Of course I was just kidding, man, that's what the winking smiley was for. Anyway, the reason I made my post was that you mentioned the following games: "Diablo, NWN, Eversmack, FF6+".
Never played NWN, but I've had experience with the others, and they (IMHO) sucked. Not sure I follow what's confusing about the terms "adventure" and "turn-based", though. If you don't think those are elegant terms, maybe adding to the nomenclature isn't such a good idea?
A lot of people feel the same way you do, I'm sure. But does anyone else here feel that the kind of people you meet in places like Everquest aren't really worth interacting with? Quite frankly, I'd take a Suikoden over an Everquest any day and just leave my socializing to meatspace.
Wow, I can't believe your comment got past '0' with such obvious misinformation. If you're this ignorant, maybe you should look into the history of the two OSes and determine from that exactly who's been copying from whom. Or, and this is the more likely case, you're just a troll. If that's the case, do the rest of us a favor and just STFU.
Oh, but don't you get it? A gun, while lethal, is extremely unlikely to deprive big corporations of great sums of money. A couple of dead people is nothing compared to (potentially) lost profits.
Also, it does not refer to the National Guard since that was formed by an act of Congress 140 years after the Bill of Rights was ratified.
Well, if that's the case then "arms" could not possibly refer to handguns and assault rifles, as they hadn't been invented yet. Either the Constitution is a living document or it isn't. In today's world, "militia" means the National Guard and "arms" includes things like Uzis. If you want to go back to how things were in the 18th century, let's let everyone own a gun, but let's also be sure said guns can't use any technology from the past 200 years or so.
That said, I can see why the dirty old man sleeping with attractive and brilliant young woman has appeal on Slashdot.
I tell ya, if someone on/. isn't posting about how everybody else here is an ignorant 15 year old l337 hacker wannabe then someone's posting about how we're all dirty old men. Well, FYI, I'm a dirty, ignorant 23 year old l337 hacker wannabe, so there!
I realize you're just making a joke, but I hear people say this a lot about ole' Bill. Sure, his career's practically over, but do you think he really cares? He's had a good run: tv, movies, even a few books. I hear he's handled his money well, and he's not exactly a young guy, why would he want to keep working?
Ahh, I'd assumed he was talking about electoral votes in past Presidential elections--thanks for the clarification. As for Hil, I'm not exactly her biggest fan, but who were they supposed to vote for? That schmuck kid who was running against her? Please. When Guilianni was running that was something, but that other guy had all the gravitas of a three year old little girl.
How about the fact that they repeatedly elect leftists (Red Davis, Clinton, Chaalie Schumaah)
If you honestly think Clinton is a hard leftist, you need help. The base of the Dems were very upset with him because he stole all of the GOP's most popular ideas (welfare reform comes to mind) for his own. Labeling Clinton as far left is like calling Bush Sr. a rightwing nut.
How about we ask a bunch of taxpayers whether they'd like to foot the bill to keep them alive in prison? Or whether they think that having a death penalty will deter criminals from taking their lives?
Whether the death penalty is an effective deterrence or not can be debated endlessly. As to your other, fiscal point you do know of course that inmates live for a good number on Death Row before being executed. Also worthy of note is that many guilty convictions are appealed (surprise: the defendant doesn't want to die) and that these trials are extremely expensive. The only alternative to these costly trials would be to drastically reduce the ability of the defendant to appeal, which would likely result in innocent folks being executed.
I challenge you to give me numbers stating that executing prisoners is *shudders* more cost-efficient than jailing them. You might be right, but I doubt it.
Why would a Final Fantasy Movie have anything to do with any of the games? NONE of the FF games have anything to do with eachother? I thought the movie was like watching an FF game.
Nearly all of the FF games (I can only speak of the ones I've played, which are I, IV, VI, VII, and tactics) were mostly fantasy, with a couple of sci-fi elements thrown into a few of them. The movie, OTOH, was one tediously long, badly executed piece of sci-fi drek.
Wow, I hope you're kidding. I'm pro-choice, but I kind of look at abortion as a necessary evil, my thinking being that people who don't want a child THAT BADLY couldn't possibly be effective parents.
