It definitely makes sense in this case. I normally think it's a waste of money as well (any defects that show up should show up well within the manufacturer's warranty) however, with my particular PSP, I discovered that any games using the 3d graphics chip would have a jittery/clippy/jumpy camera. At first I thought it was the game (dynasty warriors) but it turned out to be the PSP. I promptly purchased the extended warranty there, as this could've been a problem that wouldn't have been noticed for a while (all the 2d games worked great).
I didn't actually watch it, but I like the idea of having a video game award show. Even if it's MTV in style, I think an opportunity to recognize people making games that normally wouldn't get recognized (I suppose like the technical awards in the oscars) can be a good thing.
I also think it's still too "young" an awards show to take it seriously yet. But give it a few years, and it might become a "real" awards show. I remember the first MTV movie awards show, I don't think they had any celebrities even there. But the MTV movie awards are genuinely entertaining now, and while still not "real" as in oscars caliber, the celebs show their faces, and it's a fun awards show.
I'm hoping someday, maybe this video games award show can be sorta like that. Although, once again, I didn't see the show (nor RTFA since I don't install flash player).
I didn't like the original C&C that much, because I had already played Dune II and it seemed that C&C was a step backwards (a step forward in the graphics departmnet, but a step backwards in gameplay). Red Alert was fun though. Nothing like zapping something with a tesla coil =D
But that's the beauty of the superbowl. Anything can happen. If you run the simulation a thousand times, the statistical leader will come out on top. But the superbowl is 1 game for all the marbles. So a video game is probably going to be just as accurate as a coin toss, a rock scissor paper match, or pretty much anything else.
Ummmm, considering popups are due to scripting which is part of the browser (scripting bundled into the browser you might say), turning this "off" would NOT be adding in bundled software, but turning off part of the bundled software. Of course, without scripting, browsing would be very boring. So why not allow (like almost every other browser out there (opera, firebird, etc.)) blocking of certain functions of scripting, namely popups. You're allowed to set security levels and such anyway. I think it would be trivial for them to allow that much extra security.
I also like that theory, but I don't think it would translate well to film. Still a fun theory to kick around though.
However, I was wondering if anyone else noticed the prominence of "101". I was actually looking for things that had "110" since I was expecting to see a lot of "6" since it's the sixth and dismissed the few "101"s I saw as just not related, but now that I think about it, maybe the "5" is more significant than the "6".
The other prominent places of "101" are the freeway, and the when they reach the elevator to speak with merevingian.
Actually, I've always been telling my friends that a tried and true formula for a good (at least action flick) is having a highly trianed, heavily armed team of anything with a task. I haven't found a movie yet that followed this formula and I didn't enjoy. Some examples are, Aliens, Navy Seals, Blade II, and the list goes on and on.
Well, have you ever tried viewing microsoft's website in Microsoft's ie2 browser. It just says something like "this page can not be displayed in this browser" so you can't even download ie using ie!
I've never used a USPS network, but in addition to the high bandwidth, seems like it would have pretty decent security too...Out of the reach of M$ patches at the very least, and have had decades to work out the bugs on the current release. Too bad its protocol isn't compatibile with TCP/IP.
There was another aliens vs predator before the snes one in the arcades, and THAT one was GREAT to play. The SNES one was utter garbage compared to the arcade one, but the arcade aliens vs predator might be one of the greatest final fight style games ever.
The skinny on the arcade version with a screen shot can be found here
I always thought the cold would help electronics...but then again, I guess no one would be overclocking their cd players...well on slashdot, I wouldn't count anything out =P
I can see it now "new burton jacket with anti-radiation backpack unit to carry your overclocked PC in" =P
I used to just store them in a closet, basement, wherever. Just out of the way. But I visited Togo in West Africa this past summer and saw people making use of 386 12 Mhz computers and loving it! I've since been wanting to send stuff over there but haven't actually done it yet...hopefully soon though.
