Sure, 1% give the other 99% a bad name, but since 51% of the 99% elected the 1% (The other 49% elected a different 1% that may or may not have done things better/worse/differently), we can say that, indirectly, 51% of us are currently giving the other 49% of us a bad name.
(Personally, I voted against Dubya, but since I have no proof that his opponents would have done better, I'm not going to claim that the 49% are any better than the 51%)
Don't worry... On Argent Dawn, along with the other RP servers, I think my allies (I'm a Night Elf on AD) are generally more interested in questing, while the Horde players tend to be more PvP oriented.
Of course, if you even set foot in Darkshore with your flag on, we'll hunt you down and kill you:)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he means half of an arc-minute.
A circle is 360 degrees (360') Each degree is broken into 60 minutes (60")
So he's saying it's 0.5", or half of an arc minute, 1/120 of a degree.
Basically, when you're looking through a telescope, you can't immediately tell how wide something is until you figure out how far away it is... But you can measure the change in viewing angle from one side of it to the other...
Sorry if I'm not explaining it well... I'm a programmer. Astronomy is just one of many hobbies.
I'm raising an eyebrow about Zaphod's second head (Supposedly a second face under his chin, or something of the sort).
I'm a bit disgusted at the./ editor's huge misstep with the "50 noses" thing... It's ARMS!
Mos Def, however, CAN DO THIS. Go watch The Italian Job. He plays "Left Ear", a demolitions expert with a heavy British accent (Don't ask me about which part of the UK - I'm a New Yorker). He seems to be good with the quick dialog, and he doesn't talk like a thug, at least in that film.
So seriously, watch a few clips of him in The Italian Job, as I'm guessing that's the reason he was picked for H2G2.
I think Asimov already predicted this... Hit the library and pick up a copy of "The Naked Sun"... One of the Elijah Bailey detective novels, which takes place on a planet where people live on thousand-acre estates surrounded by personal robots, and NEVER interact with ANYONE except for necessary procreation. They do everything through virtual reality (Holographic)....
I think I'll sneak into one of the longer branches of this thread, to avoid being flamed to bits.
VB added class support in version 5, I believe, but it was a pathetic imitation of true OOP, since though it handled encapsulation, it didn't support inheritance (Except through codeless interface implementation) or polymorphism.
VB.NET has fixed pretty much everything, and though you don't get quite as much raw power or low-level access as C++, you can make large, well-structured and well-designed program.
Yes, I'm a VB programmer. I learned Atari Basic at the age of 4, and I've moved up the line since then. I've done my share of C, C++, Java, Delphi, Perl, PHP, TCL, ML (Functional, like LISP), and hell, even Flash, but I usually gravitate back to VB (Currently VB.NET) unless I need something that would work better elsewhere.
Why?
For simple tasks, I can churn out a VB.NET program in a tiny fraction of the time I would normally spend reinventing the wheel in C. For generic algorithms, would you prefer to write your own quicksort implementation, or just call Array.Sort()? Even for custom objects, you can plug a comparer function into that method to still take advantage of the runtime's built-in algorithm (Which, incidentally, is quicksort).
For large-scale apps, VB.NET really shines. It's completely-standard OOP, so you can keep everything nice and organized just as well as a C++ app. The design IDE lets you build all of those annoying data-entry forms quickly, and some support classes and interfaces even let you automate parts of it, to eliminate the tedium.
For low-level calculation routines, mathematical modeling, huge array sorting, 3D rendering, or memory manipulation... Well, that's when you fall back to a "cool" language and build a function library.
Ok... I'll get the asbestos suit, because I know, even though I can churn out C apps in my sleep, I'm going to get flamed to high hell for supporting anything with a garbage collector.
Despite the criticism, I think I'll be subscribing as soon as I get home from work... Here's what I see (Read their media packet for more detailed info)...
1) $90 for the first year, $50 after that.
2) 6 games so far, plus one a month (Though they said one a month for the rest of this year, not necessarily one a month forever). That comes out to at least 5 more games by the end of '04... 11 games total, even if they use the sneaky wording and stop after that.
3) So we have $90 for 11 games. They seem like relatively good-quality games (I love Business Tycoon, despite the lack of maps), but let's say there are a few junk titles and 8 of them are worth playing... That's $11.25 per game.
4) Some of them are bargain-bin crap, but it looks like some are full $30-40 titles, so the average $11/game seems fair.
5) If you're on broadband (As I am), who cares about download time? Set it to run overnight and play the next day.
6) No copy protection, no CD-keys, no DRM, no activation... (I think they're going for the "Why pirate it, it's affordable" strategy).
