That game was the reason portal exists.
It was their final project at digipen. Gabe saw it and said "Yo, work for me now." and they said "sure!"
and now we have portal.
When you have to pidgeon hole all media into about 5 slots, you're going to have differences between boundary conditions.
Like how 2 R rated movies aren't necessarily the same in terms of content.
Now, the problem with requiring the ESRB to play the game is that, either they have to play the whole thing (something which isn't time constrained, and won't even necessarily give you everything you need to know (read: things like mods can't be tested, and things like the infamous hot coffee won't necessarily be found), or you force them to play a demo, which is practially the same as screen shots (the developer still defines what you see in a demo).
Dammed if you do dammed if you don't. The problem is people think games are the same as movies. But, unlike a movie, you can't see all the content in 2.5 hours.
The film you're thinking of is "this film is not yet rated".
Quite a good movie.
One fuck in pg-13, as long as it doesn't refer to sex.
Gay? Clearly nc-17.
On average upon leaving university, every student says they've cheated at least once. Be it copying a question, glancing at another paper, or other such small offence. Everyone cheats. Period.
I didn't read the article... but I have to comment on the reference to HAL. HAL was not unpredictable. In fact he was quite predictable, if someone had bothered to look at his code. He was coded to put the mission first, after his other code was entered. Thus he got stuck in a priority conflict, and solved it using faulty data.
So... to say that HAL was unpredictable is incorrect. Just because he killed some humans doesn't mean that Technology is bad. It is if you don't code it right.
But it makes you think...what with the millions of Microsoft's bugs... lets hope they don't come up with any AI code.:)
When i wake up in the morning, I crack open the daily newspapaper and.... wait that's not true. Lets start again. When I wake up in the morning I turn on my computer, and check out... webcomics.
Then, after my daily webcomic barage (not to say that these all update on a daily basis. Some are good [ like ctrl alt del, and penny arcade ] and update regularly. others... well...) I frequent other sites, for information.
Other than that, I have a few sites i goto every so often. Or ones which i check throughout the day. But they become less important than the comics. -Gharbad
As we all know, Science fiction always has the best ideas for new innovations for new technology/breakthroughs. I mean, space elevators came from sci fi, as did many of the things for granted. Though i'm sure someone has probably already mentioned the same thing, I think we should keep looking to sci fi. Who knows what NASA could come up with next. Or if it will even be nasa who does it.
Just keep an open mind about anything, who know's how big the next idea will be.
-Chris
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That game was the reason portal exists. It was their final project at digipen. Gabe saw it and said "Yo, work for me now." and they said "sure!" and now we have portal.
When you have to pidgeon hole all media into about 5 slots, you're going to have differences between boundary conditions. Like how 2 R rated movies aren't necessarily the same in terms of content.
Now, the problem with requiring the ESRB to play the game is that, either they have to play the whole thing (something which isn't time constrained, and won't even necessarily give you everything you need to know (read: things like mods can't be tested, and things like the infamous hot coffee won't necessarily be found), or you force them to play a demo, which is practially the same as screen shots (the developer still defines what you see in a demo). Dammed if you do dammed if you don't. The problem is people think games are the same as movies. But, unlike a movie, you can't see all the content in 2.5 hours.
The film you're thinking of is "this film is not yet rated". Quite a good movie. One fuck in pg-13, as long as it doesn't refer to sex. Gay? Clearly nc-17.
I wonder how well they'll translate an excellent tabletop/larp setting into a hack and slash leveling grind.
Wasn't all the talk during vista's development that it would be the last operating system they'd make?
I know that was taken back a while ago. Just saying.
Something is sci fi if the publishers/producters/network execs think it will sell more if it is categorized as sci fi.
On average upon leaving university, every student says they've cheated at least once. Be it copying a question, glancing at another paper, or other such small offence. Everyone cheats. Period.
I didn't read the article... but I have to comment on the reference to HAL. HAL was not unpredictable. In fact he was quite predictable, if someone had bothered to look at his code. He was coded to put the mission first, after his other code was entered. Thus he got stuck in a priority conflict, and solved it using faulty data.
:)
So... to say that HAL was unpredictable is incorrect. Just because he killed some humans doesn't mean that Technology is bad. It is if you don't code it right.
But it makes you think...what with the millions of Microsoft's bugs... lets hope they don't come up with any AI code.
When i wake up in the morning, I crack open the daily newspapaper and.... wait that's not true. Lets start again. When I wake up in the morning I turn on my computer, and check out... webcomics.
Angst Technology, Ctrl Alt Del, Dilbert, Errant Story, Force Monkeys, Fox Trot, goats, Life of Riley, Mac Hall, Megatokyo, Misfire, Penny Arcade!, Sinfest, Something Positive, and finally Wendy.
Then, after my daily webcomic barage (not to say that these all update on a daily basis. Some are good [ like ctrl alt del, and penny arcade ] and update regularly. others... well...) I frequent other sites, for information.
Slashdot of course (not linking it...)
Gamespot
Games workshop,
and
Unconventional Conformity.
Other than that, I have a few sites i goto every so often. Or ones which i check throughout the day. But they become less important than the comics.
-Gharbad
As we all know, Science fiction always has the best ideas for new innovations for new technology/breakthroughs. I mean, space elevators came from sci fi, as did many of the things for granted. Though i'm sure someone has probably already mentioned the same thing, I think we should keep looking to sci fi. Who knows what NASA could come up with next. Or if it will even be nasa who does it. Just keep an open mind about anything, who know's how big the next idea will be. -Chris
So, now we can be formally trained to use open source technology. So, how many people will use this? Anyone?