Holy shit dude, you really know your porn... Raincoaters? old Vivid/Wave titles?
And here I had to explain to my fiance what fluffers were last night (after laughing at the only subtle joke in that fucking awful Stripperella show last night).
From "troll" I get a picture of the government anonymously inflaming me by mocking my spending habits.
Sorta like trying to claim odd expenses on your taxes and getting laughed at by your accountant (or worst, auditor:)... though one time I did manage to claim my Voodoo 2 video card as a work expense
Heh, that's why Nethack is sooo much like real life.
Just like in Nethack, the Real Life devs thought of everything too!
Course, being a critical thinker, nobody has really ever proved who the developers are to me. Which is too bad, there's a few bug fixes I would love to submit... I know a few people who think they know who the dev is, but their appeals to Him don't seem to be answered....
If they don't like people voiding the warranties on their hardware, they should have made their CDs spin backwards like Nintendo.
Actually, it spins from the outside of the disc to the inside, instead of from the inside to the outside.
That said, you are absolutely correct. They were so concerned about leveraging existing developer skills and saving on the initial hardware design costs, but what they ended up with was an easily hackable, big, ugly, noisy console.
At least Nintendo knows what a console is all about (even if they are being morons wrt online gaming).
Slashdotter(ave.) -> Has extreme dillusion regarding self intelligence, spastic personality, highly likely to have difficulty with simple social interaction.
WHAT?!1?! I don't have to take this! I'm too smart for this - what kind of mickey mouse shit are you passing for insightful comments?!? How dare you insult one as smart as I?!?
(not a flame at the parent, more of a rant in general)
Why do people always say that modern games are all flash and no substance?
Sure, the % of good to crap has probably gone down, but the sheer number of games produced means that there are still more good games than ever produced every year. Luckily we now have the Internet so we can get reviews by the bucketload.
As far as classic style games are concerned, there are many of them coming out still (for GBA, anyway) and even when they jump to 3d, the good ones still retain the charms and fun of the originals, such as the new Zelda and Metroid games for the gamecube.
Hell, I would argue that many modern games contain more substance than games of yore AND more flash. What's wrong with the best of both worlds?
This is a good point - buy a security cable (or whatever those things are called) for your laptop and use it. Also, if you have a locker (some post secondary schools do) don't put your laptop or expensive things in it. We had a few laptops disappear at my school.
we had school assigned laptops. I would do assignments on it and setup appointments in it, but otherwise I mostly took notes by hand. For me, a tablet PC would have been ideal (computer engineering technology) as I always prefered being able to draw and write big equations easily.
In fact, as we also had network access, in a few classes you were required to close the lid during lectures so you wouldn't distract people behind you. That and clacky keys are noisy too. You should take your school policy under consideration - right or wrong, they may have policies like this that make your nice laptop a great paperweight.
Course, in the working world I also need to take notes, so it's probably good that I still know how to use a journal and pen. Learning a bit of shorthand is also pretty useful so if you're stuck w/o a laptop, look into it.
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Holy shit dude, you really know your porn... Raincoaters? old Vivid/Wave titles?
:]
And here I had to explain to my fiance what fluffers were last night (after laughing at the only subtle joke in that fucking awful Stripperella show last night).
I bet you could teach me some interesting stuff
I think he meant the original Slackware distro, though I could be wrong...
ISPs have always carried copyrighted material and illegal types of pr0n.
In the past, ISPs argued that they are passive carriers (like the phone company).
This new bill increases the penalty for sharing copyrighted material, but it's always been illegal and ISPs have faced this before.
Have you heard about the contracts that rock stars sign? They're not exactly going to do much better coming up with contracts themselves. I mean, duh?
Heheh, i'm playing DWVII right now... I sure hope we get DW8. I was pissed when we didn't get the remake for DWIV....
Yikes. Then time would collapse into a singlularity thanks to Slashdot.
Or something.
yeah.
oooooohhhhh (groan).
