No, the projector should be at one end of the room, and your players feet should be nailed to the wall around the projection screen. If anyone complains about the shadows, simply say, "I don't think I've secured you well enough. I think you need another nail."
Well, this is cool in the same way that various hardware hacks and case mods are cool. It's interesting that someone went and did this, and it's admirable that they came up with a pretty sweet solution.
But the summary is a little. . ..I don't know, breathless? Quote: Gamemasters are reduced to drawing explored sections of the map on the playing surface with dry-erase markers or using cardboard tiles representing stretches of corridor. ..gamemaster labor is reduced. .. Oh the horror! Finally, a solution to all that drudgery GMs have had to put up with for thirty years! It's a wonder no one did this sooner. No longer will the GM have to put up with getting dry-erase smudges on his hands. No more back breaking labor as he leans over the table to draw a straight line. This is at least as revolutionary as refrigeration.
But seriously, in the one long term campaign I was involved with for several years, the GM used little generic game pieces (from a Sorry or Parchesi board game) while each of the players used their own figurine to represent their character. We really only used this for marching order and combat. Combat was actually not that common. We spent entire afternoons role playing, rather than roll playing, especially when we needed to gather information.
It helped a great deal that the GM was an actor, and acted out the parts of the NPCs and monsters believably. The interaction really was the best part.
To be honest, this campaign really spoiled me. I haven't been seriously into RPGs since, because they're always slightly disappointing and lackluster. Modules are boring, hack and slash gets boring quickly, leveling gets boring. Maybe I've been unlucky, and I've encountered only one truly imaginative GM in my life.
I can just see it now. Walmart stores built along the lines of the (new) BattleStar Galactica. No networked computers so that the Cylons can't infect Walmart's defense systems.
It depends on what you're calling in sick for. Skiing? Fishing? Release of a new, long anticipated game? Those all sound fully functional. However, if you called the office because you had been vomiting all night and you were to weak to get out of bed, I'd say that were a pretty sick individual.
The ideal is that the only people you give your number to are people that you want to talk to. No doubt Dr. Knuth is careful about whom he gives his number. On top of that, he has a secretary to screen calls.
Slightly different, but similar thinking with the email. Email might make communications with Dr. Knuth more convenient for both the Dr. and the correspondent, but Knuth sacrifices this ease as a means of filtering. Someone of Knuth's stature might get hundreds, if not thousands of "legitimate" pieces of e-mail a day, after filtering for spam.
I'm not telling you anything you're not already aware of. And certainly, our presence here on slashdot indicates that we're not currently worried about interruptions. Still, one can't help but be impressed with such as Dr. Knuth if for no other reason that he's completely set up his life to do what he wants exactly as he sees fit. He wants to be let alone to think and to write.
Wow! You're really an iconoclast! I bet you have some really great, unconventional ideas.
I've got a really great, yet unconventional, idea. Hows about you give me all your money? What do you think? Is that a great (yet unconventional) idea, or what?
Maybe Taiwan would just prefer to be swallowed up by the PRC, if they don't want to stop one of their own from ripping off an American company.
No, I'm not a zealot, I'm a pervert. I get sexually excited when the USA bullies other countries. You would not believe the amount of kleenex I've gone through since Iraq was invaded.
I think the test would be, "Would a reasonable person confuse the copy with the original?" There might be other ways to determine where the line should be drawn between an original product and a copy, but this is pretty straight forward, and has been used by the courts.
Hmmmmm. Coca cola hut. Coca Cola Republic. Coke 'n' Stuff. None of those really works for me. I don't "feel" any consumer excitement. However, if it was an online store, and you called it eCoke.com, I'm already getting out my credit card. =)
None of these other cola products are named Super Coke*, I haven't seen any with swirls, nor the name printed with a similar script. Nor do they taste exactly the same. And as you say, when you are looking at the products on the shelf, it's pretty obvious that these products are NOT coca-cola, that they're "off-brand" products. You know you're purchasing an off brand product. If you saw the super shuffle on the shelf, it would not be obvious that it was a different product or brand.
