Remember how every cell phone in The Matrix was Nokia, or the extreme close-up on the Dr. Pepper can when Peter Parker was practicing web shooting in Spider-Man?
Actually, I don't remember those at all. I guess product placement works better on you than it does on me. Thank god.
Although I think Enterprise was a bad example, I agree with the poster. If I were a Nielsen household, I would have seriously rigged it with a timer for all geek-friendly shows.
Why don't you just sign up for the B&N class?! That's what it's there for. There are lots of internet resources for finding other players, but a good place to start would be to join the RPGA. You could also inquire at the local game shop if they sell D&D stuff.
True, but above-zero temperatures is one of the biggest problems with skiing conditions in Europe these years. I've frequently experienced both rain and snow-melt while on vacation there. So if the temperature is more consistently below zero, that might make up for less precipitation. Besides, even if it snows less, artificial snow could make up for that, but there's no technology that can compensate for melting temperatures.
I think I explained it quite clearly. Movies are not interactive. Video games are. Something that is interactive is more "intense" than something that is passive. So interactive violence is more intense than passive violence. The more intensive the violence, the more psychologically damaging it is.
After I play a racing game, I get an adrenaline rush that makes me want to race a real car. Fortunately, I'm a mature adult, and I can easily overcome this rush. But children typically aren't as strong-willed as adults, so their exposure to such influences needs to be limited. That's one of the jobs of a parent, but it still should be done.
The fact that games are more interactive is what makes them less harmful than movies or books.
I don't know how you can say that. Violence is harmful, both to the victim (physically) and the perpetrator (psychologically). The more interactive the violence, the more "real" it is, and therefore it has a greater impact on the perpetrator.
Moving an analog stick and pressing a button does not generally emulate what would actually need to be done to carry out an act of violence.
You're kidding, right? What do you think a gun is? It's a stick with a button! You aim the stick at your target, and you push the button to fire it.
I understand and agree with your point, but technically movies, books, and magazines are not as harmful as video games because games are interactive. There's a huge difference between sitting back and watching/reading something violent, and actively controlling the violence yourself. I'm so surprised so few people here realize that.
If I had to choose between Microsoft and Sony (as this article implies), I'd go with Microsoft. I think Sony is much worse than Microsoft, in terms of how the companies treat their customers.
I'll probably buy an Xbox 360 some time next year, but I am never going to buy another Sony product again.
First of all, it's quite possible to brew coffee without heat. This is how I brew my coffee. It's more convenient and much tastier than instant coffee.
Second, even if you brew your coffee with boiling water, you're not supposed to serve it that way. Only a moron would think that giving a cup of boiling water to a person in a car is a good idea.
You might say that I should expect McDonalds to serve my coffee that hot, because that's what they've been doing. I disagree. It is not reasonable to expect a restaurant to serve me boiling hot coffee, especially if I'm in a car. Like another poster said, McDonalds' coffee was 40 degrees hotter than other restaurants' coffee.
Instead of wasting time with backwards compatibility that apparently isn't good enough, MS should have just made an audio/video cable pass-thru connector on the Xbox 360. That way, you connect your Xbox to your 360, and whenever the Xbox is on, the 360 will just pass the audio and video signal through itself and on to your A/V equipment.
Fortunately for me, I don't need to do this, as my receiver has enough switchable A/V inputs for both my Xbox and a new Xbox 360.
Some company needs to invent a box that can do this. This box would take the A/V signal from both the Xbox and an Xbox 360, and then it would automatically switch between the two. The output would be whatever the Xbox 360 normally outputs, so you could use any Xbox 360 A/V cables you wanted.
The problem with your idea is that there are WAY too many people out there who would be willing to share your work at no profit to them. What if I take a copy of that book you wrote and put it on my web site, and just let people download it for free? I already pay for the bandwith, so it doesn't matter if 10,000 people download it. That's 10,000 people who would have paid for your book but didn't.
So you're saying that the solution to being able to play online when you're not that good is to become good? That's a stupid answer! What if I don't have the time or energy to practice the game that much? What if I'm just not capable of becoming that good, no matter how much I practice?
The whole point behind the TrueSkill system to is allow to accurately match up people by skill level, and that obviously includes people of low skill. You're so-called "solution" is really just ignoring the problem! No thanks, buddy.
I'll believe this method works if I can join a Halo 3 game as a level 1 player and not have my ass kicked. As it is today, if a new Halo 2 player joins an online game, he will be destroyed by the other players regardless of what their ranks are.
It's been a while since I've worked on Windows drivers, but I believe certification also means that the driver has passed Microsoft's very rigorous driver tests. This test suite is much more thorough than anything a Linux driver has been through.
it's almost as if you have to have a little community of fellow geeks willing to play online to really get much out of the system.
As someone with an Xbox and Xbox Live, I have to agree with this statement. Half the Xbox owners that I know don't go online, which is a real bummer for me because I don't like to play with people I don't know. The irony is that Xbox Live is a huge part of what makes the Xbox so great (IMHO).
When designing a system, you need to keep your customers in mind. That's just good engineering. If I go to home depot looking for a power tool, I choose the one that I like the most because I'm the only one who's going to use it.
