The parent-parent might have been angry but he has a point. If the companies can solve the problem themselves why do we need a law? It might not be followed all the time, but loose and flexible guides often work better for everyone. Self-regulation can be better than unbreakable laws.
Newspaper photography, the size of computer game boxes, the moderation on this website, are all self-regulated. If these are failures, I'd beg to differ.
Oh, and the government workers I know, the real,live people, are overworked and understaffed. The Government isn't there to regulate what is self-regulated.
Look they have done studies, on this and when the employees who work there can't afford to buy things from the store itself? Thats sad, and when there are no other retail stores in the area b/c walmart drove them out, thats sad. Those people have no other retail jobs to get, and can't afford to shop there let alone anywhere else.
Walmart sucks.
As for CD's Walmart drives down prices= artists less satisfied with profits = more artist leave big labels = distruction of Middleman filled record industry! yay. Ok, I'm just being hopeful.
As for MyNameIsJeff commiting fraud... Lieing to the scammer and sending him the wrong thing isn't illegal. Lieing to the US CUSTOMS SERVICE?
Vicious, they are like the IRS only its free for them to mail your ass back to you. ;)
Wow, relax man. I just meant I think backwards compatibility is a good idea. Its nice to just carry around one handheld. I didn't mean its the most important thing in the world, its just a nice feature.
Besides I never bought a GBA, so if I get this new system I can buy GBA games or DS games and play them both on this system, don't need the GBA. Don't see why I can't like that a system has over a thousand titles I've never played.
I'm happy you're excited for the PSP and if its great I'll probably buy one too. I just predict that gameboy will remain dominate in the market. Its just my prediction not a declaration of my religion.
Well with handhelds its a lot larger issue than just having multiple things plugged into your tv. Portability is key.
Also, I'm assuming that the new Gameboy will rock and have it's own great games. If its system and new games suck then of course the PSP will win but quite frankly I doubt it will.
The new Gameboy is like buying a game system that already has thousands of titles that work on it, with more to come. The PSP does not have thousands of titles, and without big sales for the system it never will. Even if the PSP system is slightly better it already has a point against it.
Ocarina of Time, on the N64, for example, rendered its cut sceens in real time. Looked pretty much exactly like the real time sceens. I doubt this will be any different. Nintendo might lack the titles sometimes but you can never doubt the quality of their in house games. (insert opening to be bombarded w/ exceptions to the rule here.)
The PSP might be a good system but it won't play my ancient Gameboy games. Nintendo will stay dominate in this market as long as it remains backwards comparable. If the internet has taught us anything, its that there is a market for old games with horrible graphics, heck even text based games are thriving online. Some exciting new handheld isnt going to remove are desire for nostalgia. Now if the PSP released a bunch of old games from Atari, Sega, Intelevision, and NeoGeo they might have something.
As for Link I hope its great. Ocarina of Time was beautiful and excellent but it had such a slow start, more random brainless fighting please. I still say the A Link to the Past is the best one so far, hope this changes my mind.
Woo. Best game ever!
Produced by the company that later became Blizzard.
Slick attractive artwork, inovative playing angle, cool explosive weapons, and of course songs like Born to be Wild and Peter Gunn. Sounded good too, considering it was coming from a SNES box.
Huygens will take over 2,000 pictures (again, I don't remember the exact number) from the air of the surface of Titan. At that point in the show, I turned to my friend wispering, '2,000 desktops.' He called me a nerd.
It does have a parachute, 2-3 depending on how you count. Now surviving the landing... thats a different story.
Saw a cool show at the planetarium on the up coming Cassini, Huygens mission. One of the better planetarium shows I've seen.
Cassini will circle Saturn for a long time, 4 years I think, and then if it still works they will send it on a risky mission. My favorite was sending it through the large Cassini Gap in Saturn's rings. Think of the images it could collect of the rings at that range!
Then there is the ever popluar suiside mission into planet's dense center. Sending an orbiter hurling into the planet's atmosphere to be crushed while collecting data seems soooo 1990's.
My friend and I have a bet on the Huygens mission. Will the surface of Titan look more exciting than the surface of Mars? or about equal? hmmm.
Same thing applies in relationships -- ChickFoo obviously digs your stuff, and that makes your stuff more interesting to ChickBar. (No, I'm not gonna let myself write that as "BarChick":)
a)ChickBar only likes you now because she can't have you. you're a safe flirt.
b)Foo and Bar should never, ever, be used in polite conversation. period.
...
That being said fooChick and barChick are the best generic women names ever.
With a cost of $3200+ (license plus annuity), this better be the best damn ice cream I've ever consumed.
I expect chocolate, caffeine, and it had better be able to rinse out the bowl and stick itself in the dishwasher.
That?s all I have to say.
Hehe, I was thinking the same thing, I would have said: Looks like they are combining the Office Space sequel and the Tron sequel into one movie.
In all honesty with fans like this guy its no wonder the sequel isn't coming. He's scaring all the potential consumers away.
He did a good paint job but he should have gone with that one shoulder toga, or tower guard look.
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The parent-parent might have been angry but he has a point. If the companies can solve the problem themselves why do we need a law? It might not be followed all the time, but loose and flexible guides often work better for everyone. Self-regulation can be better than unbreakable laws.
Newspaper photography, the size of computer game boxes, the moderation on this website, are all self-regulated. If these are failures, I'd beg to differ.
Oh, and the government workers I know, the real,live people, are overworked and understaffed. The Government isn't there to regulate what is self-regulated.
