A wizard wheeze would be to flag pictures of landscapes and kittens - let's give them something nice to view for a change instead of the facebook equivalent of rottencom?
exactly. if you want to get fit then the Wii Fit is a means to an end therefore you would put effort in to the games. If you wanted to play around then just sit down and wave the controller around.
It's not a question of the system let's you cheat but more of if the individual actually wants to get fit/lose weight.
my gf and I have the wii plus fitboard and dance and we really get in to it. My heart-rate-monitor tells me I have increased heart-rate and am burning calories.
Now get up off that couch and shake it baby.
Adobe were losing their grip on the online web-based gaming world along comes this news.
I'm looking forward to seeing how this pans out. Perhaps a time when games become software-as-a-service and run in the 'cloud'.
to my dream of being a space handyman. Free optic washing with every tankful.
The life of a space cowboy for me. The littlest hohouse on Venus and all that malarky.
I splashed out on a Sony PRS505 about 18 months ago and am very pleased with it. Yeah the menus can be sluggish but once you're into a book then it hardly matters. The most important factors were screen readability and eyestrain. I can read the Sony for hours and it's just the same as a physical book. Plus I've stuffed two complete Open University courses on an sdcard and so I can have them on-tap. Very cool.
Yeah I know others are better/worse/different but the 505 suits my needs and that's all I'm worried about:-)
I sneezed and a team of STS (Special Tissue Services) operatives rappelled down and entered through the window feet first to present a tissue and a squirt of antibacterial hand foam.
When they clocked the pepper pot and my cheese bagel much hilarity ensued.
He had a cunning plan: Stick the dead salmon up a nostril then stick his head into the fMRI machine. That way the results would be skewed and somehow that'll benefit Blackadder and at the same time annoy the Queen to produce a humourous situation where Blackadder has to explain the salmon away to avoid being beheaded.
OpenBlackadder anyone?:-)
Ray Maguire is correct - this was a complete waste of licence-payers money especially the PRAT stunt. Instead of presenting the facts in a fair way Watchdog chose to do a clown show.
I hear the bottom of the barrel being scraped. (again)
One of the the most awesome statements I have heard for a long time. Churning out music-factory crap is surely unsustainable. I've wondered for a long time when we are going to have a group like Pink Floyd that are able to put out landmark concept albums or The Who that have the creativity for rock-opera like Tommy or Quadrophenia. Heck, now I'm showing my age, but all we seem to get is endless R&B and pop formulaic music - and some people love that stuff - I respect the fact not everyone has the same tastes, but there used to be a random music generator that put out some better tunes than what comes out in the charts now.
I've been there a few times. It's so sad that our government do not credit this place with the importance that it deserves. WWII would have lasted longer and many more lives lost without Bletchley Park - surely that's worth investment?
The people there as so dedicated and the exhibits so fascinating I would hate for this to go.
The Labour Party should be ashamed of themselves.
I personally have donated and buy year season tickets in order to help out. If I had spare time I would volunteer my time and IT expertise FOC.
And yet they seem to have no problem in paying for MP's moats, duck houses, overpriced furniture etc etc etc - talk about priorites.
I've finished now.
As a Sony owner I feel obliged to point out that PDF's on the eReader work best when the orientation changes. I have a lot of my university course material in PDF format and they look tiny when using standard portrait but use landscape and it's very readable. Granted, you only see half a page at a time but I'm carrying 35 course books in one unit so very very convienient.
I was thinking the same thing. To the rock we could be just flashes of light as the rock experiences time over what could be centuries to our seconds.
Makes me think about those moving rocks in Death Valley - ok it was found to be weather related but hey?
You've hit the nail squarely on the head there Vishbar. Here is a cost effective desktop served on a plate with a side order of support from a long established company. It makes a lot of sense from many perspectives to many companies who don't want to be beholding to Microsoft or who cannot believe the price of Vista + Office Business.
Don't get me wrong I'm not anti-MS by any means however I do believe in healthy competition.
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A wizard wheeze would be to flag pictures of landscapes and kittens - let's give them something nice to view for a change instead of the facebook equivalent of rottencom?
exactly. if you want to get fit then the Wii Fit is a means to an end therefore you would put effort in to the games. If you wanted to play around then just sit down and wave the controller around. It's not a question of the system let's you cheat but more of if the individual actually wants to get fit/lose weight. my gf and I have the wii plus fitboard and dance and we really get in to it. My heart-rate-monitor tells me I have increased heart-rate and am burning calories. Now get up off that couch and shake it baby.
