They aren't aimed 'at' younger kids... They're aimed at casual gamers, more. They're good fun, and many can be played from anyone between about 5 years old and someone who's near-dead.
Just because a game gets an "E" rating doesn't mean people over 13 can't play it...
Yeah, Link's expressions in particular were great! And the camera style allowed you really easy access to seeing them. Link sneaking around is still probably my favourite.:)
From what I've seen, Twilight Princess is more... Standard, but just as visually pleasing to me. Plus, in my mind, it's not the graphics that make a Zelda game great. It's mostly the gameplay, with a couple splashes of story in there.
Thank you for bringing some sanity back to this entire thing. If I had mod points (disabled the wish to moderate long ago), I'd mod you up.
Web 2.0 is a bubble that will pop, sooner or later. I for one, as a little-known 16 year old because I don't do anything bubble-ish, am sticking to tried and true methods. XHTML, CSS, plain designs with little-to-no Javascript, that, above all, work (at least at a basic level) on any browser I've thrown at them. Of course they're 'tweaked' a bit for IE (using MS's comment if statements), but then again what design doesn't need that?
My opinion is simple - if a design is unusable when a user disables Javascript, CSS, cookies, applets, plugins, images, popups, or anything else... Then it's a bad design. If it is usable with none of those enabled, but possibly enhanced with them enabled, then it's a good design. In basic terms: if it is unusable in Lynx, then it's a bad design. That doesn't mean it has to look great in Lynx - it just means it has to be usable on a basic level - access content, post comments, etc.
Once again, thank you for bringing some sanity back to this - Web 2.0 is indeed a bubble.
I've never owned a Nintendo console so would love to catch up on some classics with a Revolution.
I've owned every console from the SNES through Gamecube, but I never got most of the really good games for, particularly, the SNES and some for the N64 too. So recently I've been playing with ZSNES (*gasp*). Yes, when you don't own the games, emulation is illegal, and I know that... I'd be more than happy to pay for the games if they were available. So when Nintendo comes through with this service, I know I'll be using it.
I believe it is, however, legal to distribute the sources. At least Gentoo does, without getting into trouble. So one theoretical way to do it is to distribute the sources, and at some point during the install ask the user if they want DVD/MP3 capabilities, and if they do, do the compilation then and there. And provide a menu item somewhere if they want to do it later (just get it installed first, compile it later, for example).
Of course, it would take some extra time, but if you explained to the user the reasons behind it, it may open some eyes to the problems with DRM-like things (for the DVD - encryption), and certain types of patents (for the MP3).
The 'workaround' is to just disable auto-opening 'safe' files. I've done this on every Mac I've used, since I started using them, as I always saw it as a potential security risk (and a potential annoyance - I don't want my files opened immediatly sometimes). In my mind, automatically doing almost anything like opening downloaded files without asking is bad.
So just live without automatic file opening for the time being, and you're safe.
Quite true. A friend once asked me to print out an essay for them. I took one look at it, and felt somewhat horrified. Horrified enough to take an hour of my time to go through it and correct mistakes such as "u". Seriously, this person had used "u" in an essay, to be turned in for a large portion of that semester's mark.
And no, not just once. Several times. Missing capitals, run on sentances, missing punctuation, horrific spelling... The list goes on. This is someone who can write (not on a computer) quite well, and can speak with quite an adequate vocabulary. Yet as soon as she starts using a computer, it seems like all that just disappears.
Turns out she ended up with 88% on it after my editing, too. She was pretty grateful.
The only reason Microsoft is still alive is that they have their massive amounts of other money-printing divisions to support the gaming division while they try to smother the competition.
Sega didn't have that, and ended up having to leave the hardware business because of it.
Unfortunately, Mozilla is a trademark and the Mozilla Foundation does not let them call it Mozilla Suite, so it is now SeaMonkey.
Actually, according to the Mozilla trademark policy, Seamonkey is one of their trademarks anyway.
I also suggest people read that policy in general, as there's a good chance most people are technically breaking it already. Put that ® or (TM) next to Mozilla®Thunderbird(TM) recently? (Mozilla is a registered trademark of the Mozilla Foundation. Thunderbird is a trademark of the Mozilla Foundation.)
(Yes, I know I'm being a bit excessive, but if you follow it to their exact spec, that's what you get.)
I'd set the amount of time needed to write, proofread, edit, proofread, and submit a story to/. being at about 30 minutes. I'm betting hunting for a new job takes significantly more than 30 minutes.
Have a look at [url="http://www.neooffice.org/"]NeoOffice[/url].
