probably because some of us weren't sure if Fox was going to release the last few episodes or not. for awhile there, it seemed like they were just going to drop the series, instead of showing all of the episodes.
You know, my first response to this is "tough cookies." I don't see any other popular sites using this forced-ad-viewing method. If they did, I would just delete my bookmarks for them.
off the top of my head, I know that gamespy and IGN use them. there are several others that I know of, but I don't recall which ones at the moment.
don't get me wrong, the person you described would clearly be a cyborg, but I wouldn't put them at sci-fi status just yet. what I think of by "sci-fi Cyborg" is when the implants are augmentations, not crude replacements. the replacement limbs lack tactile responses and are kind of jerky, the eyes have worse resolution than the original game boy and the cybernetic portions of the brain are totally experiemental.
on the plus side, from what I understand, the ears implants are amazing successes. they're definately on their way to getting the cyberpunk culture a reality.
they have cybernetic eyes, ears, arms, legs, hearts and some portions of the brain. they're crude, but they exist. I think people are going to have more metal in them a lot sooner than you think, but it'll be quite some time before we see full-on sci-fi cyborgs.
and they have robots to do specific household tasks. it won't be too long before they get one that can do multiple ones. they're mostly rich person toys, but they're out there if you look.
actually, I've found that you don't even need to acknowledge the belief as being valid to respect it. you can think that something's completey moronic, but so long as you understand that it's what that person holds to be the truth and don't try to degrade the person for it, you'll get along fine with mutual respect.
my best friend's a catholic and being an atheist, I don't have a lot of respect for her religion, but if someone were to mess with her about it, I'd be right there to back her up. I have no respect the actual content of what she believes in, but I whole-heartedly respect her beliefs, simply because they are hers.
no such counter-arguement. different people have different belief systems and will react accordingly to various situations. one person may view your dog as a holy being and worship him day and night. another may view him as being the harbinger of the apocalypse and try to kill him every chance he gets. someone may just think animal cruelty's fun. another may think that because you don't walk/feed/pet/etc. him enough that you're a horrible owner.
people can and will believe whatever they want. whether or not you respect their beliefs is a totally different story, however your perspective on their beliefs has no impact on their beliefs at all.
So, back to Snapster. The fair-use reality is that legally, I'd guess that each shareholder would be entitled to have about 1.5 albums worth of music downloaded to their hard drive at a time. And while that persion holds a given set of songs, nobody else can have them. When the songs are "returned," the next person can get them.
I usually enjoy and respect Cringely, but he's dead wrong on this one.
unless the artists retain their copyrights to the songs and each person in the chain is being sold rights to duplicate for personal use and to duplicate and distribute provided that they do it in the same manner that it was provided to them.
ie. Artist A sells his album Music Distributer B for half market price. Music Distributer B sells the album to Middlemen C, D, and E for full market price and turns in half of the reciepts in to A. it continues on in that vein until every that wants the album has it.
it would cut the RIAA out of the industry entirely and give a huge boost to artists in terms of cash flow, but piracy would continue to hurt the sales model. in fact, piracy and unliscensed sales are about the only things I see wrong with the business model. the system would only work so long as people play by the rules.
no problem. just sneak around through the ventilation system. you'll probably even be able to evesdrop on some good information and maybe get an extra password or two from watching off other people's monitors from the grates.
other people may end up calling you something unflattering, like "Bean" or something, but it'll be worth it.
actually, if you make yourself hungry, you'll slow your metabolism down.
a better answer is to eat just enough each time that you're hungry to feel satisfied and to throw the concept of 3 meals a day away. by constantly throwing a little something into your stomach, your metabolism will speed up, since it's constantly digesting. also, don't worry about finishing meals. just eat until you're not hungry and put the rest in a bag or tupperware for later.
so long as they're healthy, snacks are good for you. I changed my diet from 3 big meals a day to about 5 small ones and a snack or two and I've dropped 5 percentage points of body fat over 3 months.
If its your own character, then its your own role and you can't escape it or betray it.
sure you can. pick up a strategy guide and act upon information that your character should have no idea about, instant out of character action. while you can argue that pumping up your stats and going after cheap and easy XP is in character, it's a weak arguement.
don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with getting cheap, dirty, XXXP and powerleveling. I've been known to do it in more than a few games. but it's still not role-playing.
