You are right though, in reality I do not mind secret courts, phone tapping, bank tapping, warrantless searches, americans being held indefinatly without access to a lawyer or charges being filed, torture, secret prisons, war, CIA leaks, and our spending more money on defense than all other countries on the planet combined and doubled while our education and healthcare go down the toilet and we run up a defecit that cannot reasonably be paid in the next 5 generations.
Yup, red handed. Was just trying to annoy you, my bad.:-(
But how is this different than a Polic Helicopter? I presume they didn't go out and get warrants for every house and backyard they fly over and can see into. Removing the human element shouldn't cause the paranoia i'm seeing here.
The moves that can be 'tracked' are when you are outside, in public. Of course they can follow you on the street. So can the guy behind you and the other guy across the sreet. You are in *public*. If you want privacy, go indoors.
One assumes that before the brain develops, there is not a lot of thinking going on.
As far as 'kind of thoughts' this is quite easy. A recognition of self. Prior to recognition of self, how can we 'kill' somthing that does not even know that it *is*?
I'm not talking of such things, and to pull the 'Nazi" card invalidates any argument you were attempting to make, and i'll not dignify it with a 'response'. Respond to this discussion, do not attempt to segway it into somthing else.
People die, every day, all the time. I would rather have deaths with a purpose. If you could even calls these embryo's life anyway. As far as I know, the embryo's being used have no future, and to put it bluntly, are destined for the trash otherwise.
Nø really! She was carving her initials intø the side øf a røck with a sharpened interspace tøøthbrush given tø her by Svenge -her brøther in law- an an øslø dentist and star øf many Nørweigan møvies: "The Høt Hands øf an øslø Dentist", "Fillings øf Passiøn", "The Huge Mølars øf Hørst Nørdfink"...
The difference is that those add-ons were *required* to play games specifically designed for them. In this case the HD-DVD add-on is soley for watching HD-DVD movies, games will still be DVD based. In the end all this really is is a way for people who own an Xbox 360 to get a cheap (compared to a standalone) HD-DVD player. Not buying it will not hinder game playing at all.
Er, gives us a soul? I wasn't aware that the 'soul' was part of our DNA sequence, care to enlighten us heathen atheists as to what scientiffic observations led you in this direction? Also, if my soul is damaged, can I get a transplant donor soul?
Since i'm positive someone will post it, i'll debunk it ahead of time.
"WHAT IF WE DESTROY THE MOON!?"
It won't. A good anaology would be crashing the empire state building into Wyoming. It would look sorta cool, but that's about it.
"WHAT ABOUT DESTROYING NATURE!?" Well, the moon in a dead chunk of former Earth material which has no atmosphere and certainly no ecology. And as stated previously, the explosion won't be all that neat on a planetary scale. The Moon has taken much much worse hits from meteors and what not.
So basically, break out your telescopes in '08 and enjoy the show.
Duh, he'll just wake up in a few hundred years after his consciousness is transferred into the memrouy wiped body of a convict, and recieve RNA memory injections and learn to pilot interstellar world seeding ships.
I can't speak on playability, but unless you have quite intentionally avoided all xbox 360 news except for trolling, most of the Xbox 360 games look quite good. Whether you are into the types of games they produce is a different subjsct, but it's hard to argue that the native games don't look great.
Maybe more people should, I don't know....*play* a thing before bashing it out of hand? The general impressions are that the launch games are decent, with some being quite good.
And before anyone pulls the fanboy card on me, I currently have with 20ft of me:
A slimline PS2, GameCube, NeoGeo, a Linux box, a Mac Mini, xbox, Nintendo DS, PSP, and a sligtly dusty Dreamcast.
Perhaps you should have looked at any of the following:
Project Gotham Racing 3 NBA2k6 Gears of War Call of Duty 2
I'm getting sick of an obvious troll being modded up by MS bashing. But i'm sure it's pure coincidence you picked the one that was a rush job port from the XBox 1 instead of a native game, right?
OK Nintendo. There is NO reason not to support High Definition. Zero. The rumored hardware should handle it easily. It's seems like Nintendo is chosing not to support it just so they can say " Hey look, no fancy buzzwords here grandma!"
However, for many people who own an HDTV, not supporting is going to be the reason I don't get it. Let me elaborate...
I bought a nice 51" Sony WEGA about 5 months ago. It's rear projection, but for $1600 I got 480i, 480p, *real* 720p, and 1080i support, and every connector imaginable up to HDMI.
HD shows looked fantastic! Watching Baseball, football, and shows like LOST has been totally great. You know what hasn't been great?
Games.
Iv'e tried using my PS2 (with component cables) as well as my xbox (also with component cables) and not couting GranTurismo 4's "1080i mode" (which appears to be some kind of upscan trick) everything is in 480p, which, while still better than 480i, still looks *horrible* on an HD set. I gave up playing games on this set and moved my consoles to the 27" TV in the bedroom.
So I had a great TV that I couldn't really game on. But only for 11 more days. Iv'e had an Xbox 360 on preorder for a while. ALL titles support *at least* 720p (1280x720) and some may support 1080i (1920x1080)! This will make full use of my TV's capabilities, and will look absolutely stunning.
