"What about Left4Dead?"
"Oh, two more words: Dead Space."
It seems to me that you didn't read the article, or didn't understand it.
The point is, these games aren't "survival horror."
If you have grenades, awesome powers, machine guns, fast running speed & jumping, great aim, etc... You have a First/Third Person Shooter.
In Silent Hill, you couldn't freeze time, and use a "triple-barreled automatic military rifle" to blow apart an enemy. I don't see how the new "survival horror" games differ from Half Life or Halo. You run around shooting stuff.
In survival horror, you're scared of what's around the corner, because you're a slow, weak, human. When playing RE4, I felt like a butt-kicking awesome military expert pumping lead into anything that moved. When playing as Harry in SH, I couldn't see, I couldn't aim well, and I was horrified that any monster might approach me.
So, yes, the article argues that the new "survival horror" is killing the authentic classic "survival horror."
According to this page, afghan hounds are literally THE stupidest dog there is. They need absolute constant care and supervision, to prevent their idiotic behavior. According to one site:
"Afghans can be very destructive when bored. The Afghan Hound has an independent disposition and may not understand your displeasure with his destructive behaviors."
So, we have a dog that destroys your house if you leave him alone, and cannot learn otherwise, because they cannot be trained.
Why not clone a perfectly-bred German Shepherd, or Retriever? The first thing the cloned Afghan did was probably destroy the lab he was created in.
The HEADLINE for this article contains an incorrectly spelled word. So does the body. It's "received."
While I may be modded down for pointing this out, it just annoys me to constantly see the stories in Slashdot get posted without being edited, or even spellchecked.
"many people (and legal systems) consider termination to be a reasonable choice where the fetus carries other genetic disorders such as Downs Syndrome.
Anyone else find it heartbreaking how "flippingly" people suggest murder as a way of dealing with the handicapped? If it's alright destroy them before birth, simply because we feel these people are a nuisance, how much value for life do we really have? And how much hate must one have for the mentally retarded before they'll decide to kill them?
Life is precious, and should be protected. How rewarding it is to help those in need, and care for those who need protection.
Wacom tablets use battery-less controls. Wacom has their particular technology patented, which is a big reason they're so popular. Their devices are very lightweight and never need batteries. While a pen is likely the most common device used with a tablet, Wacom sells mouses and (simulated) airbrushes that work the same way.
If you buy Wacom's cheapest Graphire pad, it comes with a mouse. From my experience, the input device must be within 1/2 inch of the pad in order for it to work.
Whatever the case, I don't see the point in having a wireless mouse, if the mousepad must be wired. But that's just me, I guess.
I'd say the biggest problem isn't 1337 speak, but rather spell checkers. Kids today don't correct their writing unless the spell checker catches the problem.
Therefore, no one knows how to spell "their," "there," or "they're" anymore. Same with your/you're and many others.
Sadly, teacher I know are getting lax on punishing these errors, as the problems are so common everyone's scores would be too low.
Besides, can't you just add "lol" to the spell checker's dictionary?
Does anyone else get annoyed when people add apostrophes to possessive pronouns?
In other words, there is no apostrophe in "its."
It should read:
"News.com.com is reporting that Yahoo! has pledged full support of Firefox across its entire site.
I suppose the only reason this annoys me is because it is such a common mistake in website headlines. To mod me up would help all the starving children around the world who are being subjected to poor English in their news stories.
Does anyone else remember when you went to Yahoo, and it said "Powered by Google?"
Boy, I loved Yahoo back then. I suppose I stopped using Yahoo as my search engine when that message went away. If Yahoo had used its internet portal identity with Google's search capabilities, they would've been an unstoppable Juggernaut.
Apparently, his minute of silence "infringed" on the late John Cage's 4'33 of silence.
No joke. No legal precedence was set, as the matter was settled out of court. (I wonder how much the trust got out of suing someone for copying silence.)
Uncommon and unique numbers of varying types are usually useful for mathematics in general. Usually only mathematicians know why.
Whatever the case, this must be a more useful application for CPU power than Seti@home, which is a total waste of energy. Literally.
What we need are more projects that use distributed computing for useful calculations that could further science or solve problems. Universities build giant supercomputers to help their students calculate equations and solve problems. Maybe the students should release the problems over a network, and have home users calculate the answer for them. It'd save the Universities a lot of money.
