Actually, I'll respond to both of the above responses here...
My point was not that the GP was wrong, just that using Windows as a supporting argument was not the best way of pushing the point across. It simply undermined his point.
Now, as for my geek card...
I hate to say it, but there are lots of niche markets out there where Windows is the only option. While the average desktop user truly needs little more than a browser, media player and a chat client; there's quite a lot in the way of third party software that is necessary for business needs that simply aren't available on either Linux or Mac. It's not a slam on Linux, OS X, *BSD, Bob's OS, what have you... just a simple fact that Joe's Insurance Binder App requires Windows 98 - XP, Vista not currently recommended. Dan's Veterinarian Software Version 8... Windows Server 2k-2k3 and Workstation clients running XP only. Vince's Buggy Video Store Software... yup, Windows only.
It may suck, but Windows is ubiquitous in many, many enterprises. It doesn't mean that you can't squeeze YourFavoriteDistro host with a Windows VM client as a "more stable" product/service offering (I've done it), it just means that you will find clients that are simply unable to run Windows.
And yes, there are schools that tell parents that they will not support Mac or Linux systems on school networks and cannot guarantee that they will "work" for classroom activities. I've seen that one, too. One would hope that common sense would dictate action, but that is not always the case.
You may want "hot new album" but you may well need Windows for work, school, whatever. There's a difference.
Market share penetration has forced many people to adopt a technology as necessary, but there is no force in the world that dictates that I must listen to the Fall Out Boys.
If you absolutely must have that "hot new album", accept that you consume what your enemy is demanding that you eat... then like it when they dictate that it be served at room temperature, on a paper plate, buzzing with flies while you sit in a dirty chair.
But I'm a bit surprised to see that no one has mentioned BlueMarine.
Granted, I'm just beginning to examine how such applications address me needs (not sure if they do, yet... Adobe Bridge seems to be all I need), but I do like the way that BlueMarine works.
... as much as I agree with your personal outrage (that being a Woman's body is her own, etc.. etc.. et al) -- I have to say that just as important is the right of free speech. And remember, the most important time to defend free speech is when you disagree with the speaker.
That being said, that little bit of pro-life flamebaiting actually does more for the pro-choice movement than it should probably want to.
'Cause now yer little bastard is in the arms of the rotting Jesus... 'aint he/she?
Hah. Saved from a life of ill begotten moral line crossing. Another for your wierdo, domineering bipolar sky fairy.
Maybe we should all have abortions. Fill up heaven's ranks so that there are more pure angels to fight off Hell's evil.
Abortions for Jesus! Wheeeeeeee!
Whoops. Too much Eagle Rare and now I'm rambling. Hahahah. This is fun. Now I'm gonna go drunken babbling elsewhere. =b...
Oh... and while I'm at it. Mods... mod me down. Go ahead and waste yer points... OFFTOPIC BABY!!!!! WHOOOOOO! SCHAWEEEEEET!!!!
Yeah! Post drunk, post loud.
In the words of the great Hunter... Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
The 128k Mac was released in 1984, the Mac II (color) was released in 1987.
Looking back, I seem to recall most computer users (in the US) at that time fitting into one of the following niches:
1. Home Computers (Apple II/Commodore/Atari, TRS-80, etc...). Almost all of these users spent a majority of their time with "black and white" gui-less apps (unless they were playing King's Quest or something).
2. Business Uses. Not a whole slew of them... and most were either using IBM compats or Apple II's. Almost all of these users spent a majority of their time with "black and white" gui-less apps (i.e. Lotus 123/Visicalc, Wordstar, Appleworks).
