Heh, well where I used to play it was known as Tragic: The Saddening.
(Note, I did use to play this game, so this is not a troll. It's a great game, I even won some local competitions, but one day I woke up and didn't want to play it any more. Just no urge whatsoever. Perhaps I should give it another go. Wallet: The Emptying *is* pretty accurate though).
shouldn't it be "mice produce sperm for monkeys" (or just: monkey sperm). "from monkeys" is weird, implies the mice have developed some form of alchemy that allows them to turn monkeys into sperm.
woah, has the n-gage been out less than 100 days? ok, then i stick with what i said, only let me emphasise it! even assuming backwards compatibility, this doesn't look like a way to build a loyal customer base... or a good game inventory.
I mean i'm no mobile 'phone expert but i know something about games consoles: rapid replacement turns customers off (i think? or do you like progress?). maybe there aren't enough people buying n-nage 1 for it to matter. 5 year cycles are quite common for games consoles.. for good reasons, such as developers getting to grips with it. this seems like a reason not to try to combine mobile phones with them frankly.. who has a 'phone for 5 years? And if you change the hardware every 2 years, are you ever going to get any good games? I don't know, i'm just a believer in having one device for each job and doing it well.
yes, you're right & of course this is precisely the point, though even if MS Encarta did have the resources i can't imagine it ever containing the phrase "I HAVE A GREASED UP YODA DOLL SHOVED UP MY ASS!" can you?:)
i love it. they list all the common troll types, with examples (scroll down to the bottom). that's seriously funny stuff. i can't believe someone actually spent the time to put all that together. i don't think Encarta would do that! cheers!
btw, they are "protective (thermal?) bandages", although how they are protective or thermal is beyond me... you should probably ask Luc Besson.
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i think it was a joke, unfortunately, you're right he shouldn't even have cracked the joke, because some journalists reading this will take it seriously (damn, forgot to bookmark an example a few days ago).
ooooh you mean total immersion emotionally. i thought he meant visually.. wrap around views, surround sound 'n' stuff. yeah well total immersion emotionally.. like a world as complex as "our" world.. now that's slightly scary no? requires some advance in AI no?:o
this is of course absolutely true, but it seems to have taken a few years to start to catch on around here. like you, i think if a band can only write a couple of good songs for an album, they aren't a good band, and even those songs are quite likely rip-offs and not worth listening to.
to tie this back to the topic, this is why i prefer cd-based mp3 players to ones you link to the computer. i like to make whole discographies (an artist's entire work, or often, several decades of work), never mind whole albums. i never chop up and rearrange albums except when i'm specifically making mixes for other people. mp3-cds are totally conducive to this, whereas hdd players imho you're much more likely to switch singles in and out, hear the same songs over and miss the discovery of great new ones, that i get all the time when out with my portable. i really think there's a significant difference in usage depending on the technology used... i would find an iPod restrictive, counter to all the marketing. it all depends on what kind of music listening you do. i am forced to think about my cds before i burn them, check that everything's there, scan for mpeg stream errors, check the names and tags, mp3gain to avoid clipping and so on. this sounds a hassle but it only has to be done once & then i have a huge library of material i can switch out anywhere. in the long run i know i enjoy my music more:)
the way to defeat it, which was pointed on/. when this was first brought up, is to rip it (copy it, not play it) the first time you take it out of its package. voila.
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(Note, I did use to play this game, so this is not a troll. It's a great game, I even won some local competitions, but one day I woke up and didn't want to play it any more. Just no urge whatsoever. Perhaps I should give it another go. Wallet: The Emptying *is* pretty accurate though).
and manage to impregnate them? some endangered species of wild cat? woah, i don't want to be the mouse with that job.
hmm, that would make a slashdot story..
well... are you going to tell us any?
interesting, but doesn't that make it rather easy to take down businesses you have a problem with?
from all of us.
in fact, while you're at it, make him pay for all those we can't punch ;)
that's a good point, and even more sinister than what i was thinking, lol. (i don't think this is funny, it's just.. you know. oh dear).
people who don't seem to have read anything by George Orwell?
yes, it could be Andrea wot done it too!
(slight sarcasm, btw)
(or not..)
right, ok thanks. nowhere near as silly then :). erm what exactly are they upgrading btw?
woah, has the n-gage been out less than 100 days? ok, then i stick with what i said, only let me emphasise it! even assuming backwards compatibility, this doesn't look like a way to build a loyal customer base... or a good game inventory.
I mean i'm no mobile 'phone expert but i know something about games consoles: rapid replacement turns customers off (i think? or do you like progress?). maybe there aren't enough people buying n-nage 1 for it to matter. 5 year cycles are quite common for games consoles.. for good reasons, such as developers getting to grips with it. this seems like a reason not to try to combine mobile phones with them frankly.. who has a 'phone for 5 years? And if you change the hardware every 2 years, are you ever going to get any good games? I don't know, i'm just a believer in having one device for each job and doing it well.
yes, you're right & of course this is precisely the point, though even if MS Encarta did have the resources i can't imagine it ever containing the phrase "I HAVE A GREASED UP YODA DOLL SHOVED UP MY ASS!" can you? :)
i love it. they list all the common troll types, with examples (scroll down to the bottom). that's seriously funny stuff. i can't believe someone actually spent the time to put all that together. i don't think Encarta would do that! cheers!
birds can get pretty big you know. even if you exclude ones that don't fly. of course it's probably got something to do with the beak.
Now off to RTFA ;)
btw, they are "protective (thermal?) bandages", although how they are protective or thermal is beyond me... you should probably ask Luc Besson.
i think it was a joke, unfortunately, you're right he shouldn't even have cracked the joke, because some journalists reading this will take it seriously (damn, forgot to bookmark an example a few days ago).
a better slogan i think :)
ooooh you mean total immersion emotionally. i thought he meant visually.. wrap around views, surround sound 'n' stuff. yeah well total immersion emotionally.. like a world as complex as "our" world.. now that's slightly scary no? requires some advance in AI no? :o
to tie this back to the topic, this is why i prefer cd-based mp3 players to ones you link to the computer. i like to make whole discographies (an artist's entire work, or often, several decades of work), never mind whole albums. i never chop up and rearrange albums except when i'm specifically making mixes for other people. mp3-cds are totally conducive to this, whereas hdd players imho you're much more likely to switch singles in and out, hear the same songs over and miss the discovery of great new ones, that i get all the time when out with my portable. i really think there's a significant difference in usage depending on the technology used... i would find an iPod restrictive, counter to all the marketing. it all depends on what kind of music listening you do. i am forced to think about my cds before i burn them, check that everything's there, scan for mpeg stream errors, check the names and tags, mp3gain to avoid clipping and so on. this sounds a hassle but it only has to be done once & then i have a huge library of material i can switch out anywhere. in the long run i know i enjoy my music more :)
(i find all the tampon references a bit disturbing though. guys?)
the way to defeat it, which was pointed on /. when this was first brought up, is to rip it (copy it, not play it) the first time you take it out of its package. voila.