Actually, in the latest movie, bond now drinks bottled water instead of his shaken, not stirred martinis.
They've succumbed to the tea-totallers and PC health-nuts. Apparently he needed a more 'positive' image for the kids.
This is what protesting without thinking accomplishes. Charlies Angels don't carry guns, Bond drinks bottled water, and Terminator 3 will probably 'talk things out'.
Goddamn, if this really bothers you, get a life
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Seriously.
"Giant megacoroprations are adversely affecting the quality of life for my imaginary computer friends!"
This aint no posterchild for mental health and social skills.
There are enough injustices in the world worthy of protest, we don't need virtual ones.
All the "nudge it out of the way" solutions sound flaky to me.
I mean, what if we nudge it enough that it doesn't hit the earth, but instead hits the moon, which falls out of orbit and hits earth.
Or it hits another asteroid, which hits mars, which hits earth.
It sounds like a high-stakes cosmic game of 8-ball played by amateurs. They line up a shot then nail it as hard as they can. Sure you sink the shot you're after, but then the cueball ricochets around the table 4 times, knocking in two of the opponents balls before it scratches.
The only solution is to blow shit up completely. That's also what the human race excels at.
Flat soled birkenstocks are one of the fashion statements you alluded to. They have no proper arch support, and are one of the worst things you can do to your calves, thighs, buttox, and lower back.
Though a pair of properly designed orthopedic shoes would make you look like a retard.
Remember when Kramer met Mel Torme wearing the vertical leap trainers?
I was 6 when the shiney new C64 was sitting under my christmas tree - one off of the first shipment to canada, 2 years before I saw a 1541 disk drive.
I had the fat Programmers Reference Guide (which was my fathers until it became clear that I could make better sense of it), a subscription to Power Play magazine, and a tape with Coco on it. (Anyone remember that learn-about-cpus thingy with the little pacman who would carry data from register to register)
Initially I was jealous of my best friend's Vic 20 with it's vast array of games.. But soon I was typing in the game listings from the Power Play mag, the dancing mouse demo from the Ref. Guide.. Eventually I was deciphering the program flow - reading through the code to figure out what I could safely omit, so I'd have less typing to do. Nah, I dont want high scores, etc.
Before you know it, I was reading and writing BASIC fluently. I had an advanced understanding of boolean logic (even stuff like DeMorgan's theorem) by the time I was 10. I knew how the SID and VIC chips worked, I knew the memory map backwards and forwards, I knew 6810 assembly.
When I said an entry level Palm/Pocket, I wasn't talking about some cheesy calendar, but something that could replace my handheld gaming goodness.. Like a
Zaurus ($350 to $500ish) or a Maestro Handheld Pocket PC (329.99$) at CompUSA.
Though of course, these days the TGXpress will run you 200-300 bucks... I virtually stole that thing from a pawn shop who had it priced as a gameboy. The Nomad is even more rare, though oddly less expensive. You should have called bullshit on that. GBA's are hella-cheap in comparison.
This is a "look what I got" executive toy, like all other palmtops.
I've never seen one put to task on anything I'd call remotely 'useful'.
Most of us can remember 'meeting at 4' without a little beeping mini-computer in our pocket.
Portable games seem to be the killer app for these things, and I'll stick to my Gameboy/GBA/Neogeo Pocket/TGXpress/Sega Nomad/Sega GameGear and Atari Lynx - all of which combined cost me less than an entry level palm.
Most enthusiasts know to leave the next PCI slot next to the AGP free as it is, for at least 2 reasons.
1) Imrove airflow to the Vid Card
2) That first PCI slot often shares an IRQ with the AGP slot - uncool, performance wise.
So for the gamers that the card is targetted for, business as usual.
For everyone else, I'm sure it'll be implemented with a more 'normal' cooler.
If a 1.3ghz tualitan P3 and 1.8ghz P4 can run a low profile cooling setup in a 1U rack, so can this.
Or they could place the GPU back on the 'top' of the card so that heat can rise off it and out of the case, equip it with a more conventional GF4 style sink/fan, and there ya go.
Also note, that this is an optimized, hopped up reference board for Tom, and not something we'll ever be buying. It's like a concept car at a car show.
I've been burned enough with Tom's special 'reviewer edition' hardware ad-hype pieces. Wait for the real thing.
3D graphics are fine and good, I do play enough games to want some polygon-smashing horsepower.
But has nVidia done anything towards improving 2D and multimedia performance yet?
The difference between the Radeons and the GF4's when it comes to watching DVD, using TV-Out, or just plain desktop computing is night-and-day.
The nVidia offerings always seem plagued with washed-out colors, shimmering refresh rates, albeit not nearly as bad as the 3DFX offerings. ATI cards have always been as good as it gets.
Sure I do alot of gaming, but not all of it is in 3D. I also watch movies, write code, surf the net, etc, etc.. Not only does nVidia never pay attention to any of that, nor do any of the review sites.
Video card != 3D Accelerator alone, IMO.
This just in!
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I saw the McDonald story on 60 minutes or something a couple years back. He really is "the" McDonald of Scotland with centuries old royal proclomations and whatnot to back it up.
