Also consider that news networks and the like probably didn't feel the need to say "He soldered crap for a few years." or "His eyes no longer function entirely due to his time in the cubicle farm at Boeing-Douglas-Marietta." They skip right to the perceived "important" positions, which to the news media, is management.
Yes, I do wonder why you automatically assume everyone this government picks is an evil man. Wait, no I don't- you're exceptionally bitter, and projecting your hatred of W onto every single person he associates with. There is absolutely no real reason to believe that Griffith is a bad person for the job, MUCH LESS a creationist.
Let me get this straight. Because he has more advanced degrees than you or I will ever have, and because he's held a lot of fairly responsible jobs on technical projects, he's a creationist....ye gods, sign me up for the God-loving, if this is what it gets! Seriously, are you just trolling?
I think the fact that I Love Bees- a niche, cultish classic if ever there was one- won the award for Innovation tells you that no, it's not just about sales figures that determined what game got what award.
To all the lovely, lovely blokes at 4orty2wo Entertainment- HURRY UP, I NEED ANOTHER HIT FROM THE CRACK PIPE.
I'd make the argument for Vampire: Bloodlines having the best writing/plot of all the 2004 games. Buggier than a roach motel after the nukes go off, but tanj if that plot didn't have me fighting through all the gamebreaking plot thingies to see what happened next.
Actually, as of a month ago Sierra put it back up and allowed people to register to play and, shock, actually play. There was just a year+ long stretch where the servers were still running but new people couldn't sign up to play.
Man, I remember Popcap's really, really old days. Before there was such a thing as "Popcap". Two of the main programmers had formed Hoopy software, IIRC, which made a free top-down shooting online game named ARC. Fun times, and I've been nothing but gratified to see them become the Internet Puzzle Game Superstars.
There will be more lightsabers than spoken words by a character in this trailer.
If only the real movie like that, it will automatically beat Episodes 1 and 2. Because lightsabers are neat, but the dialogue will reek.
Sounds a fair amount like what happened with Vampire: Bloodlines. Incredibly engrossing story if you can get past the legions of near-gamestopping bugs and code that is so far from optimized it makes my bleeding edge computer scream for mercy at a simple thing like rain... but once it hit the endgame, the story went out the window and became a killing grind.
Any year where I got Halflife 2, Vampire: Bloodlines, and Pirates! and have blown far too much time on all three... and that's a bad year?
Gods, I can't WAIT for the good- and we started it out so well, with Hearts of Iron 2.
Basically, this is another Sky Is Falling article that gets printed every year when columnists run out of ideas.
*looks down at notes*
Oh. Yeah.
You know, you'd think that if I was privileged enough to take a design class from one of the lead engineers on the Mars Polar Lander, I'd pay better attention to what he was saying.
Actually, here's the story.
The Mars Polar Lander program produced two articles. One was launched in '98, and crashed. The other was scheduled to be launched in '01, but after the crash was shelved. This Phoenix mission basically stuck new instruments on the old frame, fixed the problem on the old one, and used it. It's a very ingenious solution.
This is part of the Mars Scout Program, which is a really neat idea.
Basically, every four years, NASA sends out a request for proposals, that basically says "You've got $N amount of money. Draw up a mission you can do for that price that'll give us some useful science." It's a cheap way of getting specific science results, as opposed to billion-dollar class megaprobes.
The Phoenix won because it reused existing hardware, the Mars Polar Lander. Because of that, their mission became cheaper, so they could do more stuff within the price tag. The runner up, a Mars Airplane, is something I'd like to have seen- hopefully they pick it for the 2011 Mars Scout.
From all reports, O'Keefe was a MAJOR backer of Nuclear Space Initiatives. I only hope that continues under a successor, because I hate to break it to you people, but nuclear- either nuclear-thermal or nuclear/RTG powered ion- is the best solution for in-space propulsion.
No, it's not the US putting up a fight. No, it's not the US that would probably be shut out in the cold. This is a threat against Japan and to a lesser extent China. Can we please keep the US vs. Europe flamewar out of this thread?
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The best fan film I've ever seen was one of the winners of that program of them Kevin Smith hosted a hojillion years ago; Christmas Tauntauns. http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/content/tauntaun s
Also consider that news networks and the like probably didn't feel the need to say "He soldered crap for a few years." or "His eyes no longer function entirely due to his time in the cubicle farm at Boeing-Douglas-Marietta." They skip right to the perceived "important" positions, which to the news media, is management.
