If you want NASA to do it, it'll cost well over $50 billion.
It wouldn't cost nearly that much if people assumed a significant chance of failure. Remember, not a single astronaut died during a missing during the mercury/gemini/apollo years ("Failure is not an option" was coined by NASA back then), except for the tragedy during a testing of equipment in Apollo 1. Many people would be VERY willing to risk bodily injury/death for a great thrill. I mean hell, people ride motorcycles, don't they? (or as we call them in the ER... organcycles)
that may be true. and for me, Joe Montana football on Genesis taught me all I knew about football. That being said, videogames HELPED you be more atheletic, not LESS. So in essence you agree that it doesn't DETRACT.
Here it comes... another mention of American Wright Brothers sucess, another whine from the Brazilian community that THEY have the first flier. Who really cares...
Youth sport interest is not going down because of videogames, well not directly. If it truly has gone down, I think it's because of the overall decline in athleticism in kids today, because of health and obesity problems. In one of my medical school classes, we read a medical journal article that says that for all american babies born in 2000, ONE IN THREE will be a diabetic (type ii - the type more related to lifestyle, to WAY oversimplify it) - and I wouldn't be surprised if europe is experiencing similar diabetic explosions (cue unfunny '+5, funny' comments). That statistic is #&@*! insane!!! This is the first generation whose life expectancy might actually DECLINE from the previous one.
There isn't a single time in my entire life where I've been with a friend and we wanted to play some tennis, but instead decided to play Mario Tennis instead. I never wanted to go for a run one minute, and then decide "Nah, lemme play Track & Field on the NES instead and hit the 'a' button as hard as I can instead of a 3-mile run."
However, so while I don't think Madden has been a substitute for some real-life backyard football, it is possible that videogame players habits as a whole have lead to some of the weight/sedentary lifestyle habits of its players. If that's so, then tv and non-sports games would also be just as at fault...
yeah but at least once a month I get a new buddy from someone in my class or a friend-of-a-friend. Most friends of mine aren't computer saavy, and if they can't get through the first time they'll assume I'm ignoring them or trying to specifically block them.
I don't like Spam, but I can't STAND spim! I use aim and now like 5 times a day I get IM's from "horny 18 y/o coeds who want me to check out their webcams." It's so freakin annoying. Plus, there doesn't seem to be a way to filter them out, unlike spam. Damn it. And unlike email, which changes every few years anyway, I really don't want to change my aim screenname - I've had it for 11 years now. Damn it Damn it Damn it...
that's incredibly insightful. I remember in the early/mid 90's, a commentator in MacUser (I think his name was Guy Kawasaki) was the ONLY person who got it right. While everyone was scratching their heads and had stupid ideas about why the Mac was a distant #2, this commentator had it EXACTLY RIGHT. He said it was "all about games." Yeah yeah, Mac had Myst and a port of some Sierra games, but it didn't have x-wing and all the random crap games the PC had. There was a reason that NONE of my friends had Macs. When they'd talk about Star Wars: Rebel Assault, I'd mention Mac Manager. Maybe now that games aren't as much of an issue anymore it may affect gaming dynamics industry-wide.
wasn't that the pre-internet-boom hype? That cheap prices online, whose stores didn't need to pay rent, lighting, uniforms, etc would mark the end of the brick-and-mortor store?
I especially seem to remember this idea being whispered at that first $billion-plus holiday season...
Only problem with this is the power of the "browse." When you go to the Gap and you try on a shirt and it's nice but they don't have it in your size... boom, they give you the item # and you go right on gap.com and buy it in the correct size (free shipping, too).
But it's different with items you don't know you want. A lot of times people (myself included) will go into a store just to "browse," and depending on a number of factors I may choose to buy a game which I had 0% intent to buy upon entering. Whether it be the 2 kids next to be yappin' about a game, the recommendation of the employee or the box-art (well, usually the game screens on the back) on the actual game. You just don't get that online. Banner ads to get my attention turn me OFF of a product, and it I don't know some no-name gme, I'm not going to find it online. (the 1-inch by 1-inch icon from a search with 25 results will not likely grab my attention).
good point. If there's a game I must have right now (Mario Kart: Double Dash) then I buy it for the full $50. If there's a game I'd "really like" but there's no compelling reason why I must-have-it-this-second, (example: Simpsons Hit n' Run), then I'll wait a year. I'll eventually get it for $20 somewhere (classified, ebay, half.com, etc).
But seriously, when there will likely be a Green candidate snagging ~2-3% of the vote, the true winner could likely win by a margin of like 48.9%-47.6%-3.1% (plus fringe candidates...)
And not 1 american died on US soil from terrorism Before Bush and his cronies were in office either
Um... you're an idoot on 2 counts. Were you sleeping during the original WTC bombings? And, do you think that the terrorists REALLY HATED Bush's first 8 months in office that they attacked during his presidency? If Gore won, 9/11 wouldn't have happened, right?
he never made any such claim that weapons A, B and C were located in X, Y and Z.
