RTFA-ers would have known these links are already listed at the beginning of the article. Therefore the people who marked the parent post informative must not have been RTFA-ers.
How would this apply to Sega/Sammy (Segammy)? Maybe they'll release Guilty Gear X vs. Sonic the Hedgehog as a fighter/platform hybrid. We can only hope.
Never greet your friend Jack when on an airplane".
There's a deleted scene in the movie Airplane! that had this exact gag. Sort of similar, except what the restaurant guy said can't be misconstrued as anything else.
There was a story about F-14 pilots in Afghanistan that described a co-pilot who had to convert targeting coordinates by hand because the Army or Navy commando on the ground gave coordinates in minutes but the Air Force uses decimal coordinates.
The play looks at the issue from the Indian call center worker's perspective.
NPR did a good story on it in December. If you don't like using ears, Fortune covered it too.
Paying offshore workers much less than American workers would make for the same job isn't necessarily exploitation. The "low" salaries really depend on perspective. For example, a call center worker in India makes more money than a doctor does.
I guess it's because I've never owned a display larger than 17". So the more screen real estate I have, the better. Also, playing a lot of FPS games makes target acquisition in Windows a joke.
Yahoo! and Hotmail also allow people to block all images until they explicitly approve them, so spammers can't track whether you've opened their spam. Didtheyreadit won't be able to either. So tracking for this service will be very spotty. For messages marked unread, you can NEVER know whether it was opened or not.
According to Raymond Chen, during usability studies people remarked that XP's Luna would be a great UI for their dad, employees, etc., but didn't want it for themselves. Now, when they look at Aero, it's "Wow, this would be a great UI for me to use." Most of the people participating in these studies are probably not part of the Slashdot crowd, though. And Raymond Chen works for Microsoft, so he's obviously the Boogeyman. So take his post as you will.
Windows seems to be going down the road of "show fewer things but with bigger pictures", which may be great for regular folkum. Advanced users will just scrap the bells and whistles anyway for a basic, functional setup. "Dumbing down" through simplification isn't always a bad thing though. I actually like the new WinXP start menu a lot better than the classic one, albeit with small icons instead of the huge default setting. Silver Luna isn't too bad either, as long as I reduce the size of the titlebars and buttons to classic size. Again, what's the deal with Microsoft and huge buttons and icons? Are they trying to cater to the bad eyesight but too cool to wear glasses crowd?
I used Sid Meier's Antietam as part of a presentation on the battle for my high school history class. The first time I played it at home, I managed to trap all the rebels in the Southeast edge of the map halfway into the day. I had to play through again at a slower pace to get an accurate recreation.
The only thing they can do for PC to make Halo 2 like what it is on the XBox is to include cooperative play, which in my opinion, was the best thing Halo had going for it.
The title I submitted for this post was originally "Gobsmacked by Metal Velcro". I think it's Michael's fault it was changed. Smack him in the gob I shall.
By the way, 'gobsmacked' does have to do with punching people in the face.
gobsmacked
adj
1. colloq
Astonished; dumbfounded.
Etymology: From the action of clapping a hand to one's mouth in surprise.
stolen from the E3 videogames expo by nefarious exhibition attendees
The Ombudsman doesn't like the usage of 'Expo' after 'E3', as that is redundant. So is 'ATM machine'. But it's really too late to make any style changes because E3 itself cemented the usage with its e3expo.com
This comment itself is probably redundant as well as off-topic. But it's really too late to make any content changes because my backspace, delete, ctrl, right mouse button, that menu key next to the windows key, and any keys capable of producing whitespace stopped working as soon as I finished typing this sentence, and I can't close this browser or shut off my system because of some kind of virus or God (also, I'm psychic).xxz=
Yes, I know that binary code is still code, which is why I said, "Sure, you could say they stole the 'code' because they can use a disassembler to read the assembly code, but that applies to any program." I've never known anyone who can read straight binary. The characters in the Matrix could probably do that, but they all wear sunglasses. (That last part wasn't meant to make sense.)
When the Doom 3 demo was leaked, I didn't recall news reports saying that someone hijacked the Doom 3 code. When people talk about software piracy, they don't talk about how companies are losing money because their "code" is stolen. Having the binary code of a program isn't going to allow pirates to steal and use proprietary information to make their own clone programs. The best they usually do is crack the copy protection schemes.
Please show me examples of other news stories that said "code" was stolen when a binary executable was pirated. Granted, the MGS3 news story is still very sketchy, so in fact, the demo disc may have contained the actual source code for very good and smart reasons.