Only if you want your ass burned off.
So right.
Look they have done studies, on this and when the employees who work there can't afford to buy things from the store itself? Thats sad, and when there are no other retail stores in the area b/c walmart drove them out, thats sad. Those people have no other retail jobs to get, and can't afford to shop there let alone anywhere else.
Walmart sucks.
As for CD's Walmart drives down prices= artists less satisfied with profits = more artist leave big labels = distruction of Middleman filled record industry! yay. Ok, I'm just being hopeful.
As for MyNameIsJeff commiting fraud... Lieing to the scammer and sending him the wrong thing isn't illegal. Lieing to the US CUSTOMS SERVICE?
Vicious, they are like the IRS only its free for them to mail your ass back to you.
;)
Wow, relax man. I just meant I think backwards compatibility is a good idea. Its nice to just carry around one handheld. I didn't mean its the most important thing in the world, its just a nice feature.
Besides I never bought a GBA, so if I get this new system I can buy GBA games or DS games and play them both on this system, don't need the GBA. Don't see why I can't like that a system has over a thousand titles I've never played.
I'm happy you're excited for the PSP and if its great I'll probably buy one too. I just predict that gameboy will remain dominate in the market. Its just my prediction not a declaration of my religion.
Well with handhelds its a lot larger issue than just having multiple things plugged into your tv. Portability is key.
Also, I'm assuming that the new Gameboy will rock and have it's own great games. If its system and new games suck then of course the PSP will win but quite frankly I doubt it will.
The new Gameboy is like buying a game system that already has thousands of titles that work on it, with more to come. The PSP does not have thousands of titles, and without big sales for the system it never will. Even if the PSP system is slightly better it already has a point against it.
Ocarina of Time, on the N64, for example, rendered its cut sceens in real time. Looked pretty much exactly like the real time sceens. I doubt this will be any different.
Nintendo might lack the titles sometimes but you can never doubt the quality of their in house games. (insert opening to be bombarded w/ exceptions to the rule here.)
The PSP might be a good system but it won't play my ancient Gameboy games. Nintendo will stay dominate in this market as long as it remains backwards comparable.
If the internet has taught us anything, its that there is a market for old games with horrible graphics, heck even text based games are thriving online. Some exciting new handheld isnt going to remove are desire for nostalgia.
Now if the PSP released a bunch of old games from Atari, Sega, Intelevision, and NeoGeo they might have something.
As for Link I hope its great. Ocarina of Time was beautiful and excellent but it had such a slow start, more random brainless fighting please. I still say the A Link to the Past is the best one so far, hope this changes my mind.
Perhaps the theaters will be slashdotted - 30,000 people show up for the first show, lose interest and never come back or discuss it again.
Don't forget the witty off-topic jokes they will shout at the screen, disrupting the movie, just to see how many people will laugh.
...
Wait a second, I think I'm mocking myself.
Yeah think I've heard that before somewhere. Never played the game though.
Woo. Best game ever!
Produced by the company that later became Blizzard.
Slick attractive artwork, inovative playing angle, cool explosive weapons, and of course songs like Born to be Wild and Peter Gunn. Sounded good too, considering it was coming from a SNES box.
Larry: Ouch!, Woah!, Ouch!, Woah!Get a shorter name.
Huygens will take over 2,000 pictures (again, I don't remember the exact number) from the air of the surface of Titan. At that point in the show, I turned to my friend wispering, '2,000 desktops.' He called me a nerd.
It does have a parachute, 2-3 depending on how you count. Now surviving the landing... thats a different story.
Saw a cool show at the planetarium on the up coming Cassini, Huygens mission. One of the better planetarium shows I've seen.
Cassini will circle Saturn for a long time, 4 years I think, and then if it still works they will send it on a risky mission. My favorite was sending it through the large Cassini Gap in Saturn's rings. Think of the images it could collect of the rings at that range!
Then there is the ever popluar suiside mission into planet's dense center. Sending an orbiter hurling into the planet's atmosphere to be crushed while collecting data seems soooo 1990's.
My friend and I have a bet on the Huygens mission. Will the surface of Titan look more exciting than the surface of Mars? or about equal? hmmm.
Wait isn't education suppose to be about teaching students the basic skills of living? I agree that the theft of music etc. is excessive.
Except...
a)there is evidence that theft of music has a minimal negative effect, and might even have a possitive effect.
b)companies should not have the right to engage in vigilanty justice.
c)companies should Not dictate to our education system.
d)the statement that theft of music will lead to a world w/out music is the most ridiculous lie I've ever heard.
What happened to the three R's?
Reading, 'Riting, Ripping
hehehe.
Same thing applies in relationships -- ChickFoo obviously digs your stuff, and that makes your stuff more interesting to ChickBar. (No, I'm not gonna let myself write that as "BarChick" :)
a)ChickBar only likes you now because she can't have you. you're a safe flirt.
b)Foo and Bar should never, ever, be used in polite conversation. period.
...
That being said fooChick and barChick are the best generic women names ever.
With a cost of $3200+ (license plus annuity), this better be the best damn ice cream I've ever consumed. I expect chocolate, caffeine, and it had better be able to rinse out the bowl and stick itself in the dishwasher. That?s all I have to say.
Hehe, I was thinking the same thing, I would have said: Looks like they are combining the Office Space sequel and the Tron sequel into one movie. In all honesty with fans like this guy its no wonder the sequel isn't coming. He's scaring all the potential consumers away. He did a good paint job but he should have gone with that one shoulder toga, or tower guard look.