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It definitely makes sense in this case. I normally think it's a waste of money as well (any defects that show up should show up well within the manufacturer's warranty) however, with my particular PSP, I discovered that any games using the 3d graphics chip would have a jittery/clippy/jumpy camera. At first I thought it was the game (dynasty warriors) but it turned out to be the PSP. I promptly purchased the extended warranty there, as this could've been a problem that wouldn't have been noticed for a while (all the 2d games worked great).
I didn't actually watch it, but I like the idea of having a video game award show. Even if it's MTV in style, I think an opportunity to recognize people making games that normally wouldn't get recognized (I suppose like the technical awards in the oscars) can be a good thing. I also think it's still too "young" an awards show to take it seriously yet. But give it a few years, and it might become a "real" awards show. I remember the first MTV movie awards show, I don't think they had any celebrities even there. But the MTV movie awards are genuinely entertaining now, and while still not "real" as in oscars caliber, the celebs show their faces, and it's a fun awards show. I'm hoping someday, maybe this video games award show can be sorta like that. Although, once again, I didn't see the show (nor RTFA since I don't install flash player).
I didn't like the original C&C that much, because I had already played Dune II and it seemed that C&C was a step backwards (a step forward in the graphics departmnet, but a step backwards in gameplay). Red Alert was fun though. Nothing like zapping something with a tesla coil =D
But that's the beauty of the superbowl. Anything can happen. If you run the simulation a thousand times, the statistical leader will come out on top. But the superbowl is 1 game for all the marbles. So a video game is probably going to be just as accurate as a coin toss, a rock scissor paper match, or pretty much anything else.
Come on, this is slashdot. We all know girlfriends don't exist.
Ummmm, considering popups are due to scripting which is part of the browser (scripting bundled into the browser you might say), turning this "off" would NOT be adding in bundled software, but turning off part of the bundled software. Of course, without scripting, browsing would be very boring. So why not allow (like almost every other browser out there (opera, firebird, etc.)) blocking of certain functions of scripting, namely popups. You're allowed to set security levels and such anyway. I think it would be trivial for them to allow that much extra security.
Another useful application would be the cool reverse camera shot of zion bay door operators =D
I also like that theory, but I don't think it would translate well to film. Still a fun theory to kick around though. However, I was wondering if anyone else noticed the prominence of "101". I was actually looking for things that had "110" since I was expecting to see a lot of "6" since it's the sixth and dismissed the few "101"s I saw as just not related, but now that I think about it, maybe the "5" is more significant than the "6". The other prominent places of "101" are the freeway, and the when they reach the elevator to speak with merevingian.
Actually, I've always been telling my friends that a tried and true formula for a good (at least action flick) is having a highly trianed, heavily armed team of anything with a task. I haven't found a movie yet that followed this formula and I didn't enjoy. Some examples are, Aliens, Navy Seals, Blade II, and the list goes on and on.
Well, have you ever tried viewing microsoft's website in Microsoft's ie2 browser. It just says something like "this page can not be displayed in this browser" so you can't even download ie using ie!
I've never used a USPS network, but in addition to the high bandwidth, seems like it would have pretty decent security too...Out of the reach of M$ patches at the very least, and have had decades to work out the bugs on the current release. Too bad its protocol isn't compatibile with TCP/IP.
There was another aliens vs predator before the snes one in the arcades, and THAT one was GREAT to play. The SNES one was utter garbage compared to the arcade one, but the arcade aliens vs predator might be one of the greatest final fight style games ever.
The skinny on the arcade version with a screen shot can be found here
I always thought the cold would help electronics...but then again, I guess no one would be overclocking their cd players...well on slashdot, I wouldn't count anything out =P I can see it now "new burton jacket with anti-radiation backpack unit to carry your overclocked PC in" =P
I used to just store them in a closet, basement, wherever. Just out of the way. But I visited Togo in West Africa this past summer and saw people making use of 386 12 Mhz computers and loving it! I've since been wanting to send stuff over there but haven't actually done it yet...hopefully soon though.