Yes, turn the heat off. We've done it. And saving on bills hasn't been the only plus! You'll be a lot closer to my friends. No really, you'll be huddled together all of the time. Leaving those nachos out for a few days will no longer be an issue. You'll be so incredibly happy when you get on the bus in the morning and thaw out your toes. You can overclock your computer without having to submerge it in oil. You'll no longer dread spring-cleaning as you long for the thaw. And, of course, you'll get outside more often!
Hey guys, I just thought you might like to read my personal opinion. I'll take full credit for it, thanks:
First of all, EVERYTHING is based on EVERYTHING ELSE. Each of us creates new things by assimilating and processing all the old things that surround us. Our culture is a huge collaborative thing, and anyone who tries to tell you they've come up with something entirely new with no basis in anything that exists already is lying to you (or to themselves).
Second, THIS IS A GOOD THING. I don't want every new first person shooter that comes out to have some new and unusual control scheme. I don't want grenades to work totally differently in every game. I don't want to have to read a fucking book before I can start playing. I WANT and EXPECT my games to follow some sort of reasonable conventions. This goes for storyline elements, too. I want a plot with a beginning, middle, and end. I want a game that places me in the middle of some sort of interesting situation and allows me to be, for at least a little while, right in the middle of things. In other words, I want game companies to figure out what is fun, and what works well, and produce it dependably. This means studying what already works, which means duplicating to some extent the gameplay of other games. AND THIS IS GOOD.
Third, since when did everything have to be brand new and different to be valid? We don't suddenly decide that cars are "so last century" and begin driving 10 foot hamster wheels, do we? NO. We stick with the tried and true, with old reliable. Cars haven't been new and different for a hundred years; every car is totally derivative, a "ripoff" of the very first car. SO WHAT? It drives, it's nice, I like it.
Anyway, that's my piece. People who use the term "ripoff" as though it's some kind of sin need to get over themselves.
I take issue with your blog. Blog does make sense in this blog. If you had only RTFB then you'd blog the blog-blog. Blog blog blog if you don't blog the blog. No, wait, it's gotta be your blog. Blog blog it!
Yes, I agree. One of them does not belong. Only one of them is responsible for thousands of years of xenophobia, persecution, and war.
The less radical side of me wishes to clarify that that I did not say "church" but rather "religious indoctrination." I think that's an important distinction.
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So, what he's saying is, in his view, the complaints are the problem.
Well, that's not really what he's saying. He has confirmed that he has listened to the complaints and he has responded with a well thought-out reply. He respectfully disagrees with you about the importance of the problem.
Were it only not for these troublesome "Squeeky Wheel" users who dare to be critical of our piss-poor use and abuse of the English language, Slashdot would be perfect.
I dare say this could be the problem: hypberbolic whining. Piss-poor use and abuse? Chill out, man.
Clearly, I'm the real problem here
Take a breather. Now read your post again. Whoops, you spelled a word wrong! I guess you really are the problem!
No, no, no. That's very different. That's advertising. We're talking about serious things here, like the rampant crank blogging that is destroying the integrity of the internet.
"If man evolved from apes, why are there still apes and not more people?"
And the real question becomes, why aren't there any hairy humapes? You know? It's like in that Britney Spears song, "Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman", but only with apes and humans and stuff. And, hey, where did woman come from? And couldn't we reverse engineer an ape-baby? You raise a good point about the rate of evolution, and how we all evolved at the same rate, but I gotta say, that ain't true. HOLLYWOOOD SQUARES, need I say more? Or, maybe we have evolved splinter groups and they wander among us. It's like that society in the Foundation. You know?
Or perhaps, do they just not care because idiots like me will probably continue coming here out of habit, regardless of how bad the writing and editing is?
This should read:
Or perhaps, do they just not care because idiots like me will probably continue coming here out of habit, regardless of how bad the whining and complaining is?
Additionally, we imposed the added constraint of selecting products that were developed for both Windows and Linux environments to ensure the most meaningful and consistent comparison.
Even if I knew what products were used, I surely wouldn't understand the implications of those choices (I'm no IT guy), so I'll ask you. How do you think this affected the study? What are the implications of this choice?
It's up to the individual movie theatre to enforce this suggestion.
