I hear Sophia Stewart is the original creator as in the actual idea owner.
Well, you heard wrong. There was an erroneous story going around that she had actually won something, but all that really happened was that the judge hadn't thrown the case out immediately. As far as I know, it's still tied up in court. She hasn't won, and if you bother to look up the original work she's using as "evidence", you'll realize she's not likely to.
Paraphrase: [The coffee was very hot. Hot, hot, hot.]
Which might matter if she had, say, received burns in her mouth from sipping it. Coffee is intended to be drunk, not dumped into one's lap. The woman used it in a nonstandard way, and was injured by it. She should not have had a case.
Unless you believe screwdriver manufacturers should be liable for making their flatheads "too angular" if someone pokes their eye out with one rather than using it to turn screws.
I've been fully aware of the facts of the case for years. I still consider it idiotic that it wasn't thrown out immediately by the judge. Seanbaby agrees with me, as well. AAAAAAAHHHHHHH, yourself. [/Serious Sam]
Now, I know people will think I'm saying that all games have to be rated everyone
No, what you're saying is that no games can be rated above Teen.
Wow. Because of course there are no (M)ature Adults who play games. I you don't like games with gushing blood and whatnot, DON'T BUY THEM. And don't let your kids play them. I wouldn't, if I had any below a certain age. It's not a terribly difficult concept.
Tim Rogers, from Insert Credit. Tycho I'll agree with, for the newsposts more than the comic itself, and the rest of them I don't really recognize (I tend not to pay attention to credits within actual magazines), but the fact that they left out Tim pretty much means they lose by default.
Read his 7-page piece on Mario 3, and then maybe look up his review of Soul Calibur 2 on the same site, and tell me I'm wrong.
I'm going to use my phenomenal psychic powers to deduce that what you saw was the episode Joss had to throw together as the first episode when the network inexplicably decided not the run the original two-hour pilot. It's not really that bad if you've already seen the real pilot so you "get" the small character moments, but it works fairly horribly as an introduction. I'll repeat this again, for anyone else who's come to a snap decision on the show:
*ahem* IF ALL YOU SAW WAS THE FIRST EPISODE ON FOX, YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT THE SERIES. YOU WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY LIKE IT IN PROPER ORDER ON DVD. THANK YOU.
I apologize for the cappiness, but it needed to be said.
No one who only saw an episode or so of the show on TV really liked it. Almost everyone who's seen it in proper order on DVD loves it. I hate to tell you, but your opinion is pretty much irrelevant at this point. I'm not saying this because I'm some crazily obsessed fan of the show who's unwilling to countenance the idea that anyone might not like it, but because it's the truth. Go to Amazon.com, and see how many people were dissapointed after actually watching it.
ZOE: "Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing?"
BOOK: "Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps..."
ZOE: "Jayne...this is something the captain has to do for himself."
MAL: "No! No, it's not!"
MAN: "Gave him a peck of trouble for it."
MAL: "What kind of peck is that?"
MAN: "The kind where they hacked off his hands and feet with a machete, rolled him into the bog."
WASH: "The peck pretty hard around here..."
HARROW: "You didn't have to wound that man."
MAL: "Yeah, I know. It was just funny."
WASH: "Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction."
ZOE: "We live on a space ship, dear."
WASH: "So?"
Plus, it had *no sound in space*.
If that doesn't convince you to at least you to go rent the DVD's, you are a soulless husk of a non-human from the darkest pits of the dimension of humorlessness. (Seriously, it's a really good show)
I don't recognize some of them, but Howard Tayler is the author of Schlock Mercenary, a webcomic that's far better than it has any right to be based on the artwork alone...
I can't believe no one's mentioned Insert Credit's lengthy series of articles on the state of game journalism yet. Pretty much any point being made in the parent story or the comments here were already made by it. Like the site itself, it may overreach at times, but it's certainly refreshing compared to the norm...
It seems to be approximately 57.6 MB per an image file in the RAW format and ~8-15 in JPEG
Eh, that's pretty much bullshit. It's about 15 MB for RAWs and 5.5 for JPEGS. The finished TIFF from the RAWS may be about that size, but that's not something that's going to be handled by the camera.
Yes, it was badly worded. As others have mentioned, the original 1Ds was full-frame as well. The big thing about this one is the 16.7 MP resolution, which if I'm not mistaken beats medium format cameras for some applications (i.e. especially for low-light photography, and if you're not making a very large print).
Good comparison between medium format and the old 1Ds here.
Quote from article (you are indeed an idiot, btw):
Stating my goals and what I'd attempt to do is not the same as stating what would happen. The presidency is an office of limited power, and I'd actually spend a good deal of time struggling with Congress and the courts to get my solutions implemented [...]
Granted, he then spends a good deal of time elaborating on all the great things he would do (most of which would probably not get through Congress, even in a US that had undergone a radical shift in political thought) in a somewhat fascile manner, but at least he admits the implementation problem exists, which is more than even mainstream political candidates can bother to do. I plan on voting for him, if only as a protest. Hopefully, if the Libertarians get a fair number of votes, it will encourage the incumbent to lean a bit more that way in policy, in order to attract some of those voters in the next election. With the country as evenly divided as it is, they need every vote they can get.
