While I understand your opinion (it's nice to at least have something to read while the game installs), I assume you're not someone who buys a lot of games. I mean ~20 a year. My flatmate got close to that last year and the number of game boxes in his room, even those "space-saving" DVD cases, is crazy. I am personally running out of space on my shelves for game boxes and once I buy the game I shelve the box and never think about it again. I bought HL2 through Steam and haven't had a single problem with it, though I know many have unfortunately. Once the industry adopts some sort of standard practice with online distribution I think people will have a lot less problem with the idea. And I can use my shelves for things like books again:D
I pay £10.50 a month for my BT phone line. I also get 2Mb ADSL (limited to 30Gb!) from BT which costs me ~£30 a month. Suffice to say I'll be taking Be up on their offer if it comes to my city any time soon.
Troll?...does someone not even have a sense of humour? It wasn't directed at anyone, it was just a comment which I thought was amusing. If you don't find something funny then don't mod but...TROLL?
Perhaps there is some selective reporting here, but I've known a few short (I'm talking shorter than your 5'7" here) who have been real dickheads and started fights for no reason. You know the type, the kid at school who bullies people just 'cos he's short.
Read Of Mice and Men? The name escapes me but the "bad guy" in that book is a little guy with ginger hair who hates everyone else because he's so small. Good read too.
Surely it's inversely proportional. The smaller their penis the more they think they have to spend to be cool. Like short guys who are always starting fights!
Well the intro of the pdf is fascinating but I honestly can't understand the diagrams. Any chance you could give us a simple explanation of how the Launch Loops works?
Build it in Scotland. We could use the tourism and both Americans and Chinese people love visiting here anyway.
I'd just laugh if the country that actually built it was Costa Rica or somewhere and told everyone else to fuck off.
Ever since I read the last chapter of The Science of the Discworld I've been interested in Space Elevators and have watched/. for stories about them. I think the main reason people seem wary of really going for the idea (apart from the large technological research that would be required to make it work) is a feeling of "This is a little too sci-fi for real life", which is understandable considering Arthur C Clark wrote about space elevators in his novels decades ago.
But this is a real concept that could make space exploration and travel a very accessible, and perhaps most importantly cheaper. Instead of spending gazzillions of dollars on blasting ships off our planet laden with expensive fuel we can launch them from a "platform" above the atmosphere where the energy required to escape the Earth's orbit is a fraction of that required to do it from the planet's surface, where we must first escape the strong gravity within the atmosphere.
Apologies if I've rambled, I just think this is where NASA should be going.
If we're talking about this company designing the box art for the collector's edition tin box, I'd suspect MS were super pissed when they got the results instead of the exciting we'd-never-have-thought-of-that art they were hoping for.
It's the Halo 2 logo....in blue IIRC.
True, but I was speaking for myself. The reason I don't own a handheld is because I almost never take long journeys unless I'm driving in which case I probably shouldn't be playing a game:P
You buy this and can play a lot of (admittedly "old") games on it, I'd love to take Sam 'n' Max on a plane journey! This clearly isn't aimed at the kid who "wants something cool to play with", it's for people who know that this really is something cool to play with/work with/develop for. I have a friend who is really into the previous console and I believe has one of these pre-ordered, he makes them sound very cool and useful.
However, personally I'd probably rather have a PSP. I can play most of these games on my PC after all.
I actually used that site to write Jack Thompson a short e-mail asking about his reasons for this "crusade" he's got going on. It was polite and inoffensive, suffice to say he didn't reply probably because it didn't give him any ammunition against gamers.
"Now they could be really slimey and just update the FMV sequences, since we all know the fanboys would gobble that right up."
I'm a big fan of FFVII, but if they did that and I knew anyone who bought the remake having already bought the original I would be disgusted.
I know the FFVI port for the PSX added FMV and little (nothing?) else, but that's a port and not a remake. If they *ported* FFVII to the PS3 and redid the FMVs that might be acceptable as long as they charged a significantly lower price than for a new FF game.
