Loom was the first game on CD-ROM we purchased. It had gorgeous graphic art and full CD "talkie" audio! Despite (or perhaps because of) its simplicity, it's one of my favorites and was key to my interest in classical music (Tchaikovsky especially). Highly recommended.
No kidding...releasing a beloved series only partially is such a douchey move, let alone doing it over, and over, and over...thereby screwing over their biggest fans, forcing them to resort to bootlegs to flesh out the series.
I firmly believe they plan these partial releases from the beginning, and that actual sales has nothing to do with it. They obviously don't give a rat's ass about the franchises at any rate.
It isn't even correct to call it "his" house, as it's not his house, it's the first open house he came across when he left work the night before. When a sim goes to work, he becomes aware of the closest building with an available job.
I have had many instances while driving/walking/jogging when I've seen some big ol' titties/whaletail/overall hot chick where I needed a picture right now
The way the universe works doesn't really depend, in any way, upon you finding physics "acceptable".
And a great many people, who clearly are vastly more knowledgeable than you, have done the math and know what they're talking about
Do you thusly ridicule all questions and desires to learn that you encounter?
As you are clearly vastly more knowledgeable and know what you're talking about (and willing to spend time responding), the least you could do is be constructive and try to answer their question. If you even noticed one was posed in the first place given your eagerness to insult people.
Americans say "the squeaky wheel gets the grease", but the Japanese equivalent is "the nail that sticks up will be hammered back down," which expresses the opposite sentiment.
Individualism may not be particularly common within the entire human population, but it is hardly limited to America; rather is inherent to Western culture (including much of Europe and yes, America).
I love the abilities to search for (or even count the instances of) a certain word or phrase, to copy/paste, to get a word definition with negligible time/effort (simply highlight and click/tap), to have multiple bookmarks for favorite passages without all the clutter of...multiple bookmarks, and to carry an arbitrary weight of knowledge around - entire libraries-worth - without a proportional encumbrance.
That being said, there are times I find paper handier. It's often simpler to flip back and forth between specific sections/pages in an actual book, to get a feel for context And I do attach a certain sentimentality to physical books. The image in my mind of the traditional study - a room dedicated to a personal library, with a tall-backed chair, and maybe an enormous globe, surrounded by towering shelves filled with hundreds and hundreds of books new and old - is a fond one. Or the connection with history I feel when, for example, running my hands over some eldritch leather-bound tome from the local library's special collections, or feeling the crisp pages of my gilt-edged copy of Lord of the Rings, or seeing the (often funny or interesting) annotations left in the margins by a previous reader, or opening a well-worn book that my grandparents owned, knowing that their eyes once gazed over the very same ink and pulp. I find it hard to imagine quite the same experiences translating over to the electronic version.
Maybe one day a descendant of mine 10 generations hence will view a copy of my data (that is maybe 30 or more electronic generations hence), yet but for bit identical, and have a similar, if not quite identical experience.
Of course, if they have the actual devices I owned (provided they can still find/devise a compatible means to power them up), that would be something else.
I'd be happy if they would just fix the blasted domain crowding. Filling 60% of the results with different pages all on the same domain is usually not useful.
The novel The Fifth Sacred Thing explores what might happen if something like what you propose comes to pass, albeit on a smaller scale (northern vs southern California).
Not a bad utopia/dystopia novel, if you can accept some metaphysicality (it's by Starhawk after all).
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How about...a nice game of chess?
I Shot the Sheriff
Loom was the first game on CD-ROM we purchased. It had gorgeous graphic art and full CD "talkie" audio! Despite (or perhaps because of) its simplicity, it's one of my favorites and was key to my interest in classical music (Tchaikovsky especially). Highly recommended.
this is a company hell-bent on innovating first and asking questions later
I kinda wish there were more of those.
It'd be nice if someone put up a counter-offer of "$10 million to anyone who can PROVE a deity exists".
I imagine that might go something like this:
*POOF* god suddenly appears.
god: "Proof! Now here's my ten mil?"
