Trolling is alive and well on/.
You are trolling, right? If we give up on NASA we might as well throw in the towel.
I believe that anyone carrying a NASA badge knows exactly how important their organization is to our country, and species, and I am unanimous in that.
Don't let the AYBS reference diminish the seriousness of my response.
I wasn't even tempted to make a crack about Windows' inability to play DVDs out of the box. Really I wasn't.
NASA is above that...
So maybe not 'part of the team' but dammit, they were more than robotic vacuum cleaners!
Or maybe I'm just projecting. I just know if I had scutters... I don't know, I'd catch a western with them once in awhile. You know, kinda stay in touch like.
Ah okay. You win gg OWNNNNNNNNNNNNZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzz... Mondo:P
That sounds like it was a horrible ordeal. I've often wondered how skin grafting works for extensive burn victims and I appreciate the insight but I'm sorry you have the information to share. Glad you beat the odds, friend, and that you're here to share your experience with us now.
Here's to Dave, science, and the human determination, creativity, and compassion that give us hope for a better tomorrow.
>>>> It's laughable logic to say that posting scans of illegal IDs is more justifiable than simply reporting it to the police.
But but but.. if she did that.. she'd just be doing what she claims to be doing, trying to put an end to the EVVILLSSS of UNDDERRAGGEE DRINKING. And then nothing. You don't get on Oprah by doing the little things that matter, eh.
This way she gets trophies and praise from busybody windbags and her fellow little people.
YAY FOR HER! YOU GO GIRL! I certainly hope the cops catch whoever typed your email address into some forms. That is, *if* you decide to call them. Which I somehow doubt.
You're both full of it. GP is wrong, the definition provided was..
"Sexual Relations" as when a person knowingly engages in or causes "contact with the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks of any person with an intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person."
The definition was the only one approved by the judge, two additional definitions were discarded. The wording is overly verbose even for a definition, imho. It was provided in advance, and refreshed right before his infamous denial. You can interpret it two ways and have a case for both but in the end... actually, I'm not even sure. None the less, GP, cite.
Parent.. Why did you even bother replying if you weren't going to contribute something?
You're muddling two different, and internally diverse parties (theatres, studios (and a host of distributors)) but the problem you point out is true. The television commercials played before the film starts is part of a bigger problem in the movie theatre business. As theatres consolidate and decisions shift further into the reaches of corporate money-manufacturing hive-minds, there's a loss of focus on the very real CULTURAL institution that movie theatres are. The goal isn't to run a successful theatre in the traditional respect, so much as it is to run the most profitable theatre possible. Profit is an important element of success, obviously. A successful theatre should be profitable, but it should also maintain the experience and the mystique that should come with experiencing a film in the cinema.
The idea of the most profitable theatre possible is the driving factor behind things like the TELEVISION ADS played before the trailers/films at some theatres. THIS DEMEANS THE EXPERIENCE OF THE CINEMA. In the drive for diversification and expansion of their revenue base, the inclusion of generic television advertising before films could be the noose around the neck of the industry.
Home theatre systems continue to get better, this is well acknowledged. DVDs are sometimes issued less than six months after an initial theatrical run. Not to mention the obvious implications of the Internet. Yet people still continue to the movies, and they will continue to do so for some time. If DVD releases were simultaneous with theatrical releases, some people would still go to see at least some portion of their movies at a theatre.
That is, as long as movie theatres get their act together and remember what they're supposed to be providing.
Hey guys, I'll hook you up: Nobody pays $10.25 to sit in your house and watch movies on your TV. Not even if you have fantastic cable. Start focusing on being successful theatres again. If that means losing out on the income from pre-show TV ads to maintain the aura of the silver screen, I'm sorry.
Please, someone have a heart. You ARE cheapening the experience with this and other such tactics. When that magic is gone, the biggest screens and the loudest speakers won't bring back the masses.
Movie theatre.. what's what? Oh, a building people went to for advertising and entertainment, way back..
[Wow, this is so fucking OT. Fuck you mods. Fuck you. Look at my fucking karma. Look at that sad-ass shit. Look at my comment history. Do I deserve this shit? Fuck no.]
Oh, shit. I'd always wondered why so many people claim additional lube is oh-so necessary to jerk off.. but now I know it's just the mutilated ones! Score!
