if I post a question about physics homework on my friend's wall (a Facebook bulletin board) and ask if anyone has any ideas how to approach this - and my prof sees this, am I cheating? Either way, that last bit seems irrelevant to me. But maybe I'm just old fashioned.
The largest number for Atari 2600 I found with a citation was 30 million, but that doesn't detract from your point. I guess I underestimated just how many consoles were out there before NES. I was a wee lad and the only people I knew with 2600's were my dad and uncle and I didn't even know of the existence of anything else at the time. When NES came along *all* of my friends had them. So, anyway, point well-made. People did indeed play consoles before NES.
Yeah, yeah, I had an Atari 2600 that I played to death, so clearly it's not the case that literally nobody was playing consoles. But the state of console gaming before the NES was not good. NES changed that. It changed what video games could do and it made console gaming completely main stream.
It's like saying nobody was on the internet before Mosaic. Sure it's not strictly true, but Mosaic is what made the internet (or www, rather) take off. Except in this case it's like if Mosaic started the boom and then went on to dominate the web-browser market for a decade.
I own a Wii, I love my Wii, but greatest console of all time? Game-wise (where it counts, in my opinion) NES, SNES, GBA, Nintendo DS all trounce it, and that's just Nintendo. Maybe in a few years that won't be the case, but I'm certainly not ready to name it the Best Game Console of All Time. NES was revolutionary too. Before NES people didn't play consoles. Now they do.
- It only takes FOREVER to load. I've been loading it for the last 10 minutes.
- It still hasn't loaded.
- I think the servers are run by child labor because it is taking so long to load a single page. Perhaps the slowness is, at least in part, due to the fact that it is currently linked to from the Slashdot front page?
- They have a link right on the sidebar (that has actually loaded) to donate to Wikipedia, saying "Support free knowledge! Donate to Wikipedia today!" Am I the only one that finds that slightly ironic? Seems to me like providing a kickback link to the site they're getting their (explicitly free) content from is a decent enough thing to do.
- Apparently Veropedia hates everyone that can't speak either English, Spanish, or French. Because that's the only languages I see on their site. Now to jump over to Wikipedia... I'm only FLOODED with languages. Hmm, a hugely popular website with millions of users supports more languages than a newer, much less used site. Surprising.
All in all, this Veropedia is just capitilizing off Wikipedia's open source information. As they explicitly say in their FAQ. And Wikipedia's content is explicitly free to use. Where is the problem?
As for the orange, Safari-brokenness, and Christopher Reeve--in the interest of remaining a contrarian--I say, not that bad, works in Firefox and huh?, respectively.
I should add that I'm not about to start using Veropedia or anything. I've just been up all night and am taking it out on some asinine comments.
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I agree 100%. If you're going to explain conditional execution to me, please be kind enough to name your book "An introduction to programming in..." or something similar. Otherwise, just show me what a conditional statement looks like, point out anything that may be unique about it compared to other languages, and move on to more interesting features. Shouldn't take more than a small paragraph, and hopefully less.
... and I know there's a region of Washington called the Willamette Valley, but I'll be damned if I've ever found a use for that knowledge (other than writing this comment).
And, unfortunately, now that the use for that knowledge has finally arisen, you've failed to recall it correctly. The Willamette Valley is in Oregon. Here's to hoping you get another chance!
I realize this is a bit of a stale thread, but as two other commenters have pointed out, the parent is flat-out wrong. MLB's blackout rules are asinine and damaging to the sport (parts of Nevada are blacked out for six teams despite having no teams particularly close to it!), but they affect mlb.tv just like anything else.
It was a crappy headline, but if you're not going to read the article, at least read the summary. If you're not going to read the summary, at least scan the comments.
Also, learning is a very visual medium.
True, but I still prefer charcoal or watercolor myself.
Come on moderators. 5 Interesting for a comment absent of anything but sweeping generalizations?
