" When Start Wars Galaxies came out, many people worried that everyone would want to be a Jedi, because, by far, they are the coolest, most powerful individuals in that universe."
And in Middle Earth, perhaps the most powerful and coolest individuals are wizards, of which I believe there are supposed to only be a handful of (if that) in the Tolkien "universe". Good luck to enforcing that rule.
Personally I think calling this a Tolkien fan's "dream" is a joke. More like nightmare. It will without a doubt throw the whole Middle Earth lore right down the shitter, as we all know enforcing roleplay is impossible in these games. Try forcing a Hobbit player-character to want to stay close to home, sit around his hole and eat all day -- in Tolkien's world, Bilbo and Frodo are rare in their desire for adventure. Most hobbits want to sit at home. Or how about being an elf who fights only when absolutely necessary, or a dwarf who looks out for himself and wouldn't be caught dead grouping with an elf. And female dwarves -- I think they're unheard of in any Middle Earth lore.
Enforcing those things is impossible, and is a true Tolkien fan's nightmare, IMHO.
There were only two explanations for the "aliens" behaving so retardedly in Signs that worked for me (either one):
They're not the aliens. The real aliens are in a ship, orbiting Earth and observing the actions of the organic peons they created in a lab, sent down to our planet to observe humans and their reactions to them. They make them easily killable by a common resource found on the planet and relatively unintelligent -- can't even hammer a door down. They're easiler to make and handle on the ship if they're relatively weak. They make them perish when mere water touches them so they don't have to go through the trouble of transporting the peons back to the ship when the job is done -- rain will do it for them. Or in this case, the humans did. Either way, they see that the reactions of humans to humanoid-like creates from beyond are what they expected -- violent.
It doesn't matter. I really think M. Night's point in making the aliens so rediculously stupid and easy to kill is that it's not the point at all! I think he actually went out of his way to make the aliens look this way to come right out and say that it's not the point of the movie at all.
Mod parent up! Oh wait...already is. Anyway, I agree it takes away from the game's scariness. At one point, I saw two red lights in the corner of a room. Thinking they were ammo cartridges (which also glow red) I ran to them (without the flashlight on), then proceeded to get mauled by the creature the two glowing red eyes they belonged to. If you know what I'm talking about, c'mon...that was awesome.
IMHO, the same people who bitch about needing the flashlight are close to (or are) the same people looking for godmode or ammo cheats. Pussies.
I'd love to trademark any of the many domains I have, but they cost $335 per class (if I'm reading the site correctly)! So unless you're planning on using the trademark for business purposes, who the hell's going to shell out that kind of coin for a trademark for a personal website domainname?
I know that I use an outside shell account to run ping and traceroute tests back to my work systems. It lets me know where hangups are along the path so I have some hard evidence to shove down our IDP's throat. I also do testing with nmap as well.
I second that. Another amazing feature Bloglines has is email feeds. This allows you to have emails (say, newsletters or mailing lists) sent to a special address that bloglines assigns you (username21345@bloglines.com). You can't reply to those emails with Bloglines, so it's really just to receive email.
Bloglines really is a fantastic service. I just hope they stick around, as all of this is free and I have to imagine it costs money to run it.
In the movie Enemy Mine -- as strange as it was -- I think humans never saw the Drac before, only their spacecraft as they attacked. Could they use the same reasoning?
"The best thing for companies to do is to pay for any cell phone charges that were caused by after hours work."
Agreed. Eventually the company's accounting people will get so fed up with how much time it takes to process the highlighted items on cellphone bills, etc., that they may cave and just give you the damn cellphone account in-full, as it's easier for them to just get the bill and pay it as-is.
...at least that's how it's worked in some places I've worked at.
"There are people that don't even remember their HOME phone number because they always pull it from the menu on their cell phone, or use voice-activated dialing."
I can more see this sort of technology becomming more prevalent than web addresses or numbers to remember. Online directories that get downloaded to your device or to a quasi-future DNS server. You state the name of the person/place you want to reach and you're there in a heartbeat. It's really similar to DNS if you think about it -- matching names (speaking the name of a person) to numbers (web addresses, IPv6 numbers, etc)
Actually by the way the poll question was phrased ("I Would Be Willing to Fly in SpaceShipOne on Monday"), I would change my poll answer to no, since I didn't realize at the time that that would mean I'd either have to pilot the thing or put my 215 extra pounds on a ship that wasn't meant to carry that extra weight just yet.
