Personally, I don't care all that much about numbers of polygons. If it's that much easier to write a game, I think it's worthwhile.
Exactly. If all the guts of graphics end are taken care of you can spend more time concentrating on gameplay. Although, polygons and flashy cheese (ie. lens flare) seems to sell games these days.
We convince ourselves that life will be better
after we get married, have a baby, then another.
Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old
enough and we'll be more content when they are.
After that, we're frustrated that we have
teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy
when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves
that our life will be complete when our spouse gets
his or her act together,when we get a nicer car,
when we are able to go on a nice vacation, or
when we retire.
The truth is, there's no better time to be happy
than right now. If not now, when?
Your life will always be filled with challenges.
It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy
anyway. Happiness is the way.
So, treasure every moment that you have and
treasure it more because you
shared it with someone special,
special enough to spend your time with...and
remember that time waits for no one.
So, stop waiting....
* until your car or home is paid off
* until you get a new car or home
* until your kids leave the house
* until you go back to school
* until you finish school
* until you lose 10 lbs.
* until you gain 10 lbs.
* until you get married
* until you get a divorce
* until you have kids
* until you retire
* until summer
* until spring
* until winter
* until fall
* until you die
There is no better time than right now to be
happy.
Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
So - Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt, and
dance like no one's watching.
If you want to brighten someone's day,
pass this on to someone special-I just did.
Let's follow this (albeit extremely far-fetched, sci-fi, paranoid) idea to it's logical conclusion. What do you do when this "horde" redesigns itself to be shielded from EMP?
I suggest constructing a giant "laser" on the moon. With this "laser" we will bust open a can of whoopass on the little buggy-bot creatures. If that doesn't work, I'll have myself cryogenically frozen and launched into orbit while the rest of you die a horrible, buggy death.
I live in a city, right across the river from most of the local broadcast stations, and I still can't get a decent signal. Originally I used an antenna (a fancy one with a signal booster) to get the local channels, but I got tired of seeing everyone with a second blue head. Not all of us can use antennas.
I don't think TV should be free for all. It's a medium for entertainment. We pay for movies, videogames, strippers, music, etc. and people don't complain about that...so why should TV be free?
Good question. I'm sure it's just a matter of greed.
I would love to subscribe just to certain channels. I only use my dish to watch ZDTV (or whatever the hell it is now), MuchMusic and MTV2, and the Practice on ABC (and I have to pay an extra 8 bucks a month just for that!).
Actually I learned them both at practically the same time. I knew C/C++ and wanted to learn how to program games, so I bought a book on DirectX and one on OpenGL. Granted one might have been better written than the other, but I honestly do have less hastles working with DirectX.
But again, that's just IMO.
Have you ever used either one? IMO DirectX is a lot less of a pain in the ass to code with. It also supports more than OpenGL. Plus, most game designers aren't too concerned with other platforms seeing as the majority of their market runs Windows for gaming.
Nintendo as a software house makes games that kids under 12 absolutly love.
I'd like to know what parent would let their 12-year-old play Conker's Bad Fur Day. Or, what 12-year-old would have the patience to play Majora's Mask. (And you're missing out if you've never played Mario Golf while intoxicated.)
Actually, I HAVE to buy the system in order to play the game I WANT. I never said I needed the system forthe system...it's a matter of playing a desired game. It's not about power to everyone. Some of us are game connoisseurs, if you will.
And the whole "envy of your friends" thing doesn't hurt either.;)
I'm predicting that it'll turn into one big marketing push to get as much crap on the market as fast as possible to beat the competition...
Nintendo doesn't operate like that...they wouldn't sacrifice quality for quantity. Who knows what Sony and MS will do, though.
...and since my computer can do everything the new consoles can do and a whole freakin lot more I doubt that I'll ever buy another.
Apples and Oranges. The console offers an entirely different experience than the PC. Not everything is about pushing polygons. Gameplay is still a major factor. Both the PC and the console have their merits...they just offer different types of gameplay.
Mmm...Smash Brothers. That's the main reason I'm buying one (or maybe two...I need to replace the N64 in the bathroom), too.
I wouldn't count on a price drop, though. Sony seems to be pretty determined to keep the PS2 at $300 for a while...at least until after Christmas. Which is a shame, because I'm going to have to buy one eventually for Metal Gear Solid 2.
