On the contrary, much of my grief comes from over-writing save games. Chrono Trigger...Secret of Mana...Pokemon Emerald...Final Fantasy Tactics...all horrible, horrible repressed memories.
Still, the save-game mechanism is an archaic one, and I agree that it should be left by the wayside.
I know you jest, but I find the linked ABC article more disturbing - half of it doesn't even talk about the game, but about how evil videogames like Halo and Grand Theft Auto have deteriorated public trust in the medium. I could have honestly used a more thorough review of the game in question instead of more meandering over media-generated FUD.
What are processor-hours, exactly? I don't think it's utilization of the supercomputer for x-amount of hours, since that would mean they've booked the computer for almost 42 years.
Wouldn't you want shorter lifespans for an increased rate of evolution? Then you would need to put them into an environment in which cunning and brute mammalian dominance traits are selected for.
I can't tell if this is actually an obscure reference to something or if there are just a lot of grammar school dropouts having a field day with verb tenses in here
surely this is some sick English professor's vision of Hell
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I wonder if you could've independently achieved the same results if you had started your breeding program back in '92.
I'm thinking 3D displays might be useful with something like the Nintendo Wii controller. You know, a controller with something representative of the z-plane?
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On the contrary, much of my grief comes from over-writing save games. Chrono Trigger...Secret of Mana...Pokemon Emerald...Final Fantasy Tactics...all horrible, horrible repressed memories. Still, the save-game mechanism is an archaic one, and I agree that it should be left by the wayside.
I think you are thinking of this.
...why would you choose to reply to Google Notebook?
...and a year later, the world ends.
Awesome Bar + synced history = Awesome Everywhere?
I know you jest, but I find the linked ABC article more disturbing - half of it doesn't even talk about the game, but about how evil videogames like Halo and Grand Theft Auto have deteriorated public trust in the medium. I could have honestly used a more thorough review of the game in question instead of more meandering over media-generated FUD.
Living forever does really seem possible...but why is everyone so hung up on preserving their bodies?
You forgot by choice.
What are processor-hours, exactly? I don't think it's utilization of the supercomputer for x-amount of hours, since that would mean they've booked the computer for almost 42 years.
Tuataras are similarly unchanging throughout the years, but they're evolving faster than most other animals.
Wouldn't you want shorter lifespans for an increased rate of evolution? Then you would need to put them into an environment in which cunning and brute mammalian dominance traits are selected for.
...Upper management?
...Anyone else read "columnist" as "Communist"? I just got back from the article about China's Disneyland.
"Because security's too difficult..."
I ain't free to intellectualate until my woman makes me a sammich.
I can't tell if this is actually an obscure reference to something or if there are just a lot of grammar school dropouts having a field day with verb tenses in here
surely this is some sick English professor's vision of Hell
I wonder if you could've independently achieved the same results if you had started your breeding program back in '92.
As a last resort, invoke Godwin's Law
I know they say security through obscurity doesn't work, but...
...shhhh!
Unless you're talking about the Wiimote, that is.
God forbid they offer Driver's Education
I'm thinking 3D displays might be useful with something like the Nintendo Wii controller. You know, a controller with something representative of the z-plane?
Who's to say portals can't let people find what they are looking for quickly?
I wouldn't trust anything that awards McAfee an "Advanced +" certification
Things like "surprise sex" and "self-serve car rentals" have both been around for a while.
And then there's Chinatown.
*hides*
I only read the first sentence of your post, but...
...please, God, please, oh God, please...