"However, don't most people buy consoles because they want to play games with a high entertainment value and great sound and graphics without the troubles and complexity involved with PCs?"
That's definitely accurate for many people, but additionally one huge aspect of the console that I've liked is the even playing field.
With a PC, framerates can make all the difference in an FPS game. If you don't have the latest and greatest video card, you're BFG fodder. With the current implementation of console systems, everyone has the same framerates, and you're not finding yourself trying to save up for the newest $500+ video card.
The same is true for the CPU speed, amount of RAM, etc. Once you start offering bits and pieces like this, it throws the level playing field off kilter.
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And in Middle Earth, perhaps the most powerful and coolest individuals are wizards, of which I believe there are supposed to only be a handful of (if that) in the Tolkien "universe". Good luck to enforcing that rule.
Personally I think calling this a Tolkien fan's "dream" is a joke. More like nightmare. It will without a doubt throw the whole Middle Earth lore right down the shitter, as we all know enforcing roleplay is impossible in these games. Try forcing a Hobbit player-character to want to stay close to home, sit around his hole and eat all day -- in Tolkien's world, Bilbo and Frodo are rare in their desire for adventure. Most hobbits want to sit at home. Or how about being an elf who fights only when absolutely necessary, or a dwarf who looks out for himself and wouldn't be caught dead grouping with an elf. And female dwarves -- I think they're unheard of in any Middle Earth lore.
Enforcing those things is impossible, and is a true Tolkien fan's nightmare, IMHO.
Mod the parent down before more are made aware that such a movie existed!
IMHO, the same people who bitch about needing the flashlight are close to (or are) the same people looking for godmode or ammo cheats. Pussies.
Or one thing I use, to keep incremental backups, is rdiff-backup.
I'd love to trademark any of the many domains I have, but they cost $335 per class (if I'm reading the site correctly)! So unless you're planning on using the trademark for business purposes, who the hell's going to shell out that kind of coin for a trademark for a personal website domainname?
Even meaner: "y".
Actually I think she was ./. ed.
So are they going to call them MRPs (Meals Ready to Pee on)?
I know that I use an outside shell account to run ping and traceroute tests back to my work systems. It lets me know where hangups are along the path so I have some hard evidence to shove down our IDP's throat. I also do testing with nmap as well.
That is purely classic.
Actually 2.6 is what's included. 2.8 is planned for final release.
Bloglines really is a fantastic service. I just hope they stick around, as all of this is free and I have to imagine it costs money to run it.
Er...you're right. My bad.I guess I did try to erase that movie from my memory afterall. Just not all of it.
In the movie Enemy Mine -- as strange as it was -- I think humans never saw the Drac before, only their spacecraft as they attacked. Could they use the same reasoning?
After reading the book and implementing the GTD method I feel much more in control.
Apparently not enough to select "HTML Formated", though. ;-)
"We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action."
Agreed. Eventually the company's accounting people will get so fed up with how much time it takes to process the highlighted items on cellphone bills, etc., that they may cave and just give you the damn cellphone account in-full, as it's easier for them to just get the bill and pay it as-is.
Villain Supply!
No doubt his email addresses no longer work, but there they are.
I can more see this sort of technology becomming more prevalent than web addresses or numbers to remember. Online directories that get downloaded to your device or to a quasi-future DNS server. You state the name of the person/place you want to reach and you're there in a heartbeat. It's really similar to DNS if you think about it -- matching names (speaking the name of a person) to numbers (web addresses, IPv6 numbers, etc)
Actually by the way the poll question was phrased ("I Would Be Willing to Fly in SpaceShipOne on Monday"), I would change my poll answer to no, since I didn't realize at the time that that would mean I'd either have to pilot the thing or put my 215 extra pounds on a ship that wasn't meant to carry that extra weight just yet.
...the successful landing!
That's definitely accurate for many people, but additionally one huge aspect of the console that I've liked is the even playing field.
With a PC, framerates can make all the difference in an FPS game. If you don't have the latest and greatest video card, you're BFG fodder. With the current implementation of console systems, everyone has the same framerates, and you're not finding yourself trying to save up for the newest $500+ video card.
The same is true for the CPU speed, amount of RAM, etc. Once you start offering bits and pieces like this, it throws the level playing field off kilter.