We've replaced your usual mstorer3772 with a raving ass. Lets see if anyone notices.
(yes that was a side-ways appology. Ever go back and read something you've written and thought "what the hell was I thinking"?)
I actually didn't think the article was bad at all. But I'm no english major, nor a critic. (boy am I ever not critical... I didn't think the acting in AotC was that bad, though I agree that some of the dialog needed help)
Judging by the review (and the conversations it has spawned, baring this one) I am interested in reading this book. I LIKE magic/technology combinations, as well as fanatsy that tries to escape the "elf-orc-magic sword" stereotype. Yes, the author made an overbroad generalization. But I think even HE recognized it as such.
As to why the story was posted... who knows? My pet theory is that Timothy read the book, liked it, and posted the first review he saw, regardless of its quality.
>This is the worst, most poorly written, least valuable or interesting story EVER to make the front page. Ever.
No it isn't. At least he didn't go on about some Katzish meme-crossing, post-9/11, geek profiling, bullshit.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
And not all the quarter million slashdot readers WERE subjected to this story. Registered users like YOU can filter the stories you see based on topic OR AUTHOR. Golly.
This seems like a perfect opportunity to underline JUST HOW FUCKING REDICULOUS the DMCA is. We push the gov't to back up their rediculous law by going after everyone that's ever sold a felt-tip pen under the DMCA.
If that doesn't get the DMCA shown up for the vile heap of rat excrement it is, then nothing will.
I disagree... but only because I'm looking at a different i-1.
Consider the CA as the growth of the organism described in the DNA... then i and i-1 have a STRONG corelation.
Baring radioactive spiders.
I would think that a properly designed CA would be able to walk a given being from conception to maturity (and perhaps even to old age and death).
Very "Copernik's Rebellion" (which is a book about a guy who 'figures out' DNA and can grow pretty much anything he wants, and does... and simulates his creatures before he actually grows them).
I actually still play fairly regularly... but then the latest patch has been fairly good to me (though I still UE occasionally).
On a more relevant note, it would be interesting to get a couple other biofeedback mechanisms all hooked into the computer to see their results. Skin temperature, heart rate, that sort of thing.
The problem is that is being passed as a law. The industry already has a self-imposed ratings system, just like movies.
Where's the reasoning behind making a law to restrict games when there is no such law covering... oh... say the soft-core porn passed off as teenage comedy these days?
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I am a REGISTERED user, and can filter out whatever I don't like.
I am NOT a PAYING user.
Big difference
We've replaced your usual mstorer3772 with a raving ass. Lets see if anyone notices.
(yes that was a side-ways appology. Ever go back and read something you've written and thought "what the hell was I thinking"?)
I actually didn't think the article was bad at all. But I'm no english major, nor a critic. (boy am I ever not critical... I didn't think the acting in AotC was that bad, though I agree that some of the dialog needed help)
Judging by the review (and the conversations it has spawned, baring this one) I am interested in reading this book. I LIKE magic/technology combinations, as well as fanatsy that tries to escape the "elf-orc-magic sword" stereotype. Yes, the author made an overbroad generalization. But I think even HE recognized it as such.
As to why the story was posted... who knows? My pet theory is that Timothy read the book, liked it, and posted the first review he saw, regardless of its quality.
>This is the worst, most poorly written, least valuable or interesting story EVER to make the front page. Ever.
No it isn't. At least he didn't go on about some Katzish meme-crossing, post-9/11, geek profiling, bullshit.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
And not all the quarter million slashdot readers WERE subjected to this story. Registered users like YOU can filter the stories you see based on topic OR AUTHOR. Golly.
So quicherbitchin.
Seriously.
This seems like a perfect opportunity to underline JUST HOW FUCKING REDICULOUS the DMCA is. We push the gov't to back up their rediculous law by going after everyone that's ever sold a felt-tip pen under the DMCA.
If that doesn't get the DMCA shown up for the vile heap of rat excrement it is, then nothing will.
I disagree... but only because I'm looking at a different i-1.
Consider the CA as the growth of the organism described in the DNA... then i and i-1 have a STRONG corelation.
Baring radioactive spiders.
I would think that a properly designed CA would be able to walk a given being from conception to maturity (and perhaps even to old age and death).
Very "Copernik's Rebellion" (which is a book about a guy who 'figures out' DNA and can grow pretty much anything he wants, and does... and simulates his creatures before he actually grows them).
Does anyone else find his sig more than a little... inconsistent... with that last paragraph.
Ironic, that.
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But amazon.com has enough customers to make an accurate random sampling of the entire set of customers who buy books.
"
No it doesn't. It most probably has a decent sampling of all the people who buy books on-line. That is NOT the same as all the people who buy books.
It's okay... I'm feeling forgiving. No wet carp for you.
Had you heard they're working on a 'final patch'?
I actually still play fairly regularly... but then the latest patch has been fairly good to me (though I still UE occasionally).
On a more relevant note, it would be interesting to get a couple other biofeedback mechanisms all hooked into the computer to see their results. Skin temperature, heart rate, that sort of thing.
The problem is that is being passed as a law. The industry already has a self-imposed ratings system, just like movies.
Where's the reasoning behind making a law to restrict games when there is no such law covering... oh... say the soft-core porn passed off as teenage comedy these days?