AFAIK, Coca-cola did not invent or design the can itself. However, you can bet that whoever invented and patented the pop top on the cans we use today profited handsomely.
*Coke is a registered trademark of the Coca Cola Company
Did you see the Swis Army Knife flash memory card? No, I'm not kidding.
Yes, I did, and considered buying one as an xmas gift for my brother-in-law, who is even a bigger geek than I am.
However, I discovered he already has one. Instead, I bought him a jacket from SCOTTEVEST, so he could more easily carry around all the gadgets. I'm absolutely sure that even if there was a single universal gadget which really did everything, that Carl would still own a number of gadgets in addition, and that he'd carry as many as possible with him at all times.
I think you are mistaken if you think there is any requirement to make a donation, token or not, when using Free Software for commercial use. This will depend on the license. If you are using software covered by the GPL, the only thing a company need contribute is any changes that they have made. If they have not made any changes, there is no requirement for them to give anything to the copyright holders.
"But it would be the right thing to do and they'll earn a lot of good will", I hear you saying. Perhaps it would be, but what are the chances that a company willing to engage in a complete rip off of another company will "do the right thing", or gives a shit about good will?
Some people are pleased about this because they don't like Apple. I'd like to point out that a rip-off artist doesn't care about who they're ripping off, so long as it means some sort of gain for them. If they're willing to take on Apple, do you think they'd feel more qualms or less about ripping off an individual?
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No, the projector should be at one end of the room, and your players feet should be nailed to the wall around the projection screen. If anyone complains about the shadows, simply say, "I don't think I've secured you well enough. I think you need another nail."
I think the Sylvia Plath game will be much more to your liking.
Well, this is cool in the same way that various hardware hacks and case mods are cool. It's interesting that someone went and did this, and it's admirable that they came up with a pretty sweet solution.
.I don't know, breathless? Quote: Gamemasters are reduced to drawing explored sections of the map on the playing surface with dry-erase markers or using cardboard tiles representing stretches of corridor. . .gamemaster labor is reduced. . . Oh the horror! Finally, a solution to all that drudgery GMs have had to put up with for thirty years! It's a wonder no one did this sooner. No longer will the GM have to put up with getting dry-erase smudges on his hands. No more back breaking labor as he leans over the table to draw a straight line. This is at least as revolutionary as refrigeration.
But the summary is a little. . .
But seriously, in the one long term campaign I was involved with for several years, the GM used little generic game pieces (from a Sorry or Parchesi board game) while each of the players used their own figurine to represent their character. We really only used this for marching order and combat. Combat was actually not that common. We spent entire afternoons role playing, rather than roll playing, especially when we needed to gather information.
It helped a great deal that the GM was an actor, and acted out the parts of the NPCs and monsters believably. The interaction really was the best part.
To be honest, this campaign really spoiled me. I haven't been seriously into RPGs since, because they're always slightly disappointing and lackluster. Modules are boring, hack and slash gets boring quickly, leveling gets boring. Maybe I've been unlucky, and I've encountered only one truly imaginative GM in my life.
You were eaten by a Dyson.
I can just see it now. Walmart stores built along the lines of the (new) BattleStar Galactica. No networked computers so that the Cylons can't infect Walmart's defense systems.
That... or the network has attained self-awareness and is trying to recruit all our PCs to conquer the world!
Or maybe they just want to unionize.
If you think this is old news being recycled, wait for the dupe.
It depends on what you're calling in sick for. Skiing? Fishing? Release of a new, long anticipated game? Those all sound fully functional. However, if you called the office because you had been vomiting all night and you were to weak to get out of bed, I'd say that were a pretty sick individual.
The ideal is that the only people you give your number to are people that you want to talk to. No doubt Dr. Knuth is careful about whom he gives his number. On top of that, he has a secretary to screen calls.
Slightly different, but similar thinking with the email. Email might make communications with Dr. Knuth more convenient for both the Dr. and the correspondent, but Knuth sacrifices this ease as a means of filtering. Someone of Knuth's stature might get hundreds, if not thousands of "legitimate" pieces of e-mail a day, after filtering for spam.