Also, FFXII is IIRC using monster models from the online FFXI. Seems like a bit of a cop out but when it's so damn expensive to make game content these days I can't blame them.
What about all those people that bought and raved about Mario 64 DS? They added some mini games and I think some more stars to collect, I'm sure SE would add some similar stuff to any FFVII remake.
Oh, and the Twin Snakes remake of Metal Gear Solid on the Gamecube is apparently very good, AFAIK they added a few things like giving Snake the moves he gained for MGS2.
£50 for a remake of FFVII? Nah probably not. I'd find it somewhere at a decent price, or pay £50 for a collector's edition or the game with some other item with it. £30/35 though, definetely. FFVII is a very good game, whether it's "the best" or even "the best of the series" isn't much of an issue to me. When you're comparing great with great in a market so full of boring crap there's little need to argue in my opinion.
While this sole game wouldn't make me buy a PS3 (no single game would), this show of support for Sony's console by SE would help my decision a lot.
"We all like linux. We hate evil giant copy-right suing corperations."
Speak for yourself, I'm a MS Windows user through and through. Linux sounds good, but I think Windows is good so why switch?
That's sort of what I meant, though perhaps I didn't explain my feelings well. I'm against piracy in general, I'm a gamer but all my games are legit and I like knowing that the developers got paid (however small a cut of the retail price) for their hard work. I see the OS as even more important, it's the piece of software I use most often and after two years of using XP I can say I am satisfied with the product.
Why people think that even if they are against piracy it's a-ok to use a copied version of Windows I have no idea, sure it's more expensive than a game but it's like arguing that all the parts of a car should cost the same. Some are more important and have bigger development times/costs, and so cost more for us the consumer to buy.
Sephaweenie? I think you're implying I think Sephiroth is OMGLOLZBESTCHARACTEREVA!!!
No, no I don't think that.
I didn't think the story was cool because they killed off Aeris. I thought it was interesting, but that wasn't the coolest thing they did.
Just because I like FFVII doesn't make me a dullminded fanboy, and I'll thank you to use you flawed "Let me guess" sense less often.
Btw, Return of Jafar is a great movie for its target audience which was kids who loved Aladdin. I know a lot of pre-teens who love the movie, and I find it painless to watch myself.
You my friend are an idiot. And I don't need to post anonomously, I know full well you are. Plenty of straight to DVD movies are good.
Ever seen Return of Jafar?
Oh, and FFVII was and still is a great game. And while the plot has some holes what can you expect when you make such a complex story that has to be "discovered" by the players.
Just wait, some of the business version won't be on sale in most stores and the Ultimate edition will have to ordered direct from MS's website and it will be hand delivered by Bill himself along with your certificate of authenticity and free Furby.
I shouldn't imagine the average home user going into a store to buy Vista will have too many to chose from, and as long as the employees in the store actually want to give good advice they should leave with the version they need.
Here's betting stores operate a policy of advising all customers to buy the most expensive version. Or the totally nerfed one then sell them another version a month later when they realise that they need to run 4+ apps at once!
As long as the average home user can get a cheaper version of their OS without the complex functions they won't ever need/use.
But then I seem to be in the minority anyway, I have a legal version of XP and think the OS is a piece of software well worth paying for.
Nice to see from the article that many of the features us geeks buy Pro edition of XP for are going to be included in the Premium Home edition of Vista, and that the "Pro" version is actually going to be aimed at business.
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I like that the team attempting to remake Half Life in the Source engine had the good sense to call the project "Black Mesa: Source" and have been very careful about not using anything that belongs to Valve, the original makers. Surely that sort of common sense is....well...common sense?
