I like how universal healthcare morphed into "affordable" healthcare once the insurance scumbags got involved. I take home about $12,000 a year (after taxes and child support) and they expect me to somehow come up with $5000? If I could afford health insurance I would already have it. $5000 is not affordable to any lower class family. I would imagine that a great deal of the middle class would surely struggle too if they had to pay the full cost of their health insurance.
You are Aston Kutcher, a fabulously gay man with one mission: to find the ultimate accessory and reach the height of gayness! Searching the fantastical land of Beverly Hillls in search of the one thing that will make you gayer than all! An iPad! After your many (mis)adventures on boulevard you will finally comes reach the climax of your quest: the Apple Store! Are you gay enough to battle the evil Bill Gates and his horde of zombie computers? But the journey doesn't just end there! In this grand colorful adventure you will also travel to other worlds. Will you be courageous enough to wield all 8 inches of the pad on the surface of Uranus in the final showdown with Dr. Google and his legion of androids? Will you receive the coveted Massage of Love from Steve Jobs in his gilded sauna for your heroism? Queen Quest! Play with yourself and find out!
Indeed. Activision has been on life support for quite some time now. I wonder if interplay will ever rear its ugly head again or if it will just be reacquired by someone else.
Which also marked the beginning of the end for the tony hawk games. 2 was pretty good and I remember 3 being decent but just more of the same. I'm pretty sure they ran out of new ideas after that.
That's what I think they should be doing. I mean clearly a lot of people want to recreate classic games and maybe even update them a bit. Look at Zelda Classic, The King's Quest Remakes, Exult, and so on and so forth. Many people have tried making a new Space Quest for instance. People don't want to give up on their favorite franchises, and will do everything possible to recreate that game. Just look at how many people tried to remake system shock or deus ex (I think that project is still moving forward) with the latest and greatest FPS engine. If a company doesn't want to create new games for dead franchises (ultima comes to mind), then sure why not let the fans have the reigns? If they make something spectacular it would be foolish to not work out some sort of agreement. You surely can't beat the development costs!
Yeah. It is for real. The tech has been around for at least 5 years that I know of, probably longer. There aren't any real drawbacks except that you are producing more greenhouse gasses in the end. I don't know if we produce enough bio-waste to generate fuel for all of our gas guzzling needs, but it should go a long, long way if utilized to making some of our problems better.
Nothing wrong with using a computer as a cheap but decent upscaler. Lately all I've been using is windows media center and media player for video. The quality is great with the right codecs. Don't know what's up with VLC these days, but it doesn't seem to do scaling very well, or at least the last time I tried. Media player works great though. I mean, all I need is a time bar and some buttons at the bottom when I move the mouse and that satisfies those needs and plays anything I have codecs for.:)
Fuck that's amazing. One day we'll just be old geezers who sit around and whine about how we used to have privacy. I think we slipped down the slope a bit too far....
Sure or you could just be a cool dude who has some HD videos on his netbook who is visiting a friend who wants to watch a movie. You just happen to have the newest Spiderman on your drive and your netbook sports an hdmi out. You now have a tiny portable media server. How cool is that? I mean your netbook is now not just only for browsing the web. You can actually maybe use it to watch a movie, or several even if the ion's claims to battery life hold up. I mean they are shipping with like 160-320gb hard drives now. Might as well use the space up. Throw a ton of mp3s on it and take it to parties, with batteries that will go for hours. If someone does not at least see some novelty or usefulness in this, then they can just go back to their huge tower that they can't take anywhere. My computer (not a netbook, but a 14" acer) is always with me. There are a million reasons that portable can be highly utilitarian and the smaller the better.
Slashdot Mirror
Hah! Its true. I am outclassed by slashdot! Money isn't everything....
Its great with jam!
my prong is always enough...oh wait....did I just type that?
"There's a patent for that."
I like how universal healthcare morphed into "affordable" healthcare once the insurance scumbags got involved. I take home about $12,000 a year (after taxes and child support) and they expect me to somehow come up with $5000? If I could afford health insurance I would already have it. $5000 is not affordable to any lower class family. I would imagine that a great deal of the middle class would surely struggle too if they had to pay the full cost of their health insurance.