I'm not telling you anything you're not already aware of. And certainly, our presence here on slashdot indicates that we're not currently worried about interruptions. Still, one can't help but be impressed with such as Dr. Knuth if for no other reason that he's completely set up his life to do what he wants exactly as he sees fit. He wants to be let alone to think and to write.
I haven't been following exchange rates closely, but isn't that almost a million US dollars per month?
Wow! You're really an iconoclast! I bet you have some really great, unconventional ideas.
I've got a really great, yet unconventional, idea. Hows about you give me all your money? What do you think? Is that a great (yet unconventional) idea, or what?
No, you don't get it. YHBT. HAND.
Hey Argent, my hands are a bit full at the moment. Would you mind sticking your hand in my pocket, and skipping a song for me?
Maybe Taiwan would just prefer to be swallowed up by the PRC, if they don't want to stop one of their own from ripping off an American company.
No, I'm not a zealot, I'm a pervert. I get sexually excited when the USA bullies other countries. You would not believe the amount of kleenex I've gone through since Iraq was invaded.
Maybe he was thinking of "Crazy Reo"?
UBM? Sounds more like an instruction than a computer brand.
Sort of like:
10 goto toilet
You didn't bother to taste it. It had provocative hints of BSD, and a nutty aftertaste reminiscent of Warp.
Yeah, I thought that was an incredibly dumb comment, too, and I haven't RTFA.
I think the test would be, "Would a reasonable person confuse the copy with the original?" There might be other ways to determine where the line should be drawn between an original product and a copy, but this is pretty straight forward, and has been used by the courts.
Hmmmmm. Coca cola hut. Coca Cola Republic. Coke 'n' Stuff. None of those really works for me. I don't "feel" any consumer excitement. However, if it was an online store, and you called it eCoke.com, I'm already getting out my credit card. =)
We're really not that different, then. It's funny how people can be totally at odds, when in reality they hold very similar positions.
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Now, let me explain why you are a fool and an idiot for holding an opinion only slightly different from my own. .
Just kidding. =)
None of these other cola products are named Super Coke*, I haven't seen any with swirls, nor the name printed with a similar script. Nor do they taste exactly the same. And as you say, when you are looking at the products on the shelf, it's pretty obvious that these products are NOT coca-cola, that they're "off-brand" products. You know you're purchasing an off brand product. If you saw the super shuffle on the shelf, it would not be obvious that it was a different product or brand.
AFAIK, Coca-cola did not invent or design the can itself. However, you can bet that whoever invented and patented the pop top on the cans we use today profited handsomely.
*Coke is a registered trademark of the Coca Cola Company
Did you see the Swis Army Knife flash memory card? No, I'm not kidding.
Yes, I did, and considered buying one as an xmas gift for my brother-in-law, who is even a bigger geek than I am.
However, I discovered he already has one. Instead, I bought him a jacket from SCOTTEVEST, so he could more easily carry around all the gadgets. I'm absolutely sure that even if there was a single universal gadget which really did everything, that Carl would still own a number of gadgets in addition, and that he'd carry as many as possible with him at all times.
I am betting you find spelling Nazis to be insufflable.
Law concerning "Trade Dressage" would probably be the most applicable here. Trade Dressage is an offshoot of trademark law.
I think you are mistaken if you think there is any requirement to make a donation, token or not, when using Free Software for commercial use. This will depend on the license. If you are using software covered by the GPL, the only thing a company need contribute is any changes that they have made. If they have not made any changes, there is no requirement for them to give anything to the copyright holders.
"But it would be the right thing to do and they'll earn a lot of good will", I hear you saying. Perhaps it would be, but what are the chances that a company willing to engage in a complete rip off of another company will "do the right thing", or gives a shit about good will?
Some people are pleased about this because they don't like Apple. I'd like to point out that a rip-off artist doesn't care about who they're ripping off, so long as it means some sort of gain for them. If they're willing to take on Apple, do you think they'd feel more qualms or less about ripping off an individual?