I'll tell you what, you can take a good look at Kari's ass by sticking your head up there, but wouldn't you rather take her word for it? Uh... no, I mean you can take a good look at a T-bone by sticking your head up a Kari's a**, but then... No, it has got to be your bull...
"Sure, you can ignore the IR camera and motion sensors when you build the game, but you'd have to be an idiot to do so."
Given the sheer number of games that shoehorned the motion sensing into the game, I'm not so sure you'd be an idiot to just leave that out. Is Marvel Ultimate Alliance really any better for having you shake a controller instead of press a button? Once the shiny wears off the motion detection, I imagine we'll see quite a few Wii games that make little to no use of motion detection because it just doesn't fit within the framework of the game.
FTA: "The 8-bit console found dozens of great games, from franchise firsts like Super Mario Brothers,..."
What exactly is Super Mario Brothers the first of? It's not the first Mario game. In fact, it's a direct sequel to Mario Brothers and arguably it's the 5th Donkey Kong game. It's not even the first 2D platformer as Pac-Land has that locked up. Super Mario Brothers was a great game but it's not the first anything.
When I was a kid, my mom, dad, and I used to go to the arcade almost every weekend. Before I was old enough to play any video games, my mom and I would play skee ball. I remember being so proud when I was finally able to get the ball all the way down the lane. I didn't realize until much later that I wasn't scoring any points. I used to think I must've sucked pretty badly back then until I realized that most of today's skee ball lanes are much shorter than what I was playing on. (They also didn't have 100pt holes but my firm belief that 100pt holes are utter blasphemy doesn't belong in this conversation.)
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"There are bound to be shots even in the A-Team that benefit from good viewing hardware."
No! Very much no. I don't think high-def A-Team is such a good idea. You can already spot issues with the special effects as it is. No need to compound the problem by making it that much more obvious how all the explosions and car crashes were rigged.
"Seriously though, what's so difficult about the memory management model of C? I find it hard to think of anything much simpler."
Well, dynamic memory management isn't even part of the language. It has to be handled by outside function calls malloc() and free(). Other than that, it's pretty easy.
The TI99/4a did have real keys on their keyboard but they kept the absolutely dreadful layout. The worst part IMHO was that it was the first computer I ever owned so I got used to it. Oh the horror! It took years to break the bad habits I picked up there.
There was that fund raiser Ron Paul had a while back where he had both Communists and KKK members present. To one of the Klansmen he said:
Klansman: These Communists don't normally support us. Ron Paul: Now, Mr Klansman, we agreed to keep that under our hats. If they knew this was a Klan rally, we'd be all alone.
Then he turned right around and told a Communist:
Communist: These Klansmen don't normally support us. Ron Paul: Now, Comrade, we agreed to keep that under our hats. If they knew this was a Communist fund raiser, we'd be all alone.
Too bad Ron Paul's son Eric and his black manservant Jack had to spoil it all by exposing the party for what it really was.
"Too bad we aren't going to see any speed close to that for personal use, at least not without forking over hefty sacks of bling."
So I'm going to have to give my service provider a bunch of gold teeth, spinner rims, and chrome things that aren't usually made of chrome just to get some decent bandwidth?
They sell the occasional $200 PC in the Dell Outlet. And it's usually better than the travesty that is the VIA C7. I got a Previously Ordered New PC for $250 but I was holding out for an AMD X2 processor and XP Pro. If I had been willing to go with a Sempron, I could've gotten it with a Vista Basic or Home or whatever they call their crappiest license for $190 shipped. And they included the keyboard and mouse. The only catch is that you have to get on the site when they put out their newest batch of computers since they're first-come-first-serve. It's not the best system but other than power consumption, I'd put it up against anything that gPC has going for it.
