I thought it was an interesting concept, except for the fact the body flips over. That means you can't put a torso above said tripod.
For years we've seen movies & video games show three-legged robots & critters walk around, but you've never seen the mechanics of it. The technical side of me was always curious how it could be done. If you have a standing tripod, the instant it raises a leg, you have an angled(ie not straight like a bipoed) footing for the remaining 2 legs. Add the offset center of gravity(of the body), and it's gonna tip! That moving leg better quickly move forward and plant the foot down. The other 2 legs will repeat the process in some logical order.
The robot in the article kind of chepens it with the center & rear leg doing a swing around. I think with some more research, a more proper way to walk would work that doesn't make the tripod top such an unusuable platform.
While not a FPS, you can add Carmageddon to the trilogy peter-out list. The best way to kill a game series is to have a completely different developer do it, ruining it in the process. Carmageddon 2 was incredibly fun, and while the graphics in TDR were better, it was ruined with mandatory missions(probably to compensate the rather bland game premise). No more 5X combos as the engine didn't seem fast enough to detect it.
Carmageddon is a franchise I wish Rockstar would buy out, and remake with the GTA engine for some mindless derby crash 'em up fun. The controversial nature would be no problem to Rockstar.
3) Swap the left Analog and Dpad. MS, Nintendo and Sega all did so because it is more comfortable to play 3D games that way. Bolting the Dual analogs at the bottom made sense in the PS1 era, but not 2 gens later.
How come no 3rd party(Mad Catz, etc) has done this yet? You would think they would sell d-pad/left analog swapped game pads for PS2 or PS3 by the truck load to Xbox converts.
As for the analog triggers, they should have made them concave-shaped so your fingers don't slip off in all the action. I guess they were more concerned with their "me too" functionality.
As for the battery life, that's why I stick with wired controllers + extension cord. It's no big deal to me to have a wire to the console.
I understand the original poster's complaint about the documentation, I just right now cannot find the exact set of pages he was talking about.
I've done frequent google searches on docs.python.org to find out how to use a method,etc. Sometimes you get results that lead you to a way too low-level page about the method or library that is absolutely useless(to me, at least).Maybe it is the "language reference" that probably shows up a lot in google search results? That and several-years-old single discussions from the mailing list.
..remember some "blockade runner" video game(a dedicated, enclosed cabinet) that had a show that people competed on? I think the Sci fi chanel had it many moons ago. It was some game I've never seen in my life before, with a show built around it. The contestants were quite possibly the most annoying nerds you've ever seen. The game I believe was sci-fi themed, with ships running past each other or something. Either way, it was horrible.
Yeah, the oh-so-used TV broadcast spectrum. Here, it's Channels 2,4,5,9,11,23,29,41. What about all those unused gaps between said channels. They aren't doing anything useful to anybody.
It has to be 15 years old to import it? Darn. If I had money to burn, I would import a daihatsu tanto, just because they are so dinky & cute. It's a Japanese Kei car(small engines ahoy) and probably whiffs gas.
I try to pidgeonhole all my emails. This is needed since I get a TON of automated emails from machines telling me about builds, and status of testing of emails. Those are so predictable I can get outlook filter them easily.
The problem I ran into is the frenzy of "out of the office" emails for telecommuting. Everyone around here has a unique way of expressing that they are not in the office. Instead of a nice "OOTO TC"-prefixed email, I get "W@H"," out of the office","OTOO","offline for a bit". It's like they are trying to dodge my filters, as if it was spam. Worse yet are the "I'm going out to lunch" emails, as if we needed to know the whereabouts of you every 5 minutes. I get these emails literally every 10 minutes. It clogs up the "unread mails" folder too.
Yes, my "OOTO Spam" MS Outlook rule grows by the week with new subject line headers. Anything to jam on that "you have unopened items" sys tray icon in Outlook that seems impossible to shut down via rules.
Interesting. What gets me is that some of the very early Honda cars look quite a bit like Mini Coopers, notably, this one: http://thisoldhonda.org/pictures/n360.jpg .