Yeah and s/he has a sick sense of humor too.
In my experience, being omniscient does indeed cause one to be easily sidetracked.
If you really think kicking the habit will do any good...
No kidding...releasing a beloved series only partially is such a douchey move, let alone doing it over, and over, and over...thereby screwing over their biggest fans, forcing them to resort to bootlegs to flesh out the series. I firmly believe they plan these partial releases from the beginning, and that actual sales has nothing to do with it. They obviously don't give a rat's ass about the franchises at any rate.
It isn't even correct to call it "his" house, as it's not his house, it's the first open house he came across when he left work the night before. When a sim goes to work, he becomes aware of the closest building with an available job.
Wait...that's not normal where you live?
Accidental porn.
I have had many instances while driving/walking/jogging when I've seen some big ol' titties/whaletail/overall hot chick where I needed a picture right now
FTFY
..and I never will. I can never forgive them for the death of my boy.
if the observations and calculations were a teensy bit off, and altering the asteroid's trajectory changed it from a very near miss...to a hit?
The way the universe works doesn't really depend, in any way, upon you finding physics "acceptable".
And a great many people, who clearly are vastly more knowledgeable than you, have done the math and know what they're talking about
Do you thusly ridicule all questions and desires to learn that you encounter? As you are clearly vastly more knowledgeable and know what you're talking about (and willing to spend time responding), the least you could do is be constructive and try to answer their question. If you even noticed one was posed in the first place given your eagerness to insult people.
...up to $180 for all the content. I'd rather everything be included up front with that price tag so I can decide if I want to blow my money or not.
That would only shift the complaints from nickel-and-diming to barrier-to-entry.
No one really has an issue with optional content
But you just said...nevermind.
Indeed, global warming may result in more iceburgs.
Americans are often surprised when they travel abroad, and see foreigners walk unconcerned past someone in obvious need of assistance.
Speaking as an American, in my experience the not-my-problem asshole attitude is typical here too, unfortunately.
Americans say "the squeaky wheel gets the grease", but the Japanese equivalent is "the nail that sticks up will be hammered back down," which expresses the opposite sentiment.
Individualism may not be particularly common within the entire human population, but it is hardly limited to America; rather is inherent to Western culture (including much of Europe and yes, America).
That's funny...to me, all football teams look alike.
That being said, there are times I find paper handier. It's often simpler to flip back and forth between specific sections/pages in an actual book, to get a feel for context And I do attach a certain sentimentality to physical books. The image in my mind of the traditional study - a room dedicated to a personal library, with a tall-backed chair, and maybe an enormous globe, surrounded by towering shelves filled with hundreds and hundreds of books new and old - is a fond one. Or the connection with history I feel when, for example, running my hands over some eldritch leather-bound tome from the local library's special collections, or feeling the crisp pages of my gilt-edged copy of Lord of the Rings, or seeing the (often funny or interesting) annotations left in the margins by a previous reader, or opening a well-worn book that my grandparents owned, knowing that their eyes once gazed over the very same ink and pulp. I find it hard to imagine quite the same experiences translating over to the electronic version.
Maybe one day a descendant of mine 10 generations hence will view a copy of my data (that is maybe 30 or more electronic generations hence), yet but for bit identical, and have a similar, if not quite identical experience.
Of course, if they have the actual devices I owned (provided they can still find/devise a compatible means to power them up), that would be something else.
Like, for example, knives...and stabbing weapons?
I'd be happy if they would just fix the blasted domain crowding. Filling 60% of the results with different pages all on the same domain is usually not useful.
The novel The Fifth Sacred Thing explores what might happen if something like what you propose comes to pass, albeit on a smaller scale (northern vs southern California). Not a bad utopia/dystopia novel, if you can accept some metaphysicality (it's by Starhawk after all).
My gaze tends to gravitate to the lips as much as (if not more than) the eyes, especially in those I find attractive. I'm not sure what that means.
I'd like some of that here, to reduce light pollution.