Actually, I personally think a better choice in a serious racing game to be Forza 2. The Gran Turismo games tend to look pretty, and drive okay, but the driving mechanics some how wash out each car's feel and personality. I loved it when I first tried Forza, drove a Porsche 911, and actually *felt* the weight in the back of the car. That definitely won me over as a driver.
Exactly. I think people would call Suda51 "batshit crazy" after playing Killer7, and at the same time call him a "legendary game designer". I know I did.
To this day, MINI (and Mini) owners still frequently wave, honk, flash, etc. at each other whenever they drive pass each other. And you know what, the MINI community is somewhat like the Apple/Mac one. Both are mostly enthusiastic about the great products and are the somewhat even cult icons, and there tends to be good reason for the enthusiasm. We rarely see these kinds of behavior based on consumer products. It might be saying something about the crap we get shoved down our throats everyday.
There is also the fact that Matrix is a decently "old" movie, and people that would've bought the trilogy has already purchased it in DVD format. Pirates is relatively recent, and perhaps a larger portion of its fan base has yet to buy the movie. I guess what I'm getting at here is that for most people, having the Matrix trilogy on HD DVD doesn't offer enough over normal DVD for people to repurchase it, and people that are paying for the Pirates movies wouldn't mind shelling out a little more for the better image quality.
Noise canceling ear buds are never good and definitely not worth the money to begin with. The Shure product is actually noise isolating, therefore allowing you to play music at a lower volume, and be able to hear even more details. Also, noise isolating ear buds tend to also block out more noise than noise canceling ones do, at least in terms of the decibel rating.
Personally, I prefer a set of good earphones (without noise canceling, mind you, perhaps a good set of Grados) for those times at home, and in noisy environments, nothing beats a pair of decent in ear noise isolating ear buds. They are essentially ear plugs with embedded speakers, absolutely amazing products. Check out a pair of Shures or Etymotics, definitely won't disappoint.
... 7. They provide a safe place for the dark desires that dwell within all of us to be satiated. Afterall, would you rather someone be killing people on screen, or people on the street? ...
Now turn that around for other "dark desires", like sex.
Yup, I'd rather do that in person. Afterall, would anyone have the dark desire for having sex with an AIDS carrier?
What you say about an information source and its effectiveness is true, but the "push it till they remember it" approach also works. I've seen some ads that are very "nontraditional" and would catch the viewer's attention, as a result, would cause the viewer to associate that weird ad style to that company or product. That works, as long as it doesn't annoy or sicken the viewer. Having the product out in the hands of reviewers also works off this path, since reviewers may use that product in comparison to others, and saying so in the reviews, hence giving the reader a certain familiarity with the product. I'd say this is somewhat similar to what the "push it till they remember" approach, just another way of getting exposure, and a bit more passive.
From what I can see, the bumped up pricing would marginally change their sales of Windows (and other software). Since most people buy Windows out of necessity, and already don't like the pricing. Companies will still buy Windows, "because everyone else is using it". Perhaps some consumers will pick non-pro for money reasons, but the lost sales will still be made up by the extra revenue, at least in the short run, until people begin to slowly migrate away, that is.
For a (smart)phone used for web communications, I can understand how they'll target ads, but for a phone that is only used for voice communications, how can targeted ads be implemented? There has been a trend of Google venturing into print, TV, and radio ads, and those can be done successfully through advertisers bidding for related spots on each medium, since newspapers/periodicals have separate sections, and TV and radio have set programming, but what about voice communications? Will they target ads by looking at your contact information? Or perhaps capture keywords in your spoken words? I doubt that, since they will never do any evil, but how else would this work (without text to analyze)?
Have you even GONE to a public school in the US or do you just pull all of this out of your ass? I mean, hell in my elementary school we used books from the 70s and 80s due to budget reasons, they only got new ones when the old ones became so inconsistent or plain old as to be unusable.
I have, and just got into college this year. Well, it turns out the public high school I went to constantly got new books, at a turn over rate of about 5 years or so. Two of the classes out of the 6 in my senior year had brand new books. I heard that they constantly got new books mainly because they tweaked the curriculum constantly, and especially for those AP classes and the AP curriculum, new books were ordered.
As for the third party testing, I think if the teachers got paid partly through "commission" on student performance in terms of in-class grades, such safe guards are necessary. The idea is that in order to get good enough grades for the extra money, teachers could "inflate" the grades, just like what happened during the Vietnam war in nearly all the colleges and universities throughout the US. So, instead of going by school grades, perhaps a third party grader should evaluate the students performance and progress. This can either be in the form of more predictable tests (such as the SATs) or more organic tests that aren't as static in format.
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Probably from spelling the "other variant" too much.
Agreed, but he's also got a point. BMWs (at least the M5) are not built for this kind of stuff. Perhaps a Porsche 911 would've been more appropriate.
You know you can opt for a Macintosh. With Leopard coming out and all. Plus, if you *need* Windows, it is just a reboot away or something.
