"you just need to know the map," or "it's all about a good build order." At what point does intimate knowledge of a game's mechanics make a player skilled? . OP logic is flawed: . Know the map or the build order or any game mechanics IS part of the skills. This is like saying, knowing which bus to take or knowing the operating schedule of MacDonald's guarantees a fat ass. Wait...
"Improving" youtube. What the heck is with improving something always? And are you sure those are improvements once in place? Before you know it, youtube becomes the next BBC or Fox and with all the mundane crap invisible and the general accepted crap on top. You see the pattern here? . Youtube wins BECAUSE of the crap videos. No matter how crap they are, there are people who like to watch crap videos because without Youtube, where else are you going to post those crap videos to, and get watched, forwarded, embedded, deleted. Crap videos (the real crap ones) also promotes people to make better than crap videos. Search up some Arnold impressions and you can see from the really crap to winner crap. Which of course is still crap to you sir, but it made millions of people lol. . Discuss:)
Good for you, sir. That's exactly how it's done but the wobbly peeps I see on the road are nothing like you. I don't have a problem with pro riders. And very good point on the "just paint" thing. Just take a trip to Bangkok or mainland China and see the paint magically disappears.:)
Yes you have experience but not the balls. I don't have the balls either that's why I am posting to slashdot. But some people have balls and are willing to use them when faced with the situation. You saw that guy stood in front of that specific tank during the protest? He would be a perfect candidate to slab on a sticky bomb. . If he's the 0.0001% of the 1.3 bil population that's willing, you have 130k stickies. How many tanks the government have? . I am not an American but I respect the Second Amendment and every time I think about why the forefathers put down the words it makes me cry. Think of what they went through to write those words on that piece of paper. They knew it could go south, but damn the government can go "souther".
Well just last week I was bored, searched up synergy and played a little bit of hl2 coop with my cousin. And we got bored pretty fast. And there's nothing else to "look at".
I haven't tried this but I am pretty sure if I install Doom 3 again, there will be new things to look at on the 9800gt x2:) That's why I love his stuff. I still remember the first time I looked through those Doom 3 glass refraction + reflection + specular, it's nuts.
I agree, on a lot of things. Doom 3 wasn't the great "game" everyone hoped for, but the "give me back my baby" part did have me jumped off the chair and turned off the game for a while, and only a while. I jumped back into the game even though it's somewhat boring, it's a piece of John that we can all enjoy. How often you get that from a fellow slashdotter?
Even though the game wasn't that great, it certainly gave me the ooo wow feeling playing on the 6800gt at the time. And understandably but acceptably slow frame rate that's still enjoyable. If anyone followed just a part of what John was trying to do with Doom 3 and the heart he put into it, one would drool on the multi shadows, dynamic lighting and stuff on the screen.
I admit, HL2 was a kick ass game, it was fun, it was fast, and the sunlight was cool. But there's a certain kickassism when you play John's game. To me it's like a "connection" to another nerd that I have absolutely no idea what he talks about 99.9% of the time. And Doom was the only way I can understand a part of him that made the genre. So here's to John, no matter what you do in the future, god bless and good luck.
So what if they censor games now? The subsequent Chinese generations are going to be just as if not MORE into capitalism and consumerism than today's (just like with the US). . You write as though the PRC still gives a shit. I agree with you, I just don't agree with the way you say it. It's not that they are trying to convert the capitalists to communists or vice versa, they simply don't give a shit what you are. That is the problem. What the "officials" are concerned about, much like normal politicians, is more power and more money. . At some point, some government official is going to realize that it's a huge waste of money trying to censor everything, and that department will get cut. . If you and me who don't work in the office realize this, they realize this by working there. They know it's a huge waste of money. But if you were them, you won't go around telling people that. You will say we're making tremendous efforts and progress in the well-being of the Chinese citizens by censoring harmful materials from the chaotic internet. Why? Because you got bills to pay too. . It's sad isn't it but that's how the world works. Much like recycling, I admit there must be some recycling method and system that makes the earth "greener" but I am pretty sure there're systems that don't work. In fact there're recycling systems that makes it worse. But if you're working in there, you won't say nothing. You can quit, but "saying" things won't change the ethics as there are thousands more working with you in there that have bills to pay too.
I hear you, but the problem is she cannot pay off 2 mil in her life time. Meanwhile RIAA treats their books as though they have a 2 mil asset and go buy something with 2 mil out of their 4 mil pocket.
