The other reason games aren't funny is that the designers aren't comedians. Mostly, programmers have a math/science background, and they would honestly prefer to focus on improving the physics. Can you really imagine a programmer geek saying, "Oh boy, look at this great improvement I made to the story!"
i actually used to use RCN but switched to Comcast because RCN blocks port 25. switching email settings every time i plug in my computer is a real dealbreaker for me...
that was exactly my thought.
there are a lot of posts that are only kinda funny that are modded as 'funny' in this thread, so it actually makes sense...
while students can easily play all night, most working adults have to get up the next morning. thus, they play during TV prime time: the only time they otherwise have free. a more interesting study would be to see how many working adults play on weekend mornings before their spouse wakes up. (i, for one, definately don't do that...)
I think you use OPEC well to illustrate that the US still has weaknesses. Lots of people claim that the US has total economic power over the rest of the world. However, as you point out, while the US has considerable power, this power only exists so long as people of other countries buy our products or otherwise participate in our economy.
you know, i agree with you in your sentiment that the 30-3 player is not necessarily to blame. really, it is hard enough to just find a good server with cool players, that one shouldn't have to worry about being too good.
i used to be part of an admin team that ran a server that was frequented by many of the best players in the UC system. we found that welcoming good players only attracted more good players. eventually, the level of play was well beyond that of most pub servers.
please don't bash good players (mote: I am not that good) just because you aren't as skilled/experienced/whatever. take the time to learn their skills and accept the challenge of competition. i promise you will have more fun.
Parents don't punish children they give them time-outs (hey folks, it doesn't work)
I totally agree with you there. A time-out is really a time-out for the parent. All you do is tell the kid that you can't handle it anymore and you need a break.
Actually, this info is REALLY useful. Perhaps it is not useful to John Doe, but researchers can use this fly model to study and attempt to identify the causes of this effect. Because pesky organizations like PETA dont care about flies and they are cheap to work with, coming up with a fly system to study these effects is really important. the real question is how this reseach translates into humans. That is, does the fly model appropriately represent a physiological state in humans?
omfg i had to stop playing that before my girlfriend bought a car (i didnt have one at the time) because i felt like walking up to random minivans and taking them all the time. i didnt want to test fate by playing it within a week of driving, so i deleted the game from my HD.
Fabricating? Actually, i took your quote word-for-word. In case you didnt notice, people do not quote a person's entire text unless the whole thing is relevant. Importantly, you did *not* qualify your opinion on literacy. Quite to the contrary, you used the opinion that they have "excellent literacy" as a basis for drawing a conclusion. You passed it off as fact.
You need to (1) look up 'fabricate' in a dictionary, (2) read up on proper use of quotations in the English language and (3) understand what it means to 'qualify' ones remark.
Look, you tried to bullshit everyone. I called you out. Now, you are trying to back out by attacking me. The bottom line is that you did not look at the cold, hard numbers, and that hurts you. Don't worry, the pain will ease with time.
a typical two-gram chip takes 1.6 kilograms of fossil fuel, 72 grams of chemicals and 32 kilograms of water
Does anyone know if this 'water' is resuable? Is it just for cooling?
you're right, 'excellent' is merely an opinion that you are passing off as fact. 'high' would mean that you actually were analyzing real numbers. my mistake.
your comment on universities is irrelevant, because one does not need to go to a university to be literate.
"Indiais [sic] a great example of a country with excellent educational expertise and literacy"
India has a 52% literacy. I would hardly call that 'high.'
Re:What would you use it for?
on
3D LCD Display
·
· Score: 1
creationists like to cite the b-beetle because there is no obvious predecessor. that is, it is hard for evoloutionist to cite a evolutionary parent for the defense system of the b-beetle.
perhaps this can be understood in terms of an example to the contrary. the human eye is pretty cool. it is a complex array of very specialized systems. so, God must have created it? well, the evolutionist would just point out that there are many eyes in the animal kingdom that increase in complexity. thus, one can comprehend how the eye may have evolved.
the origin of the defense mechanism of the b-beetle, on the other hand, is harder to understand, simply because we do not have a clear predecessor. the predecessor likely died out. so the creationist makes their argument on a lack of data...
