They should have at least used a midrange GPU. Does anyone ever use a mid-ranged anything when doing reviews? I think all reviews should be done using the minimum requirements for the game and no better.
Oh wait, pushing the hardware envelope means more expensive upgrades and games. This benefits all the companies, but consumers and good gameplay are forgotten.
While I believe the terminology of "second-class" citizen is probably not the best terminology, most people in high school are minors. Minors have their own legal status in most places.
According to the SFX site, their poll indicated that 61% of the voters chose Serenity as their pick for "the number-one Sci Fi film of all time." This number is 1830 of 3000 (assuming 3000 people were polled). That such a large number of people in a sample can agree on a concept as unclear and highly opinionated as "the number-one Sci Fi film of all time" -- whatever that means -- is simply unbelievable.
If there was a bit more definition in the polling criteria -- which movie had the best acting, best special effects, best story, etc. -- I could see bigger statistical numbers. But a highly skewed poll on an ambiguous subject usually means a bad poll (in one way or another).
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Good idea.
I think "article development" approach would work for the important, "most significant" articles. For articles involving current events, a "current page only" method would have to be in place.
But what about the enforcement of this idea? How would you make people follow this "article development" system? I would think the wiki software would have to provide the checking mechanisms.
Yes, having it supplied standard with the console may make it used more in games, but that is an obstacle that can be surpassed. Not easily. The key thing to think about is what is given. If you look at the sales statistics for games that require specialized hardware, you probably won't see them as much higher than "normal" games. The added financial pressure of providing or requiring extra hardware is considerable. The whole point of the Wii controller is to give developers more gameplay design space.
And what has really turned me off game consoles in general is the overall lowering of gameplay standards. I think gameplay is far more important than graphics and computationally intensive filler.
Show me good gameplay and I'll show you a good game.
I don't think anyone would agree that memorization is by far the best way to learn. However, you need to be able to memorize things and you need continual practice memorizing things. You need to be able to perform the most basic levels of cognition before you can start doing more advanced thinking.
One of the most serious problems in our school system is the fact that we do not address the foundation of cognition well enough. We skip right to the higher level stuff before kids have a grasp on the basics. I'm not saying that memorization is the solution, but I'd like to see kids that can and do memorize things.
I agree that pure memorization is just as bad as pure application or pure evaluation. Focusing on one aspect of thinking only is bad teaching.
The truth is defined as the reality for everyone. He is interested in promoting the reality of everyone instead of his reality, his needs, or his perspective. So the parent is making a restatement of Kant's Categorical Imperative.
I think that's fairly high-up on the philosophy food-chain, even if you don't agree with all of Kant's ideas.
Has no one played Half-Life 2 and thought of how awesome the struggle between the Combine and the Rebels would be if it was a persistent role playing game with things to do besides fighting?
Check out System Shock 2. It's not extremely recent as far as graphics engines go, but it's probably one of the better FPS/roleplaying game ever. It has to be good to make Tycho's (PA) 3 games he'd take on a deserted island (: (and strangely enough, WoW is another one on that list).
It could be that the timbre of the different strings gives the note a different feel (a leading tone in the case of B#) versus a standard C position.
It also might involve the positioning of the fingers in relation to the C#/Db scale. I assume you play B# the same as C in a Db scale?
Hey, not only are Russians nice enough to ratify the Kyoto treaty, they're also nice enough to develop a nuclear weapon program that could avoid any possible defense (in the rare event that missile defense could actually work).
Not only are they friends of the environment, but they could also destroy it better than anyone else!
True. In fact, the number is probably the 'converted evangelists' who frequently install firefox on their computers, on their friends' computers, on various computers at work, etc.
Also, I wonder if that number counts updates or actual file downloads. . .
I use wikipedia as well, but just to get a starting point on a subject I know little about.
Yes, I think there's a difference between a serious research tool and a generic introductory information source. Most serious research does not use any encyclopedia references at all -- you go straight to the primary sources or at least scholarly analysis of a primary source.
The word 'encyclopedia' itself was derived from medieval latin and means 'general education course' -- you don't cite something from a general source when focusing on a specific issue!
I go to wikipedia when I want to find out something completely random. . . like a broad overview of how Shintoism works or a listing of Ted Nugent records. For that brief, quick info lookup, wikipedia works quite well.
And how exactly is this trollish? For stating the basis of an economic idea? Sheesh, he didn't even agree or disagree with the idea. . . he just stated it.
Not to mention that the cost of living is WAAAY less than Manhattan. Hell, living reasonably in Queens is probably somewhere between 3-4 times more expensive than living similarly out in southern rural areas.
which is obviously a lot more intuitive than opening up File Explorer and sorting by file name... isn't it;)
Intuition and command line interfaces have always been at odds and for good reason. You enter a command -- you have to know a command before you enter one. Sure, you can do 'man wc' or something to figure out how to use a particular command (in this case wc), but you still have to have knowledge of man pages.
Command lines are about speed and flexibility. If I need to ssh into my box from a Solaris machine, I'm much better off with knowing the command line interface than some GUI.
And how do we find an error in that game? We must play the game. And is playing a game work?
Maybe the reason why so many bugs get into the games is that the games aren't 'played' as testing -- maybe 'finding bugs' takes precedence over pure gameplay.
You do realize that probably 90% of the people here (especially those who slave to write code) would say that playing games for a living is not a real job.
BTW, do you testers ever just say, "sorry, this sucks" or is that not allowed? A lot of games out now need that kind of feedback.
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Oh wait, pushing the hardware envelope means more expensive upgrades and games. This benefits all the companies, but consumers and good gameplay are forgotten.
