I got redirected to a Cool Web Search for ipv6.google.com. Also, the words 'redirected' and 'google' in your post are hyperlinks underlined in green that give me search results for 'redirected' and 'google' in my area. There are also many informative pop-up windows offering services ranging from pornography to tiny wireless cameras.
And not only are you wrong, you're being a dick about it. What do you have against the author of the original game? Yeah, I too am curious about QuantumG's agenda here. There's something not quite right about all his apologist posturing in this thread. Maybe daddy is on the Olympic Committee or something?
Well, considering that they didn't just copy the game rules but lifted assets from this guy's game wholesale, I don't think it's the same situation. When you take into account the Olympic Committee's zealous protection of their intellectual property by threatening small businesses who capitalise on the 'Olympic spirit', it makes it all the more infuriating.
In public, you have no right to privacy. So you wouldn't mind if a policeman could follow you everywhere you went in public?
Let's act out a scenario: you leave your front door in the morning and he's there, watching you and writing in his notepad. You drive to work and he's tailing you. You arrive at work and he waits outside of your office until you come out for lunch. He follows you until you arrive at the restaurant and then waits, as he did at the office, outside. Patiently waiting. He's got all the time in the world, but you've only got an hour to finish your steak and head back to work, so you're gonna have to endure his gaze on the way back to the office. He tails you on the drive back home and watches you go back into your house. He's standing on the street, watching your front door and waiting for you to come out. All night, when everyone's off in dreamland, he's standing there under the streetlight, waiting for you to come outside. Patiently waiting with a cold steel gaze. he doesn't need to sleep. He doesn't need to eat or take bathroom breaks. You can't even see who he is. You don't know who he is. But he's there.
The word 'row' in this context is not pronounced like "d'oh" or "toe" but like "cow" or "how". It's basically a heated argument, e.g. "I had a row with the wife last night about my dirty socks being left on the floor".
That's what rape is. A scar that's so deep it marks your soul. Why?
If a woman was beaten to a bloody pulp but not raped or molested, would that result in a 'soul scar'? Rape is not the worst thing that can happen to a woman (or a man, for that matter). Given the choice between a cock up my arse and a 9mm between my eyes, I'll take the cock, thanks.
It seems to me that people make out that rape is even worse than death, and it is as though people don't want rape victims to get on with their lives. We constantly have to remind them that they are ruined, that they can never get over it, that something was taken from them. How exactly is that productive?
Not that I disagree with you, but CSI: Vegas tends to be quite sexual in nature at times. Many of the episodes and story lines deal with sex, be it plain vanilla humping, rape or fetishes (don't forget the infamous furry episode). While they might not show boobs outright, a lot of the content is risqué, at least by American television standards.
I believe that games would do better to become more 'movie-esque' than vice versa. It seems to me that there aren't many games that feature characteristics more closely associated with film or even literature, such as good characterisation or plot. Most mainstream games are all about plopping you straight into the action with little regard to back-story and expect you to be satisfied 1607 dead stormtroopers later. The oft-repeated mantra, common on Slashdot, that 'games should be fun' seems disingenuous to me. I mean, if the gamers among us want the industry to be legitimised as a 'proper art form' and move beyond the nerd kids in the bedroom stigma, why does there seem to be such a lack of 'adult' (not necessarily in the boobs and gore sense) titles, of intellectual titles, in the local game shop? Do we say that 'films should be fun'? Yes, while many are indeed fun, there are also many that are shocking, dark, depressing, thought-provoking. Where are the 'head scratcher' games - the ones you try and figure out with your friends at the pub like after the movie theatre? Where are the games in black and white?
Yes, there are obvious differences in format; movies are non-interactive and last a couple of hours, games are naturally controllable and generally last at least ten hours. I'd like to see more of a fusion between the two art forms. I'd like a game that was short by game standards, but was beautifully written, had a tight storyline and was populated by intelligent, deep and interesting characters. I'd like to see games where you have to put some thought into what you are doing and the decisions you make. I'd like a game where you hardly fire your gun. I want a game to make me cry.