It's not fully native-looking yet, but it doesn't need X11. Unfortunately it does use some slow Java, but it's not horrid. And it's actively being worked on (more native looks, faster, etc.).
Even though gun related crime is a major problem, taking away the right for any citizens to bare arms would leave them at risk from criminals who would ignore the law as a matter of course.
Do you really feel safe carrying a gun around? What happens if you do get robbed? Would you give the criminal what they want to avoid bloodshed, or would you pull your gun out and either shoot them or end up being shot yourself?
If you don't get robbed, do you really want the temptation to be there to act on a whim and kill someone because you were angry? Would you want the chance a kid or teenager to find that gun and kill someone? Do you really want the chance of an accident happening, and the gun going off and killing yourself or another person?
The only way to avoid gun violence is to not have guns, at all in a society. The way to limit gun violence is to have less guns in a society. And that doesn't mean 'less in the hands of the criminals'. It means less, period. In anyone's hands.
Very true. Canada seems to be going much the same way as Britain. Most people I know in Canada use MSN messenger exclusively. Whereas more of the people I know online (mainly Americans) tend towards AIM and/or YIM.
It's really interesting, actually... To talk to people all over the world you generally need AIM and MSN. Perhaps YIM, but the people who *only* use YIM are few and far between.
Size doesn't depend on the OS it was compressed on (generally - perhaps a small bit, at most). So he compressed it for size on Windows (or an OS with an ACE compressor).
Speed, however, does depend on the OS it was compressed on. Much more than size, at any rate. So the results would have been skewed in one direction or the other, due to the OS.
I believe the grandparent's post was referring to Enlightenment (currently down), which is also known as E for short.
It's *just* a window manager, so it doesn't come with annoying naming conventions.:)
Personally I don't mind KDE's naming convention *that* much, well, some of them. Konqueor, Kontact, Kopete, etc. don't bother me - they're perfectly pronouncable as if spelt with a 'C'. But prefixing K in a non-pronouncable way does annoy me a bit... KGet, KMail, KAddressBook... Gnome prefixes in the second, annoying, way more than KDE does, if my memory is correct.
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So you don't buy DVDs? Because, although the 'DRM' was cracked long ago, they're still encrypted with CSS.
They aren't aimed 'at' younger kids... They're aimed at casual gamers, more. They're good fun, and many can be played from anyone between about 5 years old and someone who's near-dead.
Just because a game gets an "E" rating doesn't mean people over 13 can't play it...
Yeah, Link's expressions in particular were great! And the camera style allowed you really easy access to seeing them. Link sneaking around is still probably my favourite. :)
From what I've seen, Twilight Princess is more... Standard, but just as visually pleasing to me. Plus, in my mind, it's not the graphics that make a Zelda game great. It's mostly the gameplay, with a couple splashes of story in there.
Thank you for bringing some sanity back to this entire thing. If I had mod points (disabled the wish to moderate long ago), I'd mod you up.
Web 2.0 is a bubble that will pop, sooner or later. I for one, as a little-known 16 year old because I don't do anything bubble-ish, am sticking to tried and true methods. XHTML, CSS, plain designs with little-to-no Javascript, that, above all, work (at least at a basic level) on any browser I've thrown at them. Of course they're 'tweaked' a bit for IE (using MS's comment if statements), but then again what design doesn't need that?
My opinion is simple - if a design is unusable when a user disables Javascript, CSS, cookies, applets, plugins, images, popups, or anything else... Then it's a bad design. If it is usable with none of those enabled, but possibly enhanced with them enabled, then it's a good design. In basic terms: if it is unusable in Lynx, then it's a bad design. That doesn't mean it has to look great in Lynx - it just means it has to be usable on a basic level - access content, post comments, etc.
Once again, thank you for bringing some sanity back to this - Web 2.0 is indeed a bubble.
I've never owned a Nintendo console so would love to catch up on some classics with a Revolution.
I've owned every console from the SNES through Gamecube, but I never got most of the really good games for, particularly, the SNES and some for the N64 too. So recently I've been playing with ZSNES (*gasp*). Yes, when you don't own the games, emulation is illegal, and I know that... I'd be more than happy to pay for the games if they were available. So when Nintendo comes through with this service, I know I'll be using it.
I believe it is, however, legal to distribute the sources. At least Gentoo does, without getting into trouble. So one theoretical way to do it is to distribute the sources, and at some point during the install ask the user if they want DVD/MP3 capabilities, and if they do, do the compilation then and there. And provide a menu item somewhere if they want to do it later (just get it installed first, compile it later, for example).
Of course, it would take some extra time, but if you explained to the user the reasons behind it, it may open some eyes to the problems with DRM-like things (for the DVD - encryption), and certain types of patents (for the MP3).