While I believe the terminology of "second-class" citizen is probably not the best terminology, most people in high school are minors. Minors have their own legal status in most places.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_(law)
According to the SFX site, their poll indicated that 61% of the voters chose Serenity as their pick for "the number-one Sci Fi film of all time." This number is 1830 of 3000 (assuming 3000 people were polled). That such a large number of people in a sample can agree on a concept as unclear and highly opinionated as "the number-one Sci Fi film of all time" -- whatever that means -- is simply unbelievable.
If there was a bit more definition in the polling criteria -- which movie had the best acting, best special effects, best story, etc. -- I could see bigger statistical numbers. But a highly skewed poll on an ambiguous subject usually means a bad poll (in one way or another).
Good idea.
I think "article development" approach would work for the important, "most significant" articles. For articles involving current events, a "current page only" method would have to be in place.
But what about the enforcement of this idea? How would you make people follow this "article development" system? I would think the wiki software would have to provide the checking mechanisms.
It's /usr/bin/scp, you insensitive clod!
(at least on my Gentoo box)
I don't think anyone would agree that memorization is by far the best way to learn. However, you need to be able to memorize things and you need continual practice memorizing things. You need to be able to perform the most basic levels of cognition before you can start doing more advanced thinking.
One of the most serious problems in our school system is the fact that we do not address the foundation of cognition well enough. We skip right to the higher level stuff before kids have a grasp on the basics. I'm not saying that memorization is the solution, but I'd like to see kids that can and do memorize things.
I agree that pure memorization is just as bad as pure application or pure evaluation. Focusing on one aspect of thinking only is bad teaching.
(to see Avenue Q [avenueq.com] this time)
You won't be disappointed. Excellent show!
The truth is defined as the reality for everyone. He is interested in promoting the reality of everyone instead of his reality, his needs, or his perspective. So the parent is making a restatement of Kant's Categorical Imperative.
I think that's fairly high-up on the philosophy food-chain, even if you don't agree with all of Kant's ideas.
Of course not! This is America!
We're building the Death Star (:
Has no one played Half-Life 2 and thought of how awesome the struggle between the Combine and the Rebels would be if it was a persistent role playing game with things to do besides fighting?
Check out System Shock 2. It's not extremely recent as far as graphics engines go, but it's probably one of the better FPS/roleplaying game ever. It has to be good to make Tycho's (PA) 3 games he'd take on a deserted island (: (and strangely enough, WoW is another one on that list).
Candidate: "Yes, I have a double major in Mac10 and Scout with a minor in Aug."
Employer: "Great! You can start immediately."
(Employer takes a desert eagle out of his desk)
IANAV, but. . .
It could be that the timbre of the different strings gives the note a different feel (a leading tone in the case of B#) versus a standard C position. It also might involve the positioning of the fingers in relation to the C#/Db scale. I assume you play B# the same as C in a Db scale?
Hey, not only are Russians nice enough to ratify the Kyoto treaty, they're also nice enough to develop a nuclear weapon program that could avoid any possible defense (in the rare event that missile defense could actually work).
Not only are they friends of the environment, but they could also destroy it better than anyone else!
Because I suspect that is a *very* high number.
True. In fact, the number is probably the 'converted evangelists' who frequently install firefox on their computers, on their friends' computers, on various computers at work, etc.
Also, I wonder if that number counts updates or actual file downloads. . .
I use wikipedia as well, but just to get a starting point on a subject I know little about.
Yes, I think there's a difference between a serious research tool and a generic introductory information source. Most serious research does not use any encyclopedia references at all -- you go straight to the primary sources or at least scholarly analysis of a primary source.
The word 'encyclopedia' itself was derived from medieval latin and means 'general education course' -- you don't cite something from a general source when focusing on a specific issue!
I go to wikipedia when I want to find out something completely random. . . like a broad overview of how Shintoism works or a listing of Ted Nugent records. For that brief, quick info lookup, wikipedia works quite well.
And how exactly is this trollish? For stating the basis of an economic idea? Sheesh, he didn't even agree or disagree with the idea. . . he just stated it.
*Looks around*
Where?
Not to mention that the cost of living is WAAAY less than Manhattan. Hell, living reasonably in Queens is probably somewhere between 3-4 times more expensive than living similarly out in southern rural areas.
Ohh! The agony!
Google: word count unix: First return:
which is obviously a lot more intuitive than opening up File Explorer and sorting by file name... isn't it ;)
Intuition and command line interfaces have always been at odds and for good reason. You enter a command -- you have to know a command before you enter one. Sure, you can do 'man wc' or something to figure out how to use a particular command (in this case wc), but you still have to have knowledge of man pages.
Command lines are about speed and flexibility. If I need to ssh into my box from a Solaris machine, I'm much better off with knowing the command line interface than some GUI.
...find an error in a game...
And how do we find an error in that game? We must play the game. And is playing a game work?
Maybe the reason why so many bugs get into the games is that the games aren't 'played' as testing -- maybe 'finding bugs' takes precedence over pure gameplay.
I don't own a PS or a PS2. However, I do own a Super Nintendo (: Jackass.
Initiating a Mooglesoft search:
Instead of clicking a button named Google Search, it simply says "KupoKupo!"
You are then returned a page where 100% of the text is the word "Kupo"
This is slightly less optimized than a Marklar search (which at least has some words other than 'Marklar').
You do realize that probably 90% of the people here (especially those who slave to write code) would say that playing games for a living is not a real job. BTW, do you testers ever just say, "sorry, this sucks" or is that not allowed? A lot of games out now need that kind of feedback.