That's cool I knew it was compatable with GC controllers, but I had no idea about it being compatable with GC memory cards. Unfortunatly I didn't ever own or have a GC, but I'm certainly looking into buying the Wii as my first console since my Sega Mega Drive\Genisis (I live in the UK) aside from my DS.
Now if only somone could invent a device to allow me to transfer my saved games from my brothers PS2 to the Wii...
If it wasn't for the £500 ($800) price tag, I might consider getting one; I've had good use out of my brothers PS2, and a feature like this sounds great. I hope that Nintendo and Microsoft are watching as I havn't bought a Next-Gen console yet, and this can only be good for compitition.
Indeed, I'm also from the UK, and I can confirm that saying "the second of August" is more common than saying "August 2nd"; though "August the second" is somtimes used
Can you think of 28 languages, on the top of your head???
Yes:
English
Scots
Scottish Gaelic
Irish
Welsh
French
German
Spanish
Portugeese
Italian
Latin
Polish
Czech
Greek
Norwegian
Finnish
Swedish
Estonian
Latvian
Russian
Swahili
Arabic
Urdu
Hindi
Punjabi
Gujarati
Tamil
Bengali
Sanskrit
OK, so I included 2 dead languages, but I could go on and replace them with others; those just happen to be the first 28 off the top of my head, I have an advantage though, I live in the UK where we have English Welsh, Scots and Scottish Gaelic and Irish all spoken in various parts, plus being Europian, each country has its own language, so I just pictured a map of Europe and tried to remember the language each spoke. I just noticed on preview that I forgot Dutch and Flemmish, I hope those Belgians and Dutch will forgive me;p. Also you have to remember countries like India has around 800 languages all on it's own, with a huge numer of regonal dialects, so thinking of 28 languages wasn't that hard really.
Here in the UK it's just as (if not more) common to say: "the Second of August two thousand and six", hence we use dd/mm/yyyy. Also I'm sure you Americans say "the Fourth of July" don't you?
As a hindu with Indian origins, I can assure you that although we are "dynamic, module-based and upgradable." we are not, by any stretch of the imagination, organised.;D
Sorry, it's just that I've seen a lot of Americans seriously post similar "America isn't a democracy, it's a republic" stuff then go on to defend it when challanged. Your joke was too close to other peoples actual beliefs. Next time try a Soviet russia, Korea or other meme when trying to be funny; subtltey dosn't work well here;p
I'm in a similar position, execpt I've already jumped on the Wiiiiiiii! bandwagon. So much so I'll probably be buying one at launch (being in the UK, I'll still have feedback on how well it works before buying: from the rest of the world)
I think he's got a legitimate gripe; the person who wrote the summary foolishly assumed that most or all readers would know who Peter Moore is.
I certainly didn't know who Peter Moore was either, however the summary makes it clear he's an important person in the first sentance. To find out who he was and why he was important I read the article; IMO the OP should have done the same.
What: Have user do google search for "Peter Moore" Cost: (Submit to Google for "Peter Moore" (assuming most efficient use, i.e. not going to Google home page first) + Google Processor time to fulfill query + whole page of results transfered back + users time to actually do this)
How can a post titled "Didn't RTFA" be modded up to +5, Insightful? The moderation system is really really broken; it should be modded to "-1, go and RTFA before commenting".
Wait, this is slashdot, who am I kidding no one reads the article.
democracy Pronunciation Key (d-mkr-s)
n. pl. democracies
1. Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
2. A political or social unit that has such a government.
3. The common people, considered as the primary source of political power.
4. Majority rule.
5. The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community.
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A merger of the two: "Bobs".
That's cool I knew it was compatable with GC controllers, but I had no idea about it being compatable with GC memory cards. Unfortunatly I didn't ever own or have a GC, but I'm certainly looking into buying the Wii as my first console since my Sega Mega Drive\Genisis (I live in the UK) aside from my DS.
Now if only somone could invent a device to allow me to transfer my saved games from my brothers PS2 to the Wii...
Yeah, as a Brit I always wondered why the US constitution had to explicitly give the right to wear T-shirts; over here we take that as a given.
