This is off-topic BUT I was talking to a former commercial pilot and somehow we got onto the topic of driving in traffic (I believe he steered it that way) and you would not believe how touchy this guy was about signaling. I don't know if it's the way most pilots feel but he was very, very adamant about the importance of proper signaling whenever a lane change was going to happen. A bit odd since airplanes don't have blinkers...
Anyway, they should add a little extra to that game where you can see how the passangers are doing. Make a nose dive and see if you can get that drunk fat guy to fall down and throw up. Or perhaps make an unscheduled landing in Vegas and pick up some hookers - tempt that priest in 4A with her - see what happens. And of course, they could add the obligatory terrorist where the game turns into Double Dragon for a bit of time.
Multiplayer is new for consoles? Hmm, that's odd - didn't the NES have two controller ports? Let's see - one controller was for me, that's single-player. Now who's going to use that second port if the games aren't multiplayer? Uh, maybe I was supposed to use the other controller with my feet? Silly me - I played Contra with a friend - and thus violated your law and engaged in multiplayer gaming on a console.
I realize you meant online gaming but the fact that you call it "me too!" mode, says a lot about your bias. Computers had communication ports. They had built in hardware for communication with other computers over some type of line. Consoles, always sold within a slim profit margin, did not have this hardware.
Yes, people have metabolic problems and that is something that needs to be solved in conjunction with a doctor. But the vast majority of people who are overweight in this country are overweight because they never exercise and they have never heard of the idea of portion control.
And the fact that it's cheaper to buy unhealthy food is a result of capitalism - that's what the fatties are buying. If an overweight person invests an hour and a half a week in cardiovascular exercise, stops snacking (that'll lower the fatties' food bills), and cuts their meal portions by 1/3 - they will lose weight in 95% of all cases. But do they do that? No, of course not. Stop making excuses for the fatties and start blaming them.
What's so surprising? That a magazine has journalistic integrity and actually gives an honest opinion (with disregard to what side of their bread is buttered on) OR that Jaguar has become so Windows-like that it now satisfies those users who are most happy with Windows? The latter doesn't bode well for Apple.
I'm not sure I'm following your logic. We shouldn't care about people who are not bothering to help themselves. I agree with this. But the percentage of the population who is obese are also not helping themselves. There is plenty of freely available information on proper diet and exercise that these people have access to. Why should I care if they are too lazy to take steps?
Regarding the screen - in the picture it looks like it's got a cover to protect the screen. It's hard to tell but that appears to be a PSP with a cover on it in the NW quadrant of the picture is. Although, I'd like to get my hands on it.
"Does Sony support a linux kit for there PS2? I don't think they do."
You mean "their", not "there." And not only does Sony support the Linux kit - Sony sells it. I think you're confused about what the PS2 Linux kit is. It's not the type of homebrew solution that you find for getting Linux onto the XBox. The Linux kit for the PS2 is a hard drive and Linux distribution sold by Sony and supported by Sony. It's not a "hack" in the sense that you think it is. There's no hardware or software exploit to use in order to get it running. It is fully supported.
The fact that you don't understand this and had no knowledge of it probably means that when you said "I have yet to see anyone do blah blah blah on a PS2" you meant, "You can't do blah blah blah on a PS2." But if you want to argue semantics and take steps backward in your argument, be my guest. Now I'm done feeding you troll.
But XBox 2 is coming. MS wants to make as much of an inroad as possible in Japan in order to be more successful in the next round. A fancy case isn't going to move XBox into first place BUT it could move a few boxes.
A Hack? Uh, I have a friend who interned at a game dev company and they were using the Linux kit as part of their development.
I'm a kid huh? Okay.
And you didn't point out anything obvious. You said that word processing, image/editing, etc. couldn't be done on a PS2. I offered evidence that those functions can be performed on a PS2 and you decided to call me a kid. Nice work!
My statement stands. You made the claim the common computing tasks couldn't be done on a PS2. But they can. You were wrong. I proved you incorrect. Have a nice day my little troll.
Original poster: Is there a Game Boy Advance emulator?
You: Oh, here's one!...(from site) "gnuboy (all lowercase) is a portable program for emulating the Nintendo GameBoy Color software platform"
So you're in the clothing store and you get an advert for clothing being sold in the store. Either the manufacturer is sending you the spam or the store is. Either way, it's pretty easy to track down who's responsible fairly quickly and tell them exactly what you think. Accountability is key.
With accountability, comes trouble for the spammer. Although there are other examples where accountability would not occur. A store spamming its patrons is not one of those examples.
Just get the PS2 linux kit and you can do all of those things. Simply because no one you know has the Linux kit does not mean people are not doing word processing, image editing, sending e-mail, surfing the net, etc.
Gamepads are better suited to some games. Mouse and keyboard are better suited for others. Try playing Mortal Kombat with your keyboard against my controller.
Yes, they're larger than everything we've previously observed but given our incredibly limited amount of data and the fact that the sun has been around for quite some time, we don't know whether or not it is unusual. It could be unusual or there could be a much longer cycle that we are completely unaware of due to our limited vision.
