Fun fact, you can play those games on a PC in the living room.
Absolutely true. However, while setting up a media center PC is no big deal to you or most of slashdot, it's intimidating for a lot of people. There are people who enjoy video games, but do not not enjoy technology. (These are not the people of slashdot:-) It is for the non-tech people, who I think outnumber the other, that consoles are meant for. Now, in 20 years when the current generation who was raised with technology is parenting, then it might be different. But for now, consoles aren't going anywhere simply because PCs have better graphics.
They want to be in their living rooms, sharing the experience with others.
Absolutely. I used to scoff at consoles, but their value is in the fun of the games. The obsession with graphics, framrate, and horsepower doesn't necessarily translate to a better experience. It's like arguing that 3D makes movies better. One of the most fun games to play is Super Smash Bros. It's not cutting edge technology, its just . As long as there are people who are only playing games for fun, and just want to put a disk in and play, there will be consoles.
But the Super Bowl and Fourth down are football things. Not basketball things.
As for sports at the upper levels, there is more involved than merely picking the correct play. You need not only the play, but the execution of it. Coaches do far more than just come up with strategy, they also, as the name implies, COACH.
True. If you're not trying something new then tehre can't be a stumble. Google is willing to try new things and take risks. When they are no longer willing to to do, when the fear of failure overcomes their desire to improve, that's when they will have their best days behind them.
Blaming its lack of success on the R rating is just a cover story for the real problem.
A poorly done movie is never going to be a box office success (My own opinions of Titanic and Avatar notwithstanding:-). The R rating though means that you less likely to get the accidental traffic. The, "Well since our movie is sold out, what else is playing at this time" type of traffic. The reason for the R rating is also important. I don't recall there being much int he movie that earned them the R that was actually necessary for the story they were telling.
I think it is a rather good translation of the comic book which is one of the best comics ever written.
I read it and saw the movie but wasn't overwhelmingly impressed with either. I'm not a huge fan of super hero stories anyway, so a counterpoint to them was, for the most part, lost on me. But I can certainly see from a taste perspective how so many would enjoy. The movie though I was unimpressed with myself taste-wise, and I just didn't think it was effective story-telling. Even the sex scene seem uninspired ond overdrawn. Seriously! I didn't even think that was possible:-)
So that's why I'm curious what his taste in movies is.
I am very much in the camp of the parent. I did not think it was well done in the least. I am curious to know, when you say, "Best you've ever seen," what are some of the other best movies you've seen?
Neither this law, nor the original version of it, would have retroactive applicability; in other words, you can't make something illegal today, and then prosecute the guy that did it yesterday
Not only un-Constitutional, but if it were applied retroactively it would also affect Cheney, Bush, et al for the Plame thing, too.
Having used both a iPhone and also a friend's W7 phone, I can say that the Windows phone was far superior. Just because Apple has better marketing and a built in fanbase doesn't mean Microsoft's product is bad.
Isn't the NY Times Best Seller list also the one who changed its definitions because the Harry Potter books kept dominating it? I could've sworn that at one point books 1 through 5 were all on there and they decided that childrens books were no longer welcome.
Oh yes. And she proudly told me how the San Francisco Bay Area edition was created in Los Angeles. Granted LA is closer than New York, but the culture of the Bay Area istill far different from either.
I remember in the early 90's my roomate had an Apple and referred to everything as an Application. I had always thought in terms of Programs, and thought calling a Program an Application was just stupid. The world may have changed, but my opinion has not.
Are you sure? I could've sworn that Quaoar transiting Ophiuchus for the next 7 Parsecs made Aquarius reciprocate counter-clockwise to the left until Lent.
With full internet access on the iPad, why would someone want local news as brought to them by a company 1000's of miles away when its far easier to just download or create an icon link to a real local news source that is likely more current, more accurate and already familiar.
