Remember, you are subsidising public transportation systems with it.
And I'm aboslutely fine with it. If the US adopted a similar approach, then maybe that guy from Dallas a few posts up wouldn't have to drive just to get to public transportation.
No, they docare about sales, they're just under the belief (however mistaken it turns out to be)that with enough brute force, they can make the consumer do whatever they want.
Gave your game a quick spin. Nice foundation, with additions and lots of tweaking you could definitely have yourself a Popcap-type game.
The only negative (sorry if I'm telling you anything you already know) is the game being keyboard-controlled. One of the defining features of a Popcap game (and one of the reasons for their success IMO) is that it's controlled exclusively by mouse.
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Why is everybody going so high-tech about this? I just use the syncmark extension for FF and back the bookmarks file up to a directory on my webspace. It's not pretty, but it works great when I'm on somebody else's PC.
You're all completely missing the point! Screw Alan Moore, I want to see Jason Flemyng get a role in this movie, so we can get the Jason Flemyng/shitty Alan Moore film adaptations trifecta!
I have a stick up my ass, and can't see the humor in a joke.
It would be funny it it wasn't so goddamned common. And your sense of humour sucks, as I mentioned. Despite the stick in my ass, it's not hard to get a laugh out of me.
call everyone techno-phobes
Nope, Luddites. There's a difference, at least to me.
I am much more educated
Wrong again. Not trying to lord it over anyone, just scik and fucking tired of this meme.
I can't name a few space program spin offs from the top of my head
Well I can, actually. I just thought I'd back my shit up.
Somebody please mod this jackass down (I'm trying to see the +1 funny, but he either sucks at humour or I'm right.
Sadder still, I went googling to find a link of all the cool stuff the Space program has produced or helped produce over the years, and all I seemed to find were a plethora of blog posts along the same lines: "Space? What has the space program done for us?"
The Dead Collector: Bring out yer dead.
[a man puts a body on the cart]
Large Man with Dead Body: Here's one.
The Dead Collector: That'll be ninepence.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm not dead.
The Dead Collector: What?
Large Man with Dead Body: Nothing. There's your ninepence.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm not dead.
The Dead Collector: 'Ere, he says he's not dead.
Large Man with Dead Body: Yes he is.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm not.
The Dead Collector: He isn't.
Large Man with Dead Body: Well, he will be soon, he's very ill.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm getting better.
Large Man with Dead Body: No you're not, you'll be stone dead in a moment.
The Dead Collector: Well, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I don't want to go on the cart.
Large Man with Dead Body: Oh, don't be such a baby.
The Dead Collector: I can't take him.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I feel fine.
Large Man with Dead Body: Oh, do me a favor.
The Dead Collector: I can't.
Large Man with Dead Body: Well, can you hang around for a couple of minutes? He won't be long.
The Dead Collector: I promised I'd be at the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today.
Large Man with Dead Body: Well, when's your next round?
The Dead Collector: Thursday.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I think I'll go for a walk.
Large Man with Dead Body: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Isn't there anything you could do?
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I feel happy. I feel happy.
[the Dead Collector glances up and down the street furtively, then silences the Body with his a whack of his club]
Large Man with Dead Body: Ah, thank you very much.
The Dead Collector: Not at all. See you on Thursday.
Large Man with Dead Body: Right.
What is it you want that you can't get from Build-To-Order?
Cheaper parts:)
Seriously though, as much as I love Macs, i would love even more to build my own from scratch, using the parts I want. As much as you can 'configure' your Mac, it's not at all the same.
Not that we're going to have wait much longer though. I'm hoping to be able to put one together within the next 18 months.
To be perfectly honest, having the internet run by a group where most of the members don't have much of a technology infastructure isn't very comforting either.
Yeah, God forbid the have-nots getting a slice of the pie...
Negatory. I'm in the Bahamas this weekend for a wedding, and we're already getting plenty of wind. Even if Dennis follows the track path, it's just going to get more windy. $10 says there's no launch.
OT, but are you on holiday yourself? I've noticed you getting FP (or close enough) on a ton of articles this last week.
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Interesting. I do something similar with the freeper site - talk about your alternative realities!
Try the Difference Engine if you get the chance. It is a lot more layered and complex than your usal Gibson fare, but it is well worth the read, as well as being a fantastic example of the "Steampunk" genre. Not to mention the conclusion of the book is very chilling, and outcome it appears we are heading towards.
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I dunno...you get Robert Rodriguez, or maybe even Chris Columbus or Robert Zemeckis, you could get a pretty good Power Pack movie.
