"The once beautiful car is now a literal rust bucket."
Abuse of the word literal like this really makes me cringe. Literal means 'this is exactly how it is, without being metaphorical in any way'. Unless the car has somehow transformed into a bucket, you've used the wrong word.
Not quite what you describe, but www.songtapper.com lets you search for a song by tapping the rhythm of the lyrics with your spacebar. It seems to work fairly well for me, site is a little slow though.
Yammering that these people should be able to set up a computer like you or I can makes you ignorant, not them.
The parent post didn't say anything of the kind. Also, you seem to be interpreting the word 'ignorance' as some kind of insult, whereas it seems to me the parent was using it perfectly correctly, to mean 'lack of knowledge'.
Not the arcade 'Lunar Lander' type game, but Lander by Psygnosis, a sort of 3D remake of it. The controls are really hard to master - basically, you use the mouse to tilt your craft, two keys to turn left and right, and a mouse button to fire the thruster which is on the bottom. I'd compare it to trying to balance a pole on the tip of your finger, or those stage acts where people run around spinning plates on the top of poles.
It took me weeks to be able to fly with anything vaguely like competence, and months to actually feel fully in control of the craft, but it's incredibly rewarding now to be able to fly well and pull off spectacular swooping moves. I'd recommend it to anyone, it's an excellent game (but you do need lots of patience and determination).
The BBC made a series of his book 'The Crow Road', it's 'straight' fiction rather than sci fi though.
I didn't watch it myself(I wanted to read the book first) but by most accounts it was pretty good.
This has in fact been done - Exertris make an exercise bike where "The energy you put into your pedalling is used in a virtual sense in the games you play. Imagine having to power a spaceship's weapon systems by pedalling, or having to pedal to move your cards around in a game of Solitaire."
These games really are addictive, and a lot more fun than they might sound. Also, the Bridge Builder site runs regular contests where you can win other Chronic Logic games, the next one should be starting anytime now...
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"The once beautiful car is now a literal rust bucket."
Abuse of the word literal like this really makes me cringe. Literal means 'this is exactly how it is, without being metaphorical in any way'. Unless the car has somehow transformed into a bucket, you've used the wrong word.
You must be new here.
A horny New Yorker named Jill
Tried a dynamite stick for a thrill
They found her vagina
In North Carolina
And bits of her tits in Brazil
Not quite what you describe, but www.songtapper.com lets you search for a song by tapping the rhythm of the lyrics with your spacebar. It seems to work fairly well for me, site is a little slow though.
Yammering that these people should be able to set up a computer like you or I can makes you ignorant, not them.
The parent post didn't say anything of the kind. Also, you seem to be interpreting the word 'ignorance' as some kind of insult, whereas it seems to me the parent was using it perfectly correctly, to mean 'lack of knowledge'.
Where the hell is my coffee.
I think you had too much already.
Wtf?!? The width of her mouth when she smiles is waaay more frightening than the aliens!
I suspect they taste more like pig. Jurassic Pork, anyone?
Gee, thanks for THAT mental image...
Drugs are:
1. Fun
2. Addictive
3. Unhealthy
1 is not a problem, 2 and 3 are. So why not just develop drugs that are just as much fun, but aren't unhealthy or addictive?
This reminds me of the answer I gave to a question I once had on a chemistry exam:
Q: Name two properties of a free radical
1. Long hair
2. "Save the Whale" badge
It took me weeks to be able to fly with anything vaguely like competence, and months to actually feel fully in control of the craft, but it's incredibly rewarding now to be able to fly well and pull off spectacular swooping moves. I'd recommend it to anyone, it's an excellent game (but you do need lots of patience and determination).
For anyone who's interested, Matthew Smith has a website here (although it hasn't been updated in years).
Phew, good job you didn't post anything about it today then ;-)
You'd think when they'd been in school THAT long, they wouldn't be so gullible!
The BBC made a series of his book 'The Crow Road', it's 'straight' fiction rather than sci fi though. I didn't watch it myself(I wanted to read the book first) but by most accounts it was pretty good.
I've heard of a goose that can lay golden eggs, but I never before heard of anything that can shit t-shirts...
This has in fact been done - Exertris make an exercise bike where "The energy you put into your pedalling is used in a virtual sense in the games you play. Imagine having to power a spaceship's weapon systems by pedalling, or having to pedal to move your cards around in a game of Solitaire."
I use the Big Shelf method, as in 'Don't think of it as the floor, think of it as the Big Shelf'.
These games really are addictive, and a lot more fun than they might sound. Also, the Bridge Builder site runs regular contests where you can win other Chronic Logic games, the next one should be starting anytime now...