As for your main point...violent video games did not cause the shooting. What did was the fact that the boys were ostracized at school and hated it so passionately that they wanted to get revenge for years of having been mistreated on a daily basis. The only people who have said that games had anything to do with the shooting were the "experts" that went on TV and tried to pin the incident to something so that society could feel better about itself. There has been absolutely no proof that games led to the shooting, and this makes a vast majority of your post complete bullshit.
There's a reason why the lawsuits that were filed against the makers of the games went nowhere - they just weren't the cause.
Simple - the channel really has nothing to do with Google.
As far as I can tell (this coming from Google itself, mind you), all they provide are the search data and the name for the segments. Google doesn't seem to have anything else to do with the channel.
Section 508 requires that electronic and information technology developed, procured, used, or maintained by all agencies and departments of the Federal Government be accessible both to Federal employees with disabilities and to members of the public with disabilites, and that these two groups have equal use of such technologies as federal employees and members of the public that do not have disabilities.
How is the IE-only decision in violation of Section 508, exactly?
Is using IE over another browser difficult or impossible for people who are disabled?
Otherwise, I don't see a big deal in selling the game system like most people have already said. Unlike the old Atari systems, there are A TON of the PS1's and PS2's or XBox's, so if you ever wanted to go back and relive your childhood later, you could always buy the system off E-bay (extremely cheaply) later on in life.
For now.
Systems stop working. The lasers die, get misalligned. They burn with houses. They rot in dumps. They get stolen.
The reason why the old Atari systems aren't as readily available as newer consoles is shockingly obvious: they've had close to twenty more years to cease to exist.
There may not have been any direct sequels in the FF universe, but the basic gameplay is the same. Form a party, go and kick the ass of some powerful evil, find Moogles, Chocobos, and Sid along the way, participate in many turn-based battles, and (as of late) use summons/guardian spirits to wreak havoc over and over and over.
They're up to twelve games now with that basic pattern. I'd call that "milking the franchise," personally.
Stores like Best Buy and Target have games in their sales circulars every week.
Coupons (like Best Buy's Gamer Gift Card or the $5 off any PS2 title that they're offering now) and discount cards help to save a little bit of money. Coupons are free, and the cards are cheap - I got my EB Edge card for $5.
When games hit the clearance racks, they drop in price amazingly quickly. Toys R Us had a very nice selection of games in a clearance sale that, over the course of a few months, increased from 30% off to a whopping 90% off. Walking into the store, spending $15, and waslking out with five or six new games is a very nice feeling.
Buy used. You'll save a lot of money, the games are usually in good shape, and you should be able to return or exchange if the disc is damaged.
Rent. Some games aren't worth the $50, or even $20.
Wait. Sony releases a new batch of Greatest Hits titles every few months or so, and Microsoft and Nintendo have their own lines (albiet ones that aren't updated as often). Every game will drop in price eventually; what was once rare and expensive for the N64 can now be had for $15-$20. PC games hit the jewel case racks within a year or so of release. If you're patient, you'll be able to play it.
Say you buy two $50 games a year. I've spent less than that this year, and I've got a giant pile of quality unplayed games waiting for me. Hell, I've got more than I can play right now because I keep jumping on sales.
You, my friend, don't have a clue in hell as to what you're talking about.
My guess would be that since it was never intended to be found - and, of course, not acccessible at all under normal conditions - they figured that leaving it in couldn't hurt anything.
Our politicians are stupid. You'd really think that they've got better things to worry about (like, say, doing things that will affect more than a few million people with a certain hobby), but that seems to not be the case. Let's just threaten to launch a Senate inquiry instead.
You guys are still accepting immigrants, right? I think I'd rather be there in the UK than here.:)
You've got to agree to it before you play yet you can't actually read it until you've bought the product, installed it, and rendered it unreturnable because it's been opened?
Futurama did have its highs and its lows in that last season.
Personally, though, I'm fine with that uneven quality, since the best episodes were nothing short of amazing. If I can have "Jurassic Bark" or "Devil's Hands," I can live with an occasional "Less Than Hero" or, heaven forbid, a "Bend Her."
There's a difference between redistribution and archiving.
I've always thought of it with the "Silent movie era" argument. We've lost countless movies and shorts forever because no one thought to save any of the prints. By the time a demand for these older films was created, it was far too late to do anything and those films just weren't there anymore.
The Archive is preventing that from happening. They aren't storing the pages for personal or financial gain; rather, as historical documents.
I know that the argument is flawed (you try writing something better as soon as you wake up), but the point remains that there's a fundamental difference between redistributing and archiving.
Why focus on a niche search engine when you can put more effort into the one that is used by millions and is the public face of your company?
I didn't know Google Scholar existed until I downloaded the IE Toolbar and saw it as a search option. If I read a story about how Google is making their Scholar search engine better, chances are I'd be completely indifferent to it. I don't use it, so why should I care?
(That could change, since I start college in the fall. But I digress.)
