I agree with your post, and I myself wonder why people complain about Nintendo's response to the ROM question. I don't think many of them really wanted the solution solved, because it would undermine the main argument for using ROMS (Commercial inavailability)
That said, I picked up zelda for my SP yesterday, and it's great finally being able to play it again legally, and with proper handles. But why, I ask, why did Nintendo include the slowdown when 7 or so enemies are on screen? The GBA is capable of handling that many sprites, and a "pure" emulation is already off the table, due to the screen format. It just seemed like an odd decision, that had to be actively made, to not clean up technical issues. Still, I'm glad they didn't spruce up the graphics, or make Link say "Ha!" Everytime he swings his sword.
And for those curious, Zelda 1, when played with proper handles, is still one of the best games ever. Easily in the top 5. I thank Nintendo profusely for re-releasing it.
If Microsoft wants to advertise on a website with a anti microsoft stance, what does it hurt for that website to take the money?
It does no harm at all. I always laugh around election seasons when candidates start running radio ads. There is a local conservative station, and last election cycle Ellen Taucher (democrat) was running ads on that station nonstop. The radio station cannot say no to the ad, because politicians have written the law so you can't say no to their ads, and they get a cut rate too. Without going off on a tangent, the effect of these commercials were this. #1 She spent a lot of money. #2 She reached a constituency which was likely to vote a straight repub party ticket, and #3 The conservative radio station made money.
My advice to you is to laugh. Laugh as you receive their funds, and laugh as they go into the bank. If Ford wants to advertise on a website catering to Die Hard Honda enthusiasts, why not take Fords money?
Correct me if I'm wrong, and I very possibly could be, but the whole push towards unleaded gas in the US was a function of clean air/water environmentalists wanting a fuel with less (theoretical) environmental impact.
Of course, they didn't just ask nicely, but rather they pushed congress to pretty much force US car manufacturers to stop producing Diesel engines. After the demand fell off, so did the supply, and the number of stations that even offered diesel, hence the high prices.
Of course, should I be wrong, I anticipate the correction already brewing from some slashdotter.
reat country, America: Living up to its history of lies, deception, double-dealing, and bullying tactics.
Read the other posts by me in this thread. This is exactly what I am talking about. You are spending an enormous ammount of your own personal time, and energy, insulting, and slandering a country, which on balance, is no threat to country's that don't start shit with us. And all the while, as you shake your fist at our non-100%socialized medicine, and about missile defense, or about the other thing, you've got lovelies in North Korea, The middle east, south america, pick a spot on the globe, all loving the fact that noone is paying attention to them. Look around! Get your bearings!! Get a sense of proportion!!! We are at war with Afghanistan and Iraq. Why? Because they are part of a terrorist network which routinely seeks to destroy US interests, and not just on 911. We are doing something that we have deemed necessary. And rather than waste your ATP on bitching and moaning about the US, do something to make the world a better place!
Rather than bitch about what a piss poor job America has done leading the world, LEAD THE WORLD! You want the reins to slip from our hands, and WE want the reins to slip from our hands, SO TAKE THEM! America is not at all comfortable in being the Be all and End all for every other country in the world. We chafe under the position of leader, Welfare agency, and protector to the world as well, as evidenced by the current social divide in america today. But a ton of you don't actually live in america, so you listen to the bitchers and moaners who do, or claim they do, or visited once, and met some guy who gave them a shifty look, and so therefor all amereicans are shifty, and you take their word for it that this is what America is all about.
It isn't so. . The anti-US propanda floating around is more orwellian than current US policy.
It certainly wasn't always the case. You guys had a few dust-ups yourselves in the 20th century neh? But that said, the EU is pushing for a united europe in ernest right now, which is essentially the same federal/state level system, and, Wisely I think, they are adopting the same system of free travel between states.
Again, My argument is not that Europe is worse. My argument is that people are fictionalizing reality in America. We do not have monitors affixed to walls displaying our presidents face all day long. North Korea's got plenty of em though. Mightent you focus on that for 2.5 seconds?
For too many people, some even US citizens, are involved in a personal vendetta against the U.S. that has little to do with reality, and is devoid of any sense of portionality. This is not going to last forever people. Much like Italy after the airport assault, we are enhancing security. It has to be done. We are going after those responsible. It has to be done. Anyone reading this post knows full well that their nation would do the exact same thing because it is the logical thing to do.
