The flood is pretty widely accepted. Every culture dating back to then (and conveniently located in the middle east/N Africa/Mediteranian) has its own flood myths, and the geologic record supports it. There probably was a huge flood that flooded the whole region at one point, but there probably wasn't a drunk with a boat and 2 of every animal.
I remember Fable being like that. If you went the evil route, people would cower in fear as you passed and you could be such a bigger badass than if you were good. Plus you grew horns and stuff. Hell, when i went through it on evil, after i got the sword of Aeons and waited through the credits i just went through and massacred towns. In that save, i own every piece of property avaliable in the game. As for actually commanding minions, theres some game thats on the tip of my tounge, but for the life of me i cant remember right now.
I never claimed they were my figures, they're c&p'd from IGN, i'm not an economic anylist. Also, i did say that the 360 is above average if you take out the outliers that are the NeoGeo and 3DO.
Redoing it quick, if you just take consoles from Nintendo, Sega, Sony and Microsoft, the average comes out to $324.27. The Xbox 360 core then, is still $25 adjusted dollars cheaper than average and the advanced bundle or whatever is not even 20% above average.
My ATI All In Wonder graphics card i got 2 years ago came with an RF remote and a USB reciever and its kinda nice to not have to point it at anything in particular. The biggest suprise is that it only runs on 2 AAAs i think and its still on the batteries it came with 2 years ago! Why aren't there more RF remotes on the market, especially in stuff like high end home theatre equiptment.
I think i saw something, maybe on here, someone had the launch prices of all major consoles adjusted for inflation. Actaully i just googled it and here it is from IGN
Atari VCS launched in 1977 for $249.99 __________________ $811.21 in 2005
Nintendo Entertainment System launched in 1985 for $199.99 _ $354.91 in 2005
SEGA Genesis launched in 1989 for $249.99 ______________ $389.67 in 2005
NeoGeo launched in 1990 for $699.99 ___________________ $1041.12 in 2005
Super Nintendo launched in 1991 for $199.99 _____________ $282.21 in 2005
Jaguar launched in 1993 for $249.99 ____________________ $328.69 in 2005
3DO Interactive Multiplayer launched in 1993 for $699.95 ___ $920.30 in 2005
SEGA Saturn launched in 1995 for $399.99 _______________ $497.66 in 2005
Nintendo 64 launched in 1996 for $199.99 ________________ $242.75 in 2005
SEGA Dreamcast launches in 1999 for $199.99 ____________ $228.09 in 2005
PlayStation launched in 1995 for $299.99 _________________ $372.01 in 2005
PlayStation 2 launched in 2000 for $299.99 ________________ $333.15 in 2005
Xbox Launched in 2001 for $299.99 _____________________ $325.34 in 2005
GameCube launched in 2001 for $199.99 _________________ $216.89 in 2005
So according to this, the launch price for the 360, when adjusted for inflation is actually below the historical average of $453.14, and probably only a little above average if you ignore the NeoGeo and 3DO. This also means that the Nintendo Revolution, if it launches at the predicted $149 or even $199, is going to be the cheapest console ever. And, unless sony pulled some piece of patent infringeing crap out of their ass at the last minute, the most technically advanced, not counting pure graphical performance.
High-schoolers have been charged with distribution of child pornography for giving their signifigant others nudie pics. I dont know the outcome of any of these cases though.
Good, i have a 1680px wide monitor. You still hit websited that are only 800 wide all that time, and dont scale at all. Slashdot does through, theyre good like that. Mmm, widescreen.
[Garak takes a drink of root beer]
Quark: What do you think?
Elim Garak: It's vile.
Quark: I know. It's so bubbly and cloying and happy.
Elim Garak: Just like the Federation.
Quark: And you know what's really frightening? If you drink enough of it, you begin to like it.
Elim Garak: It's insidious.
Quark: Just like the Federation.
The problem with a.xxx tld is, who decides what goes there? If its optional, sure, it makes finding porn easier. But if its mandatory, who draws the line and where is it drawn? Hanes.com, probably ok. sluttyschoolgirls.xxx, yeah, that makes sense. Fredericksofhollywood.??? Legitimate art too, if a museum has photos of its collection online and some paintings have naked people, or similarly, legitimate art nude photography..kids is a much better idea. Places like cartoon network and disney and build a bear would of course sign up for.kids adresses, then parents have the option of filtering out everything BUT.kids, leaving their children only able to acess content thats preaproved. I think both should be implemented, but certanly not mandatory. Legit porn sites will keep a.com homepage, but will shift everything to.xxx. Porn sites dont want kids too see their stuff, kids dont have credit cards. Go to any big legitimate porn site and down at the bottom of their home page they have little icons for safesearch and netnanny and state their registration with these services.
Its already been stated that one of the Revs launch titles, Red Steel, an FPS with swords, will have something like that. You can swing your sword and it will react, but executing a specific series of movements will trigger a combo.