3. Academia. Rogue and Hack and Advent oh my.
4. Mac Users. Most of these users were simply terribly impressed by the fact that they didn't spend their time sitting in front of amber/green screen monitors typing (in their eyes) obscure commands. Well, that and playing Cap'n Magneto. And now... they play Photoshop. =D
The point is, I really don't believe that the lack of color on the Mac for it's first three years is what kept it from taking over the desktop market. I mean really... the color NeXTstation didn't come out until, what... '90? And look how well it... oh wait. *ducks*
Gene Roddenberry: Strive for equality among humanity, do away with the pursuit of personal wealth as a career choice, dedicate our resources to knowledge and greater understanding instead of developing petty differences into financially successful military endeavors.
Clearly, the "problem" is that we, the Linux community, should be trying to "convert" the n00bs out there who don't know what apt-get is. Having WINE preinstalled would help them get over the fact that they're not running Windows, yet everything is fine, and they can do pretty much everything today they that they could when they were running Windows yesterday.
Actually, the real problem is that OEM's do not include FOSS versions of necessary (end user) applications. Consider applications as a gateway drug: If Firefox, Thunderbird, Pidgin, and MusikCube were included on Desktop User Bob's $400 PC/Appliance, then maybe a switch that didn't rob them of Explorer, Outlook, Messenger and iTunes wouldn't feel quite as daunting.
More so, if those gateway apps were in place, maybe we'd begin to see a migration of necessary (power user) applications (i.e. Indesign, ProTools/Sonar/Audition, QuickBooks, etc...).
You can swap those apps around with whatever fits your bill; I'm not trying to step on FOSS developer's toes nor dictate end user needs, only trying to point out that if we could settle on non-proprietary replacements for everyday apps, we could see an end to projects like Wine being an end-all solution for migration withdrawal. I personally think that WINE is a potential wonder solution for those one or two must have applications (that will properly run) that will never see a linux port (I'm talking about niche third party software here). But I don't really like it as a solution for easily replaceable software -- and I think that is Shuttleworth's position.
I also respect his point of removing "Cheap" from Windows solution. As long as the Linux community is considered to be a group of cheap bastards by the commercial software developers, we have a problem: we'll never see those necessary apps that we need. Again, I'm not belittling the effort of FOSS developers. There are wonderful solutions for a great many applications out there. However, we don't need to force every user to relearn both their OS and their applications at the same time. Nor do we need to reinvent the wheel for every computing need that we have. If an app is good, robust and solid... let's see a Linux release for it... not press for API implementation -- especially when that implementation may come across as lackluster. That only creates the perception that the OS is at fault.
I love the fact that both myself and my wife are Windows free on our laptops... I dislike the fact that I still have to have Windows driven PC's and laptops both at home and work for media development, studio recording and DJ work. And I hate to (read: will not) dualboot a production box.
Sorry to hear about the wrench thrown into your well intended project, as well. It leaves me livid to see people trying to make positive change and provide beneficial contributions left with frustration as their only reward (the alternative reward being a fruition of their efforts).
What we're talking about here is the true definition of a lose lose situation: either it's planned malice against the greater population or (my true belief) it's absolute ignorance about the changes in our world on the part of our elected officials.
I realize the tail end of my last post reeked of tinfoil, so thanks for not picking it apart too hard.
You're absolutely correct in that the current silencing is that of unpopular music, but the scary thing for me is how it will affect bandwidth subsidy programs (such as Live365). When submitting our grant proposal this past year for bandwidth funds for a community station, we were summarily turned down under the pretext that our intended goal (community news, broadcasting of town and village board meetings, local interest programming, etc...) potentially excluded a large percentage of our target market (point of fact, it was even mentioned that the elderly people who can't make it town and village board meetings might not have the technical skill to access our stream).
Talk about frustration. Now my concern is that if I tie up personal funding, there's a good chance that the plug will be pulled and that Live365 (where I had ultimately settled for out station) will be forced to close their doors.
Furthermore, after reviewing some of the stipulations concerning copyright and how unsigned acts are covered (in our case, local artists providing content for exposure), we are unsure of how an independent artist is treated if they have copyrighted their work (including myself).
So... long and short of it, now a shoestring budget (out of my pocket), is further strained by retaining an attorney that can make some sense of all possible ramifications.