Traveling between European countries when you are a european citizen is roughly analagous to travelling between US states when you are a US citizen. You are subject to the new states laws, but you are free to pass through/stay/what have you. I'm not arguing that any country is worse then us. I've been to England, Italy, and Canada, and I have had little trouble at all.
My essential point is Don't believe the hype. Cats like the parent post to which I initially responded make it sound like looking at the US border makes you subject to a Cavity search, which can be administered at any time in the ensuing 90 days.
I read his response, and I simply don't believe him. Either he is ommitting something, or there was something going on that he didn't know about. Maybe security was actively looking for a car Just like his friends.
Lastly, we are not accustomed to heavy handed tactics in the United States. We haven't been cowed to it. Why do you think there is so much bitching about guantanamo bay/airport searches/etc... If we were all down with the program, so much noise would not be being made in the US. I'm just more than slightly tired of being accused of being a sub-standard stewerd of freedom from proud socialists like the initial parent poster. Wonderful Health system indeed. But that's a topic for another day.
I am 26 years old, have lived in the US my entire life, and have never had a firearm of any kind pointed at me. That said, were I crossing a border into another nation, say mexico, there is an understanding that firearms might be present.
As for having the rifle pointed *at* you, I strongly suspect that you are exagerating, or made one of those hilarious jokes that security folk love so much, like "Look out for the bomb in my luggage."
If you're curious why America is so "militant", it's because not too long ago, over 3 thousand people died in an attack that destroyed more commercial space then exists in all of San Francisco. Ask yourself how you might feel if, oh, say, downtown Ottowa was utterly leveled.
I'm no fan of certain clauses of the patriot act, including the allowance for feds to search property without presenting a warrant. But to suggest that there is no reason for this, other than to create a militant police state ignores facts which are fully in evidence.
But I forgot, that I'm not allowed to cite the events of September 11th, because doing so makes me a Jingoist. Curse our surly, greedy, unrefined society!
I won't defend it's sequel, but Driver 1 was one of the most well polished games I have ever had the joy of playing. Difficulty curve? High, to be sure. The number of times I had to redo the *ahem* certification exam in the parking garage cannot be counted. But you're complaining about pop-up? This was a PS1 game. Pop up was a fact of life. Play Grand tourismo 1 again, and you'll remember. Driver 1 had surface reflections, huge maps, tight handles, excellent sound, and really nothing to complain about except the weird motel room UI. The Huge real cities were unheard of at that time. The SF map let you drive through about 70% of the entire city. Again, that size of a map was unheard of at the time.
Sorry, but that game is in my top 10 console game list (and the PC version was even better, pity it doesn't run on XP), and I feel the need to defend it.
Phased antenna array is valid, but it's just as messy a term as inferometer to the layman, so why not just use the things name?
And true, we are not all Edwin Hubble here on/., some people do come for the LOTR and stay for the science, but the title description of/. indicates the intended audience are of nerdish persuation. If a nerd can't go to a nerd website, and hear a nerdy term used in all it's nerdy precision, then where, I ask Where can that nerd go?
It's like the nuggets you read about in forbes, or the times-picayune, about how many library of congresses can fit on a chip 1000th the size of a human hair. Save that baloney for the norms. I want to know how many terabytes of data it can store, and it's width in imperial units (with the mandatory conversion for our wayward metric brethren following).
Rather than call it a "network of telescopes" or an array, call it by it's name, an interferometer. The state of science journalism is bad enough, but this is/., and I don't come here to have topics spoonfed to me with fourth grade vocabulary. Even the linked article refers to this "network of telescopes" by it's proper name. I know I'm nitpicking, but we have words for things, and we should use them!
And in an effort to be ontopic, hooray for the efficient utilization of existing resources!
Bozell like so many others are starting to realize that the internet is an end-around on many of the established ways in which commerce has typically been regulated/disrupted. He's upset because he doesn't have the freedom to restrict it's availablity, because it's on the internet for *Gasp* 20 dollars cheaper than a new game in the stores. And to add insult to injury, If the product is not a physical object, The gov, et all can't demand it be sold behind the counter in a brown wrapper.
