Cut taxes? You can do that? Up in Canada the government kinda decides for themselves what the tax level is. We can't just decide "you know what, the gov't is intruding my privacy a littly too much, I think I'm going to pay them only half as much as last time". Well we could, but we'd go to prison.
And in reality the guys who are invading your privacy are pretty much the same guys that are charging you taxes, so I don't see how you could get taxes cut but not be able to stop the FBI abuse the Patriot Act.
And I sure as hell don't see me or anyone else on the planet except for some status quo pushing ultra-conservatives (and politicians, of course) arguing for tax increases, so I don't think "people asking for tax increases" is the problem. I don't know... maybe a lot of people do want tax increases? I don't keep up with politics, it just seems to be a very illogical wish from a citizen's point of view.
Well, it differs. In the animated series, didn't Dr. Connor invent the web stuff? And in the movie the stuff was natural. But no one's denying Spidey is smart. Both Batman and spiderman are exceedingly intelligent, with Spiderman keeping his brain sharp with college studies and Batman frequently combating the Riddler.
Batman has more money (and therefore gadgets), but Spiderman has more supernatural powers (Batman has none AFAIK). It's very close, but Batman is more serious so I'll pick him. I think Batarangs would be pivotal to the battle.
I sitll think it's unfair that Superman could probably outrun the Flash. I mean, c'mon, he only has one power, can't he be better at that one thing?
You know happens when one solves both the question and the answer to the life, the universe, and everything? Guess tech companies won't have problems anymore. Or any of us for that matter.
"Yo dogs, we have to get rid of these old rusty 300 picometer rims. It's time to ditch that shiz for some of these madd new 420 picometer chrome rims!"
Here's a plan that I've hear Nintendo state twice (once at E3 and the other at TGS I think) but never seen actually reported on any sites:
They say that there are so many individuals with ideas that can't play on those ideas becasue they don't have the money. So Nintendo plans to fund those companies to make games for Revolution.
I think it's a great idea because indie companies will have a chance to make awesome games, and it'll help Nintendo with Revo sales (and possible payback in the game does well enough). My question is will they really do it?
"Just one request: If you have figured out the solution, link to it in a post, rather than write it out where anyone can see it."
***Read the Above!!!***
I've noticed a lot of people missing this point, so I'm trying to make this post stand out as much as possible. I know you're not supposed to, but this is a special case.
/. editors, can you consider putting that part in bold in the main story? Because a lot of people are missing it. A lot.
This flash goes a long way in describing the philosophy of liberty. I'm sure there's loopholes in there if you look hard enough, but still love this flash.
Disclaimer: this thing is text and image based, with music in the background. That's good if you can't put on speakers, bad if you hate reading.
I love how you take the Virtual Boy to argue that Nintendo hasn't changed anything. Let's see what they've done so far:
Almost single-handedly ressurected the video game market
Made an analog thumbstick standard (which is a bad thing, but hey, they did it.)
Cornered the portable market for a really long time.
Made rumbling conrtollers standard.
Made the first good wireless controller (soon-to-be standard).
OMG they made the Virtual Boy new ideas suck.
This new controller is very good. You can move in 3 dimensional space with one hand. Hell, I want to use this thing for web browsing on a TV, let alone video games. Everything about it screams "the controller you are currently using is outdated".
I mean, you might say that's a strong statement. "Hey Headcase, you haven't even played with it, how you can tell it's any good?". Because, like anyone else, I have an imagination, and I've thought of every single game I've loved in the past 20 years and very few wouldn't be better with this controller, and genres I hate (RTS, FPS, sports) are the ones that'll benefit most, assuming the right companies get involved with this thing (and that's a big assumption).
Maybe you don't like this controller, but you have to admit it opens a lot more doors than the other two consoles, which are pretty much the exact same as their old consoles. Honestly, any new doors opening for game developers with the PS3 or 360? "Yeah we can make trees look real nice now". Really looking forward to it.
Oh I hate this argument so much. It's theft, ok? I make a song and decide to charge money for it and someone downloads it without paying, I should hope that's considered theft.