There, fixed that for you.
Actually, I personally think a better choice in a serious racing game to be Forza 2. The Gran Turismo games tend to look pretty, and drive okay, but the driving mechanics some how wash out each car's feel and personality. I loved it when I first tried Forza, drove a Porsche 911, and actually *felt* the weight in the back of the car. That definitely won me over as a driver.
Slashdotters are lazy. You need to link it for them, like so: Devil facial tumor disease
Duopoly? Microsoft and Linux? I thought OSX has more market share than Linux does. Well, okay, at least in the desktop market.
Yes, but I doubt either Unity or Coherence works with Linux apps. I think the only way to get that working is some X11 and SSH.
It'll be great to have Sony battery packs right in your hands so you can play for hours on ends.
Well, until they burst into flames, that is.
Exactly. I think people would call Suda51 "batshit crazy" after playing Killer7, and at the same time call him a "legendary game designer". I know I did.
Here's a blog that talks about Pacman in Excel. And here's the link to the original Japanese page.
To this day, MINI (and Mini) owners still frequently wave, honk, flash, etc. at each other whenever they drive pass each other. And you know what, the MINI community is somewhat like the Apple/Mac one. Both are mostly enthusiastic about the great products and are the somewhat even cult icons, and there tends to be good reason for the enthusiasm. We rarely see these kinds of behavior based on consumer products. It might be saying something about the crap we get shoved down our throats everyday.
Yes, but Nintendo has announced them as part of their 2007 titles. Well, at least for Japan. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid= 24672
I don't see how having highly anticipated games like Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Mario Galaxy would make the list "a complete disaster".
And the iPhone is just like how the Xerox PARC computer, at the end of the day, is just another computer with some extra gadgetry.
There is also the fact that Matrix is a decently "old" movie, and people that would've bought the trilogy has already purchased it in DVD format. Pirates is relatively recent, and perhaps a larger portion of its fan base has yet to buy the movie. I guess what I'm getting at here is that for most people, having the Matrix trilogy on HD DVD doesn't offer enough over normal DVD for people to repurchase it, and people that are paying for the Pirates movies wouldn't mind shelling out a little more for the better image quality.
Noise canceling ear buds are never good and definitely not worth the money to begin with. The Shure product is actually noise isolating, therefore allowing you to play music at a lower volume, and be able to hear even more details. Also, noise isolating ear buds tend to also block out more noise than noise canceling ones do, at least in terms of the decibel rating.
Personally, I prefer a set of good earphones (without noise canceling, mind you, perhaps a good set of Grados) for those times at home, and in noisy environments, nothing beats a pair of decent in ear noise isolating ear buds. They are essentially ear plugs with embedded speakers, absolutely amazing products. Check out a pair of Shures or Etymotics, definitely won't disappoint.
Or do you mean sitting on the toilet with an open MacBook...
For Natalie Portman, she at least has an undergraduate degree, even though it is in psychology, it still kind of counts.
As for the "many dotter's might be inclined to agree" part, heck, I'd agree.
Yup, I'd rather do that in person. Afterall, would anyone have the dark desire for having sex with an AIDS carrier?
What you say about an information source and its effectiveness is true, but the "push it till they remember it" approach also works. I've seen some ads that are very "nontraditional" and would catch the viewer's attention, as a result, would cause the viewer to associate that weird ad style to that company or product. That works, as long as it doesn't annoy or sicken the viewer. Having the product out in the hands of reviewers also works off this path, since reviewers may use that product in comparison to others, and saying so in the reviews, hence giving the reader a certain familiarity with the product. I'd say this is somewhat similar to what the "push it till they remember" approach, just another way of getting exposure, and a bit more passive.
From what I can see, the bumped up pricing would marginally change their sales of Windows (and other software). Since most people buy Windows out of necessity, and already don't like the pricing. Companies will still buy Windows, "because everyone else is using it". Perhaps some consumers will pick non-pro for money reasons, but the lost sales will still be made up by the extra revenue, at least in the short run, until people begin to slowly migrate away, that is.
For a (smart)phone used for web communications, I can understand how they'll target ads, but for a phone that is only used for voice communications, how can targeted ads be implemented? There has been a trend of Google venturing into print, TV, and radio ads, and those can be done successfully through advertisers bidding for related spots on each medium, since newspapers/periodicals have separate sections, and TV and radio have set programming, but what about voice communications? Will they target ads by looking at your contact information? Or perhaps capture keywords in your spoken words? I doubt that, since they will never do any evil, but how else would this work (without text to analyze)?
As for the third party testing, I think if the teachers got paid partly through "commission" on student performance in terms of in-class grades, such safe guards are necessary. The idea is that in order to get good enough grades for the extra money, teachers could "inflate" the grades, just like what happened during the Vietnam war in nearly all the colleges and universities throughout the US. So, instead of going by school grades, perhaps a third party grader should evaluate the students performance and progress. This can either be in the form of more predictable tests (such as the SATs) or more organic tests that aren't as static in format.