What I like best about the Gamecube controller is the button layout. It's much easier (for me, at least) to distinguish bewtween different shaped buttons than different colored buttons.
I couldn't agree more. I've always raved about the Sidewinder (the old version...not that silver USB turd). The only complaint I have about the Sidewinder is the D-pad. My guess is they tried adding a couple analog sticks to the Sidewinder to create the X-Box controller and it simply got out of hand (pun semi-intended).
I also think the N64 controller, while not as comfortable as the Sidewinder, was very innovative in how it gives you several different ways to grip the controller.
I totally agree with you on Halo. I don't have an XBox so I was anxious to see what all the fuss was about over Halo when it came out on the PC. Complete letdown. I was totally unimpressed.
I would still be playing with legos in my mid-20s if they hadn't simplified the sets so much. When I was younger I got hooked on the castle sets (like this one) and the space sets...the fatter the instruction manual, the better. I would make a game by attempting to build the set without the aid of the manual. But then they started replacing walls made of bricks with large single pieces. If I could put a set together within an hour, it just wasn't fun. Plus, half the fun of the sets was being able to use the wide variety of tiny pieces to make your own crazy stuff.
I've been meaning to pick up some mindstorms sets, but I'm happy to see them make an effort to get back to basics.
Hey, I liked playing E.T. Granted, I haven't played it in nearly a decade, but I could definitely name some worse games for the 2600. Hell, I think I had more fun playing E.T. than the recent Mega Man Network Transmission (it left a horrible scar).
Why does one have to CARRY THE RING on their body. Just put it on a stick. That says little about Gandalf or the elves self control. It's just something to ME is an insurmountable fact.
That wouldn't make for a very good story, now would it? It's fantasy. Deal. The ring could have been taken to the volcano any number of ways, but Tolkien chose this scenario because it made for an interesting story.
No Rangers of the North?!?! I'm outraged! Well that's it...I'm boycotting this movie!!
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He's not rewriting the book. If you want your Rangers, you can pick up the damn book...I can assure you that they'll still be in there. I'll let you in on a little secret... Movies based on books generally serve as COMPANIONS to the books, not replacements.
It's one person's interpretation of the story. He's under no obligation to stay completely true to the books. The man has done an incredible job with cinematography and I've uttlerly enjoyed every second of the first two movies.
I'm one of those 50%, actually. Only, when I say people didn't "get" A.I., I'm not insinuating a lack of intelligence of their part...I just think not everyone understands things the way other people do. For instance, I don't get most modern art...I think a lot of it is garbage. There are people who honestly do understand it though (there are also people who fake an understanding, but yeah...offtopic).
For me, the first Matrix was a kind of religious experience. I think for the second one, people were anticipating the same mindfuck. I figured it wouldn't make as much of an impression, but I was still excited to see it. After reading all the miserable reviews that came in, I seriously wondered if they saw the same movie I did. I loved it on many levels...not as much as the first one, but close. And to those people who trash the rave scene...come on, wouldn't you be partying if it was possibly one of your last days alive? Hell, I'd be out running around naked in Times Square. But I digress...
It's obvious that people like Scott Kurtz (oh god...don't get me started on his lousy review) did not interpret the movie the same way I did. As for the third one...I have my ticket for Friday and I'm anxious to see it. So far I have abstained from reading any reviews or editorials, as to keep my mind free of any prejudice.
Hah. Dude, if you beat the final boss while being colorblind, then you're my hero. I still haven't beaten that damn game...been stuck at that boss for months now.
That's actually similar to the technique optometrists use to improve color-blindness. Usually all that's necessary is for the patient to wear a contact with a magenta dot over the pupil on the dominant eye. For more extreme cases they will put a contact with an aqua dot on the other eye. And the colored contacts are only perceptible to others if the contact shifts a bit.
I suggest you take a look at End of Science by John Horgan. I'm reading it now and most of the book is about exactly what you're ranting on. What's happening is we're getting to the point where empirical science is becoming impossible (either finacially or practically) in the field of physics. Because of this, a great deal of physics is headed towards philosophy. Everyone's conjecturing, but no one can (dis)prove anything.