I'm one of the 4 people in America that still use rabbit ears for my television. I'm about 30 miles from the nearest tower (CBS) and about 50-60 miles from the next nearest towers (Fox, ABC, and NBC). When I bought my HDTV I was shocked by how many digital feeds I picked up with a rabbit ear antennae with an amp on it. They're very finicky in the weather but no more than the analog feeds. My biggest annoyance is digital audio. It gets really choppy when the analog audio still comes in just fine. Also for some reason ABC (and only ABC out of the 4) will sometimes seem to look fine but the audio and video will be out of synch. Other than that, when the analog feed is bad the digital feed is usually ok. If I had to drop one or the other, I'd probably drop the analog.
I think you miss the point. The only seating they are concerned with here is the press box (and anywhere else press credentials will get you like the sidelines in some cases). If you're going to blog from the stands, then no they can't stop you but if you're going to use your blog to become a card-carrying member of the press and get into the event on their dime, then you're going to play by their rules. Generally speaking they will be keeping an eye on you in that case. They're kind of stupid rules but at least bloggers can get press credentials for NCAA events.
Who remembers the crowds that used to form around the one-on-one fighting games? People cheering and booing and complaining about cheap moves and whatever made the game a blast to play. I own most of the home ports of the Capcom and SNK fighters but nothing will beat the times I played Marvel Super Heroes (the only one I was any good at) for over an hour straight on $0.50. I played person after person and then I thought everybody had gone away. I ended up beating the game and realized that everyone else was still back there watching. It was kind of a cool feeling.
"The scenario described in the article -- where Netflix takes no action to rectify a problem that would destroy all their profits -- is unreasonable on its face."
Yeah, that would be like a brick and mortar movie rental company only trying alternatives to their antiquated business model after years of hemorrhaging money. If this guy is analyzing Blockbuster stock, he's used to a company taking no action to rectify a problem that would destroy all their profits.
"If they want to require anything, it should be for one dedicated channel with a live area weather map."
That sort of thing is content. Maybe instead of lobbying the government or even your cable company to do something about it, you should ask your local television stations since they are the ones actually in charge of what content to put on the air. All of the local stations in my area that have gone digital provide one slice of their signal exclusively for weather. Given channel X on ATSC, X-1 will be the station's main content, and either X-2 or X-3 will be a 24/7 live radar with occasional forecasts.
"The real problem is the fact that the cable companies are granted monopolies in their respective communities. That should be the first thing to go."
The vast majority of people just aren't going to care about a green angle in AT&T workers commuting to work. Why? Most people commute to work. If you lived in a town where the majority of roads aren't paved, you're not going to get much sympathy for problems you have with your paved road. An AT&T worker now having the same environmental impact you do getting to and from work isn't going to go anywhere. I think the best angle I've read so far here is pushing the issue that the phone company won't let its workers telecommute any more.
"I don't have a problem with things changing, rather I revel in it. However, it makes me sad to see people label what made us who we are unacceptable to todays youth."
Things do change. What we know of childhood education has grown a lot since the inception of Sesame Street. Unfortunately, some of the techniques they used to use for teaching lessions led to poor retention. I imagine the intended for adult line protects the old episodes from being viewed as education television more than anything else. From what we now understand about childhood education, they're not very educational. This is unfortunate because they are very entertaining and interest in shows like Sesame Street probably had a big hand in people taking an interest in childhood education.
You make time for the things that are important. In your estimation, working out isn't important enough. That's fine but don't act like there isn't time because there is. You just don't want to bump anything to do it. While my kids were younger and in need of more attention, I would work out before work. Yes, that meant getting up at 5AM, but it's better than the after 9PM scenario you mention for the exact reason you mention.
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"Granted, she's not Catherine Deneuve..."
No, but if Kari wants to do a lesbian sex scene with a young and still hot Susan Sarandon, it would go a long way to convincing me otherwise.
"I'd like to myth her bust."
I'll tell you what, you can take a good look at Kari's ass by sticking your head up there, but wouldn't you rather take her word for it? Uh... no, I mean you can take a good look at a T-bone by sticking your head up a Kari's a**, but then... No, it has got to be your bull...
"Sure, you can ignore the IR camera and motion sensors when you build the game, but you'd have to be an idiot to do so."