Your proclamation that "There are probably more people today who believe the Earth is flat (E.G. the Flat Earth Society), then there have ever been." is not a useful statement since the planet is more heavily populated today. I believe that as a percentage, more people believed that the Earth was flat 1,000 years ago. You mention church elders and scientists as knowing that the Earth was not flat. But your average peasant working in a field probably believed that the Earth was flat based purely on their own involvement and looking at it. Let's remember that there was a much larger gap between the educated classes and those who toiled in the fields. I'm surprised that you can infer from the fact that scientists and church elders knew the Earth was not flat, that means "everyone knew it was round." Please offer some evidence of this.
As it stands, my argument is much more reasonable. The majority of people were uneducated people who toiled in the fields and probably held similar views about the Earth as the Native Americans did - who we know thought the Earth was a large turtle's back and therefore flat. Don't be so quick to make sweeping generalizations like "everyone knew it was round" in the future. Also realize that comparing raw numbers between time periods is normally not of any actual value and more of a sad defense of a weak argument than anything else.
My guess would be that there are a couple of things at work here. First of all, say you're a movie producer and you own the rights to this somewhat poor script for generic movie Y. Now during the course of reading the script for Y, you notice that some scenes match a hit video game that has sold very well on a multitude of platforms. Well golly - let's slap that license on there and make some easy money! Now I don't know if more people are familiar with Dungeon Siege or Morrowind or Driver or DoA. My guess would be that the most people are familiar with DoA but I've got no numbers to back that up so feel free to disagree and correct me. Second of all, I'd guess that an already established plot like Morrowind apparently has is dangerous territory because, if you mess with that established universe, you're going to piss off some of the core of your target a lot. Who knows how those kooks out in Hollywood think though...
Well, by your "logic" the mouse and keyboard are also tools which allow a person to produce something that you consider to be of poor value. Using them with any piece of text editing software can produce complete garbage. Should we destroy your mouse and keyboard?
And if you've never been to a presentation where the only thing Powerpoint was used for was to display the major bulletpoints of a talk, then you've been going to some very poor conferences and lectures. Furthermore, what you're describing could just as easily be produced using overhead transparencies or a word processing program. There's no reason to abandon Powerpoint because the alternatives can just as easily be used to give the same type of bulletpoint displays. Can't you see that Powerpoint can be useful to display figures or charts? It's sad that you're so ready to blame the technology when the finger should be pointed at the user.
I'm not agreeing with the quote but what is your problem with Powerpoint? It is a tool and therefore I don't see how it can be called "evil." Typically inanimate objects don't have moral affiliations. And the fact that people misuse Powerpoint and create awful presentations does not mean that Powerpoint should be abandoned - it means that people need to learn how to give a presentation. Overhead transparencies can yield just as bad presentations as Powerpoint.
You think all of the PC ports for the XBox 2 are going to run in emulation??? There's no reason that IBM can't produce a x86 chip. The article doesn't even state that much evidence to show that a PowerPC chip will be involved. Come on...
Well, if you license a technology from someone - the design you derive is at least somewhat designed by the original designer of the license.
But could this be a tactical move to improve IBM's relationship with Microsoft? IBM has been pushing Linux quite a bit as of late...EVIL CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUND!
2 years later and we're still discussing the making of it and it's still being sold for $50 on the XBox? Come on...
Sure, it's a good game. But there are other good games that have been made in the two years since. How about a little interview with someone who's working on Halo 2? I'm sure people are a lot more interested in how that production is coming than how the creation of Halo has gone.
Of course one corporate child isn't going to sue another corporate child - that's been granted and we all understood this, Groening just likes to advance his political agenda - but where's your proof that the Simpsons as a property makes more money than Fox News? Granted, the Simpsons is a huge property that sells more than just commercial time and has many DVDs, video games, comic books, action figures, and other merchandise but Fox News is selling commercials 24 hours a day. I'd like to see a comparison. I'm not convinced it is "way more."
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Anyway, they should add a little extra to that game where you can see how the passangers are doing. Make a nose dive and see if you can get that drunk fat guy to fall down and throw up. Or perhaps make an unscheduled landing in Vegas and pick up some hookers - tempt that priest in 4A with her - see what happens. And of course, they could add the obligatory terrorist where the game turns into Double Dragon for a bit of time.
I realize you meant online gaming but the fact that you call it "me too!" mode, says a lot about your bias. Computers had communication ports. They had built in hardware for communication with other computers over some type of line. Consoles, always sold within a slim profit margin, did not have this hardware.
You: Uh, well - you could not archive the data. How's that for a solution? :D
And the fact that it's cheaper to buy unhealthy food is a result of capitalism - that's what the fatties are buying. If an overweight person invests an hour and a half a week in cardiovascular exercise, stops snacking (that'll lower the fatties' food bills), and cuts their meal portions by 1/3 - they will lose weight in 95% of all cases. But do they do that? No, of course not. Stop making excuses for the fatties and start blaming them.
Tough love pal, tough love.
What's so surprising? That a magazine has journalistic integrity and actually gives an honest opinion (with disregard to what side of their bread is buttered on) OR that Jaguar has become so Windows-like that it now satisfies those users who are most happy with Windows? The latter doesn't bode well for Apple.
