Ahh, I'd guess then that the writer is saying that to give us a reference we're likely to know about (a UT2k4 map) as opposed to just saying "there's lots of snow and it's cool and stuff"...
Is it just me or do some of the things mentioned in this article seem pretty questionable? I REALLY doubt Bungie would make a gun called the "Man Cannon", or something as painfuly unoriginal as a nail grenade. I'm pretty damn sure that 500 years from now we'll have more advanced weapons than nails, and I'm pretty damn sure that Bungie, being the ultra-creative people they are, would feel the same way.
Not only that, but considering Bungie brought us such unique games as Myth (which was so original it spawned the new game genre "real-time tactical"), Oni, and most notably, Marathon, I have a lot of trouble believing that Bungie would have something so generic as a nail grenade in their insanely anticipated new game...
"The preview also introduces three new levels - Valhalla, High Ground and Snowbound, which are likened to Blood Gulch, Zanzibar and Frost Bite respectively"
What is Frost Bite (in relation to Halo, no dictionary.com links please)? I've been playing Halo 2 since it came out and I have never heard of this map... a search on google just comes up with more results of this exact same leaked Halo 3 information.
"And not have to stick it to every gamer, many of whom don't want additional content, and having to raise the price for everybody, and stick it to 'em by forcing everyone to buy all of the content."
Oh... what? I'm pretty sure everyone prefers MORE content in their games, rather than less. What the hell? I can see it now... "DUDE this is fucking SWEET I beat the game in 8 minutes! Man I own! There's only 3 levels but whatever, right? This shit is CRAZY!"
hahah I can't believe someone actually modded that down (or modded it at all for that matter), sorry for trying to add some humour to the conversation... heh!
My source of news is Slashdot, my friends, and the 5 little "Technology" news headlines in my Yahoo Mail inbox, so, there you have it. Sorry for not keeping tabs on electronics hardware manufacturers and journalists.
I did not say this somehow justified what HP did - it definitely does not. However, from reading just the summary, I was confused as hell as to WHY this person was being snooped upon, you know? What happened? Was she releasing secret information? Was she a former employee that was snooped upon during employment at HP? It's a pretty relevant & key piece of information to just entirely leave out.
I think it's reasonable to expect the summary to be written in such a manner that people who are not familiar with the "background" at least get even a slight synopsis of prior events as a refresher or introduction - this is a pretty standard deal for journalism of any type.
Trust me, I don't agree with what HP did at all - it completely pisses me off and disgusts me (as unsurprising as it is). It's just that I had to read the summary like three times to understand what they were trying to explain. heh
heh. "The scandal, which became public last month, has spurred the departures of three executives and three H-P directors"
Departures..? What about criminal charges??!
"According to the California attorney general, H-P's investigators also used the last four digits of my Social Security number to impersonate me in order to obtain my phone records, a technique known as "pretexting.""
OK, if I'm not mistaken it's completely illegal to impersonate someone, and also, are phone records not considered "private" information? In such a case there's not only impersonation but right-to-privacy laws that have been treaded upon...
OK, uh, what? The/. summary fails to mention the fact that the whole reason this person was being "snooped" upon is because HP was trying to figure out who was leaking information to the press. It helps to provide some background in a summary instead of just detailing one aspect of an article...
well, I just built myself a $1500 gaming PC, pirated XP Pro for it, yet still use a Mac Mini and iBook as my preferred machines, and have very easily convinced, at current count, 4 different friends or family members to switch to the Mac platform. Even better, all of them have totally appreciated the fact that I pressured them to try something new - they love Mac OS X and aren't looking back for a second... ^_^
Yup, I bought an xbox just to play Halo 2 online... and that was after having played Halo PC and not being very satisfied... I had tried Halo 2 for a few minutes on a friend's Xbox, which happened to be my first time using an Xbox.. I thought I would hate the controls but somehow got the hang out it within minutes, and realized I really liked the hands-on control. It was a very short time thereafter that I went out and purchased my very own Xbox..:D
OK, I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who just thought of the inane results of translating things back and forth with Babel Fish.... This better be some DAMN good translation software.
I can just imagine the "limitation of liability" portion of the end-use agreement from the company that developed the translation software...
Even worse, what happens when some on-the-edge person pulls out a hidden weapon and injures/kills a soldier (or whoever) because of incorrect translation? Oh, is this just part of the "risk of the business"?...
Ok, that's not really random though. That's just shuffling everything around and actually applying some logistical algorithms on the music - somethign like "mix up the songs so no two songs by the same band play in succession, and don't play any song more than once".
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Well that's just the thing - in 2552 we apparently have the ability to travel through space at faster-than-light speeds, but.... nail grenades??!
Ahh, I'd guess then that the writer is saying that to give us a reference we're likely to know about (a UT2k4 map) as opposed to just saying "there's lots of snow and it's cool and stuff"...
