Brazil's production of cocoa was greatly reduced after an epidemic of witch's broom in the early 1990s. Rumors spoke of sabotage by foreign producers, until a left-wing militant confessed bringing fungus-infected branches from Rondônia to Bahia to destroy the political power of the "cocoa barons".
With games there's no monetary "cost" with frames since they're rendered on the fly anyway - 30 vs 60 FPS is purely a choice of performance and visual appeal.
Performance certainly has a monetary cost - that of upgrading your machine to max out a game (top quality at top framerate). If your machine can do it, pretty much no gamer* would choose to play at either lower framerate or lower quality. Doing so is not a choice ("I actually like it better with some effects turned off!"), it's a compromise ("It's as much as I can squeeze from this rig.").
* (Maybe competitive players would, for example, turn off lighting effects so rivals wouldn't hide in the shadows.)
Regardless of one's feelings on Microsoft, that company has consistently and continually tried to make their user interfaces as attractive and easy to use as is possible.
Which only proves that trying hard does not mean you will necessarily succeed.
There is a danger with HMDs: the IPD (inter-pupilar distance) must be properly set. IO Glasses gets around this by having a really big aperture. Sega had a thumbwheel to adjust the IPD. Here is the danger: if the IPD for the LCDs are wider than the user IPD, you force the user’s eyes to look outward. This is the opposite of cross-eyed. This can really stress the weak muscles around the eyes, and can cause permanent damage in less than 30 minutes. What I heard was the Sega lawyers brought up the liability issue on the eye damage. That is the reason I heard the project was canceled. Take it with whatever block of salt you want.
Seriously... creationism is not science at all. It is christianity, barely disguised. And, to science, Yahweh is no better than Zeus, Odin, Ishvara, Tupã, or any other god that any man has ever created.
At least for me, the ideal setup is a badass desktop for srs bsns + a cheapo netbook or tablet for when you need the mobility. It will probably cost less than a good laptop.
Malibu Media: "These addresses belong to the people who pirated our stuff. We demand their identities!"
The Judge: "Not so fast! I still have to check if you are entitled to this information."
Verizon, nonetheless: "Here, have their identities."
The Judge: "Fuck, are you deaf or just stupid? I said they can't have this information yet! Delete that shit right now or I'll open a can of legal whoopass on you."
Safari on the Mac is perfectly usable because it has the same menu bar as every other program, on the top of the screen. To put the menu into a goddamn drop down menu is utterly retarded.
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You bought the upgrades from Apple? Blame no one but yourself.
On the contrary, it is a very religious land. Their religion is the worship of the Glorious Leader, like so many dictatorships.
Actually, the Fed's legal status is a hybrid between public and private. I wonder if any other country's central bank operates like that.
Brazil's production of cocoa was greatly reduced after an epidemic of witch's broom in the early 1990s. Rumors spoke of sabotage by foreign producers, until a left-wing militant confessed bringing fungus-infected branches from Rondônia to Bahia to destroy the political power of the "cocoa barons".
No, Tim Burton was the one who insisted on Keaton. Now, even Keaton thought it'd be campy, until Burton showed him Frank Miller's stuff.
...or JJ Abrams' retarded reboot.
So now I can sleep through this movie at 48FPS like I slept through the rest of the Ring movies at 24FPS?
What does a Japanese horror movie have to do with this at all?
With games there's no monetary "cost" with frames since they're rendered on the fly anyway - 30 vs 60 FPS is purely a choice of performance and visual appeal.
Performance certainly has a monetary cost - that of upgrading your machine to max out a game (top quality at top framerate). If your machine can do it, pretty much no gamer* would choose to play at either lower framerate or lower quality. Doing so is not a choice ("I actually like it better with some effects turned off!"), it's a compromise ("It's as much as I can squeeze from this rig.").
* (Maybe competitive players would, for example, turn off lighting effects so rivals wouldn't hide in the shadows.)
What, no sound?
The same goes for English, Portuguese, French, and probably a ton of other languages.
Woz says he didn't even know the symbolism of 666.
This already exists, swordfighting just doesn't get much better than that!
The Gates Foundation exists solely to whitewash his reputation for the history books.
And for massive tax avoidance.
Two reasons: that was to be expected from an episodic game, and it was one HELL of a hook.
Regardless of one's feelings on Microsoft, that company has consistently and continually tried to make their user interfaces as attractive and easy to use as is possible.
Which only proves that trying hard does not mean you will necessarily succeed.
According to an engineer who worked on the Sega VR project, there's a very serious problem with this sort of device:
There is a danger with HMDs: the IPD (inter-pupilar distance) must be properly set. IO Glasses gets around this by having a really big aperture. Sega had a thumbwheel to adjust the IPD. Here is the danger: if the IPD for the LCDs are wider than the user IPD, you force the user’s eyes to look outward. This is the opposite of cross-eyed. This can really stress the weak muscles around the eyes, and can cause permanent damage in less than 30 minutes. What I heard was the Sega lawyers brought up the liability issue on the eye damage. That is the reason I heard the project was canceled. Take it with whatever block of salt you want.
What were you expecting?
An actual ending, not just a hook to the upcoming DLC.
What, so it was jiu jitsu that killed the Itanium?
Seriously... creationism is not science at all. It is christianity, barely disguised. And, to science, Yahweh is no better than Zeus, Odin, Ishvara, Tupã, or any other god that any man has ever created.
The problem is when you get the worst of both worlds: the government does not help you and does not get out the way...
Everyone tried to tell you this, that Microsoft would stab you in the back, Miguel, but you wouldn't listen.
Exasperating fact: smart people often do blatantly stupid things.
At least for me, the ideal setup is a badass desktop for srs bsns + a cheapo netbook or tablet for when you need the mobility. It will probably cost less than a good laptop.
I think it's something like this:
Malibu Media: "These addresses belong to the people who pirated our stuff. We demand their identities!"
The Judge: "Not so fast! I still have to check if you are entitled to this information."
Verizon, nonetheless: "Here, have their identities."
The Judge: "Fuck, are you deaf or just stupid? I said they can't have this information yet! Delete that shit right now or I'll open a can of legal whoopass on you."
the Talmud was written at a time when non-Jews were pagans whose rituals would be disgusting by modern standards
And this sort of reasoning sounds like anti-goyim prejudice to me.
Safari on the Mac is perfectly usable because it has the same menu bar as every other program, on the top of the screen. To put the menu into a goddamn drop down menu is utterly retarded.