while the graphics in that video are really quite impressive, did anyone else notice that the sound still sounds like it's being generated on a SNES?! i know they are hurting for disk space on those little cds, but come on... you should be able to fit some better samples in there.
regardless, i think that this zelda may make me a gamecube owner.
the problem with that is the fact that you are dealing with a pretty sophisticated system that would be able to tell that you have NO numbers on your plate. then, it would send out a signal to the authorities to look for a blue SUV heading north on broadway...oh wait, just took a right on B street.
i think that the photo blocking stuff would work great for the auto ticketing devices, but for the future, we have no escape.:/
their own website says that it has a 4-line display...then later says that you can read.txt files on it's 8-line display. so, how many is it? you would think that they could get the specs right on their own page.
All 3 are taxable/controlled items
All 3 are routinely smuggled items
Illegal trade in all 3 is by the same cartels/organized crime groups/Mafiosi
It's cheaper and safer than having an agency for each.
so i guess, even music can fall under those catagories as well now?;)
me: sorry, i can't come into work today...i'm getting phobia therapy by video games.
boss: oh, sorry to hear that. what is it that you are afraid of.
me: zombies.
boss: zombies?
me: uh, yeah...terrified.
boss: stop playing half life and get into work.
Two major scientific research centres said on Wednesday they had set a new world speed record for sending data across the Internet, equivalent to transferring a full-length DVD film in seven seconds.
they obviously know what the future of the internet is all about!!
1. If they want to loan you money, tell them you just filed for
bankruptcy and you could sure use some money.
2. If they start out with, "How are you today?" say, "I'm so glad you asked, because no one these days seems to care, and I have all these problems. My arthritis is acting up, my eyelashes
are sore, my dog just died . . . "
3. If they say they're John Doe from XYZ Company, ask them to
spell their name. Then ask them to spell the company name. Then
ask them where it is located, how long it has been in business,
how many people work there, how they got into this line of work
if they are married, how many kids they have, etc. Continue
asking them personal questions or questions about their company
for as long as necessary.
4. This works great if you are male. Telemarketer: "Hi, my name
is Judy and I'm with XYZ Company. " You: Wait for a second and
with a real husky voice ask, "What are you wearing?"
5. Cry out in surprise, "Judy? Is that you? Oh my God! Judy, how
have you been?" Hopefully, this will give Judy a few brief
moments of terror as she tries to figure out where she could
know you from.
6. Say "No" over and over. Be sure to vary the sound of each
one, and keep a rhythmic tempo, even as they are trying to
speak. This is most fun if you can do it until they hang up.
7. If MCI calls trying to get you to sign up for the Family and
Friends Plan, reply, in as sinister a voice as you can, "I don't
have any friends, would you be my friend?"
8. If the company cleans rugs, respond: "Can you get out blood?
Can you get out goat blood? How about human blood?"
9. After the Telemarketer gives his or her spiel, ask him or her
to marry you. When they get all flustered, tell them that you
can't just give your credit card number to a complete stranger.
10. Tell the Telemarketer that you work for the same company,
and they can't sell to employees.
11. Answer the phone. As soon as you realize it is a
Telemarketer, set the receiver down, scream, "Oh my God!" and
then hang up.
12. Tell the Telemarketer you are busy at the moment and ask
him/her if he/she will give you his/her home phone number so you
can call him/her back. When the Telemarketer explains that
telemarketers cannot give out their home numbers say, "I guess
you don't want anyone bothering you at home, right?" The
Telemarketer will agree and you say, "Me either!" Hang up.
13. Ask them to repeat everything they say, several times.
14. Tell them it is dinner time, but ask if they would please
hold. Put them on your speaker phone while you continue to eat
at your leisure. Smack your food loudly and continue with your
dinner conversation.
15. Tell the Telemarketer you are on "home incarceration" and
ask if they could bring you some beer.
16. Ask them to fax the information to you, and make up a number.
17. Tell the Telemarketer, "Okay, I'll listen to you. But I
should probably tell you, I'm not wearing any clothes."
18. Insist that the caller is really your buddy Leon, playing a
joke. "Come on, Leon, cut it out! Seriously, Leon, how's your
momma?"
