You can also hit "A" on your Firefly remote to bring up the guide. Considering that they were using Firefly in the review, that was a pretty glaring oversight.
The idea I came up with for our department's large area of empty floor space was to create a miniature golf course from old computer parts. Sadly, the space is gone now and we have no place to build it. And I was really looking forward to putting up a ramp and through a hollowed out monitor.
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It's just a badly placed end quote. I thought he said that the music was bad as well, but it was the submitter that said it, not Flansburgh.
I thought so too, but I went back and double checked the article. (See, it pays to RTFA.)
Freedom Force, the squad-based superhero tactical RPG, got me in the tutorial when the narrator says, "Why don't you try picking up this light post and using it as a club?" It's fun using everything (except buildings, unfortunately) as a weapon. Cars, light posts, benches, phone booths, hot dog carts... it's a fun game.
I upgraded from the basic Garmin eTrex (aka "Old Yeller") to the Vista model 6 months ago, and it's 100 times better than I expected. I started using my GPS receivers for geocaching and expected the Vista to be an improvement, which it was. However, I use it more frequently when I drive to a new place. With the Mapsource software (about $90 online) I can pretty quickly set up a route from point A to B and it's completely accurate on the road. In fact, it's so accurate that I rarely need to consult a copy of written directions until I get down to a few last minute rapid street turns. The Vista seems comparable in functionality to the GPSMAP 76S.
With that said, however, there's one thing that I would still look for in a new model: autorouting. If you're going to seriously use it for driving, autorouting is a huge help. Without it, you can't easily plan a route away from your computer. Also, once you've downloaded a route into the non-routing GPS, the route displays over the road in a straight line, rather than following the road itself, resulting in a slightly shorter route and a hard to read map. Unfortunately, it looks like only the more expensive models contain autorouting.
Oh, and the Vista has a thumbstick control. That thing rocks. With that in mind, see if you can find a store or someone that will let you hold and try out the GPS before you buy it. The Vista feels very natural to me.
The creators have talked about this before (sorry I can't give a link). Remember the big American version of Godzilla? (I know, you've probably repressed it, but just try.) They teased the Godzilla design all the way up to the release, never showing the full image. The creators of the Hulk (and Spider-Man, too) agreed that this was a bad idea. You're dealing with a primary character that is completely CG, so a lot rests on how he looks. It was important to get the images of Hulk and Spidey out for people to see, and put a lot of fears to rest. Notice that they haven't exactly been hiding Nightcrawler in the X2 previews either.
Ladies can dig Ben Affleck in the whole red leather outfit, but it's the oh-so-sexy Jennifer Garner in the black leather, kicking ass left and right, that will get me through the long cold night.
I've had to troubleshoot this one a few times and I know that a mirror can seriously screw with wireless reception. It was a simple setup; a student had a laptop on a desk directly across from the door to their dorm room. With the door open, the signal was perfect, full strength. With the door closed, the signal was gone. On the back of the door? A tall mirror. Taking down the mirror solved the problem.
I really enjoyed SC3. The "realistic" aliens (which were models, if my memory serves) were a huge step up from the toonish visuals of SC2. (Not to downplay SC2, king of games, at all.)
The colony management was definately different from SC2, and until you make the obligitory fueling stations and shipyard construction bases on a few planets, you're set to go.
There was so much to do, and so many aliens to find, that I don't think I ever got them all. Unfortunately, I think the Ur-Quan spin-offs (Kohr-Ah) were one of the ones I couldn't get to. And some, like those slow-talking dimwits, the Doog, just drove me nuts.
Regardless, there were a heckuva lot of cool, fun ships in the game.
The curse ended with the release of Freedom Force earlier this year. Hailed by critics, applauded by fans, Irrational Games finally did the superhero genre right.
Fans have made mods for Avengers, JLA, Spider-Man, and more. Good game, good fan base, no curse.