I'm not saying that such games aren't to be found or that there should be no shallow, time-waster games. It just seems an under-represented niche.
What is the point of a map? How is a map with a logo in a field any less of a map than one with a plain field?
It would seem to me that the point of Google Maps is to provide a fairly current snapshot of the Earth. If the reality is that people erect a sign, why should it not be included in Google Earth? If it were meant to be a political map with physical relief, like the one on the wall beside me, then the whole of France would be purple.
Read the story of Natascha Kampusch, and you'll find that the whole kidnapping game is not as straightforward as you might think. Natascha was taken out by her kidnapper to shops, even introduced to third parties as a friend, and could have run away many times during her kidnapping. Wolfgang Priklopil, the abductor, had threatened her with suicide if she escaped, as well as telling her that the house was booby trapped. It was an extremely unusual situation for all concerned, especially when Natascha expressed grief over her kidnapper's suicide.
Come on, you mean to tell me that an American publication, Slate, listing ten violations, all of which refer to the US, under the headline 'Bill Of Wrongs' (playing off the American Bill Of Rights) actually meant this as an overview of worldwide violations instead of an introspective American analysis?
I'm not saying that these are all worse than what's going on worldwide, just that the grandparent's knee-jerk rant was irrelevant considering the fact that the article very clearly focuses on the US.
Or whatever. It's New Years Eve, I don't want to get worked up about some damn Internet article. I love all you crazy Slashdotters, keep up the good work.
What a stupid fucking argument. Who said said that such violations happen only in the USA? Nobody did. Saying 'XYZ is worse than us' when the article is about the US means jack shit. The fact that you're somehow proud that you're beating North Korea for human rights is very telling. You should compare yourself to the best, not the worst, if you want to prove your excellence.
If you were a true patriot you'd be looking for ways to improve your country, not waving the flag and shouting 'BUT WE'RE STILL BEATING CUBA, YEEEEAHHHH!'
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I got redirected to a Cool Web Search for ipv6.google.com. Also, the words 'redirected' and 'google' in your post are hyperlinks underlined in green that give me search results for 'redirected' and 'google' in my area. There are also many informative pop-up windows offering services ranging from pornography to tiny wireless cameras.
Well, considering that they didn't just copy the game rules but lifted assets from this guy's game wholesale, I don't think it's the same situation. When you take into account the Olympic Committee's zealous protection of their intellectual property by threatening small businesses who capitalise on the 'Olympic spirit', it makes it all the more infuriating.
I've been obsolete from a reproductive point of view for some time now.
You shouldn't be so open-minded that your brain falls out.
It's obvious: put the mints underneath the pillows. How they then stop the pillows from floating off the mints is another matter entirely...
Let's act out a scenario: you leave your front door in the morning and he's there, watching you and writing in his notepad. You drive to work and he's tailing you. You arrive at work and he waits outside of your office until you come out for lunch. He follows you until you arrive at the restaurant and then waits, as he did at the office, outside. Patiently waiting. He's got all the time in the world, but you've only got an hour to finish your steak and head back to work, so you're gonna have to endure his gaze on the way back to the office. He tails you on the drive back home and watches you go back into your house. He's standing on the street, watching your front door and waiting for you to come out. All night, when everyone's off in dreamland, he's standing there under the streetlight, waiting for you to come outside. Patiently waiting with a cold steel gaze. he doesn't need to sleep. He doesn't need to eat or take bathroom breaks. You can't even see who he is. You don't know who he is. But he's there.
You wouldn't have a problem with that?
The word 'row' in this context is not pronounced like "d'oh" or "toe" but like "cow" or "how". It's basically a heated argument, e.g. "I had a row with the wife last night about my dirty socks being left on the floor".
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If a woman was beaten to a bloody pulp but not raped or molested, would that result in a 'soul scar'? Rape is not the worst thing that can happen to a woman (or a man, for that matter). Given the choice between a cock up my arse and a 9mm between my eyes, I'll take the cock, thanks.
It seems to me that people make out that rape is even worse than death, and it is as though people don't want rape victims to get on with their lives. We constantly have to remind them that they are ruined, that they can never get over it, that something was taken from them. How exactly is that productive?