19. Tell them you are hard of hearing and that they need to
speak up . . . louder . . . louder . . .
20. Tell them to talk very slowly, because you want to write
every single word down.
"If I'm on a highway where it's 65, and then it drops to 55 in a populated area (which is not at all uncommon), will it slam on the brakes until the car gets down to 55? That's a great way to get rear-ended. "
um, if all the cars are equipped with this technology, how is someone going to get rear ended?
you raise a fantastic point...and it makes me think of the greedy folk who are into music for the money.
i have a friend that plays live electronic music, and is always talking about how he's going to make it huge someday. to him, it's a business, and in some ways, he's completely right! these days it is a business.
i write music because i think it's a great way to create something artistic other than drawing or writing. i find enjoyment in the actual process and outcome. not the monetary rewards.
i honestly think that if the things that you mentioned were to come about, he'd give up his music (business) because it wouldn't be profitable anymore....and that's just sad..but there would be some damn fine music without all of the boy band crap that we've been seeing lately.
i think a better way of looking it is that games in general excersize the mind in stimulating and entertaining ways. i remember playing quite a bit of "perfection" (the one where you fit the square peg in the square hole, triangluar in the triangle hole, etc. before time runs out) and man, while a challenge, really works the association muscle in the brain. i think anything where you have to solve problems and actually think is good...whereas tv sometimes is a numbing experience (i say sometimes cuz back when i had cable, i actually would only watch the discovery channel).
Slashdot Mirror
i can see the marketing folks rubbing their palms now...
mmm...mass advertising...
while the graphics in that video are really quite impressive, did anyone else notice that the sound still sounds like it's being generated on a SNES?! i know they are hurting for disk space on those little cds, but come on... you should be able to fit some better samples in there.
regardless, i think that this zelda may make me a gamecube owner.
the problem with that is the fact that you are dealing with a pretty sophisticated system that would be able to tell that you have NO numbers on your plate. then, it would send out a signal to the authorities to look for a blue SUV heading north on broadway...oh wait, just took a right on B street.
:/
i think that the photo blocking stuff would work great for the auto ticketing devices, but for the future, we have no escape.
well, i'm glad i'm not the only one who though of that picture. :/
what they fail to tell you is that the backpack in the photo is actually the battery powering those robotic legs!
i am talking out of my ass, but it wouldn't suprise me with all of our power issues these days...
their own website says that it has a 4-line display...then later says that you can read .txt files on it's 8-line display. so, how many is it? you would think that they could get the specs right on their own page.
otherwise, looks pretty spiffy.
--what do these three items have in common?
;)
All 3 are taxable/controlled items
All 3 are routinely smuggled items
Illegal trade in all 3 is by the same
cartels/organized crime groups/Mafiosi
It's cheaper and safer than having an agency for each.
so i guess, even music can fall under those catagories as well now?
me: sorry, i can't come into work today...i'm getting phobia therapy by video games.
boss: oh, sorry to hear that. what is it that you are afraid of.
me: zombies.
boss: zombies?
me: uh, yeah...terrified.
boss: stop playing half life and get into work.
i love their headline:
Two major scientific research centres said on Wednesday they had set a new world speed record for sending data across the Internet, equivalent to transferring a full-length DVD film in seven seconds.
they obviously know what the future of the internet is all about!!
but...but, where are my cities?! they didn't get a chance to build the cities around this life changing transportation device!
1. If they want to loan you money, tell them you just filed for bankruptcy and you could sure use some money.
2. If they start out with, "How are you today?" say, "I'm so glad you asked, because no one these days seems to care, and I have all these problems. My arthritis is acting up, my eyelashes are sore, my dog just died . . . "
3. If they say they're John Doe from XYZ Company, ask them to spell their name. Then ask them to spell the company name. Then ask them where it is located, how long it has been in business, how many people work there, how they got into this line of work if they are married, how many kids they have, etc. Continue asking them personal questions or questions about their company for as long as necessary.
4. This works great if you are male. Telemarketer: "Hi, my name is Judy and I'm with XYZ Company. " You: Wait for a second and with a real husky voice ask, "What are you wearing?"
5. Cry out in surprise, "Judy? Is that you? Oh my God! Judy, how have you been?" Hopefully, this will give Judy a few brief moments of terror as she tries to figure out where she could know you from.