I don't think it would work for code cracking, or government projects, as these contain sensitive information.
Is anyone else curious what evil, horrible things Slashdotters do, that causes them to freak out like this? If I make a copy of a newsletter, I really couldn't care less that someone knows I printed it.
Now, if I was printing kiddy porn, counterfeiting, or stealing identities, then I'd be worried about this technology.
Makes you wonder what the average Slashdotter does in their spare time, (when they're not pirating evil copyrighted software).
Well, your usage of terms is indeed anomalous. Specifically "fundamentalism."
It is an inherent quality of Christianity to be exclusive. There is one God. Jesus was God. Humans are not, nor will become God. The scriptures are God-breathed. This is true for all peoples and cultures.
I'm curious if this would be considered "fundamentalism" according to your lexicon. If you believe in relative truth, you are neither correct, or following anything close to Christianity. The most important quality a Christian tries to emulate is the love of Jesus, so he loves all those around him/her, but Christianity never can accept other religions as being equal or compatible.
Don't agree with me about the unicorns and leprechauns? You're biased against it!
Yes I am. I am biased against belief in leprechauns. Apparently you are too.
But the reason I stated that "God cannot be disproven; therefore he exists" theory, was to illustrate how outrageous such proof is. Saying "because I've never seen the law of gravity broken, gravity cannot be broken" is an equal fallacy.
So, you have no evidence. It is your lack of evidence that proves your point.
Okay.
God. No one has ever disproven God. In the history of science and religion and experiments, no one has ever disproven his existence.
But, I guess I dodged your challenge. Evidence?
Okay.
Jesus walked on water. He broke the law of gravity.
But, you will probably instantly disregard this evidence. Why? Because you're biased against it. If you weren't biased, this evidence would be equal to anything Einstein or Newton did.
"And because I am an 'actual scientist,' my opinions regarding science are obviously superior to those of any religious person.
After all, only agnostics or Atheists can be truly objective. All religious fanatics, Christians for example, filter science though their worldview, twisting science to fit their perspective. Rational people, like me, never let religious beliefs distract me. I am perfectly unbiased."
Or, could it be, that everyone is biased? That everyone filters evidence through their worldview? How else could two people look at the same information, and come to different conclusions?
It's because everyone has a different basis for belief. Scientists are as biased as pastors. Scientists often try and discredit religion, as they believe science is the end-all of everything there is. They think science caused everything, and absolutely everything can be explained through science. If that's not bias, what is?
The Sidekick (AKA Hiptop)
Not complete, but it's basically a PDA.....
And a phone. Most Palm devices don't allow you to make a cell call from anywhere in the USA.
Sidekick 2 will add a built-in camera and speakerphone. Now all it needs is a 20 gig hard drive.
It was only about a week ago that Gamespy named Total Annihilation the best Real Time Strategy ever. That's quite a claim. I really wanted this when it came out, but didn't have the money, and my computer wouldn't have played it anyway.
I don't see the big deal. So some companies want to put a speed-bump in their programs, designed to discourage counterfeiting. It's their legal right to do so. It's your legal right to not buy the product. If you want to boycott the makers of such programs, that's your prerogative.
It seems to me all they're doing is top some stupid kids from printing funny-munny, and thus stop some foolish children from getting in trouble with the secret service. As for you professional photo-editors, you can probably find a way around this problem without looking too hard.
It seemed as though the whole thing was fixed.
DOA Volleyball winning an award? Maybe for graphics and "physics".... but nothing more.
"Enter the Matrix" winning anything? Yeah right.
And half of the show consisted of ads for upcoming games in the form of "And now for some more contestants for the Most Anticipated Game of 2004." The show didn't even show the competitors for any other award, it just showed the winner. Incredibly anticlimatic if you ask me.
Oh, and Gamefaqs predicted the "most anticipated game" anyway, so that wan't worth watching the show all the way to the end.
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"What about Left4Dead?" "Oh, two more words: Dead Space."
It seems to me that you didn't read the article, or didn't understand it.
The point is, these games aren't "survival horror."
If you have grenades, awesome powers, machine guns, fast running speed & jumping, great aim, etc... You have a First/Third Person Shooter.
