Re:I though otherwise, so did my physics teacher.
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Comic Book Physics
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Notice that the article is about comic books, not movies.
I actually noticed that after making the post. I realized that the Movie-Superman was off topic since this is in fact about Comics.
Still...
The example always amused me, and made me more aware of that type of thing in movies.
Re:I though otherwise, so did my physics teacher.
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Comic Book Physics
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Superman isn't an idiot. He knows to match velocities before he catches her.
Is that so? Watch the movie and tell me you honestly think it looks like he matches her velocity. In fact, if memory serves me correctly, he's slowly moving upwards while she says "You've got me! WHO'S GOT YOU!?"
Like I said. **CRACKA-SQUISH**
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One of my favorite examples of incorrectness is the classical Lois falling from atop the building and Superman, the man of steel, catching her in his arms.
Since he's the man of steel, she would have been injured hitting his arms just as she would have had she hit the ground, or perhaps some steel structure along the way.
The hard drive issue is easy to debate. A 128 meg memory card could sure make downloadable content easy to, one just might need cards dedicated to one game. Even now, though that's not too uncommon.
To be perfectly honest, the hard drive in my XBox hardly has a dent in it. Yet, my memory cards for my PS2 and Gamecube, and indeed even my Dreamcast still have room... though there are games that could easily fill either.
I don't dislike memory cards in the least bit, and I think by the time the next generation of consoles roles around cards will be so large the "space" issue will be even less of one.
Besides, Microsoft realizes there's a bundle to be made selling memory cards. They can't push their current cards off in bulk to users because everyone just uses their hard drives to save games. Many XBox users haven't even bought a single memory card, and I myself have bought only one which is empty.
Having said that, there's no single good reason to believe Microsoft isn't better off dropping the hard drive if they want to keep the price of the system down.
I used to code quite a bit on the Amiga. I would love to get back into the show and donate my time and my help (if I could be any help at all) to a worthwhile opened source Amiga project.
I'll get started the moment they ACTUALLY deliver that new and exciting entry into personal computers that they've been promising for years.
Oh, and sneak peaks at "Maybe Almost Sort of Available Hardware that only runs Linux at the moment" doesn't count.
for the specific case of the Chinese market it makes a lot of sense
Maybe that would be part of the reason why it's currently intended only for the Chinese market.
Even if Nintendo DID decide to release this thing in other countries (which they haven't actually announced) I don't expect it would be without some changes.
Keep in mind that Nintendo's consoles were often at least slightly different from region to region until the N64.
"What? You've been working all this overtime, how can you be broke?"
"Oh, no, I mean I'm 'BROKE'. I degaussed my monitor this morning and my RFID overloaded."
"Man, I hate having to get surgery everytime that happens, I wish they'd just invent some kind of card we could carry around."
"Yeah, me too, either that or maybe little pieces of paper we could carry around saying we have so much credit. We could then just barter with the pieces of paper."
Considering I personally knew more Amiga 500 owners than I've ever known any one brand of any other type of system, I'd have to agree.
The Amiga had worldwide appeal, and the Amiga 500 brought that appeal down to a realistic and affordable level back when the average PC cost well over $1000. That the Amiga in general could not be on that list shows that the list is just somebody crying about the systems they personally miss.
Hell, there are still people hanging around today waiting for Amiga to be reborn... or something.
Who is ridiculing anyone? Good science does not automatically assume the non-existance of sky fairies. Current evidence, however incomplete, doesn't seem to indicate the presense of sky fairies. Most would agree though, that the evidence is incomplete.
We know (physics) that every single theory we have is wrong. GR is classical, QED is bad at small distances, QCD is bad at large distances,... They are all wrong. We know they are wrong.
And that's why I say...
Everything you know is wrong.
Heh. On the other hand, though no model is accurate, some are useful. Still, it beats blaming an imaginary sky fairy.
You can buy an entire cabinet with control dashboard if you've got deep enough pockets.
Slikstik sells both cabinets and controls making the creation of a top-quality custom cabinet a fairly simple chore.
Just add your own monitor and system of choice and you've got a professional looking cab with true arcade controls. You can even get a working coin-door.
The resources are now so easily available, there's no excuse for someone to make a Mame cabinet that doesn't look professionally built unless they just don't take their time to do it right.
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Notice that the article is about comic books, not movies.
I actually noticed that after making the post. I realized that the Movie-Superman was off topic since this is in fact about Comics.
Still...
The example always amused me, and made me more aware of that type of thing in movies.
Superman isn't an idiot. He knows to match velocities before he catches her.
Is that so? Watch the movie and tell me you honestly think it looks like he matches her velocity. In fact, if memory serves me correctly, he's slowly moving upwards while she says "You've got me! WHO'S GOT YOU!?"
Like I said. **CRACKA-SQUISH**
One of my favorite examples of incorrectness is the classical Lois falling from atop the building and Superman, the man of steel, catching her in his arms.
..." **CRACKA-SQUISH** "...your arm."
Since he's the man of steel, she would have been injured hitting his arms just as she would have had she hit the ground, or perhaps some steel structure along the way.
"Don't worry, I've got
The hard drive issue is easy to debate. A 128 meg memory card could sure make downloadable content easy to, one just might need cards dedicated to one game. Even now, though that's not too uncommon.
To be perfectly honest, the hard drive in my XBox hardly has a dent in it. Yet, my memory cards for my PS2 and Gamecube, and indeed even my Dreamcast still have room... though there are games that could easily fill either.
I don't dislike memory cards in the least bit, and I think by the time the next generation of consoles roles around cards will be so large the "space" issue will be even less of one.