There is a theoretical possibility that there are some lying around, but zero reason to suspect it
Zero reason? Low - I'll give you. But NO ONE disputes this guy has already used gas on his own people. No own ever saw all the weapons destroyed. Hense, "ZERO reason" is wrong.
Agreed. If the arabs hadn't invaded Israel in 1948 (the first of these illegal wars), there would have been NO Israeli-Arab wars. At least that's my opinion.
You're the idiot. USA invaded TWO countries. Iraq and... (wait for it...) Afganistan. Sorry "buddy," but Greece supported/supports/will support that mission.
It's a difference between "supporting" with "supporting militarily." Take Kuwait. Our base was in Kuwait City. We had half a million men and women there. I'd call that support. Of course, they didn't want to officially support the US against a fellow Arab nation. And Greece has bases on our war against terrorism. Those countries also have troops in the war against terror (in afganistan, iraq, etc).
I'm the opposite. Voted for Gore, was pissed as hell that Gore lost, but now I think I may vote for Bush (true, as you said - there' still a year to go).
Based on today's events, I feel that Bush is the guy that will protect America (and her allies). If you go after America, we'll get you. Dean has almost declared that he would not pursue military action against an aggressor (he is against going after the Taliban after they protected Osama).
Oh, and you made an intelligent point, so I assume you're too intelligent to try and say "But it's Bush who made them hate us in the first place!" You're way too smart to think that. Yeah, like the terrorists hated the 8 months bush was in office when they bombed New York, or the ~10 months that Clinton was in office in '93, or the few years Jimmy Carter was in office when they killed all the soldiers in Lebanon. They hated us then, they hate us now.
Nah, won't happen. You see, bush has a solid 40-something percent of the vote right now. All he needed were those extra 6-7 points to take the cake. This easily did that. And like I said, there are plenty of kudos left for Bush. The capture is great, but a certifiably-guilty verdict in his war crimes will be an even bigger boost. It will display, for the public record, his exact crimes, and for every horrible act, Bush will be given credit (right or wrong) for ending it.
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Wait, I forgot. This week... is it lame or cool to say that you like x-play?
SO rare that I actually laugh out loud at a comment at /.
Damn, if I hadn't given out my last mod point 2 hrs ago you woulda definately had it...
If you want NASA to do it, it'll cost well over $50 billion.
It wouldn't cost nearly that much if people assumed a significant chance of failure. Remember, not a single astronaut died during a missing during the mercury/gemini/apollo years ("Failure is not an option" was coined by NASA back then), except for the tragedy during a testing of equipment in Apollo 1. Many people would be VERY willing to risk bodily injury/death for a great thrill. I mean hell, people ride motorcycles, don't they? (or as we call them in the ER... organcycles)
that may be true. and for me, Joe Montana football on Genesis taught me all I knew about football. That being said, videogames HELPED you be more atheletic, not LESS. So in essence you agree that it doesn't DETRACT.
Here it comes... another mention of American Wright Brothers sucess, another whine from the Brazilian community that THEY have the first flier. Who really cares...
Youth sport interest is not going down because of videogames, well not directly. If it truly has gone down, I think it's because of the overall decline in athleticism in kids today, because of health and obesity problems. In one of my medical school classes, we read a medical journal article that says that for all american babies born in 2000, ONE IN THREE will be a diabetic (type ii - the type more related to lifestyle, to WAY oversimplify it) - and I wouldn't be surprised if europe is experiencing similar diabetic explosions (cue unfunny '+5, funny' comments). That statistic is #&@*! insane!!! This is the first generation whose life expectancy might actually DECLINE from the previous one.
There isn't a single time in my entire life where I've been with a friend and we wanted to play some tennis, but instead decided to play Mario Tennis instead. I never wanted to go for a run one minute, and then decide "Nah, lemme play Track & Field on the NES instead and hit the 'a' button as hard as I can instead of a 3-mile run."
However, so while I don't think Madden has been a substitute for some real-life backyard football, it is possible that videogame players habits as a whole have lead to some of the weight/sedentary lifestyle habits of its players. If that's so, then tv and non-sports games would also be just as at fault...
yeah but at least once a month I get a new buddy from someone in my class or a friend-of-a-friend. Most friends of mine aren't computer saavy, and if they can't get through the first time they'll assume I'm ignoring them or trying to specifically block them.