Given the sheer number of games that shoehorned the motion sensing into the game, I'm not so sure you'd be an idiot to just leave that out. Is Marvel Ultimate Alliance really any better for having you shake a controller instead of press a button? Once the shiny wears off the motion detection, I imagine we'll see quite a few Wii games that make little to no use of motion detection because it just doesn't fit within the framework of the game.
My bad. s/first 2D platformer/first side scrolling 2D platformer/
FTA: "The 8-bit console found dozens of great games, from franchise firsts like Super Mario Brothers,..."
What exactly is Super Mario Brothers the first of? It's not the first Mario game. In fact, it's a direct sequel to Mario Brothers and arguably it's the 5th Donkey Kong game. It's not even the first 2D platformer as Pac-Land has that locked up. Super Mario Brothers was a great game but it's not the first anything.
I'm too highbrow for MK references, thank you very much.
eldavojohn: "I am not your average American looking for a mindless laugh or entertainment!"
eldavojohn is lining up for the putt. Just a few feet away from victory...
eldavojohn: "Of course, I enjoy adult swim, the office, south park, the daily show, etc"
[audience groan]
No! He missed the putt! Looks like unpretentious Joe Sixpack will be getting the green jacket.
[Sixpack puts on a green blazer amidst golf clapping from audience]
Sixpack: "I bet I can hit myself with this stick! What am I doin?!"
That's what the WGA claims is the crux of the strike but when studio execs agreed to deal provided about a half-dozen unrelated items were considered off the table for discussion, the WGA refused. The studio execs are willing to negotiate electronic distribution royalties.
When I was a kid, my mom, dad, and I used to go to the arcade almost every weekend. Before I was old enough to play any video games, my mom and I would play skee ball. I remember being so proud when I was finally able to get the ball all the way down the lane. I didn't realize until much later that I wasn't scoring any points. I used to think I must've sucked pretty badly back then until I realized that most of today's skee ball lanes are much shorter than what I was playing on. (They also didn't have 100pt holes but my firm belief that 100pt holes are utter blasphemy doesn't belong in this conversation.)
"There are bound to be shots even in the A-Team that benefit from good viewing hardware."
No! Very much no. I don't think high-def A-Team is such a good idea. You can already spot issues with the special effects as it is. No need to compound the problem by making it that much more obvious how all the explosions and car crashes were rigged.
"Seriously though, what's so difficult about the memory management model of C? I find it hard to think of anything much simpler."
Well, dynamic memory management isn't even part of the language. It has to be handled by outside function calls malloc() and free(). Other than that, it's pretty easy.
The TI99/4a did have real keys on their keyboard but they kept the absolutely dreadful layout. The worst part IMHO was that it was the first computer I ever owned so I got used to it. Oh the horror! It took years to break the bad habits I picked up there.
There was that fund raiser Ron Paul had a while back where he had both Communists and KKK members present. To one of the Klansmen he said:
Klansman: These Communists don't normally support us.
Ron Paul: Now, Mr Klansman, we agreed to keep that under our hats. If they knew this was a Klan rally, we'd be all alone.
Then he turned right around and told a Communist:
Communist: These Klansmen don't normally support us.
Ron Paul: Now, Comrade, we agreed to keep that under our hats. If they knew this was a Communist fund raiser, we'd be all alone.
Too bad Ron Paul's son Eric and his black manservant Jack had to spoil it all by exposing the party for what it really was.
"Too bad we aren't going to see any speed close to that for personal use, at least not without forking over hefty sacks of bling."
So I'm going to have to give my service provider a bunch of gold teeth, spinner rims, and chrome things that aren't usually made of chrome just to get some decent bandwidth?
They sell the occasional $200 PC in the Dell Outlet. And it's usually better than the travesty that is the VIA C7. I got a Previously Ordered New PC for $250 but I was holding out for an AMD X2 processor and XP Pro. If I had been willing to go with a Sempron, I could've gotten it with a Vista Basic or Home or whatever they call their crappiest license for $190 shipped. And they included the keyboard and mouse. The only catch is that you have to get on the site when they put out their newest batch of computers since they're first-come-first-serve. It's not the best system but other than power consumption, I'd put it up against anything that gPC has going for it.