Just wait though, "watchdogs groups" will eventually get the interstate commerce clause to be inclusive of bits traveling across networks, and Bozell will have his way.
Given your desire to criticise other people for what they choose to do on their own property, on their own time, You might want to consider a rewarding career in congress, or your local legislative body. That way, you can criticise people, and gorge from the public trough, At the same time!!
Yes, in the heady days of 10 yard fight, and baseball simulator 1000, there were no team names, or player names, and it was fine.
But graphics then were terrible. You had no expectation that sprite A would look or behave like Jerry Rice.
Now however, when we can watch the Wide receivers eyes track the ball before he catches it on an instant replay, things like getting accurate names/team names matter greatly.
I've always been a fan of the game competing with madden, most recently ESPN/NFL2x, but if this deal goes through, the only other football games we'll see will be akin to NFL blitz. No company will invest the resources in a simulation without naming rights.
This is anti-competitive, but that's been EA's style all along. Can't compete with Command and conquer? Buy Westwood.
At least EA realizes that their utter marketplace ownership of video-football is not due to a superior product, and they need to somehow bolster their stance. Improve the game? Nah, why not just put sega/microsoft/989 out of the sports business.
The sole reason I was pleased when I heard that nintendo was releasing a "realistic" Zelda was because that was what the consumer base was clearly demanding.
I loved Wind Waker, and I anticipate seeing a new generation of cell shading from nintendo, regardless of franchise, but it was clear that the cell shaded zelda was a point of contention amongst the fanbase.
The customer may be many things, but even if your last name is Miyamoto, you must concede the customer is always right. Because even if he's wrong, he's still not buying your product.
Yeah, those sound like objective, non-politically motivated quotes. I have it on good sources that:
"mozumder cannot tell the difference between a qualitative analysis, and something that was taken out of a book designed to slam bush."
"Muzumder is alltogether willing to abandon common sense, and accept that bush doesn't know anything at all about the rather broad topic of 'policy'"
"Muzumder has an axe to grind, but uses a very soft stone. Consequently, he ends up looking like a jackass."
Just because someone said something, even if it was in print, does not make it so. I never liked Clinton, in fact, I was one of the haters, but I never did anything so foolish as to suggest he was going to suspend national elections, like so many tinfoil hat conservatives did. Why? Because the idea is preposterous on the face of it. Is bush an eloquent speaker? Clearly he is not. Do you believe for one second that he does not have any knowledge of anything that could fall under the heading "policy"? If so, you are the fool, not bush. For an administration to contain a cabinet as diverse in opinion as his does, yet to not consider diverse viewpoints would be rather self-defeating, wouldn't it?
Observation of the Polical scene requires thought, and examination. Quotes from the preface of a book whose entire purpose is to slam Bush do not qualify for the former, nor the latter. Dunce cap for you slappy.
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...is when you're trying to take a long exposure of the night sky. Sure enough, there's that tell-tale streak.
City dwellers don't see the ISS often, but go out to a good dark spot suitable for really examining heavenly objects, and you will realize just how many sattelites/orbiting objects are really up there, and how obvious they are.
I must admit, it was novel the first couple of times. At this point however, I'm beginning to advocate bases on the moon.
By the way, Im not saying building a computer, a car, or a pencil doesn't create waste, but most of those statistics bandied about the ammount of waste involved creating a computer are misleading to flat out false. Most of the weight involved is water, and using 1 gallon of water does not mean there is one less gallon of water in the world. The water gets re-introduced back into the very system from whence it came.
Human beings are not the only creatures on this planet, and we all need water. My god, how do we still have any left?
And in a futile attempt to stay on topic, act locally. Don't upgrade to longhorn. I don't intend to, particularly if these specs are accurate.
I'm 26, and view myself as a pretty hard-core conservative. One area I differ with basically all politicians, but mainly conservatives, is I'm against the death penalty for moral reasons.
That said, I think much of the backlash towards "liberals" is based on the fact that the US underwent a cultural revolution in the 60's that was as real as any civil war, it just happened socially. As the baby boom generation started to get into positions of influence (professorships, news-reporting, legislatures, law offices) in the 70's, and 80's, you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting someone telling you you shouldn't be swinging a dead cat, because it was politically incorrect for one reason or another.
