Well, superhero costumes are usually made out of 'unstable molecule', but that's in the Marvel Universe, courtesy of Reed Richards. What's the DC excuse? Anyone know?
Interesting...I picked up on you mentioning your wife. I usually still picture mostly kids playing these games...but, from the conversations here, I'm getting that much older people are really into this?
Yep, 30 and 35 for my wife and I and most of our (gameplaying) friends.
I used to love playing them when I was younger, but, that mostly faded when I hit last two years of high school. I guess back then, when I got a car, discovered beer and women in a big way...just didn't have time for them anymore. Now, with job and other responsibilities in life...I do good to stay awake a few hours in front of the tv before crashing and starting a new day....
There's your big mistake: Who has time for TV when you hve the Internet, an Xbox, and LAN parties? Speaking of which, I've seen plenty of beer, drugs and women at these events.
I feel sorry for those who "grew up" as they left high school/entered college. Sure, there's always new things on the horizon, but it doesn't mean having to give up what you like doing.
...but do we really need a system to take control of the plane away from the pilot? Seems to me it would be cheaper and easier to make sure you don't hire martini-drinking idiots. As for the terrorist-prevention angle, airplane-crashing is just one of many ways crap can be blown up. To really make this useful, you'd have to install this technology in cars, buses, boats, suitcase, backpacks...
It's not about cost, it's about perception. The effects of space tourism is negligible now, but give it a few years, let an industry develop around it, and hey presto, your kids will have to choose between a family vacation at the grand canyon or on the moon.
I found that one large part is missing that I hoped would be covered: the Battle of Bywater. In the book, when Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin arrive back at the Shire, they discover that Saruman and his thugs have enslaved the Hobbits. I have hope that this may be added into an Extended-Edition
I somehow get the impression from all the interviews, reviews etc. that I've read that this will not get included, even in the extended version, which is alright by me. I always thought that sequence felt a little tacked on in the book, and was Tolkien's last shot at reminding us that evil will always be with us in some form.
Befor you flame me, bear in mind that that point has been sufficiently well made in the trilogy (the corruption or temptation of otherwise "good" characters, such as Saruman, Boromir, Isildur; Sauron's very existence, surviving for millenia.)
Also, the book's ending is already pretty downbeat as it is. The ring has taken a heavy toll on its Frodo and Bilbo, both psycholgically and physically. And we all know that by the closing of Return Of The King that this the end of an era. With all this going on, the devastation wrought on the Shire seems like preachy excess.
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That's the whole point: Not whether or not an MCSE is worth having, but whether or not it's worth spending your valuable time and money on.
Yeah, but that means letting them use cookies. No thanks
Dammit, that's twice now...
Well, superhero costumes are usually made out of 'unstable molecule', but that's in the Marvel Universe, courtesy of Reed Richards. What's the DC excuse? Anyone know?
Sorry, had to be said.
Same here. I cut my teeth on a 486/16MB RAM/500MB HD running 95 then 98. Not only did I surf/email, but I even got work done!
Who modded this funny? It's the sad truth.
Yep, 30 and 35 for my wife and I and most of our (gameplaying) friends.
I used to love playing them when I was younger, but, that mostly faded when I hit last two years of high school. I guess back then, when I got a car, discovered beer and women in a big way...just didn't have time for them anymore. Now, with job and other responsibilities in life...I do good to stay awake a few hours in front of the tv before crashing and starting a new day....
There's your big mistake: Who has time for TV when you hve the Internet, an Xbox, and LAN parties? Speaking of which, I've seen plenty of beer, drugs and women at these events.
I feel sorry for those who "grew up" as they left high school/entered college. Sure, there's always new things on the horizon, but it doesn't mean having to give up what you like doing.
Johnny Law can't prove you scrambled the stripe.
Who the hell cares? Even with Windows, I'm up and running in under a minute, and besides, who turns off their computer anymore?
Y'know, that's an apt moniker. The N-Gage looks big enough for me to host a backyard barbecue with a few of my closest friends on it.
...waaay too much information...
I mean, how else are you going to get it to be interactive?
Thankfully, a low-tech solution is available - just put a damn sticker on the glass on or about average eye level. Works every time.
In any event, this doesn't affect me. My cats will take down anything within a 100-ft radius of the house, so my windows stay thud-free.
Mod Parent up! That's a cool idea for a phone...and I hate cellphones as a rule.
Not me. I'm almost freakishly tall, and part of that is dur to my legs being almost 2/3 of my body height.
...but do we really need a system to take control of the plane away from the pilot? Seems to me it would be cheaper and easier to make sure you don't hire martini-drinking idiots. As for the terrorist-prevention angle, airplane-crashing is just one of many ways crap can be blown up. To really make this useful, you'd have to install this technology in cars, buses, boats, suitcase, backpacks...
Examples that come to mind are Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, Kraftert's Man Machine or others.
Those are exceptions that prove the rule if you ask me.
It's not about cost, it's about perception. The effects of space tourism is negligible now, but give it a few years, let an industry develop around it, and hey presto, your kids will have to choose between a family vacation at the grand canyon or on the moon.
I somehow get the impression from all the interviews, reviews etc. that I've read that this will not get included, even in the extended version, which is alright by me. I always thought that sequence felt a little tacked on in the book, and was Tolkien's last shot at reminding us that evil will always be with us in some form.
Befor you flame me, bear in mind that that point has been sufficiently well made in the trilogy (the corruption or temptation of otherwise "good" characters, such as Saruman, Boromir, Isildur; Sauron's very existence, surviving for millenia.)
Also, the book's ending is already pretty downbeat as it is. The ring has taken a heavy toll on its Frodo and Bilbo, both psycholgically and physically. And we all know that by the closing of Return Of The King that this the end of an era. With all this going on, the devastation wrought on the Shire seems like preachy excess.
Mod parent up, because he's damn well right.
I'd be wary of hiring programs too...oh, you mean programmers. Sorry, didn't mean to nitpick.