Except that the Revolution ships with just a Rev controller, not a game cube one (and probably not a shell). Games have to be playable with a system out of the box, no third party acessories unless they include them, ala guitar hero of FFXI. If nintendo shipped with the old controller, or alowed developers to develop specifically for it, then nobody would utilize the new controller because its probably a lot more complicated. I think the shell will be their mostly for backwards compatability, to play GC games, and SNES-N64 games, you dont need anything else for NES/Famicom though, since if you turn the Rev controller sideways its exactly the same.
At the end of the war the Empire had the Sun Crusher in development. It wouldnt just destroy a planet, but would cause a sun to nova and take out the whole system.
Everything i've read has said that the revolution will be out by thanksgiving in time for the xmas shopping season. Personally i cant wait untill E3 and an official release date so i can pre-order the damn thing.
IIRC, i saw a picture somewhere of a charging dock with 4 controllers on it. Might have been a render though, and the wavebird takes standard batteries... Althought the wavebird doesnt have rumble.
True, but the point is, theres no real danger other than "terror". And if people would stop sensationalizing WMD, people wouldnt be in terror of them because they're largely ineffective.
Yes, sarin is a nerve gas. And think about it, they pumped a bunch of poisin gas into a confined space with thousands of people, and managed to kill a total of 12. And this is the largest scale terrorist chemical attack ever!
From wikipedia:
The first successful use of chemical agents by terrorists against a general civilian population was on March 20, 1995. Aum Shinrikyo, an apocalyptic group based in Japan that believed it necessary to destroy the planet, released sarin into the Tokyo subway system killing 12 and injuring over 5,000. The group had attempted biological and chemical attacks on at least 10 prior occasions, but managed to affect only cult members. The group did manage to successfully release sarin outside an apartment building in Matsumoto in June 1994; this use was directed at a few specific individuals living in the building and was not an attack on the general population.
Sucessful dispersal of chemical and biological agents is tough. Government funded programs have not been very effective, what makes anyone think that terrorists could come up with an effective delivery system.
That sounds tiny... Thats the same resolution of my 20" Apple monitor. And its the same rez as the Dell monitor of the same size. Apple keeps their pixels per square inch standard across the board, which is nice if your using a laptop with a desktop display. For the record i'm not, mines plugged into my card in my home build gaming rig. And before anyone says anything, i got it before any other companies were offering >17" widescreen displays, if it had been a year later i would have gotten the Dell version. Hell, the 20" Apple is the same price as the 24" Dell right now.:(
Yeah, but they work like phones, which are a technological advancement over the wallkie talkie. Which is why i dont understand the fucking walkie talkie features on cell phones now and fly into a rage when i hear that *chirp*. Ahhhhh!
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The flood is pretty widely accepted. Every culture dating back to then (and conveniently located in the middle east/N Africa/Mediteranian) has its own flood myths, and the geologic record supports it. There probably was a huge flood that flooded the whole region at one point, but there probably wasn't a drunk with a boat and 2 of every animal.
I remember Fable being like that. If you went the evil route, people would cower in fear as you passed and you could be such a bigger badass than if you were good. Plus you grew horns and stuff. Hell, when i went through it on evil, after i got the sword of Aeons and waited through the credits i just went through and massacred towns. In that save, i own every piece of property avaliable in the game. As for actually commanding minions, theres some game thats on the tip of my tounge, but for the life of me i cant remember right now.
If you need the source, you can credit the original author, i C&Pd the figures directly from this article.
I never claimed they were my figures, they're c&p'd from IGN, i'm not an economic anylist. Also, i did say that the 360 is above average if you take out the outliers that are the NeoGeo and 3DO.
Redoing it quick, if you just take consoles from Nintendo, Sega, Sony and Microsoft, the average comes out to $324.27. The Xbox 360 core then, is still $25 adjusted dollars cheaper than average and the advanced bundle or whatever is not even 20% above average.
My ATI All In Wonder graphics card i got 2 years ago came with an RF remote and a USB reciever and its kinda nice to not have to point it at anything in particular. The biggest suprise is that it only runs on 2 AAAs i think and its still on the batteries it came with 2 years ago! Why aren't there more RF remotes on the market, especially in stuff like high end home theatre equiptment.
I think i saw something, maybe on here, someone had the launch prices of all major consoles adjusted for inflation. Actaully i just googled it and here it is from IGN
Atari VCS launched in 1977 for $249.99 __________________ $811.21 in 2005
Nintendo Entertainment System launched in 1985 for $199.99 _ $354.91 in 2005
SEGA Genesis launched in 1989 for $249.99 ______________ $389.67 in 2005
NeoGeo launched in 1990 for $699.99 ___________________ $1041.12 in 2005
Super Nintendo launched in 1991 for $199.99 _____________ $282.21 in 2005
Jaguar launched in 1993 for $249.99 ____________________ $328.69 in 2005
3DO Interactive Multiplayer launched in 1993 for $699.95 ___ $920.30 in 2005
SEGA Saturn launched in 1995 for $399.99 _______________ $497.66 in 2005
Nintendo 64 launched in 1996 for $199.99 ________________ $242.75 in 2005
SEGA Dreamcast launches in 1999 for $199.99 ____________ $228.09 in 2005
PlayStation launched in 1995 for $299.99 _________________ $372.01 in 2005
PlayStation 2 launched in 2000 for $299.99 ________________ $333.15 in 2005
Xbox Launched in 2001 for $299.99 _____________________ $325.34 in 2005
GameCube launched in 2001 for $199.99 _________________ $216.89 in 2005
So according to this, the launch price for the 360, when adjusted for inflation is actually below the historical average of $453.14, and probably only a little above average if you ignore the NeoGeo and 3DO. This also means that the Nintendo Revolution, if it launches at the predicted $149 or even $199, is going to be the cheapest console ever. And, unless sony pulled some piece of patent infringeing crap out of their ass at the last minute, the most technically advanced, not counting pure graphical performance.
