The revelation that California and the Seattle area, where most of these companies are based, tends to lean left is a complete revelation to me. You see, I have been living under a rock on a desert island for the last hundred years and didn't realize that every state in the Union was not, in fact, like my home state of Alabama. I am shocked to learn that executives from these tech companies live in a place where each public school-day DOESN'T begin with school prayer, a mandatory salute to the Confederate flag, shooting practice, and a discussion of why America would elect a satan-worshiping negro marxist as President. I had always assumed, on my desert island, that America was a homogenous place, and that no region had its own unique political leanings. Now, I know that there are actually areas in the U.S. where it's not okay to beat down anyone publicly admitting to supporting fag rights--where even *calling* someone a fag is considered somewhat offensive (even if they are). I guess I can understand these executives' leftist points of view, considering that they come from a place where it's considered impolite to burn down the houses of non-Christians. Thank you for enlightening me.
It wasn't like that before because they didn't have enough memory or storage to even have the option. Old school games also didn't have decent AI, the ability to save, and a bunch of other crap that made the games more annoying--not out of choice, but due to the limits of the technology.
You can choose now if you want the hardcore experience or the casual one--and choice is a good thing. Of course, there will always be some dick who thinks that only hardcore players should be allowed at the party. But it's probably the *only* party he's ever getting invited to.
Well, everyone knows that Halo on "Legendary" is a fucking walk in the park. That must explain why so many poseurs who call the game "easy" have never done it--because it's *so* easy that it would be an insult for them to even bother.
Yes, and it will be a rough year in prison for them. They'll have to sleep on the rough mattress of a minimum security prison, their only comfort being the knowledge that they have billions of $ waiting for them to live like kings when they get out.
The New York Police Department calls the trip a "resounding success." Though several paintings and sculptures were shot multiple times during the trip, an internal NYPD investigation has confirmed that the pieces of art were apparently reaching for weapons when they were fired upon. "Yeah, sounds like a clean kill to me," said Officer Leo Sekonsky, in reference to an incident that left Vincent van Gogh's "Self-Portrait with Straw Hat" in tatters. "That Van Gogh was definitely reaching for a knife or some shit. Ain't no one gonna say different."
If the tech community hadn't been asleep at the wheel when the WIPO Copyright Treaty was being negotiated, then we wouldn't be at this point. I remember going around to various usenet groups warning them about the provisions of this treaty and being laughed at for suggesting that it would ever be a criminal offense to mod your own hardware and crack programs.
Yeah, but you're not bypassing the real time effects of gravity by instantaneously jumping forward 30 years, now are you? Well, maybe you are. If so, Welcome To World Of Tomorrow!
The scene in Time After Time where Wells comes out of the Time Machine and the little girl says "Mommy that man just appeared in that machine!" still makes me laugh (though, in fairness, it was *supposed* to be funny).
If you travel back in time to the exact same spot, just in a different time, then (unless you're REALLY precise on the exact time of day and year), you'll most likely end up floating in space. People who make time travel movies don't seem to realize that the earth moves around its axis and around the sun. The spot I'm standing on right now will be vaccum in just a few minutes.
If Marty had went back to a different time of year without a space suit, Biff would have been the least of his worries.
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The revelation that California and the Seattle area, where most of these companies are based, tends to lean left is a complete revelation to me. You see, I have been living under a rock on a desert island for the last hundred years and didn't realize that every state in the Union was not, in fact, like my home state of Alabama. I am shocked to learn that executives from these tech companies live in a place where each public school-day DOESN'T begin with school prayer, a mandatory salute to the Confederate flag, shooting practice, and a discussion of why America would elect a satan-worshiping negro marxist as President. I had always assumed, on my desert island, that America was a homogenous place, and that no region had its own unique political leanings. Now, I know that there are actually areas in the U.S. where it's not okay to beat down anyone publicly admitting to supporting fag rights--where even *calling* someone a fag is considered somewhat offensive (even if they are). I guess I can understand these executives' leftist points of view, considering that they come from a place where it's considered impolite to burn down the houses of non-Christians. Thank you for enlightening me.
The DOS era was for pussies. The arcade era was the REAL heyday of gaming. It was also, completely coincidentally, when I was young.
It wasn't like that before because they didn't have enough memory or storage to even have the option. Old school games also didn't have decent AI, the ability to save, and a bunch of other crap that made the games more annoying--not out of choice, but due to the limits of the technology.
You can choose now if you want the hardcore experience or the casual one--and choice is a good thing. Of course, there will always be some dick who thinks that only hardcore players should be allowed at the party. But it's probably the *only* party he's ever getting invited to.
Obviously, you've never beaten Desert Bus. Now *there* is an accomplishment!
At least games today *HAVE* AI. Back in the day, the only AI that enemies had was "run directly towards the player shooting."
Well, everyone knows that Halo on "Legendary" is a fucking walk in the park. That must explain why so many poseurs who call the game "easy" have never done it--because it's *so* easy that it would be an insult for them to even bother.
When I was young, everything was better. Today, everything is worse.
Sincerely,
Every Generation Since the Dawn of Time.
Yes, and it will be a rough year in prison for them. They'll have to sleep on the rough mattress of a minimum security prison, their only comfort being the knowledge that they have billions of $ waiting for them to live like kings when they get out.
The New York Police Department calls the trip a "resounding success." Though several paintings and sculptures were shot multiple times during the trip, an internal NYPD investigation has confirmed that the pieces of art were apparently reaching for weapons when they were fired upon. "Yeah, sounds like a clean kill to me," said Officer Leo Sekonsky, in reference to an incident that left Vincent van Gogh's "Self-Portrait with Straw Hat" in tatters. "That Van Gogh was definitely reaching for a knife or some shit. Ain't no one gonna say different."
The hell you say!
Obviously, he's not thinking. You should emphatically remind him to do that.
If the tech community hadn't been asleep at the wheel when the WIPO Copyright Treaty was being negotiated, then we wouldn't be at this point. I remember going around to various usenet groups warning them about the provisions of this treaty and being laughed at for suggesting that it would ever be a criminal offense to mod your own hardware and crack programs.
Yes, because ethnic cleansing never comes back and bites anyone on the ass.
What, you got a problem coming into my unmarked van and stripping so I can scan you?
Yeah, but you're not bypassing the real time effects of gravity by instantaneously jumping forward 30 years, now are you? Well, maybe you are. If so, Welcome To World Of Tomorrow!
IIRC, wasn't Doc about to jump 30 years in the future right before the Libyans showed up?
The scene in Time After Time where Wells comes out of the Time Machine and the little girl says "Mommy that man just appeared in that machine!" still makes me laugh (though, in fairness, it was *supposed* to be funny).
Beats the hell out of their Hamm's Hippopotamus release.
Good luck! And don't kill Hitler (yeah it *sounds* good, but trust me, it's bad news in the end).
I still remember their ad slogan: "Buy Delorean, Because You Can't Spend *All* Your Money On Cocaine.
In reference to Einstein's dead body, of course.
Yet not smart enough to *require* enough plutonium in the chamber for a return trip.
I picture a lone Delorean, forever floating through empty space at 88 miles per hour.
If you travel back in time to the exact same spot, just in a different time, then (unless you're REALLY precise on the exact time of day and year), you'll most likely end up floating in space. People who make time travel movies don't seem to realize that the earth moves around its axis and around the sun. The spot I'm standing on right now will be vaccum in just a few minutes.
If Marty had went back to a different time of year without a space suit, Biff would have been the least of his worries.
They've done it before (with the Scientologists).