I don't know if I agree with everything in the book, but it's a great read.
Actually, if you follow eWeek, they have an article about how the companies are giving in to the demand for interoperability. MS said they plan on implementing a third party layer to MSN Messenger to allow other apps to work with it. There's also a follow-up story on how Reuters and MS are joining their IM networks and offering connectivity to Yahoo and AOL.
No person cares, but computers do. That data will most likely be passed around betweeen government agencies an/or sold to private interests and mined for tidbits of information. The government and private interests will also buy information was collected from private sources, and correlate this data as well. You may never be directly singled out, but it may one day affect your "score" on computer-generated assesments that will become increasingly utilized to regulate the every-day transactions you take part in. You may think that sounds paranoid, but we've already seen similar situations start to happen in headlines in the real world.
God help us all!!! WE'RE GOING TO BE CORRELATED!! NOOOOOOOO!!!!
Seriously though...could you be more vague? WTF kind of transaction is going to be negatively affected by data on how I ride the subway?
why do most 'conspiracy theorists' always think governments care so much about them? seems rather conceited to me
So very true. I love how everyone thinks they're so special that some government official is going to take the time to track every movement they make. This data collected by the card is just going to sit, untouched, in a database for a couple years and then be forgotten. The only time any human is going to see your tracking data is when it's a tiny, nameless dot on a line graph.
It really depends on the editor. Older guys that worked with the old type-setters claim that Courier is easier on the eyes simply because they're so used to it.
It's all a matter of preference. In general, young editors and publishers prefer TNR while the older crowd likes Courier. Personally, I prefer the Sans-seriff family (Verdana in particular), but I'm just an engineer, so what do I know?
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What I like best about the Gamecube controller is the button layout. It's much easier (for me, at least) to distinguish bewtween different shaped buttons than different colored buttons.
I couldn't agree more. I've always raved about the Sidewinder (the old version...not that silver USB turd). The only complaint I have about the Sidewinder is the D-pad. My guess is they tried adding a couple analog sticks to the Sidewinder to create the X-Box controller and it simply got out of hand (pun semi-intended). I also think the N64 controller, while not as comfortable as the Sidewinder, was very innovative in how it gives you several different ways to grip the controller.
I totally agree with you on Halo. I don't have an XBox so I was anxious to see what all the fuss was about over Halo when it came out on the PC. Complete letdown. I was totally unimpressed.
I would still be playing with legos in my mid-20s if they hadn't simplified the sets so much. When I was younger I got hooked on the castle sets (like this one) and the space sets...the fatter the instruction manual, the better. I would make a game by attempting to build the set without the aid of the manual. But then they started replacing walls made of bricks with large single pieces. If I could put a set together within an hour, it just wasn't fun. Plus, half the fun of the sets was being able to use the wide variety of tiny pieces to make your own crazy stuff.
I've been meaning to pick up some mindstorms sets, but I'm happy to see them make an effort to get back to basics.
Cool Spot is a perfect example of how advertising should be handled. It was so good that I never even considered it as an advertisemnet for 7-Up.
Consider yourself lucky. I usually get them in powerpoint slides...even if it's just one image.
Um...the news isn't the threading format, it's that MS is going to add it to Outlook. Dumbass.
Hey, I liked playing E.T. Granted, I haven't played it in nearly a decade, but I could definitely name some worse games for the 2600. Hell, I think I had more fun playing E.T. than the recent Mega Man Network Transmission (it left a horrible scar).
Why does one have to CARRY THE RING on their body. Just put it on a stick. That says little about Gandalf or the elves self control. It's just something to ME is an insurmountable fact.
That wouldn't make for a very good story, now would it? It's fantasy. Deal. The ring could have been taken to the volcano any number of ways, but Tolkien chose this scenario because it made for an interesting story.
No Rangers of the North?!?! I'm outraged! Well that's it...I'm boycotting this movie!!