Ugh. Sean Kennedy must be thinking... "I told you so!"
It's damn near impossible to acquire a LPFM license.
only knows that I've been trying to put together a community radio station for my town for nearly three years -- three years of banging my head against the brick wall that is the FCC.
Just as I get our new project (a hybrid online community news/entertainment magazine & commerce website) up and going we're faced with this one.
I'm just about at the point of viewing this as being all about silencing voices of dissent. Nothing more.
With the small exception that it actually came out a few weeks back and, with some exceptions, is a relatively polished game. True that MP isn't nearly what many had hoped (8+ coop anyone?), but that doesn't detract that despite the long development cycle... it's a real game, not vapor.
And, IMHO, it's a pretty good game at that. So, yer post is absolutely true... with the exceptions of comparisons to Daikatana and DNF. Oh and the bit about the boards... they're pretty jumping, actually.
So other than the inaccurate reference to those other two games, and the comment about the dead forums... man, you're right on!
The Asus mobo I recently upgraded my home station to (sorry, can't recall the model... I'll look it up if you'd like) offers vga & dvi off the motherboard. Combined with a 7600GT, that provides a total of 4 outputs. However, I only run one monitor off the mobo (the middle 19" portrait orientated LCD), and have the my seconday (left) LCD on a KVM with the projector.
Not all motherboards allow you to use the onboard video with the PCIx (or AGP, if that's your case) activated. However, this particular Asus does, which was the main selling point. That might go standard with the Nvidia 6150 chipset, but don't quote me on that.
At work, I've got the same 7600GT running the tandem CRT's and have an older GeForce 3 PCI card installed for the third monitor. As it has dual output, it should run an extra monitor if I so choose -- but, with limited deskspace at the shop, I probably won't go that route.
My workstation at the shop currently has two 21" CRT's and I'm about to slap an LCD between them.
At home, where my workstation is split between sound recording and 3d work, I use three LCD's and a projector. Okay... the projector is probably used more for flicks and the odd game, but it is fun view modeling work with as well.
*Me bellows with glee* Honey! Come see the life size cave troll!* *Honey responds bemusedly* I thought you said that those bulbs were expensive... *Me sheepishly defends original statement* But, baby... It's a cave troll!
offtopic I swear, I completely blame the IT field. Too much crap to absorb and dump on a regular basis has begun to take its toll on the fun stuff. >:|
How about a sequal/remake of Below the Root? Maybe a true sequel (read, not FPS) for the Castle Wolfenstein's? Good stealth game here.
For that matter, there's a slew of older 8/16 bit games from the 80's & early 90's that are dying for a facelift. Might give us a break from yet another FPS,RTS,RPG.
On one side we have the tree hugging liberals vilifying corporate America for abusing natural resources and thereby sending us screaming into a charbroiled future.
On the other side, we've got the bible beating make a dollar conservatives lambasting the silly liberals for over exaggerating a natural cycle in global climate.
Near the middle, where most people reside, we've got people drawing on the words of their choice of experts to help prop them up.
The funny thing to me is that everyone always looks at it from their own point, regardless of their voiced motives; and it always comes down to "Won't someone think of the children?!?!".
Here's my answer to the ultimate question: No, I won't.
You see, the children are the real problem, here. There's too damn many of them. And all of you tree huggers and bible bashers keep having more.
Want to know the real problem? It's deforestation to accommodate more people. It's using said deforested land as a home for cattle, sheep, bullfrogs, or whatever the hell your next generation of gene multipliers need to eat. Then. once you've cut down enough trees to build your homes and make enough college lined paper, paper folders, wooden pencils and school desks so that your children can go to school, you need to lots of fossil fuel to drive those same kids back and forth to all of the pointless activities that those kids have to go to. And of course, take all yourselves to Disney World.