Google's got their priorities, and the fact that they offer what they do for free is still pretty darn impressive. So what if it's not as good as the paid alternatives? It's free and it seems effective enough for the small market that's going to be using it...
Maybe they're cutting back on the product because of the complaints about the movies being overly commercial.
Another question: there have been four Pooh theatrical releases over the last four years. For the fourth one, how much promotion is required? How much is acceptable?
Pooh has been everywhere in recent years. That alone could be why Disney didn't market the movie. Maybe they didn't need to.
I don't think they're setting up 2D to fail. At this point, they're just ignoring it. Why push Pooh when you know that The Incredibles is guaranteed to do well and bring in buckets and buckets of merchandising money?
I miss the old days. Eight bits, bright colors, slowdown when you start scrolling too much, having to blow on the connectors to get the blasted thing to load...
Now THOSE were articles!
In fact, I still use the old boy. So what if there's no new content? As long as I've got my Walter Mondale, I'll be fine...
It's worth pointing out that there are RPGs and FPSs that don't require the ultra-pretty realistic graphics that you seem to be indicating. In fact, I think I could argue that the graphics really don't matter all that much in either of those genres.
Let's start with RPGs. Paper Mario is a very good game, one that definitely has the ability to pull the gamer in and hold their attention for hours. The graphics there? Very stylized and cartoony, and something that the N64 could pull off very well.
An even better example is the Pokémon games. They've never had anything beyond the most simplistic tile-based graphics...and they're some of the best and most immersive RPGs I've ever played.
Another way to look at it is aging, which gives me some perfect examples for shooters. DOOM, Goldeneye, and the Marathon series are all classics, deservedly, and they aren't because of their graphics. The entire package is great. The graphics are anything but modern, but they're still a ton of fun to play. I still haven't had more fun with a console than I've had with four player Goldeneye.
Besides...if a game's sole selling point is immersion, what's going to happen to it as technology advances and the game becomes less and less impressive?
How do you go about modding a console game, exactly? There's a good chance that Sony and Nintendo won't include hard drives in the next go-round, and if they do, there's no guarantee that they can't pull a Microsoft and ban systems from online play if the system has been physically changed or if the files on its hard drive have been modified.
Online play is an issue too. Sega doesn't run Dreamcast servers anymore, and the only ones that I'm aware of are independent and have required Game Sharks to manually change the IP the game is looking for. That may have changed, but there's no guarantee that that would work on the newer consoles.
Starcraft. Counter-Strike. Everquest. There are a lot of older games that are still played online, and frequently at that.
With the console lifecycle the way it is - four or five years, and then off into the sunset forever - I'm not sure if they could replace the PCs. Or if we'd want them to.
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A total of thirteen people died in the incident, fifteen if you include Harris and Klebold in the total. That's not "dozens of people" by any possible stretch of the word.
As for your main point...violent video games did not cause the shooting. What did was the fact that the boys were ostracized at school and hated it so passionately that they wanted to get revenge for years of having been mistreated on a daily basis. The only people who have said that games had anything to do with the shooting were the "experts" that went on TV and tried to pin the incident to something so that society could feel better about itself. There has been absolutely no proof that games led to the shooting, and this makes a vast majority of your post complete bullshit.
There's a reason why the lawsuits that were filed against the makers of the games went nowhere - they just weren't the cause.
As far as I can tell (this coming from Google itself, mind you), all they provide are the search data and the name for the segments. Google doesn't seem to have anything else to do with the channel.
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They did change it. o_0
I don't think you can use the word "some" when they said it themselves in their second strip.
I don't have any issues with Zonk or anything...but do a little research before posting, for christ's sake.
Please, stop calling every kind of audio stream or download that hits the Internet a podcast.
How is the IE-only decision in violation of Section 508, exactly?
Is using IE over another browser difficult or impossible for people who are disabled?
Good job. :)
For now.
Systems stop working. The lasers die, get misalligned. They burn with houses. They rot in dumps. They get stolen.
The reason why the old Atari systems aren't as readily available as newer consoles is shockingly obvious: they've had close to twenty more years to cease to exist.
There may not have been any direct sequels in the FF universe, but the basic gameplay is the same. Form a party, go and kick the ass of some powerful evil, find Moogles, Chocobos, and Sid along the way, participate in many turn-based battles, and (as of late) use summons/guardian spirits to wreak havoc over and over and over. They're up to twelve games now with that basic pattern. I'd call that "milking the franchise," personally.
Stores like Best Buy and Target have games in their sales circulars every week.
Coupons (like Best Buy's Gamer Gift Card or the $5 off any PS2 title that they're offering now) and discount cards help to save a little bit of money. Coupons are free, and the cards are cheap - I got my EB Edge card for $5.
When games hit the clearance racks, they drop in price amazingly quickly. Toys R Us had a very nice selection of games in a clearance sale that, over the course of a few months, increased from 30% off to a whopping 90% off. Walking into the store, spending $15, and waslking out with five or six new games is a very nice feeling.
Buy used. You'll save a lot of money, the games are usually in good shape, and you should be able to return or exchange if the disc is damaged.