Hypothetical I know, but generally that's how the housing loans came crushing down. People spending money that doesn't exist (yet).
If you think about it it's really nutty, we are 1 Earth right? Now some dude build 10 houses, costs 100k per, sells those house for 300k per, so he gets 3 mil. Where does the 3 mil come from? It's a collective of people making that 3 mil right? But where did that 3 mil come from? Nobody has seen that 3 mil in cash, solid 3d paper, ever.
I agree to a poster here that said to charge her 40% of her income, that's fine and it's payable and workable for whoever is going to spend that 40%. But 2 mil is just nuts.
Trials like this is exactly one part of what caused the credit crunch. . That $1,920,000 never existed!! Your $421,200,000 never existed either. We are talking about monies that never existed. Nobody's see the 2 mil she supposedly owe, not her, not the record company, not the retailer, in fact, not anybody. But all of a sudden, someone is 2 mil richer and someone is 2 mil poorer. But nobody has seen or touched that 2 mil. . These RIAA trial figures drives me nuts, argh, I need a shower.
But I felt the market wanted that technology and I'm glad it's coming.
Stop astroturfing and "pretend" it's something we are all hyping for. I would be glad it's coming too but the fact is thousands of us already came. We saw, we came, we even put the Wii away and went back to the PC already. Leaving the Wii sit idly in the living room to entertain guests occasionally when we're out of the basement. But generally we got the idea, shall I say, virgin no more.
To beat the Wii remote, the giants needs something truly innovative, and not copying, tagging along, or improving chopsticks.
Exactly the same here bro. It was until someone capped all the first letters when posting "I Am Not A Lawyer" that I started to pick up on the rest of these.
That is true. However, depending on who the writer is writing for, the audience might just "meh" and go to sleep. I don't know how slashdot fits into this though.
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no bro, it just mean you have a dirty cone! Now go wash it and try again you filthy scientists!
"you just need to know the map," or "it's all about a good build order." At what point does intimate knowledge of a game's mechanics make a player skilled?
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OP logic is flawed:
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Know the map or the build order or any game mechanics IS part of the skills. This is like saying, knowing which bus to take or knowing the operating schedule of MacDonald's guarantees a fat ass. Wait...
Dude you seriously need to come to hong kong and take a look. We've got all sorts of crazy ass expensive cars parked on the curb. Flickr it.
"Improving" youtube. What the heck is with improving something always? And are you sure those are improvements once in place? Before you know it, youtube becomes the next BBC or Fox and with all the mundane crap invisible and the general accepted crap on top. You see the pattern here? :)
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Youtube wins BECAUSE of the crap videos. No matter how crap they are, there are people who like to watch crap videos because without Youtube, where else are you going to post those crap videos to, and get watched, forwarded, embedded, deleted. Crap videos (the real crap ones) also promotes people to make better than crap videos. Search up some Arnold impressions and you can see from the really crap to winner crap. Which of course is still crap to you sir, but it made millions of people lol.
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Discuss
I ain't putting that into your xbox bro.
bleh.
Wow Wing Commander just become so much fun. I can't wait.
My trick is leaving a strip of bacon next to my neighbor's door. Done.
Dude I am pretty sure it's potassium in the Holy Sauce, in described in the Battle of Bolognese.
http://links.nephron.com/nephsites/adp/pot.htm
Good for you, sir. That's exactly how it's done but the wobbly peeps I see on the road are nothing like you. I don't have a problem with pro riders. And very good point on the "just paint" thing. Just take a trip to Bangkok or mainland China and see the paint magically disappears. :)
Yes you have experience but not the balls. I don't have the balls either that's why I am posting to slashdot. But some people have balls and are willing to use them when faced with the situation. You saw that guy stood in front of that specific tank during the protest? He would be a perfect candidate to slab on a sticky bomb.
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If he's the 0.0001% of the 1.3 bil population that's willing, you have 130k stickies. How many tanks the government have?
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I am not an American but I respect the Second Amendment and every time I think about why the forefathers put down the words it makes me cry. Think of what they went through to write those words on that piece of paper. They knew it could go south, but damn the government can go "souther".
Well just last week I was bored, searched up synergy and played a little bit of hl2 coop with my cousin. And we got bored pretty fast. And there's nothing else to "look at".
I haven't tried this but I am pretty sure if I install Doom 3 again, there will be new things to look at on the 9800gt x2 :) That's why I love his stuff. I still remember the first time I looked through those Doom 3 glass refraction + reflection + specular, it's nuts.
wait I need a shower.
