But half of the appeal of Puzzle Bobble is that you not only have to line up a shot but do it in a certain amount of time. It's a much better designed and more polished game than this, IMHO.
That's funny, because when I went on holiday to America, one of the hotels I was staying actually had a few arcades in it, and one of them was a Neo Geo arcade containing the game Puzzle Bobble. Not Bust-A-Move.
Erm... yes, lol! The first thing that came to mind when I downloaded and played this was: this is a rather crap ripoff of Puzzle Bobble, the arcade game I've been playing and emulating for years! For those who haven't played Puzzle Bobble, go download NeoRageX and the ROM, it's excellent! And it's a nicer game than 'Snood'.
I think you're forgetting the rabid right-wingers who want Congress to introduce new laws requiring people to look forward or up so their gaze doesn't accidently slip downwards to their... you know.
Every US fighter jet has been all electronically controlled(aka, fly-by-wire) for 20+ years. No major problem, you just have to design with the problem in mind.
The thing is, it's pretty hard to 'design with the problem in mind' when you *rely* on electronics for control. If the electronics go, you've had it. Fighter jets are more expendable than cars/citizen's lives anyway. The military expect a few losses.
Why? Just because it has been this way for 100 years doesn't mean it is correct. Have you ever driven a motorcycle?
It's been this way for 100 years for a reason; it's very ergonomic. I have not driven a motorcycle, nor do I wish to. Their acceleration/brake mechanisms look hellish. As well as the fact that you don't get any proper shelter and if you're in an accident with a car, you're gonna get hurt.
You might not be able to drive any further, but I think you'd be able to steer roughly and stop. If you're cruising along at 70mph on the highway in a regular car and get an electronic failure, you should be able to brake because of the hydraulic brake pedal or at least the manual handbrake (and car which relies on electronics for breaking is totally insane), and you may lose power steering but you should still be able to manually steer the car to the hard shoulder. With a new, electronics-reliant car, you'd really be in shit if that happened.
What about the people who have no use of their arms/hands? They're completely screwed, aren't they? I really don't think a tiny minority of disabled people justifies changing the design of every consumer car. It's like mandating that EVERY flight of stairs be replaced with a ramp.
So can you just turn the wheels 90 degrees and drive sideways into the parking spot? Sweet! This will sell in San Francisco./me suddenly has mental image of hundreds of new ways for pedestrians to have accidents...
The steering, braking, acceleration, hell just about everything is electronically controlled. I'm no electrician, but wouldn't that kind of spell doom for you if there was an electronic failure?
Also, to echo what many others have said, braking/acceleration on the *steering wheel* is utterly ludicrous. They're very much suited to foot pedals.
Finally, is the hydrogen car the one which only outputs CO2, and no other emissions? I thought I heard that somewhere. Interesting that GM don't seem to give a shit about the emissions (that really is a big reason why new techs are being developed, isn't it?), as they don't mention it on their site.
That's patently bullshit. Yes, Apple sell and make lots of money off hardware. But they are not exclusively a hardware company. They can never be, because they create the OS for their hardware! Clearly, if they became exclusively a hardware company, they would also go bankrupt, because buyers of their hardware wouldn't have an OS to run!
There's no real reason why Apple can't sell their OS on the x86. There's plenty of money to be made out of an OS which can make it big on that platform, as Microsoft have shown.
More seriously, though, another reason to put the power button on the keyboard is so you can put the computer under the desk or somewhere else that's not very accessible, and you only need to access the machine when you're feeding it CDs (or not even then, if you've got a USB CD drive.)
Actually, I virtually *never* use my PC's power button, because when you choose 'shut down', the machine turns itself off via the BIOS:-)
I got my keyboard brand new from Trust - the Power keyboard. Nice feel and NO superfluous keys... well, as long as you don't consider the Windows key superfluous anyway:-)
Exactly right. However I think that, by calling countries left/right, you're over-simplifying. There's economic left/right, then there's social left/right. I'd say that actually, under this government, the UK is very left wing economically, and very right wing socially (non-liberal). Unfortunately, that is my most hated combination:-(
First they came for the crackers, but I did not speak, for I was not a cracker. Then they came for the pirates, but I did not speak, for I was not a pirate. Then they came for the copiers of their purchased CDs for fair use, but I did not speak, for I was not a copier of my purchased CDs for fair use. Than they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me.
Speak for yourself. As a Briton, I think it's terrible. For someone who doesn't know what the internet is, David Blunkett has managed to cover most bases when it comes to preperatory work for total and utter invasion of privacy. I can't wait until I'm old enough to emmigrate to Canada.
Judge issues injuction against Kazaa Judge declares Kazaa violated the law US Congress passes legislation declaring Australia to be US terrotiry Judge fines Kazaa $2.5tn in landmark first case in US-owned Australia Kazaa out of business
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Literally nobody to contact? Maybe you should spend 5 minutes browsing Google's website:
Contact page
But half of the appeal of Puzzle Bobble is that you not only have to line up a shot but do it in a certain amount of time. It's a much better designed and more polished game than this, IMHO.
That's funny, because when I went on holiday to America, one of the hotels I was staying actually had a few arcades in it, and one of them was a Neo Geo arcade containing the game Puzzle Bobble. Not Bust-A-Move.
