Balance altruism in this system and then you'll have the reason it's the exception.
I wouldn't give the shirt off my back if it meant I'd freeze to death and I know most people have life a lot worse than me. Hell, most people are lucky if they have time to work on their own self-esteem, let alone self-actualization. Mind warping FUD, bad childhood experiences, a lack of education, poor health, and just dumb luck can all contribute to lead people away from feeling they are in a position to be altruistic.
Sackhoff says "I think part of the problem is that it's an expensive show. It is [a great show], but we don't have the viewership that a great show should get."
If it's such a great show then why don't you get the viewership? Sounds like you're in a bit of denial. I mean, let's imagine a theorhetical world where it cost nothing to make the exact same show. Would that change the number of viewers? No. I've tried to watch BSG and after the first few episodes I realized that I didn't care what happened because it was too contrived. I can't bring myself to make the leap of faith that humans could outfight sentient machines, especially when outnumbered a hundred to one. And this BS about 6 models of cylon, and these machines can't design any others? Come on. They're smart enough to attempt genocide. No amount of arguing will fix the flaws in the premise.
So I'm stuck on a desert island. I'm probably spending 75% of my awake time just trying to stay alive and the rest figuring out how to get off the island. (also possibly fighting 'others'.) If I take any game it'll be something that improves my quality of life. Which brings me to my reason for posting: Why aren't there more games that teach something useful while still being entertaining? I mean, if i play rally game i'll gain (at least) theorhetical knowledge of how to drift, and if i play a sailing game i get the concept of how to use the wind to my advantage and how not to capsize. So why not something slightly more practical? There must be a way to turn a wilderness survival guide into a game.
Long Data Block Standards->Approved Standards says "There are currently no approved standards for this committee". (as of 15:30 PST)
Note to self: If I ever post anything to slashdot I will check I have my facts straight before hand. I wouldn't want to look like (any more of) a twit. It's the internet equivalent of giving a speech only to realize you're on stage in nothing but your underwear....and they're not that clean.
If you're willing to say sometimes it's OK to yell at someone then I can probably convince you there's times it's a good idea to hurt someone.
If you're willing to say sometimes it's OK to hurt someone then I can probably convince you there's times it's a good idea to kill someone.
If you're willing to say sometimes it's OK to kill someone then I can probably convince you there's times it's a good idea to kill many someones.
It's just a question of how far you're willing to go and/or have been pushed.
Since the beginning of the species when we've been smashing each other's heads in with rocks we have proven time and again we are a violent, dangerous race. To claim that we've magically grown beyond this is ludicrous.
I'm really only disagreeing with you on one small point: we have not advanced well beyond it and we shouldn't be praising ourselves for it. I believe that, if anything, our willingness to destroy each other (and ourselves) should be one of our primary concerns.
Ah, but you wouldn't have 80% less. You would have a longer wait between announcement of a title's development and it's subsequent release.
Based on that logic DNF will blow. our. minds.
Of course the longer development cycle always generates a hue & cry from the consumers. Maybe placing all the blame on the publishers indicates a convenient blind spot? After all, they have to please their buyers (ie you).
For quite some time now I've thought the shortage was deliberate to help them liquidate their stock of GameCube titles. I was never interested in the GC but there's such a shortage of good Wii games (that I have not already played through) I am forced to look in other directions. The online retro titles don't interest me so I'm forced to choose between lego star wars and mario sunshine.
As for april 1, I don't think we'll see anything new unless Nintendo issues with their shares has ended. Miyamoto couldn't announce anything new at the GDC because of it, so why would the company be able to make any april 1 announcements? If the issue is resolved then it's news to me.
It should be "Are we shooting ourselves in the foot by demanding for more?"
Maybe I'm a luddite but I still play NetHack and spent some time last weekend trying to get my Atari 2600 running. I get together with my friends to play NES games and nobody's complaining about a lack of fun.
I hope this analogy isn't rediculous: if making things more complicated and detailed was really a path to more fun then why hasn't Magic: The Gathering killed bridge, poker, and solitaire?
MTG players don't sit around moaning "52 card games are holding the industry back!"
From the description, it would also seem that the mere *subject* of high gravity reduced the cognitive functions, impairs the ability to write clearly, and generally gives one the appearance of brain damage. I suppose it was written while sitting in the machine in such a way that blood was forced to the back of the brain, away from the frontal lobes.
Now to see how many people comment on my own writing abilities as a sign of my equally deteriorated mental state.;)
I read this and thought "You round up eight, you still get eight. What, are we working in a math system where eight is considered a fraction? How does this earn an/. posting?!"
I just want to fire a bazooka at a Sim house while riding past on a giant bird (or whatever they get up to in WoW). Is that so much to ask?
Hey, maybe if all the game converge then we'll find ourselves playing ReBoot. Then there won't be any new games to buy, you'll just keep shelling out every month to join in the OmegaGame!:P
That's exactly my point - I shouldn't have to type anything. I shouldn't have to pick out a fast server. All this talk of P2P and torrents, it should run on that so if I am running in advanced-give-me-all-the-options mode I can pick which patches/new features I want from a mandriva program and the rest takes care of itself. If I'm running in I'm-just-a-noob-do-it-for-me mode, it would just schedule updates and get it done for me, maybe emailing me weekly of things it did.