Adobe were losing their grip on the online web-based gaming world along comes this news. I'm looking forward to seeing how this pans out. Perhaps a time when games become software-as-a-service and run in the 'cloud'.
yay! more data for the SETI mesh to chew on.
to my dream of being a space handyman. Free optic washing with every tankful. The life of a space cowboy for me. The littlest hohouse on Venus and all that malarky.
Yeah I did but all he wanted to talk about was penises and overweight bald guys so I stopped it.
I splashed out on a Sony PRS505 about 18 months ago and am very pleased with it. Yeah the menus can be sluggish but once you're into a book then it hardly matters. The most important factors were screen readability and eyestrain. I can read the Sony for hours and it's just the same as a physical book. Plus I've stuffed two complete Open University courses on an sdcard and so I can have them on-tap. Very cool. Yeah I know others are better/worse/different but the 505 suits my needs and that's all I'm worried about :-)
You get a lunch break?!
on the other hand they might like a bit of shaking the old pon-poms - could run both ways!
Not goodbye PDP-11, merely au revoir since I shall see you again in emulator heaven.
I'm OK then, my power button is beige.
I sneezed and a team of STS (Special Tissue Services) operatives rappelled down and entered through the window feet first to present a tissue and a squirt of antibacterial hand foam. When they clocked the pepper pot and my cheese bagel much hilarity ensued.
Only Slashdotters put 'Seriously, look it up' in brackets (Seriously, look it up).
He had a cunning plan: Stick the dead salmon up a nostril then stick his head into the fMRI machine. That way the results would be skewed and somehow that'll benefit Blackadder and at the same time annoy the Queen to produce a humourous situation where Blackadder has to explain the salmon away to avoid being beheaded. OpenBlackadder anyone? :-)
Ray Maguire is correct - this was a complete waste of licence-payers money especially the PRAT stunt. Instead of presenting the facts in a fair way Watchdog chose to do a clown show. I hear the bottom of the barrel being scraped. (again)
maaan you made me laugh out loud at work with that one.
One of the the most awesome statements I have heard for a long time. Churning out music-factory crap is surely unsustainable. I've wondered for a long time when we are going to have a group like Pink Floyd that are able to put out landmark concept albums or The Who that have the creativity for rock-opera like Tommy or Quadrophenia. Heck, now I'm showing my age, but all we seem to get is endless R&B and pop formulaic music - and some people love that stuff - I respect the fact not everyone has the same tastes, but there used to be a random music generator that put out some better tunes than what comes out in the charts now.
I've been there a few times. It's so sad that our government do not credit this place with the importance that it deserves. WWII would have lasted longer and many more lives lost without Bletchley Park - surely that's worth investment? The people there as so dedicated and the exhibits so fascinating I would hate for this to go. The Labour Party should be ashamed of themselves. I personally have donated and buy year season tickets in order to help out. If I had spare time I would volunteer my time and IT expertise FOC. And yet they seem to have no problem in paying for MP's moats, duck houses, overpriced furniture etc etc etc - talk about priorites. I've finished now.
As a Sony owner I feel obliged to point out that PDF's on the eReader work best when the orientation changes. I have a lot of my university course material in PDF format and they look tiny when using standard portrait but use landscape and it's very readable. Granted, you only see half a page at a time but I'm carrying 35 course books in one unit so very very convienient.
Please let this be the start of a new Floyd lyrics meme.
I was thinking the same thing. To the rock we could be just flashes of light as the rock experiences time over what could be centuries to our seconds. Makes me think about those moving rocks in Death Valley - ok it was found to be weather related but hey?
DRM free or not it's still rubbish music - who cares either way?
oh I didn't want NEW FEATURES to Ctrl+Tab, the old way worked JUST FINE.
ctrl-tab is a feature I use often flicking between tabs. Now there's a usability bug as far as I'm concerned.
You've hit the nail squarely on the head there Vishbar. Here is a cost effective desktop served on a plate with a side order of support from a long established company. It makes a lot of sense from many perspectives to many companies who don't want to be beholding to Microsoft or who cannot believe the price of Vista + Office Business. Don't get me wrong I'm not anti-MS by any means however I do believe in healthy competition.