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While I understand your opinion (it's nice to at least have something to read while the game installs), I assume you're not someone who buys a lot of games. I mean ~20 a year. My flatmate got close to that last year and the number of game boxes in his room, even those "space-saving" DVD cases, is crazy. I am personally running out of space on my shelves for game boxes and once I buy the game I shelve the box and never think about it again. I bought HL2 through Steam and haven't had a single problem with it, though I know many have unfortunately. Once the industry adopts some sort of standard practice with online distribution I think people will have a lot less problem with the idea. And I can use my shelves for things like books again :D
I pay £10.50 a month for my BT phone line. I also get 2Mb ADSL (limited to 30Gb!) from BT which costs me ~£30 a month. Suffice to say I'll be taking Be up on their offer if it comes to my city any time soon.
Troll? ...does someone not even have a sense of humour? It wasn't directed at anyone, it was just a comment which I thought was amusing. If you don't find something funny then don't mod but...TROLL?
"Light up pants - for when your girlfriend just can't find your tiny penis"? :D
My maths lecturers talking about differentiating something to get the derivative. I think that's right, as you talk about 2nd and 3rd (etc) derivates.
Perhaps there is some selective reporting here, but I've known a few short (I'm talking shorter than your 5'7" here) who have been real dickheads and started fights for no reason. You know the type, the kid at school who bullies people just 'cos he's short. Read Of Mice and Men? The name escapes me but the "bad guy" in that book is a little guy with ginger hair who hates everyone else because he's so small. Good read too.
Surely it's inversely proportional. The smaller their penis the more they think they have to spend to be cool. Like short guys who are always starting fights!
You never sent that portable teleporter I ordered! I'll give you one last chance to stick it in a portable teleporter...
Well the intro of the pdf is fascinating but I honestly can't understand the diagrams. Any chance you could give us a simple explanation of how the Launch Loops works?
Build it in Scotland. We could use the tourism and both Americans and Chinese people love visiting here anyway. I'd just laugh if the country that actually built it was Costa Rica or somewhere and told everyone else to fuck off.
Ever since I read the last chapter of The Science of the Discworld I've been interested in Space Elevators and have watched /. for stories about them. I think the main reason people seem wary of really going for the idea (apart from the large technological research that would be required to make it work) is a feeling of "This is a little too sci-fi for real life", which is understandable considering Arthur C Clark wrote about space elevators in his novels decades ago.
But this is a real concept that could make space exploration and travel a very accessible, and perhaps most importantly cheaper. Instead of spending gazzillions of dollars on blasting ships off our planet laden with expensive fuel we can launch them from a "platform" above the atmosphere where the energy required to escape the Earth's orbit is a fraction of that required to do it from the planet's surface, where we must first escape the strong gravity within the atmosphere.
Apologies if I've rambled, I just think this is where NASA should be going.
If we're talking about this company designing the box art for the collector's edition tin box, I'd suspect MS were super pissed when they got the results instead of the exciting we'd-never-have-thought-of-that art they were hoping for. It's the Halo 2 logo. ...in blue IIRC.
True, but I was speaking for myself. The reason I don't own a handheld is because I almost never take long journeys unless I'm driving in which case I probably shouldn't be playing a game :P
You buy this and can play a lot of (admittedly "old") games on it, I'd love to take Sam 'n' Max on a plane journey! This clearly isn't aimed at the kid who "wants something cool to play with", it's for people who know that this really is something cool to play with/work with/develop for. I have a friend who is really into the previous console and I believe has one of these pre-ordered, he makes them sound very cool and useful. However, personally I'd probably rather have a PSP. I can play most of these games on my PC after all.
I actually used that site to write Jack Thompson a short e-mail asking about his reasons for this "crusade" he's got going on. It was polite and inoffensive, suffice to say he didn't reply probably because it didn't give him any ammunition against gamers.
