Back when I was young and foolish, I got nailed chatting on a BBS. The local, self-styled hacker logged in and made an offhand comment about telephone company switching computers. About 5 minutes later, he said something like "Hey, that's weird, can you type +++?" I, of course, tried it and blew myself away. The embarassing part is that I took his bait and remembered his comment about telephone company computers, and assumed he was screwing with my line. (I suppose he was, just not in the way I thought.) After nuking myself a few more times ("What did you mean about typing +++, anyway?"), I got really pissed and laid into him, much to his amusement I'm sure. It wasn't until several hours later that I got a clue, broke out my modem documentation, and learned what a n00b I really was.
You may be right, but I can see where that attitude comes from. When I was working at a music store, security guards took down a shoplifter with a duffel bag full of stolen DVDs in my store. He was an enormous, mean looking guy, probably 6'1" 300 lbs, and he did not go quietly.
I'm quite sure he wouldn't know me from Adam today, but the look he shot us when they marched him past the counter in cuffs still gives me chills.
Is it really that much worse that what Lucas has done?
1) the Acting. it seems bland, with little real emotion. You know it's bad when you can clearly tell they are acting when you've never seen the actors before.
Although all five of Lucas' movies have had top notch talent, there are certainly some examples of bad acting. What's-his-face from Episode 2, in particular, gave some pretty stilted performances, as I recall.
2) the writing. Although the writing might be good with good acting, I feel like i've got a bunch of Keaneau Reeves on the screen... = NOT GOOD
Lucas has certainly done his share of terrible writing. Midichlorians anyone?
3) The Lighting. Especially with the lightsabers. I know it makes sense, but having the lightsaber pointed directly at the screen just looks... awkward. The lighting otherwise looks monotone, obvious, and non-suggestive.
I definitely recall a scene from the (unbutchered) original trilogy where a lightsaber ends up pointed at the camera, and it looked more like a flashlight or a neon tube. To be honest, the effect in this film, with the lightsaber in the same position, looks much better.
I, for one, applaud these filmmakers. Given what I am sure is a miniscule budget, they've produced very impressive results.
I don't know how it works in "sane" nations, but it seems like the one problem with the "loser pays" concept is that it would have a chilling effect in cases where an individual or small company is suing a large corporation. Even if your suit is totally legitimate, the possibility of getting slapped with the bill for a big corporation's million dollar legal team is going to make you think twice. Not to say that the system is unworkable, but I would think there is serious potential for abuse.
Been there done that... I got a from a client that her computer had just suddenly died and wouldn't start back up. Having worked for the woman for many years, I know exactly what was wrong...
"Did you bump the power strip with your foot?"
"I don't think so."
"Just flip the switch and try to start the computer."
"No... no, it's still not working."
So after work I make the 15 minute trek over to her office, flip the power strip on, boot the machine, and leave, hardly even breaking stride. $75, thank you very much.
I would assume, however, that the molester's face never appears in the original pictures, otherwise the police would have it plastered all over a wanted poster. So the pictures themselves wouldn't really be especially useful in placing the perpetrator at the scene anyway.
I can't believe how bent everyone is getting over the quality. If you think you can do a better job, go ahead and volunteer. I for one would not want to look at the originals.
Oh god, I hadn't even though about how closely you'd have to focus in on the original images in order to edit them. I bet the poor bastard who had to do that felt like he needed a long, hot shower by the time he was done.
I worked with a guy once who fancied himself a writer of love poetry. I thought it was pretty awful, saccharine stuff myself, but he had a couple of fans on some amateur poety website. Who was I to criticize?
I always felt bad, though, because he put together a book and found some vanity publisher to publish it for him. He apparently didn't know how the publishing business worked, though, because he was convinced that he was being published for real, and that the book would be his ticket to fame and fortune. I remember him being very excited when they "accepted" his book, and would publish it as soon as he came up with $4000. He then started hitting up everyone he knew to "invest" in his book, which he was sure would be a bestseller. I never had the heart to explain to him that real publishers pay you when they put out your book.
You use the sights on the actual gun model, which effectively become your crosshairs. When you click into "Iron Sights" mode, the gun is raised into a firing position and the front and rear sights line up. In "Iron Sights" mode, your mobility is somewhat limited, so you can't make dead accurate shots running full tilt. The edges of the screen also fade out a little, limiting your perhiperal vision while aiming. It's still much easier than in real life, but it's the most realistic I've seen in an FPS so far.
You'd also be surprised how easy it is to shoot from the hip with reasonable accuracy. An experienced player can be deadly firing from the hip with an SMG.