Rent. Some games aren't worth the $50, or even $20.
Wait. Sony releases a new batch of Greatest Hits titles every few months or so, and Microsoft and Nintendo have their own lines (albiet ones that aren't updated as often). Every game will drop in price eventually; what was once rare and expensive for the N64 can now be had for $15-$20. PC games hit the jewel case racks within a year or so of release. If you're patient, you'll be able to play it.
Say you buy two $50 games a year. I've spent less than that this year, and I've got a giant pile of quality unplayed games waiting for me. Hell, I've got more than I can play right now because I keep jumping on sales.
You, my friend, don't have a clue in hell as to what you're talking about.
Sold the worst. Not "was the worst."
Slashdot - where basic reading comprehension isn't required! :)
My guess would be that since it was never intended to be found - and, of course, not acccessible at all under normal conditions - they figured that leaving it in couldn't hurt anything.
They've sold over five million copies of the original version, and I'm sure that the rerelease will sell pretty darn well too.
Neither version of the game will ever be rare or extremely valuable.
Our politicians are stupid. You'd really think that they've got better things to worry about (like, say, doing things that will affect more than a few million people with a certain hobby), but that seems to not be the case. Let's just threaten to launch a Senate inquiry instead.
You guys are still accepting immigrants, right? I think I'd rather be there in the UK than here. :)
You've got to agree to it before you play yet you can't actually read it until you've bought the product, installed it, and rendered it unreturnable because it's been opened?
Sounds great to me!
Personally, though, I'm fine with that uneven quality, since the best episodes were nothing short of amazing. If I can have "Jurassic Bark" or "Devil's Hands," I can live with an occasional "Less Than Hero" or, heaven forbid, a "Bend Her."
I've always thought of it with the "Silent movie era" argument. We've lost countless movies and shorts forever because no one thought to save any of the prints. By the time a demand for these older films was created, it was far too late to do anything and those films just weren't there anymore.
The Archive is preventing that from happening. They aren't storing the pages for personal or financial gain; rather, as historical documents.
I know that the argument is flawed (you try writing something better as soon as you wake up), but the point remains that there's a fundamental difference between redistributing and archiving.
Never been released on DVD? That, my friend, is where you are wrong!
I didn't know Google Scholar existed until I downloaded the IE Toolbar and saw it as a search option. If I read a story about how Google is making their Scholar search engine better, chances are I'd be completely indifferent to it. I don't use it, so why should I care?
(That could change, since I start college in the fall. But I digress.)
Google's got their priorities, and the fact that they offer what they do for free is still pretty darn impressive. So what if it's not as good as the paid alternatives? It's free and it seems effective enough for the small market that's going to be using it...
Another question: there have been four Pooh theatrical releases over the last four years. For the fourth one, how much promotion is required? How much is acceptable?
Pooh has been everywhere in recent years. That alone could be why Disney didn't market the movie. Maybe they didn't need to.
I don't think they're setting up 2D to fail. At this point, they're just ignoring it. Why push Pooh when you know that The Incredibles is guaranteed to do well and bring in buckets and buckets of merchandising money?
I'd be willing to bet that this mod doesn't "unlock" squat. If it does change anything, it's because the mod is adding code.
I miss the old days. Eight bits, bright colors, slowdown when you start scrolling too much, having to blow on the connectors to get the blasted thing to load...
Now THOSE were articles!
In fact, I still use the old boy. So what if there's no new content? As long as I've got my Walter Mondale, I'll be fine...
Let's start with RPGs. Paper Mario is a very good game, one that definitely has the ability to pull the gamer in and hold their attention for hours. The graphics there? Very stylized and cartoony, and something that the N64 could pull off very well.
An even better example is the Pokémon games. They've never had anything beyond the most simplistic tile-based graphics...and they're some of the best and most immersive RPGs I've ever played.
Another way to look at it is aging, which gives me some perfect examples for shooters. DOOM, Goldeneye, and the Marathon series are all classics, deservedly, and they aren't because of their graphics. The entire package is great. The graphics are anything but modern, but they're still a ton of fun to play. I still haven't had more fun with a console than I've had with four player Goldeneye.
Besides...if a game's sole selling point is immersion, what's going to happen to it as technology advances and the game becomes less and less impressive?
How do you go about modding a console game, exactly? There's a good chance that Sony and Nintendo won't include hard drives in the next go-round, and if they do, there's no guarantee that they can't pull a Microsoft and ban systems from online play if the system has been physically changed or if the files on its hard drive have been modified.
Online play is an issue too. Sega doesn't run Dreamcast servers anymore, and the only ones that I'm aware of are independent and have required Game Sharks to manually change the IP the game is looking for. That may have changed, but there's no guarantee that that would work on the newer consoles.
Starcraft. Counter-Strike. Everquest. There are a lot of older games that are still played online, and frequently at that.
With the console lifecycle the way it is - four or five years, and then off into the sunset forever - I'm not sure if they could replace the PCs. Or if we'd want them to.