High-schoolers have been charged with distribution of child pornography for giving their signifigant others nudie pics. I dont know the outcome of any of these cases though.
Good, i have a 1680px wide monitor. You still hit websited that are only 800 wide all that time, and dont scale at all. Slashdot does through, theyre good like that. Mmm, widescreen.
[Garak takes a drink of root beer]
Quark: What do you think?
Elim Garak: It's vile.
Quark: I know. It's so bubbly and cloying and happy.
Elim Garak: Just like the Federation.
Quark: And you know what's really frightening? If you drink enough of it, you begin to like it.
Elim Garak: It's insidious.
Quark: Just like the Federation.
The problem with a .xxx tld is, who decides what goes there? If its optional, sure, it makes finding porn easier. But if its mandatory, who draws the line and where is it drawn? Hanes.com, probably ok. sluttyschoolgirls.xxx, yeah, that makes sense. Fredericksofhollywood.??? Legitimate art too, if a museum has photos of its collection online and some paintings have naked people, or similarly, legitimate art nude photography. .kids is a much better idea. Places like cartoon network and disney and build a bear would of course sign up for .kids adresses, then parents have the option of filtering out everything BUT .kids, leaving their children only able to acess content thats preaproved. I think both should be implemented, but certanly not mandatory. Legit porn sites will keep a .com homepage, but will shift everything to .xxx. Porn sites dont want kids too see their stuff, kids dont have credit cards. Go to any big legitimate porn site and down at the bottom of their home page they have little icons for safesearch and netnanny and state their registration with these services.
Which is just fine for a NAS or something where speed isn't critical.
Its already been stated that one of the Revs launch titles, Red Steel, an FPS with swords, will have something like that. You can swing your sword and it will react, but executing a specific series of movements will trigger a combo.
Half Life 2, at a lull in the driving portion, stop your car and head over to the cliff and look out over the coast and water.
Who would have though that snakes would have evolved aquatically? Modern snakes have vestigal foot bones still, they evolved from legged animals.
Except that the Revolution ships with just a Rev controller, not a game cube one (and probably not a shell). Games have to be playable with a system out of the box, no third party acessories unless they include them, ala guitar hero of FFXI. If nintendo shipped with the old controller, or alowed developers to develop specifically for it, then nobody would utilize the new controller because its probably a lot more complicated. I think the shell will be their mostly for backwards compatability, to play GC games, and SNES-N64 games, you dont need anything else for NES/Famicom though, since if you turn the Rev controller sideways its exactly the same.
Will someone provide me with a trained monkey to shift for me so i can keep both hands on the wheel at all times?
n/t /screw flanders
At the end of the war the Empire had the Sun Crusher in development. It wouldnt just destroy a planet, but would cause a sun to nova and take out the whole system.
Everything i've read has said that the revolution will be out by thanksgiving in time for the xmas shopping season. Personally i cant wait untill E3 and an official release date so i can pre-order the damn thing.
IIRC, i saw a picture somewhere of a charging dock with 4 controllers on it. Might have been a render though, and the wavebird takes standard batteries... Althought the wavebird doesnt have rumble.
True, but the point is, theres no real danger other than "terror". And if people would stop sensationalizing WMD, people wouldnt be in terror of them because they're largely ineffective.
From wikipedia:
Sucessful dispersal of chemical and biological agents is tough. Government funded programs have not been very effective, what makes anyone think that terrorists could come up with an effective delivery system.
That sounds tiny... Thats the same resolution of my 20" Apple monitor. And its the same rez as the Dell monitor of the same size. Apple keeps their pixels per square inch standard across the board, which is nice if your using a laptop with a desktop display. For the record i'm not, mines plugged into my card in my home build gaming rig. And before anyone says anything, i got it before any other companies were offering >17" widescreen displays, if it had been a year later i would have gotten the Dell version. Hell, the 20" Apple is the same price as the 24" Dell right now.:(
Yeah, but they work like phones, which are a technological advancement over the wallkie talkie. Which is why i dont understand the fucking walkie talkie features on cell phones now and fly into a rage when i hear that *chirp*. Ahhhhh!
Gravity? I am going to hell...