So anyway, I'll stop there, before I start sounding like one of their media lackeys... Granted, I've got a good job and a pretty lax budget, but I think I'll go for this.
I just hope their download servers are faster than Steam (VALVe software)...
He just doesn't understand... But then, if we understood exactly WHY the bowl of petunias said that, we'd probably know a lot more about the universe in general.
We have E3 demonstrations, press releases, PR people, and interviews with developers... And their amazing new source is... a self-proclaimed "psychic."
I have only one question.
WHY!?!?!?
Hold on, let me check a deck of tarot cards... Let's see... Cups... Swords... no, no "Queen of Gameplay"... No "King of Multiplayer"... And definitely no card called, aptly, "Release Date."
I'm trying to think of a logical, or at least semi-rational explanation for having a "psychic" do computer game reviews... I'm trying, really I am. Maybe... no... But what if-- No...
I give up... Time to call Miss Cleo and ask about Half-Life 2.
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Ya know, I was going for a +1 funny, but you just HAD to post a serious reply... Heheh
But seriously, I know what it is... Just found the little connection amusing.
Laugh, damn you!
Am I the only one who sees the name of this game and immediately thinks of Mike Myers's character on SNL, Linda Richman?
"Excuse me, I'm getting a little faklempt... Talk amongst yourselves... I'll give you a topic. A peanut is neither a pea nor a nut. Discuss."
Squad one, raise your hands!
*Enlisted wallhackers all raise hands*
You are operation Human Shield! You will be the all-important first wave. Keep in mind, Human Shield will suffer heavy losses...
Now, Squad two, raise your hands!
*Everyone else raises their hands*
You are operation Get Behind The Lamers!
Ah... Good ol' Arlo... How refreshing.
Where are those mod points when you need them...
Internet use cuts into our social lives? Who knew?
How many of you DIDN'T already know that? Can I get a show of hands? Anyone? Anyone? Anyone?
Interesting... Ok, now who here really cares? Anyone? Anyone? Anyone?
What, no hands? How are you going to operate your digital watches now?
(Insert Smirnov joke, underpants gnomes joke, overlords joke, and Zero Wing joke... Rinse, repeat)
Yes, Matt and Trey definitely had it right there... As did good ol' Douglas Adams.
Politicians are, by definition, unfit to rule. We should go back to anarchy.
Sure, 1% give the other 99% a bad name, but since 51% of the 99% elected the 1% (The other 49% elected a different 1% that may or may not have done things better/worse/differently), we can say that, indirectly, 51% of us are currently giving the other 49% of us a bad name.
(Personally, I voted against Dubya, but since I have no proof that his opponents would have done better, I'm not going to claim that the 49% are any better than the 51%)
Don't worry... On Argent Dawn, along with the other RP servers, I think my allies (I'm a Night Elf on AD) are generally more interested in questing, while the Horde players tend to be more PvP oriented.
:)
Of course, if you even set foot in Darkshore with your flag on, we'll hunt you down and kill you
So when people get bored of calling it Lightning, what will the Mozilla team rename it to?
Firebird became Firefox... Will Lightning become Thunder?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he means half of an arc-minute.
A circle is 360 degrees (360')
Each degree is broken into 60 minutes (60")
So he's saying it's 0.5", or half of an arc minute, 1/120 of a degree.
Basically, when you're looking through a telescope, you can't immediately tell how wide something is until you figure out how far away it is... But you can measure the change in viewing angle from one side of it to the other...
Sorry if I'm not explaining it well... I'm a programmer. Astronomy is just one of many hobbies.
Yeah, I confused them a bit too. Cheadle would have been equally good for the role of Ford Prefect.
I'm a bit wary of Marvin's rather odd body.
./ editor's huge misstep with the "50 noses" thing... It's ARMS!
I'm raising an eyebrow about Zaphod's second head (Supposedly a second face under his chin, or something of the sort).
I'm a bit disgusted at the
Mos Def, however, CAN DO THIS. Go watch The Italian Job. He plays "Left Ear", a demolitions expert with a heavy British accent (Don't ask me about which part of the UK - I'm a New Yorker). He seems to be good with the quick dialog, and he doesn't talk like a thug, at least in that film.
So seriously, watch a few clips of him in The Italian Job, as I'm guessing that's the reason he was picked for H2G2.
And don't forget to Go Stick Your Head in a Pig.
(Only the hardcore HHG2G geeks will get that one)
No, it's...
Back, and to the left. Back... and to the left. Back and to the left.... Back and to the left..........
Back, and to the left...
