I doubt I'm alone in that this article reminded me of the Codex Seraphinanus, an untranslated, if I recall correctly, book of sketches of imaginary flora and fauna. It's a modern work by a european artist, mostly in colored pencil.
There are only around 600 copies of the book, but I got a chance to see it recently via the marvelous university-interlibrary loan system. Worth a look!
The thing that bothers me is that I wish I could treat/. as a silly message board, and not a goddamn term paper or something where I have to proofread and edit my shit five-hundred times.
I always notice things I wish I could revise but don't have the ability to. Oh well. Fuck it.
I figure that this will attract mostly people who are moderatly good at both, considering how little it really adds, and I can't imagine what kind of person would enjoy watching it. It's not exactly recognized as an olympic sport, either.
'Iepe the Joker' is somewhat proficient at both boxing and chess? So what? I bet I could beat him at writing web-code, and playing Starcraft. We could call it "DHTMLStarcraft: the sport of the future!"
I doubt it. The real sport of the future will involve people in giant robots beating the shit out of each other.
did you just finish reading "1984" and you want to compare everything around you taht happens to it, or something?
"this is SOOOO 1984esque! just like when teh big brother said 'war is peace' and then they made a apple commercial and there was teh republicans being dishonest OMG!!!!!"
"X-ray googles" would be horribly carcinogous. It's a good thing that they're illegal... although wearing lead aprons around town to defeat them would be kinda neat. I've always wanted an excuse to garb myself in a strange metal overcoat.
The results seem to imply that happyness and nostagia improve memory, not the video games themselves. I mean, out of a bunch of 25-35 year old men, who isn't going to be nostagic or happy after playing some Pac Man.
And the story is on a wierd website, too. "icwales?" That's sort of like "iclondon" or "icfrance"... ok that was a lame quip, but really. No better refrences than a one paragraph story on an obscure site? Come on.
Whoever after due and proper warning shall be heard to utter the abominable word "Frisco," which has no linguistic or other warrant, shall be deemed guilty of a High Misdemeanor, and shall pay into the Imperial Treasury as penalty the sum of twenty-five dollars.
I've often wondered if a cellular-automata program of some kind would be an effective Go opponent. There are some interesting (if trivial) similarites between the two.
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Or simply disable autoplay completely. It's a shitty feature anyway =)
The no carrier joke is quickly becoming a standard one.
Beowulf Natalie Grits Russia Overlord$&^#@*&#@*$@#%$@#[NO CARRIER]
Perhaps you are thinking of Mario?
One could extend this loophole even further, I think. (So to speak.)
For example, here is a great picture of the comet's anus.
Look, I've beaten the Slashdot domain-feature-thing! Woot!
Are you daft man? Do you think solar panels just grow on trees?!?!?!
*duck*
I doubt I'm alone in that this article reminded me of the Codex Seraphinanus, an untranslated, if I recall correctly, book of sketches of imaginary flora and fauna. It's a modern work by a european artist, mostly in colored pencil.
There are only around 600 copies of the book, but I got a chance to see it recently via the marvelous university-interlibrary loan system. Worth a look!
TOday I ate a cheese sandwhich and BEHOLD IT WAS GOOD and then I tooke a nap and that was nice to. LOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!11111
Those are just a bunch of topless camwhores.
Camwhores, ie. greedy girls with wigs and makeup and the "contrast" slider turned all the way up to hide their teenage acne.
God, I'm going to be sick now.
Damn, you're right. Thank you.
/. as a silly message board, and not a goddamn term paper or something where I have to proofread and edit my shit five-hundred times.
The thing that bothers me is that I wish I could treat
I always notice things I wish I could revise but don't have the ability to. Oh well. Fuck it.
I figure that this will attract mostly people who are moderatly good at both, considering how little it really adds, and I can't imagine what kind of person would enjoy watching it. It's not exactly recognized as an olympic sport, either.
'Iepe the Joker' is somewhat proficient at both boxing and chess? So what? I bet I could beat him at writing web-code, and playing Starcraft. We could call it "DHTMLStarcraft: the sport of the future!"
I doubt it. The real sport of the future will involve people in giant robots beating the shit out of each other.
Here, here!
If Windows and the UNIXes are to survive at all, it will be among OS dilettante dabblers.
AmigaOS and BeOS, both great OS's but dead in the real world and finding niche markets or just fanboys.
Well, I won't be convinced until I see the Netcraft results to prove it. I'm no Kreskin.
You are my hero.
The obvious giveaway is that his homepage link is to a photo on urinalpoop.org.
OH MY GOD YOU ARE TEH INFANTILE
did you just finish reading "1984" and you want to compare everything around you taht happens to it, or something?
"this is SOOOO 1984esque! just like when teh big brother said 'war is peace' and then they made a apple commercial and there was teh republicans being dishonest OMG!!!!!"
I don't see why this is flamebait.
Agreed. It's really just a joke in somewhat poor taste, although those are usually the best ones.
While I'm here, you left out my favorite crank: Alex Chiu!
Is this a troll?
The "fast repetitive ticks" are what you are supposed to hear.
"X-ray googles" would be horribly carcinogous. It's a good thing that they're illegal... although wearing lead aprons around town to defeat them would be kinda neat. I've always wanted an excuse to garb myself in a strange metal overcoat.
Invaluable and valuable are synonymous. Much like flammable and inflammable.
Or was that a troll?
"Are you being sarcastic?"
"I don't even know anymore!"
Was that the blasphemous one where they found "God" in the "center of the galaxy?"
That movie had some great moments, regardless of the terrible ending.
The results seem to imply that happyness and nostagia improve memory, not the video games themselves. I mean, out of a bunch of 25-35 year old men, who isn't going to be nostagic or happy after playing some Pac Man.
... ok that was a lame quip, but really. No better refrences than a one paragraph story on an obscure site? Come on.
And the story is on a wierd website, too. "icwales?" That's sort of like "iclondon" or "icfrance"
Kind of like this?
By the way, don't click on that link.
Whoever after due and proper warning shall be heard to utter the abominable word "Frisco," which has no linguistic or other warrant, shall be deemed guilty of a High Misdemeanor, and shall pay into the Imperial Treasury as penalty the sum of twenty-five dollars.
I've often wondered if a cellular-automata program of some kind would be an effective Go opponent. There are some interesting (if trivial) similarites between the two.
It's not cool. It's commie bullshit!