Indeed. I second this. I use Microsoft Security Essentials on everything now and it does work pretty good.
Dude. I think you need to seriously consider getting out more. Sunshine is a good thing, you know?
That just gave me an idea!
Queen Quest:
You are Aston Kutcher, a fabulously gay man with one mission: to find the ultimate accessory and reach the height of gayness! Searching the fantastical land of Beverly Hillls in search of the one thing that will make you gayer than all! An iPad! After your many (mis)adventures on boulevard you will finally comes reach the climax of your quest: the Apple Store! Are you gay enough to battle the evil Bill Gates and his horde of zombie computers? But the journey doesn't just end there! In this grand colorful adventure you will also travel to other worlds. Will you be courageous enough to wield all 8 inches of the pad on the surface of Uranus in the final showdown with Dr. Google and his legion of androids? Will you receive the coveted Massage of Love from Steve Jobs in his gilded sauna for your heroism? Queen Quest! Play with yourself and find out!
Indeed. Activision has been on life support for quite some time now. I wonder if interplay will ever rear its ugly head again or if it will just be reacquired by someone else.
If you are stuck with the European market surely you are used to importing by now.......
Which also marked the beginning of the end for the tony hawk games. 2 was pretty good and I remember 3 being decent but just more of the same. I'm pretty sure they ran out of new ideas after that.
That's what I think they should be doing. I mean clearly a lot of people want to recreate classic games and maybe even update them a bit. Look at Zelda Classic, The King's Quest Remakes, Exult, and so on and so forth. Many people have tried making a new Space Quest for instance. People don't want to give up on their favorite franchises, and will do everything possible to recreate that game. Just look at how many people tried to remake system shock or deus ex (I think that project is still moving forward) with the latest and greatest FPS engine. If a company doesn't want to create new games for dead franchises (ultima comes to mind), then sure why not let the fans have the reigns? If they make something spectacular it would be foolish to not work out some sort of agreement. You surely can't beat the development costs!
Duke Nukem Rides With Ponies
Can I preorder?
When I was in scouts discmans and original game boys with the green screens were the new hot items. And jams.
Kids these days have no idea how far we've come.
Over 30 years of terrible acting and infomercials?
The story sounds kind of fishy if you ask me!
Did you know that magenta has no visible spectrum? Look it up. I was amazed to find out that magenta isn't even a real color!
Don't feed the troll.... :P
Yeah. It is for real. The tech has been around for at least 5 years that I know of, probably longer. There aren't any real drawbacks except that you are producing more greenhouse gasses in the end. I don't know if we produce enough bio-waste to generate fuel for all of our gas guzzling needs, but it should go a long, long way if utilized to making some of our problems better.
Nothing wrong with using a computer as a cheap but decent upscaler. Lately all I've been using is windows media center and media player for video. The quality is great with the right codecs. Don't know what's up with VLC these days, but it doesn't seem to do scaling very well, or at least the last time I tried. Media player works great though. I mean, all I need is a time bar and some buttons at the bottom when I move the mouse and that satisfies those needs and plays anything I have codecs for. :)
Don't know why that popped into my head. I was thinking of newer movie franchises that sucked and that popped in first.
Indeed. See. This is why I am not a cool dude. I don't have any friends either.
Fuck that's amazing. One day we'll just be old geezers who sit around and whine about how we used to have privacy. I think we slipped down the slope a bit too far....
Sure or you could just be a cool dude who has some HD videos on his netbook who is visiting a friend who wants to watch a movie. You just happen to have the newest Spiderman on your drive and your netbook sports an hdmi out. You now have a tiny portable media server. How cool is that? I mean your netbook is now not just only for browsing the web. You can actually maybe use it to watch a movie, or several even if the ion's claims to battery life hold up. I mean they are shipping with like 160-320gb hard drives now. Might as well use the space up. Throw a ton of mp3s on it and take it to parties, with batteries that will go for hours. If someone does not at least see some novelty or usefulness in this, then they can just go back to their huge tower that they can't take anywhere. My computer (not a netbook, but a 14" acer) is always with me. There are a million reasons that portable can be highly utilitarian and the smaller the better.
What's up with this thread? The most insightful posts are coming from ACs.