The group that started out talking about how you should free your mind of your own initiative, changed when they got power. Now, rather than it being something you Should do, it became something you must do, or you'll be prosecuted, or called the devil, or be compared to hitler.
I'm a republican out of San Francisco, and I became a conservative because I instinctively knew that if all all media outlets essentially agreed with each other on everything, then certain viewpoints weren't being heard. I had to find other mediums, such as the evil talk radio, and the dastardly internet, but during the process of finding opinion/news from an outlet other then the SF chronacle/examiner/daily worker, I began to truly resent the united front that had been built in the media.
I think you will find something similar in the current generation of 20 somethings that show disdain for tree huggers, et all. You could appropriately label it a counter-revolution.
Thanks again for the polite query. If you're ever in town, and you want to hear a smart mo-fo on the radio, listen to Bill Wattenberg on 810am, sat/sunday nights from 10pm-1am. That's your news for nerds right there.
and the hell demon community. When someone dares to say anything negative, or heaven for bid, Shoots a hell demon, you guys get all up in arms, indignant about the shabby treatment you get.
But where are you when your demonic hordes are defiling bleak hungarian villages? Where's your statement urging restraint from fellow demons? I haven't seen such hypocricy since the great zombie protest on the Washington mall in 97, and we all know how that ended.
Simply obtaining factory floor insurance, so-called "slip and fall" policies have been very hard to obtain for the launch companies. The mere word "rocket" scares them off. (One company has been turned down by 22 insurers so far.)
When I think of difficulties faced by these companies, I think of engineering hurdles. Getting insurance is one of those things that I didn't think about, but imagine it from the insurance companies perspective.
Well sir, I think you'll find X-COR will be well served by the policies we have to offer. Now, what kind of workplace hazards would you say you deal with regularly? Rocket fuel you say. Well I'm certain we can work...and this is for what now? Orbital flight you say..."
I imagine that meeting OSHA standards alone would be a non-trivial barrier to starting such a company
I'm trying to bend my mind to see if it would be in any way possible, but I would imagine that it would be impossible to keep the hard shell from imploding prior to actually rising.
The reason regular blimps work, and this presumebly can't, is that the air, while it would love to get inside the norm baloon to even out densities, can't because the shell is supported (pushed outward) by all the gas have you inside, and it doesn't require too much persuading to just have the air be content to be below the shell.
With a vacuum however, the support of the shell would have nothing to defend against the air trying to get in, except perhaps additional metal/whatever struts, which of course would add to the weight of the craft. Fun thought excercise though.
Plus, I just like anthropomorphizing things, like air.
Just assign the L and R as modifiers, so that A by itself is light punch, L+A=Medium punch, R+A= Hard punch. Is it going to play the same? No. Is it still playable? Yes.
Here's a clue, pal. US foreign policy objectives have NOTHING to do with human rights or democracy, except as a matter of piety.
Just like your "Peace movement" have nothing to do with Peace, but a convenient opportunity to engage in your favorite passtime "America is always wrong"
Hi, I'm Jeff Spicoli, and we're here for yet another game of.... Audience:America's always wrong! Spicoli:Our first contestant of the day is the son of a doctor, who's been in college 8 years, and has never had to have a job! Lets give it up for Frank! Frank, our first question to you is: Why did America aid Sadaam in the 80's? Your choices are: A)Iraq was in imminent danger of being overrun by the mullahcracy in Iran, thus threatening to create a superstate in the middle east, throwing the balance of power dangerously out of kilter, B) Because Reagan and Rumsfeld are child eating killers, or C) Because America is the focus of evil in the world. Your answer Frank? Frank:I'm going to go with C Jeff.
SpicoliThat's right! We also would have accepted B! And now here's Guy lombardo to tell you what you've won!
Maybe, if they let Chris Tucker be an integral part of the process, it will take down the entire company, not just bomb a little. Sincerely, A disgruntled former EA/Maxis employee, who never liked Madden.