It exists in unoffical forms, called GTA:MP. It is HORRIBLY buggy. The "los santos role play" is amazingly boring and takes the fun out of GTA with speeding tickets, red tape, etc.
There's a feature where in Myspace you can set all your pictures to "private". But most idiots on myspace insist on having a myspace slide show on their profile page(along with 2000 other flash applets). Click on the picture in the slideshow, now you can see the album! Just use previous/next to navigate through them.
Then there was the time I was on myspace, and a banner ad tried to send me a virus. You would think Myspace would be a bit more discretionary who it lets send banners over. Tsk tsk!
Of course, not as fun as the images directory being left open on all angelfire pages. Some of those were fun to sort through, showing pictures not intended for the public(ie nudity, etc).
That's my biggest beef with Facebook: the social norm is to put your REAL FULL NAME there. Oh, and you can put your address, phone number, etc in there too. It's prime identity theft hunting grounds.
When there's not that many games for the PS3, it stands less of a chance of overheating due to less frequent use. It's not a design flaw, it's a feature!
Consequently I run into less problems with Linux than Windows since I only use it as a file & print server!:)
Sometimes you see a Delorian in the twin cities. WOW are those things low to the ground. They seemed much taller in Back to the Future, but then you realize Michael J Fox is a short individual. You read about the horsepower, etc, and find out it's not the hotrod Doc Brown's car made it out to be. In today's engines, you would expect at least 300+ horsepower with a V6. But it has less power than my Mini Cooper S(that weighs 2700 lbs!).
Trust me, as a car nut, I would LOVE a Delorian. It's a car I WANT to like with its unique styling and charisma. I'd trade in my Spitfire for one in a few heartbeats. Here's my main concern:
Do you have to drop the chassis(like a chop shop would do) for repairs? That's something not even I would do. The closest I did to that was pull out a transmission & overdrive. Can't imagine a shade tree mechanic doing that for the smallest of repairs, or a not-so-frame-up restoration. If you need to do that for a minor repair, forget it. That would bring maintenance costs into BMW territory.
Perhaps some dream cars are just meant to be that: dream cars. I just saw a segment where Jeremy Clarkson drives a Lambo Countach, and outlined just how impractical it is(no rear visibility, etc). Yes, you're not supposed to get groceries in a supercar, but basic conveniences aren't too much to ask for(some comfort, reasonable maintenance, see out the rear,etc ).
Package tapes containing SSNs with thousands upon thousands of dollars in cash. Then you can have the nice men in armored cars transporting the valuable data around, instead of in Chuck's 1988 Toyota.
You do realize if everyone follows your lead there will be no more used games to buy. If you want to be able to continue buying used media then I would suggest promoting the purchasing of new media so you will eventually have used media to purchase.
Is it me, or does that sound like something the RIAA would say?
The PS/2 ports are to make it so you can accidentally put the mouse in the keyboard port, and the keyboard in the mouse port(wow, great design there guys).
Having USB ports for the mouse & keyboard would take the fun out of that!
Huh, the numlock light is on, but nothing's working.
MTA is just races and deathmatch only. There is the occasional NPC-like object(mines, etc) that respawn for the next player to get affected by. There's also boulders that persist for all players.
There's also GTA:MP which is a separate project for online play for GTA. Sadly, this is the ONLY game I've seen where having a low ping with the server is a penalty. Low ping means anyone that shoots you, you get hit. You try shooting them, and they seem bulletproof. I've done sharpshooting with an M4 against other players, and they don't take any damage. They shoot me 3 times with a shotgun, my player gets hit every time. I go to a server where I have 200+ ping, I shoot someone, I see their health meter go down.
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I thought it was an interesting concept, except for the fact the body flips over. That means you can't put a torso above said tripod.
For years we've seen movies & video games show three-legged robots & critters walk around, but you've never seen the mechanics of it. The technical side of me was always curious how it could be done. If you have a standing tripod, the instant it raises a leg, you have an angled(ie not straight like a bipoed) footing for the remaining 2 legs. Add the offset center of gravity(of the body), and it's gonna tip! That moving leg better quickly move forward and plant the foot down. The other 2 legs will repeat the process in some logical order.