Yes, I do wonder why you automatically assume everyone this government picks is an evil man. Wait, no I don't- you're exceptionally bitter, and projecting your hatred of W onto every single person he associates with. There is absolutely no real reason to believe that Griffith is a bad person for the job, MUCH LESS a creationist.
Let me get this straight. Because he has more advanced degrees than you or I will ever have, and because he's held a lot of fairly responsible jobs on technical projects, he's a creationist. ...ye gods, sign me up for the God-loving, if this is what it gets! Seriously, are you just trolling?
I Love Bees got an award. Thus, by definition, the entire evening was perfect.
I think the fact that I Love Bees- a niche, cultish classic if ever there was one- won the award for Innovation tells you that no, it's not just about sales figures that determined what game got what award. To all the lovely, lovely blokes at 4orty2wo Entertainment- HURRY UP, I NEED ANOTHER HIT FROM THE CRACK PIPE.
I'd make the argument for Vampire: Bloodlines having the best writing/plot of all the 2004 games. Buggier than a roach motel after the nukes go off, but tanj if that plot didn't have me fighting through all the gamebreaking plot thingies to see what happened next.
Actually, as of a month ago Sierra put it back up and allowed people to register to play and, shock, actually play. There was just a year+ long stretch where the servers were still running but new people couldn't sign up to play.
Man, I remember Popcap's really, really old days. Before there was such a thing as "Popcap". Two of the main programmers had formed Hoopy software, IIRC, which made a free top-down shooting online game named ARC. Fun times, and I've been nothing but gratified to see them become the Internet Puzzle Game Superstars.
There will be more lightsabers than spoken words by a character in this trailer. If only the real movie like that, it will automatically beat Episodes 1 and 2. Because lightsabers are neat, but the dialogue will reek.
How do you figure? Most people praised Vampire's story and design to the stars, the problem was the badly optimized code and horrible lack of QA.
Sounds a fair amount like what happened with Vampire: Bloodlines. Incredibly engrossing story if you can get past the legions of near-gamestopping bugs and code that is so far from optimized it makes my bleeding edge computer scream for mercy at a simple thing like rain... but once it hit the endgame, the story went out the window and became a killing grind.
I think I actually lost significant parts of my mental ability just by reading that. Thanks a lot dude. Gah, trolls so STUPID...
Any year where I got Halflife 2, Vampire: Bloodlines, and Pirates! and have blown far too much time on all three... and that's a bad year? Gods, I can't WAIT for the good- and we started it out so well, with Hearts of Iron 2. Basically, this is another Sky Is Falling article that gets printed every year when columnists run out of ideas.
*looks down at notes* Oh. Yeah. You know, you'd think that if I was privileged enough to take a design class from one of the lead engineers on the Mars Polar Lander, I'd pay better attention to what he was saying.
Actually, here's the story. The Mars Polar Lander program produced two articles. One was launched in '98, and crashed. The other was scheduled to be launched in '01, but after the crash was shelved. This Phoenix mission basically stuck new instruments on the old frame, fixed the problem on the old one, and used it. It's a very ingenious solution.
This is part of the Mars Scout Program, which is a really neat idea. Basically, every four years, NASA sends out a request for proposals, that basically says "You've got $N amount of money. Draw up a mission you can do for that price that'll give us some useful science." It's a cheap way of getting specific science results, as opposed to billion-dollar class megaprobes. The Phoenix won because it reused existing hardware, the Mars Polar Lander. Because of that, their mission became cheaper, so they could do more stuff within the price tag. The runner up, a Mars Airplane, is something I'd like to have seen- hopefully they pick it for the 2011 Mars Scout.
Marvin the Martian is so going to give you a wedgie and steal your lunch money, dude.
Don't worry, Planetary Protection Officers are insane. About every probe that leaves Earth is baked in an oven to sterilize it.
If we find three rings braided into a ponytail, it's time to start stockpiling nukes in Washington.
*Very* Battletech.
Plus, this stuff is just the thing for helping me bury the hatchet in the cockpit of an annoying Jenner.
From all reports, O'Keefe was a MAJOR backer of Nuclear Space Initiatives. I only hope that continues under a successor, because I hate to break it to you people, but nuclear- either nuclear-thermal or nuclear/RTG powered ion- is the best solution for in-space propulsion.
No, it's not the US putting up a fight. No, it's not the US that would probably be shut out in the cold. This is a threat against Japan and to a lesser extent China. Can we please keep the US vs. Europe flamewar out of this thread?
I've got five bucks it's on the mass flame they got from the furry community for making fun of "smoldering cheetah temptresses". Who's got me?