EXACTLY bro! He knows what he's doing, and I am pretty sure of that.
I agree, on a lot of things. Doom 3 wasn't the great "game" everyone hoped for, but the "give me back my baby" part did have me jumped off the chair and turned off the game for a while, and only a while. I jumped back into the game even though it's somewhat boring, it's a piece of John that we can all enjoy. How often you get that from a fellow slashdotter?
Even though the game wasn't that great, it certainly gave me the ooo wow feeling playing on the 6800gt at the time. And understandably but acceptably slow frame rate that's still enjoyable. If anyone followed just a part of what John was trying to do with Doom 3 and the heart he put into it, one would drool on the multi shadows, dynamic lighting and stuff on the screen.
I admit, HL2 was a kick ass game, it was fun, it was fast, and the sunlight was cool. But there's a certain kickassism when you play John's game. To me it's like a "connection" to another nerd that I have absolutely no idea what he talks about 99.9% of the time. And Doom was the only way I can understand a part of him that made the genre. So here's to John, no matter what you do in the future, god bless and good luck.
So what if they censor games now? The subsequent Chinese generations are going to be just as if not MORE into capitalism and consumerism than today's (just like with the US).
.
You write as though the PRC still gives a shit. I agree with you, I just don't agree with the way you say it. It's not that they are trying to convert the capitalists to communists or vice versa, they simply don't give a shit what you are. That is the problem. What the "officials" are concerned about, much like normal politicians, is more power and more money.
.
At some point, some government official is going to realize that it's a huge waste of money trying to censor everything, and that department will get cut.
.
If you and me who don't work in the office realize this, they realize this by working there. They know it's a huge waste of money. But if you were them, you won't go around telling people that. You will say we're making tremendous efforts and progress in the well-being of the Chinese citizens by censoring harmful materials from the chaotic internet. Why? Because you got bills to pay too.
.
It's sad isn't it but that's how the world works. Much like recycling, I admit there must be some recycling method and system that makes the earth "greener" but I am pretty sure there're systems that don't work. In fact there're recycling systems that makes it worse. But if you're working in there, you won't say nothing. You can quit, but "saying" things won't change the ethics as there are thousands more working with you in there that have bills to pay too.
I hear you, but the problem is she cannot pay off 2 mil in her life time. Meanwhile RIAA treats their books as though they have a 2 mil asset and go buy something with 2 mil out of their 4 mil pocket.
Hypothetical I know, but generally that's how the housing loans came crushing down. People spending money that doesn't exist (yet).
If you think about it it's really nutty, we are 1 Earth right? Now some dude build 10 houses, costs 100k per, sells those house for 300k per, so he gets 3 mil. Where does the 3 mil come from? It's a collective of people making that 3 mil right? But where did that 3 mil come from? Nobody has seen that 3 mil in cash, solid 3d paper, ever.
I agree to a poster here that said to charge her 40% of her income, that's fine and it's payable and workable for whoever is going to spend that 40%. But 2 mil is just nuts.
Trials like this is exactly one part of what caused the credit crunch.
.
That $1,920,000 never existed!! Your $421,200,000 never existed either. We are talking about monies that never existed. Nobody's see the 2 mil she supposedly owe, not her, not the record company, not the retailer, in fact, not anybody. But all of a sudden, someone is 2 mil richer and someone is 2 mil poorer. But nobody has seen or touched that 2 mil.
.
These RIAA trial figures drives me nuts, argh, I need a shower.
They're thrying to gill you!!! Ged TOUT la here!!
I just can't help but imagine if NK has a space program and decided to send astronauts to the moon, what would USA, or the world think?
Who is your daddy and what does he do?
But I felt the market wanted that technology and I'm glad it's coming.
Stop astroturfing and "pretend" it's something we are all hyping for. I would be glad it's coming too but the fact is thousands of us already came. We saw, we came, we even put the Wii away and went back to the PC already. Leaving the Wii sit idly in the living room to entertain guests occasionally when we're out of the basement. But generally we got the idea, shall I say, virgin no more.
To beat the Wii remote, the giants needs something truly innovative, and not copying, tagging along, or improving chopsticks.
Exactly the same here bro. It was until someone capped all the first letters when posting "I Am Not A Lawyer" that I started to pick up on the rest of these.
I would love to control your panels.
That is true. However, depending on who the writer is writing for, the audience might just "meh" and go to sleep. I don't know how slashdot fits into this though.