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I agree with your post, and I myself wonder why people complain about Nintendo's response to the ROM question. I don't think many of them really wanted the solution solved, because it would undermine the main argument for using ROMS (Commercial inavailability)
That said, I picked up zelda for my SP yesterday, and it's great finally being able to play it again legally, and with proper handles. But why, I ask, why did Nintendo include the slowdown when 7 or so enemies are on screen? The GBA is capable of handling that many sprites, and a "pure" emulation is already off the table, due to the screen format. It just seemed like an odd decision, that had to be actively made, to not clean up technical issues. Still, I'm glad they didn't spruce up the graphics, or make Link say "Ha!" Everytime he swings his sword.
And for those curious, Zelda 1, when played with proper handles, is still one of the best games ever. Easily in the top 5. I thank Nintendo profusely for re-releasing it.
If Microsoft wants to advertise on a website with a anti microsoft stance, what does it hurt for that website to take the money?
It does no harm at all. I always laugh around election seasons when candidates start running radio ads. There is a local conservative station, and last election cycle Ellen Taucher (democrat) was running ads on that station nonstop. The radio station cannot say no to the ad, because politicians have written the law so you can't say no to their ads, and they get a cut rate too. Without going off on a tangent, the effect of these commercials were this.
#1 She spent a lot of money.
#2 She reached a constituency which was likely to vote a straight repub party ticket, and
#3 The conservative radio station made money.
My advice to you is to laugh. Laugh as you receive their funds, and laugh as they go into the bank. If Ford wants to advertise on a website catering to Die Hard Honda enthusiasts, why not take Fords money?
Correct me if I'm wrong, and I very possibly could be, but the whole push towards unleaded gas in the US was a function of clean air/water environmentalists wanting a fuel with less (theoretical) environmental impact.
Of course, they didn't just ask nicely, but rather they pushed congress to pretty much force US car manufacturers to stop producing Diesel engines. After the demand fell off, so did the supply, and the number of stations that even offered diesel, hence the high prices.
Of course, should I be wrong, I anticipate the correction already brewing from some slashdotter.
reat country, America: Living up to its history of lies, deception, double-dealing, and bullying tactics.
Read the other posts by me in this thread. This is exactly what I am talking about. You are spending an enormous ammount of your own personal time, and energy, insulting, and slandering a country, which on balance, is no threat to country's that don't start shit with us.
And all the while, as you shake your fist at our non-100%socialized medicine, and about missile defense, or about the other thing, you've got lovelies in North Korea, The middle east, south america, pick a spot on the globe, all loving the fact that noone is paying attention to them.
Look around! Get your bearings!! Get a sense of proportion!!! We are at war with Afghanistan and Iraq. Why? Because they are part of a terrorist network which routinely seeks to destroy US interests, and not just on 911. We are doing something that we have deemed necessary. And rather than waste your ATP on bitching and moaning about the US, do something to make the world a better place!
Rather than bitch about what a piss poor job America has done leading the world, LEAD THE WORLD! You want the reins to slip from our hands, and WE want the reins to slip from our hands, SO TAKE THEM!
America is not at all comfortable in being the Be all and End all for every other country in the world. We chafe under the position of leader, Welfare agency, and protector to the world as well, as evidenced by the current social divide in america today.
But a ton of you don't actually live in america, so you listen to the bitchers and moaners who do, or claim they do, or visited once, and met some guy who gave them a shifty look, and so therefor all amereicans are shifty, and you take their word for it that this is what America is all about.
It isn't so. . The anti-US propanda floating around is more orwellian than current US policy.
It certainly wasn't always the case. You guys had a few dust-ups yourselves in the 20th century neh?
But that said, the EU is pushing for a united europe in ernest right now, which is essentially the same federal/state level system, and, Wisely I think, they are adopting the same system of free travel between states.
Again, My argument is not that Europe is worse. My argument is that people are fictionalizing reality in America. We do not have monitors affixed to walls displaying our presidents face all day long. North Korea's got plenty of em though. Mightent you focus on that for 2.5 seconds?
For too many people, some even US citizens, are involved in a personal vendetta against the U.S. that has little to do with reality, and is devoid of any sense of portionality. This is not going to last forever people. Much like Italy after the airport assault, we are enhancing security. It has to be done. We are going after those responsible. It has to be done. Anyone reading this post knows full well that their nation would do the exact same thing because it is the logical thing to do.