You are telling me it is easier to roleplay while making it all up over a coffee table, than it is in front of a computer game where you look like your character, move like your character, get to interact with mobs, explore a true virtual world and basically see what it is you are talking about? Oh and do it in realtime...
yes, actually it is. I tell the DM that I want to do something and he tells me the results. no lag. no worrying if the game's engine can handle complex dialogue written on the fly, no wondering if the feature's been implimented, none of that. I say it and the DM tells me if I did it or if I landed on my face or if something that I hadn't even thought of happens?
you're making the common mistake of assuming that stats and figures are part of role playing. they can label diablo an RPG all they like, but it's nothing more than an action game with stats. same goes for most other games that like to wave the RPG banner. the crux of role-playing games is (surprise!) role-playing. anyone can pick up a character with the same stats and skills and play him completely differently in a pen and paper RPG. maybe he's a coward, an asshole, an anti-hero, an apathetic character, an over-the-top comic book-style hero. it's completely open-ended in the true sense of the phrases' meaning, not open-ended, as in there's 3 possible solutions.
Who cares how buggy it is, it has to be a step-up from rolling a dice to see how much damage you do (yeah like that is real...).
how does having a random number generator spit out an integer from 2-12 make a game more realistic than rolling a 2d6?
there's a good reason why many people that bought it are disappointed: they never played a persistent world game.
the thing is that everyone that hadn't played one before grabbed the game and expected to be Luke Skywalker or someone of equal importance or power. with a couple thousand players per server, that just can't be. you can't be a bad-ass. you're a person within the Star Wars mythos. you may end up as a pretty powerful person, but you're not going to foil the Empire or crush the Rebels.
as far as people bitching about missions all being more or less the same, I invite them to look at any other persistent world RPG. every mission is the same. there is very little variance in them. take object X to person Y. go to person Z and kill them.
what makes SWG fun in my eyes is that it's pretty well balanced between play styles, unless you're using a macro to do stuff while you're AFK (ie artisans using macros to mine ore while they're asleep or at work) if you don't exploit, all professions progress at about the same rate. you also are pretty much unrestricted in the number of classes and specialization that you can do.
if you want a character that is proficient in many of the basic tasks; a jack of all trades-type, you're more than able to. and if you want to excel in a specific type of trade, you can do that, too. if you decide that you screwed up, you can drop the skill/class and backtrack.
it's a fun game and allows for a good deal of adventure, simply by virtue of its customizability. it's open-ended enough that you can work to become an underling of a major character if you really want to. you may never have an impact on the "real" Star Wars story, but with SWG you can live in that setting and carve out your own story, which is basically what people are really looking for in persistent world RPGs.
true enough. I'd buy a moz plushie. I wouldn't spend $1,000 on it, but if it was around 20 bucks, I'd pick one up. I honestly don't think they'd make too terribly much with shirt and plushie sales, though. they would however get more happy users as well as free advertising as people see a guy with a mozilla shirt and wonder what it is, then look it up later or ask the guy.
I think the several million dollars that mozilla just got from those companies might help them in getting the plugins where they need to be, although honestly, I don't really have much in the way of problems with plugins for moz.
with the exception of the odd java app or screwed up table, everything renders fine in moz.
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yes; the size of your head.
I applaud you and offer to buy you a new, custom-made tin-foil hat.
on a serious note, good research there.
try stronger alcohol to get the full effect.
your users are better than mine.
probably because some of us weren't sure if Fox was going to release the last few episodes or not. for awhile there, it seemed like they were just going to drop the series, instead of showing all of the episodes.
http://209.51.131.210/futurama.s05e16.the.devils.h ands.are.idle.playthings-ftv.[bt].torrent
http://209.51.131.210/futurama.s05e15.bender.shoul d.not.be.allowed.on.tv-ftv.[bt].torrent
no, no. I'm curious as to what playlists in Soviet Russia are like. please enlighten us.
He gets..."high" on..."you"
And that's the problem with today! These kids today and the feminazis and RAARRRGGGHH!
1024 kilobytes per megabyte
1024 bytes per kilobyte
8 bits per byte
so, 1024*1024*8==8388608
I realize your link desputes that, but I don't think that anyone actually uses the base 10 definitions.
off the top of my head, I know that gamespy and IGN use them. there are several others that I know of, but I don't recall which ones at the moment.
on the plus side, from what I understand, the ears implants are amazing successes. they're definately on their way to getting the cyberpunk culture a reality.
and they have robots to do specific household tasks. it won't be too long before they get one that can do multiple ones. they're mostly rich person toys, but they're out there if you look.
my best friend's a catholic and being an atheist, I don't have a lot of respect for her religion, but if someone were to mess with her about it, I'd be right there to back her up. I have no respect the actual content of what she believes in, but I whole-heartedly respect her beliefs, simply because they are hers.
people can and will believe whatever they want. whether or not you respect their beliefs is a totally different story, however your perspective on their beliefs has no impact on their beliefs at all.