If it wasn't for the £500 ($800) price tag, I might consider getting one; I've had good use out of my brothers PS2, and a feature like this sounds great. I hope that Nintendo and Microsoft are watching as I havn't bought a Next-Gen console yet, and this can only be good for compitition.
Or you can do what I did to write the comment in the first place: use this firefox extention. :D
Indeed, I'm also from the UK, and I can confirm that saying "the second of August" is more common than saying "August 2nd"; though "August the second" is somtimes used
Yes:
English
Scots
Scottish Gaelic
Irish
Welsh
French
German
Spanish
Portugeese
Italian
Latin
Polish
Czech
Greek
Norwegian
Finnish
Swedish
Estonian
Latvian
Russian
Swahili
Arabic
Urdu
Hindi
Punjabi
Gujarati
Tamil
Bengali
Sanskrit
OK, so I included 2 dead languages, but I could go on and replace them with others; those just happen to be the first 28 off the top of my head, I have an advantage though, I live in the UK where we have English Welsh, Scots and Scottish Gaelic and Irish all spoken in various parts, plus being Europian, each country has its own language, so I just pictured a map of Europe and tried to remember the language each spoke. I just noticed on preview that I forgot Dutch and Flemmish, I hope those Belgians and Dutch will forgive me
Here in the UK it's just as (if not more) common to say: "the Second of August two thousand and six", hence we use dd/mm/yyyy. Also I'm sure you Americans say "the Fourth of July" don't you?
You mean like this? ;p
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As a hindu with Indian origins, I can assure you that although we are "dynamic, module-based and upgradable." we are not, by any stretch of the imagination, organised. ;D
It's been upmodded twice, so it's just you ;p
I did read the post, and IMO petrol prices are reasonable over in the USA; I don't believe that you are being screwed.
I'm not the GP, but I'd say that ovver in the states you pay a reasonable price for gas\petrol, it's here in the UK that we pay too much.
No UK magistrate would ever prosecute, as all the names come from the excellent comedy "Only fools and horses" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_Fools_and_Horses
Really? The word originates from C16 France for a reason; early terror campaigns can clearly be traced back as far as the C1 againt the Roman Empire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_terror
Why? Do they play Cricket in Massachusettes; I didn't know that you Americans played the game.
2a. Doesn't work in firefox.
Just disable Adblock and it works fine; it also burns your eyes out.
Greasemonkey and this userscript does it for me: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/3703
Sorry, it's just that I've seen a lot of Americans seriously post similar "America isn't a democracy, it's a republic" stuff then go on to defend it when challanged. Your joke was too close to other peoples actual beliefs. Next time try a Soviet russia, Korea or other meme when trying to be funny; subtltey dosn't work well here ;p
I'm in a similar position, execpt I've already jumped on the Wiiiiiiii! bandwagon. So much so I'll probably be buying one at launch (being in the UK, I'll still have feedback on how well it works before buying: from the rest of the world)
I think he's got a legitimate gripe; the person who wrote the summary foolishly assumed that most or all readers would know who Peter Moore is.
I certainly didn't know who Peter Moore was either, however the summary makes it clear he's an important person in the first sentance. To find out who he was and why he was important I read the article; IMO the OP should have done the same.
No, the Wii is not in a "different space"
;p
Well they will be; the Wiiiiiiiiiiii! will be in my living room, the other two won't.
Way that /.'ers seem to want him to do:
What: Have user do google search for "Peter Moore"
Cost: (Submit to Google for "Peter Moore" (assuming most efficient use, i.e. not going to Google home page first) + Google Processor time to fulfill query + whole page of results transfered back + users time to actually do this)
Or he could just RTFA
How can a post titled "Didn't RTFA" be modded up to +5, Insightful? The moderation system is really really broken; it should be modded to "-1, go and RTFA before commenting".
Wait, this is slashdot, who am I kidding no one reads the article.
democracy Pronunciation Key (d-mkr-s)
y
n. pl. democracies
1. Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
2. A political or social unit that has such a government.
3. The common people, considered as the primary source of political power.
4. Majority rule.
5. The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community.
from: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=democrac
I'd say the USA was a democracy under more than one of those definitions. Being a republic dosn't stop you from being a democaracy as well.