Just today, I was sitting at a red light and trying to read a street sign on the next block. My left hand actually started reaching for the 'Z' key, to activate my suit zoom.
That sounds pretty dumb, give the rate at which companies these days either go under or get swallowed up in buyouts and mergers. In 20 years, you'll spend all of your time explaining why you have a tattoo of some long-defunct dotcom that nobody remembers.
There has been some speculation that the lists will be re-jigged for European and US audiences, since the list is even more Japan-centric than before, and Polophony Digital has been seen scanning many US and European cars that are not in the Japanese version.
I hope so, there seems to be some rather odd omissions. No vintage Mustangs? No vintage Minis? There's a million (mostly old school) cars I'd love to see in the game, but I'd think those two in particular would be mandatory.
I think that may be more like a museum or a private collection than a repair shop or dealership. They appear to have a remarkable collection of vintage muscle cars.
At risk of being called a Microsoft shill, I have to agree. I have an XP machine at work that I use for e-mail, Web access, newsgroups, some light Word processing, and a few other random tasks. I don't keep track of my uptime, but I pretty much don't reboot except for updates, occasional software installs, and power outages. I've never gotten hit with spyware or a virus, and I'm not even running SP2.
I would never try to argue that Windows is anything close to perfect, but it can most definitely be stable and usable.
These are countries where fire claims lives because there are no fire codes, and people don't know to evacuate during a fire alarm.
I hate to say it, but an awful lot of Americans don't know to evacuate during a fire alarm. I've worked/been in several retail stores where a fire alarm has gone off and most people just continue shopping as if nothing happened.
If it hits in a heavily forested area, it will start a fire that will burn so much that it will create clouds of smoke and ash that will block out the sun for a very long time. That would suck.
Except it wouldn't affect/.ers too much, we're all used to crouching in front of computers in the dark anyway.
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It could be "Best Movie Based on a Videogame". I don't think Uwe Boll needs any more encouragement.
Back when I was young and foolish, I got nailed chatting on a BBS. The local, self-styled hacker logged in and made an offhand comment about telephone company switching computers. About 5 minutes later, he said something like "Hey, that's weird, can you type +++?" I, of course, tried it and blew myself away. The embarassing part is that I took his bait and remembered his comment about telephone company computers, and assumed he was screwing with my line. (I suppose he was, just not in the way I thought.) After nuking myself a few more times ("What did you mean about typing +++, anyway?"), I got really pissed and laid into him, much to his amusement I'm sure. It wasn't until several hours later that I got a clue, broke out my modem documentation, and learned what a n00b I really was.
I'm picturing two /.ers dressed like Vincent and Jules from Pulp Fiction pulling up to the office...
"E-mail, motherfucker! DO - YOU - READ - IT????"
You may be right, but I can see where that attitude comes from. When I was working at a music store, security guards took down a shoplifter with a duffel bag full of stolen DVDs in my store. He was an enormous, mean looking guy, probably 6'1" 300 lbs, and he did not go quietly.
I'm quite sure he wouldn't know me from Adam today, but the look he shot us when they marched him past the counter in cuffs still gives me chills.
Whether you consider the Pyramid Scheme a scam, is up to you.
Whether you consider the Pyramid Scheme a scam depends on where you are in the pyramid.
Is it really that much worse that what Lucas has done?
... = NOT GOOD
1) the Acting. it seems bland, with little real emotion. You know it's bad when you can clearly tell they are acting when you've never seen the actors before.
Although all five of Lucas' movies have had top notch talent, there are certainly some examples of bad acting. What's-his-face from Episode 2, in particular, gave some pretty stilted performances, as I recall.
2) the writing. Although the writing might be good with good acting, I feel like i've got a bunch of Keaneau Reeves on the screen
Lucas has certainly done his share of terrible writing. Midichlorians anyone?
3) The Lighting. Especially with the lightsabers. I know it makes sense, but having the lightsaber pointed directly at the screen just looks... awkward. The lighting otherwise looks monotone, obvious, and non-suggestive.
I definitely recall a scene from the (unbutchered) original trilogy where a lightsaber ends up pointed at the camera, and it looked more like a flashlight or a neon tube. To be honest, the effect in this film, with the lightsaber in the same position, looks much better. I, for one, applaud these filmmakers. Given what I am sure is a miniscule budget, they've produced very impressive results.
No, 3DRealms has been chiseling the code for DNF into stone tablets. That's why it's taking so long.
I don't know how it works in "sane" nations, but it seems like the one problem with the "loser pays" concept is that it would have a chilling effect in cases where an individual or small company is suing a large corporation. Even if your suit is totally legitimate, the possibility of getting slapped with the bill for a big corporation's million dollar legal team is going to make you think twice. Not to say that the system is unworkable, but I would think there is serious potential for abuse.