Then, you need to extend your lives through medical science. Live longer! Of course that comes at a hefty price, so we need to build more facilities to produce more stuff so that more people will buy it and we can then spread the wealth around so that everyone gets their share. Then, we can live longer. More jobs means more insurance means longer lives and better quality of living. Why? So you can spend more time with all of the additional little ravenous mouths that you simply cannot stop making.
Finally, once you've acquired enough stuff so that you feel satisfied, multiplied your genes enough times so that you've achieved your sense of immortality; well, now it's time to start wagging the finger at all the people that are still acquiring and multiplying and the like.
The real problem here is your need to reproduce. Rich or poor, everyone's gotta have another three or four versions of themselves who will provide them with an extra 8 or nine grandthings before you die. All of them spending their lives sucking up natural resources and cluttering up the world around them. Then you want me to change my life. Great. Fuck you.
Here's my thing: I think the earth is great. Be a real shame to continue fucking up a pretty thing. But... if it happens, oh well. I won't be here. And since I don't, nor ever will, have kids... I'm not worried about the dogshit pile that we've left them with. Further more, if we manage to wipe ourselves out in a horrific display of acid rain and toxic waste... it's okay. Give the earth several million years and it'll be like we were never here.
Meanwhile, for all the liberal bed wetters in my area that scream and cry about global warming and then run organized wind tower projects out of the area under the NIMBY plan: Fuck you. And for those conservative cry babies ranting and raving about poor economy and high taxes while taking the moral high ground on disallowing birth control in public schools: Fuck you.
You all get what you deserve.
And yes, I do realize that someone is ready to state that my points here are overly simplistic. At the same time I'm sure that someone has already thought, "Jebus, he's a wordy mother fucker." And to both of you: Fuck you.
Want to save the world? Quit making so many damn carbon copies of yerself. We're (the human race) not so damn important or special that we have a right to kill everything off to satisfy our own inferiority complexes. Can't handle that? Fine, kill the world in a smudge ridden fireball. I don't care. I'm ju
You do remember we're talking about a game here, right? And that the qualifying factor for opinions is not the amount of time you have logged in, it's the amount of money each subscriber pays to play, right? And that amount is... equal. Equal, like each customer's right to make a comment (even if it's not the most well thought out argument).
Keep in mind that your encyclopedic knowledge of instance mechanics comes from learning... not prescience. Once upon a time your understanding matched that of the "idiot" gp.
Tying both points together... both my wife and I have had our accounts for over 14 months. That's $419.72 in Blizzard's coffers (not including the $50 buy in per box). We only play a couple of times a week (at most) and have yet to run an instance. Why? Well our pattern has been to play a race and class up to 20 and start over. The reason? Find what we're happy with and then seriously play.
My point? Either one of us might like a lowly n00b to you if we crossed paths. However, calling either of us an idiot over an on-topic (if, again, not particularly poignant) remark, would get you nothing more than a middle finger wave with a quick trip to the sunny shores of/ignore.
Understanding instances doesn't make you smarter than anyone. Nor does a lack of understanding instances make someone else an idiot.
As far as you know, GP might have a PhD molecular engineering and is on the cusp of eradicating cerebral palsy. And as far as I know, you dropped out of school in the tenth grade and work at McDonald's. Get it?
Think about it this way: Calling someone an idiot over a remark about a game comes across as a little... well, idiotic.
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Actually, I'll respond to both of the above responses here...
My point was not that the GP was wrong, just that using Windows as a supporting argument was not the best way of pushing the point across. It simply undermined his point.
Now, as for my geek card...
I hate to say it, but there are lots of niche markets out there where Windows is the only option. While the average desktop user truly needs little more than a browser, media player and a chat client; there's quite a lot in the way of third party software that is necessary for business needs that simply aren't available on either Linux or Mac. It's not a slam on Linux, OS X, *BSD, Bob's OS, what have you... just a simple fact that Joe's Insurance Binder App requires Windows 98 - XP, Vista not currently recommended. Dan's Veterinarian Software Version 8... Windows Server 2k-2k3 and Workstation clients running XP only. Vince's Buggy Video Store Software... yup, Windows only.
