Clarification: There's likely more old computer hardware in 3rd world countries than here - not all of them have gotten their computers from Computer Aid International, you know.
Also, I'd imagine that computers in 3rd world countries have a bit of a longer lifetime than here, which also makes using floppies likelier.
The article only discusses one charity and only computers donated by them, not computers bought in-country years ago that still serve a purpose.
It's nice that Armadillo are continuing the legacy of the DC-X Delta Clipper.
This video shows the DC-X taking off, gaining altitude, dipping it's nose under the horizon, regaining vertical flight and landing. It's pretty amazing.
EA games, where computer franchises go to die. EA games, milking the last drop out of a franchise near you! EA games, if it makes a buck who cares about lore or canon? EA games, We Destroy Worlds(tm). (thanks thylordroot)
I don't know what a.50 BMG is, but I'm guessing it has to be shot from a Tank or Howitzer -- because if a person shot it, then the only amount of crushing you have to experience is the amount they did when they shot you.
.50 is the caliber of the round, 12.7mm or half an inch. BMG stands for Browning Machine Gun, which is what the ammo was once designed for.
As for serious rounds, there's actual handguns out there that fire.50 cal rounds, so no need for a tank or howitzer.
One of my best concert experiences ever was a Roger Waters concert a few years back. After about an hour or so of mixed Waters and Pink Floyd material he says "We're going to take a 15 minute break now, and then we'll come back and we'll play Dark Side of the Moon".
And they did. The whole album from start to finish. Here's the setlist: FIRST HALF: In The Flesh, Mother, Set The Controls For the Heart Of The Sun, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Have A Cigar, Wish You Were Here, Southampton Dock, The Fletcher Memorial Home, Perfect Sense parts 1 and 2, Leaving Beirut, Sheep. SECOND HALF: Dark Side of the Moon (entire album). ENCORE: The Happiest Days Of Our Lives, Another Brick In The Wall (Pt 2), Vera, Bring the Boys back Home, Comfortably Numb.
Aural warnings are used in a lot of civilian and military aircraft, the voice is called Bitching Betty in the US, and here's what she looks (and sounds) like.
So you're not a casual gamer, which kind of invalidates your claim.
Anyway,
I'm not a casual gamer either, more like yourself in fact, but the bulk of MMO subscriptions are filled with people who DON'T want to lose any progress, be it from thieves, robbers, PKers, server crashes, whatever. They'll spend their time in the game happily as long as it's a constant progress.
You're right that it's the grind to get back what was lost that makes the casual gamer not want to put up with losing progress, but I'd wager that even if the grind was lessend, a full-on PvP game will never have the mass appeal of WoW. MMO players in general are quite protective of their shiny pixels and don't like to lose them.
Casual gamers are what makes up the bulk of MMO subscriptions. These gamers don't want to be robbed of their progress by full-loot, robbery and other nasty things.
The casual gamer will happily spend his $15 if he knows nothing stands between him and the phat loot but time.
Please keep your mythological beliefs to yourself. I don't care what consenting adults do behind locked doors, but to do it in the public's view like this is... disturbing.
This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright #154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don’t give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it. We wrote it, that’s all we wanted to do.
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That's 2nd best. Best is laughing while she asks, "is that supposed to be a penis?"
I always found that giggling and going "Heh, that looks like a penis, only smaller!" was more effective.
Clarification: There's likely more old computer hardware in 3rd world countries than here - not all of them have gotten their computers from Computer Aid International, you know.
Also, I'd imagine that computers in 3rd world countries have a bit of a longer lifetime than here, which also makes using floppies likelier.
The article only discusses one charity and only computers donated by them, not computers bought in-country years ago that still serve a purpose.
People in 3rd world countries, I'd imagine.
It's nice that Armadillo are continuing the legacy of the DC-X Delta Clipper.
This video shows the DC-X taking off, gaining altitude, dipping it's nose under the horizon, regaining vertical flight and landing. It's pretty amazing.
Shame it got cancelled.
That's the Tacoma Narrows bridge. And it wasn't a mere breeze, it was a 40 mph wind, i.e. a gale on the Beaufort scale.