I'm a thief, you're a thief, lots of us are thieves. Does it make us worse people? I don't think so, but yes, it is theft. Don't take music for free that took money to create and tell me it's not theft, because I'm damn sick of that. It's a product on the market, you're taking it for free, and despite any legal definition, in reality it is theft.
I'm not even going to say that it's my opinion, it's just common sense. Wikipedia's definition: "Theft (also known as stealing) is in general, the wrongful taking of someone else's property without that person's willful consent." The song is my property, and if you take it for free you're taking it without my consent. Case closed. It's theft.
The only exception is if the owner of the song (not neccessarily the original artist(s), they might have sold their work) say that their song is free. That's obvious consent. Any distinction between "property" and "intellectual property" is bullshit (ok, I'll say that's my opinion, but I feel pretty strongly about it).
But sure, if you want to call it "copyright infringement" to feel better about yourself, then by all means go right ahead. You're not the common thief who steals stuff from department stores, you're a "copyright infringer" who downloads music you wouldn't have bought anyway. And that makes you a better person.
Most people don't think that way due to the way society has shaped them. I'd call 'em stupid, but that doesn't stop them from having disposible income that Nintendo would like to take.
Ironically, saying those states are solid blue is generalizing in virtually the exact same way that the parent generalized that all states between the coasts are red. If I lived in one of those red counties in those states, I could even resent your statement in much the same way, and then an individual who voted for Bush in that county could resent me. And then the part of that individual's brain who voted for Kerry....
Yeah, but marketing garbage is what 90% of the populace looks at. Coming out first doesn't hurt, either. The 360 could have so much momentum with 3rd parties and early adopters before the other consoles even come out.
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Cut taxes? You can do that? Up in Canada the government kinda decides for themselves what the tax level is. We can't just decide "you know what, the gov't is intruding my privacy a littly too much, I think I'm going to pay them only half as much as last time". Well we could, but we'd go to prison.
And in reality the guys who are invading your privacy are pretty much the same guys that are charging you taxes, so I don't see how you could get taxes cut but not be able to stop the FBI abuse the Patriot Act.
And I sure as hell don't see me or anyone else on the planet except for some status quo pushing ultra-conservatives (and politicians, of course) arguing for tax increases, so I don't think "people asking for tax increases" is the problem. I don't know... maybe a lot of people do want tax increases? I don't keep up with politics, it just seems to be a very illogical wish from a citizen's point of view.
Well, it differs. In the animated series, didn't Dr. Connor invent the web stuff? And in the movie the stuff was natural. But no one's denying Spidey is smart. Both Batman and spiderman are exceedingly intelligent, with Spiderman keeping his brain sharp with college studies and Batman frequently combating the Riddler.
Batman has more money (and therefore gadgets), but Spiderman has more supernatural powers (Batman has none AFAIK). It's very close, but Batman is more serious so I'll pick him. I think Batarangs would be pivotal to the battle.
I sitll think it's unfair that Superman could probably outrun the Flash. I mean, c'mon, he only has one power, can't he be better at that one thing?
You know happens when one solves both the question and the answer to the life, the universe, and everything? Guess tech companies won't have problems anymore. Or any of us for that matter.
"Yo dogs, we have to get rid of these old rusty 300 picometer rims. It's time to ditch that shiz for some of these madd new 420 picometer chrome rims!"
I want to see a video of her playing Pandy Expert :P
Incidentally, while I'm posting, who thinks this market will catch on to the Revolution (The Nintendo one, not Dance Dance).
Here's a plan that I've hear Nintendo state twice (once at E3 and the other at TGS I think) but never seen actually reported on any sites:
They say that there are so many individuals with ideas that can't play on those ideas becasue they don't have the money. So Nintendo plans to fund those companies to make games for Revolution.
I think it's a great idea because indie companies will have a chance to make awesome games, and it'll help Nintendo with Revo sales (and possible payback in the game does well enough). My question is will they really do it?
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***Please read this post!!!***
/. editors, can you consider putting that part in bold in the main story? Because a lot of people are missing it. A lot.
"Just one request: If you have figured out the solution, link to it in a post, rather than write it out where anyone can see it."