I like that. They could make newspapers with that fancy "electronic paper" that's in the works with a port for your PDA. With a wireless connection on your PDA, you can have the comfort and readability of a newspaper with constant news updates from the Net. (The paper could even display PDA info like spreadsheets and calendars) They could make a high-grade paper and have a subscription service, or even make the paper cheap enough to dispose of and offer an account that lasts 24 hours.
I fear the day I'll need to rely on a PDA or cellphone (I hate phones to begin with). If I'm not sitting at my desk, I don't want to be connected to anything.
Nothing terribly interesting. I got a works cited page, a history paper, and an essay on cloning. Judging from the material I would assume the papers were for a college course, which is unfortunate for the author because the writing was atrocious. Poor guy...I hope the professor wasn't too hard on him.
Hey, there's always the argument that our voices reflect our "soul". And the audiophiles who still insist that they will always be able to discern a synthesized instrument from a real one. A synthesized voice can arguably become too perfect.
I don't know. I find it hard to believe that a synthesized voice will ever be good enough to replace the real thing...especially in movies like FF. You need the raw emotion of the actors to give the drawings/renderings some life. Not only are human voices like fingerprints (or snowflakes) in that no two are exactly alike, but you very rarely say the same word in the same way twice. (Hell, my "about" changes every other sentence, going from the Canadian "aboot" to the New Yorkian "abaht") There are many factors in human speech...intonations, context, whathaveyou...that make every sentence unique. I suppose if you made a big enough database and changed the pitch (and whatnot) of the voice you could perfectly recreate the human voice. But it seems to me that you'd need an inifinte amount of space to hold every word with every possible intonation and accent.
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Please...Pee Wee Herman did that years ago. His even made him breakfast!
I was completely unaware that such a site existed. This is great! safeweb.com was blocked as a sex site (???) but the other linked worked. Thanks man.
Go preach your idiocy somewhere else, you bible-humping freak.
Personally, I don't care all that much about numbers of polygons. If it's that much easier to write a game, I think it's worthwhile.
Exactly. If all the guts of graphics end are taken care of you can spend more time concentrating on gameplay. Although, polygons and flashy cheese (ie. lens flare) seems to sell games these days.
When you are down, or frustrated, come here....
We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are.
After that, we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together,when we get a nicer car, when we are able to go on a nice vacation, or when we retire.
The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when? Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. Happiness is the way.
So, treasure every moment that you have and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time with...and remember that time waits for no one.
So, stop waiting....
* until your car or home is paid off
* until you get a new car or home
* until your kids leave the house
* until you go back to school
* until you finish school
* until you lose 10 lbs.
* until you gain 10 lbs.
* until you get married
* until you get a divorce
* until you have kids
* until you retire
* until summer
* until spring
* until winter
* until fall
* until you die
There is no better time than right now to be happy.
Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
So - Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt, and
dance like no one's watching.
If you want to brighten someone's day, pass this on to someone special-I just did.
It's nice to see the Israelis reaching out to help all the mayors of the world.
Let's follow this (albeit extremely far-fetched, sci-fi, paranoid) idea to it's logical conclusion. What do you do when this "horde" redesigns itself to be shielded from EMP?
I suggest constructing a giant "laser" on the moon. With this "laser" we will bust open a can of whoopass on the little buggy-bot creatures. If that doesn't work, I'll have myself cryogenically frozen and launched into orbit while the rest of you die a horrible, buggy death.
I live in a city, right across the river from most of the local broadcast stations, and I still can't get a decent signal. Originally I used an antenna (a fancy one with a signal booster) to get the local channels, but I got tired of seeing everyone with a second blue head. Not all of us can use antennas.
I don't think TV should be free for all. It's a medium for entertainment. We pay for movies, videogames, strippers, music, etc. and people don't complain about that...so why should TV be free?
Good question. I'm sure it's just a matter of greed.
I would love to subscribe just to certain channels. I only use my dish to watch ZDTV (or whatever the hell it is now), MuchMusic and MTV2, and the Practice on ABC (and I have to pay an extra 8 bucks a month just for that!).