I know this anti-social attitude works/most/ of the time (armchair MDs, 'weapons experts', physicists.. generally good) but this whole post just.. doesn't work out. Or at least, the attack doesn't.
Who says he wasn't seeing the movie with WWII vets? Vietnam vets? Or perhaps they were just too young to HAVE fought in a military conflict, because, ya know, there just haven't been that many* (*USA-centric) as of late. 'til the recent warmongering of GWB II.
"unwilling or unfit", bah. I know this posting is mostly pointless in itself, and I only get to post twice a day, but I just had to say.. wow, you're an asshole. Take two steps back. Breath. Breath.
I certainly hope the mods get around to fixing the vile mistake that is the moderation on your post.
A factor I could see hurting the PS3 might be that while the PS3 is this generation's "new hotness", the PS2 might finally seem like a deal to those of us that haven't had interest in one before.
As-in.. I haven't been interested in getting a PS2, but when the PS3 is out and the PS2 can be had on the cheap.. I might actually get one. (And I think "Sony sucks.")
There's a library of games in place, enough that I can actually find a few I like. They're all available used for way less than the $50-$70 Sony thinks they'll milk out of gamers on PS3 titles. GameStop and the like will be flooded with people trading in their PS2s towards credit on the PS3 ($600, man, it's just too much..)
I dunno, I never even considered getting a PS2 but I'm thinking about it now.
I've chased this thread up, all the way up, and I can't find anyone saying that.
I've also been paying close attention to the Wii, and Wii-related postings on/., and I haven't found that to be a common argument. In fact, I can't really recall anyone ever using it. Not even "Nintendo Fanboys" like you say.
Maybe you're just fuming over the $600 PS3?
(-1, Troll)
Errr,
Maybe you're just fuming over the $500 (cough-crippled-cough) PS3?
Maybe if you weren't such an obnoxious, anti-social, fat fuck you wouldn't be so bitter and resentful towards "yuppies" (your code-language for "pretty people".)
That was an astoundingly intense scenario. I, too, died time after time, mowed down like nothin'. One of the things that got me was the lack of frustration from dying over and over.
Why didn't I get more and more frustrated, dying OVER and OVER a minute into the level? Because of everything the parent mentioned..
We were all dying. NPCs exploding left and right under mortar fire, NPCs huddled under cover just trying not to die. It removed a lot of the frustration just realizing that this REALLY HAPPENED, that people REALLY DIED (No 'Hit Spacebar to Continue...') but that same connection made it much more disturbing to play.
So, granted I don't speak for all immigrants (given I have blonde hair, blue eyes, white skin, and the ability to legally work anywhere in Europe which means most Americans don't think of me when justifying their racism in the name of immigration control)
Oh, wait, maybe you aren't taking heat on the "immigration issue" because you're here... legally? Gasp. Wait, wait. That can't be right.
Nah, it's just easier to piss on all the "ignorant Americans" and assume illegal immigration is just some justification for the fact we're all racists.
Yeah. That's it.
Fuck you. I don't appreciate being called a "racist" because I expect the consequences of law to apply to everyone. Where will the rallies be held when I'm busted for smoking pot? Where will the cries of "racism! racism!" echo throughout the streets?
Change the laws, don't get all emotional and teary-eyed. Wah, wah, the evil racist people are picking on me. Wah. Wah.
People like you are the reason nobody respects "the left" (non-fascists.)
Perhaps Nintendo/third-parties should just blindly adhere to the tech in the face of gameplay/all else..
Wait, we're not talking about MS and Sony here:)
Do we add "But they accept the limitations of the hardware and deliver the best gaming experience possible with the tools available!" to the list of anti-Wii gripes? I mean, ALL the reports coming back from E3 are saying the new controllers are solid, fun input devices being used in a bunch of titles.
.. but SSB, essentially a side-scrolling "party fighter" (?!).. I think we'd all be amazed (they'd have to think it'll make the game more fun) and terrified (but could it really work?) if they wanted us to give up our gamepads for that.
However, if it turns out that most games are better without the 'chucks, how would Nintendo fan boys justify spending another 200 bucks on a system that is no better than the gamecube they already have?
One title. One title is mentioned as not using EVERY FEATURE of the wiimote, while allowing for gamecube controllers, and this is your comment. Wow. How misguided.