It may suck, but Windows is ubiquitous in many, many enterprises. It doesn't mean that you can't squeeze YourFavoriteDistro host with a Windows VM client as a "more stable" product/service offering (I've done it), it just means that you will find clients that are simply unable to run Windows.
And yes, there are schools that tell parents that they will not support Mac or Linux systems on school networks and cannot guarantee that they will "work" for classroom activities. I've seen that one, too. One would hope that common sense would dictate action, but that is not always the case.
Unfortunately, your argument breaks itself down.
You may want "hot new album" but you may well need Windows for work, school, whatever. There's a difference.
Market share penetration has forced many people to adopt a technology as necessary, but there is no force in the world that dictates that I must listen to the Fall Out Boys.
If you absolutely must have that "hot new album", accept that you consume what your enemy is demanding that you eat... then like it when they dictate that it be served at room temperature, on a paper plate, buzzing with flies while you sit in a dirty chair.
But I'm a bit surprised to see that no one has mentioned BlueMarine.
Granted, I'm just beginning to examine how such applications address me needs (not sure if they do, yet... Adobe Bridge seems to be all I need), but I do like the way that BlueMarine works.
Any thoughts?
And here's another voice from the choir.
My main sound comes from a M-Audio Firewire Audiophile running into an Anthem preamp, Adcom amp and then into a set of B&W's for monitors.
What's my Audigy 2 used for? Skype.
Creative makes such trash.
Give THG a shot. It's XP Pro only and it's not perfect... but, it's been a pretty decent solution for me.
Here it is:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2004/05/28/getting_more_bang_out_of_your_dual_processing_buck/index.html
... as much as I agree with your personal outrage (that being a Woman's body is her own, etc.. etc.. et al) -- I have to say that just as important is the right of free speech. And remember, the most important time to defend free speech is when you disagree with the speaker.
That being said, that little bit of pro-life flamebaiting actually does more for the pro-choice movement than it should probably want to.
'Cause now yer little bastard is in the arms of the rotting Jesus... 'aint he/she?
Hah. Saved from a life of ill begotten moral line crossing. Another for your wierdo, domineering bipolar sky fairy.
Maybe we should all have abortions. Fill up heaven's ranks so that there are more pure angels to fight off Hell's evil.
Abortions for Jesus! Wheeeeeeee!
Whoops. Too much Eagle Rare and now I'm rambling. Hahahah. This is fun. Now I'm gonna go drunken babbling elsewhere. =b...
Oh... and while I'm at it. Mods... mod me down. Go ahead and waste yer points... OFFTOPIC BABY!!!!! WHOOOOOO! SCHAWEEEEEET!!!!
Yeah! Post drunk, post loud.
In the words of the great Hunter... Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
I much prefer spending eternity with 21 virgins than staring...
/.er would they remain virgins for all eternity.
And only with a
*ducks*
Hmmm. Not flaming or trolling here...
The 128k Mac was released in 1984, the Mac II (color) was released in 1987.
Looking back, I seem to recall most computer users (in the US) at that time fitting into one of the following niches:
1. Home Computers (Apple II/Commodore/Atari, TRS-80, etc...). Almost all of these users spent a majority of their time with "black and white" gui-less apps (unless they were playing King's Quest or something).
2. Business Uses. Not a whole slew of them... and most were either using IBM compats or Apple II's. Almost all of these users spent a majority of their time with "black and white" gui-less apps (i.e. Lotus 123/Visicalc, Wordstar, Appleworks).
3. Academia. Rogue and Hack and Advent oh my.
4. Mac Users. Most of these users were simply terribly impressed by the fact that they didn't spend their time sitting in front of amber/green screen monitors typing (in their eyes) obscure commands. Well, that and playing Cap'n Magneto. And now... they play Photoshop. =D
The point is, I really don't believe that the lack of color on the Mac for it's first three years is what kept it from taking over the desktop market. I mean really... the color NeXTstation didn't come out until, what... '90? And look how well it... oh wait. *ducks*
Gene Roddenberry: Strive for equality among humanity, do away with the pursuit of personal wealth as a career choice, dedicate our resources to knowledge and greater understanding instead of developing petty differences into financially successful military endeavors.