I doubt that the demo discs had the actual game code sitting there in a readable format. It was probably just the game binaries and media. Sure, you could say they stole the "code" because they can use a disassembler to read the assembly code, but that applies to any program. Stealing the code and stealing the game itself are two completely different things. Which is why Valve got into such a hissy fit because their actual code was stolen and not just a beta release.
Chris Kohler offers some details about the PSP rumors. According to him, the Sony rep who gave away the info he shouldn't have on Sony Connect had this to say: "Don't fuck me. Alright? Please don't fuck me."
I remember watching Apartment Huntin way back when (Quake 1 was big).
Realtor: Speaking of which, remember. This guy's a little strange. He doesn't like lumberjacks. Whatever you do, don't let on the fact that you're lumberjacks.
Lenny: We're carrying axes though.
Larry: Well, we got them at Taco Bell. They give them away free with every new taco.
Lenny: Mmm, tacos.
Too bad they only offer it as a Quicktime now. The best way to watch any machinima is through a demo file with the custom models, sounds, and maps using the actual game if it's possible. You might be able to get it through machinima.com if you get under their bandwidth limit.
The most famous machinima out there right now would be Red vs. Blue. It's nice that the concept it getting a higher profile.
I don't want to get into the athlete vs. non-athlete argument. I was pointing out that Rubicon's comment showing his disdain for prizes and sponsorships given to gamers could be applied to anything. If enough people are sufficiently interested in and are willing to watch something, somebody will be willing to sponsor and give prizes to whoever does that thing best. If a lot of people are interested in watching someone good at cluttering their apartment and procrastinating, he could probably get a sponsor.
You can still find old games priced around $5-$10, depending on where you look. I had wanted to buy Douglas Adams' Starship Titanic despite knowing it was a mediocre game, so I kept an eye out for it. MicroCenter still had Starship Titanic at $40 five years after it came out. Seriously, I saw it there for $40 in 2001 and thought it was kind of strange. I saw it again in 2003 (probably the exact same copy) at $40. I bought it for $10 at some other store a few months later. If you're looking for specific games, it probably won't turn up through bargain bin hunting. You're more likely to discover old gems you haven't really thought about. That's how I got Independence War for $6. The Internet's probably a better place to find something specific.
So, they're really good at tossing a ball around. Okay...
What's your point? Skill is skill. There are professional chess players and professional Scrabble players and proffesional sword swallowers. The only difference is whether there are enough people willing to watch it on TV and buy tickets and buy merchandise. Bowling somehow managed to get on TV. So Counter-Strike isn't out of the question. Actually, G4TV already has a show airing video game matches.
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RTFA-ers would have known these links are already listed at the beginning of the article. Therefore the people who marked the parent post informative must not have been RTFA-ers.
I think most geeks became familiar with the term "amalgam" through the DC/Marvel Comics collaboration where two characters from their respective companies were combined into one. Like Batman + Wolverine = ??? Profit!
How would this apply to Sega/Sammy (Segammy)? Maybe they'll release Guilty Gear X vs. Sonic the Hedgehog as a fighter/platform hybrid. We can only hope.
I wonder if you could do the same thing with GBA emulators and some hacked cables.
Never greet your friend Jack when on an airplane". There's a deleted scene in the movie Airplane! that had this exact gag. Sort of similar, except what the restaurant guy said can't be misconstrued as anything else.
There was a story about F-14 pilots in Afghanistan that described a co-pilot who had to convert targeting coordinates by hand because the Army or Navy commando on the ground gave coordinates in minutes but the Air Force uses decimal coordinates.
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/27/ 0630252&mode=thread&tid=123&tid=127&tid=186&tid=98 &tid=99
NPR did a good story on it in December. If you don't like using ears, Fortune covered it too.
Paying offshore workers much less than American workers would make for the same job isn't necessarily exploitation. The "low" salaries really depend on perspective. For example, a call center worker in India makes more money than a doctor does.
I guess it's because I've never owned a display larger than 17". So the more screen real estate I have, the better. Also, playing a lot of FPS games makes target acquisition in Windows a joke.
Yahoo! and Hotmail also allow people to block all images until they explicitly approve them, so spammers can't track whether you've opened their spam. Didtheyreadit won't be able to either. So tracking for this service will be very spotty. For messages marked unread, you can NEVER know whether it was opened or not.
Windows seems to be going down the road of "show fewer things but with bigger pictures", which may be great for regular folkum. Advanced users will just scrap the bells and whistles anyway for a basic, functional setup. "Dumbing down" through simplification isn't always a bad thing though. I actually like the new WinXP start menu a lot better than the classic one, albeit with small icons instead of the huge default setting. Silver Luna isn't too bad either, as long as I reduce the size of the titlebars and buttons to classic size. Again, what's the deal with Microsoft and huge buttons and icons? Are they trying to cater to the bad eyesight but too cool to wear glasses crowd?