Traveling between European countries when you are a european citizen is roughly analagous to travelling between US states when you are a US citizen. You are subject to the new states laws, but you are free to pass through/stay/what have you.
I'm not arguing that any country is worse then us. I've been to England, Italy, and Canada, and I have had little trouble at all.
My essential point is Don't believe the hype. Cats like the parent post to which I initially responded make it sound like looking at the US border makes you subject to a Cavity search, which can be administered at any time in the ensuing 90 days.
I read his response, and I simply don't believe him. Either he is ommitting something, or there was something going on that he didn't know about. Maybe security was actively looking for a car Just like his friends.
Lastly, we are not accustomed to heavy handed tactics in the United States. We haven't been cowed to it. Why do you think there is so much bitching about guantanamo bay/airport searches/etc... If we were all down with the program, so much noise would not be being made in the US. I'm just more than slightly tired of being accused of being a sub-standard stewerd of freedom from proud socialists like the initial parent poster. Wonderful Health system indeed. But that's a topic for another day.
I am 26 years old, have lived in the US my entire life, and have never had a firearm of any kind pointed at me. That said, were I crossing a border into another nation, say mexico, there is an understanding that firearms might be present.
As for having the rifle pointed *at* you, I strongly suspect that you are exagerating, or made one of those hilarious jokes that security folk love so much, like "Look out for the bomb in my luggage."
If you're curious why America is so "militant", it's because not too long ago, over 3 thousand people died in an attack that destroyed more commercial space then exists in all of San Francisco. Ask yourself how you might feel if, oh, say, downtown Ottowa was utterly leveled.
I'm no fan of certain clauses of the patriot act, including the allowance for feds to search property without presenting a warrant. But to suggest that there is no reason for this, other than to create a militant police state ignores facts which are fully in evidence.
But I forgot, that I'm not allowed to cite the events of September 11th, because doing so makes me a Jingoist. Curse our surly, greedy, unrefined society!
I won't defend it's sequel, but Driver 1 was one of the most well polished games I have ever had the joy of playing. Difficulty curve? High, to be sure. The number of times I had to redo the *ahem* certification exam in the parking garage cannot be counted. But you're complaining about pop-up? This was a PS1 game. Pop up was a fact of life. Play Grand tourismo 1 again, and you'll remember. Driver 1 had surface reflections, huge maps, tight handles, excellent sound, and really nothing to complain about except the weird motel room UI.
The Huge real cities were unheard of at that time. The SF map let you drive through about 70% of the entire city. Again, that size of a map was unheard of at the time.
Sorry, but that game is in my top 10 console game list (and the PC version was even better, pity it doesn't run on XP), and I feel the need to defend it.
Phased antenna array is valid, but it's just as messy a term as inferometer to the layman, so why not just use the things name?
/., some people do come for the LOTR and stay for the science, but the title description of /. indicates the intended audience are of nerdish persuation. If a nerd can't go to a nerd website, and hear a nerdy term used in all it's nerdy precision, then where, I ask Where can that nerd go?
And true, we are not all Edwin Hubble here on
It's like the nuggets you read about in forbes, or the times-picayune, about how many library of congresses can fit on a chip 1000th the size of a human hair. Save that baloney for the norms. I want to know how many terabytes of data it can store, and it's width in imperial units (with the mandatory conversion for our wayward metric brethren following).
In closing, I'm a bitter, bitter man.
Rather than call it a "network of telescopes" or an array, call it by it's name, an interferometer. /., and I don't come here to have topics spoonfed to me with fourth grade vocabulary. Even the linked article refers to this "network of telescopes" by it's proper name.
The state of science journalism is bad enough, but this is
I know I'm nitpicking, but we have words for things, and we should use them!
And in an effort to be ontopic, hooray for the efficient utilization of existing resources!
Bozell like so many others are starting to realize that the internet is an end-around on many of the established ways in which commerce has typically been regulated/disrupted. He's upset because he doesn't have the freedom to restrict it's availablity, because it's on the internet for *Gasp* 20 dollars cheaper than a new game in the stores. And to add insult to injury, If the product is not a physical object, The gov, et all can't demand it be sold behind the counter in a brown wrapper.