For the geek you want to get outdoors, get a basic Garmin eTrex GPS unit for around $100, then point them to geocaching.com. It's a fun geek activity, but maybe not suited to all geeks during the winter months. I'd be caching this weekend, except that I live in NH and it's about 10 degrees outside. (No, I'm not a New England native.) During the summer and fall, I had a great time hunting caches.
Even if they don't want to cache, it's still a neat geek toy.
I was preparing a student of mine to take the AP CS exam (A) a couple of months ago. The coding section is graded very reasonably.
Let's say that in a function you've got a vector of objects and you need to call a member function on a certain set of them that meet a given condition.
If you loop through the elements of the vector, you'll get X points. If you test the objects for the condition properly, you'll get Y points. If you correctly call the member function using the element in the vector, you'll get Z points.
If your intentions are clear, but you make some logic error (OBOE in the loop, missing an upper/lower bound in the condition, etc.) you'll get half credit for that little section. (Generally the "sections" are from one-half to 2 points each, and the full function is around 4 points total, give or take 2 points.)
In addition, if you make a syntax error you *could* lose more points, but *only* if you got points for that section. A lot of errors that people seem worried about (missing semicolons, braces, parens, etc.) don't make you lose points. (If you indent to show where braces are needed, you're okay.)
The things that will cause you to lose more (one-half or 1) points are, in my student's opinion, insanely stupid things that you shouldn't screw up anyway, such as reading in new values for parameters, using types names instead of variable names, not declaring variables, or returning something from a void function. (There are others, but pretty simple like these.)
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You can also hit "A" on your Firefly remote to bring up the guide. Considering that they were using Firefly in the review, that was a pretty glaring oversight.
The idea I came up with for our department's large area of empty floor space was to create a miniature golf course from old computer parts. Sadly, the space is gone now and we have no place to build it. And I was really looking forward to putting up a ramp and through a hollowed out monitor.
It's just a badly placed end quote. I thought he said that the music was bad as well, but it was the submitter that said it, not Flansburgh.
I thought so too, but I went back and double checked the article. (See, it pays to RTFA.)
KONNNNNNNNNGGGGGG!!!!!
Seriously, they mentioned "the wrath of kong" twice, but they never did the yelling. I had to get it out of my system.
Freedom Force, the squad-based superhero tactical RPG, got me in the tutorial when the narrator says, "Why don't you try picking up this light post and using it as a club?" It's fun using everything (except buildings, unfortunately) as a weapon. Cars, light posts, benches, phone booths, hot dog carts... it's a fun game.
I upgraded from the basic Garmin eTrex (aka "Old Yeller") to the Vista model 6 months ago, and it's 100 times better than I expected. I started using my GPS receivers for geocaching and expected the Vista to be an improvement, which it was. However, I use it more frequently when I drive to a new place. With the Mapsource software (about $90 online) I can pretty quickly set up a route from point A to B and it's completely accurate on the road. In fact, it's so accurate that I rarely need to consult a copy of written directions until I get down to a few last minute rapid street turns. The Vista seems comparable in functionality to the GPSMAP 76S.
With that said, however, there's one thing that I would still look for in a new model: autorouting. If you're going to seriously use it for driving, autorouting is a huge help. Without it, you can't easily plan a route away from your computer. Also, once you've downloaded a route into the non-routing GPS, the route displays over the road in a straight line, rather than following the road itself, resulting in a slightly shorter route and a hard to read map. Unfortunately, it looks like only the more expensive models contain autorouting.
Oh, and the Vista has a thumbstick control. That thing rocks. With that in mind, see if you can find a store or someone that will let you hold and try out the GPS before you buy it. The Vista feels very natural to me.
I'd cause the the biggest case of crotch-dot the world has ever seen!
"Hey buddy, you better get that checked out. My uncle died of crotch dot." - Chief Wiggum
He said dual blowers. Huh huh, that's pretty cool.
Whoa! Heh heh. Yeah.
I guess they have room for something like that.