The differences between the Rebel and 10D weren't all that great to begin with. See the chart a little way down this page. Mostly button customizations and whatnot. And how often do you really need "release without a CF card"? And that firmware crippling (plus the plastic body) does come with a $600 reduction in MSRP, so it's not as if it was a completely bum deal.
Granted, Canon just priced to Rebel low to grab up market share in the prosumer sector (and encourage loyalty to its lenses, especially since a lot of the old third-party compatibles won't work with the Rebel), but it's still not bad.
Don't present running down pedestrians as entertainment to 13 year olds while also saying why safe road use is A Good Thing (TM).
Unless said 13-year old is literally retarded, they are doubtless capable of understanding the difference between a fantasy game and real life. I can remember being 13. Don't insult me.
I find that actually developing film and enlarging prints is more of an artform than bringing it into the computer where you can play with it all you like without having to sacrifice costs.
[snip]
Working with hardcopy requires that you know quite a bit more, BECAUSE THERE IS NO UNDO. You could lose a whole roll of film due to improper development procedure. Same with enlarging (though you lose paper, not the negatives, which can be just as costly).
So it's harder to do, and therefore automatically better? What are you using a computer for, make with the smoke signals.
Your point about the inherent resolution of film grain, however, is well taken. But the megapixel ratings of digital cameras are going to continue to rise, especially for the SLRs. The Digital Rebel is 6.3 MP, and it's under $1000 (by 1 dollar, granted, but it's still somewhat impressive;)
and yes, that includes the final battle for Zion, which also took place in a virtual environment.
You're an idiot. That idea was discredited months before the movie even came out, in interviews with the actors. Zion was in the real world, no question, get over it.
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I hear Sophia Stewart is the original creator as in the actual idea owner.
Well, you heard wrong. There was an erroneous story going around that she had actually won something, but all that really happened was that the judge hadn't thrown the case out immediately. As far as I know, it's still tied up in court. She hasn't won, and if you bother to look up the original work she's using as "evidence", you'll realize she's not likely to.
More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Stewart
Paraphrase: [The coffee was very hot. Hot, hot, hot.]
Which might matter if she had, say, received burns in her mouth from sipping it. Coffee is intended to be drunk, not dumped into one's lap. The woman used it in a nonstandard way, and was injured by it. She should not have had a case.
Unless you believe screwdriver manufacturers should be liable for making their flatheads "too angular" if someone pokes their eye out with one rather than using it to turn screws.
I've been fully aware of the facts of the case for years. I still consider it idiotic that it wasn't thrown out immediately by the judge. Seanbaby agrees with me, as well. AAAAAAAHHHHHHH, yourself. [/Serious Sam]
Now, I know people will think I'm saying that all games have to be rated everyone
No, what you're saying is that no games can be rated above Teen. Wow. Because of course there are no (M)ature Adults who play games. I you don't like games with gushing blood and whatnot, DON'T BUY THEM. And don't let your kids play them. I wouldn't, if I had any below a certain age. It's not a terribly difficult concept.
Tim Rogers, from Insert Credit. Tycho I'll agree with, for the newsposts more than the comic itself, and the rest of them I don't really recognize (I tend not to pay attention to credits within actual magazines), but the fact that they left out Tim pretty much means they lose by default.
Read his 7-page piece on Mario 3, and then maybe look up his review of Soul Calibur 2 on the same site, and tell me I'm wrong.
I'm going to use my phenomenal psychic powers to deduce that what you saw was the episode Joss had to throw together as the first episode when the network inexplicably decided not the run the original two-hour pilot. It's not really that bad if you've already seen the real pilot so you "get" the small character moments, but it works fairly horribly as an introduction. I'll repeat this again, for anyone else who's come to a snap decision on the show:
*ahem* IF ALL YOU SAW WAS THE FIRST EPISODE ON FOX, YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT THE SERIES. YOU WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY LIKE IT IN PROPER ORDER ON DVD. THANK YOU.
I apologize for the cappiness, but it needed to be said.
No one who only saw an episode or so of the show on TV really liked it. Almost everyone who's seen it in proper order on DVD loves it. I hate to tell you, but your opinion is pretty much irrelevant at this point. I'm not saying this because I'm some crazily obsessed fan of the show who's unwilling to countenance the idea that anyone might not like it, but because it's the truth. Go to Amazon.com, and see how many people were dissapointed after actually watching it.
Fair enough. Quotes from the show:
ZOE: "Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing?"
BOOK: "Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps..."
ZOE: "Jayne...this is something the captain has to do for himself."
MAL: "No! No, it's not!"
MAN: "Gave him a peck of trouble for it."
MAL: "What kind of peck is that?"
MAN: "The kind where they hacked off his hands and feet with a machete, rolled him into the bog."
