I live in Oregon, and let me tell you, if a volcano blew 25 miles from Bend, the most we'd lose is some trees and scrub brush.
It's true. Now let's talk about St. Helens or Mt. Hood (Portland) or Rainier (Seattle). Right there we have some potential disaster.
I remember having the brief thought when the whole N.O. thing went down, that "people don't actually live on the coast below sea level, do they? What IDIOTS!" But then I realized I'm voluntarily living in the shadow of two active volcanoes...
The one thing Intel is doing that IMHO is wrong is changing the definition of performance from clock speed to performance/watt.
The customer is always right. Period. And the customers (OEMs) are telling Intel that nowawdays, if the performance to power ratio is right, they can sell it. They can be server chips or ultralight notebook chips, performancewise, but as long as the ratio is right, the OEMs think they can sell it.
Intel is only changing the "definition of performance" to indicate to the OEMs that they're being listened to.
I remember vividly the first time I played a marathon session of GTA and then got behind the wheel of a real car. I had to force myself to acknowledge red lights when there were no other cars around.
I agree with the point of the parent. Just wanted to make a comment on the above statement.
I also had a similar problem after a recent trip to a indoor go-kart track. It has nothing to do with video games, it's just an adjustment to your frame of reference.
For that matter, sometimes after I've played only ice hockey and not roller hockey for a while, I'll get out on the ice and just about break an ankle trying to stop in a way that only works on ice.
It's just that we have to adjust our frames of reference, which sometimes is difficult when the previous frame of reference is quite similar to our current one.
I think it's time the honorable Professor put to the test the theory that "no technical innovation can truly take hold until it is embraced by the pornography industry."
Nice rant. There's a fundamental and philosophical misconception you have, though...
If the game's simulation of warfare was realistic enough to please you, it would no longer be a game. The challenge of a "game" is to find an abstraction of real life that is entertaining.
I think it is safe to say that the right balance is FAR more abstract (read: unrealistic) than you wish it to be.
That being the case, I won't give them one thin dime of my money, and I'll go out of my way to make a free copy for anyone who wants it so I can further deprive them of operating revenue.
Raid said, Fred. And don't forget to deal strictly in used CDs. All the hot RIAA boycott action without all that sticky moral dilemma.
What you wrote in your post would have been true, if you had substituted the phrase "Starsiege: Tribes" for "Halo." Tribes (and UT, and other PC FPS's to a lesser extent) had all of those things a full THREE YEARS before Halo was even introduced.
Halo was the first game to bring these things to the CONSOLE. It was not the first game to introduce these things to the FPS fanbase. Don't give Halo more credit than it deserves.
People seem to forget that the "Random" part of RAM is kinda crucial.
Well by gosh, you're right! I totally forgot about that whole "Random" thing.
Unfortunately when I went to jog my recollection a bit and write a program that writes to "Random" places in memory, I got all manner of interesting screens. Did you know Windows has a "Fuschia Screen of Death?" I didn't.
If you disagree, then you must also be perfectly fine with me tagging your car with a GPS, too, right? Afterall, you have no expectation of privacy on the road, and messing around with your car is OK with you.
Civilians don't get to do things that cops do all the time. If you were to tail me, watch my house, walk up to me and ask for my identification, I could call it harassment. If a cop does it, (it could still be harassment under specific circumstances, but) it's part of his everyday operation.
everyones head is so far up Valve's ass, that noone seems to be bothered with how odious this steam thing really is.
What? Maybe you missed the entire article yesterday on/., but even if you did, saying noone is upset about steam is completely inaccurate. There are a lot of people very pissed of about the entire concept of steam.
58 million people voted for Bush, that doesn't mean "noone was upset about Bush's policy on Iraq."
To some degree, it's "tough luck" for the artists. They're quite frankly the ones that got themselves into their crappy contract in the first place. No matter how much I might wish to help them, I am by and large prevented from doing so, at least with respect to buying actual physical music media. I can still go to their concerts or whatever.
At this point I'm trying to do my part to drive the RIAA into irrelevancy. I can do that by denying some RIAA company 70% of a CD sale, while I'm denying the artists a couple percent of that same sale.
Tough luck, artists. If I like your music, I'll come see you perform.
Let's be honest. Halo 1 was only popular because it was the first exposure most non-computer geeks had to first-person shooters. Anybody who played Doom, Quake, Descent, Quake, Tribes, UT, or any other classic fps were left shouting "WHY are they expecting me to play an FPS with these two stupid sticks?"
Halo 2 is just a slight extension of the same thing. I can't understand why H2 is getting great reviews in the same way that I just can't fathom how Dubya got 58 million votes.
Therefore I blame the religious right wing for Halo 2's reviews.
First of all, the technology in question must be equally available for non-infringing uses. Napster wasn't. It was specifically designed for MP3 trading, and that's the big reason why it got smacked.
I suspect you left out a phrase there. Either that or you fell into the same trap as MGM did. The phrase "MP3 trading" does not imply infringing uses. Mr. Von Lohmann specifically cites several instances of mp3s traded on Grokster with proper permission of the copyright holders.
Tell that to the people who live in their rented apartments and drive to work in their leased cars while talking on their cell phones that they got for free with a 2-year contract.
