"Today, many in the US media and public life (hence reported in the US media) are going out of their way to make statements that will damage the morale of deployed soldiers - just as they did during Vietnam."
Did i get this right? Are you labeling the media and public denouncing of our actions in Vietnam as Bullshit? That we shouldn't have made those statements or decried that war?
Although with the lower of requirments these days, I don't think anything (overweight, low test scores, drug problems) will currently get you booted, unless of course, you are gay...
"I've been playing them with my boy over my home network since he was old enough to hold a mouse. "
Same here, I have 3 kids, we all play games on my lan, I even let them play GTA3 but they do it in their own ways, and if they have questions then I answer them.
That's the role of a "parent", interact with your children, letting them experience life, and answering the questions they have about what they experience.
We shouldn't need or want legislation to supplant the role of a parent.
Doug and his Doug OS 3.2, yah he doesn't have to worry about viruses or worms and such, no published system flaws, and he doesn't miss an opportunity to rub my face in it for using windows, but sooner or later once he gets past.00001 market share, his day will come, oh yes his day will surely come.. that's when I get to gloat.. mwuahhaha.
How many people ACTUALLY replay the same content over and over? Unless the game is so original it bears repeating (like the original HL1 did) then it is worth it.
I have a stack of games at my house, most of them "almost" get replayed, but become quickly boring after the first few levels.
With so many games competing for my dollars, a 4 hour game for 20 bucks is not equal a 20-30 hour game for 40$, that I can also replay.
If they want to do episodes (which is somewhat new) instead of sequels, then let's completely destroy the mold and make them 5-10 bucks...
i would actually rather pay 5-10 bucks for 4 "episodes" 6 months apart than one 40 dollar sequel 2 years later...
I think this esp. rings true for FPS, the only games i find myself playing over and over are RPGs (somewhat) and RTS like warcraft3, diablo2, morrowind and NWN.
With RPGs there are new classes to explore, and different ways to play the game (evil or good like in NWN). Similarly with RTS you can try new strategies to complete the same objectives...
I find with FPS the only change is increasing/decreasing the difficulty, and even that isn't so hot when I know every spawn and puzzle trick to pass the levels...
I remember touting the advantages of DVD vs VHS to my mother, one of my points was "you can stop the movie at any time and it will remember where you stopped it and continue on from there!!", to which she replied, "Yes, my VHS does that also".
"I have a pretty ripping laptop, but I can't play Quake on it."
That statement doesn't seem to mesh, either your definition of ripping is different than mine, or you haven't tried to install quake.. and I assume you mean quake4? You too good for 640x480 gaming?:P
This is why Uwe Bol movies are crap, what would compel any sane person who has played postal to think "hmm this game is fun but what I would really enjoy is a movie based on this game"?!?!?! No one, same response to who would want to watch that movie.
And I loved playing Postal and postal 2.
Has Uwe Bol ever played any of these games? Who directed the Doom movie BTW? I just saw it last night (Netflix) and it sucked.
"What did you have before that? I ran Quake on an S3 (not virge) and got excellent performance. Or are you referring to GL Quake?"
I bought the same card at the time, there was a huge difference with playing the game with no onboard memeory and one with 2-4MB of onboard memory, which the Diamond card had. This is in software mode...
I think you are confusing the policing of morality with consquences for actions, the "morals" you have defined, "rape, murder, unprovoked assault, and so forth" effect other people and should have consqeuences as such, since our constitution attempts to defend it's populace against things that would interfere with their life liberty and pursuit of happiness.
What the government should not do is attempt to define FOR ME what is right and wrong, I should decide that for myself and my children (and when they are grown they can decide for themselves), the only time the government should be involved is when my actions affect another person's above stated rights granted under the constituion... I live in the USA and expect these rights...
"Instead, calculate that all parents make a total of $150,000 and take home $90,000. After paying a full-time nanny, they have $60,000 left to live on.""
So what your saying is the income aspect is completely the same nanny or not, but it is better for a woman to work rather than raise her kids herself? I don't see how that would be the better choice when you consider THE CHILDREN, supposedly the whole point here...
Even if the incomes were reversed and the woman made the man's amount of money, I think the benefits of raising your own children outweigh any monetary benefits of a 2 income family...
Women usually live longer than men, would this help explain why? I always thought it might have more to do with roles in society, men doing "harder" more dangerous work (although I for one can attest that being a mother, and raising children is certainly not "easy") causing men to die earlier in life, but this study might show that if all other things being equal, women might have a leg up... if they had borne children?
Advertising is everywhere, movies tv newspapers, websites, Gaming was the last refuge where I could leave all of that and ejoy my entertainment, seeing as how gamers will not benefit AT ALL from this added advertising (no price break in games, no added content for the games in terms of maps, guns, characters) how can this be a good thing and why are people so accepting of it?