WASH: "The peck pretty hard around here..."
HARROW: "You didn't have to wound that man."
MAL: "Yeah, I know. It was just funny."
WASH: "Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction."
ZOE: "We live on a space ship, dear."
WASH: "So?"
Plus, it had *no sound in space*.
If that doesn't convince you to at least you to go rent the DVD's, you are a soulless husk of a non-human from the darkest pits of the dimension of humorlessness. (Seriously, it's a really good show)
I don't recognize some of them, but Howard Tayler is the author of Schlock Mercenary, a webcomic that's far better than it has any right to be based on the artwork alone...
Who on earth needs a terabyte of storage?
"640K ought to be enough for anybody."
- Bill Gates
I have nothing more to add.
I can't believe no one's mentioned Insert Credit's lengthy series of articles on the state of game journalism yet. Pretty much any point being made in the parent story or the comments here were already made by it. Like the site itself, it may overreach at times, but it's certainly refreshing compared to the norm...
does not catch my grammar though.
Not even capitalizing the first letter in a sentence and the word 'I'?
Pity.
That's a game I would like to see with a new graphics engine. Is there anything similar?
A bit on the nose perhaps, but... Descent 3?
I believe this would be the origin of Tycho's name. Gabe probably just named his character after the angel Gabriel.
And now you know...[/rainbow]
It seems to be approximately 57.6 MB per an image file in the RAW format and ~8-15 in JPEG
Eh, that's pretty much bullshit. It's about 15 MB for RAWs and 5.5 for JPEGS. The finished TIFF from the RAWS may be about that size, but that's not something that's going to be handled by the camera.
Specs listing
No. You're probably thinking of the 1D Mark II (the previous, 8MP Mark II), which did have a 1.3 crop factor.
Yes, it was badly worded. As others have mentioned, the original 1Ds was full-frame as well. The big thing about this one is the 16.7 MP resolution, which if I'm not mistaken beats medium format cameras for some applications (i.e. especially for low-light photography, and if you're not making a very large print).
Good comparison between medium format and the old 1Ds here.
Quote from article (you are indeed an idiot, btw):
Stating my goals and what I'd attempt to do is not the same as stating what would happen. The presidency is an office of limited power, and I'd actually spend a good deal of time struggling with Congress and the courts to get my solutions implemented [...]
Granted, he then spends a good deal of time elaborating on all the great things he would do (most of which would probably not get through Congress, even in a US that had undergone a radical shift in political thought) in a somewhat fascile manner, but at least he admits the implementation problem exists, which is more than even mainstream political candidates can bother to do. I plan on voting for him, if only as a protest. Hopefully, if the Libertarians get a fair number of votes, it will encourage the incumbent to lean a bit more that way in policy, in order to attract some of those voters in the next election. With the country as evenly divided as it is, they need every vote they can get.
The differences between the Rebel and 10D weren't all that great to begin with. See the chart a little way down this page. Mostly button customizations and whatnot. And how often do you really need "release without a CF card"? And that firmware crippling (plus the plastic body) does come with a $600 reduction in MSRP, so it's not as if it was a completely bum deal.
Granted, Canon just priced to Rebel low to grab up market share in the prosumer sector (and encourage loyalty to its lenses, especially since a lot of the old third-party compatibles won't work with the Rebel), but it's still not bad.
Don't present running down pedestrians as entertainment to 13 year olds while also saying why safe road use is A Good Thing (TM).
Unless said 13-year old is literally retarded, they are doubtless capable of understanding the difference between a fantasy game and real life. I can remember being 13. Don't insult me.
Production IG, the same house behind the Ghost in the Shell movie (soon to be movies) and television series.
Only laugh I've had in this whole thread...
Wow, congratulations on your recent state of point-missing. You must be so proud.
The original post was talking about film as opposed to Photoshop, in relation to the exact thing you linked. Hence the "funny" moderation.
I find that actually developing film and enlarging prints is more of an artform than bringing it into the computer where you can play with it all you like without having to sacrifice costs.
;)
[snip]
Working with hardcopy requires that you know quite a bit more, BECAUSE THERE IS NO UNDO. You could lose a whole roll of film due to improper development procedure. Same with enlarging (though you lose paper, not the negatives, which can be just as costly).
So it's harder to do, and therefore automatically better? What are you using a computer for, make with the smoke signals.
Your point about the inherent resolution of film grain, however, is well taken. But the megapixel ratings of digital cameras are going to continue to rise, especially for the SLRs. The Digital Rebel is 6.3 MP, and it's under $1000 (by 1 dollar, granted, but it's still somewhat impressive
and yes, that includes the final battle for Zion, which also took place in a virtual environment.
You're an idiot. That idea was discredited months before the movie even came out, in interviews with the actors. Zion was in the real world, no question, get over it.
Geez.
Yes, and then we can change the settings on IDE drives to "whitey" and "old-skool oppressed brutha".
Oh, and Cap Sucka's, I guess.