Of all the things I'd like to see in Mandriva, this isn't it. I'd like to see them automate and decentralize the system for obtaining new and update packages. Nothing irritates or wastes my time more than having to manually resolve the urpmi BS every other week. I'm also not interested in hearing any jawflapping from linux fans about how it's just a couple of lines. They are the most annoying thing about the OS and, as an average joe home user, the very first reason I would look to some other OS....the lines, not the users.
A friend was working on a crossword puzzle and asked me what the name of the fleshy thing that hangs in the back of the throat was called.
In my minds eye I was instantly transported back to the interior of a giant, hercules colored whale wherein, armed only with a giant feather, I was trying to tickle said fleshy thing to get out.
So: I did learn something useful from a video game. The uvula.
If anyone should have any control I would hope it would the the universities (at least).
...because university politics never get nasty, right?
If it ends up like the medical schools in the US then if you sold a brand X router to university A then you wouldn't be able to sell them to university B because the two universities are in competition with each other. Eventually you'd end up with a two-tiered internet again.
I for one would welcome our robotic/alien/insect overlords, if only because they would implement a global standard.
I understand and yearn for the same thing - the chance to create really innovative and inspiring stuff. However, a part of me also realizes that this business is, what, 30 years old (at best)? I imagine in the early years of cinema Charlie chaplain would grumble that he had to make the same damn thing over and over to please his audiences, too. These days anyone can afford a camera and we're seeing an explosion of smaller, independent works that are really creative while at the same time the mammoth studios are still in existence.
My point is this: the big studios and the business model are not the problem and never will be. The problem is the expense of producing and (more importantly) marketing a game. I believe if costs were lower there would be more independent studios doing things. I believe If console manufacturers allowed indie games on their systems then there would be a lot more exposure to those games. There are a lot of fabulous indie games out there but they don't get the front page of PC Gamer.
Maybe what we need is... I'll call it X for now. The Oscars are to E3 what Sundance should be to X. A well publicized showcase of *only* indie games, not the deameaning pat on the head (I am led to believe) they are given at E3. There needs to be a grassroots movement, starting with developers, that whispers "indie games are more cool".
In summation, creating unique and innovative games is not the greatest hurdle. The greatest hurdle is in getting the world to know you made it.
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Balance altruism in this system and then you'll have the reason it's the exception.
I wouldn't give the shirt off my back if it meant I'd freeze to death and I know most people have life a lot worse than me. Hell, most people are lucky if they have time to work on their own self-esteem, let alone self-actualization. Mind warping FUD, bad childhood experiences, a lack of education, poor health, and just dumb luck can all contribute to lead people away from feeling they are in a position to be altruistic.
Seeing as Nortel has a share one could just as easily title it "Nortel buys from competitor, flip-flops, then strong-arms itself".
So I'm stuck on a desert island. I'm probably spending 75% of my awake time just trying to stay alive and the rest figuring out how to get off the island. (also possibly fighting 'others'.) If I take any game it'll be something that improves my quality of life. Which brings me to my reason for posting: Why aren't there more games that teach something useful while still being entertaining? I mean, if i play rally game i'll gain (at least) theorhetical knowledge of how to drift, and if i play a sailing game i get the concept of how to use the wind to my advantage and how not to capsize. So why not something slightly more practical? There must be a way to turn a wilderness survival guide into a game.
http://www.idema.org/_smartsite/modules/local/data _file/show_file.php?cmd=standards&cat=103&h=1#
...and they're not that clean.
Long Data Block Standards->Approved Standards says "There are currently no approved standards for this committee". (as of 15:30 PST)
Note to self: If I ever post anything to slashdot I will check I have my facts straight before hand. I wouldn't want to look like (any more of) a twit. It's the internet equivalent of giving a speech only to realize you're on stage in nothing but your underwear.
If you're willing to say sometimes it's OK to yell at someone then I can probably convince you there's times it's a good idea to hurt someone.
If you're willing to say sometimes it's OK to hurt someone then I can probably convince you there's times it's a good idea to kill someone.
If you're willing to say sometimes it's OK to kill someone then I can probably convince you there's times it's a good idea to kill many someones.
It's just a question of how far you're willing to go and/or have been pushed.
Since the beginning of the species when we've been smashing each other's heads in with rocks we have proven time and again we are a violent, dangerous race. To claim that we've magically grown beyond this is ludicrous.
I'm really only disagreeing with you on one small point: we have not advanced well beyond it and we shouldn't be praising ourselves for it. I believe that, if anything, our willingness to destroy each other (and ourselves) should be one of our primary concerns.
Ah, but you wouldn't have 80% less. You would have a longer wait between announcement of a title's development and it's subsequent release.
Based on that logic DNF will blow. our. minds.
Of course the longer development cycle always generates a hue & cry from the consumers. Maybe placing all the blame on the publishers indicates a convenient blind spot? After all, they have to please their buyers (ie you).
