience symptoms of CTS very rarely.
An example of a game that was designed around the story that was written for it is Clive Barker's Undying. Although I had some gripes with the mechanics of the game, it really felt like an interactive horror story. And I don't just mean that it was shocking or scary. I mean that the family was genuinely gruesome.