The robot in the article kind of chepens it with the center & rear leg doing a swing around. I think with some more research, a more proper way to walk would work that doesn't make the tripod top such an unusuable platform.
While not a FPS, you can add Carmageddon to the trilogy peter-out list. The best way to kill a game series is to have a completely different developer do it, ruining it in the process. Carmageddon 2 was incredibly fun, and while the graphics in TDR were better, it was ruined with mandatory missions(probably to compensate the rather bland game premise). No more 5X combos as the engine didn't seem fast enough to detect it.
Carmageddon is a franchise I wish Rockstar would buy out, and remake with the GTA engine for some mindless derby crash 'em up fun. The controversial nature would be no problem to Rockstar.
...Video Professor isn't available in HD-DVD or Blu-Ray. I mean really, what's up with that?
3) Swap the left Analog and Dpad. MS, Nintendo and Sega all did so because it is more comfortable to play 3D games that way. Bolting the Dual analogs at the bottom made sense in the PS1 era, but not 2 gens later.
How come no 3rd party(Mad Catz, etc) has done this yet? You would think they would sell d-pad/left analog swapped game pads for PS2 or PS3 by the truck load to Xbox converts.
As for the analog triggers, they should have made them concave-shaped so your fingers don't slip off in all the action. I guess they were more concerned with their "me too" functionality.
As for the battery life, that's why I stick with wired controllers + extension cord. It's no big deal to me to have a wire to the console.
Lair? How many "ride on a dragon and hilarity ensues" games were ever released?
I understand the original poster's complaint about the documentation, I just right now cannot find the exact set of pages he was talking about.
I've done frequent google searches on docs.python.org to find out how to use a method,etc. Sometimes you get results that lead you to a way too low-level page about the method or library that is absolutely useless(to me, at least).Maybe it is the "language reference" that probably shows up a lot in google search results? That and several-years-old single discussions from the mailing list.
..remember some "blockade runner" video game(a dedicated, enclosed cabinet) that had a show that people competed on? I think the Sci fi chanel had it many moons ago. It was some game I've never seen in my life before, with a show built around it. The contestants were quite possibly the most annoying nerds you've ever seen. The game I believe was sci-fi themed, with ships running past each other or something. Either way, it was horrible.
Yeah, the oh-so-used TV broadcast spectrum. Here, it's Channels 2,4,5,9,11,23,29,41. What about all those unused gaps between said channels. They aren't doing anything useful to anybody.
..in the Blast Corps!
It has to be 15 years old to import it? Darn. If I had money to burn, I would import a daihatsu tanto, just because they are so dinky & cute. It's a Japanese Kei car(small engines ahoy) and probably whiffs gas.
RMS normally wears suits and glasses. Under his suit he has these hippie outfits.
So if I want to find the almighty RMS I should start ripping off of suits of old men with glasses? That could get me in trouble just to get a digg.
* Fat Tony voice *
Excuse me Mr. RIAA, I'm a building safety hobbyist. Just out of curiosity, how fireproof is your building?
I try to pidgeonhole all my emails. This is needed since I get a TON of automated emails from machines telling me about builds, and status of testing of emails. Those are so predictable I can get outlook filter them easily.
The problem I ran into is the frenzy of "out of the office" emails for telecommuting. Everyone around here has a unique way of expressing that they are not in the office. Instead of a nice "OOTO TC"-prefixed email, I get "W@H"," out of the office","OTOO","offline for a bit". It's like they are trying to dodge my filters, as if it was spam. Worse yet are the "I'm going out to lunch" emails, as if we needed to know the whereabouts of you every 5 minutes. I get these emails literally every 10 minutes. It clogs up the "unread mails" folder too.
Yes, my "OOTO Spam" MS Outlook rule grows by the week with new subject line headers. Anything to jam on that "you have unopened items" sys tray icon in Outlook that seems impossible to shut down via rules.