I can see the point of "adding realism" to games such as bill boards, but we already had that with "fake advertising" in games, and the reason it doesn't bug me when it is fake is because it doesn't remind me of the real world I am trying to escape, instead it helps immerse me in the game world (look at billboards in postal 2).
The more we accept this the more watered down our games will become to the point that they will be games built around opportunites to advertise to their "key demographic".. come on people..
If I had 8 to 10 hours to play per day, I would kick some serious ass also.. alas my real life obligations take away a lot of my game time.. hmmm maybe if I could find someway to get rid of my wife I could play more quake4 DM...
Yah, stupid me, I realized this after reading a second review elsewhere. When I read the main article linked here I didn't see the dual cores mentioned...
So the AMD chip is a dual core (Intel 955 is single core), performs just as good if not better in most benchmarks, AND runs cooler? I can totally understand the articles complaints about a 32 dollar price difference.. WTF?! Nice slant there buddy...
Well we share a lot of things together, like comedy, but in different ways. Being with someone who is exactly like you seems like it would be boring after a while, isn't variety the spice of life?
Is will the original writing staff be re-hired, this is what really made the episodes in the first place, I remember reading somewhere about the high number of PH.ds and MBAs they had working on the writing staff, not that degress automatically mean anything, but I thought it was interesting given the type of jokes that I would often laugh at but my wife would have no clue what was funny about them...
Although you fail to mention that the requirements (burden of proof) for the warrant are severely relaxed, thus making the warrant almost unnecessary and definitely meaning less.
"I find most Christians to be extremely hypocritical when it comes to sin. "
Thos people are called hypocrites, not Christians.. I think one of the above posters said it best by saying "Show me your garden and I will see what kind of person you are..." or something like that;)
If Christianity is truely like a small hidden path and sin is a huge highway to destruction, then i doubt the "millions" of people who call themselves Christians currently could be correctly classifying themselves...
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"Today, many in the US media and public life (hence reported in the US media) are going out of their way to make statements that will damage the morale of deployed soldiers - just as they did during Vietnam."
Did i get this right? Are you labeling the media and public denouncing of our actions in Vietnam as Bullshit? That we shouldn't have made those statements or decried that war?
Although with the lower of requirments these days, I don't think anything (overweight, low test scores, drug problems) will currently get you booted, unless of course, you are gay...
Which is weird because Al does USO shows ALL THE TIME... but i guess the subject matter of his shows aren't political..
"I've been playing them with my boy over my home network since he was old enough to hold a mouse. "
Same here, I have 3 kids, we all play games on my lan, I even let them play GTA3 but they do it in their own ways, and if they have questions then I answer them.
That's the role of a "parent", interact with your children, letting them experience life, and answering the questions they have about what they experience.
We shouldn't need or want legislation to supplant the role of a parent.
"They take apart the marketing hype and tell you what exactly to expect in Windows Vista. "
But no mention of TPM... huh?!?
Doug and his Doug OS 3.2, yah he doesn't have to worry about viruses or worms and such, no published system flaws, and he doesn't miss an opportunity to rub my face in it for using windows, but sooner or later once he gets past .00001 market share, his day will come, oh yes his day will surely come.. that's when I get to gloat.. mwuahhaha.
How many people ACTUALLY replay the same content over and over? Unless the game is so original it bears repeating (like the original HL1 did) then it is worth it.
I have a stack of games at my house, most of them "almost" get replayed, but become quickly boring after the first few levels.
With so many games competing for my dollars, a 4 hour game for 20 bucks is not equal a 20-30 hour game for 40$, that I can also replay.
If they want to do episodes (which is somewhat new) instead of sequels, then let's completely destroy the mold and make them 5-10 bucks...
i would actually rather pay 5-10 bucks for 4 "episodes" 6 months apart than one 40 dollar sequel 2 years later...
I think this esp. rings true for FPS, the only games i find myself playing over and over are RPGs (somewhat) and RTS like warcraft3, diablo2, morrowind and NWN.
With RPGs there are new classes to explore, and different ways to play the game (evil or good like in NWN). Similarly with RTS you can try new strategies to complete the same objectives...
I find with FPS the only change is increasing/decreasing the difficulty, and even that isn't so hot when I know every spawn and puzzle trick to pass the levels...
I remember touting the advantages of DVD vs VHS to my mother, one of my points was "you can stop the movie at any time and it will remember where you stopped it and continue on from there!!", to which she replied, "Yes, my VHS does that also".
Heh, got me there..
"I have a pretty ripping laptop, but I can't play Quake on it."