Apart from that, I agree.
EA games, where computer franchises go to die.
EA games, milking the last drop out of a franchise near you!
EA games, if it makes a buck who cares about lore or canon?
EA games, We Destroy Worlds(tm). (thanks thylordroot)
And back on topic, the Brit. Navy is actually sending two warships over to the US to pick up people. I think that's pretty impressive.
"Pick up people" - yeah, right. Prepare boarding parties! Man the cannons!
Replying to undo moderation.
I don't know what a .50 BMG is, but I'm guessing it has to be shot from a Tank or Howitzer -- because if a person shot it, then the only amount of crushing you have to experience is the amount they did when they shot you.
.50 is the caliber of the round, 12.7mm or half an inch.
BMG stands for Browning Machine Gun, which is what the ammo was once designed for.
As for serious rounds, there's actual handguns out there that fire .50 cal rounds, so no need for a tank or howitzer.
They seem to already have a logo, and a pretty nice one too.
One of my best concert experiences ever was a Roger Waters concert a few years back. After about an hour or so of mixed Waters and Pink Floyd material he says "We're going to take a 15 minute break now, and then we'll come back and we'll play Dark Side of the Moon".
And they did. The whole album from start to finish. Here's the setlist:
FIRST HALF: In The Flesh, Mother, Set The Controls For the Heart Of The Sun, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Have A Cigar, Wish You Were Here, Southampton Dock, The Fletcher Memorial Home, Perfect Sense parts 1 and 2, Leaving Beirut, Sheep.
SECOND HALF: Dark Side of the Moon (entire album).
ENCORE: The Happiest Days Of Our Lives, Another Brick In The Wall (Pt 2), Vera, Bring the Boys back Home, Comfortably Numb.
Aural warnings are used in a lot of civilian and military aircraft, the voice is called Bitching Betty in the US, and here's what she looks (and sounds) like.
I'd say post-traumatic. Second click on the "next" button gave me an all-together too close up look at a young man masturbating.
Not something I enjoy watching, to be quite honest.
Thank you 'hey!', that was a most deserved retort and I wish someone with mod points would come along and acknowledge that too.
In other words: "mod parent (and grandparent) up!".
I claim you are wrong.
Claim away.
I'm halfway a casual and halfway a hardcore gamer
So you're not a casual gamer, which kind of invalidates your claim.
Anyway,
I'm not a casual gamer either, more like yourself in fact, but the bulk of MMO subscriptions are filled with people who DON'T want to lose any progress, be it from thieves, robbers, PKers, server crashes, whatever. They'll spend their time in the game happily as long as it's a constant progress.
You're right that it's the grind to get back what was lost that makes the casual gamer not want to put up with losing progress, but I'd wager that even if the grind was lessend, a full-on PvP game will never have the mass appeal of WoW. MMO players in general are quite protective of their shiny pixels and don't like to lose them.
Casual gamers are what makes up the bulk of MMO subscriptions. These gamers don't want to be robbed of their progress by full-loot, robbery and other nasty things.
The casual gamer will happily spend his $15 if he knows nothing stands between him and the phat loot but time.
Indeed, and apart from that, the linked video is really, really cool.
Ripples in the sky FTW.
Thank you for that sage advice, Miracle Max, but I've seen worse.
Back under your rock, Apple boy!
(just kidding, I was dead envious at my Mac-owning friends when I saw Marathon for the first time)
What if they put on their wizard's robe and hat?
"Life is a disease; sexually transmitted and invariably fatal"
- Neil Gaiman, Death: The High Cost of Living
Scientician? WTF?
Ah:
"According to The Simpsons, a "scientician" is "a scientist with questionable credentials who publicly supports spurious hypotheses."
Please keep your mythological beliefs to yourself. I don't care what consenting adults do behind locked doors, but to do it in the public's view like this is... disturbing.
I still think Woody Guthrie said it best:
This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright #154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don’t give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it. We wrote it, that’s all we wanted to do.
With our own government becoming more and more oppressive we could probably learn a lot from the Chinese.
Hmm... Just what are you trying to say here? :)