Sounds fine to me, but then I couldn't give a rat's ass about localised US Acts of God. Maybe he's a little peeved at all the unchristian christians...
But then these "Acts of Devilry" might just be enough for George W to claim 'Crisis of the Faith' and force the removal of the 22nd amendment - to create Bushland turning republic into empire, under God of course.
1. PS2 was out first. People bought it, were less likely to buy another console to share their TV with.
2. PS2 was backward compatible. Kids could say to their parents that it was an upgrade, not a replacement, and that the $$$ they'd spent on PS1 games wasn't a complete waste.
3. PS2 has a massive catalog of games. Developers might prefer other hardware, but management looked at installed user base and decided a PS2 port was necessary for virtually every gmae made. And because budgets were tight, it would be necessary to try to develop a lot of 'one size fits all' platform-independant games, leaving the XBox versions looking at most a little sharper than the PS2 one, but nothing to write home about.
4. PS2 contended with the XBox which had, for the first year of existence, a list of must-have games
consisting of {"Halo"}
5. PS2 was made by Sony. A company whose image is (slightly) better that Microsoft's.
6. PS2 didn't have to create new universes. A great number of games were follow-ups to existing PS1 ones, and sequels had people buying to find out 'what happened next'
7. PS2 is not so much 2 generations behind as being a hardware platform made by a company that failed to realise that it might be better to produce a new system which behaves something like existing ones. The Gamecube happily proclaims "ATI inside" and we all know that the XBox is a rebadged PC. Also see (3) about multi-platform games.
And some more biased reasoning I've seen before:
a) every game people bought for PS2 wasn't pushing BillG further up the rich list.
b) PS2's controller wasn't big enough to shade large parts of texas.
c) People would rather play FPSs with mouse and keyboard than console controller, and we know that most Xbox games will come out for PC at some point.
d) Since XBox's just a PC in a strange case, the games crash a lot.
I'd use the old "I'm downloading this app from a p2p network known to propagate illegal content, so first I want to make sure it's kosher, so i should ask for comment" approach.
MS public beta - on Limewire? I think not.
I've got a solution to all the pirates slapping their heads at the loss of income.
All you have to do is wait until the film is released in the UK. Our government couldn't even afford to issues enough night-vision goggles to our troops invading Iraq, never mind cinema projectionists.
the only problem left is making sure that filems are released in the UK at the same time as the US.
And I prefer the opposite. My Powerbook uses hardware acceleration for most of the GUI smartness, like Expose.
Little features, not really adding to the complexity, but using HA to move the workload from the CPU. Surely a good thing?
...and I do see the argument that XP isn't as well rounded as OSX, and that MS aren't well known for getting these little details right, but I have a little faith left...
This isn't "THE END", it's just that MS are admitting that they can't make sports games as well (consistently) as others.
For all they are slagged off, EA still do produce the goods year in year out.
And then there's Pro Evo Soccer... simply the best of the lot.
Why bother pumping resources into places that other people consistently out-perform you. Just get them to build their game for your platform instead...
Not sure about that, but I would like to see a cap on donations. Each party/candidate should have an upper limit imposed to even things out. But then I suppose this would require a non-partisan body to oversee funding, something I don't believe exists (at least according to the popular media) in the US.
Also, there should be an upper limit on the amount allowed to be spent on political advertising spots.
In the UK, each of the major parties is allowed a certain number of "Party Political Statements" in the run up to an election. Of course, most people just change the channel to avoid them, but it prevents one party/candidate drowning out the voice of another.
Not that the UK is a model democracy either, but I have more faith in our old-fashioned pencil and paper ballot and the evenness of our politicking than I do in the US system.
I agree completely that the big X is the easiest way to go, but since it's the USA, someone would probably sue because the voting system is making fun of the fact they're illiterate. Something along the lines of:
"Hey, that's not fair! Nobody else has to sign their name on their ballot! I'm gonna sue!"
Personally, I think this is an excellent idea. I have REAL trouble remembereing names and faces, and so something that I could use to cross-index electronically rather than poorly would be brilliant. Obviously it has a long way to go, but I'm a fan of Peter F. Hamilton, so the idea of an e-helper really appeals.
So it's from MS, big deal. As an experiment, try replacing every occurence of the word Microsoft with Apple, RedHat, Suse, Cuban government, or any other compant, country or person you like, and see if you still hate the idea...
I find the threads that have developed both amusing and alarming. It seems to me that half the problems in the US are attributable to the way that EVERYTHING has to be divided on bi-polar lines.
Democrat vs Republican (who cares? what do they mean?)
Evolutionist vs creationist (God created light, and then a little while later, God created the Sun....ermmm...oops!)
Hawks vs doves (what the f***? And this is appearing in MY country now!)
Isn't there any space for people who don't care about the 'two parties', want to live a normal quiet life, want to see peace in the world, want to see fewer homeless people, want to see fewer pictures of starving children in various African countries, want to see people with INTELLIGENCE AND MORALS in power?