Though, every time I see/hear it I can't help hearing:
There was a fairly good and locally well-known greek restaurant near where I grew up known as the "Olympic Flame". It was in the same location for over 50 years, doing quite well.
Then one day the IOC decides to trademark the "Olympics", or more succinctly, some dipshit judge decides to allow them to trademark a phrase and symbols that are thousands of years old.
A name change was forced - and the public, not seeing the 'Olympic Flame' when they drove by, assumed it had closed. People stopped coming in droves, and eventually it was forced to close.
I also recall a news story back home about a guy with the (unfortunate) name of Donald Duck. He was actually 10 years older than the cartoon character. He was like in his 70s and a decorated vet when he starts getting harassing C&D letters from Disney.
I guess the only point is that this bullshit happens all the time, you don't have to look far to see it.
A little PR value doesn't hurt. There's nothing evil about it, just one way that the system works indirectly. Besides, it's not like an investment, per se. Think tax writeoff.
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>> What exactly was Ultima Online's 1997 naked riot?
I wondered too.
I've seen ultima fans and find the concept disturbs me greatly.
This is a mental image I didn't need, though I imagine conceding anything to get even a half dozen UO players to put their pants back on.
Actually, in the latest movie, bond now drinks bottled water instead of his shaken, not stirred martinis.
They've succumbed to the tea-totallers and PC health-nuts. Apparently he needed a more 'positive' image for the kids.
This is what protesting without thinking accomplishes. Charlies Angels don't carry guns, Bond drinks bottled water, and Terminator 3 will probably 'talk things out'.
Seriously.
"Giant megacoroprations are adversely affecting the quality of life for my imaginary computer friends!"
This aint no posterchild for mental health and social skills.
There are enough injustices in the world worthy of protest, we don't need virtual ones.
EA's selling, McD's buying. Get over it.
All the "nudge it out of the way" solutions sound flaky to me.
I mean, what if we nudge it enough that it doesn't hit the earth, but instead hits the moon, which falls out of orbit and hits earth.
Or it hits another asteroid, which hits mars, which hits earth.
It sounds like a high-stakes cosmic game of 8-ball played by amateurs. They line up a shot then nail it as hard as they can. Sure you sink the shot you're after, but then the cueball ricochets around the table 4 times, knocking in two of the opponents balls before it scratches.
The only solution is to blow shit up completely. That's also what the human race excels at.
Flat soled birkenstocks are one of the fashion statements you alluded to. They have no proper arch support, and are one of the worst things you can do to your calves, thighs, buttox, and lower back.
Though a pair of properly designed orthopedic shoes would make you look like a retard.
Remember when Kramer met Mel Torme wearing the vertical leap trainers?
Ahh.. Another..
I was 6 when the shiney new C64 was sitting under my christmas tree - one off of the first shipment to canada, 2 years before I saw a 1541 disk drive.
I had the fat Programmers Reference Guide (which was my fathers until it became clear that I could make better sense of it), a subscription to Power Play magazine, and a tape with Coco on it. (Anyone remember that learn-about-cpus thingy with the little pacman who would carry data from register to register)
Initially I was jealous of my best friend's Vic 20 with it's vast array of games.. But soon I was typing in the game listings from the Power Play mag, the dancing mouse demo from the Ref. Guide.. Eventually I was deciphering the program flow - reading through the code to figure out what I could safely omit, so I'd have less typing to do. Nah, I dont want high scores, etc.
Before you know it, I was reading and writing BASIC fluently. I had an advanced understanding of boolean logic (even stuff like DeMorgan's theorem) by the time I was 10. I knew how the SID and VIC chips worked, I knew the memory map backwards and forwards, I knew 6810 assembly.
Thats right.
The Commodore 64 ruined my life.
SYS 64738
The GBA was free, but besides the point.
When I said an entry level Palm/Pocket, I wasn't talking about some cheesy calendar, but something that could replace my handheld gaming goodness.. Like a
Zaurus ($350 to $500ish)
or a
Maestro Handheld Pocket PC (329.99$) at CompUSA.
Though of course, these days the TGXpress will run you 200-300 bucks... I virtually stole that thing from a pawn shop who had it priced as a gameboy. The Nomad is even more rare, though oddly less expensive. You should have called bullshit on that. GBA's are hella-cheap in comparison.
This is a "look what I got" executive toy, like all other palmtops.
I've never seen one put to task on anything I'd call remotely 'useful'.
Most of us can remember 'meeting at 4' without a little beeping mini-computer in our pocket.
Portable games seem to be the killer app for these things, and I'll stick to my Gameboy/GBA/Neogeo Pocket/TGXpress/Sega Nomad/Sega GameGear and Atari Lynx - all of which combined cost me less than an entry level palm.
Most enthusiasts know to leave the next PCI slot next to the AGP free as it is, for at least 2 reasons.
1) Imrove airflow to the Vid Card
2) That first PCI slot often shares an IRQ with the AGP slot - uncool, performance wise.
So for the gamers that the card is targetted for, business as usual.
For everyone else, I'm sure it'll be implemented with a more 'normal' cooler.