:P
That statement doesn't seem to mesh, either your definition of ripping is different than mine, or you haven't tried to install quake.. and I assume you mean quake4? You too good for 640x480 gaming?
This is why Uwe Bol movies are crap, what would compel any sane person who has played postal to think "hmm this game is fun but what I would really enjoy is a movie based on this game"?!?!?! No one, same response to who would want to watch that movie.
And I loved playing Postal and postal 2.
Has Uwe Bol ever played any of these games? Who directed the Doom movie BTW? I just saw it last night (Netflix) and it sucked.
You would think the Toads would develop more potent Hallucinogens, well I would anyway if it lead to more licking incidents.
"What did you have before that? I ran Quake on an S3 (not virge) and got excellent performance. Or are you referring to GL Quake?"
I bought the same card at the time, there was a huge difference with playing the game with no onboard memeory and one with 2-4MB of onboard memory, which the Diamond card had. This is in software mode...
I think you are confusing the policing of morality with consquences for actions, the "morals" you have defined, "rape, murder, unprovoked assault, and so forth" effect other people and should have consqeuences as such, since our constitution attempts to defend it's populace against things that would interfere with their life liberty and pursuit of happiness.
What the government should not do is attempt to define FOR ME what is right and wrong, I should decide that for myself and my children (and when they are grown they can decide for themselves), the only time the government should be involved is when my actions affect another person's above stated rights granted under the constituion... I live in the USA and expect these rights...
"Instead, calculate that all parents make a total of $150,000 and take home $90,000. After paying a full-time nanny, they have $60,000 left to live on.""
So what your saying is the income aspect is completely the same nanny or not, but it is better for a woman to work rather than raise her kids herself? I don't see how that would be the better choice when you consider THE CHILDREN, supposedly the whole point here...
Even if the incomes were reversed and the woman made the man's amount of money, I think the benefits of raising your own children outweigh any monetary benefits of a 2 income family...
Women usually live longer than men, would this help explain why? I always thought it might have more to do with roles in society, men doing "harder" more dangerous work (although I for one can attest that being a mother, and raising children is certainly not "easy") causing men to die earlier in life, but this study might show that if all other things being equal, women might have a leg up... if they had borne children?
Advertising is everywhere, movies tv newspapers, websites, Gaming was the last refuge where I could leave all of that and ejoy my entertainment, seeing as how gamers will not benefit AT ALL from this added advertising (no price break in games, no added content for the games in terms of maps, guns, characters) how can this be a good thing and why are people so accepting of it?
I can see the point of "adding realism" to games such as bill boards, but we already had that with "fake advertising" in games, and the reason it doesn't bug me when it is fake is because it doesn't remind me of the real world I am trying to escape, instead it helps immerse me in the game world (look at billboards in postal 2).
The more we accept this the more watered down our games will become to the point that they will be games built around opportunites to advertise to their "key demographic".. come on people..
If I had 8 to 10 hours to play per day, I would kick some serious ass also.. alas my real life obligations take away a lot of my game time.. hmmm maybe if I could find someway to get rid of my wife I could play more quake4 DM...
Yah, stupid me, I realized this after reading a second review elsewhere. When I read the main article linked here I didn't see the dual cores mentioned...
So the AMD chip is a dual core (Intel 955 is single core), performs just as good if not better in most benchmarks, AND runs cooler? I can totally understand the articles complaints about a 32 dollar price difference.. WTF?! Nice slant there buddy...
"Fox just has the most amazing bunch of idiots running the network. It's simply incredible how dumb these decisions are."
It's because all of the talent is in the news spin department.
Well we share a lot of things together, like comedy, but in different ways.
Being with someone who is exactly like you seems like it would be boring after a while, isn't variety the spice of life?
Is will the original writing staff be re-hired, this is what really made the episodes in the first place, I remember reading somewhere about the high number of PH.ds and MBAs they had working on the writing staff, not that degress automatically mean anything, but I thought it was interesting given the type of jokes that I would often laugh at but my wife would have no clue what was funny about them...
Although you fail to mention that the requirements (burden of proof) for the warrant are severely relaxed, thus making the warrant almost unnecessary and definitely meaning less.
"I find most Christians to be extremely hypocritical when it comes to sin. "
;)
Thos people are called hypocrites, not Christians.. I think one of the above posters said it best by saying "Show me your garden and I will see what kind of person you are..." or something like that
If Christianity is truely like a small hidden path and sin is a huge highway to destruction, then i doubt the "millions" of people who call themselves Christians currently could be correctly classifying themselves...
This is what happens when people read the bible thougthfully and searching for insight, actual learning happens :) mod parent up, well replied.