Sounds you got one of those self spanking monkey's I heard about...
From "troll" I get a picture of the government anonymously inflaming me by mocking my spending habits.
:) ... though one time I did manage to claim my Voodoo 2 video card as a work expense
Sorta like trying to claim odd expenses on your taxes and getting laughed at by your accountant (or worst, auditor
You do realise that Fallout and Postal were released on the same day, right? Silly old troll...
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Fallout review
Heh, that's why Nethack is sooo much like real life.
Just like in Nethack, the Real Life devs thought of everything too!
Course, being a critical thinker, nobody has really ever proved who the developers are to me. Which is too bad, there's a few bug fixes I would love to submit... I know a few people who think they know who the dev is, but their appeals to Him don't seem to be answered....
From my parent's basement, I stab at thee!
If they don't like people voiding the warranties on their hardware, they should have made their CDs spin backwards like Nintendo.
Actually, it spins from the outside of the disc to the inside, instead of from the inside to the outside.
That said, you are absolutely correct. They were so concerned about leveraging existing developer skills and saving on the initial hardware design costs, but what they ended up with was an easily hackable, big, ugly, noisy console.
At least Nintendo knows what a console is all about (even if they are being morons wrt online gaming).
heheh. I'd mod you up, but I just ran out o' points. Have a karma kookie instead :)
The idea that the Brothers Grimm collected fairy tales in germany is heavily disputed. See here.
Lots of evidence that they didn't collect the stories as they claim is easily available.
So I assume that focus was to get all the babes? :)
Slashdotter(ave.) -> Has extreme dillusion regarding self intelligence, spastic personality, highly likely to have difficulty with simple social interaction.
WHAT?!1?! I don't have to take this! I'm too smart for this - what kind of mickey mouse shit are you passing for insightful comments?!? How dare you insult one as smart as I?!?
And how many libraries of congress is that? ;)
I'm an ewok, would you like me to dance for you in exchange for a haircut and axe?
New sig, new sig! I called it, it's mine! That, sir, is some funny shit.
I'll probably buy that sword game too
:) i seriously doubt they would release something this goofy AND niche market oriented in America.
Only if you import it
Now if you'll excuse me, I'll get back to playing dragon warrior vii...
(not a flame at the parent, more of a rant in general)
Why do people always say that modern games are all flash and no substance?
Sure, the % of good to crap has probably gone down, but the sheer number of games produced means that there are still more good games than ever produced every year. Luckily we now have the Internet so we can get reviews by the bucketload.
As far as classic style games are concerned, there are many of them coming out still (for GBA, anyway) and even when they jump to 3d, the good ones still retain the charms and fun of the originals, such as the new Zelda and Metroid games for the gamecube.
Hell, I would argue that many modern games contain more substance than games of yore AND more flash. What's wrong with the best of both worlds?
So what you're saying is you'll pay me to run Linux?
Sign me up!
True if there are investors involved (are there in this case?), and that's why the release date is now "When it's finished."
OH MY GOD! Did you know they'll also serve you a full cup of dihydrogen monoxide FOR FREE?!?!
:)
Those bastards...
This is a good point - buy a security cable (or whatever those things are called) for your laptop and use it. Also, if you have a locker (some post secondary schools do) don't put your laptop or expensive things in it. We had a few laptops disappear at my school.
we had school assigned laptops. I would do assignments on it and setup appointments in it, but otherwise I mostly took notes by hand. For me, a tablet PC would have been ideal (computer engineering technology) as I always prefered being able to draw and write big equations easily.
In fact, as we also had network access, in a few classes you were required to close the lid during lectures so you wouldn't distract people behind you. That and clacky keys are noisy too. You should take your school policy under consideration - right or wrong, they may have policies like this that make your nice laptop a great paperweight.
Course, in the working world I also need to take notes, so it's probably good that I still know how to use a journal and pen. Learning a bit of shorthand is also pretty useful so if you're stuck w/o a laptop, look into it.