For quite some time now I've thought the shortage was deliberate to help them liquidate their stock of GameCube titles. I was never interested in the GC but there's such a shortage of good Wii games (that I have not already played through) I am forced to look in other directions. The online retro titles don't interest me so I'm forced to choose between lego star wars and mario sunshine.
As for april 1, I don't think we'll see anything new unless Nintendo issues with their shares has ended. Miyamoto couldn't announce anything new at the GDC because of it, so why would the company be able to make any april 1 announcements? If the issue is resolved then it's news to me.
Even if the magic is gone, at least it isn't gone to the tune of $800+ like it would be with a PS3.
It should be "Are we shooting ourselves in the foot by demanding for more?"
Maybe I'm a luddite but I still play NetHack and spent some time last weekend trying to get my Atari 2600 running. I get together with my friends to play NES games and nobody's complaining about a lack of fun.
I hope this analogy isn't rediculous: if making things more complicated and detailed was really a path to more fun then why hasn't Magic: The Gathering killed bridge, poker, and solitaire?
MTG players don't sit around moaning "52 card games are holding the industry back!"
What are the coordinates? Has Google Maps been updated to show the damage?
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these!
Wow, who knew the bus to hell had such comfy chairs.
From the description, it would also seem that the mere *subject* of high gravity reduced the cognitive functions, impairs the ability to write clearly, and generally gives one the appearance of brain damage. I suppose it was written while sitting in the machine in such a way that blood was forced to the back of the brain, away from the frontal lobes.
;)
Now to see how many people comment on my own writing abilities as a sign of my equally deteriorated mental state.
Roundup of Eight Horizontal CPU Coolers
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I read this and thought "You round up eight, you still get eight. What, are we working in a math system where eight is considered a fraction? How does this earn an
I just want to fire a bazooka at a Sim house while riding past on a giant bird (or whatever they get up to in WoW). Is that so much to ask?
:P
Hey, maybe if all the game converge then we'll find ourselves playing ReBoot. Then there won't be any new games to buy, you'll just keep shelling out every month to join in the OmegaGame!
I know I'm tired because I misread the first name as Inigo and the next thing through my head was
"Hello. My name is Inigo Molnar. You changed the sectors. Prepare to die."
All those who believe MS will be sued for bundling their anti-malware with vista, raise a hand.
Tries to count the forest of arms and then (wisely) gives up.
But we're talking about music and music here. Your parable and the attorney general's actions are like apples and oranges.
That's exactly my point - I shouldn't have to type anything. I shouldn't have to pick out a fast server. All this talk of P2P and torrents, it should run on that so if I am running in advanced-give-me-all-the-options mode I can pick which patches/new features I want from a mandriva program and the rest takes care of itself. If I'm running in I'm-just-a-noob-do-it-for-me mode, it would just schedule updates and get it done for me, maybe emailing me weekly of things it did.
Of all the things I'd like to see in Mandriva, this isn't it. I'd like to see them automate and decentralize the system for obtaining new and update packages. Nothing irritates or wastes my time more than having to manually resolve the urpmi BS every other week. I'm also not interested in hearing any jawflapping from linux fans about how it's just a couple of lines. They are the most annoying thing about the OS and, as an average joe home user, the very first reason I would look to some other OS. ...the lines, not the users.
A friend was working on a crossword puzzle and asked me what the name of the fleshy thing that hangs in the back of the throat was called.
In my minds eye I was instantly transported back to the interior of a giant, hercules colored whale wherein, armed only with a giant feather, I was trying to tickle said fleshy thing to get out.
So: I did learn something useful from a video game. The uvula.
So.... score one for the narcoleptics?
If anyone should have any control I would hope it would the the universities (at least).
...because university politics never get nasty, right?
If it ends up like the medical schools in the US then if you sold a brand X router to university A then you wouldn't be able to sell them to university B because the two universities are in competition with each other. Eventually you'd end up with a two-tiered internet again.
I for one would welcome our robotic/alien/insect overlords, if only because they would implement a global standard.
I understand and yearn for the same thing - the chance to create really innovative and inspiring stuff. However, a part of me also realizes that this business is, what, 30 years old (at best)? I imagine in the early years of cinema Charlie chaplain would grumble that he had to make the same damn thing over and over to please his audiences, too. These days anyone can afford a camera and we're seeing an explosion of smaller, independent works that are really creative while at the same time the mammoth studios are still in existence.
My point is this: the big studios and the business model are not the problem and never will be. The problem is the expense of producing and (more importantly) marketing a game. I believe if costs were lower there would be more independent studios doing things. I believe If console manufacturers allowed indie games on their systems then there would be a lot more exposure to those games. There are a lot of fabulous indie games out there but they don't get the front page of PC Gamer.
Maybe what we need is... I'll call it X for now. The Oscars are to E3 what Sundance should be to X. A well publicized showcase of *only* indie games, not the deameaning pat on the head (I am led to believe) they are given at E3. There needs to be a grassroots movement, starting with developers, that whispers "indie games are more cool".
In summation, creating unique and innovative games is not the greatest hurdle. The greatest hurdle is in getting the world to know you made it.
An interesting choice of analogy, considering you just said you "hope they both go down".