</sarcasm>
He's not rewriting the book. If you want your Rangers, you can pick up the damn book...I can assure you that they'll still be in there. I'll let you in on a little secret... Movies based on books generally serve as COMPANIONS to the books, not replacements.
It's one person's interpretation of the story. He's under no obligation to stay completely true to the books. The man has done an incredible job with cinematography and I've uttlerly enjoyed every second of the first two movies.
Being a student of both, I can assure that he's not very far from the truth.
Thank you...that was my point.
OOO...files! Scary! God forbid someone keeps a file on me! You do know that 99.999% of those files will never be seen by a human being, don't you?
I agree. Viewtiful Joe is the most unique and entertaining game I've played in long time.
I'm one of those 50%, actually. Only, when I say people didn't "get" A.I., I'm not insinuating a lack of intelligence of their part...I just think not everyone understands things the way other people do. For instance, I don't get most modern art...I think a lot of it is garbage. There are people who honestly do understand it though (there are also people who fake an understanding, but yeah...offtopic).
For me, the first Matrix was a kind of religious experience. I think for the second one, people were anticipating the same mindfuck. I figured it wouldn't make as much of an impression, but I was still excited to see it. After reading all the miserable reviews that came in, I seriously wondered if they saw the same movie I did. I loved it on many levels...not as much as the first one, but close. And to those people who trash the rave scene...come on, wouldn't you be partying if it was possibly one of your last days alive? Hell, I'd be out running around naked in Times Square. But I digress...
It's obvious that people like Scott Kurtz (oh god...don't get me started on his lousy review) did not interpret the movie the same way I did. As for the third one...I have my ticket for Friday and I'm anxious to see it. So far I have abstained from reading any reviews or editorials, as to keep my mind free of any prejudice.
I would pay good money to see Super Monkey Ball: The Movie. No lie.
Hah. Dude, if you beat the final boss while being colorblind, then you're my hero. I still haven't beaten that damn game...been stuck at that boss for months now.
That's actually similar to the technique optometrists use to improve color-blindness. Usually all that's necessary is for the patient to wear a contact with a magenta dot over the pupil on the dominant eye. For more extreme cases they will put a contact with an aqua dot on the other eye. And the colored contacts are only perceptible to others if the contact shifts a bit.
I suggest you take a look at End of Science by John Horgan. I'm reading it now and most of the book is about exactly what you're ranting on. What's happening is we're getting to the point where empirical science is becoming impossible (either finacially or practically) in the field of physics. Because of this, a great deal of physics is headed towards philosophy. Everyone's conjecturing, but no one can (dis)prove anything.
I don't know if I agree with everything in the book, but it's a great read.
Screw the desert...all you need is a girlfriend who loves to borrow your music. Talk about hostile conditions...
Actually, if you follow eWeek, they have an article about how the companies are giving in to the demand for interoperability. MS said they plan on implementing a third party layer to MSN Messenger to allow other apps to work with it. There's also a follow-up story on how Reuters and MS are joining their IM networks and offering connectivity to Yahoo and AOL.
Seriously though...could you be more vague? WTF kind of transaction is going to be negatively affected by data on how I ride the subway?
why do most 'conspiracy theorists' always think governments care so much about them? seems rather conceited to me
So very true. I love how everyone thinks they're so special that some government official is going to take the time to track every movement they make. This data collected by the card is just going to sit, untouched, in a database for a couple years and then be forgotten. The only time any human is going to see your tracking data is when it's a tiny, nameless dot on a line graph.
It really depends on the editor. Older guys that worked with the old type-setters claim that Courier is easier on the eyes simply because they're so used to it.
It's all a matter of preference. In general, young editors and publishers prefer TNR while the older crowd likes Courier. Personally, I prefer the Sans-seriff family (Verdana in particular), but I'm just an engineer, so what do I know?
Good god, is it really that hard to search for pci express at google.com?
Perhaps he wanted to start an intelligent conversation instead of posting something assinine. I know this is Slashdot, but anything's possible.