Just wait though, "watchdogs groups" will eventually get the interstate commerce clause to be inclusive of bits traveling across networks, and Bozell will have his way.
Enjoy the frontier while it lasts.
Why not forgo the whole "sale" route, and just have a fire? I certainly wouldn't want to be the next tenent in their office complex.
Given your desire to criticise other people for what they choose to do on their own property, on their own time, You might want to consider a rewarding career in congress, or your local legislative body. That way, you can criticise people, and gorge from the public trough, At the same time!!
Yes, in the heady days of 10 yard fight, and baseball simulator 1000, there were no team names, or player names, and it was fine.
But graphics then were terrible. You had no expectation that sprite A would look or behave like Jerry Rice.
Now however, when we can watch the Wide receivers eyes track the ball before he catches it on an instant replay, things like getting accurate names/team names matter greatly.
I've always been a fan of the game competing with madden, most recently ESPN/NFL2x, but if this deal goes through, the only other football games we'll see will be akin to NFL blitz. No company will invest the resources in a simulation without naming rights.
This is anti-competitive, but that's been EA's style all along. Can't compete with Command and conquer? Buy Westwood.
At least EA realizes that their utter marketplace ownership of video-football is not due to a superior product, and they need to somehow bolster their stance. Improve the game? Nah, why not just put sega/microsoft/989 out of the sports business.
The sole reason I was pleased when I heard that nintendo was releasing a "realistic" Zelda was because that was what the consumer base was clearly demanding.
I loved Wind Waker, and I anticipate seeing a new generation of cell shading from nintendo, regardless of franchise, but it was clear that the cell shaded zelda was a point of contention amongst the fanbase.
The customer may be many things, but even if your last name is Miyamoto, you must concede the customer is always right. Because even if he's wrong, he's still not buying your product.
Yeah, those sound like objective, non-politically motivated quotes. I have it on good sources that:
"mozumder cannot tell the difference between a qualitative analysis, and something that was taken out of a book designed to slam bush."
"Muzumder is alltogether willing to abandon common sense, and accept that bush doesn't know anything at all about the rather broad topic of 'policy'"
"Muzumder has an axe to grind, but uses a very soft stone. Consequently, he ends up looking like a jackass."
Just because someone said something, even if it was in print, does not make it so. I never liked Clinton, in fact, I was one of the haters, but I never did anything so foolish as to suggest he was going to suspend national elections, like so many tinfoil hat conservatives did. Why? Because the idea is preposterous on the face of it. Is bush an eloquent speaker? Clearly he is not. Do you believe for one second that he does not have any knowledge of anything that could fall under the heading "policy"? If so, you are the fool, not bush. For an administration to contain a cabinet as diverse in opinion as his does, yet to not consider diverse viewpoints would be rather self-defeating, wouldn't it?
Observation of the Polical scene requires thought, and examination. Quotes from the preface of a book whose entire purpose is to slam Bush do not qualify for the former, nor the latter. Dunce cap for you slappy.
...is when you're trying to take a long exposure of the night sky. Sure enough, there's that tell-tale streak.
City dwellers don't see the ISS often, but go out to a good dark spot suitable for really examining heavenly objects, and you will realize just how many sattelites/orbiting objects are really up there, and how obvious they are.
I must admit, it was novel the first couple of times. At this point however, I'm beginning to advocate bases on the moon.
people 100 years from now will recycle them?
By the way, Im not saying building a computer, a car, or a pencil doesn't create waste, but most of those statistics bandied about the ammount of waste involved creating a computer are misleading to flat out false. Most of the weight involved is water, and using 1 gallon of water does not mean there is one less gallon of water in the world. The water gets re-introduced back into the very system from whence it came.
Human beings are not the only creatures on this planet, and we all need water. My god, how do we still have any left?
And in a futile attempt to stay on topic, act locally. Don't upgrade to longhorn. I don't intend to, particularly if these specs are accurate.
I'll reward you with another datapoint.
I'm 26, and view myself as a pretty hard-core conservative. One area I differ with basically all politicians, but mainly conservatives, is I'm against the death penalty for moral reasons.