I'm one of the 4 people in America that still use rabbit ears for my television. I'm about 30 miles from the nearest tower (CBS) and about 50-60 miles from the next nearest towers (Fox, ABC, and NBC). When I bought my HDTV I was shocked by how many digital feeds I picked up with a rabbit ear antennae with an amp on it. They're very finicky in the weather but no more than the analog feeds. My biggest annoyance is digital audio. It gets really choppy when the analog audio still comes in just fine. Also for some reason ABC (and only ABC out of the 4) will sometimes seem to look fine but the audio and video will be out of synch. Other than that, when the analog feed is bad the digital feed is usually ok. If I had to drop one or the other, I'd probably drop the analog.
"Less even detect at which seating I am ?"
I think you miss the point. The only seating they are concerned with here is the press box (and anywhere else press credentials will get you like the sidelines in some cases). If you're going to blog from the stands, then no they can't stop you but if you're going to use your blog to become a card-carrying member of the press and get into the event on their dime, then you're going to play by their rules. Generally speaking they will be keeping an eye on you in that case. They're kind of stupid rules but at least bloggers can get press credentials for NCAA events.
Who remembers the crowds that used to form around the one-on-one fighting games? People cheering and booing and complaining about cheap moves and whatever made the game a blast to play. I own most of the home ports of the Capcom and SNK fighters but nothing will beat the times I played Marvel Super Heroes (the only one I was any good at) for over an hour straight on $0.50. I played person after person and then I thought everybody had gone away. I ended up beating the game and realized that everyone else was still back there watching. It was kind of a cool feeling.
Duracell Green is people!
"The scenario described in the article -- where Netflix takes no action to rectify a problem that would destroy all their profits -- is unreasonable on its face."
Yeah, that would be like a brick and mortar movie rental company only trying alternatives to their antiquated business model after years of hemorrhaging money. If this guy is analyzing Blockbuster stock, he's used to a company taking no action to rectify a problem that would destroy all their profits.
"If they want to require anything, it should be for one dedicated channel with a live area weather map."
That sort of thing is content. Maybe instead of lobbying the government or even your cable company to do something about it, you should ask your local television stations since they are the ones actually in charge of what content to put on the air. All of the local stations in my area that have gone digital provide one slice of their signal exclusively for weather. Given channel X on ATSC, X-1 will be the station's main content, and either X-2 or X-3 will be a 24/7 live radar with occasional forecasts.
"The real problem is the fact that the cable companies are granted monopolies in their respective communities. That should be the first thing to go."
I couldn't agree more.
You'd also need to uninstall about 3/4 of your games and pay double for the ones you still have left.
The vast majority of people just aren't going to care about a green angle in AT&T workers commuting to work. Why? Most people commute to work. If you lived in a town where the majority of roads aren't paved, you're not going to get much sympathy for problems you have with your paved road. An AT&T worker now having the same environmental impact you do getting to and from work isn't going to go anywhere. I think the best angle I've read so far here is pushing the issue that the phone company won't let its workers telecommute any more.
"I don't have a problem with things changing, rather I revel in it. However, it makes me sad to see people label what made us who we are unacceptable to todays youth."
Things do change. What we know of childhood education has grown a lot since the inception of Sesame Street. Unfortunately, some of the techniques they used to use for teaching lessions led to poor retention. I imagine the intended for adult line protects the old episodes from being viewed as education television more than anything else. From what we now understand about childhood education, they're not very educational. This is unfortunate because they are very entertaining and interest in shows like Sesame Street probably had a big hand in people taking an interest in childhood education.
Partially right? I'm completely right. I also don't blame my children for my own lack of exercise.
You make time for the things that are important. In your estimation, working out isn't important enough. That's fine but don't act like there isn't time because there is. You just don't want to bump anything to do it. While my kids were younger and in need of more attention, I would work out before work. Yes, that meant getting up at 5AM, but it's better than the after 9PM scenario you mention for the exact reason you mention.