Besides, Microsoft realizes there's a bundle to be made selling memory cards. They can't push their current cards off in bulk to users because everyone just uses their hard drives to save games. Many XBox users haven't even bought a single memory card, and I myself have bought only one which is empty.
Having said that, there's no single good reason to believe Microsoft isn't better off dropping the hard drive if they want to keep the price of the system down.
AmigaOS4 will be out for AmigaONE in end of 2003 or very early of 2004.. The beta is allready running nicely on the amigaone :)
Is that an echo? Oh, no, last time I heard it, it was a year ago, and here they are saying it again? How many years do I have to wait?
If most Amiga users have a "WAIT AND SEE" attitude, why they hell won't they go ahead and SHOW US already?
The sequels looked and felt like cartoons and the movie "played" like a video game.
That's fair, I guess, since the video game (Enter the Matrix) "Played" like a movie.
...I'll say it again.
I used to code quite a bit on the Amiga. I would love to get back into the show and donate my time and my help (if I could be any help at all) to a worthwhile opened source Amiga project.
I'll get started the moment they ACTUALLY deliver that new and exciting entry into personal computers that they've been promising for years.
Oh, and sneak peaks at "Maybe Almost Sort of Available Hardware that only runs Linux at the moment" doesn't count.
for the specific case of the Chinese market it makes a lot of sense
Maybe that would be part of the reason why it's currently intended only for the Chinese market.
Even if Nintendo DID decide to release this thing in other countries (which they haven't actually announced) I don't expect it would be without some changes.
Keep in mind that Nintendo's consoles were often at least slightly different from region to region until the N64.
"That's excellent work! How did you guys come up with this idea?"
...told us."
"Uh, a fi...ssss(COUGH)...
"What's that?"
"A uhm... Fish... uhm... told us."
"Did you say a fish?"
"Yes, a fish."
"Outstanding. I want that fish promoted."
How about leaving home when you aren't working?
You can go places, do things, see people (assuming you know people worth seeing).
I'd rather work at home and enjoy life elsewhere, than work in some office and then come "home" and not want to do anything at all.
That's just me.
"Hey, you wanna go grab a drink after work?"
"Can't, I'm broke."
"What? You've been working all this overtime, how can you be broke?"
"Oh, no, I mean I'm 'BROKE'. I degaussed my monitor this morning and my RFID overloaded."
"Man, I hate having to get surgery everytime that happens, I wish they'd just invent some kind of card we could carry around."
"Yeah, me too, either that or maybe little pieces of paper we could carry around saying we have so much credit. We could then just barter with the pieces of paper."
"You mean make money out of paper?"
"Yeah. Exactly."
"Weird."
Does the primary language of the person who programs your dialog boxes really matter?
Not at all, unless THIS starts to happen frequently, that is.
Considering I personally knew more Amiga 500 owners than I've ever known any one brand of any other type of system, I'd have to agree.
The Amiga had worldwide appeal, and the Amiga 500 brought that appeal down to a realistic and affordable level back when the average PC cost well over $1000. That the Amiga in general could not be on that list shows that the list is just somebody crying about the systems they personally miss.
Hell, there are still people hanging around today waiting for Amiga to be reborn... or something.
Without Peter Jones as "The Book" I'm not sure how I feel about this.
Also, it's important to point out that there were many differences between the books, the scripts, and the television production.
Adoption of the remaining three books to Radio by anyone other than DNA himself is something I don't believe will work.
When you talk about a "sky fairy", who's beliefs exactly were you alluding to?
Mine.
ETA for the first quantum computers: 10 to 100 years.
10 to 100, is it? I guess since we're talking about Quantum, we'll take this a step further and say "They may or may not actually release a computer."
Or is it that they will AND they won't?
Who is ridiculing anyone? Good science does not automatically assume the non-existance of sky fairies. Current evidence, however incomplete, doesn't seem to indicate the presense of sky fairies. Most would agree though, that the evidence is incomplete.
Don't tell me about it, I'm just making jokes based on a classic video game.
SOME people apparently got it.
OH NO! The Crystal Planet is on it's way!
Quick, someone discover Endurium fast so we can build a superphotonic starship and get the fuck off of this planet!
We know (physics) that every single theory we have is wrong. GR is classical, QED is bad at small distances, QCD is bad at large distances, ... They are all wrong. We know they are wrong.
And that's why I say...
Everything you know is wrong.
Heh. On the other hand, though no model is accurate, some are useful. Still, it beats blaming an imaginary sky fairy.
They didn't include A Link to the Past because you can go to the store and currently purchase it for the GBA.
They are probably hoping that those who want to complete the collection will invest in either a GBA or Gameboy Player.
Oh, and I must say Link to the Past for the GBA is a nearly flawless recreation of the SNES version, with only a few minor changes.
You can buy an entire cabinet with control dashboard if you've got deep enough pockets.
Slikstik sells both cabinets and controls making the creation of a top-quality custom cabinet a fairly simple chore.
Just add your own monitor and system of choice and you've got a professional looking cab with true arcade controls. You can even get a working coin-door.
The resources are now so easily available, there's no excuse for someone to make a Mame cabinet that doesn't look professionally built unless they just don't take their time to do it right.
I can donate to gAIM because it's opened source, or I can pay for Trillian because I happy to really like the program.
Having used both and having paid for just one, maybe that'll tell you which one I personally prefer.
Relax, though, I spent my money, not yours.
Yeah, but how high should it set it's threshold?
Should it filter Funny?
Trillian Pro 2.0 is working fine for me.