Just a thought.
Can we please get a "So true that I feel the need to get drunk" mod category?
Clearly, the "problem" is that we, the Linux community, should be trying to "convert" the n00bs out there who don't know what apt-get is. Having WINE preinstalled would help them get over the fact that they're not running Windows, yet everything is fine, and they can do pretty much everything today they that they could when they were running Windows yesterday.
Actually, the real problem is that OEM's do not include FOSS versions of necessary (end user) applications. Consider applications as a gateway drug: If Firefox, Thunderbird, Pidgin, and MusikCube were included on Desktop User Bob's $400 PC/Appliance, then maybe a switch that didn't rob them of Explorer, Outlook, Messenger and iTunes wouldn't feel quite as daunting.
More so, if those gateway apps were in place, maybe we'd begin to see a migration of necessary (power user) applications (i.e. Indesign, ProTools/Sonar/Audition, QuickBooks, etc...).
You can swap those apps around with whatever fits your bill; I'm not trying to step on FOSS developer's toes nor dictate end user needs, only trying to point out that if we could settle on non-proprietary replacements for everyday apps, we could see an end to projects like Wine being an end-all solution for migration withdrawal. I personally think that WINE is a potential wonder solution for those one or two must have applications (that will properly run) that will never see a linux port (I'm talking about niche third party software here). But I don't really like it as a solution for easily replaceable software -- and I think that is Shuttleworth's position.
I also respect his point of removing "Cheap" from Windows solution. As long as the Linux community is considered to be a group of cheap bastards by the commercial software developers, we have a problem: we'll never see those necessary apps that we need. Again, I'm not belittling the effort of FOSS developers. There are wonderful solutions for a great many applications out there. However, we don't need to force every user to relearn both their OS and their applications at the same time. Nor do we need to reinvent the wheel for every computing need that we have. If an app is good, robust and solid... let's see a Linux release for it... not press for API implementation -- especially when that implementation may come across as lackluster. That only creates the perception that the OS is at fault.
I love the fact that both myself and my wife are Windows free on our laptops... I dislike the fact that I still have to have Windows driven PC's and laptops both at home and work for media development, studio recording and DJ work. And I hate to (read: will not) dualboot a production box.
Sorry to hear about the wrench thrown into your well intended project, as well. It leaves me livid to see people trying to make positive change and provide beneficial contributions left with frustration as their only reward (the alternative reward being a fruition of their efforts).
What we're talking about here is the true definition of a lose lose situation: either it's planned malice against the greater population or (my true belief) it's absolute ignorance about the changes in our world on the part of our elected officials.
Either way... suck for us.
I realize the tail end of my last post reeked of tinfoil, so thanks for not picking it apart too hard.
You're absolutely correct in that the current silencing is that of unpopular music, but the scary thing for me is how it will affect bandwidth subsidy programs (such as Live365). When submitting our grant proposal this past year for bandwidth funds for a community station, we were summarily turned down under the pretext that our intended goal (community news, broadcasting of town and village board meetings, local interest programming, etc...) potentially excluded a large percentage of our target market (point of fact, it was even mentioned that the elderly people who can't make it town and village board meetings might not have the technical skill to access our stream).
Talk about frustration. Now my concern is that if I tie up personal funding, there's a good chance that the plug will be pulled and that Live365 (where I had ultimately settled for out station) will be forced to close their doors.
Furthermore, after reviewing some of the stipulations concerning copyright and how unsigned acts are covered (in our case, local artists providing content for exposure), we are unsure of how an independent artist is treated if they have copyrighted their work (including myself).