How will Sony fanboys handle paying $500 for a crippled PS3 that offers nothing but a PS2 + shinier graphics and a BLLLUUUUUUUURRRAAAYYYYYYYY(gasp!@#)? Or $600 for a full-featured PS2(er, PS3) with BLUUUUUUURRRAAAYYYYYYY!!! Sony isn't even trying to tell you they'll offer a new experience.
They're trying to offer you.. the same experience, with more options to buy ADD-ON LEVELS! TEXTURES! RINGTONES! MP3s!
Sony isn't a game company, sorry. Sony isn't producing a console, it's producing a "platform."
Did you see that presentation? Half of it was just financial information! There's room for that, but seriously.. Sony gave us a glimpse into their cold, dead eyes:)
Look at the gimmicky-knockoff controller THEY'RE shipping. Crippledcrippledcrippled. Oh, gag. Let's see how many PS2 (er, sorry, PS3. Better graphics.) games uses that "motion-sensing" six months after release.
I'm guessing their motion-sensing is just cripple-ware, bolted-on to try and steal some "innovation" cred from Nintendo because Sony has none. And nothing of their own to show.
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Trolling is alive and well on /.
You are trolling, right? If we give up on NASA we might as well throw in the towel.
I believe that anyone carrying a NASA badge knows exactly how important their organization is to our country, and species, and I am unanimous in that.
Don't let the AYBS reference diminish the seriousness of my response.
I wasn't even tempted to make a crack about Windows' inability to play DVDs out of the box. Really I wasn't.
NASA is above that...
Only if you say it three times in a row in a dark room, looking into a mirror..
Now everybody: Don't say we didn't warn you.
So maybe not 'part of the team' but dammit, they were more than robotic vacuum cleaners!
Z ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzz ... Mondo :P
Or maybe I'm just projecting. I just know if I had scutters... I don't know, I'd catch a western with them once in awhile. You know, kinda stay in touch like.
Ah okay.
You win gg OWNNNNNNNNNNNNZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Excuse me Mr. Ate God, but the scutters were a lot more than robotic vacuum cleaners.
The scutters are part of the team!
Try 'ls --color=always' and/or additionally, 'man ls'
*padding.. padding.. wouldn't want to set off one of the obnoxious 'filters'*
Hey David,
That sounds like it was a horrible ordeal. I've often wondered how skin grafting works for extensive burn victims and I appreciate the insight but I'm sorry you have the information to share. Glad you beat the odds, friend, and that you're here to share your experience with us now.
Here's to Dave, science, and the human determination, creativity, and compassion that give us hope for a better tomorrow.
Wow, he's your brother. What a fucking shithead you are, eh.
"He's a sad little person."
Take him for a walk, fly a kite, play checkers.. and you, mods, what the fuck are you giving this points for?
If you mod up trolls somebody might respon--fuck.
This was a waste of time.
>>>> It's laughable logic to say that posting scans of illegal IDs is more justifiable than simply reporting it to the police.
But but but.. if she did that.. she'd just be doing what she claims to be doing, trying to put an end to the EVVILLSSS of UNDDERRAGGEE DRINKING. And then nothing. You don't get on Oprah by doing the little things that matter, eh.
This way she gets trophies and praise from busybody windbags and her fellow little people.
YAY FOR HER! YOU GO GIRL! I certainly hope the cops catch whoever typed your email address into some forms. That is, *if* you decide to call them. Which I somehow doubt.
Does this make you feel powerful? Stupid bitch.
I don't know who is funnier.. you, unable to distinguish higher orders of animal life from an earthworm, or vegans.
Either way, +5, Funny!
ROTFL SO CLEVER R U!!!!!! YODA2!!
"Sexual Relations" as when a person knowingly engages in or causes "contact with the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks of any person with an intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person."
The definition was the only one approved by the judge, two additional definitions were discarded. The wording is overly verbose even for a definition, imho. It was provided in advance, and refreshed right before his infamous denial. You can interpret it two ways and have a case for both but in the end... actually, I'm not even sure. None the less, GP, cite.
Parent.. Why did you even bother replying if you weren't going to contribute something?