What you said has a false ring of insightfulness to it. Truthfully, though, you can drive anywhere you want in your leased car, and you can do anything legal you want in your rented apartment (barring things that unnaturally devalue the apartment).
Your "free" hardware from Sun will not have similar perks.
Get a program that can take certain factors and use it to predict the outcome. After all, knowing math means we can predict the answers to math problems. Shouldn't knowing history mean the same thing?
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It's like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black.
Slim : Uh, you said 'prostitution' twice.
Don Canneloni : Well, I like it.
home? look at the map below. Looks residential to me.
binniz? How about a random road name close to home, that sounds good! Google mapIt's true. Now let's talk about St. Helens or Mt. Hood (Portland) or Rainier (Seattle). Right there we have some potential disaster.
I remember having the brief thought when the whole N.O. thing went down, that "people don't actually live on the coast below sea level, do they? What IDIOTS!" But then I realized I'm voluntarily living in the shadow of two active volcanoes...
The customer is always right. Period. And the customers (OEMs) are telling Intel that nowawdays, if the performance to power ratio is right, they can sell it. They can be server chips or ultralight notebook chips, performancewise, but as long as the ratio is right, the OEMs think they can sell it.
Intel is only changing the "definition of performance" to indicate to the OEMs that they're being listened to.
I think it's time the honorable Professor put to the test the theory that "no technical innovation can truly take hold until it is embraced by the pornography industry."
Pr0nb0t!
Nice rant. There's a fundamental and philosophical misconception you have, though...
If the game's simulation of warfare was realistic enough to please you, it would no longer be a game. The challenge of a "game" is to find an abstraction of real life that is entertaining.
I think it is safe to say that the right balance is FAR more abstract (read: unrealistic) than you wish it to be.
Raid said, Fred. And don't forget to deal strictly in used CDs. All the hot RIAA boycott action without all that sticky moral dilemma.
Wow.
What you wrote in your post would have been true, if you had substituted the phrase "Starsiege: Tribes" for "Halo." Tribes (and UT, and other PC FPS's to a lesser extent) had all of those things a full THREE YEARS before Halo was even introduced.
Halo was the first game to bring these things to the CONSOLE. It was not the first game to introduce these things to the FPS fanbase. Don't give Halo more credit than it deserves.
Just for the sake of being historically accurate... "Meatballs" came out in 1979, but the MPAA didn't start using PG-13 until 1984.
Even "Porky's" and "Porky's 2" were before PG-13 came about.
I'm not sure whether I'm glad TiVo is having life breathed into it, or I'm sad because they're getting into bed with Comcast.
I suppose, since I'll never be a Comcast customer, I'll feel pretty neutral in the long run.
Well by gosh, you're right! I totally forgot about that whole "Random" thing.
Unfortunately when I went to jog my recollection a bit and write a program that writes to "Random" places in memory, I got all manner of interesting screens. Did you know Windows has a "Fuschia Screen of Death?" I didn't.
Civilians don't get to do things that cops do all the time. If you were to tail me, watch my house, walk up to me and ask for my identification, I could call it harassment. If a cop does it, (it could still be harassment under specific circumstances, but) it's part of his everyday operation.
What? Maybe you missed the entire article yesterday on /., but even if you did, saying noone is upset about steam is completely inaccurate. There are a lot of people very pissed of about the entire concept of steam.
58 million people voted for Bush, that doesn't mean "noone was upset about Bush's policy on Iraq."
Yes, yes they will. But let's be fair... you have to walk before you can run.
To some degree, it's "tough luck" for the artists. They're quite frankly the ones that got themselves into their crappy contract in the first place. No matter how much I might wish to help them, I am by and large prevented from doing so, at least with respect to buying actual physical music media. I can still go to their concerts or whatever.
At this point I'm trying to do my part to drive the RIAA into irrelevancy. I can do that by denying some RIAA company 70% of a CD sale, while I'm denying the artists a couple percent of that same sale.
Tough luck, artists. If I like your music, I'll come see you perform.
Let's be honest. Halo 1 was only popular because it was the first exposure most non-computer geeks had to first-person shooters. Anybody who played Doom, Quake, Descent, Quake, Tribes, UT, or any other classic fps were left shouting "WHY are they expecting me to play an FPS with these two stupid sticks?"
Halo 2 is just a slight extension of the same thing. I can't understand why H2 is getting great reviews in the same way that I just can't fathom how Dubya got 58 million votes.
Therefore I blame the religious right wing for Halo 2's reviews.
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I suspect you left out a phrase there. Either that or you fell into the same trap as MGM did. The phrase "MP3 trading" does not imply infringing uses. Mr. Von Lohmann specifically cites several instances of mp3s traded on Grokster with proper permission of the copyright holders.
Bingo. Instant substantial non-infringing use.
What you said has a false ring of insightfulness to it. Truthfully, though, you can drive anywhere you want in your leased car, and you can do anything legal you want in your rented apartment (barring things that unnaturally devalue the apartment).
Your "free" hardware from Sun will not have similar perks.
Get a program that can take certain factors and use it to predict the outcome. After all, knowing math means we can predict the answers to math problems. Shouldn't knowing history mean the same thing?
Been reading any Isaac Asimov books lately?
more than a joke that I don't get, it's a joke that gets slashdotted before I can get it.
I've seen theologists write PhD thesis'
Holy CRAP you need to get out more.