Sure it isn't traditional Transformers, but it is definitely an visual spectacular. You have to remember, they had to write a movie for people that had never heard of Transformers, and somehow make it plausible to today's critical 12 year old. This might be a bit of a letdown for the generation that grew up on Transformers, but you have to remember, that generation is between 22 and 32 now. Anyone younger just won't get it. And so I think they did a great job, even for this guy who still has his old Starscream toy.
Ok, you didn't like it. There are a lot more who did.
Stories like this could never get on Slashdot. Seriously, this is like a maths problem I'd give to my Year 9 kids. This is definitely not news, and certainly doesn't matter.
I for one welcome our new rhenium diboride overlords!
But seriously, its good to see a metal that is tougher than diamond. Though it is prohibitively expensive no doubt, I wonder how it would fare as a bullet?
There is a book by an Australian author that still hasn't come out in Australia, a year after it was published. I'm not going to pay an arm and a leg to ship it out from the US, so this is a great alternative for those books you otherwise have to wait for.
Lucky accident? What do you think Physics is? Physics is a Mathematical model of the real world. If you say Mathematics doesn't deal with the real world, then neither does Physics. The real world deals with knowing that if you throw an apple into the air, its gonna fall back down (and hit you on the head if you're a really bad catch.) Physics uses Mathematics to describe how the apple travels, and to describe a theory of why the apple comes back down in the first place. Some of the Mathematics that Physicists use is more complex than anything you'd find in an Advanced Mathematics degree.
I'm sorry, but the parent is total b.s., and to be given a +5 Insightful is a joke.
Exhibition schedule title booth contents 2nd feature announcement
2006/09/12
We announce the game software, and booth contents 107 it has the notification to September 1st. Unpublished amount is included and the number of present exhibition schedule titles (the peripheral device and the like it includes), they are 573 titles. Among those, the game of online correspondence becomes 133 titles. Both the quantity of advanced registration and the number of online corresponding games, the previous opening time when past it is highest (the quantity of advanced registration: 516, the number of online corresponding games: 80) It reaches the number of registers which are exceeded. The number of titles classified by genre and classified by platform is as follows.
* As for details annex PDF (exhibition schedule title summarybooth contents summary) please refer to.
<Exhibition schedule title several summaries>
Genre The number of titles
Action 129
Roll playing 76
Simulation 49
Puzzle 35
Adventure 33
Sport 28
Shooting 23
Racing 16
In addition 184
Platform The number of titles
Personal computer 127
Portable telephone 125
Play station 2 100
[nintendo] DS 52
[pureisuteshiyon] Playstation portable 33
Xbox 360 20
Play station 3 18
Wii 5
Game boy advance 2
Xbox 1
[nintendogemukiyubu] Nintendo Gamecube 1
Play station 1
In addition 88
About the test playing of game title of part
From latest "Tokyo game Shaw 2006", attendant upon the use of the CESA ethical stipulated CERO ethical stipulated new rating system, "the Z division" work or to test playing of the work which includes the expression which is suitable "Z division" makes only 18 years old or more. When test playing of the game title which has age restriction it is desired, the document which can do age verification () presentation such as driver's permit passport student's card becomes necessary. As for 18 years old or more carrying, the fish you ask the above-mentioned document.
* It does age verification with each booth.
Not only that, but something that attracts all walks of life. You got games that the little kiddies can actually play (I'm sure I'd buy my daughter a game that would allow her to point the Wii and pop balloons!), games for the regular generation of gamers, games for people like me who grew up with the original NES, games that Baby Boomers can play with their kids, and games that allow the more senior members actually participate without too much problem. Sony and Micrsoft have stuck with the 'bigger is better' mentality, whereas Nintendo have stuck with their roots. Good on 'em.
I think the strength of Nintendo, is that while the PS and XBox have continued along their paths of getting better machinery to make games faster and look more realistic, Nintendo have veered to the left slightly and concentrated on making the gaming experience better. Of course there are some weaknesses as well, but time will tell if this will be a money making strategy. I personally think that both camps will live in harmony for the near future, though the PS and XBox's prices are hard hitters. Thank goodness the PS2 will be supported for the next 5 years. The only things I could improve for the Wii, is to have a built in DVD player, and to get Final Fantasy back on their system. Without those, I actually have to think before I put down my $50 deposit!
If they sold MSOffice for much cheaper for Windows, it would kill OpenOffice, and they wouldn't get nearly as much piracy. MSOffice is better quality, but its price is exorbitant.
All of that is good. However, the trick I found is to eat some chocolate, preferably DURING the exams. The phenyl-ethylamine stimulates the brain, and the seratonin can help prevent depressive symptoms. Plus it has caffiene! My first uni maths exam, I had a massive panic attack. Every exam after that I ate some chocolate, and never had an attack again.
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What, like this?
In that case, should cars be recalled?
"We think people have been driving in unnatural ways."
Companies shouldn't be punished for people's stupidity.
Sorry... I tuned out after 'A Three-Way'.
I predict this will not end well =p
The betrayal is lessened slightly when you see the car next to Bumblebee in the movie...