Or are you ALL so introverted that the only time you see other countries is when the Simpsons go there?
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But then these "Acts of Devilry" might just be enough for George W to claim 'Crisis of the Faith' and force the removal of the 22nd amendment - to create Bushland turning republic into empire, under God of course.
1. PS2 was out first. People bought it, were less likely to buy another console to share their TV with.
2. PS2 was backward compatible. Kids could say to their parents that it was an upgrade, not a replacement, and that the $$$ they'd spent on PS1 games wasn't a complete waste.
3. PS2 has a massive catalog of games. Developers might prefer other hardware, but management looked at installed user base and decided a PS2 port was necessary for virtually every gmae made. And because budgets were tight, it would be necessary to try to develop a lot of 'one size fits all' platform-independant games, leaving the XBox versions looking at most a little sharper than the PS2 one, but nothing to write home about.
4. PS2 contended with the XBox which had, for the first year of existence, a list of must-have games consisting of {"Halo"}
5. PS2 was made by Sony. A company whose image is (slightly) better that Microsoft's.
6. PS2 didn't have to create new universes. A great number of games were follow-ups to existing PS1 ones, and sequels had people buying to find out 'what happened next'
7. PS2 is not so much 2 generations behind as being a hardware platform made by a company that failed to realise that it might be better to produce a new system which behaves something like existing ones. The Gamecube happily proclaims "ATI inside" and we all know that the XBox is a rebadged PC. Also see (3) about multi-platform games.
And some more biased reasoning I've seen before:
a) every game people bought for PS2 wasn't pushing BillG further up the rich list.
b) PS2's controller wasn't big enough to shade large parts of texas.
c) People would rather play FPSs with mouse and keyboard than console controller, and we know that most Xbox games will come out for PC at some point.
d) Since XBox's just a PC in a strange case, the games crash a lot.
I'd use the old "I'm downloading this app from a p2p network known to propagate illegal content, so first I want to make sure it's kosher, so i should ask for comment" approach. MS public beta - on Limewire? I think not.
humour is obviously lost on you...
All you have to do is wait until the film is released in the UK. Our government couldn't even afford to issues enough night-vision goggles to our troops invading Iraq, never mind cinema projectionists.
the only problem left is making sure that filems are released in the UK at the same time as the US.
Little features, not really adding to the complexity, but using HA to move the workload from the CPU. Surely a good thing?
For all they are slagged off, EA still do produce the goods year in year out.
And then there's Pro Evo Soccer... simply the best of the lot.
Why bother pumping resources into places that other people consistently out-perform you. Just get them to build their game for your platform instead...
Also, there should be an upper limit on the amount allowed to be spent on political advertising spots.
In the UK, each of the major parties is allowed a certain number of "Party Political Statements" in the run up to an election. Of course, most people just change the channel to avoid them, but it prevents one party/candidate drowning out the voice of another.
Not that the UK is a model democracy either, but I have more faith in our old-fashioned pencil and paper ballot and the evenness of our politicking than I do in the US system.
Maybe because Dubya was not voted in 'by the people'?
"Hey, that's not fair! Nobody else has to sign their name on their ballot! I'm gonna sue!"
It just happens that I have 15 SS-21 warheads in my garden shed, and with some general pointers, I might be able to speed things along a little bit.
Then Mr Putin can just press the red button and we can all go back to living under Communism again...
We're geeks
enough said....
So it's from MS, big deal. As an experiment, try replacing every occurence of the word Microsoft with Apple, RedHat, Suse, Cuban government, or any other compant, country or person you like, and see if you still hate the idea...
Not for long. I'll get right on it.
TETSUOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
I find the threads that have developed both amusing and alarming. It seems to me that half the problems in the US are attributable to the way that EVERYTHING has to be divided on bi-polar lines. Democrat vs Republican (who cares? what do they mean?) Evolutionist vs creationist (God created light, and then a little while later, God created the Sun....ermmm...oops!) Hawks vs doves (what the f***? And this is appearing in MY country now!) Isn't there any space for people who don't care about the 'two parties', want to live a normal quiet life, want to see peace in the world, want to see fewer homeless people, want to see fewer pictures of starving children in various African countries, want to see people with INTELLIGENCE AND MORALS in power? Or are you ALL so introverted that the only time you see other countries is when the Simpsons go there?
The bit that really got my head shaking was the "Imagine being tried in a foreign country by an international court". (pot, kettle and black?)
What planet are these yahoos from?
Tell me this stuff isn't taught in schools but is rather the sort of sectarian nonsense that people pick up from parents...
I might not like many things about America, but at least when someone introduces stupid laws, you can still raise a class action and sue.
My childhood dreams of ministerial status were wrecked when I was told I wasn't allowed any real power in this 'democracy'
Humph!