Erm... yes, lol! The first thing that came to mind when I downloaded and played this was: this is a rather crap ripoff of Puzzle Bobble, the arcade game I've been playing and emulating for years! For those who haven't played Puzzle Bobble, go download NeoRageX and the ROM, it's excellent! And it's a nicer game than 'Snood'.
Either low-res porn, or maybe even the market for ASCII pr0n will be revitalized!
I think you're forgetting the rabid right-wingers who want Congress to introduce new laws requiring people to look forward or up so their gaze doesn't accidently slip downwards to their... you know.
Every US fighter jet has been all electronically controlled(aka, fly-by-wire) for 20+ years. No major problem, you just have to design with the problem in mind.
The thing is, it's pretty hard to 'design with the problem in mind' when you *rely* on electronics for control. If the electronics go, you've had it. Fighter jets are more expendable than cars/citizen's lives anyway. The military expect a few losses.
Why? Just because it has been this way for 100 years doesn't mean it is correct. Have you ever driven a motorcycle?
It's been this way for 100 years for a reason; it's very ergonomic. I have not driven a motorcycle, nor do I wish to. Their acceleration/brake mechanisms look hellish. As well as the fact that you don't get any proper shelter and if you're in an accident with a car, you're gonna get hurt.
Sorry, my bad. I meant H2O, not CO2 :-P
You might not be able to drive any further, but I think you'd be able to steer roughly and stop. If you're cruising along at 70mph on the highway in a regular car and get an electronic failure, you should be able to brake because of the hydraulic brake pedal or at least the manual handbrake (and car which relies on electronics for breaking is totally insane), and you may lose power steering but you should still be able to manually steer the car to the hard shoulder. With a new, electronics-reliant car, you'd really be in shit if that happened.
What about the people who have no use of their arms/hands? They're completely screwed, aren't they? I really don't think a tiny minority of disabled people justifies changing the design of every consumer car. It's like mandating that EVERY flight of stairs be replaced with a ramp.
So can you just turn the wheels 90 degrees and drive sideways into the parking spot? Sweet! This will sell in San Francisco. /me suddenly has mental image of hundreds of new ways for pedestrians to have accidents...
The steering, braking, acceleration, hell just about everything is electronically controlled. I'm no electrician, but wouldn't that kind of spell doom for you if there was an electronic failure?
Also, to echo what many others have said, braking/acceleration on the *steering wheel* is utterly ludicrous. They're very much suited to foot pedals.
Finally, is the hydrogen car the one which only outputs CO2, and no other emissions? I thought I heard that somewhere. Interesting that GM don't seem to give a shit about the emissions (that really is a big reason why new techs are being developed, isn't it?), as they don't mention it on their site.
That's patently bullshit. Yes, Apple sell and make lots of money off hardware. But they are not exclusively a hardware company. They can never be, because they create the OS for their hardware! Clearly, if they became exclusively a hardware company, they would also go bankrupt, because buyers of their hardware wouldn't have an OS to run!
There's no real reason why Apple can't sell their OS on the x86. There's plenty of money to be made out of an OS which can make it big on that platform, as Microsoft have shown.
You managed to burn out a Duron 1.2ghz chip?? heheheh
The Mac OS X operating system and the software included is smart and allows you to work a lot faster.
So, OSX for the x86 would be the ultimate solution? Apple needs to release it, they may be onto a money-spinner...
More seriously, though, another reason to put the power button on the keyboard is so you can put the computer under the desk or somewhere else that's not very accessible, and you only need to access the machine when you're feeding it CDs (or not even then, if you've got a USB CD drive.)
:-)
Actually, I virtually *never* use my PC's power button, because when you choose 'shut down', the machine turns itself off via the BIOS
I got my keyboard brand new from Trust - the Power keyboard. Nice feel and NO superfluous keys... well, as long as you don't consider the Windows key superfluous anyway :-)
Exactly right. However I think that, by calling countries left/right, you're over-simplifying. There's economic left/right, then there's social left/right. I'd say that actually, under this government, the UK is very left wing economically, and very right wing socially (non-liberal). Unfortunately, that is my most hated combination :-(
What kind of fucking moron thinks there's such a thing as too much peace, freedom, and happiness?
from your sig: Pedophiles - an abomination that deserves neither tolerance nor compassion.
If there was such a thing as too much freedom, we wouldn't have laws against pedophiles, would we?
I'm a Canadian who picked up citizenship in a EU country as a safety valve for when I judge it time to move away.
:-) The time to move away has been and gone.
Funny. I wish to do the exact reverse
First they came for the crackers, but I did not speak, for I was not a cracker.
Then they came for the pirates, but I did not speak, for I was not a pirate.
Then they came for the copiers of their purchased CDs for fair use, but I did not speak, for I was not a copier of my purchased CDs for fair use.
Than they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me.
Speak for yourself. As a Briton, I think it's terrible. For someone who doesn't know what the internet is, David Blunkett has managed to cover most bases when it comes to preperatory work for total and utter invasion of privacy. I can't wait until I'm old enough to emmigrate to Canada.
And the UK. And all the other countries in Europe which fall under the jurasdiction of the Euro-DMCA.
Not quite;
Judge issues injuction against Kazaa
Judge declares Kazaa violated the law
US Congress passes legislation declaring Australia to be US terrotiry
Judge fines Kazaa $2.5tn in landmark first case in US-owned Australia
Kazaa out of business
Yeah, but the client could just start using pig latin.
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