Oh, come on. He's just ignoring facts. And going with what feels true. ;)
The 'workaround' is to just disable auto-opening 'safe' files. I've done this on every Mac I've used, since I started using them, as I always saw it as a potential security risk (and a potential annoyance - I don't want my files opened immediatly sometimes). In my mind, automatically doing almost anything like opening downloaded files without asking is bad.
So just live without automatic file opening for the time being, and you're safe.
Quite true. A friend once asked me to print out an essay for them. I took one look at it, and felt somewhat horrified. Horrified enough to take an hour of my time to go through it and correct mistakes such as "u". Seriously, this person had used "u" in an essay, to be turned in for a large portion of that semester's mark.
And no, not just once. Several times. Missing capitals, run on sentances, missing punctuation, horrific spelling... The list goes on. This is someone who can write (not on a computer) quite well, and can speak with quite an adequate vocabulary. Yet as soon as she starts using a computer, it seems like all that just disappears.
Turns out she ended up with 88% on it after my editing, too. She was pretty grateful.
I've seen worse among my high-school friends... It's truly depressing.
The only reason Microsoft is still alive is that they have their massive amounts of other money-printing divisions to support the gaming division while they try to smother the competition.
Sega didn't have that, and ended up having to leave the hardware business because of it.
My Gentoo ebuild (non-static linked) says 3400 KB, compared to 5600KB for the static. I'd say you're right on. :)
Then we'd never get any stories about Google.
Actually, according to the Mozilla trademark policy, Seamonkey is one of their trademarks anyway.
I also suggest people read that policy in general, as there's a good chance most people are technically breaking it already. Put that ® or (TM) next to Mozilla® Thunderbird(TM) recently? (Mozilla is a registered trademark of the Mozilla Foundation. Thunderbird is a trademark of the Mozilla Foundation.)
(Yes, I know I'm being a bit excessive, but if you follow it to their exact spec, that's what you get.)
Ok, so I was being a *bit* generous with that... :)
I'd set the amount of time needed to write, proofread, edit, proofread, and submit a story to /. being at about 30 minutes. I'm betting hunting for a new job takes significantly more than 30 minutes.
Hint for Firefox users... about:config -> browser.blink_allowed
Set it to false. It unfortunately defaults to true, at least on 1.0.7.
Ahh, so used to BBCode. Sorry. NeoOffice
Fixed.
Have a look at [url="http://www.neooffice.org/"]NeoOffice[/url].
It's not fully native-looking yet, but it doesn't need X11. Unfortunately it does use some slow Java, but it's not horrid. And it's actively being worked on (more native looks, faster, etc.).
Do you really feel safe carrying a gun around? What happens if you do get robbed? Would you give the criminal what they want to avoid bloodshed, or would you pull your gun out and either shoot them or end up being shot yourself?
If you don't get robbed, do you really want the temptation to be there to act on a whim and kill someone because you were angry? Would you want the chance a kid or teenager to find that gun and kill someone? Do you really want the chance of an accident happening, and the gun going off and killing yourself or another person?
The only way to avoid gun violence is to not have guns, at all in a society. The way to limit gun violence is to have less guns in a society. And that doesn't mean 'less in the hands of the criminals'. It means less, period. In anyone's hands.
Sorry, but a gun doesn't make anyone safe.
I hope they have less success than Hitler and Napoleon, personally, or we could be in for a dark few years... :-/
Very true. Canada seems to be going much the same way as Britain. Most people I know in Canada use MSN messenger exclusively. Whereas more of the people I know online (mainly Americans) tend towards AIM and/or YIM.
It's really interesting, actually... To talk to people all over the world you generally need AIM and MSN. Perhaps YIM, but the people who *only* use YIM are few and far between.
No, not funny at all. Perfectly sensible.
Size doesn't depend on the OS it was compressed on (generally - perhaps a small bit, at most). So he compressed it for size on Windows (or an OS with an ACE compressor).
Speed, however, does depend on the OS it was compressed on. Much more than size, at any rate. So the results would have been skewed in one direction or the other, due to the OS.
I believe the grandparent's post was referring to Enlightenment (currently down), which is also known as E for short.
:)
It's *just* a window manager, so it doesn't come with annoying naming conventions.
Personally I don't mind KDE's naming convention *that* much, well, some of them. Konqueor, Kontact, Kopete, etc. don't bother me - they're perfectly pronouncable as if spelt with a 'C'. But prefixing K in a non-pronouncable way does annoy me a bit... KGet, KMail, KAddressBook... Gnome prefixes in the second, annoying, way more than KDE does, if my memory is correct.