If you actually look at the screenshots, you'll see what all those specs amount to. Did you even click the link? Even without all the extra special effects the PS2 version still has a lower polygon count.
5) The PS2 is actually faster than the GC by a substantial margin. However, it's designed more to push a huge number of polygons with relatively few special effects. If you look carefully at PS2 games versus Gamecube games, you'll notice that PS2 models are substantially higher in polygon count, while Gamecube models tend to mask lower-polygon counts with rich textures and special effects.
I'm not sure how accurate that statement is, but this comparison casts some serious doubt on it, after all, the proof is in the pictures(and videos):
Capcom has lots of experience making games for both consoles, moreso for the PS2, so I'm sure they did the best they could with what they had in terms of power, and the results aren't pretty. Image quality, poly count, and special effects all suffer on the PS2 port.
The GameCube looks like the superior machine to me. Perhaps this is why Nintendo is taking its focus away from graphics this generation, it didn't do them much good to have the 2nd most powerful console on the market last time(barely behind the x-box, according to some developers)...
This is the THIRD article devoid of any real factual science from this bullshit crock of energy sciences site.(previous comment). You guys haven't even apologized for the Batmax bullshit, and now you keep posting "stories" from this site that thinks the laws of thermodynamics run on pixie dust and high hopes.
I swear, the Slashdot editors must be the ONLY IT workers on earth who do not browse Slashdot while working.
This article is barely worth discussion. These are the same clowns who set off our collective bullshit alarms in a previous Slashdot article. It's a shame they ganked that domain name(opensourceenergy.org), it would have made a great name for a collaborative site for use by actually reputable people.
Some biologists contend almost all primates(including us) are frugivores. They insist that meat eating in humans most likely started as a cultural thing, and we have made some adaptations to tolerate it better.
Nice points, I think. But it seems a thinly vieled attempt to fullfill your missionary duties.
I'm LDS, and I go to BYU. In this school - which is run basically by my church - we actually don't have a problem with evolution at all. We even (gasp) teach it. Why? We believe that God still speaks through a single source, and we have more than one witness of Christ. The idea that parts of the Bible might be allegorical or severely watered-down for the people of the time doesn't bother us at all.
That's great and all, but it's a shame that Mormonism is based on lies. The seriously blatant kind. The sort that are absolutely discredited by genetics, archeology, anthropology....
I don't have time to go into all the details, but these links should provide more than enough debunking regarding this false religion:
Key points:
The papyrus John Smith translated contained NO INFORMATION about abraham or golden plates. He made it up.
Black people are suppoed to become lighter skinned through practicing mormonism.
They believe that a certain native american tribe was descendent from the Jews.
I still do not comprehend how people do not place the LDS(mormons) in the same class as Scientology.
The story about the nicaraguan deaf children, and this tuberculosis story were both covered thouroughly in the PBS documentary series Evolution. Portions of the relevant segments are available online on the PBS website:
Bacteria in my shower.... big whoop. Here's a real eye opener:
In 2001 a comet exploded over Kerala, India. For days after the event, it rained red. While this made the news around the world, what didn't make it were the subsequent analyses of the content of the rain. These two papers describe a microbe which was discovered to cause the red tint to the rain. It has no DNA, metabolizes a wide variety of organic and inorganic materials, and actively breeds at 300 degrees C. Is this proof of alien life?
Who cares about bacteria in my shower? This stuff probably came from the stars. (This story submission was rejected by the editors, insert crack smoking comment here)
Jesus fucking christ. Someone MOD THIS UP, ignore the grammar and click the link. This url contains papers that describe LIVE EXTRATERRESTRIAL MICROBES WITH NO DNA AND STRANGE BIOLOGY!
This should be all over the news.
Slashdot Mirror
If you actually look at the screenshots, you'll see what all those specs amount to. Did you even click the link? Even without all the extra special effects the PS2 version still has a lower polygon count.
5) The PS2 is actually faster than the GC by a substantial margin. However, it's designed more to push a huge number of polygons with relatively few special effects. If you look carefully at PS2 games versus Gamecube games, you'll notice that PS2 models are substantially higher in polygon count, while Gamecube models tend to mask lower-polygon counts with rich textures and special effects.