Been there done that... I got a from a client that her computer had just suddenly died and wouldn't start back up. Having worked for the woman for many years, I know exactly what was wrong...
"Did you bump the power strip with your foot?"
"I don't think so."
"Just flip the switch and try to start the computer."
"No... no, it's still not working."
So after work I make the 15 minute trek over to her office, flip the power strip on, boot the machine, and leave, hardly even breaking stride. $75, thank you very much.
I would assume, however, that the molester's face never appears in the original pictures, otherwise the police would have it plastered all over a wanted poster. So the pictures themselves wouldn't really be especially useful in placing the perpetrator at the scene anyway.
I can't believe how bent everyone is getting over the quality. If you think you can do a better job, go ahead and volunteer. I for one would not want to look at the originals.
Oh god, I hadn't even though about how closely you'd have to focus in on the original images in order to edit them. I bet the poor bastard who had to do that felt like he needed a long, hot shower by the time he was done.
I worked with a guy once who fancied himself a writer of love poetry. I thought it was pretty awful, saccharine stuff myself, but he had a couple of fans on some amateur poety website. Who was I to criticize?
I always felt bad, though, because he put together a book and found some vanity publisher to publish it for him. He apparently didn't know how the publishing business worked, though, because he was convinced that he was being published for real, and that the book would be his ticket to fame and fortune. I remember him being very excited when they "accepted" his book, and would publish it as soon as he came up with $4000. He then started hitting up everyone he knew to "invest" in his book, which he was sure would be a bestseller. I never had the heart to explain to him that real publishers pay you when they put out your book.
WTF? She told me she was 18, blonde, slender and hot!
She was... 65 years ago.
You use the sights on the actual gun model, which effectively become your crosshairs. When you click into "Iron Sights" mode, the gun is raised into a firing position and the front and rear sights line up. In "Iron Sights" mode, your mobility is somewhat limited, so you can't make dead accurate shots running full tilt. The edges of the screen also fade out a little, limiting your perhiperal vision while aiming. It's still much easier than in real life, but it's the most realistic I've seen in an FPS so far.
You'd also be surprised how easy it is to shoot from the hip with reasonable accuracy. An experienced player can be deadly firing from the hip with an SMG.
Especially after hosting "Alien Autopsy"!
Give the guy a break, there's only so much money to be made on the convention circuit.
When you pull into your driveway, do you randomly fall into an invisible pit that it takes you four hours to escape from?
Just today, I was sitting at a red light and trying to read a street sign on the next block. My left hand actually started reaching for the 'Z' key, to activate my suit zoom.
That sounds pretty dumb, give the rate at which companies these days either go under or get swallowed up in buyouts and mergers. In 20 years, you'll spend all of your time explaining why you have a tattoo of some long-defunct dotcom that nobody remembers.
There has been some speculation that the lists will be re-jigged for European and US audiences, since the list is even more Japan-centric than before, and Polophony Digital has been seen scanning many US and European cars that are not in the Japanese version.
I hope so, there seems to be some rather odd omissions. No vintage Mustangs? No vintage Minis? There's a million (mostly old school) cars I'd love to see in the game, but I'd think those two in particular would be mandatory.
a little car shop
I think that may be more like a museum or a private collection than a repair shop or dealership. They appear to have a remarkable collection of vintage muscle cars.
At risk of being called a Microsoft shill, I have to agree. I have an XP machine at work that I use for e-mail, Web access, newsgroups, some light Word processing, and a few other random tasks. I don't keep track of my uptime, but I pretty much don't reboot except for updates, occasional software installs, and power outages. I've never gotten hit with spyware or a virus, and I'm not even running SP2. I would never try to argue that Windows is anything close to perfect, but it can most definitely be stable and usable.
These are countries where fire claims lives because there are no fire codes, and people don't know to evacuate during a fire alarm.
I hate to say it, but an awful lot of Americans don't know to evacuate during a fire alarm. I've worked/been in several retail stores where a fire alarm has gone off and most people just continue shopping as if nothing happened.
If it hits in a heavily forested area, it will start a fire that will burn so much that it will create clouds of smoke and ash that will block out the sun for a very long time. That would suck.
/.ers too much, we're all used to crouching in front of computers in the dark anyway.
Except it wouldn't affect
I could see it being popular with hunters, though. Having hot coffee in the deer stand without needing a big thermos could have some appeal.
OK, I'm stereotyping here a little, but I can't see the average hunter rushing out to buy something marketed by Wolfgang Puck.
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