Similarly, in our house, both my wife and I are the "customers" when it comes to TV hardware selection. People make a big deal about the WAF because it's expected that the husband can will put up with any crappy interface, as long as it works or it's cheap. For some people, that's true, but not for me. Yes, I'm better at figuring out complicated UIs than my wife is, but so what? I won't tolerate a bad UI any more than she will. Just because I *can* figure out a bad UI doesn't mean that I will.
Anyway, I'm not really sure what point I'm trying to make here, but I just wanted to add my 2 cents.
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Actually, I don't remember those at all. I guess product placement works better on you than it does on me. Thank god.
Although I think Enterprise was a bad example, I agree with the poster. If I were a Nielsen household, I would have seriously rigged it with a timer for all geek-friendly shows.
Why don't you just sign up for the B&N class?! That's what it's there for. There are lots of internet resources for finding other players, but a good place to start would be to join the RPGA. You could also inquire at the local game shop if they sell D&D stuff.
True, but above-zero temperatures is one of the biggest problems with skiing conditions in Europe these years. I've frequently experienced both rain and snow-melt while on vacation there. So if the temperature is more consistently below zero, that might make up for less precipitation. Besides, even if it snows less, artificial snow could make up for that, but there's no technology that can compensate for melting temperatures.
I was about to the same thing. In all seriousness, can anyone validate this idea? Will there really be more snow in Europe?
After I play a racing game, I get an adrenaline rush that makes me want to race a real car. Fortunately, I'm a mature adult, and I can easily overcome this rush. But children typically aren't as strong-willed as adults, so their exposure to such influences needs to be limited. That's one of the jobs of a parent, but it still should be done.
I don't know how you can say that. Violence is harmful, both to the victim (physically) and the perpetrator (psychologically). The more interactive the violence, the more "real" it is, and therefore it has a greater impact on the perpetrator.
Moving an analog stick and pressing a button does not generally emulate what would actually need to be done to carry out an act of violence.
You're kidding, right? What do you think a gun is? It's a stick with a button! You aim the stick at your target, and you push the button to fire it.
I understand and agree with your point, but technically movies, books, and magazines are not as harmful as video games because games are interactive. There's a huge difference between sitting back and watching/reading something violent, and actively controlling the violence yourself. I'm so surprised so few people here realize that.
When teens loiter in front of a store, they are the ones showing contempt.
Tackhead specifically asked, "Who are these people"? I didn't see an answer to that question in the reply.
The part where one of them gets pregnant, even though neither of them are capable of supporting the child, or themselves.
I'll probably buy an Xbox 360 some time next year, but I am never going to buy another Sony product again.
Second, even if you brew your coffee with boiling water, you're not supposed to serve it that way. Only a moron would think that giving a cup of boiling water to a person in a car is a good idea.
You might say that I should expect McDonalds to serve my coffee that hot, because that's what they've been doing. I disagree. It is not reasonable to expect a restaurant to serve me boiling hot coffee, especially if I'm in a car. Like another poster said, McDonalds' coffee was 40 degrees hotter than other restaurants' coffee.
You have "component" and "composite" backwards.
Anyone know where I can get this outlet? Google reveals nothing.
Fortunately for me, I don't need to do this, as my receiver has enough switchable A/V inputs for both my Xbox and a new Xbox 360.
Some company needs to invent a box that can do this. This box would take the A/V signal from both the Xbox and an Xbox 360, and then it would automatically switch between the two. The output would be whatever the Xbox 360 normally outputs, so you could use any Xbox 360 A/V cables you wanted.
The problem with your idea is that there are WAY too many people out there who would be willing to share your work at no profit to them. What if I take a copy of that book you wrote and put it on my web site, and just let people download it for free? I already pay for the bandwith, so it doesn't matter if 10,000 people download it. That's 10,000 people who would have paid for your book but didn't.
The whole point behind the TrueSkill system to is allow to accurately match up people by skill level, and that obviously includes people of low skill. You're so-called "solution" is really just ignoring the problem! No thanks, buddy.
I'll believe this method works if I can join a Halo 3 game as a level 1 player and not have my ass kicked. As it is today, if a new Halo 2 player joins an online game, he will be destroyed by the other players regardless of what their ranks are.
It's been a while since I've worked on Windows drivers, but I believe certification also means that the driver has passed Microsoft's very rigorous driver tests. This test suite is much more thorough than anything a Linux driver has been through.
As someone with an Xbox and Xbox Live, I have to agree with this statement. Half the Xbox owners that I know don't go online, which is a real bummer for me because I don't like to play with people I don't know. The irony is that Xbox Live is a huge part of what makes the Xbox so great (IMHO).
Video cameras can't count cars. A device which detects cell phones can.
Because forking is more work than not forking.
Similarly, in our house, both my wife and I are the "customers" when it comes to TV hardware selection. People make a big deal about the WAF because it's expected that the husband can will put up with any crappy interface, as long as it works or it's cheap. For some people, that's true, but not for me. Yes, I'm better at figuring out complicated UIs than my wife is, but so what? I won't tolerate a bad UI any more than she will. Just because I *can* figure out a bad UI doesn't mean that I will.
Anyway, I'm not really sure what point I'm trying to make here, but I just wanted to add my 2 cents.
Not everyone has the luxury of being able to get a new job without moving at any instant.