That said, I think much of the backlash towards "liberals" is based on the fact that the US underwent a cultural revolution in the 60's that was as real as any civil war, it just happened socially. As the baby boom generation started to get into positions of influence (professorships, news-reporting, legislatures, law offices) in the 70's, and 80's, you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting someone telling you you shouldn't be swinging a dead cat, because it was politically incorrect for one reason or another.
The group that started out talking about how you should free your mind of your own initiative, changed when they got power. Now, rather than it being something you Should do, it became something you must do, or you'll be prosecuted, or called the devil, or be compared to hitler.
I'm a republican out of San Francisco, and I became a conservative because I instinctively knew that if all all media outlets essentially agreed with each other on everything, then certain viewpoints weren't being heard. I had to find other mediums, such as the evil talk radio, and the dastardly internet, but during the process of finding opinion/news from an outlet other then the SF chronacle/examiner/daily worker, I began to truly resent the united front that had been built in the media.
I think you will find something similar in the current generation of 20 somethings that show disdain for tree huggers, et all. You could appropriately label it a counter-revolution.
Thanks again for the polite query. If you're ever in town, and you want to hear a smart mo-fo on the radio, listen to Bill Wattenberg on 810am, sat/sunday nights from 10pm-1am. That's your news for nerds right there.
and the hell demon community. When someone dares to say anything negative, or heaven for bid, Shoots a hell demon, you guys get all up in arms, indignant about the shabby treatment you get.
But where are you when your demonic hordes are defiling bleak hungarian villages? Where's your statement urging restraint from fellow demons?
I haven't seen such hypocricy since the great zombie protest on the Washington mall in 97, and we all know how that ended.
Simply obtaining factory floor insurance, so-called "slip and fall" policies have been very hard to obtain for the launch companies. The mere word "rocket" scares them off. (One company has been turned down by 22 insurers so far.)
When I think of difficulties faced by these companies, I think of engineering hurdles. Getting insurance is one of those things that I didn't think about, but imagine it from the insurance companies perspective.
Well sir, I think you'll find X-COR will be well served by the policies we have to offer. Now, what kind of workplace hazards would you say you deal with regularly? Rocket fuel you say. Well I'm certain we can work...and this is for what now? Orbital flight you say..."
I imagine that meeting OSHA standards alone would be a non-trivial barrier to starting such a company
I'm trying to bend my mind to see if it would be in any way possible, but I would imagine that it would be impossible to keep the hard shell from imploding prior to actually rising.
The reason regular blimps work, and this presumebly can't, is that the air, while it would love to get inside the norm baloon to even out densities, can't because the shell is supported (pushed outward) by all the gas have you inside, and it doesn't require too much persuading to just have the air be content to be below the shell.
With a vacuum however, the support of the shell would have nothing to defend against the air trying to get in, except perhaps additional metal/whatever struts, which of course would add to the weight of the craft.
Fun thought excercise though.
Plus, I just like anthropomorphizing things, like air.
Just assign the L and R as modifiers, so that A by itself is light punch, L+A=Medium punch, R+A= Hard punch.
Is it going to play the same? No. Is it still playable? Yes.
Here's a clue, pal. US foreign policy objectives have NOTHING to do with human rights or democracy, except as a matter of piety.
Just like your "Peace movement" have nothing to do with Peace, but a convenient opportunity to engage in your favorite passtime "America is always wrong"
Hi, I'm Jeff Spicoli, and we're here for yet another game of....
Audience:America's always wrong!
Spicoli:Our first contestant of the day is the son of a doctor, who's been in college 8 years, and has never had to have a job! Lets give it up for Frank! Frank, our first question to you is: Why did America aid Sadaam in the 80's? Your choices are: A)Iraq was in imminent danger of being overrun by the mullahcracy in Iran, thus threatening to create a superstate in the middle east, throwing the balance of power dangerously out of kilter, B) Because Reagan and Rumsfeld are child eating killers, or C) Because America is the focus of evil in the world. Your answer Frank?
Frank:I'm going to go with C Jeff.
SpicoliThat's right! We also would have accepted B! And now here's Guy lombardo to tell you what you've won!
Maybe, if they let Chris Tucker be an integral part of the process, it will take down the entire company, not just bomb a little.
Sincerely,
A disgruntled former EA/Maxis employee, who never liked Madden.