Valve just sounds like a bunch of whiny babies now, somehow punishing everyone for one person's wrongdoing. I'm not sure what they hope to accomplish by doing this.
3. Act stupid 4. !Profit
I guess Doom 3 will be ruling the shelves this winter
Making sure that people in other countries will actually see it. I'm sure that, after Reloaded, word spread quickly out of the US about what a disappointment it was. Ha HA! We'll catch everyone off guard simultaneously!
The generated funds will be miniscule... I don't see how this would really benefit anyone. And I doubt this tiny fee would even cover the implementation and enforcement of this new proposal.
I know what you are talking about. I argue that it is not that the CG character appear unrealistic; it is that our brains process the material in a somewhat different manner.
Think of it this way: You watch Dark Crystal. The muppets appear fake. However, you interpret them as characters and thus see realistic action in a fake character. I believe we overlook the imperfections in such a case.
Enter LOTR: The Two Towers. They attempt perfection. We look and marvel, yet our brains cry "That can't be real!" and search for whatever imperfections possible. Because movies are attempting to make fantasy-based characters look as physically real as possible, it's seemingly harder to accept the CG bits as "characters", especially when compared to a guy like Chewie.
Hope this made sense (I only got like 4 hours of sleep)
I saw Matrix Reloaded tonight. The line went around the block and beyond. Literally over 1,000 people showed up at the theater I went to, they were showing it on 5 screens.
Fortunately, my brother's friends had been waiting in line since 5pm for a 10:20pm showing, so we all managed to get center seats, ~6th row.
It's definitely worth seeing. At first, I thought it started out slow and I was losing faith (especially during the Zion party scene), but the movie more than made up for its slow start with some of the most adrenaline-pumping action scenes I've ever scene. The plot takes some nice twists as well.
Well, if those were really nooses, the turnover would be even higher than it already is! I could've used one of those. Want to talk about the most hellish job in the world? Think about this.. a typical/.'er having to deal with the general public in a gizmo / electonics store.
shudders... traumatic is the only way to describe it
You know it can't be a good when there's an employee-based site with over 2500 registered users of the forum.
There's a small joke that goes around in the academic world
Biologists like to think they are chemists. Chemists like to think they are physicists. Physicists like to think they are mathematicians. And mathematicians like to think they are god.
Seriously, think of how much of what we learn boils down to our understanding of numbers, systems, and patterns within them. Mathematics, whether you like it or not, is really a beautiful and elegant subject that very few truly understand.
Notice the dramatic increase in products selling themselves as "America's choice" and that talk about how great America is. Especially mobile phones and cars.
Gee, if it's America's choice, then it's gotta be good! Even if our mobile phone networks are years behind other countries.:P
As a competitive cyclist, I really don't like the idea of putting any sort of motor on a bicycle. Though if it means one less commuter in a car, then I will grudgingly admit that e-bikes are a good thing.
However, range should not matter on assisted bicycles. Most commuters don't need any sort of long-distance range. In addition, if you pedal around enough, you will develop an aerobic base.
Just take the motor off entirely and work them legs, you slackers. It's good for you.
5Gb per month? If they really are talking about gigabits and not gigabytes, then that is somewhat ridiculous. Oh boy, I can download one CD image (of a piece of software I already have, of course) per month. What a great service.
--n
I want to be the RFID chip in those undies. Good thing it's not a X10 chip as well.
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Might the title have been taken from that one Calvin and Hobbes comic strip where Calvin talks about how he likes to verb words? One of the last lines is "Verbing weirds language"
Hmm. Just curious. **Admits to being a total C&H fanatic**
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Valve just sounds like a bunch of whiny babies now, somehow punishing everyone for one person's wrongdoing. I'm not sure what they hope to accomplish by doing this.
3. Act stupid
4. !Profit
I guess Doom 3 will be ruling the shelves this winter
Making sure that people in other countries will actually see it. I'm sure that, after Reloaded, word spread quickly out of the US about what a disappointment it was. Ha HA! We'll catch everyone off guard simultaneously!
--n
...that you should've fought the urge to uninstall your spellchecker.
--n
The generated funds will be miniscule... I don't see how this would really benefit anyone. And I doubt this tiny fee would even cover the implementation and enforcement of this new proposal.
-- n
I know what you are talking about. I argue that it is not that the CG character appear unrealistic; it is that our brains process the material in a somewhat different manner.
Think of it this way: You watch Dark Crystal. The muppets appear fake. However, you interpret them as characters and thus see realistic action in a fake character. I believe we overlook the imperfections in such a case.
Enter LOTR: The Two Towers. They attempt perfection. We look and marvel, yet our brains cry "That can't be real!" and search for whatever imperfections possible. Because movies are attempting to make fantasy-based characters look as physically real as possible, it's seemingly harder to accept the CG bits as "characters", especially when compared to a guy like Chewie.
Hope this made sense (I only got like 4 hours of sleep)
-- n
I saw Matrix Reloaded tonight. The line went around the block and beyond. Literally over 1,000 people showed up at the theater I went to, they were showing it on 5 screens.
Fortunately, my brother's friends had been waiting in line since 5pm for a 10:20pm showing, so we all managed to get center seats, ~6th row.
It's definitely worth seeing. At first, I thought it started out slow and I was losing faith (especially during the Zion party scene), but the movie more than made up for its slow start with some of the most adrenaline-pumping action scenes I've ever scene. The plot takes some nice twists as well.
-- n
Well, if those were really nooses, the turnover would be even higher than it already is! I could've used one of those. Want to talk about the most hellish job in the world? Think about this.. a typical /.'er having to deal with the general public in a gizmo / electonics store.
shudders... traumatic is the only way to describe it
You know it can't be a good when there's an employee-based site with over 2500 registered users of the forum.
--n
The topic character limit prevented that. or so it seemed.
There's a small joke that goes around in the academic world
Biologists like to think they are chemists. Chemists like to think they are physicists. Physicists like to think they are mathematicians. And mathematicians like to think they are god.
Seriously, think of how much of what we learn boils down to our understanding of numbers, systems, and patterns within them. Mathematics, whether you like it or not, is really a beautiful and elegant subject that very few truly understand.
Notice the dramatic increase in products selling themselves as "America's choice" and that talk about how great America is. Especially mobile phones and cars.
:P
Gee, if it's America's choice, then it's gotta be good! Even if our mobile phone networks are years behind other countries.
-- n
As a competitive cyclist, I really don't like the idea of putting any sort of motor on a bicycle. Though if it means one less commuter in a car, then I will grudgingly admit that e-bikes are a good thing.
However, range should not matter on assisted bicycles. Most commuters don't need any sort of long-distance range. In addition, if you pedal around enough, you will develop an aerobic base.
Just take the motor off entirely and work them legs, you slackers. It's good for you.
-- nBingo. And I just got a new door installed after the cocaine and kiddie porn raid.
Oops.
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5Gb per month? If they really are talking about gigabits and not gigabytes, then that is somewhat ridiculous. Oh boy, I can download one CD image (of a piece of software I already have, of course) per month. What a great service. --n
I want to be the RFID chip in those undies. Good thing it's not a X10 chip as well.
-- nMight the title have been taken from that one Calvin and Hobbes comic strip where Calvin talks about how he likes to verb words? One of the last lines is "Verbing weirds language"
Hmm. Just curious.
**Admits to being a total C&H fanatic**
-- n