So... long and short of it, now a shoestring budget (out of my pocket), is further strained by retaining an attorney that can make some sense of all possible ramifications.
Ugh. Sean Kennedy must be thinking... "I told you so!"
It's damn near impossible to acquire a LPFM license.
only knows that I've been trying to put together a community radio station for my town for nearly three years -- three years of banging my head against the brick wall that is the FCC.
Just as I get our new project (a hybrid online community news/entertainment magazine & commerce website) up and going we're faced with this one.
I'm just about at the point of viewing this as being all about silencing voices of dissent. Nothing more.
With the small exception that it actually came out a few weeks back and, with some exceptions, is a relatively polished game. True that MP isn't nearly what many had hoped (8+ coop anyone?), but that doesn't detract that despite the long development cycle... it's a real game, not vapor.
And, IMHO, it's a pretty good game at that. So, yer post is absolutely true... with the exceptions of comparisons to Daikatana and DNF. Oh and the bit about the boards... they're pretty jumping, actually.
So other than the inaccurate reference to those other two games, and the comment about the dead forums... man, you're right on!
The Asus mobo I recently upgraded my home station to (sorry, can't recall the model... I'll look it up if you'd like) offers vga & dvi off the motherboard. Combined with a 7600GT, that provides a total of 4 outputs. However, I only run one monitor off the mobo (the middle 19" portrait orientated LCD), and have the my seconday (left) LCD on a KVM with the projector.
Not all motherboards allow you to use the onboard video with the PCIx (or AGP, if that's your case) activated. However, this particular Asus does, which was the main selling point. That might go standard with the Nvidia 6150 chipset, but don't quote me on that.
At work, I've got the same 7600GT running the tandem CRT's and have an older GeForce 3 PCI card installed for the third monitor. As it has dual output, it should run an extra monitor if I so choose -- but, with limited deskspace at the shop, I probably won't go that route.
Right there with you.
My workstation at the shop currently has two 21" CRT's and I'm about to slap an LCD between them.
At home, where my workstation is split between sound recording and 3d work, I use three LCD's and a projector. Okay... the projector is probably used more for flicks and the odd game, but it is fun view modeling work with as well.
*Me bellows with glee*
Honey! Come see the life size cave troll!*
*Honey responds bemusedly*
I thought you said that those bulbs were expensive...
*Me sheepishly defends original statement*
But, baby... It's a cave troll!
And here's the Wikipedia entry that covers it. Good call!
Oh god, only 35 years old and already it's begun.
offtopic
I swear, I completely blame the IT field. Too much crap to absorb and dump on a regular basis has begun to take its toll on the fun stuff. >:|
The irony here is that The Sting didn't get credit for providing background vocals on Money for Nothing due to contractual issues.
Ah well... thanks for this post flow; now I'm going to spend the day in the Straits. =D
SPOILER
/SPOILER
That's only because you're supposed to steer towards the spire, not away from it.
If "are" species is doomed to the kind guttural grunts that your post suggests... really, it's okay if we don't make it.
And on a personal level; really, don't have children. Yours should not be the dominant life form of this planet.
How about a sequal/remake of Below the Root?
Maybe a true sequel (read, not FPS) for the Castle Wolfenstein's? Good stealth game here.
For that matter, there's a slew of older 8/16 bit games from the 80's & early 90's that are dying for a facelift. Might give us a break from yet another FPS,RTS,RPG.
On one side we have the tree hugging liberals vilifying corporate America for abusing natural resources and thereby sending us screaming into a charbroiled future.
On the other side, we've got the bible beating make a dollar conservatives lambasting the silly liberals for over exaggerating a natural cycle in global climate.
Near the middle, where most people reside, we've got people drawing on the words of their choice of experts to help prop them up.
The funny thing to me is that everyone always looks at it from their own point, regardless of their voiced motives; and it always comes down to "Won't someone think of the children?!?!".
Here's my answer to the ultimate question: No, I won't.