Oh, and you realize, of course, that if you take your opening statement to its logical conclusion then any sort of mass-murderer would be a hero in your book.
If this is your attempt at a joke (and a pathetic attempt at that--the worst sin of a joke made in poor taste is for it not to be funny) then please ignore my preaching. OTOH, perhaps you're an extreme pro-lifer satirizing the view of pro-choicers? If so, keep in mind my comment about jokes made in poor taste.
Amen, brutha. Someone mod this up! This chick has most definitely not gotten a fair shake at this site. Probably b/c she's *gasp* a girl, and we all know how dumb _they_ are.
I saw this same attitude when I was getting my CS degree. If a girl was halfway attractive then no one took her seriously--it didn't matter how smart she was. You'd think geeks would be a little more enlightened . ..
Oh, and if this were a teenage guy of comparable intellect who talked like teenage guys talk then no one would have a problem with this.
Barclay: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and -
Data: Oh, I see. And most warp drives go up to ten?
Barclay: Exactly.
Data: Does that mean it's faster?
Barclay: Well, it's one faster, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be cruising at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your wap drive. Where can you go from there? Where?
Data: I don't know.
Barclay: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Data: Put it up to eleven.
Barclay: Eleven. Exactly. One faster.
Data: Why don't you just make ten faster and make ten be the top number and make that a little faster?
I remember reading somewhere that the scripts for TOS were rarely on schedule and so Shatner didn't have enough time to memorize his lines properly. This resulted in the infamous "dramatic pause" while he tried to remember his next line. Can anyone confirm this?
As an aside, I saw an old Alfred Hitchcock Presents the other day starring a young Shatner and he didn't really pause all that much.
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Of course I was just kidding, man, that's what the winking smiley was for. Anyway, the reason I made my post was that you mentioned the following games: "Diablo, NWN, Eversmack, FF6+".
Never played NWN, but I've had experience with the others, and they (IMHO) sucked. Not sure I follow what's confusing about the terms "adventure" and "turn-based", though. If you don't think those are elegant terms, maybe adding to the nomenclature isn't such a good idea?
Can't you just specify by saying "good" or "lousy" RPGs? ;)
A lot of people feel the same way you do, I'm sure. But does anyone else here feel that the kind of people you meet in places like Everquest aren't really worth interacting with? Quite frankly, I'd take a Suikoden over an Everquest any day and just leave my socializing to meatspace.
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Wow, I can't believe your comment got past '0' with such obvious misinformation. If you're this ignorant, maybe you should look into the history of the two OSes and determine from that exactly who's been copying from whom. Or, and this is the more likely case, you're just a troll. If that's the case, do the rest of us a favor and just STFU.
Oh, but don't you get it? A gun, while lethal, is extremely unlikely to deprive big corporations of great sums of money. A couple of dead people is nothing compared to (potentially) lost profits.
Tangos?
Also, it does not refer to the National Guard since that was formed by an act of Congress 140 years after the Bill of Rights was ratified.
Well, if that's the case then "arms" could not possibly refer to handguns and assault rifles, as they hadn't been invented yet. Either the Constitution is a living document or it isn't. In today's world, "militia" means the National Guard and "arms" includes things like Uzis. If you want to go back to how things were in the 18th century, let's let everyone own a gun, but let's also be sure said guns can't use any technology from the past 200 years or so.
That said, I can see why the dirty old man sleeping with attractive and brilliant young woman has appeal on Slashdot.
/. isn't posting about how everybody else here is an ignorant 15 year old l337 hacker wannabe then someone's posting about how we're all dirty old men. Well, FYI, I'm a dirty, ignorant 23 year old l337 hacker wannabe, so there!
I tell ya, if someone on
Ahhh, yes, the infamous MS Works--one of the oldest misnomers in the PC market :)
I realize you're just making a joke, but I hear people say this a lot about ole' Bill. Sure, his career's practically over, but do you think he really cares? He's had a good run: tv, movies, even a few books. I hear he's handled his money well, and he's not exactly a young guy, why would he want to keep working?
And I would think that any professional would want to see the bad reviews as well as the good.
I'm pretty sure he was kidding.