In Silent Hill, you couldn't freeze time, and use a "triple-barreled automatic military rifle" to blow apart an enemy. I don't see how the new "survival horror" games differ from Half Life or Halo. You run around shooting stuff.
In survival horror, you're scared of what's around the corner, because you're a slow, weak, human. When playing RE4, I felt like a butt-kicking awesome military expert pumping lead into anything that moved. When playing as Harry in SH, I couldn't see, I couldn't aim well, and I was horrified that any monster might approach me.
So, yes, the article argues that the new "survival horror" is killing the authentic classic "survival horror."
In other news, some business people are shady and try to rip off consumers! See the groundbreaking report tonight, at 7!
According to this page, afghan hounds are literally THE stupidest dog there is. They need absolute constant care and supervision, to prevent their idiotic behavior. According to one site:
"Afghans can be very destructive when bored. The Afghan Hound has an independent disposition and may not understand your displeasure with his destructive behaviors."
So, we have a dog that destroys your house if you leave him alone, and cannot learn otherwise, because they cannot be trained.
Why not clone a perfectly-bred German Shepherd, or Retriever? The first thing the cloned Afghan did was probably destroy the lab he was created in.
So, there's rumors that Lance's avatar has been duping? Hasn't there been enough speculation and testing?
That's what happens when you launch in Europe - They start accusing the Americans of using high tech duping methods that get past the officials.
Look. If Blizzard says he's not duping, he's not.
Get over it.
The HEADLINE for this article contains an incorrectly spelled word. So does the body. It's "received."
While I may be modded down for pointing this out, it just annoys me to constantly see the stories in Slashdot get posted without being edited, or even spellchecked.
Search engines become massively popular. Google now biggest media company
Computer storage capacity nearing 1 TB; people stop worrying about running out of space, and save all files.
Microsoft announces the WinFS file structure; which will do away with folders.
Google releases a PC search tool, which is widely used.
Other companies have also release PC search programs. People debate which is the best
Apple follows suit. Anyone surprised?
"many people (and legal systems) consider termination to be a reasonable choice where the fetus carries other genetic disorders such as Downs Syndrome.
Anyone else find it heartbreaking how "flippingly" people suggest murder as a way of dealing with the handicapped? If it's alright destroy them before birth, simply because we feel these people are a nuisance, how much value for life do we really have? And how much hate must one have for the mentally retarded before they'll decide to kill them?
Life is precious, and should be protected. How rewarding it is to help those in need, and care for those who need protection.
Wacom tablets use battery-less controls. Wacom has their particular technology patented, which is a big reason they're so popular. Their devices are very lightweight and never need batteries. While a pen is likely the most common device used with a tablet, Wacom sells mouses and (simulated) airbrushes that work the same way.
If you buy Wacom's cheapest Graphire pad, it comes with a mouse. From my experience, the input device must be within 1/2 inch of the pad in order for it to work.
Whatever the case, I don't see the point in having a wireless mouse, if the mousepad must be wired. But that's just me, I guess.
...Poor players will have to work for their virtual items, while some punk kid will spend his paycheck on a +1,000 sword of n00bPower.
It makes sense to me to limit or ban this kind of trading/buying. What's the point of earning money and stats, if you can simply buy them?
I'd say the biggest problem isn't 1337 speak, but rather spell checkers. Kids today don't correct their writing unless the spell checker catches the problem.
Therefore, no one knows how to spell "their," "there," or "they're" anymore. Same with your/you're and many others.
Sadly, teacher I know are getting lax on punishing these errors, as the problems are so common everyone's scores would be too low.
Besides, can't you just add "lol" to the spell checker's dictionary?
Wow. They corrected it.
No joke. I copy/pasted my quote directly from the Slashdot headline. I know for a fact it had an apostrophe.
I wonder if they corrected it because of me? Seems doubtful, but it's also strange that they went back and corrected it.
Does anyone else get annoyed when people add apostrophes to possessive pronouns?
In other words, there is no apostrophe in "its."
It should read:
"News.com.com is reporting that Yahoo! has pledged full support of Firefox across its entire site.
I suppose the only reason this annoys me is because it is such a common mistake in website headlines. To mod me up would help all the starving children around the world who are being subjected to poor English in their news stories.