I was not aware of that.
And while I think we should err in favor of free speech, I think it's okay for the government to restrict minors' access to certain things. Pornography, for example. Should this not translate for video games?
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I also refuse to comment until further results are published.
"Hey man, I'll be outside warming up."
First of all, EVERYTHING is based on EVERYTHING ELSE. Each of us creates new things by assimilating and processing all the old things that surround us. Our culture is a huge collaborative thing, and anyone who tries to tell you they've come up with something entirely new with no basis in anything that exists already is lying to you (or to themselves).
Second, THIS IS A GOOD THING. I don't want every new first person shooter that comes out to have some new and unusual control scheme. I don't want grenades to work totally differently in every game. I don't want to have to read a fucking book before I can start playing. I WANT and EXPECT my games to follow some sort of reasonable conventions. This goes for storyline elements, too. I want a plot with a beginning, middle, and end. I want a game that places me in the middle of some sort of interesting situation and allows me to be, for at least a little while, right in the middle of things. In other words, I want game companies to figure out what is fun, and what works well, and produce it dependably. This means studying what already works, which means duplicating to some extent the gameplay of other games. AND THIS IS GOOD.
Third, since when did everything have to be brand new and different to be valid? We don't suddenly decide that cars are "so last century" and begin driving 10 foot hamster wheels, do we? NO. We stick with the tried and true, with old reliable. Cars haven't been new and different for a hundred years; every car is totally derivative, a "ripoff" of the very first car. SO WHAT? It drives, it's nice, I like it.
Anyway, that's my piece. People who use the term "ripoff" as though it's some kind of sin need to get over themselves.
1. Create game engine. 2. Design models. 3. Develop story. 4. GOTO 1. 5. Profit!
I take issue with your blog. Blog does make sense in this blog. If you had only RTFB then you'd blog the blog-blog. Blog blog blog if you don't blog the blog. No, wait, it's gotta be your blog. Blog blog it!
The less radical side of me wishes to clarify that that I did not say "church" but rather "religious indoctrination." I think that's an important distinction.
You forgot religious indoctrination.
Well, that's not really what he's saying. He has confirmed that he has listened to the complaints and he has responded with a well thought-out reply. He respectfully disagrees with you about the importance of the problem.
Were it only not for these troublesome "Squeeky Wheel" users who dare to be critical of our piss-poor use and abuse of the English language, Slashdot would be perfect.
I dare say this could be the problem: hypberbolic whining. Piss-poor use and abuse? Chill out, man.
Clearly, I'm the real problem here
Take a breather. Now read your post again. Whoops, you spelled a word wrong! I guess you really are the problem!
Now that's funny. The first post gets modded redundant. Wha?
General patent retaliation clause? Source code vs object code?
Imagine how many frist-posts we'll have to dig through.
That's redundant. And it says the same thing twice.
No, no, no. That's very different. That's advertising. We're talking about serious things here, like the rampant crank blogging that is destroying the integrity of the internet.
It depends on who your friends are...
If you have some of the same problems dealing with things as Ellen"
Let me check. Um nope. And I can dance.
Tom Cruise? "You don't know Yahoo!!!! I KNOW YAHOO!!!"
Harmless Santa Claus file? More like insubordinate Claus file.
And the real question becomes, why aren't there any hairy humapes? You know? It's like in that Britney Spears song, "Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman", but only with apes and humans and stuff. And, hey, where did woman come from? And couldn't we reverse engineer an ape-baby? You raise a good point about the rate of evolution, and how we all evolved at the same rate, but I gotta say, that ain't true. HOLLYWOOOD SQUARES, need I say more? Or, maybe we have evolved splinter groups and they wander among us. It's like that society in the Foundation. You know?
FORWARD THE FOUNDATION.
Only on Slashdot. Ooooonly on Slashdot.
Hey, you know, levitation isn't easy even for someone who does get a lot of exercise.
Ahh, the old slashdot EULA.
Nothing more, nothing less. "Even the shooting of your father was business, not personal, Sonny!"
This should read:
Or perhaps, do they just not care because idiots like me will probably continue coming here out of habit, regardless of how bad the whining and complaining is?
You mean StarWars VI is attracted to other space movies of the same gender? Maybe you're confused.