That being said, I do like Nintendo. Iv'e owned ALL of thier consoles and handhelds (including the VirtualBoy;p) but I won't be buying a Revolution, at least for a while due to the lack of HD support. I simply cannot go back to NTSC 480i hell.
For those that say HDTV's aren't that prevailant now, i'd say they are a LOT more common than even just a year or so ago, and with more and more HD programming coming, and (relativly) cheap prices compared to the past (a decent 27" set can be had arount $500 if you look around), HD set's should sell like mad this Christmas and next, in part fueled by the Xbox 360 and the upcoming PS3!
By not even having HD as an option, Nintendo may come off to many as not being a "serious" console with staying power. As more and more people pick up HD sets, the more and more people won't be buying a Revolution. And it seems that's where they want to be. The "non-scary buzzword your grandma can play it" system. But, they are turning away the people that grew up with the NES, in exchange for the non-techie gaming newcomer. I want to support Nintendo, but the lack of vision in not supporting some form of HD is a killer for me:-( I cannot stress enough how bad a 480i signal looks on an HDTV. And if it ends up supporting 480p, while an improvment, just isn't enough.
It's in my gene's and all. I'm sorry for falling for natures nasty dirty little joke.
As for guys, well, I do remember seing some at last E3, dressed as Roman Gladiators and such, though I will admit the female one's were more prevailent. Then again, so was the ratio of Men:Women at the show, go figure. Targeted advertising.
Get over it, sex sells on both sides of the aisle, or do you not watch Soap Opera's or find male strippers attractive?
Slashdot Mirror
Uh oh you caught me!
:-(
You are right though, in reality I do not mind secret courts, phone tapping, bank tapping, warrantless searches, americans being held indefinatly without access to a lawyer or charges being filed, torture, secret prisons, war, CIA leaks, and our spending more money on defense than all other countries on the planet combined and doubled while our education and healthcare go down the toilet and we run up a defecit that cannot reasonably be paid in the next 5 generations.
Yup, red handed. Was just trying to annoy you, my bad.
Can we go back to blaming communism?
How is the 14th ammendment 'unjust' exactly? Last I checked your state ratified it.
You can't have a state taking away constitutional rights and then expect the feds just to look the other way.
Someone needs to re-read the:
Constitution
Bill of Rights
The Hungry Catapillar
But how is this different than a Polic Helicopter? I presume they didn't go out and get warrants for every house and backyard they fly over and can see into. Removing the human element shouldn't cause the paranoia i'm seeing here.
The moves that can be 'tracked' are when you are outside, in public. Of course they can follow you on the street. So can the guy behind you and the other guy across the sreet. You are in *public*. If you want privacy, go indoors.
You are aware that when in public, people can see you right? Hence the 'public' part.
One assumes that before the brain develops, there is not a lot of thinking going on.
As far as 'kind of thoughts' this is quite easy. A recognition of self. Prior to recognition of self, how can we 'kill' somthing that does not even know that it *is*?
I'm not talking of such things, and to pull the 'Nazi" card invalidates any argument you were attempting to make, and i'll not dignify it with a 'response'. Respond to this discussion, do not attempt to segway it into somthing else.
Once the ability to think is achieved.
Cogito ergo sum
As an Atheist, I must say 'screw drawing a line.'
People die, every day, all the time. I would rather have deaths with a purpose. If you could even calls these embryo's life anyway. As far as I know, the embryo's being used have no future, and to put it bluntly, are destined for the trash otherwise.
And yes, I am a registered organ donar.
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Did they forget a metric conversion or somthing?
Nø really! She was carving her initials intø the side øf a røck with a sharpened interspace tøøthbrush given tø her by Svenge -her brøther in law- an an øslø dentist and star øf many Nørweigan møvies: "The Høt Hands øf an øslø Dentist", "Fillings øf Passiøn", "The Huge Mølars øf Hørst Nørdfink"...
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Mynd you, Meteørite hits kan be pretti nasti
Yup, fake, from a truck commercial (from Toyora I think?) meant to show how tough thier trucks are ;-)
Whoever uploaded that video just cut out the last few seconds where it flashes the manufacturers name.
The difference is that those add-ons were *required* to play games specifically designed for them. In this case the HD-DVD add-on is soley for watching HD-DVD movies, games will still be DVD based. In the end all this really is is a way for people who own an Xbox 360 to get a cheap (compared to a standalone) HD-DVD player. Not buying it will not hinder game playing at all.
Guilty of what exactly? The First Ammendment?
Er, gives us a soul? I wasn't aware that the 'soul' was part of our DNA sequence, care to enlighten us heathen atheists as to what scientiffic observations led you in this direction? Also, if my soul is damaged, can I get a transplant donor soul?
We got snakes on the motherfu*kin thread!
Since i'm positive someone will post it, i'll debunk it ahead of time.
"WHAT IF WE DESTROY THE MOON!?"
It won't. A good anaology would be crashing the empire state building into Wyoming. It would look sorta cool, but that's about it.