Does anyone else remember when you went to Yahoo, and it said "Powered by Google?"
Boy, I loved Yahoo back then. I suppose I stopped using Yahoo as my search engine when that message went away. If Yahoo had used its internet portal identity with Google's search capabilities, they would've been an unstoppable Juggernaut.
But I suppose Google will do that by itself now.
As evidenced by Mike Batt being sued by the John Cage Trust, people have been sued for copying silence.
Apparently, his minute of silence "infringed" on the late John Cage's 4'33 of silence.
No joke. No legal precedence was set, as the matter was settled out of court. (I wonder how much the trust got out of suing someone for copying silence.)
Uncommon and unique numbers of varying types are usually useful for mathematics in general. Usually only mathematicians know why.
Whatever the case, this must be a more useful application for CPU power than Seti@home, which is a total waste of energy. Literally.
What we need are more projects that use distributed computing for useful calculations that could further science or solve problems. Universities build giant supercomputers to help their students calculate equations and solve problems. Maybe the students should release the problems over a network, and have home users calculate the answer for them. It'd save the Universities a lot of money.
I don't think it would work for code cracking, or government projects, as these contain sensitive information.
Is anyone else curious what evil, horrible things Slashdotters do, that causes them to freak out like this? If I make a copy of a newsletter, I really couldn't care less that someone knows I printed it.
Now, if I was printing kiddy porn, counterfeiting, or stealing identities, then I'd be worried about this technology.
Makes you wonder what the average Slashdotter does in their spare time, (when they're not pirating evil copyrighted software).
Well, your usage of terms is indeed anomalous. Specifically "fundamentalism."
It is an inherent quality of Christianity to be exclusive. There is one God. Jesus was God. Humans are not, nor will become God. The scriptures are God-breathed. This is true for all peoples and cultures.
I'm curious if this would be considered "fundamentalism" according to your lexicon. If you believe in relative truth, you are neither correct, or following anything close to Christianity. The most important quality a Christian tries to emulate is the love of Jesus, so he loves all those around him/her, but Christianity never can accept other religions as being equal or compatible.
Don't agree with me about the unicorns and leprechauns? You're biased against it!
Yes I am. I am biased against belief in leprechauns. Apparently you are too.
But the reason I stated that "God cannot be disproven; therefore he exists" theory, was to illustrate how outrageous such proof is. Saying "because I've never seen the law of gravity broken, gravity cannot be broken" is an equal fallacy.
So, you have no evidence. It is your lack of evidence that proves your point.
Okay.
God. No one has ever disproven God. In the history of science and religion and experiments, no one has ever disproven his existence.
But, I guess I dodged your challenge. Evidence?
Okay.
Jesus walked on water. He broke the law of gravity.
But, you will probably instantly disregard this evidence. Why? Because you're biased against it. If you weren't biased, this evidence would be equal to anything Einstein or Newton did.
Name one scientific law that cannot be broken.
And then state your proof that it has never been broken.
"And because I am an 'actual scientist,' my opinions regarding science are obviously superior to those of any religious person.
After all, only agnostics or Atheists can be truly objective. All religious fanatics, Christians for example, filter science though their worldview, twisting science to fit their perspective. Rational people, like me, never let religious beliefs distract me. I am perfectly unbiased."
Or, could it be, that everyone is biased? That everyone filters evidence through their worldview? How else could two people look at the same information, and come to different conclusions?
It's because everyone has a different basis for belief. Scientists are as biased as pastors. Scientists often try and discredit religion, as they believe science is the end-all of everything there is. They think science caused everything, and absolutely everything can be explained through science. If that's not bias, what is?
The Sidekick (AKA Hiptop) Not complete, but it's basically a PDA..... And a phone. Most Palm devices don't allow you to make a cell call from anywhere in the USA. Sidekick 2 will add a built-in camera and speakerphone. Now all it needs is a 20 gig hard drive.
http://www.gamespy.com/top10/february04/r ts/index11.shtml
If the link doesn't work, (by inserting some spaces or something) there's a link to the top ten list right at Gamespy.com
It seems to me all they're doing is top some stupid kids from printing funny-munny, and thus stop some foolish children from getting in trouble with the secret service. As for you professional photo-editors, you can probably find a way around this problem without looking too hard.
Solution to the problem? Get over it.