(SPOILER: Its a VW Beetle if you haven't seen the movie. A nice nod to the REAL Bumblebee)
Sure it isn't traditional Transformers, but it is definitely an visual spectacular. You have to remember, they had to write a movie for people that had never heard of Transformers, and somehow make it plausible to today's critical 12 year old. This might be a bit of a letdown for the generation that grew up on Transformers, but you have to remember, that generation is between 22 and 32 now. Anyone younger just won't get it. And so I think they did a great job, even for this guy who still has his old Starscream toy.
Ok, you didn't like it. There are a lot more who did.
Ok... the test will be on... girls. Huh? What do you mean that isn't fair?
Stories like this could never get on Slashdot. Seriously, this is like a maths problem I'd give to my Year 9 kids. This is definitely not news, and certainly doesn't matter.
How much to get an article on Slashdot? =p
Am I the only one who immediately thought of Bender from Futurama?
I for one welcome our new rhenium diboride overlords!
But seriously, its good to see a metal that is tougher than diamond. Though it is prohibitively expensive no doubt, I wonder how it would fare as a bullet?
Scratch that. Next time I should RTFC...
5 x 7 = 35
Maybe you should go back to school instead of downloading tv shows?
There is a book by an Australian author that still hasn't come out in Australia, a year after it was published. I'm not going to pay an arm and a leg to ship it out from the US, so this is a great alternative for those books you otherwise have to wait for.
Lucky accident? What do you think Physics is? Physics is a Mathematical model of the real world. If you say Mathematics doesn't deal with the real world, then neither does Physics. The real world deals with knowing that if you throw an apple into the air, its gonna fall back down (and hit you on the head if you're a really bad catch.) Physics uses Mathematics to describe how the apple travels, and to describe a theory of why the apple comes back down in the first place. Some of the Mathematics that Physicists use is more complex than anything you'd find in an Advanced Mathematics degree.
I'm sorry, but the parent is total b.s., and to be given a +5 Insightful is a joke.
Here's the translated text of the announcement:
Exhibition schedule title booth contents 2nd feature announcement
2006/09/12
We announce the game software, and booth contents 107 it has the notification to September 1st. Unpublished amount is included and the number of present exhibition schedule titles (the peripheral device and the like it includes), they are 573 titles. Among those, the game of online correspondence becomes 133 titles. Both the quantity of advanced registration and the number of online corresponding games, the previous opening time when past it is highest (the quantity of advanced registration: 516, the number of online corresponding games: 80) It reaches the number of registers which are exceeded. The number of titles classified by genre and classified by platform is as follows.
* As for details annex PDF (exhibition schedule title summary booth contents summary) please refer to.
<Exhibition schedule title several summaries>
Genre The number of titles
Action 129
Roll playing 76
Simulation 49
Puzzle 35
Adventure 33
Sport 28
Shooting 23
Racing 16
In addition 184
Platform The number of titles
Personal computer 127
Portable telephone 125
Play station 2 100
[nintendo] DS 52
[pureisuteshiyon] Playstation portable 33
Xbox 360 20
Play station 3 18
Wii 5
Game boy advance 2
Xbox 1
[nintendogemukiyubu] Nintendo Gamecube 1
Play station 1
In addition 88
About the test playing of game title of part
From latest "Tokyo game Shaw 2006", attendant upon the use of the CESA ethical stipulated CERO ethical stipulated new rating system, "the Z division" work or to test playing of the work which includes the expression which is suitable "Z division" makes only 18 years old or more. When test playing of the game title which has age restriction it is desired, the document which can do age verification () presentation such as driver's permit passport student's card becomes necessary. As for 18 years old or more carrying, the fish you ask the above-mentioned document.
* It does age verification with each booth.
I dunno, Civ I for the SNES was a lot of fun...
The DVD playing function is optional.
Not only that, but something that attracts all walks of life. You got games that the little kiddies can actually play (I'm sure I'd buy my daughter a game that would allow her to point the Wii and pop balloons!), games for the regular generation of gamers, games for people like me who grew up with the original NES, games that Baby Boomers can play with their kids, and games that allow the more senior members actually participate without too much problem. Sony and Micrsoft have stuck with the 'bigger is better' mentality, whereas Nintendo have stuck with their roots. Good on 'em.
I think the strength of Nintendo, is that while the PS and XBox have continued along their paths of getting better machinery to make games faster and look more realistic, Nintendo have veered to the left slightly and concentrated on making the gaming experience better. Of course there are some weaknesses as well, but time will tell if this will be a money making strategy. I personally think that both camps will live in harmony for the near future, though the PS and XBox's prices are hard hitters. Thank goodness the PS2 will be supported for the next 5 years. The only things I could improve for the Wii, is to have a built in DVD player, and to get Final Fantasy back on their system. Without those, I actually have to think before I put down my $50 deposit!
If they sold MSOffice for much cheaper for Windows, it would kill OpenOffice, and they wouldn't get nearly as much piracy. MSOffice is better quality, but its price is exorbitant.
All of that is good. However, the trick I found is to eat some chocolate, preferably DURING the exams. The phenyl-ethylamine stimulates the brain, and the seratonin can help prevent depressive symptoms. Plus it has caffiene! My first uni maths exam, I had a massive panic attack. Every exam after that I ate some chocolate, and never had an attack again.
Well, of COURSE he'd say that, since JT is part of the criminal ring... I'mma keep my eyes on eBay...
When you have sex, baby Jesus cries.
That there should be more Queen on iPods.
"I'm just a poor boy... nobody loves me..."