"WHAT ABOUT DESTROYING NATURE!?"
Well, the moon in a dead chunk of former Earth material which has no atmosphere and certainly no ecology. And as stated previously, the explosion won't be all that neat on a planetary scale. The Moon has taken much much worse hits from meteors and what not.
So basically, break out your telescopes in '08 and enjoy the show.
Yes, actually.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dslinux/
http://www.dslinux.org/
Duh, he'll just wake up in a few hundred years after his consciousness is transferred into the memrouy wiped body of a convict, and recieve RNA memory injections and learn to pilot interstellar world seeding ships.
For the same reason I play NES emu's on my 51" Sony WEGA in 1080i Resolution.....BECAUSE I CAN!
I can't speak on playability, but unless you have quite intentionally avoided all xbox 360 news except for trolling, most of the Xbox 360 games look quite good. Whether you are into the types of games they produce is a different subjsct, but it's hard to argue that the native games don't look great.
t -impressions-of-xbox-360-launch-titles/ More XBox 360 Gameplay Impressions
? t=443644 ...and still more !
http://screenshots.teamxbox.com/index/xbox-360/ XBox 360 Screenshots
http://xboxmovies.teamxbox.com/index/xbox-360/ XBox 360 Movies
http://www.extremegamer.ca/xbox/features/X05.php
XBox 360 Gameplay Impressions
http://www.360hacker.net/articles/10-11-2005/firs
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/showthread.php
Maybe more people should, I don't know....*play* a thing before bashing it out of hand? The general impressions are that the launch games are decent, with some being quite good.
And before anyone pulls the fanboy card on me, I currently have with 20ft of me:
A slimline PS2, GameCube, NeoGeo, a Linux box, a Mac Mini, xbox, Nintendo DS, PSP, and a sligtly dusty Dreamcast.
Perhaps you should have looked at any of the following:
Project Gotham Racing 3
NBA2k6
Gears of War
Call of Duty 2
I'm getting sick of an obvious troll being modded up by MS bashing. But i'm sure it's pure coincidence you picked the one that was a rush job port from the XBox 1 instead of a native game, right?
OK Nintendo. There is NO reason not to support High Definition. Zero. The rumored hardware should handle it easily. It's seems like Nintendo is chosing not to support it just so they can say " Hey look, no fancy buzzwords here grandma!"
;p) but I won't be buying a Revolution, at least for a while due to the lack of HD support. I simply cannot go back to NTSC 480i hell.
:-( I cannot stress enough how bad a 480i signal looks on an HDTV. And if it ends up supporting 480p, while an improvment, just isn't enough.
However, for many people who own an HDTV, not supporting is going to be the reason I don't get it. Let me elaborate...
I bought a nice 51" Sony WEGA about 5 months ago. It's rear projection, but for $1600 I got 480i, 480p, *real* 720p, and 1080i support, and every connector imaginable up to HDMI.
HD shows looked fantastic! Watching Baseball, football, and shows like LOST has been totally great. You know what hasn't been great?
Games.
Iv'e tried using my PS2 (with component cables) as well as my xbox (also with component cables) and not couting GranTurismo 4's "1080i mode" (which appears to be some kind of upscan trick) everything is in 480p, which, while still better than 480i, still looks *horrible* on an HD set. I gave up playing games on this set and moved my consoles to the 27" TV in the bedroom.
So I had a great TV that I couldn't really game on. But only for 11 more days. Iv'e had an Xbox 360 on preorder for a while. ALL titles support *at least* 720p (1280x720) and some may support 1080i (1920x1080)! This will make full use of my TV's capabilities, and will look absolutely stunning.
That being said, I do like Nintendo. Iv'e owned ALL of thier consoles and handhelds (including the VirtualBoy
For those that say HDTV's aren't that prevailant now, i'd say they are a LOT more common than even just a year or so ago, and with more and more HD programming coming, and (relativly) cheap prices compared to the past (a decent 27" set can be had arount $500 if you look around), HD set's should sell like mad this Christmas and next, in part fueled by the Xbox 360 and the upcoming PS3!
By not even having HD as an option, Nintendo may come off to many as not being a "serious" console with staying power. As more and more people pick up HD sets, the more and more people won't be buying a Revolution. And it seems that's where they want to be. The "non-scary buzzword your grandma can play it" system. But, they are turning away the people that grew up with the NES, in exchange for the non-techie gaming newcomer. I want to support Nintendo, but the lack of vision in not supporting some form of HD is a killer for me
Bush didn't forget !
I'm about to annoy femenists everywhere:
I LIKE TO LOOK AT GIRLS.
It's in my gene's and all. I'm sorry for falling for natures nasty dirty little joke.
As for guys, well, I do remember seing some at last E3, dressed as Roman Gladiators and such, though I will admit the female one's were more prevailent. Then again, so was the ratio of Men:Women at the show, go figure. Targeted advertising.
Get over it, sex sells on both sides of the aisle, or do you not watch Soap Opera's or find male strippers attractive?
Can't have your cake and eat it too.