At least it's a step up from that horrible astronaut food (anyone ever try astronaut pizza?) they sell at museums like the Smithsonian.
*gag*
Actually I learned them both at practically the same time. I knew C/C++ and wanted to learn how to program games, so I bought a book on DirectX and one on OpenGL. Granted one might have been better written than the other, but I honestly do have less hastles working with DirectX. But again, that's just IMO.
Have you ever used either one? IMO DirectX is a lot less of a pain in the ass to code with. It also supports more than OpenGL. Plus, most game designers aren't too concerned with other platforms seeing as the majority of their market runs Windows for gaming.
Nintendo as a software house makes games that kids under 12 absolutly love.
I'd like to know what parent would let their 12-year-old play Conker's Bad Fur Day. Or, what 12-year-old would have the patience to play Majora's Mask. (And you're missing out if you've never played Mario Golf while intoxicated.)
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Actually, I HAVE to buy the system in order to play the game I WANT. I never said I needed the system forthe system...it's a matter of playing a desired game. It's not about power to everyone. Some of us are game connoisseurs, if you will.
;)
And the whole "envy of your friends" thing doesn't hurt either.
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I'm predicting that it'll turn into one big marketing push to get as much crap on the market as fast as possible to beat the competition...
...and since my computer can do everything the new consoles can do and a whole freakin lot more I doubt that I'll ever buy another.
Nintendo doesn't operate like that...they wouldn't sacrifice quality for quantity. Who knows what Sony and MS will do, though.
Apples and Oranges. The console offers an entirely different experience than the PC. Not everything is about pushing polygons. Gameplay is still a major factor. Both the PC and the console have their merits...they just offer different types of gameplay.
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Actually, the absence of color is white. Black is the complete saturation of all colors. But the absense of light is indeed black.
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Mmm...Smash Brothers. That's the main reason I'm buying one (or maybe two...I need to replace the N64 in the bathroom), too.
I wouldn't count on a price drop, though. Sony seems to be pretty determined to keep the PS2 at $300 for a while...at least until after Christmas. Which is a shame, because I'm going to have to buy one eventually for Metal Gear Solid 2.
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I like that. They could make newspapers with that fancy "electronic paper" that's in the works with a port for your PDA. With a wireless connection on your PDA, you can have the comfort and readability of a newspaper with constant news updates from the Net. (The paper could even display PDA info like spreadsheets and calendars) They could make a high-grade paper and have a subscription service, or even make the paper cheap enough to dispose of and offer an account that lasts 24 hours.
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Input should be done with voice commmands
...
O-pen cal-en-der ...
Ohhhh-pennn cal-en-derrr ...
Motherfcker! Open the goddamn calendar, you POS!
People already complain about chatty cellphone users...imagine the flack chatty PDA users would get.
Open calendar
Hehe...granted, the voice recognition would probably be better, but still...
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I fear the day I'll need to rely on a PDA or cellphone (I hate phones to begin with). If I'm not sitting at my desk, I don't want to be connected to anything.
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Nothing terribly interesting. I got a works cited page, a history paper, and an essay on cloning. Judging from the material I would assume the papers were for a college course, which is unfortunate for the author because the writing was atrocious. Poor guy...I hope the professor wasn't too hard on him.
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Hey, there's always the argument that our voices reflect our "soul". And the audiophiles who still insist that they will always be able to discern a synthesized instrument from a real one. A synthesized voice can arguably become too perfect.
Imperfections are what makes us human.
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I don't know. I find it hard to believe that a synthesized voice will ever be good enough to replace the real thing...especially in movies like FF. You need the raw emotion of the actors to give the drawings/renderings some life. Not only are human voices like fingerprints (or snowflakes) in that no two are exactly alike, but you very rarely say the same word in the same way twice. (Hell, my "about" changes every other sentence, going from the Canadian "aboot" to the New Yorkian "abaht") There are many factors in human speech...intonations, context, whathaveyou...that make every sentence unique. I suppose if you made a big enough database and changed the pitch (and whatnot) of the voice you could perfectly recreate the human voice. But it seems to me that you'd need an inifinte amount of space to hold every word with every possible intonation and accent.
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Hehe...I can't help but picture Stephen Hawking with the voice of Bobcat Goldthwait. So wrong...but so funny.
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