6. Say "No" over and over. Be sure to vary the sound of each one, and keep a rhythmic tempo, even as they are trying to speak. This is most fun if you can do it until they hang up.
7. If MCI calls trying to get you to sign up for the Family and Friends Plan, reply, in as sinister a voice as you can, "I don't have any friends, would you be my friend?"
8. If the company cleans rugs, respond: "Can you get out blood? Can you get out goat blood? How about human blood?"
9. After the Telemarketer gives his or her spiel, ask him or her to marry you. When they get all flustered, tell them that you can't just give your credit card number to a complete stranger.
10. Tell the Telemarketer that you work for the same company, and they can't sell to employees.
11. Answer the phone. As soon as you realize it is a Telemarketer, set the receiver down, scream, "Oh my God!" and then hang up.
12. Tell the Telemarketer you are busy at the moment and ask him/her if he/she will give you his/her home phone number so you can call him/her back. When the Telemarketer explains that telemarketers cannot give out their home numbers say, "I guess you don't want anyone bothering you at home, right?" The Telemarketer will agree and you say, "Me either!" Hang up.
13. Ask them to repeat everything they say, several times.
14. Tell them it is dinner time, but ask if they would please hold. Put them on your speaker phone while you continue to eat at your leisure. Smack your food loudly and continue with your dinner conversation.
15. Tell the Telemarketer you are on "home incarceration" and ask if they could bring you some beer.
16. Ask them to fax the information to you, and make up a number.
17. Tell the Telemarketer, "Okay, I'll listen to you. But I should probably tell you, I'm not wearing any clothes."
18. Insist that the caller is really your buddy Leon, playing a joke. "Come on, Leon, cut it out! Seriously, Leon, how's your momma?"
19. Tell them you are hard of hearing and that they need to speak up . . . louder . . . louder . . .
20. Tell them to talk very slowly, because you want to write every single word down.
(And why do so many SlashDotters seem to like defending MS?)
what, aren't you getting the $100 monthly checks?
"If I'm on a highway where it's 65, and then it drops to 55 in a populated area (which is not at all uncommon), will it slam on the brakes until the car gets down to 55? That's a great way to get rear-ended. "
um, if all the cars are equipped with this technology, how is someone going to get rear ended?
what about that t-shirt i got from think geek a while back? should i be nervous? ;)
shit, i better turn off my new overclocked 4ghz athlon!
I think they are talking about drivers.
;)
no, bad drivers crash cars.
ah! fantastic! although, looks frightful!!! excellent work on the framework though. this looks as if it took some major engineering smarts.
what? no loops? ;) (i'm hoping some crazy guy will take this challenge so i can see another article entitled "bigger badder roller coster")
thank you. seriously!
why does sound so much like the infamous (not for positive reasons) "war on drugs".
i feel like this will never end, and there will never be any resolution with the current approach at stopping file sharing.
what's the classic line? "the tighter you grip the more that slips through your fingers"
you raise a fantastic point...and it makes me think of the greedy folk who are into music for the money.
i have a friend that plays live electronic music, and is always talking about how he's going to make it huge someday. to him, it's a business, and in some ways, he's completely right! these days it is a business.
i write music because i think it's a great way to create something artistic other than drawing or writing. i find enjoyment in the actual process and outcome. not the monetary rewards.
i honestly think that if the things that you mentioned were to come about, he'd give up his music (business) because it wouldn't be profitable anymore....and that's just sad..but there would be some damn fine music without all of the boy band crap that we've been seeing lately.
it's called a figure of speech. get over it.
i think a better way of looking it is that games in general excersize the mind in stimulating and entertaining ways. i remember playing quite a bit of "perfection" (the one where you fit the square peg in the square hole, triangluar in the triangle hole, etc. before time runs out) and man, while a challenge, really works the association muscle in the brain. i think anything where you have to solve problems and actually think is good...whereas tv sometimes is a numbing experience (i say sometimes cuz back when i had cable, i actually would only watch the discovery channel).
that is all.
my first 64-bit system :)
try out the counterscript the next time you get a call.
it's a fun little script that is similar to what the telemarketers use when they call you.