The thing is, when the Japanese get pissed, you don't get a second chance - and they get pissed and upset SO easily it is incredibly frustrating. And they will not forgive you.
This kind of shit makes me sick. And the fact that others found it "interesting" boggles my mind.
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The largest number for Atari 2600 I found with a citation was 30 million, but that doesn't detract from your point. I guess I underestimated just how many consoles were out there before NES. I was a wee lad and the only people I knew with 2600's were my dad and uncle and I didn't even know of the existence of anything else at the time. When NES came along *all* of my friends had them. So, anyway, point well-made. People did indeed play consoles before NES.
It's like saying nobody was on the internet before Mosaic. Sure it's not strictly true, but Mosaic is what made the internet (or www, rather) take off. Except in this case it's like if Mosaic started the boom and then went on to dominate the web-browser market for a decade.
I own a Wii, I love my Wii, but greatest console of all time? Game-wise (where it counts, in my opinion) NES, SNES, GBA, Nintendo DS all trounce it, and that's just Nintendo. Maybe in a few years that won't be the case, but I'm certainly not ready to name it the Best Game Console of All Time. NES was revolutionary too. Before NES people didn't play consoles. Now they do.
Based on your adjectives and plurals, I'm going to guess that you're not paying for it. That said, go Hubble, go!
- It still hasn't loaded.
- I think the servers are run by child labor because it is taking so long to load a single page. Perhaps the slowness is, at least in part, due to the fact that it is currently linked to from the Slashdot front page? - They have a link right on the sidebar (that has actually loaded) to donate to Wikipedia, saying "Support free knowledge! Donate to Wikipedia today!" Am I the only one that finds that slightly ironic? Seems to me like providing a kickback link to the site they're getting their (explicitly free) content from is a decent enough thing to do. - Apparently Veropedia hates everyone that can't speak either English, Spanish, or French. Because that's the only languages I see on their site. Now to jump over to Wikipedia... I'm only FLOODED with languages. Hmm, a hugely popular website with millions of users supports more languages than a newer, much less used site. Surprising. All in all, this Veropedia is just capitilizing off Wikipedia's open source information. As they explicitly say in their FAQ. And Wikipedia's content is explicitly free to use. Where is the problem?
As for the orange, Safari-brokenness, and Christopher Reeve--in the interest of remaining a contrarian--I say, not that bad, works in Firefox and huh?, respectively.
I should add that I'm not about to start using Veropedia or anything. I've just been up all night and am taking it out on some asinine comments.
I agree 100%. If you're going to explain conditional execution to me, please be kind enough to name your book "An introduction to programming in..." or something similar. Otherwise, just show me what a conditional statement looks like, point out anything that may be unique about it compared to other languages, and move on to more interesting features. Shouldn't take more than a small paragraph, and hopefully less.
Finally, a troll I can agree with. Well said, sir.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wear_levelling
And, unfortunately, now that the use for that knowledge has finally arisen, you've failed to recall it correctly. The Willamette Valley is in Oregon. Here's to hoping you get another chance!
Anybody want a peanut?
I realize this is a bit of a stale thread, but as two other commenters have pointed out, the parent is flat-out wrong. MLB's blackout rules are asinine and damaging to the sport (parts of Nevada are blacked out for six teams despite having no teams particularly close to it!), but they affect mlb.tv just like anything else.
Hurray for software patents!
It was a crappy headline, but if you're not going to read the article, at least read the summary. If you're not going to read the summary, at least scan the comments.
Also, learning is a very visual medium.True, but I still prefer charcoal or watercolor myself.
Ah, Tacoma's not that bad. I'm not saying I want to build a summer home there, but the trees are actually quite lovely.
Their 2007 Yankees projections:
PECOTA: 93
Diamond Mind: 96
The thing is, when the Japanese get pissed, you don't get a second chance - and they get pissed and upset SO easily it is incredibly frustrating. And they will not forgive you.
This kind of shit makes me sick. And the fact that others found it "interesting" boggles my mind.