Other than name-calling... stupid git. :|
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/spec ial/clinton/stories/starr081398.htm
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/08/18/clinton. v.jones.dep/
You're muddling two different, and internally diverse parties (theatres, studios (and a host of distributors)) but the problem you point out is true. The television commercials played before the film starts is part of a bigger problem in the movie theatre business. As theatres consolidate and decisions shift further into the reaches of corporate money-manufacturing hive-minds, there's a loss of focus on the very real CULTURAL institution that movie theatres are. The goal isn't to run a successful theatre in the traditional respect, so much as it is to run the most profitable theatre possible. Profit is an important element of success, obviously. A successful theatre should be profitable, but it should also maintain the experience and the mystique that should come with experiencing a film in the cinema.
The idea of the most profitable theatre possible is the driving factor behind things like the TELEVISION ADS played before the trailers/films at some theatres. THIS DEMEANS THE EXPERIENCE OF THE CINEMA. In the drive for diversification and expansion of their revenue base, the inclusion of generic television advertising before films could be the noose around the neck of the industry.
Home theatre systems continue to get better, this is well acknowledged. DVDs are sometimes issued less than six months after an initial theatrical run. Not to mention the obvious implications of the Internet. Yet people still continue to the movies, and they will continue to do so for some time. If DVD releases were simultaneous with theatrical releases, some people would still go to see at least some portion of their movies at a theatre.
That is, as long as movie theatres get their act together and remember what they're supposed to be providing.
Hey guys, I'll hook you up: Nobody pays $10.25 to sit in your house and watch movies on your TV. Not even if you have fantastic cable. Start focusing on being successful theatres again. If that means losing out on the income from pre-show TV ads to maintain the aura of the silver screen, I'm sorry.
Please, someone have a heart. You ARE cheapening the experience with this and other such tactics. When that magic is gone, the biggest screens and the loudest speakers won't bring back the masses.
Movie theatre.. what's what? Oh, a building people went to for advertising and entertainment, way back..
[Wow, this is so fucking OT. Fuck you mods. Fuck you. Look at my fucking karma. Look at that sad-ass shit. Look at my comment history. Do I deserve this shit? Fuck no.]
Oh, shit. I'd always wondered why so many people claim additional lube is oh-so necessary to jerk off.. but now I know it's just the mutilated ones! Score!
/.
Another mystery solved thanks to
How the fuck is this insightful? I mean, really..
/most/ of the time (armchair MDs, 'weapons experts', physicists.. generally good) but this whole post just.. doesn't work out. Or at least, the attack doesn't.
:(
I know this anti-social attitude works
Who says he wasn't seeing the movie with WWII vets? Vietnam vets? Or perhaps they were just too young to HAVE fought in a military conflict, because, ya know, there just haven't been that many* (*USA-centric) as of late. 'til the recent warmongering of GWB II.
"unwilling or unfit", bah. I know this posting is mostly pointless in itself, and I only get to post twice a day, but I just had to say.. wow, you're an asshole. Take two steps back. Breath. Breath.
I certainly hope the mods get around to fixing the vile mistake that is the moderation on your post.
Ah, shit. Did I just bite?
Totally off-topic, I guess, but maybe not..
:)
A factor I could see hurting the PS3 might be that while the PS3 is this generation's "new hotness", the PS2 might finally seem like a deal to those of us that haven't had interest in one before.
As-in.. I haven't been interested in getting a PS2, but when the PS3 is out and the PS2 can be had on the cheap.. I might actually get one. (And I think "Sony sucks.")
There's a library of games in place, enough that I can actually find a few I like. They're all available used for way less than the $50-$70 Sony thinks they'll milk out of gamers on PS3 titles. GameStop and the like will be flooded with people trading in their PS2s towards credit on the PS3 ($600, man, it's just too much..)
I dunno, I never even considered getting a PS2 but I'm thinking about it now.
It can go right next to my Wii
I've also been paying close attention to the Wii, and Wii-related postings on /., and I haven't found that to be a common argument. In fact, I can't really recall anyone ever using it. Not even "Nintendo Fanboys" like you say.
Maybe you're just fuming over the $600 PS3?
(-1, Troll)
Errr,
Maybe you're just fuming over the $500 (cough-crippled-cough) PS3?
(-1, Troll)
FINE, I give up =)
(-1)
Screw you guys.
Amen!
I'm cruisin' fine in neutral.. it's downhill, but it's fun as hell!