The creators have talked about this before (sorry I can't give a link). Remember the big American version of Godzilla? (I know, you've probably repressed it, but just try.) They teased the Godzilla design all the way up to the release, never showing the full image. The creators of the Hulk (and Spider-Man, too) agreed that this was a bad idea. You're dealing with a primary character that is completely CG, so a lot rests on how he looks. It was important to get the images of Hulk and Spidey out for people to see, and put a lot of fears to rest. Notice that they haven't exactly been hiding Nightcrawler in the X2 previews either.
From the "Other Enhancements" section:
Improves compatibility with Firaxis Civilization III when the application's "Quartz text rendering" option is enabled.
And who says Apple doesn't care about making the Mac a gaming platform?
Go see Daredevil, which opens that day!
Ladies can dig Ben Affleck in the whole red leather outfit, but it's the oh-so-sexy Jennifer Garner in the black leather, kicking ass left and right, that will get me through the long cold night.
I've had to troubleshoot this one a few times and I know that a mirror can seriously screw with wireless reception. It was a simple setup; a student had a laptop on a desk directly across from the door to their dorm room. With the door open, the signal was perfect, full strength. With the door closed, the signal was gone. On the back of the door? A tall mirror. Taking down the mirror solved the problem.
Yep, the Hulk commercial will be in the first quarter. Universal has made ad banners for fans to place on their sites to advertise it.
Of course, it's also online now, thanks to a leak at Universal's website. You can find a link at Superhero Hype!
For a few shots of the big guy (including a closeup of the face), check out this page.
Even though I've seen it on my computer, I'm still itching to see it tonight on the big screen.
I really enjoyed SC3. The "realistic" aliens (which were models, if my memory serves) were a huge step up from the toonish visuals of SC2. (Not to downplay SC2, king of games, at all.)
The colony management was definately different from SC2, and until you make the obligitory fueling stations and shipyard construction bases on a few planets, you're set to go.
There was so much to do, and so many aliens to find, that I don't think I ever got them all. Unfortunately, I think the Ur-Quan spin-offs (Kohr-Ah) were one of the ones I couldn't get to. And some, like those slow-talking dimwits, the Doog, just drove me nuts.
Regardless, there were a heckuva lot of cool, fun ships in the game.
The curse ended with the release of Freedom Force earlier this year. Hailed by critics, applauded by fans, Irrational Games finally did the superhero genre right. Fans have made mods for Avengers, JLA, Spider-Man, and more. Good game, good fan base, no curse.
For the geek you want to get outdoors, get a basic Garmin eTrex GPS unit for around $100, then point them to geocaching.com. It's a fun geek activity, but maybe not suited to all geeks during the winter months. I'd be caching this weekend, except that I live in NH and it's about 10 degrees outside. (No, I'm not a New England native.) During the summer and fall, I had a great time hunting caches.
Even if they don't want to cache, it's still a neat geek toy.
I was preparing a student of mine to take the AP CS exam (A) a couple of months ago. The coding section is graded very reasonably.
Let's say that in a function you've got a vector of objects and you need to call a member function on a certain set of them that meet a given condition.
If you loop through the elements of the vector, you'll get X points. If you test the objects for the condition properly, you'll get Y points. If you correctly call the member function using the element in the vector, you'll get Z points.
If your intentions are clear, but you make some logic error (OBOE in the loop, missing an upper/lower bound in the condition, etc.) you'll get half credit for that little section. (Generally the "sections" are from one-half to 2 points each, and the full function is around 4 points total, give or take 2 points.)
In addition, if you make a syntax error you *could* lose more points, but *only* if you got points for that section. A lot of errors that people seem worried about (missing semicolons, braces, parens, etc.) don't make you lose points. (If you indent to show where braces are needed, you're okay.)
The things that will cause you to lose more (one-half or 1) points are, in my student's opinion, insanely stupid things that you shouldn't screw up anyway, such as reading in new values for parameters, using types names instead of variable names, not declaring variables, or returning something from a void function. (There are others, but pretty simple like these.)