I was quite surprised as well. Most of his answers were funny and/or insightful, though, so I'll let him slide :)
He's actually proven his dramatic chops already. Or haven't you seen him in Six Degrees of Separation?
Ahh, I'd assumed he was talking about electoral votes in past Presidential elections--thanks for the clarification. As for Hil, I'm not exactly her biggest fan, but who were they supposed to vote for? That schmuck kid who was running against her? Please. When Guilianni was running that was something, but that other guy had all the gravitas of a three year old little girl.
How about the fact that they repeatedly elect leftists (Red Davis, Clinton, Chaalie Schumaah)
If you honestly think Clinton is a hard leftist, you need help. The base of the Dems were very upset with him because he stole all of the GOP's most popular ideas (welfare reform comes to mind) for his own. Labeling Clinton as far left is like calling Bush Sr. a rightwing nut.
How about we ask a bunch of taxpayers whether they'd like to foot the bill to keep them alive in prison? Or whether they think that having a death penalty will deter criminals from taking their lives?
Whether the death penalty is an effective deterrence or not can be debated endlessly. As to your other, fiscal point you do know of course that inmates live for a good number on Death Row before being executed. Also worthy of note is that many guilty convictions are appealed (surprise: the defendant doesn't want to die) and that these trials are extremely expensive. The only alternative to these costly trials would be to drastically reduce the ability of the defendant to appeal, which would likely result in innocent folks being executed.
I challenge you to give me numbers stating that executing prisoners is *shudders* more cost-efficient than jailing them. You might be right, but I doubt it.
And that's also why Face/Off was so ridiculous...
Well, one reason why Face Off was so ridiculous.
"Swallow your soul!"
Why would a Final Fantasy Movie have anything to do with any of the games? NONE of the FF games have anything to do with eachother? I thought the movie was like watching an FF game.
Nearly all of the FF games (I can only speak of the ones I've played, which are I, IV, VI, VII, and tactics) were mostly fantasy, with a couple of sci-fi elements thrown into a few of them. The movie, OTOH, was one tediously long, badly executed piece of sci-fi drek.
Wow, I hope you're kidding. I'm pro-choice, but I kind of look at abortion as a necessary evil, my thinking being that people who don't want a child THAT BADLY couldn't possibly be effective parents.
Oh, and you realize, of course, that if you take your opening statement to its logical conclusion then any sort of mass-murderer would be a hero in your book.
If this is your attempt at a joke (and a pathetic attempt at that--the worst sin of a joke made in poor taste is for it not to be funny) then please ignore my preaching. OTOH, perhaps you're an extreme pro-lifer satirizing the view of pro-choicers? If so, keep in mind my comment about jokes made in poor taste.
Who else is hoping that this will mean a new rpg/adventure game set in the world of Actraiser? C'mon, you know you wanna play it . . .
Amen, brutha. Someone mod this up! This chick has most definitely not gotten a fair shake at this site. Probably b/c she's *gasp* a girl, and we all know how dumb _they_ are. I saw this same attitude when I was getting my CS degree. If a girl was halfway attractive then no one took her seriously--it didn't matter how smart she was. You'd think geeks would be a little more enlightened . . .
Oh, and if this were a teenage guy of comparable intellect who talked like teenage guys talk then no one would have a problem with this.
Barclay: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and -
Data: Oh, I see. And most warp drives go up to ten?
Barclay: Exactly.
Data: Does that mean it's faster?
Barclay: Well, it's one faster, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be cruising at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your wap drive. Where can you go from there? Where?
Data: I don't know.
Barclay: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Data: Put it up to eleven.
Barclay: Eleven. Exactly. One faster.
Data: Why don't you just make ten faster and make ten be the top number and make that a little faster?
Barclay: [Pause] These go to eleven.
When you say Europe, I assume you mean Western Europe. What countries there have a lower tax burden than the US?
I remember reading somewhere that the scripts for TOS were rarely on schedule and so Shatner didn't have enough time to memorize his lines properly. This resulted in the infamous "dramatic pause" while he tried to remember his next line. Can anyone confirm this?
As an aside, I saw an old Alfred Hitchcock Presents the other day starring a young Shatner and he didn't really pause all that much.