Maybe if you weren't such an obnoxious, anti-social, fat fuck you wouldn't be so bitter and resentful towards "yuppies" (your code-language for "pretty people".)
I dunno. Just an observation.
You're mentally-ill.
Thanks.
Yeah, here's my "me too" comment =)
That was an astoundingly intense scenario. I, too, died time after time, mowed down like nothin'. One of the things that got me was the lack of frustration from dying over and over.
Why didn't I get more and more frustrated, dying OVER and OVER a minute into the level? Because of everything the parent mentioned..
We were all dying. NPCs exploding left and right under mortar fire, NPCs huddled under cover just trying not to die. It removed a lot of the frustration just realizing that this REALLY HAPPENED, that people REALLY DIED (No 'Hit Spacebar to Continue...') but that same connection made it much more disturbing to play.
Can't wait to watch you all bend over backwards to build your own prison. It'd be funny if it wasn't so sad.
*yawn*
*sigh*
'nite, suckers.
Oh, wait, maybe you aren't taking heat on the "immigration issue" because you're here... legally? Gasp. Wait, wait. That can't be right.
Nah, it's just easier to piss on all the "ignorant Americans" and assume illegal immigration is just some justification for the fact we're all racists.
Yeah. That's it.
Fuck you. I don't appreciate being called a "racist" because I expect the consequences of law to apply to everyone. Where will the rallies be held when I'm busted for smoking pot? Where will the cries of "racism! racism!" echo throughout the streets?
Change the laws, don't get all emotional and teary-eyed. Wah, wah, the evil racist people are picking on me. Wah. Wah.
People like you are the reason nobody respects "the left" (non-fascists.)
From your comment I can see:
1) You aren't American.
2) You are an idiot.
Thanks for making me feel a little better about living in a country full of idiots--We don't have a monopoly on idiots! YAY! YAAYY!
Thanks! I was wondering if something like that existed.
But wait, are we circumventing Nike's Right To Profit by calculating the distances with this website? Ahhhh!
AHHHHH!!!
(Thanks again man, good link.)
Family-friendly? Female-friendly?
- 3D-blood-splatters-omfg anymore.
Dude, I'm just sick of the same old shit. I think a lot of people-that-play-games (and maybe some 'gamers') are.
Sorry guys, I'm growing up. 'Fun' doesn't explicitly mean the-latest-FPS-omfg-the-gore-is-so-cool-omfg-dude
Fun means fun.
The Wii looks fun.
I'm a twenty-two year old male, and I can't wait to get one.
Wait, we're not talking about MS and Sony here :)
Do we add "But they accept the limitations of the hardware and deliver the best gaming experience possible with the tools available!" to the list of anti-Wii gripes? I mean, ALL the reports coming back from E3 are saying the new controllers are solid, fun input devices being used in a bunch of titles.
However, if it turns out that most games are better without the 'chucks, how would Nintendo fan boys justify spending another 200 bucks on a system that is no better than the gamecube they already have?
One title. One title is mentioned as not using EVERY FEATURE of the wiimote, while allowing for gamecube controllers, and this is your comment. Wow. How misguided.
How will Sony fanboys handle paying $500 for a crippled PS3 that offers nothing but a PS2 + shinier graphics and a BLLLUUUUUUUURRRAAAYYYYYYYY(gasp!@#)? Or $600 for a full-featured PS2(er, PS3) with BLUUUUUUURRRAAAYYYYYYY!!! Sony isn't even trying to tell you they'll offer a new experience.
They're trying to offer you.. the same experience, with more options to buy ADD-ON LEVELS! TEXTURES! RINGTONES! MP3s!
Sony isn't a game company, sorry.
Sony isn't producing a console, it's producing a "platform."
Did you see that presentation? Half of it was just financial information! There's room for that, but seriously.. Sony gave us a glimpse into their cold, dead eyes :)
Look at the gimmicky-knockoff controller THEY'RE shipping. Crippledcrippledcrippled. Oh, gag. Let's see how many PS2 (er, sorry, PS3. Better graphics.) games uses that "motion-sensing" six months after release.
I'm guessing their motion-sensing is just cripple-ware, bolted-on to try and steal some "innovation" cred from Nintendo because Sony has none. And nothing of their own to show.
Troll or fanboy, consider yourself bitchslapped :/