I know this is pretty much a Slashdot cliche, but: I think I'm going to get modded down for this. You can't talk about having a "racial preference" in the midst of geekdom. It's a flamewar waiting to happen.
Anyway: Yes. Not for anyone else's character. Just for mine.
I pay attention to what I am. I'm a human. Male, and white, if you must know. That's my preference. It's just easier to relate to my character that way: to think of "him" as [an extension of?] myself.
...wait, what the fuck is that? Is that a goddamned purple gorilla asking me how my day was? I am not welcoming a fucking talking purple gorilla as my new overlord. I'm sorry, I just can't do it.
I had a copy of Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (PS2). I loved playing it; it was a fun game.
Then I got drunk and stepped on it.
It stopped working, unsurprisingly.
The same (more or less) happened with SOCOM 1 (fortunately, about a day and a half before 2 came out) and Star Wars Battlefront 1.
If I had a backup, I could still play all of these games. Sooner or later, my other games will go bad.
And let's not forget all the movie DVDs; Bourne Identity, Star Wars I (well, no big loss, there), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, S1M0N3... unplayable. This is just the stuff that springs to mind, for no particular reason. I'm sure I could fill Mister Goatse's "storage space" with the entire catalogue.
For every person who believes that we shouldn't have the ability to make copies of games or movies because it will lead to piracy, there's someone who wishes like hell they could after one goes bad, either due to user fault, or just because the media sucks.
Come on, now you're just being lazy. Put some effort into it.
"People curious about computers start running Linux. They start writing kernel modules, device drivers, GNU software. They start creating little Lego Mindstorms projects. Eventually, they start overclocking. The effects of overclocking on global warming are rather like the effects of cow methane: if a single cow in Iowa rips one, no matter how bad it smells, it probably won't contribute much to global warming. However, if all the cows on the planet simultaneously fart, we have a problem. In other words, Linux is responsible for global warming. The Film Actor's Guild (F.A.G.) was unavailable for comment at press time, but it is well-documented that Alec Baldwin endorses Linux and encourages members of FAG to use the popular operating system: 'All FAGs should run Linux', he is quoted as saying."
I remember reading somewhere that console sales tend to take a hit in order to sell games -- sorta like cell phones. "Yeah, here, have a (?:cell phone|game console)!...Congratulations! Now buy 800 games (or whatever) for it."
Nothing I'm objected to (if it's true; if not, please correct me). Just saying.
Let's take inventory. I own a PS2, which, if memory serves (which it usually doesn't), cost me around $200-$250 when I first got it. Right now, I own GTA:SA, GTA:VC, GTAIII, SOCOM1, SOCOM2, SOCOM3, Hitman: Contracts, Operation Desert Storm, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, a few Atari and Midway collections[0][1], and a few others I probably didn't even know I had.
[0] o/~ One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just doesn't beeeeeelonnnnnng. o/~
[1] Somewhere, right now, Jack Thompson had a cold chill run down his spine.:-D
But not because of paedophiles and whatnot. If you aren't supervising your kids when they're not old enough to know better, it's your fault. </caps>
By the way: yes, I do have a Myspace page. Apparently, I'm not the first person to create a Myspace profile just to tell Myspace lusers how much I hate them.:P
At the end of every (?) episode of Quantum Leap, Sam (Scott Bakula) (and that holographic dude, once or twice) would say "Oh, boy" once he jumped into a new body and realized his new predicament.
If I post a book review with a link to somewhere you can buy the book (e.g., Amazon), is it okay to post an affiliate link, so I make a couple bucks off the sales to whoever buys it through Slashdot?
(I haven't ever posted a review, and I'm not really planning on it any time soon, but I'm curious.)
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I know this is pretty much a Slashdot cliche, but: I think I'm going to get modded down for this. You can't talk about having a "racial preference" in the midst of geekdom. It's a flamewar waiting to happen.
Anyway: Yes. Not for anyone else's character. Just for mine.
I pay attention to what I am. I'm a human. Male, and white, if you must know. That's my preference. It's just easier to relate to my character that way: to think of "him" as [an extension of?] myself.
I don't care what you are.
I, for one, welcome our new...