How did you make money with that game? Were you selling items for real money on ebay or does Sony give out prizes for tournaments?
I used Sid Meier's Antietam as part of a presentation on the battle for my high school history class. The first time I played it at home, I managed to trap all the rebels in the Southeast edge of the map halfway into the day. I had to play through again at a slower pace to get an accurate recreation.
The only thing they can do for PC to make Halo 2 like what it is on the XBox is to include cooperative play, which in my opinion, was the best thing Halo had going for it.
By the way, 'gobsmacked' does have to do with punching people in the face.
gobsmacked adj
Your mouth is your gob, see?1. colloq Astonished; dumbfounded.
Etymology: From the action of clapping a hand to one's mouth in surprise.
The Ombudsman doesn't like the usage of 'Expo' after 'E3', as that is redundant. So is 'ATM machine'. But it's really too late to make any style changes because E3 itself cemented the usage with its e3expo.com
This comment itself is probably redundant as well as off-topic. But it's really too late to make any content changes because my backspace, delete, ctrl, right mouse button, that menu key next to the windows key, and any keys capable of producing whitespace stopped working as soon as I finished typing this sentence, and I can't close this browser or shut off my system because of some kind of virus or God (also, I'm psychic).xxz=
When the Doom 3 demo was leaked, I didn't recall news reports saying that someone hijacked the Doom 3 code. When people talk about software piracy, they don't talk about how companies are losing money because their "code" is stolen. Having the binary code of a program isn't going to allow pirates to steal and use proprietary information to make their own clone programs. The best they usually do is crack the copy protection schemes.
Please show me examples of other news stories that said "code" was stolen when a binary executable was pirated. Granted, the MGS3 news story is still very sketchy, so in fact, the demo disc may have contained the actual source code for very good and smart reasons.
I doubt that the demo discs had the actual game code sitting there in a readable format. It was probably just the game binaries and media. Sure, you could say they stole the "code" because they can use a disassembler to read the assembly code, but that applies to any program. Stealing the code and stealing the game itself are two completely different things. Which is why Valve got into such a hissy fit because their actual code was stolen and not just a beta release.
I got a French gaming site. If you remove the "Don", a FAQ/walkthrough for the game also shows up.
Chris Kohler offers some details about the PSP rumors. According to him, the Sony rep who gave away the info he shouldn't have on Sony Connect had this to say: "Don't fuck me. Alright? Please don't fuck me."
Realtor: Speaking of which, remember. This guy's a little strange. He doesn't like lumberjacks. Whatever you do, don't let on the fact that you're lumberjacks.
Lenny: We're carrying axes though.
Larry: Well, we got them at Taco Bell. They give them away free with every new taco.
Lenny: Mmm, tacos.
Too bad they only offer it as a Quicktime now. The best way to watch any machinima is through a demo file with the custom models, sounds, and maps using the actual game if it's possible. You might be able to get it through machinima.com if you get under their bandwidth limit. The most famous machinima out there right now would be Red vs. Blue. It's nice that the concept it getting a higher profile.
I don't want to get into the athlete vs. non-athlete argument. I was pointing out that Rubicon's comment showing his disdain for prizes and sponsorships given to gamers could be applied to anything. If enough people are sufficiently interested in and are willing to watch something, somebody will be willing to sponsor and give prizes to whoever does that thing best. If a lot of people are interested in watching someone good at cluttering their apartment and procrastinating, he could probably get a sponsor.
You can still find old games priced around $5-$10, depending on where you look. I had wanted to buy Douglas Adams' Starship Titanic despite knowing it was a mediocre game, so I kept an eye out for it. MicroCenter still had Starship Titanic at $40 five years after it came out. Seriously, I saw it there for $40 in 2001 and thought it was kind of strange. I saw it again in 2003 (probably the exact same copy) at $40. I bought it for $10 at some other store a few months later. If you're looking for specific games, it probably won't turn up through bargain bin hunting. You're more likely to discover old gems you haven't really thought about. That's how I got Independence War for $6. The Internet's probably a better place to find something specific.
So, they're really good at tossing a ball around. Okay...
What's your point? Skill is skill. There are professional chess players and professional Scrabble players and proffesional sword swallowers. The only difference is whether there are enough people willing to watch it on TV and buy tickets and buy merchandise. Bowling somehow managed to get on TV. So Counter-Strike isn't out of the question. Actually, G4TV already has a show airing video game matches.
Also, Starcraft Cheetos and Doritos.
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