I recall 2D games for the PC having a lot of tearing, back in the early 90s. Even as a kid, I cringed at the sight of a platformer scrolling so badly. Yes, they were better for 3D stuff, but for fast 2D action, the Mega Drive was king!
This is why the Wii U is interesting. It marries classic controls with a tablet.
Worst of both worlds: bulky like a tablet, but not portable! There are controller add-ons for tablets and smartphones, and actual tablets with built-in game controllers; personally, I'm thinking of getting an Archos Gamepad.
No, "whoosh" you! How did he try to hide anything, in both cases the simulation was clearly doing something it was not meant to. But in one case it was something clever and unique, in the other he just set the game to easy mode.
There was cleverness in Kirk making Earth's most feared enemies crap their pants at the mention of his name; there was no cleverness in turning said enemies into sitting ducks.
So many flaws, check the Plinkett review for a full chewing up. But one glaring issue for me was the Kobayashi Maru test. As you may know, it's supposed to be a no-win situation: a civilian starship is stranded in the Klingon neutral zone, to attempt rescue will cause the klingons to attack, not to attempt rescue will mean their crew will die. In the novel "The Kobayashi Maru" by Julia Ecklar, Kirk reprograms the simulation so the Klingons will fear him and assist with the rescue instead of attacking; he justifies it by the fact that he expects to get such a reputation in the future. In the movie, he simply reprograms it so that the Klingon ships will lose shields and be easily destroyed. So, one is a clever hacker with a huge ego and the balls to back it up; the other just entered a cheat code.
The fact that it had a real OS on it was not the main burden.
It had a clusterfuck of problems - too expensive, too heavy, too hot... but the operating system was definitely a huge factor. They simply crammed a desktop system into a tablet. iOS was successful because the interface was designed for the hardware.
And look, Microsoft is making the opposite mistake now: they made Windows 8 more adequate to tablets, which makes it horrible as a desktop system! Not that Windows was ever great, but still...
I said it's a possible effect, not that it happens in the vast majority. And my case is something peculiar, since it happened with me as an adult (a case of malpractice, it shouldn't have happened at all... it's more common than you think). But then again, I read a psychoanalyst's hypothesis that it DOES help shape Americans and Muslims, culturally, as violent warmongers.
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The maker is a relatively small company from France, so I suppose their presence is stronger in Europe. Also, it's not out yet.
I recall 2D games for the PC having a lot of tearing, back in the early 90s. Even as a kid, I cringed at the sight of a platformer scrolling so badly. Yes, they were better for 3D stuff, but for fast 2D action, the Mega Drive was king!
This is why the Wii U is interesting. It marries classic controls with a tablet.
Worst of both worlds: bulky like a tablet, but not portable! There are controller add-ons for tablets and smartphones, and actual tablets with built-in game controllers; personally, I'm thinking of getting an Archos Gamepad.
Either way he was blatantly cheating. The point was doing it WITH STYLE.
No, "whoosh" you! How did he try to hide anything, in both cases the simulation was clearly doing something it was not meant to. But in one case it was something clever and unique, in the other he just set the game to easy mode.
There was cleverness in Kirk making Earth's most feared enemies crap their pants at the mention of his name; there was no cleverness in turning said enemies into sitting ducks.
So many flaws, check the Plinkett review for a full chewing up. But one glaring issue for me was the Kobayashi Maru test. As you may know, it's supposed to be a no-win situation: a civilian starship is stranded in the Klingon neutral zone, to attempt rescue will cause the klingons to attack, not to attempt rescue will mean their crew will die. In the novel "The Kobayashi Maru" by Julia Ecklar, Kirk reprograms the simulation so the Klingons will fear him and assist with the rescue instead of attacking; he justifies it by the fact that he expects to get such a reputation in the future. In the movie, he simply reprograms it so that the Klingon ships will lose shields and be easily destroyed. So, one is a clever hacker with a huge ego and the balls to back it up; the other just entered a cheat code.
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Nothing against him, but I'd rather pretend JJ Trek never happened.
Patents are supposed to encourage innovation and we're starting to be in a world where they might start to stifle innovation.
Maybe we have always been in a world where patents do the opposite of what they are supposed to do.
The fact that it had a real OS on it was not the main burden.
It had a clusterfuck of problems - too expensive, too heavy, too hot... but the operating system was definitely a huge factor. They simply crammed a desktop system into a tablet. iOS was successful because the interface was designed for the hardware.
And look, Microsoft is making the opposite mistake now: they made Windows 8 more adequate to tablets, which makes it horrible as a desktop system! Not that Windows was ever great, but still...
Yuo feil inglesh forevar!
Are you crazy?
He even electrocuted an elephant in an effort to spread FUD about the competition.
To be fair, that elephant was deemed a threat to people, and probably would have been killed no matter what.
Haven't all creative types jumped ship from Final Cut since they turned it into "iMovie deluxe"?
Had today's copyrights existes when Disney made Pinnochio, they would have had to buy the rights from Grimm's heirs.
No, because Pinocchio was written by Carlo Collodi, not the Grimms (whose works were compilations of folk tales).
In your map of China, there's a lot of something that is not China. Don't worry, here is the corrected version.
Haven't you ever played Super Mario All-Stars?
Maybe they will actually make Xen fun to play, who knows.
Which implies that circumcision is partial emasculation. Which is correct.
I said it's a possible effect, not that it happens in the vast majority. And my case is something peculiar, since it happened with me as an adult (a case of malpractice, it shouldn't have happened at all... it's more common than you think). But then again, I read a psychoanalyst's hypothesis that it DOES help shape Americans and Muslims, culturally, as violent warmongers.
Being circumsized for health reasons is also foolish, since the so-called "health reasons" are false.
No, but GP mentioned that his wife's reason to support circumcision was religious... when she is in fact going AGAINST her own faith by doing so.
If you don't live in the USA, South Korea, Israel, or any Islamic country, the ladies will see your stuff as "non-standard equipment".
Perhaps I could use it, since post-traumatic stress disorder is indeed a possible side effect of circumcision.
We're not butchered.
Yes, we are.