Slashdot Mirror
The other reason games aren't funny is that the designers aren't comedians. Mostly, programmers have a math/science background, and they would honestly prefer to focus on improving the physics. Can you really imagine a programmer geek saying, "Oh boy, look at this great improvement I made to the story!"
i actually used to use RCN but switched to Comcast because RCN blocks port 25. switching email settings every time i plug in my computer is a real dealbreaker for me...
that was exactly my thought. there are a lot of posts that are only kinda funny that are modded as 'funny' in this thread, so it actually makes sense...
thats strange that images didn't load for you from the cache. they did for me...
slashdotted before the first post. google cache
besides, how cool would a story be:
today, a notorious car thief was caught by a mob of computer nerds...
while students can easily play all night, most working adults have to get up the next morning. thus, they play during TV prime time: the only time they otherwise have free. a more interesting study would be to see how many working adults play on weekend mornings before their spouse wakes up. (i, for one, definately don't do that...)
I think you use OPEC well to illustrate that the US still has weaknesses. Lots of people claim that the US has total economic power over the rest of the world. However, as you point out, while the US has considerable power, this power only exists so long as people of other countries buy our products or otherwise participate in our economy.
"scratch that" or don't scratch it...
you know, i agree with you in your sentiment that the 30-3 player is not necessarily to blame. really, it is hard enough to just find a good server with cool players, that one shouldn't have to worry about being too good. i used to be part of an admin team that ran a server that was frequented by many of the best players in the UC system. we found that welcoming good players only attracted more good players. eventually, the level of play was well beyond that of most pub servers. please don't bash good players (mote: I am not that good) just because you aren't as skilled/experienced/whatever. take the time to learn their skills and accept the challenge of competition. i promise you will have more fun.
Parents don't punish children they give them time-outs (hey folks, it doesn't work)
I totally agree with you there. A time-out is really a time-out for the parent. All you do is tell the kid that you can't handle it anymore and you need a break.
gj.
Actually, this info is REALLY useful. Perhaps it is not useful to John Doe, but researchers can use this fly model to study and attempt to identify the causes of this effect. Because pesky organizations like PETA dont care about flies and they are cheap to work with, coming up with a fly system to study these effects is really important. the real question is how this reseach translates into humans. That is, does the fly model appropriately represent a physiological state in humans?
developers developers developers developers....
omfg i had to stop playing that before my girlfriend bought a car (i didnt have one at the time) because i felt like walking up to random minivans and taking them all the time. i didnt want to test fate by playing it within a week of driving, so i deleted the game from my HD.
Oh btw, you are right that i misquoted you on 'high' vs 'excellent.' The argument still stands, however.
Fabricating? Actually, i took your quote word-for-word. In case you didnt notice, people do not quote a person's entire text unless the whole thing is relevant. Importantly, you did *not* qualify your opinion on literacy. Quite to the contrary, you used the opinion that they have "excellent literacy" as a basis for drawing a conclusion. You passed it off as fact. You need to (1) look up 'fabricate' in a dictionary, (2) read up on proper use of quotations in the English language and (3) understand what it means to 'qualify' ones remark. Look, you tried to bullshit everyone. I called you out. Now, you are trying to back out by attacking me. The bottom line is that you did not look at the cold, hard numbers, and that hurts you. Don't worry, the pain will ease with time.
a typical two-gram chip takes 1.6 kilograms of fossil fuel, 72 grams of chemicals and 32 kilograms of water Does anyone know if this 'water' is resuable? Is it just for cooling?
you're right, 'excellent' is merely an opinion that you are passing off as fact. 'high' would mean that you actually were analyzing real numbers. my mistake. your comment on universities is irrelevant, because one does not need to go to a university to be literate.
while that may be true, i wonder how much it will mess up individual user connections. the old gnutella clients were pretty bad in that department.
"Indiais [sic] a great example of a country with excellent educational expertise and literacy" India has a 52% literacy. I would hardly call that 'high.'
crystallography, baby!
creationists like to cite the b-beetle because there is no obvious predecessor. that is, it is hard for evoloutionist to cite a evolutionary parent for the defense system of the b-beetle. perhaps this can be understood in terms of an example to the contrary. the human eye is pretty cool. it is a complex array of very specialized systems. so, God must have created it? well, the evolutionist would just point out that there are many eyes in the animal kingdom that increase in complexity. thus, one can comprehend how the eye may have evolved. the origin of the defense mechanism of the b-beetle, on the other hand, is harder to understand, simply because we do not have a clear predecessor. the predecessor likely died out. so the creationist makes their argument on a lack of data...