Why does the same link need to be posted twice in the summary?
Interesting. What gets me is that some of the very early Honda cars look quite a bit like Mini Coopers, notably, this one: http://thisoldhonda.org/pictures/n360.jpg .
It exists in unoffical forms, called GTA:MP. It is HORRIBLY buggy. The "los santos role play" is amazingly boring and takes the fun out of GTA with speeding tickets, red tape, etc.
There's a feature where in Myspace you can set all your pictures to "private". But most idiots on myspace insist on having a myspace slide show on their profile page(along with 2000 other flash applets). Click on the picture in the slideshow, now you can see the album! Just use previous/next to navigate through them.
Then there was the time I was on myspace, and a banner ad tried to send me a virus. You would think Myspace would be a bit more discretionary who it lets send banners over. Tsk tsk!
Of course, not as fun as the images directory being left open on all angelfire pages. Some of those were fun to sort through, showing pictures not intended for the public(ie nudity, etc).
That's my biggest beef with Facebook: the social norm is to put your REAL FULL NAME there. Oh, and you can put your address, phone number, etc in there too. It's prime identity theft hunting grounds.
When there's not that many games for the PS3, it stands less of a chance of overheating due to less frequent use. It's not a design flaw, it's a feature!
:)
Consequently I run into less problems with Linux than Windows since I only use it as a file & print server!
"Try again- I don't own a 360, I don't buy products from convicted monopolists."
Didn't Nintendo do strong-arm monopolistic tactics back in the NES days?
Sometimes you see a Delorian in the twin cities. WOW are those things low to the ground. They seemed much taller in Back to the Future, but then you realize Michael J Fox is a short individual. You read about the horsepower, etc, and find out it's not the hotrod Doc Brown's car made it out to be. In today's engines, you would expect at least 300+ horsepower with a V6. But it has less power than my Mini Cooper S(that weighs 2700 lbs!).
Trust me, as a car nut, I would LOVE a Delorian. It's a car I WANT to like with its unique styling and charisma. I'd trade in my Spitfire for one in a few heartbeats. Here's my main concern:
Do you have to drop the chassis(like a chop shop would do) for repairs? That's something not even I would do. The closest I did to that was pull out a transmission & overdrive. Can't imagine a shade tree mechanic doing that for the smallest of repairs, or a not-so-frame-up restoration. If you need to do that for a minor repair, forget it. That would bring maintenance costs into BMW territory.
Perhaps some dream cars are just meant to be that: dream cars. I just saw a segment where Jeremy Clarkson drives a Lambo Countach, and outlined just how impractical it is(no rear visibility, etc). Yes, you're not supposed to get groceries in a supercar, but basic conveniences aren't too much to ask for(some comfort, reasonable maintenance, see out the rear,etc ).
Package tapes containing SSNs with thousands upon thousands of dollars in cash. Then you can have the nice men in armored cars transporting the valuable data around, instead of in Chuck's 1988 Toyota.
You do realize if everyone follows your lead there will be no more used games to buy. If you want to be able to continue buying used media then I would suggest promoting the purchasing of new media so you will eventually have used media to purchase.
Is it me, or does that sound like something the RIAA would say?
The PS/2 ports are to make it so you can accidentally put the mouse in the keyboard port, and the keyboard in the mouse port(wow, great design there guys).
Having USB ports for the mouse & keyboard would take the fun out of that!
Huh, the numlock light is on, but nothing's working.
MTA is just races and deathmatch only. There is the occasional NPC-like object(mines, etc) that respawn for the next player to get affected by. There's also boulders that persist for all players.
.20 for a reason, I guess.
There's also GTA:MP which is a separate project for online play for GTA. Sadly, this is the ONLY game I've seen where having a low ping with the server is a penalty. Low ping means anyone that shoots you, you get hit. You try shooting them, and they seem bulletproof. I've done sharpshooting with an M4 against other players, and they don't take any damage. They shoot me 3 times with a shotgun, my player gets hit every time. I go to a server where I have 200+ ping, I shoot someone, I see their health meter go down.
The game is