I usually enjoy and respect Cringely, but he's dead wrong on this one.
unless the artists retain their copyrights to the songs and each person in the chain is being sold rights to duplicate for personal use and to duplicate and distribute provided that they do it in the same manner that it was provided to them.
ie. Artist A sells his album Music Distributer B for half market price. Music Distributer B sells the album to Middlemen C, D, and E for full market price and turns in half of the reciepts in to A. it continues on in that vein until every that wants the album has it.
it would cut the RIAA out of the industry entirely and give a huge boost to artists in terms of cash flow, but piracy would continue to hurt the sales model. in fact, piracy and unliscensed sales are about the only things I see wrong with the business model. the system would only work so long as people play by the rules.
other people may end up calling you something unflattering, like "Bean" or something, but it'll be worth it.
Es gibt Aale in meinem Luftkissenfahrzeug.
it may be slightly off topic, but the reference to the paintball industry getting squeezed is something that we ought to know about, also.
a better answer is to eat just enough each time that you're hungry to feel satisfied and to throw the concept of 3 meals a day away. by constantly throwing a little something into your stomach, your metabolism will speed up, since it's constantly digesting. also, don't worry about finishing meals. just eat until you're not hungry and put the rest in a bag or tupperware for later.
so long as they're healthy, snacks are good for you. I changed my diet from 3 big meals a day to about 5 small ones and a snack or two and I've dropped 5 percentage points of body fat over 3 months.
sure you can. pick up a strategy guide and act upon information that your character should have no idea about, instant out of character action. while you can argue that pumping up your stats and going after cheap and easy XP is in character, it's a weak arguement.
don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with getting cheap, dirty, XXXP and powerleveling. I've been known to do it in more than a few games. but it's still not role-playing.
yes, actually it is. I tell the DM that I want to do something and he tells me the results. no lag. no worrying if the game's engine can handle complex dialogue written on the fly, no wondering if the feature's been implimented, none of that. I say it and the DM tells me if I did it or if I landed on my face or if something that I hadn't even thought of happens?
you're making the common mistake of assuming that stats and figures are part of role playing. they can label diablo an RPG all they like, but it's nothing more than an action game with stats. same goes for most other games that like to wave the RPG banner. the crux of role-playing games is (surprise!) role-playing. anyone can pick up a character with the same stats and skills and play him completely differently in a pen and paper RPG. maybe he's a coward, an asshole, an anti-hero, an apathetic character, an over-the-top comic book-style hero. it's completely open-ended in the true sense of the phrases' meaning, not open-ended, as in there's 3 possible solutions.
Who cares how buggy it is, it has to be a step-up from rolling a dice to see how much damage you do (yeah like that is real...).
how does having a random number generator spit out an integer from 2-12 make a game more realistic than rolling a 2d6?
the thing is that everyone that hadn't played one before grabbed the game and expected to be Luke Skywalker or someone of equal importance or power. with a couple thousand players per server, that just can't be. you can't be a bad-ass. you're a person within the Star Wars mythos. you may end up as a pretty powerful person, but you're not going to foil the Empire or crush the Rebels.
as far as people bitching about missions all being more or less the same, I invite them to look at any other persistent world RPG. every mission is the same. there is very little variance in them. take object X to person Y. go to person Z and kill them.
what makes SWG fun in my eyes is that it's pretty well balanced between play styles, unless you're using a macro to do stuff while you're AFK (ie artisans using macros to mine ore while they're asleep or at work) if you don't exploit, all professions progress at about the same rate. you also are pretty much unrestricted in the number of classes and specialization that you can do.
if you want a character that is proficient in many of the basic tasks; a jack of all trades-type, you're more than able to. and if you want to excel in a specific type of trade, you can do that, too. if you decide that you screwed up, you can drop the skill/class and backtrack.
it's a fun game and allows for a good deal of adventure, simply by virtue of its customizability. it's open-ended enough that you can work to become an underling of a major character if you really want to. you may never have an impact on the "real" Star Wars story, but with SWG you can live in that setting and carve out your own story, which is basically what people are really looking for in persistent world RPGs.
true enough. I'd buy a moz plushie. I wouldn't spend $1,000 on it, but if it was around 20 bucks, I'd pick one up. I honestly don't think they'd make too terribly much with shirt and plushie sales, though. they would however get more happy users as well as free advertising as people see a guy with a mozilla shirt and wonder what it is, then look it up later or ask the guy.
with the exception of the odd java app or screwed up table, everything renders fine in moz.