Now, you can make the argument that it's a failure of the software to not let me do this from within a single "instance", but still.
Well, I don't know about the grandparent, but it makes my hips wiggle and my legs shake!
And I'm aboslutely fine with it. If the US adopted a similar approach, then maybe that guy from Dallas a few posts up wouldn't have to drive just to get to public transportation.
Good times!
The only negative (sorry if I'm telling you anything you already know) is the game being keyboard-controlled. One of the defining features of a Popcap game (and one of the reasons for their success IMO) is that it's controlled exclusively by mouse.
Where's a +1 Paranoid mod point when you need it?
Why is everybody going so high-tech about this? I just use the syncmark extension for FF and back the bookmarks file up to a directory on my webspace. It's not pretty, but it works great when I'm on somebody else's PC.
I doubt the FCC's gonna bother him, it's not like he's whipping his nipple out on national TV!
You're all completely missing the point! Screw Alan Moore, I want to see Jason Flemyng get a role in this movie, so we can get the Jason Flemyng/shitty Alan Moore film adaptations trifecta!
Oh it is...which is why we'll both be on the plane with him!
Okay, one first-class, one-way ticket to hell. Would Sir prefer smoking or non-smoking? ;)
It would be funny it it wasn't so goddamned common. And your sense of humour sucks, as I mentioned. Despite the stick in my ass, it's not hard to get a laugh out of me.
call everyone techno-phobes
Nope, Luddites. There's a difference, at least to me.
I am much more educated
Wrong again. Not trying to lord it over anyone, just scik and fucking tired of this meme.
I can't name a few space program spin offs from the top of my head
Well I can, actually. I just thought I'd back my shit up.
Fucktard
Asshole! This is fun!
Sadder still, I went googling to find a link of all the cool stuff the Space program has produced or helped produce over the years, and all I seemed to find were a plethora of blog posts along the same lines: "Space? What has the space program done for us?"
Luddites....
Mod parent up. That's exactly what happens every year, gotta feed the mainstream.
The Dead Collector: Bring out yer dead. [a man puts a body on the cart]
Large Man with Dead Body: Here's one.
The Dead Collector: That'll be ninepence.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm not dead.
The Dead Collector: What?
Large Man with Dead Body: Nothing. There's your ninepence.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm not dead. The Dead Collector: 'Ere, he says he's not dead.
Large Man with Dead Body: Yes he is.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm not.
The Dead Collector: He isn't.
Large Man with Dead Body: Well, he will be soon, he's very ill.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm getting better.
Large Man with Dead Body: No you're not, you'll be stone dead in a moment.
The Dead Collector: Well, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I don't want to go on the cart.
Large Man with Dead Body: Oh, don't be such a baby.
The Dead Collector: I can't take him.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I feel fine.
Large Man with Dead Body: Oh, do me a favor.
The Dead Collector: I can't.
Large Man with Dead Body: Well, can you hang around for a couple of minutes? He won't be long.
The Dead Collector: I promised I'd be at the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today.
Large Man with Dead Body: Well, when's your next round?
The Dead Collector: Thursday.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I think I'll go for a walk.
Large Man with Dead Body: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Isn't there anything you could do?
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I feel happy. I feel happy.
[the Dead Collector glances up and down the street furtively, then silences the Body with his a whack of his club]
Large Man with Dead Body: Ah, thank you very much.
The Dead Collector: Not at all. See you on Thursday.
Large Man with Dead Body: Right.
Cheaper parts :)
Seriously though, as much as I love Macs, i would love even more to build my own from scratch, using the parts I want. As much as you can 'configure' your Mac, it's not at all the same.
Not that we're going to have wait much longer though. I'm hoping to be able to put one together within the next 18 months.
Yeah, God forbid the have-nots getting a slice of the pie...
OT, but are you on holiday yourself? I've noticed you getting FP (or close enough) on a ton of articles this last week.
Interesting. I do something similar with the freeper site - talk about your alternative realities!
Actually, I kind of liked JM, the movie was pretty decent until Dolph Lundgren showed up.
Try the Difference Engine if you get the chance. It is a lot more layered and complex than your usal Gibson fare, but it is well worth the read, as well as being a fantastic example of the "Steampunk" genre. Not to mention the conclusion of the book is very chilling, and outcome it appears we are heading towards.
Eh, it's about as hair-raising as doing anything in Windows: Kinda, but not really.
Well, if your site is hosted by that Data Center, it just got a lot hotter in that bubble!