If a 1.3ghz tualitan P3 and 1.8ghz P4 can run a low profile cooling setup in a 1U rack, so can this.
Or they could place the GPU back on the 'top' of the card so that heat can rise off it and out of the case, equip it with a more conventional GF4 style sink/fan, and there ya go.
Also note, that this is an optimized, hopped up reference board for Tom, and not something we'll ever be buying. It's like a concept car at a car show.
I've been burned enough with Tom's special 'reviewer edition' hardware ad-hype pieces. Wait for the real thing.
3D graphics are fine and good, I do play enough games to want some polygon-smashing horsepower.
But has nVidia done anything towards improving 2D and multimedia performance yet?
The difference between the Radeons and the GF4's when it comes to watching DVD, using TV-Out, or just plain desktop computing is night-and-day.
The nVidia offerings always seem plagued with washed-out colors, shimmering refresh rates, albeit not nearly as bad as the 3DFX offerings. ATI cards have always been as good as it gets.
Sure I do alot of gaming, but not all of it is in 3D. I also watch movies, write code, surf the net, etc, etc.. Not only does nVidia never pay attention to any of that, nor do any of the review sites.
Video card != 3D Accelerator alone, IMO.
Hippies are lazy!
Movie at 11
> Why am I posting as an anonymous coward from a public library?
I dunno. But it's probably because you're not wearing your tinfoil hat.
Having to pay for the songs you broadcast online isn't exactly the end of freedoms, you dork.
Parent meant 3.6", and Louisville Slugger is, of course, a euphamism.
Translated:
He wants to drill it in the ass. Real dogs keep bite.
I saw the McDonald story on 60 minutes or something a couple years back. He really is "the" McDonald of Scotland with centuries old royal proclomations and whatnot to back it up.
Though, every time I see/hear it I can't help hearing:
"THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!!"
There was a fairly good and locally well-known greek restaurant near where I grew up known as the "Olympic Flame". It was in the same location for over 50 years, doing quite well.
Then one day the IOC decides to trademark the "Olympics", or more succinctly, some dipshit judge decides to allow them to trademark a phrase and symbols that are thousands of years old.
A name change was forced - and the public, not seeing the 'Olympic Flame' when they drove by, assumed it had closed. People stopped coming in droves, and eventually it was forced to close.
I also recall a news story back home about a guy with the (unfortunate) name of Donald Duck. He was actually 10 years older than the cartoon character. He was like in his 70s and a decorated vet when he starts getting harassing C&D letters from Disney.
I guess the only point is that this bullshit happens all the time, you don't have to look far to see it.
A little PR value doesn't hurt. There's nothing evil about it, just one way that the system works indirectly. Besides, it's not like an investment, per se. Think tax writeoff.
> there is enough racism at least in North America ... Think "Made in America".
Typical socialist troll. There's nothing racist about wanting to support your own countries economy.
When you see "Made by Whites" labels, then you can cry racism.
The "FUBU" company doesn't count, though. Racism is apparently something only whites practice.
and many more retarded flamewars, such as Superman vs Batman. All at your local slashdot.
Really, who gives a flying fuck? Quit trying to sell me a macintosh everytime the news slows down.
And you, sir, are too stupid to recognize sarcasm, and too pussy to write the word 'fuck', even anonymously.
Good morrow to you.
It disappeared when they set their clocks back.
Or they realized it was retarded troll fodder.
I'd imagine it *looks* like any windows box. But it's whats on the inside that counts.
> If you take the majority of enemies that Superman has fought and placed Batman in his place
Lex Luthor? Batman would buy him out and put him to work in the mailroom.
Solomon Grundy, Bizarro Superman, Apocolypse
vs
Dr Friese, Poison Ivy, Catwoman, Bain, Clayface, Croc
That'd probably be more interesting than Superman vs Batman
War Machine? (Marvel)
I'm not sure who you're talking about. Megaman looks the most like a lego guy.
M vs C has:
Jin - Capcom (Strider)
Strider Hiryu - Capcom (Strider)
Chun Li - Capcom (Street Fighter)
Ryu - Capcom (Street Fighter)
Zangief - Capcom (Street Fighter)
Morrigan - Capcom (Dark Stalkers)
Captain Commando - Capcom (Captain Commando)
Megaman - Capcom (Megaman)
Spiderman - Marvel
Capt. America - Marvel
Venom - Marvel
Hulk - Marvel
Gambit - Marvel
War Machine - Marvel
Wolverine - Marvel
Orange Hulk - Marvel (Secret)
Roll - Capcom (Megaman - secret)
Hyper Venom - Marvel (Secret)
Lilith - Capcom (Dark Stalkers - Secret)
There are a couple other secret ones I cant remember, and a ton of '3rd party helpers'.
I'm bored. I guess I could work.
Natalie Portman's Hot Grits vs a Beowulf Cluster of Underpants Gnomes!!
It's also the premise of the addon to Alien vs Predator 2 for the PC (Primal Hunt or something?)
Now lets talk Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja, Battletoads/Double Dragon, and Robocop vs Terminator.