Is it just me or do some of the things mentioned in this article seem pretty questionable? I REALLY doubt Bungie would make a gun called the "Man Cannon", or something as painfuly unoriginal as a nail grenade. I'm pretty damn sure that 500 years from now we'll have more advanced weapons than nails, and I'm pretty damn sure that Bungie, being the ultra-creative people they are, would feel the same way.
Not only that, but considering Bungie brought us such unique games as Myth (which was so original it spawned the new game genre "real-time tactical"), Oni, and most notably, Marathon, I have a lot of trouble believing that Bungie would have something so generic as a nail grenade in their insanely anticipated new game...
Hmm...
"The preview also introduces three new levels - Valhalla, High Ground and Snowbound, which are likened to Blood Gulch, Zanzibar and Frost Bite respectively"
What is Frost Bite (in relation to Halo, no dictionary.com links please)? I've been playing Halo 2 since it came out and I have never heard of this map... a search on google just comes up with more results of this exact same leaked Halo 3 information.
Yeah, those torrents come in pretty handy eh? ;)
"And not have to stick it to every gamer, many of whom don't want additional content, and having to raise the price for everybody, and stick it to 'em by forcing everyone to buy all of the content."
Oh... what? I'm pretty sure everyone prefers MORE content in their games, rather than less. What the hell? I can see it now... "DUDE this is fucking SWEET I beat the game in 8 minutes! Man I own! There's only 3 levels but whatever, right? This shit is CRAZY!"
hahah I can't believe someone actually modded that down (or modded it at all for that matter), sorry for trying to add some humour to the conversation... heh!
Hella, son! I be down wif dat shizzle all up in this bitch!
My source of news is Slashdot, my friends, and the 5 little "Technology" news headlines in my Yahoo Mail inbox, so, there you have it. Sorry for not keeping tabs on electronics hardware manufacturers and journalists.
Oh, awesome, -1 Troll within 5 minutes... heh... Thanks for helping maintain high editing standards at /. guys...
I did not say this somehow justified what HP did - it definitely does not. However, from reading just the summary, I was confused as hell as to WHY this person was being snooped upon, you know? What happened? Was she releasing secret information? Was she a former employee that was snooped upon during employment at HP? It's a pretty relevant & key piece of information to just entirely leave out.
I think it's reasonable to expect the summary to be written in such a manner that people who are not familiar with the "background" at least get even a slight synopsis of prior events as a refresher or introduction - this is a pretty standard deal for journalism of any type.
Trust me, I don't agree with what HP did at all - it completely pisses me off and disgusts me (as unsurprising as it is). It's just that I had to read the summary like three times to understand what they were trying to explain. heh
heh. "The scandal, which became public last month, has spurred the departures of three executives and three H-P directors"
Departures..? What about criminal charges??!
"According to the California attorney general, H-P's investigators also used the last four digits of my Social Security number to impersonate me in order to obtain my phone records, a technique known as "pretexting.""
OK, if I'm not mistaken it's completely illegal to impersonate someone, and also, are phone records not considered "private" information? In such a case there's not only impersonation but right-to-privacy laws that have been treaded upon...
OK, uh, what? The /. summary fails to mention the fact that the whole reason this person was being "snooped" upon is because HP was trying to figure out who was leaking information to the press. It helps to provide some background in a summary instead of just detailing one aspect of an article...
That's cool, but Firefox isn't built into my OS. heh
Holy crap. All I have to say is: fuck yes.
well, I just built myself a $1500 gaming PC, pirated XP Pro for it, yet still use a Mac Mini and iBook as my preferred machines, and have very easily convinced, at current count, 4 different friends or family members to switch to the Mac platform. Even better, all of them have totally appreciated the fact that I pressured them to try something new - they love Mac OS X and aren't looking back for a second... ^_^
Yup, I bought an xbox just to play Halo 2 online... and that was after having played Halo PC and not being very satisfied... I had tried Halo 2 for a few minutes on a friend's Xbox, which happened to be my first time using an Xbox.. I thought I would hate the controls but somehow got the hang out it within minutes, and realized I really liked the hands-on control. It was a very short time thereafter that I went out and purchased my very own Xbox .. :D
Oh snap, now I see.. brought *back* to life...!!
Er, wasn't Uru Live cancelled before the game was even released? I beta tested Uru but IIRC the retail release was offline only....
yeh, a captured demographic that uses Bit Torrent... ;)
I just won't even get into how easy it is to generate a corporate key for Windows XP...
OK, I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who just thought of the inane results of translating things back and forth with Babel Fish .... This better be some DAMN good translation software.
...
I can just imagine the "limitation of liability" portion of the end-use agreement from the company that developed the translation software...
Even worse, what happens when some on-the-edge person pulls out a hidden weapon and injures/kills a soldier (or whoever) because of incorrect translation? Oh, is this just part of the "risk of the business"?
Neuromancer. :)
Ok, that's not really random though. That's just shuffling everything around and actually applying some logistical algorithms on the music - somethign like "mix up the songs so no two songs by the same band play in succession, and don't play any song more than once".