Sounds like a perfect time to pull out some PSPs and play games together on an ad-hoc wireless connection.
One thing nobody talks about that is solid gold for gaming on small amounts of time is the PSP's sleep feature. You can put it to "sleep" anytime, and come back later and resume play. Say goodbye to boot-up times - it sleeps and wakes up in less than a second.
"But what about the battery?", you ask. I've put games to sleep on the PSP, come back over 24 hours later, and woken them up - and not even a bar of power has disappeared from the power meter. In sleep mode, the PSP uses very very little power. I don't even turn the thing off anymore, except if I'm going to switch games. I just put it into sleep, and wake it up when I have a few minutes to play. Being able to just pick up where you left off, and not have to spend 2 minutes going through the boot-up and splash screen and menu process, is pure gold. You don't realize how wonderful and welcome this is until you make use of it.
I really could have gone without hearing the phrase "impregnate your mom" this evening.
I'm sorry that talk your mother and I gave you was so upsetting.
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There is good music, but what's annoying are the 14 year old fanbois that think Uematsu is Beethoven. Video game music is FAR from the be-all end-all of music, but good luck convincing some of these guys. It's like the anime nerds that slobber over the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack, but run away scared from an actual jazz album.
>> That's like Paris Hilton saying "Yeah, I'll do you". It's meaning less.
Sez you. I don't mind that everyone's been in there. Everyone's been to Disneyland and it's still fun. I'm sure there's still plenty of fun to be found in Paris.
It amazes and saddens me how often fans (usually "nerdier" ones) of sci-fi, fantasy, and/or anime glorify the absolute worst that these genres/types of entertainment have to offer.
I'd bet a good reason some of these things remain niche is the fact that the fanbase evangelizes the total shit over the intelligent, quality material.
1) Identify 2 sites that implement "countermeasures,"
2) Start a small DoS attach against each one while spoofing the source address of the other.
3) Sit back and laugh your ass off as they both escalate and take each other out!
Great idea! It's like cockfighting for the 21st century!
If you're going to make reference to "god" or "God", don't censor it. Are you that insecure with the idea? You don't see people typing *llah or Sh*va or Z*d, do you? It doesn't mean you necessarily believe something - it just makes you look like an idiot.
>> Perhaps we should point out that wearing your pants around your ankles and farting loudly during interviews also have the potential to decrease your job prospects?
Fuck! That's why I didn't get a callback!
Nonsense. Playing with a gamepad is easy. While you don't get the same lightning-fast speed, what some people just don't get is that everyone else has the same limitation too. It is a bit harder, but that doesn't make it unsuitable for a game, any more so than the limitation of not being able to use your hands makes soccer unplayable.
Everyone is calling "hype!", but a worldwide simultaneous release is nothing to sneeze at. Recall the PS2 shortages upon its launch in Japan only - THOSE shortages weren't hype, they were realized. Microsoft is making a very ambitious move in doing the simultaneous worldwide release, and there unquestionably ARE going to be challenges in filling demand without any sort of staggering of the release.
How much software do "most home users" need to buy?
Operating system, web browser, e-mail, chat/IM, music player, photo software, CD/DVD burning, movie editing, music making software? All included with a new Mac.
Office software? Well the good news will be a usable version of OpenOffice. But for people that NEED MS Office - well, if you NEED MS Office, then you usally NEED a version that isn't 5 years old.
High-end commercial software? "Most home users" don't need high-end commercial software. And for the people that do, the typical "upgrade" paths will no doubt migrate them across architectures.
And as a last resort, there's the "Rosetta" PPC emulation for one's old software. It'll run your old version of Office until you're ready for an upgrade.
... is when a console embraces mouse-and-keyboard support like the Phantom lapboard (of myth and legend, of course).
I play games like Halo 2 and SOCOM 2 with a gamepad, but some people have to have the mouse and keyboard, and yeah, it does work well. Probably more important than mouse-and-keyboard in shooters is mouse-and-keyboard in online RPGs. Consoles will eventually chase the space held by World of Warcraft, City of Heroes, and Everquest. The PS2 Everquest and FFXI are first steps, but eventually, it's going to take the mouse and keyboard control.
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Now, do you have a plan for the other 95% of air pollution? Or do you live in a fantasy land where SUVs are the cause of everything bad?
However, what you say here is truth - the Do Not Call list works. Perfectly? No. But a hell of a lot more effective than nothing? Yes.
One thing nobody talks about that is solid gold for gaming on small amounts of time is the PSP's sleep feature. You can put it to "sleep" anytime, and come back later and resume play. Say goodbye to boot-up times - it sleeps and wakes up in less than a second.
"But what about the battery?", you ask. I've put games to sleep on the PSP, come back over 24 hours later, and woken them up - and not even a bar of power has disappeared from the power meter. In sleep mode, the PSP uses very very little power. I don't even turn the thing off anymore, except if I'm going to switch games. I just put it into sleep, and wake it up when I have a few minutes to play. Being able to just pick up where you left off, and not have to spend 2 minutes going through the boot-up and splash screen and menu process, is pure gold. You don't realize how wonderful and welcome this is until you make use of it.
Your posts have no future. Please leave and let our company's posters handle things.
I'm sorry that talk your mother and I gave you was so upsetting.
Go for it, Billy G!
Sez you. I don't mind that everyone's been in there. Everyone's been to Disneyland and it's still fun. I'm sure there's still plenty of fun to be found in Paris.
It amazes and saddens me how often fans (usually "nerdier" ones) of sci-fi, fantasy, and/or anime glorify the absolute worst that these genres/types of entertainment have to offer.
I'd bet a good reason some of these things remain niche is the fact that the fanbase evangelizes the total shit over the intelligent, quality material.
OMG INUYASHA! DRAGON BALL Z! ENTERPRISE!
Great idea! It's like cockfighting for the 21st century!
Operating system, web browser, e-mail, chat/IM, music player, photo software, CD/DVD burning, movie editing, music making software? All included with a new Mac.
Office software? Well the good news will be a usable version of OpenOffice. But for people that NEED MS Office - well, if you NEED MS Office, then you usally NEED a version that isn't 5 years old.
High-end commercial software? "Most home users" don't need high-end commercial software. And for the people that do, the typical "upgrade" paths will no doubt migrate them across architectures.
And as a last resort, there's the "Rosetta" PPC emulation for one's old software. It'll run your old version of Office until you're ready for an upgrade.
That's the great thing about partisan politics - they allow stupid people like yourself to get by in life without having to do any thinking!
Skilled developers who can code a game into something FUN are.
You don't get that from offshoring to India.
Why can't they be like Debian? Those CDs, you can pass on to your children and they're still current.
And I got laid! We're all fucked!
I play games like Halo 2 and SOCOM 2 with a gamepad, but some people have to have the mouse and keyboard, and yeah, it does work well. Probably more important than mouse-and-keyboard in shooters is mouse-and-keyboard in online RPGs. Consoles will eventually chase the space held by World of Warcraft, City of Heroes, and Everquest. The PS2 Everquest and FFXI are first steps, but eventually, it's going to take the mouse and keyboard control.