With D&D 3rd Edition, we were introduced to the D20 System and the Open Gaming License, which allowed third party publishers to produce supplements for the game. Will there be something akin to this for 4th Edition? What form will it take, and will it be more or less restrictive?
This is one of the most insightful posts I have read on any of the "iPod v. Joe mp3 player" discussions. I admit that I have fallen into this trap myself. I have an iPod, and I think it's great. I find myself saying that the 'Pod is better than other players, when that is not as true as I would like to believe. But it makes me feel better; I'm justifying my decision to spend $300 on an mp3 player.
I've had to revise the odd/even rule to account for this latest descrepancy. Here's my theory: If the SUM of the the digits in any given movie's title is odd, the film will be bad; if they're even, it will be good.
For example: Star Trek 1 - Bad Star Trek 6 - Good Star Trek 10 (1+0=1) - Bad Star Trek 11 (1+1=2) - Good
The same system could work for Roman numerals: I (1 digit) - Bad III (3 digits) - Bad IV (2 digits) - Good X (1 digit) - Bad XI (2 digits) - Good
I believe that ine one of William Shatner's books, it is explained that the "Mirror Universe" from TOS was actually created by the Enterprise-E. If I remember correctly, the first known divergence between the two universes was the name of a lake on the moon, called Lake Riker instead of Lake Lilly.
Also, the reason that the Federation was so militaristic in the Mirror universe was that Cochrane warned them about "bad guys" like the Borg out there, so Starfleet was always primarily military.
What I've never been able to find out is how to recover data such as ratings and playcounts from the 'pod. I lost my harddrive back in February, and I STILL haven't re-rated all of my music!
The point of martial arts is not to have to engage in combat in the first place. They are as much a mental dicipline as a physical one. You must also learn when not to fight.
Besides, who's to say that the other guy doesn't have martial arts training himself? That plus the knife would be a significant edge, wouldn't it?
I completely agree with you about keyboard shortcuts.
One time, my parents were giving a PowerPoint presentation at a church, but the computer they were working on had no powerpoint and no mouse. I had to guide them through the install process over the phone using only the keyboard. Apparently, everyone at the church was amazed, and thought I was a genius. The next week, I got several phone calls asking for me to fix various problems from the parisoners.
My dad STILL uses WP 5.1, and has written four books without ever leaving DOS. He does this for many reasons (habit, memorized keyboard shortcuts, etc), but the main reason is that he is legally blind.
He uses JAWS (Job Access With Speech) and ZoomText to write, and the programs magnify and read the screen to him. Try some of the GUI screen readers sometime, and you'll see why he prefers to stick to a command-line!
Anyway, the point is that WP 5.1 can still be used today to do almost anything one could want in a word processor. As my Cisco teacher is fond of saying, "Something is never obsolete until it no longer does what you want."
One area in which Tablets would be better than standard laptops would be math class. It's much easier to enter an equation with a pen than it is to type one with a keyboard.
Actually, the publishing industry has been quite reasonable about this sort of thing. Case in point: The Baen Free Library. You can download whole, unrestricted Ebooks for free!
Also, Baen has started putting coverdiscs in some of their new hardbacks, which contain even more free books. I just bought There will be Dragons by John Ringo; that coverdisk had over 40 novels in it! The best part was that they included the entire book, unabridged, in.mp3 format. Perfect for loading to my iPod:)
Last week, I burned several copies of the coverdisk and distributed them to many of the geeks in my school.
Try going to an auction. A physical one, not Ebay. I picked up literally a whole table of used computers and parts for only $5! Often groups such as Kiwanis hold such auctions about once a year. The worst part is figuring out how to carry all the stuff home.
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With D&D 3rd Edition, we were introduced to the D20 System and the Open Gaming License, which allowed third party publishers to produce supplements for the game. Will there be something akin to this for 4th Edition? What form will it take, and will it be more or less restrictive?
This is one of the most insightful posts I have read on any of the "iPod v. Joe mp3 player" discussions. I admit that I have fallen into this trap myself. I have an iPod, and I think it's great. I find myself saying that the 'Pod is better than other players, when that is not as true as I would like to believe. But it makes me feel better; I'm justifying my decision to spend $300 on an mp3 player.
I've had to revise the odd/even rule to account for this latest descrepancy. Here's my theory:
If the SUM of the the digits in any given movie's title is odd, the film will be bad; if they're even, it will be good.
For example:
Star Trek 1 - Bad
Star Trek 6 - Good
Star Trek 10 (1+0=1) - Bad
Star Trek 11 (1+1=2) - Good
The same system could work for Roman numerals:
I (1 digit) - Bad
III (3 digits) - Bad
IV (2 digits) - Good
X (1 digit) - Bad
XI (2 digits) - Good
Any thoughts?
I believe that ine one of William Shatner's books, it is explained that the "Mirror Universe" from TOS was actually created by the Enterprise-E. If I remember correctly, the first known divergence between the two universes was the name of a lake on the moon, called Lake Riker instead of Lake Lilly.
Also, the reason that the Federation was so militaristic in the Mirror universe was that Cochrane warned them about "bad guys" like the Borg out there, so Starfleet was always primarily military.
In this case, nm stands for Nautical Miles, not Nanometers
What I've never been able to find out is how to recover data such as ratings and playcounts from the 'pod. I lost my harddrive back in February, and I STILL haven't re-rated all of my music!
Any tips?
Besides, who's to say that the other guy doesn't have martial arts training himself? That plus the knife would be a significant edge, wouldn't it?
I completely agree with you about keyboard shortcuts.
One time, my parents were giving a PowerPoint presentation at a church, but the computer they were working on had no powerpoint and no mouse. I had to guide them through the install process over the phone using only the keyboard. Apparently, everyone at the church was amazed, and thought I was a genius. The next week, I got several phone calls asking for me to fix various problems from the parisoners.
He uses JAWS (Job Access With Speech) and ZoomText to write, and the programs magnify and read the screen to him. Try some of the GUI screen readers sometime, and you'll see why he prefers to stick to a command-line!
Anyway, the point is that WP 5.1 can still be used today to do almost anything one could want in a word processor. As my Cisco teacher is fond of saying, "Something is never obsolete until it no longer does what you want."
--Tamago
One area in which Tablets would be better than standard laptops would be math class. It's much easier to enter an equation with a pen than it is to type one with a keyboard.
Actually, the publishing industry has been quite reasonable about this sort of thing. Case in point: The Baen Free Library. You can download whole, unrestricted Ebooks for free! Also, Baen has started putting coverdiscs in some of their new hardbacks, which contain even more free books. I just bought There will be Dragons by John Ringo; that coverdisk had over 40 novels in it! The best part was that they included the entire book, unabridged, in .mp3 format. Perfect for loading to my iPod :)
Last week, I burned several copies of the coverdisk and distributed them to many of the geeks in my school.
Try going to an auction. A physical one, not Ebay. I picked up literally a whole table of used computers and parts for only $5! Often groups such as Kiwanis hold such auctions about once a year. The worst part is figuring out how to carry all the stuff home.