Not that I disagree with you, but CSI: Vegas tends to be quite sexual in nature at times. Many of the episodes and story lines deal with sex, be it plain vanilla humping, rape or fetishes (don't forget the infamous furry episode). While they might not show boobs outright, a lot of the content is risqué, at least by American television standards.
I believe that games would do better to become more 'movie-esque' than vice versa. It seems to me that there aren't many games that feature characteristics more closely associated with film or even literature, such as good characterisation or plot. Most mainstream games are all about plopping you straight into the action with little regard to back-story and expect you to be satisfied 1607 dead stormtroopers later. The oft-repeated mantra, common on Slashdot, that 'games should be fun' seems disingenuous to me. I mean, if the gamers among us want the industry to be legitimised as a 'proper art form' and move beyond the nerd kids in the bedroom stigma, why does there seem to be such a lack of 'adult' (not necessarily in the boobs and gore sense) titles, of intellectual titles, in the local game shop? Do we say that 'films should be fun'? Yes, while many are indeed fun, there are also many that are shocking, dark, depressing, thought-provoking. Where are the 'head scratcher' games - the ones you try and figure out with your friends at the pub like after the movie theatre? Where are the games in black and white?
Yes, there are obvious differences in format; movies are non-interactive and last a couple of hours, games are naturally controllable and generally last at least ten hours. I'd like to see more of a fusion between the two art forms. I'd like a game that was short by game standards, but was beautifully written, had a tight storyline and was populated by intelligent, deep and interesting characters. I'd like to see games where you have to put some thought into what you are doing and the decisions you make. I'd like a game where you hardly fire your gun. I want a game to make me cry.
I'm not saying that such games aren't to be found or that there should be no shallow, time-waster games. It just seems an under-represented niche.
Coastguard.
What is the point of a map? How is a map with a logo in a field any less of a map than one with a plain field?
It would seem to me that the point of Google Maps is to provide a fairly current snapshot of the Earth. If the reality is that people erect a sign, why should it not be included in Google Earth? If it were meant to be a political map with physical relief, like the one on the wall beside me, then the whole of France would be purple.
Could God create a diamond casing that is so tough that it scratches even itself?
Read the story of Natascha Kampusch, and you'll find that the whole kidnapping game is not as straightforward as you might think. Natascha was taken out by her kidnapper to shops, even introduced to third parties as a friend, and could have run away many times during her kidnapping. Wolfgang Priklopil, the abductor, had threatened her with suicide if she escaped, as well as telling her that the house was booby trapped. It was an extremely unusual situation for all concerned, especially when Natascha expressed grief over her kidnapper's suicide.
80 past 2 on April 47th, of course!
You're thinking of Pavlov.
Come on, you mean to tell me that an American publication, Slate, listing ten violations, all of which refer to the US, under the headline 'Bill Of Wrongs' (playing off the American Bill Of Rights) actually meant this as an overview of worldwide violations instead of an introspective American analysis?
I'm not saying that these are all worse than what's going on worldwide, just that the grandparent's knee-jerk rant was irrelevant considering the fact that the article very clearly focuses on the US.
Or whatever. It's New Years Eve, I don't want to get worked up about some damn Internet article. I love all you crazy Slashdotters, keep up the good work.
What a stupid fucking argument. Who said said that such violations happen only in the USA? Nobody did. Saying 'XYZ is worse than us' when the article is about the US means jack shit. The fact that you're somehow proud that you're beating North Korea for human rights is very telling. You should compare yourself to the best, not the worst, if you want to prove your excellence.
If you were a true patriot you'd be looking for ways to improve your country, not waving the flag and shouting 'BUT WE'RE STILL BEATING CUBA, YEEEEAHHHH!'
Why not combine the two?
Noone knows BS's number. Of course, getting hold of Noone is just as difficult.
Did you know that 100 percent of smokers die? Think about that any time you or someone you know lights up.
I too welcome women.
Fridge, list all available beverages.
"Beer"
Fridge, list all available foodstuffs.
"Condiments"