"Now they could be really slimey and just update the FMV sequences, since we all know the fanboys would gobble that right up." I'm a big fan of FFVII, but if they did that and I knew anyone who bought the remake having already bought the original I would be disgusted. I know the FFVI port for the PSX added FMV and little (nothing?) else, but that's a port and not a remake. If they *ported* FFVII to the PS3 and redid the FMVs that might be acceptable as long as they charged a significantly lower price than for a new FF game. Also, FFXII is IIRC using monster models from the online FFXI. Seems like a bit of a cop out but when it's so damn expensive to make game content these days I can't blame them.
What about all those people that bought and raved about Mario 64 DS? They added some mini games and I think some more stars to collect, I'm sure SE would add some similar stuff to any FFVII remake. Oh, and the Twin Snakes remake of Metal Gear Solid on the Gamecube is apparently very good, AFAIK they added a few things like giving Snake the moves he gained for MGS2. £50 for a remake of FFVII? Nah probably not. I'd find it somewhere at a decent price, or pay £50 for a collector's edition or the game with some other item with it. £30/35 though, definetely. FFVII is a very good game, whether it's "the best" or even "the best of the series" isn't much of an issue to me. When you're comparing great with great in a market so full of boring crap there's little need to argue in my opinion. While this sole game wouldn't make me buy a PS3 (no single game would), this show of support for Sony's console by SE would help my decision a lot.
"We all like linux. We hate evil giant copy-right suing corperations." Speak for yourself, I'm a MS Windows user through and through. Linux sounds good, but I think Windows is good so why switch?
That's sort of what I meant, though perhaps I didn't explain my feelings well. I'm against piracy in general, I'm a gamer but all my games are legit and I like knowing that the developers got paid (however small a cut of the retail price) for their hard work. I see the OS as even more important, it's the piece of software I use most often and after two years of using XP I can say I am satisfied with the product. Why people think that even if they are against piracy it's a-ok to use a copied version of Windows I have no idea, sure it's more expensive than a game but it's like arguing that all the parts of a car should cost the same. Some are more important and have bigger development times/costs, and so cost more for us the consumer to buy.
Sephaweenie? I think you're implying I think Sephiroth is OMGLOLZBESTCHARACTEREVA!!! No, no I don't think that. I didn't think the story was cool because they killed off Aeris. I thought it was interesting, but that wasn't the coolest thing they did. Just because I like FFVII doesn't make me a dullminded fanboy, and I'll thank you to use you flawed "Let me guess" sense less often. Btw, Return of Jafar is a great movie for its target audience which was kids who loved Aladdin. I know a lot of pre-teens who love the movie, and I find it painless to watch myself.
You my friend are an idiot. And I don't need to post anonomously, I know full well you are. Plenty of straight to DVD movies are good. Ever seen Return of Jafar? Oh, and FFVII was and still is a great game. And while the plot has some holes what can you expect when you make such a complex story that has to be "discovered" by the players.
Just wait, some of the business version won't be on sale in most stores and the Ultimate edition will have to ordered direct from MS's website and it will be hand delivered by Bill himself along with your certificate of authenticity and free Furby. I shouldn't imagine the average home user going into a store to buy Vista will have too many to chose from, and as long as the employees in the store actually want to give good advice they should leave with the version they need. Here's betting stores operate a policy of advising all customers to buy the most expensive version. Or the totally nerfed one then sell them another version a month later when they realise that they need to run 4+ apps at once!
As long as the average home user can get a cheaper version of their OS without the complex functions they won't ever need/use. But then I seem to be in the minority anyway, I have a legal version of XP and think the OS is a piece of software well worth paying for. Nice to see from the article that many of the features us geeks buy Pro edition of XP for are going to be included in the Premium Home edition of Vista, and that the "Pro" version is actually going to be aimed at business.
I like that the team attempting to remake Half Life in the Source engine had the good sense to call the project "Black Mesa: Source" and have been very careful about not using anything that belongs to Valve, the original makers. Surely that sort of common sense is....well...common sense?
Except Gordon never says anything ;)