Yep. When I was in the Bay Area I got a telemarketer calling asking if I wanted to subscribe to the New York Times. I politely told her I wasn't interested because, surprise!, I didn't live in New York. She seemed surprised that that entered in to the equation at all. It was, after all, as she kept saying, "THE New York Times."
I finally just flat out told her that I had been to New York and, frankly, wasn't impressed. Let alone pay money for their paper.
Lots of astronomical terms are very vague in their definition.
True. Does the difference between a Cluster and Galaxy really amount to that much anyway? Pluto at least we were familiar with as a planet and a couple generations of kids, at least, were taught it was a planet. So chaning it actually did have some affect. If Cluster HG42 gets reclassified as Galaxy HG42, does that really change much?
Power can surge or go out briefly due to a car accident or fallen branch from miles away; events in the immediate local neighborhood have nothing to do with it.
Absolutely true. I'm sure there was some physical cause of it somewhere, just a question of whether that event happened as a coincidence or was caused to physically happen through Divine Intervention.
the laws of probability dictate that the improbable still happens.
Yep. I absolutely agree. The thing is though that she wasn't regularly asking for signs. It was a one time shot that coincided with a power outage. So yes, people do win the lottery because millions of people are constantly playing, so eventually one of those millions gets the pay out. And there are millions of people asking for signs at any given time, but I think the odds of hit hitting for the one time the question is asked would be akin to someone playing the lottery for the first and only time in their life and winning, yes?
I'm not saying it is one or the other, or that it isn't one or the other. I'm just relaying what happened as an event that I consider quite out of the ordinary.
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Fun fact, you can play those games on a PC in the living room.
:-) It is for the non-tech people, who I think outnumber the other, that consoles are meant for. Now, in 20 years when the current generation who was raised with technology is parenting, then it might be different. But for now, consoles aren't going anywhere simply because PCs have better graphics.
Absolutely true. However, while setting up a media center PC is no big deal to you or most of slashdot, it's intimidating for a lot of people. There are people who enjoy video games, but do not not enjoy technology. (These are not the people of slashdot
They want to be in their living rooms, sharing the experience with others.
Absolutely. I used to scoff at consoles, but their value is in the fun of the games. The obsession with graphics, framrate, and horsepower doesn't necessarily translate to a better experience. It's like arguing that 3D makes movies better. One of the most fun games to play is Super Smash Bros. It's not cutting edge technology, its just . As long as there are people who are only playing games for fun, and just want to put a disk in and play, there will be consoles.
But the Super Bowl and Fourth down are football things. Not basketball things.
As for sports at the upper levels, there is more involved than merely picking the correct play. You need not only the play, but the execution of it. Coaches do far more than just come up with strategy, they also, as the name implies, COACH.
} Got a car analogy?
G. M.
A few stumblings here and there aside.
True. If you're not trying something new then tehre can't be a stumble. Google is willing to try new things and take risks. When they are no longer willing to to do, when the fear of failure overcomes their desire to improve, that's when they will have their best days behind them.
Blaming its lack of success on the R rating is just a cover story for the real problem.
:-). The R rating though means that you less likely to get the accidental traffic. The, "Well since our movie is sold out, what else is playing at this time" type of traffic. The reason for the R rating is also important. I don't recall there being much int he movie that earned them the R that was actually necessary for the story they were telling.
A poorly done movie is never going to be a box office success (My own opinions of Titanic and Avatar notwithstanding
I think it is a rather good translation of the comic book which is one of the best comics ever written.
:-)
I read it and saw the movie but wasn't overwhelmingly impressed with either. I'm not a huge fan of super hero stories anyway, so a counterpoint to them was, for the most part, lost on me. But I can certainly see from a taste perspective how so many would enjoy. The movie though I was unimpressed with myself taste-wise, and I just didn't think it was effective story-telling. Even the sex scene seem uninspired ond overdrawn. Seriously! I didn't even think that was possible
So that's why I'm curious what his taste in movies is.
