Heck, sometimes I can't even play games that are from this decade, or they want me to have a specific set of video drivers.
So, given that I've got some Apple II+ computers sitting in my garage with floppy disks that are probably melted to goo now, I'd guess that the chance that any game from today will exist 500 years from now is close to nil.
of course, most movies won't be around then either.
Hmm. If I were them, I'd have a Wise and Cunning Plan to release after Sony releases the PS3 (which is probably October at the latest), let the bloom die a bit off the rose, and then release in the US on November 1, enough time before Christmas but able to avoid the "oh, yeah, Nintendo announced today as well, but let's just talk about Sony's new PS3".
1. surgical severing - in the real world, it's more likely blunt force trauma or an infectious jagged part of a car stuck in your brain.
2. hamsters are not human - mind you, experimenting on hamsters is probably a better idea than experimenting on humans.
3. for all we know, it's just sticky factor regluing it together.
4. initial studies, until replicated with sufficient controls more than once with similar results, are just that - initial studies. wait until we get larger amounts of data before Worshipping Our Split-Brain Hamster Overlords.
Um, wait, ok, you can Worship Our Split-Brain Hamster Overlords now. Who am I to stop you...
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Actually, that would be a clever little joke on the creator's part. Perhaps include a "-dogma" commandline switch that does just that. If they really wanted to get some reactionary types mad, they could even include various modes for all of the crazy creation myths from various world religions.
I for one am looking forward to the -noodly version, where Pirate Fish roam the seas, preventing Global Warming, as our Great Noodly One, the Flying Spaghetti Monster invisibly floats overhead.
so long as all the blogs and media outlets are talking about Sony, talking about Blu-Ray, and talking about the really cool games that are coming with the PS3, they keep you from wanting to buy an xBox360.
Most people I know are waiting until all the consoles are released before they buy, and I live in xBox360 central (Seattle), so you know it's working.
While he may think he has a point, the Net has no love for frequently wrong newspapers, or even frequently wrong media such as TV, except where it's either:
a. funny - which his tend not to be; b. satirical - which on a good day his aren't; c. supported by someone with too much money for feeding the incurious public what large corporate greedheads want them to think unquestioningly.
um. oh. darn. I guess his media might survive, as they meet (c) and thus can continue to exist due to financial support they wouldn't otherwise qualify for.
Which leads me to ask: What is the sound of One Blog Posting?
in Tokyo, where they will announce actual features in a preview.
Given that, I'm not that interested in all these rumors. And I'm not going to line up for 24 hours to get a DS Lite in Bright White either.
So, downloading PS or PS2 games over the Net... sounds good, but for how much? Do we have to have an account that has a monthly charge to do that, or can any PS3 owner do it? What if it takes a long time and dies part way thru?
Islam only refined them, popularized them, and maintained the knowledge.
Or let's look at the invention of the Zero, which is actually an Indian invention (as in India), and is documented in their ancient texts.
We in the West pay more attention to where we got it from, not from where it originated. Possibly because we are too lazy to actually do the research required.
nope, that's for people in Fremont, the fun part of Seattle, where they are buying a property about a block from my house, near the Fremont Fire Circle.
pay no attention to the marketing folks, they aren't of concern.
It was on one of the Microsoft blogs today. With a news item in the business pages of the soon to be web-only Seattle PI.
* Bizarre definition of 'headshots' - sometimes I could hit a guy five or six times in the face with an M-16 from close range, and he'd just shrug it off rather than dying.
People don't always die from M16 headshots. Now, use something heavier, like an FN, and there's no question. But it's quite possible if you don't get the target right, that a headshot wouldn't stop them.
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Thank god I've got an xBox. I'm looking forward to trying out some of the weapons I've used in real life, to see how good a job they did. Hope they have some of the FN series...
I'm sorry, that trademark was registered by me in 1980. please desist from using it, or under DRM, I'll have to take possession of your dream home and have you pay for my lawyer to replace it with a substandard lot on a garbage dump.
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Heck, sometimes I can't even play games that are from this decade, or they want me to have a specific set of video drivers.
So, given that I've got some Apple II+ computers sitting in my garage with floppy disks that are probably melted to goo now, I'd guess that the chance that any game from today will exist 500 years from now is close to nil.
of course, most movies won't be around then either.
1. Will they launch first in Japan or the U.S.?
2. Will they miss Christmas in the U.S.?
Hmm. If I were them, I'd have a Wise and Cunning Plan to release after Sony releases the PS3 (which is probably October at the latest), let the bloom die a bit off the rose, and then release in the US on November 1, enough time before Christmas but able to avoid the "oh, yeah, Nintendo announced today as well, but let's just talk about Sony's new PS3".
Have you seen the world-destroying violence the Spore video shows?
Well, actually that was Will Wright doing the world-destroying.
And they fired first!
Maybe cheat codes like Flying Spaghetti Monster and Pastafarian ? ;)
I think you mean using -pasta when you start it.
Just rememember, He is Invisible. And Flying. And Noodly.
mess with their evolutionary tracks, develop bigger brains, evolve their civilization, and buy a Giant Flying Saucer so you can Explore even more.