...wait, what the fuck is that? Is that a goddamned purple gorilla asking me how my day was? I am not welcoming a fucking talking purple gorilla as my new overlord. I'm sorry, I just can't do it.
*clicky*
At first I thought my LCD was broken.
Then I noticed "OMG PONIEZ" and thought Slashdot was hacked.
Then I thought, "wait a fucking second, what's the date today..."
Still beats last year. My boss called me up and went "YOU'RE FIRED! APRIL FOOLS!"
I emailed him back something like "CATASTROPHIC SYSTEM FAILURE ON THE FILESERVER! APRIL FOOLS!"
I won that round.
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I had a copy of Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (PS2). I loved playing it; it was a fun game.
Then I got drunk and stepped on it.
It stopped working, unsurprisingly.
The same (more or less) happened with SOCOM 1 (fortunately, about a day and a half before 2 came out) and Star Wars Battlefront 1.
If I had a backup, I could still play all of these games. Sooner or later, my other games will go bad.
And let's not forget all the movie DVDs; Bourne Identity, Star Wars I (well, no big loss, there), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, S1M0N3... unplayable. This is just the stuff that springs to mind, for no particular reason. I'm sure I could fill Mister Goatse's "storage space" with the entire catalogue.
For every person who believes that we shouldn't have the ability to make copies of games or movies because it will lead to piracy, there's someone who wishes like hell they could after one goes bad, either due to user fault, or just because the media sucks.
One word: Katrina.
Oh, man, that is a shitcan of worms that I'm not even gonna try to open up in this thread. :P
Come on, now you're just being lazy. Put some effort into it.
:-))
"People curious about computers start running Linux. They start writing kernel modules, device drivers, GNU software. They start creating little Lego Mindstorms projects. Eventually, they start overclocking. The effects of overclocking on global warming are rather like the effects of cow methane: if a single cow in Iowa rips one, no matter how bad it smells, it probably won't contribute much to global warming. However, if all the cows on the planet simultaneously fart, we have a problem. In other words, Linux is responsible for global warming. The Film Actor's Guild (F.A.G.) was unavailable for comment at press time, but it is well-documented that Alec Baldwin endorses Linux and encourages members of FAG to use the popular operating system: 'All FAGs should run Linux', he is quoted as saying."
(Sorry, just having a bit of fun.
Forget it, Wombat. It's Slashdottown.
I remember reading somewhere that console sales tend to take a hit in order to sell games -- sorta like cell phones. "Yeah, here, have a (?:cell phone|game console)! ...Congratulations! Now buy 800 games (or whatever) for it."
:-D
Nothing I'm objected to (if it's true; if not, please correct me). Just saying.
Let's take inventory. I own a PS2, which, if memory serves (which it usually doesn't), cost me around $200-$250 when I first got it. Right now, I own GTA:SA, GTA:VC, GTAIII, SOCOM1, SOCOM2, SOCOM3, Hitman: Contracts, Operation Desert Storm, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, a few Atari and Midway collections[0][1], and a few others I probably didn't even know I had.
[0] o/~ One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just doesn't beeeeeelonnnnnng. o/~
[1] Somewhere, right now, Jack Thompson had a cold chill run down his spine.
But not because of paedophiles and whatnot. If you aren't supervising your kids when they're not old enough to know better, it's your fault. </caps>
:P
By the way: yes, I do have a Myspace page. Apparently, I'm not the first person to create a Myspace profile just to tell Myspace lusers how much I hate them.
I'm willing to bet if there was more money involved, you'd be a lot more hesitant to kill it.
If it were my project, I'd probably feed the script through instead of the reviews.
Parent contains spoilers!
(I didn't know they were gay!
At the end of every (?) episode of Quantum Leap, Sam (Scott Bakula) (and that holographic dude, once or twice) would say "Oh, boy" once he jumped into a new body and realized his new predicament.
:-(
Can't believe the mods missed it.
If I post a book review with a link to somewhere you can buy the book (e.g., Amazon), is it okay to post an affiliate link, so I make a couple bucks off the sales to whoever buys it through Slashdot?
(I haven't ever posted a review, and I'm not really planning on it any time soon, but I'm curious.)
Well, I've got good news and bad news...