***Read the Above!!!***
I've noticed a lot of people missing this point, so I'm trying to make this post stand out as much as possible. I know you're not supposed to, but this is a special case.
A little spoiler tag for your topic is not good enough, especially when the answer is linked in the parent's post.
:D :D :D
And since I'm posting anyway, HAHAHA I got it right
Fungus in mushrooms! OMG!
I've always envisioned future showers like this:
You walk in a stall, and laser just works from bottom to top and cleans everything. Well, we're one step closer!
This flash goes a long way in describing the philosophy of liberty. I'm sure there's loopholes in there if you look hard enough, but still love this flash.
Disclaimer: this thing is text and image based, with music in the background. That's good if you can't put on speakers, bad if you hate reading.
Is that even possible?
*checks*
holy crap, it is!
Parent makes a post about the site that's linked by this article. Sounds on-topic to me.
Well, they shouldn't have bet with a Sicilian when their life was on the line.
Um, yeah, Apple's competitors are all Sicilian now. Or something. Forget it.
This new controller is very good. You can move in 3 dimensional space with one hand. Hell, I want to use this thing for web browsing on a TV, let alone video games. Everything about it screams "the controller you are currently using is outdated".
I mean, you might say that's a strong statement. "Hey Headcase, you haven't even played with it, how you can tell it's any good?". Because, like anyone else, I have an imagination, and I've thought of every single game I've loved in the past 20 years and very few wouldn't be better with this controller, and genres I hate (RTS, FPS, sports) are the ones that'll benefit most, assuming the right companies get involved with this thing (and that's a big assumption).
Maybe you don't like this controller, but you have to admit it opens a lot more doors than the other two consoles, which are pretty much the exact same as their old consoles. Honestly, any new doors opening for game developers with the PS3 or 360? "Yeah we can make trees look real nice now". Really looking forward to it.
I think MS would have bought Google a looooooong time ago if they had the ability.
Oh I hate this argument so much. It's theft, ok? I make a song and decide to charge money for it and someone downloads it without paying, I should hope that's considered theft.
I'm a thief, you're a thief, lots of us are thieves. Does it make us worse people? I don't think so, but yes, it is theft. Don't take music for free that took money to create and tell me it's not theft, because I'm damn sick of that. It's a product on the market, you're taking it for free, and despite any legal definition, in reality it is theft.
I'm not even going to say that it's my opinion, it's just common sense. Wikipedia's definition: "Theft (also known as stealing) is in general, the wrongful taking of someone else's property without that person's willful consent." The song is my property, and if you take it for free you're taking it without my consent. Case closed. It's theft.
The only exception is if the owner of the song (not neccessarily the original artist(s), they might have sold their work) say that their song is free. That's obvious consent. Any distinction between "property" and "intellectual property" is bullshit (ok, I'll say that's my opinion, but I feel pretty strongly about it).
But sure, if you want to call it "copyright infringement" to feel better about yourself, then by all means go right ahead. You're not the common thief who steals stuff from department stores, you're a "copyright infringer" who downloads music you wouldn't have bought anyway. And that makes you a better person.
Most people don't think that way due to the way society has shaped them. I'd call 'em stupid, but that doesn't stop them from having disposible income that Nintendo would like to take.
Oh man, this is deep stuff... I'm think I'm going to have to sit down for a minute.
Yeah, commericals have really gotten out of hand. Say what you will about Maddox, but I love this article movie theatres.
Solid blue? Let's not exaggerate.
Ironically, saying those states are solid blue is generalizing in virtually the exact same way that the parent generalized that all states between the coasts are red. If I lived in one of those red counties in those states, I could even resent your statement in much the same way, and then an individual who voted for Bush in that county could resent me. And then the part of that individual's brain who voted for Kerry....
We run DOS.
Yeah, but marketing garbage is what 90% of the populace looks at. Coming out first doesn't hurt, either. The 360 could have so much momentum with 3rd parties and early adopters before the other consoles even come out.
Here's my impression of 60% of the moderators for this post:
*ahem* "I'm going to mod this harmless joke flamebait"
*bows*