The video was very cool.
I for one, welcome our new world-killer bomb-dropping, species-mixing, world-transforming, spore-developed Overlords!
Why o why did they have to use HAMSTERS??
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Because they figured you'd pay more attention if they used Hamsters.
No go turn off the reality show about Geeks you're watching, and watch some scientific programming for a change
1. surgical severing - in the real world, it's more likely blunt force trauma or an infectious jagged part of a car stuck in your brain.
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2. hamsters are not human - mind you, experimenting on hamsters is probably a better idea than experimenting on humans.
3. for all we know, it's just sticky factor regluing it together.
4. initial studies, until replicated with sufficient controls more than once with similar results, are just that - initial studies. wait until we get larger amounts of data before Worshipping Our Split-Brain Hamster Overlords.
Um, wait, ok, you can Worship Our Split-Brain Hamster Overlords now. Who am I to stop you
makes gold farming a waste of time, IMHO.
Actually, that would be a clever little joke on the creator's part. Perhaps include a "-dogma" commandline switch that does just that. If they really wanted to get some reactionary types mad, they could even include various modes for all of the crazy creation myths from various world religions.
I for one am looking forward to the -noodly version, where Pirate Fish roam the seas, preventing Global Warming, as our Great Noodly One, the Flying Spaghetti Monster invisibly floats overhead.
My catma ate your dogma. Yum!
so long as all the blogs and media outlets are talking about Sony, talking about Blu-Ray, and talking about the really cool games that are coming with the PS3, they keep you from wanting to buy an xBox360.
Most people I know are waiting until all the consoles are released before they buy, and I live in xBox360 central (Seattle), so you know it's working.
Today he was planning a new recycling business.
fairly quickly, no matter how young his wife is.
While he may think he has a point, the Net has no love for frequently wrong newspapers, or even frequently wrong media such as TV, except where it's either:
a. funny - which his tend not to be;
b. satirical - which on a good day his aren't;
c. supported by someone with too much money for feeding the incurious public what large corporate greedheads want them to think unquestioningly.
um. oh. darn. I guess his media might survive, as they meet (c) and thus can continue to exist due to financial support they wouldn't otherwise qualify for.
Which leads me to ask: What is the sound of One Blog Posting?
in Tokyo, where they will announce actual features in a preview.
... sounds good, but for how much? Do we have to have an account that has a monthly charge to do that, or can any PS3 owner do it? What if it takes a long time and dies part way thru?
Given that, I'm not that interested in all these rumors. And I'm not going to line up for 24 hours to get a DS Lite in Bright White either.
So, downloading PS or PS2 games over the Net
> How much ($ per title) are DS games in your corner of the world folks?
DS Games are free in Soviet Amerika, but you have to line up for days to get them, comrade.
You can get them in any color you want, so long as they're Bush Red.
Islam only refined them, popularized them, and maintained the knowledge.
Or let's look at the invention of the Zero, which is actually an Indian invention (as in India), and is documented in their ancient texts.
We in the West pay more attention to where we got it from, not from where it originated. Possibly because we are too lazy to actually do the research required.
actually, anywhere beyond 100 meters, the bullet tumble will normally result in a wound, not a kill.
And a neck, ear, or side wound, given the inaccuracy of the weapon, won't take you down all the time.
nope, that's for people in Fremont, the fun part of Seattle, where they are buying a property about a block from my house, near the Fremont Fire Circle.
pay no attention to the marketing folks, they aren't of concern.
It was on one of the Microsoft blogs today. With a news item in the business pages of the soon to be web-only Seattle PI.
oh wait, MSFT says it's a feature.
... that or a mortuary chain doing business in areas with xBox360 high sales.
never mind.
Sigh.
Note: please do not immerse your xBox360 in water. While it will cool it down, it will also result in you either:
a. dying;
b. getting a really big shock and wish you had died; or
c. having a totally useless xBox360 better used as a paperweight.
Hmmm. Maybe I should invest in a large ungainly paperweight company
why not Dance Two The Revolution? D2TR
* Bizarre definition of 'headshots' - sometimes I could hit a guy five or six times in the face with an M-16 from close range, and he'd just shrug it off rather than dying.
People don't always die from M16 headshots. Now, use something heavier, like an FN, and there's no question. But it's quite possible if you don't get the target right, that a headshot wouldn't stop them.
Thank god I've got an xBox. I'm looking forward to trying out some of the weapons I've used in real life, to see how good a job they did. Hope they have some of the FN series ...
when I get my copy, I'm gonna crank my Pearl Jam CD up to 11 and play Black on my speakers while I blow away all the opposition.
I don't like FPS, but this one sounds FUN!
I'm sorry, that trademark was registered by me in 1980. please desist from using it, or under DRM, I'll have to take possession of your dream home and have you pay for my lawyer to replace it with a substandard lot on a garbage dump.
given that global warming will cause many to disappear, and that the resulting ice age will make such warm properties to be very disirable.
Oh, with beautiful women, natch.
my son uses my old PalmPilot and his USB MP3/FM/voicerecorder for stuff like that