I'm not sure how accurate that statement is, but this comparison casts some serious doubt on it, after all, the proof is in the pictures(and videos):
http://www.gameswelike.com/web/re/RE%20Comp.htm
Capcom has lots of experience making games for both consoles, moreso for the PS2, so I'm sure they did the best they could with what they had in terms of power, and the results aren't pretty. Image quality, poly count, and special effects all suffer on the PS2 port.
The GameCube looks like the superior machine to me. Perhaps this is why Nintendo is taking its focus away from graphics this generation, it didn't do them much good to have the 2nd most powerful console on the market last time(barely behind the x-box, according to some developers)...
I'll take your False Dichotomy and raise you a False Compromise.
Jesus Fucking Christ.
This is the THIRD article devoid of any real factual science from this bullshit crock of energy sciences site.(previous comment). You guys haven't even apologized for the Batmax bullshit, and now you keep posting "stories" from this site that thinks the laws of thermodynamics run on pixie dust and high hopes.
I swear, the Slashdot editors must be the ONLY IT workers on earth who do not browse Slashdot while working.
Guys, wake up.
This article is barely worth discussion. These are the same clowns who set off our collective bullshit alarms in a previous Slashdot article. It's a shame they ganked that domain name(opensourceenergy.org), it would have made a great name for a collaborative site for use by actually reputable people.
Some biologists contend almost all primates(including us) are frugivores. They insist that meat eating in humans most likely started as a cultural thing, and we have made some adaptations to tolerate it better.
Nice points, I think. But it seems a thinly vieled attempt to fullfill your missionary duties.
I'm LDS, and I go to BYU. In this school - which is run basically by my church - we actually don't have a problem with evolution at all. We even (gasp) teach it. Why? We believe that God still speaks through a single source, and we have more than one witness of Christ. The idea that parts of the Bible might be allegorical or severely watered-down for the people of the time doesn't bother us at all.
That's great and all, but it's a shame that Mormonism is based on lies. The seriously blatant kind. The sort that are absolutely discredited by genetics, archeology, anthropology....
I don't have time to go into all the details, but these links should provide more than enough debunking regarding this false religion:
A seeminly unaffiliated perspective.
A christian perspective.
Key points:
The papyrus John Smith translated contained NO INFORMATION about abraham or golden plates. He made it up.
Black people are suppoed to become lighter skinned through practicing mormonism.
They believe that a certain native american tribe was descendent from the Jews.
I still do not comprehend how people do not place the LDS(mormons) in the same class as Scientology.
The story about the nicaraguan deaf children, and this tuberculosis story were both covered thouroughly in the PBS documentary series Evolution. Portions of the relevant segments are available online on the PBS website:
Deaf Children Video
Tuberculosis Video
Anyone who's watched DS9 and B5 in its entirety can vouch for the amount of severe "borrwowing" DS9 engaged in. I mean c'mon....
wormhole = jumpgate
wormhole aliens = vorlons
pah wraiths = shadows
defiant = whitestar
bjorans = narns
cardassians = centauri
And let's not get started on the similarities between the final episodes of both shows.
Oh, and JMS pitched Babylon5 in its entirety to Paramount in 1989:
http://www.jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-14028
...wouldn't dropping sandbags cause it to gain altitude?
I believe the segment in question can be found here. It's in real audio, hoorah.
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dupe comment, i know. http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=110501&cid=93
I believe the segment in question can be found here. It's in real audio, hoorah.
ssldump is a good thing. http://www.rtfm.com/ssldump/
Bacteria in my shower.... big whoop. Here's a real eye opener:
In 2001 a comet exploded over Kerala, India. For days after the event, it rained red. While this made the news around the world, what didn't make it were the subsequent analyses of the content of the rain. These two papers describe a microbe which was discovered to cause the red tint to the rain. It has no DNA, metabolizes a wide variety of organic and inorganic materials, and actively breeds at 300 degrees C. Is this proof of alien life?
Who cares about bacteria in my shower? This stuff probably came from the stars.
(This story submission was rejected by the editors, insert crack smoking comment here)
Jesus fucking christ. Someone MOD THIS UP, ignore the grammar and click the link. This url contains papers that describe LIVE EXTRATERRESTRIAL MICROBES WITH NO DNA AND STRANGE BIOLOGY! This should be all over the news.