I am very much in the camp of the parent. I did not think it was well done in the least. I am curious to know, when you say, "Best you've ever seen," what are some of the other best movies you've seen?
Neither this law, nor the original version of it, would have retroactive applicability; in other words, you can't make something illegal today, and then prosecute the guy that did it yesterday
Not only un-Constitutional, but if it were applied retroactively it would also affect Cheney, Bush, et al for the Plame thing, too.
Having used both a iPhone and also a friend's W7 phone, I can say that the Windows phone was far superior. Just because Apple has better marketing and a built in fanbase doesn't mean Microsoft's product is bad.
Isn't the NY Times Best Seller list also the one who changed its definitions because the Harry Potter books kept dominating it? I could've sworn that at one point books 1 through 5 were all on there and they decided that childrens books were no longer welcome.
It's like a chihuahua barking at a tiger.
Since the avenue for venting about the iPhone is always at AT&T, it'll also be interesting to see if a lot of the same problems occur under Verizon.
Oh yes. And she proudly told me how the San Francisco Bay Area edition was created in Los Angeles. Granted LA is closer than New York, but the culture of the Bay Area istill far different from either.
I remember in the early 90's my roomate had an Apple and referred to everything as an Application. I had always thought in terms of Programs, and thought calling a Program an Application was just stupid. The world may have changed, but my opinion has not.
The sun is in Aquarius right now
Are you sure? I could've sworn that Quaoar transiting Ophiuchus for the next 7 Parsecs made Aquarius reciprocate counter-clockwise to the left until Lent.
There's not much you can do about MORONS, one way or another, they may kill themselves.
Nature has been killing the ill-prepared for as long as there have been humans. Why do you think her opposite is called Nurture?
RTFA!
Can't. The Sun is in the House of Taurus right now. Bad time for reading pertinent information. Sorry.
With full internet access on the iPad, why would someone want local news as brought to them by a company 1000's of miles away when its far easier to just download or create an icon link to a real local news source that is likely more current, more accurate and already familiar.
Yep. When I was in the Bay Area I got a telemarketer calling asking if I wanted to subscribe to the New York Times. I politely told her I wasn't interested because, surprise!, I didn't live in New York. She seemed surprised that that entered in to the equation at all. It was, after all, as she kept saying, "THE New York Times."
I finally just flat out told her that I had been to New York and, frankly, wasn't impressed. Let alone pay money for their paper.
Lots of astronomical terms are very vague in their definition.
True. Does the difference between a Cluster and Galaxy really amount to that much anyway? Pluto at least we were familiar with as a planet and a couple generations of kids, at least, were taught it was a planet. So chaning it actually did have some affect. If Cluster HG42 gets reclassified as Galaxy HG42, does that really change much?
Why does the White House need (sticks pinky to mouth) ONE MILLION electric cars?
I bet they haven't even figured out where they are going to park them, either.
Face. Book.
It's the first post and someone is already calling him on it...
well I hope something good came of it then.
I appreciate that, and, I really think it did. Perhaps that's the most important question?
Power can surge or go out briefly due to a car accident or fallen branch from miles away; events in the immediate local neighborhood have nothing to do with it.
Absolutely true. I'm sure there was some physical cause of it somewhere, just a question of whether that event happened as a coincidence or was caused to physically happen through Divine Intervention.
the laws of probability dictate that the improbable still happens.
Yep. I absolutely agree. The thing is though that she wasn't regularly asking for signs. It was a one time shot that coincided with a power outage. So yes, people do win the lottery because millions of people are constantly playing, so eventually one of those millions gets the pay out. And there are millions of people asking for signs at any given time, but I think the odds of hit hitting for the one time the question is asked would be akin to someone playing the lottery for the first and only time in their life and winning, yes?
I'm not saying it is one or the other, or that it isn't one or the other. I'm just relaying what happened as an event that I consider quite out of the ordinary.