(But I'm sure less than 1% of even these geeks watch enough cartoons to get THAT reference)
I think Asimov already predicted this... Hit the library and pick up a copy of "The Naked Sun"... One of the Elijah Bailey detective novels, which takes place on a planet where people live on thousand-acre estates surrounded by personal robots, and NEVER interact with ANYONE except for necessary procreation. They do everything through virtual reality (Holographic)....
Is that where we're going?
Ahh, Quake 1... Those were the days...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that was done because NiN did the music for Quake.
I think I'll sneak into one of the longer branches of this thread, to avoid being flamed to bits.
VB added class support in version 5, I believe, but it was a pathetic imitation of true OOP, since though it handled encapsulation, it didn't support inheritance (Except through codeless interface implementation) or polymorphism.
VB.NET has fixed pretty much everything, and though you don't get quite as much raw power or low-level access as C++, you can make large, well-structured and well-designed program.
Yes, I'm a VB programmer. I learned Atari Basic at the age of 4, and I've moved up the line since then. I've done my share of C, C++, Java, Delphi, Perl, PHP, TCL, ML (Functional, like LISP), and hell, even Flash, but I usually gravitate back to VB (Currently VB.NET) unless I need something that would work better elsewhere.
Why?
For simple tasks, I can churn out a VB.NET program in a tiny fraction of the time I would normally spend reinventing the wheel in C. For generic algorithms, would you prefer to write your own quicksort implementation, or just call Array.Sort()? Even for custom objects, you can plug a comparer function into that method to still take advantage of the runtime's built-in algorithm (Which, incidentally, is quicksort).
For large-scale apps, VB.NET really shines. It's completely-standard OOP, so you can keep everything nice and organized just as well as a C++ app. The design IDE lets you build all of those annoying data-entry forms quickly, and some support classes and interfaces even let you automate parts of it, to eliminate the tedium.
For low-level calculation routines, mathematical modeling, huge array sorting, 3D rendering, or memory manipulation... Well, that's when you fall back to a "cool" language and build a function library.
Ok... I'll get the asbestos suit, because I know, even though I can churn out C apps in my sleep, I'm going to get flamed to high hell for supporting anything with a garbage collector.
Come on, what kind of geek are you?
Despite the criticism, I think I'll be subscribing as soon as I get home from work... Here's what I see (Read their media packet for more detailed info)...
1) $90 for the first year, $50 after that.
2) 6 games so far, plus one a month (Though they said one a month for the rest of this year, not necessarily one a month forever). That comes out to at least 5 more games by the end of '04... 11 games total, even if they use the sneaky wording and stop after that.
3) So we have $90 for 11 games. They seem like relatively good-quality games (I love Business Tycoon, despite the lack of maps), but let's say there are a few junk titles and 8 of them are worth playing... That's $11.25 per game.
4) Some of them are bargain-bin crap, but it looks like some are full $30-40 titles, so the average $11/game seems fair.
5) If you're on broadband (As I am), who cares about download time? Set it to run overnight and play the next day.
6) No copy protection, no CD-keys, no DRM, no activation... (I think they're going for the "Why pirate it, it's affordable" strategy).
So anyway, I'll stop there, before I start sounding like one of their media lackeys... Granted, I've got a good job and a pretty lax budget, but I think I'll go for this.
I just hope their download servers are faster than Steam (VALVe software)...
He just doesn't understand... But then, if we understood exactly WHY the bowl of petunias said that, we'd probably know a lot more about the universe in general.
Definitely a coincidence, but that's the first thing I noticed, too. Heheh...
We have E3 demonstrations, press releases, PR people, and interviews with developers... And their amazing new source is... a self-proclaimed "psychic."
I have only one question.
WHY!?!?!?
Hold on, let me check a deck of tarot cards... Let's see... Cups... Swords... no, no "Queen of Gameplay"... No "King of Multiplayer"... And definitely no card called, aptly, "Release Date."
I'm trying to think of a logical, or at least semi-rational explanation for having a "psychic" do computer game reviews... I'm trying, really I am. Maybe... no... But what if-- No...
I give up... Time to call Miss Cleo and ask about Half-Life 2.
"Correct! You may press the button now."
"Yay! Ooh, that feels nice!"
Does understanding that HH reference make me a geek?
Ah, yes, good ol' Al Lowe...
Leisure Suit Larry was the ORIGINAL adult game, and on top of that, it was FUN. The bad (But funny) jokes were a bit grating after a while, though.
For a while, they were going to make a 3D version of it... Unfortunately that never made it...
Damn, now I have a sudden urge to replay the whole series... Except, of course, for LSL4: The missing Floppies.
So does that mean Bush is going to make a campaign pledge to stop "wasting money" on NASA?
I'll vote for the first president who promises to fund research in Lofstrom Loops or the like...