You see, the children are the real problem, here. There's too damn many of them. And all of you tree huggers and bible bashers keep having more.
Want to know the real problem? It's deforestation to accommodate more people. It's using said deforested land as a home for cattle, sheep, bullfrogs, or whatever the hell your next generation of gene multipliers need to eat. Then. once you've cut down enough trees to build your homes and make enough college lined paper, paper folders, wooden pencils and school desks so that your children can go to school, you need to lots of fossil fuel to drive those same kids back and forth to all of the pointless activities that those kids have to go to. And of course, take all yourselves to Disney World.
Then, you need to extend your lives through medical science. Live longer! Of course that comes at a hefty price, so we need to build more facilities to produce more stuff so that more people will buy it and we can then spread the wealth around so that everyone gets their share. Then, we can live longer. More jobs means more insurance means longer lives and better quality of living. Why? So you can spend more time with all of the additional little ravenous mouths that you simply cannot stop making.
Finally, once you've acquired enough stuff so that you feel satisfied, multiplied your genes enough times so that you've achieved your sense of immortality; well, now it's time to start wagging the finger at all the people that are still acquiring and multiplying and the like.
The real problem here is your need to reproduce. Rich or poor, everyone's gotta have another three or four versions of themselves who will provide them with an extra 8 or nine grandthings before you die. All of them spending their lives sucking up natural resources and cluttering up the world around them. Then you want me to change my life. Great. Fuck you.
Here's my thing: I think the earth is great. Be a real shame to continue fucking up a pretty thing. But... if it happens, oh well. I won't be here. And since I don't, nor ever will, have kids... I'm not worried about the dogshit pile that we've left them with. Further more, if we manage to wipe ourselves out in a horrific display of acid rain and toxic waste... it's okay. Give the earth several million years and it'll be like we were never here.
Meanwhile, for all the liberal bed wetters in my area that scream and cry about global warming and then run organized wind tower projects out of the area under the NIMBY plan: Fuck you. And for those conservative cry babies ranting and raving about poor economy and high taxes while taking the moral high ground on disallowing birth control in public schools: Fuck you.
You all get what you deserve.
And yes, I do realize that someone is ready to state that my points here are overly simplistic. At the same time I'm sure that someone has already thought, "Jebus, he's a wordy mother fucker." And to both of you: Fuck you.
Want to save the world? Quit making so many damn carbon copies of yerself. We're (the human race) not so damn important or special that we have a right to kill everything off to satisfy our own inferiority complexes. Can't handle that? Fine, kill the world in a smudge ridden fireball. I don't care. I'm ju
Wow, yer an angry dude.
/ignore.
You do remember we're talking about a game here, right? And that the qualifying factor for opinions is not the amount of time you have logged in, it's the amount of money each subscriber pays to play, right? And that amount is... equal. Equal, like each customer's right to make a comment (even if it's not the most well thought out argument).
Keep in mind that your encyclopedic knowledge of instance mechanics comes from learning... not prescience. Once upon a time your understanding matched that of the "idiot" gp.
Tying both points together... both my wife and I have had our accounts for over 14 months. That's $419.72 in Blizzard's coffers (not including the $50 buy in per box). We only play a couple of times a week (at most) and have yet to run an instance. Why? Well our pattern has been to play a race and class up to 20 and start over. The reason? Find what we're happy with and then seriously play.
My point? Either one of us might like a lowly n00b to you if we crossed paths. However, calling either of us an idiot over an on-topic (if, again, not particularly poignant) remark, would get you nothing more than a middle finger wave with a quick trip to the sunny shores of
Understanding instances doesn't make you smarter than anyone. Nor does a lack of understanding instances make someone else an idiot.
As far as you know, GP might have a PhD molecular engineering and is on the cusp of eradicating cerebral palsy. And as far as I know, you dropped out of school in the tenth grade and work at McDonald's. Get it?
Think about it this way: Calling someone an idiot over a remark about a game comes across as a little... well, idiotic.