I don't like Spam, but I can't STAND spim! I use aim and now like 5 times a day I get IM's from "horny 18 y/o coeds who want me to check out their webcams." It's so freakin annoying. Plus, there doesn't seem to be a way to filter them out, unlike spam. Damn it. And unlike email, which changes every few years anyway, I really don't want to change my aim screenname - I've had it for 11 years now. Damn it Damn it Damn it...
that's incredibly insightful. I remember in the early/mid 90's, a commentator in MacUser (I think his name was Guy Kawasaki) was the ONLY person who got it right. While everyone was scratching their heads and had stupid ideas about why the Mac was a distant #2, this commentator had it EXACTLY RIGHT. He said it was "all about games." Yeah yeah, Mac had Myst and a port of some Sierra games, but it didn't have x-wing and all the random crap games the PC had. There was a reason that NONE of my friends had Macs. When they'd talk about Star Wars: Rebel Assault, I'd mention Mac Manager. Maybe now that games aren't as much of an issue anymore it may affect gaming dynamics industry-wide.
wasn't that the pre-internet-boom hype? That cheap prices online, whose stores didn't need to pay rent, lighting, uniforms, etc would mark the end of the brick-and-mortor store?
I especially seem to remember this idea being whispered at that first $billion-plus holiday season...
Only problem with this is the power of the "browse." When you go to the Gap and you try on a shirt and it's nice but they don't have it in your size... boom, they give you the item # and you go right on gap.com and buy it in the correct size (free shipping, too).
But it's different with items you don't know you want. A lot of times people (myself included) will go into a store just to "browse," and depending on a number of factors I may choose to buy a game which I had 0% intent to buy upon entering. Whether it be the 2 kids next to be yappin' about a game, the recommendation of the employee or the box-art (well, usually the game screens on the back) on the actual game. You just don't get that online. Banner ads to get my attention turn me OFF of a product, and it I don't know some no-name gme, I'm not going to find it online. (the 1-inch by 1-inch icon from a search with 25 results will not likely grab my attention).
good point. If there's a game I must have right now (Mario Kart: Double Dash) then I buy it for the full $50. If there's a game I'd "really like" but there's no compelling reason why I must-have-it-this-second, (example: Simpsons Hit n' Run), then I'll wait a year. I'll eventually get it for $20 somewhere (classified, ebay, half.com, etc).
Lucky Marsians... that mean they get an extra 39 minutes per television season of "24!"
Butters found HIS dad at a "baath house" in the episode "Butter's Very Own Episode."
Yeah, remember, he only needs 49 percent!
:)
But seriously, when there will likely be a Green candidate snagging ~2-3% of the vote, the true winner could likely win by a margin of like 48.9%-47.6%-3.1% (plus fringe candidates...)
troll.
And not 1 american died on US soil from terrorism Before Bush and his cronies were in office either
Um... you're an idoot on 2 counts. Were you sleeping during the original WTC bombings? And, do you think that the terrorists REALLY HATED Bush's first 8 months in office that they attacked during his presidency? If Gore won, 9/11 wouldn't have happened, right?
he said that they know exactly where they are
he never made any such claim that weapons A, B and C were located in X, Y and Z.
There is a theoretical possibility that there are some lying around, but zero reason to suspect it
Zero reason? Low - I'll give you. But NO ONE disputes this guy has already used gas on his own people. No own ever saw all the weapons destroyed. Hense, "ZERO reason" is wrong.
All wars since WW2 have been illegal.
Agreed. If the arabs hadn't invaded Israel in 1948 (the first of these illegal wars), there would have been NO Israeli-Arab wars. At least that's my opinion.
OK, so the base that Greece has allowed the US to use is a fabric of my imagination.
Please don't reply. You bore me.
You're the idiot. USA invaded TWO countries. Iraq and... (wait for it...) Afganistan. Sorry "buddy," but Greece supported/supports/will support that mission.
It's a difference between "supporting" with "supporting militarily." Take Kuwait. Our base was in Kuwait City. We had half a million men and women there. I'd call that support. Of course, they didn't want to officially support the US against a fellow Arab nation. And Greece has bases on our war against terrorism. Those countries also have troops in the war against terror (in afganistan, iraq, etc).
Damn. I lost "tehanu"'s respect! Oh no!
I'm the opposite. Voted for Gore, was pissed as hell that Gore lost, but now I think I may vote for Bush (true, as you said - there' still a year to go).
Based on today's events, I feel that Bush is the guy that will protect America (and her allies). If you go after America, we'll get you. Dean has almost declared that he would not pursue military action against an aggressor (he is against going after the Taliban after they protected Osama).
Oh, and you made an intelligent point, so I assume you're too intelligent to try and say "But it's Bush who made them hate us in the first place!" You're way too smart to think that. Yeah, like the terrorists hated the 8 months bush was in office when they bombed New York, or the ~10 months that Clinton was in office in '93, or the few years Jimmy Carter was in office when they killed all the soldiers in Lebanon. They hated us then, they hate us now.
Nah, won't happen. You see, bush has a solid 40-something percent of the vote right now. All he needed were those extra 6-7 points to take the cake. This easily did that. And like I said, there are plenty of kudos left for Bush. The capture is great, but a certifiably-guilty verdict in his war crimes will be an even bigger boost. It will display, for the public record, his exact crimes, and for every horrible act, Bush will be given credit (right or wrong) for ending it.