I'm not sure I'm following your logic. We shouldn't care about people who are not bothering to help themselves. I agree with this. But the percentage of the population who is obese are also not helping themselves. There is plenty of freely available information on proper diet and exercise that these people have access to. Why should I care if they are too lazy to take steps?
I don't like any of the Final Fantasy games. In fact, I don't like turn-based combat. I think it is silly.
Regarding the screen - in the picture it looks like it's got a cover to protect the screen. It's hard to tell but that appears to be a PSP with a cover on it in the NW quadrant of the picture is. Although, I'd like to get my hands on it.
The fact that you don't understand this and had no knowledge of it probably means that when you said "I have yet to see anyone do blah blah blah on a PS2" you meant, "You can't do blah blah blah on a PS2." But if you want to argue semantics and take steps backward in your argument, be my guest. Now I'm done feeding you troll.
But XBox 2 is coming. MS wants to make as much of an inroad as possible in Japan in order to be more successful in the next round. A fancy case isn't going to move XBox into first place BUT it could move a few boxes.
I'm a kid huh? Okay.
And you didn't point out anything obvious. You said that word processing, image/editing, etc. couldn't be done on a PS2. I offered evidence that those functions can be performed on a PS2 and you decided to call me a kid. Nice work!
My statement stands. You made the claim the common computing tasks couldn't be done on a PS2. But they can. You were wrong. I proved you incorrect. Have a nice day my little troll.
You're quite right but that's not what the parent to my post was asking for. He was merely asking for a mechanism, not a "good" replacement.
Original poster: Is there a Game Boy Advance emulator? ...(from site) "gnuboy (all lowercase) is a portable program for emulating the Nintendo GameBoy Color software platform"
You: Oh, here's one!
GBA != GBC.
But good show!
With accountability, comes trouble for the spammer. Although there are other examples where accountability would not occur. A store spamming its patrons is not one of those examples.
Gamepads are better suited to some games. Mouse and keyboard are better suited for others. Try playing Mortal Kombat with your keyboard against my controller.
Nice troll.
Yes, they're larger than everything we've previously observed but given our incredibly limited amount of data and the fact that the sun has been around for quite some time, we don't know whether or not it is unusual. It could be unusual or there could be a much longer cycle that we are completely unaware of due to our limited vision.
As it stands, my argument is much more reasonable. The majority of people were uneducated people who toiled in the fields and probably held similar views about the Earth as the Native Americans did - who we know thought the Earth was a large turtle's back and therefore flat. Don't be so quick to make sweeping generalizations like "everyone knew it was round" in the future. Also realize that comparing raw numbers between time periods is normally not of any actual value and more of a sad defense of a weak argument than anything else.
My guess would be that there are a couple of things at work here. First of all, say you're a movie producer and you own the rights to this somewhat poor script for generic movie Y. Now during the course of reading the script for Y, you notice that some scenes match a hit video game that has sold very well on a multitude of platforms. Well golly - let's slap that license on there and make some easy money! Now I don't know if more people are familiar with Dungeon Siege or Morrowind or Driver or DoA. My guess would be that the most people are familiar with DoA but I've got no numbers to back that up so feel free to disagree and correct me. Second of all, I'd guess that an already established plot like Morrowind apparently has is dangerous territory because, if you mess with that established universe, you're going to piss off some of the core of your target a lot. Who knows how those kooks out in Hollywood think though...
And if you've never been to a presentation where the only thing Powerpoint was used for was to display the major bulletpoints of a talk, then you've been going to some very poor conferences and lectures. Furthermore, what you're describing could just as easily be produced using overhead transparencies or a word processing program. There's no reason to abandon Powerpoint because the alternatives can just as easily be used to give the same type of bulletpoint displays. Can't you see that Powerpoint can be useful to display figures or charts? It's sad that you're so ready to blame the technology when the finger should be pointed at the user.
I'm not agreeing with the quote but what is your problem with Powerpoint? It is a tool and therefore I don't see how it can be called "evil." Typically inanimate objects don't have moral affiliations. And the fact that people misuse Powerpoint and create awful presentations does not mean that Powerpoint should be abandoned - it means that people need to learn how to give a presentation. Overhead transparencies can yield just as bad presentations as Powerpoint.
But if you're a gambling man, I'll take that bet.
But could this be a tactical move to improve IBM's relationship with Microsoft? IBM has been pushing Linux quite a bit as of late...EVIL CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUND!
Sure, it's a good game. But there are other good games that have been made in the two years since. How about a little interview with someone who's working on Halo 2? I'm sure people are a lot more interested in how that production is coming than how the creation of Halo has gone.
Of course one corporate child isn't going to sue another corporate child - that's been granted and we all understood this, Groening just likes to advance his political agenda - but where's your proof that the Simpsons as a property makes more money than Fox News? Granted, the Simpsons is a huge property that sells more than just commercial time and has many DVDs, video games, comic books, action figures, and other merchandise but Fox News is selling commercials 24 hours a day. I'd like to see a comparison. I'm not convinced it is "way more."