From the song at the end of the game, and the short video sequence preceeding it, I got the impression that the cake was not a lie, but rather a reward GLaDOS prepared for herself. Who was the cake presented before? (Arguably) the backup GLaDOS modules. Who snuffed out the candle? GLaDOS.
"This was a triumph! I making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS!"
Ah, the old "religions will crumble if we find intelligent life elsewhere" bit.
How interesting it would be if we finally make contact with an alien race and the first thing they ask us is whether or not The Creator has sent a "Messiah" to us yet.
I don't think the earth is 6000 years old, either, but I'm sick to death of hearing this exact same joke repeated again and again and again every time something even remotely tied to the distant past is brought up on Slashdot. I guarantee we'll see the exact same joke told at least a half dozen times here.
Ha ha ha! Oh gosh that's funny! That's really funny! Do you write your own material? Do you? Because that is so fresh. "Everyone knows that the earth is only 6000 years old". You know, I've never heard anyone make that joke before. Hmm. You're the first. I've never heard anyone reference that on Slashdot before. Because that's what the religious people say in church right? Isn't it? "The earth is only 6000 years old". And, and yet you've taken that and used it out of context to insult people who are different than you in this everyday situation. God what a clever, smart person you must be, to come up with a joke like that all by yourself. That's so fresh too. Any Titanic jokes you want to throw out there as long as we're hitting these phenomena at the height of their popularity?
Do you honestly think that if Gore had been elected in 2000 that we'd be in Iraq right now?
Do you honestly think that if Gore had been elected in 2000 that we wouldn't have had a similar, significant negative impact on American society? If so, you haven't been paying attention...
Languages evolve over time, and the previous generation always have the sense that the next generation is somehow speaking the language wrong. Your parents probably thought that there was something wrong in the way you talked as well. If you went to shakespeare's time, I'm sure people would think that you were some kind of idiot who couldn't speak properly.
The thing is, that english is *improving* not getting worse. Languages change in response to changing concepts, and the addition of new terminology.
I have to step in and defend the original poster here. His beef has nothing to do with language evolving; it has to do with today's students frequently writing incomprehensible gibberish. I, too, am horrified by the amount of "simian grade" English out on the web. No, I'm not talking about 1337 5p34k or simple spelling/punctuation errors (which can usually be understood by their context), but, rather, statements where there is such a chaotic dance between subjects and objects, verb tenses, and whatnot that a clear understanding of what is being said is impossible to achieve. When I think of some of the things I've seen...
No, actually I do. "2. to appropriate (ideas, credit, words, etc.) without right or acknowledgment." is not the same as making a copy of information. This definition refers to the act of passing off someone else's work as your own. That, in a sense, is "stealing" because the original creator is denied his rightful glory (for lack of a better word) since it is going to you instead.
I just finished watching the gameplay demo. While the game looks gorgeous and fun to play, I must say, as a non-tone-deaf/.er, the music is crap. The demo video was literally painful to listen to.
I think you responded to the wrong post. I pay for the TV I watch, movies I go see, clothes I wear, the car I drive, etc., etc. I don't know where you get this "whining about stuff you want for free" from.
Please stop the ads. Just stop. Stop the ads on TV and radio, in magazines and movies, at ball games and on buses, on milk cartons and t-shirts, and everywhere else inbetween. Just stop the damn advertising already!
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That's the second biggest scorpion I ever saw...
I have a question: why are your Senators talking about this?
Also, Billy took little Johnny's lunch money at school today. When will the US Senate begin hearings on that?
From the song at the end of the game, and the short video sequence preceeding it, I got the impression that the cake was not a lie, but rather a reward GLaDOS prepared for herself. Who was the cake presented before? (Arguably) the backup GLaDOS modules. Who snuffed out the candle? GLaDOS.
"This was a triumph! I making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS!"
Yeah, if everyone had a clone, they could screw over twice as many people.
Who is this still a question for? The answer is -- and has always been --, quite obviously, both.
Ah, the old "religions will crumble if we find intelligent life elsewhere" bit.
How interesting it would be if we finally make contact with an alien race and the first thing they ask us is whether or not The Creator has sent a "Messiah" to us yet.
More accurately, it's about all the horrible things customers did in Gord's video game store.
Wouldn't a simpler solution be to stop socializing?
This is Slashdot, after all...
Maybe my estimate is a bit low; there are already three such posts (including yours). That's 4% of the postings here.
I don't think the earth is 6000 years old, either, but I'm sick to death of hearing this exact same joke repeated again and again and again every time something even remotely tied to the distant past is brought up on Slashdot. I guarantee we'll see the exact same joke told at least a half dozen times here.
Ha ha ha! Oh gosh that's funny! That's really funny! Do you write your own material? Do you? Because that is so fresh. "Everyone knows that the earth is only 6000 years old". You know, I've never heard anyone make that joke before. Hmm. You're the first. I've never heard anyone reference that on Slashdot before. Because that's what the religious people say in church right? Isn't it? "The earth is only 6000 years old". And, and yet you've taken that and used it out of context to insult people who are different than you in this everyday situation. God what a clever, smart person you must be, to come up with a joke like that all by yourself. That's so fresh too. Any Titanic jokes you want to throw out there as long as we're hitting these phenomena at the height of their popularity?
God you're so funny!
(Apologies to Seth MacFarlane)
Do you honestly think that if Gore had been elected in 2000 that we wouldn't have had a similar, significant negative impact on American society? If so, you haven't been paying attention...
I have to step in and defend the original poster here. His beef has nothing to do with language evolving; it has to do with today's students frequently writing incomprehensible gibberish. I, too, am horrified by the amount of "simian grade" English out on the web. No, I'm not talking about 1337 5p34k or simple spelling/punctuation errors (which can usually be understood by their context), but, rather, statements where there is such a chaotic dance between subjects and objects, verb tenses, and whatnot that a clear understanding of what is being said is impossible to achieve. When I think of some of the things I've seen...
The horror...the horror...
I hope for America's sake (and that of the world) that American voters wake up and stop voting Republican or Democrat.
Two sides of the same coin...
"Wait a minute, I recognize that penis..."
No, actually I do. "2. to appropriate (ideas, credit, words, etc.) without right or acknowledgment." is not the same as making a copy of information. This definition refers to the act of passing off someone else's work as your own. That, in a sense, is "stealing" because the original creator is denied his rightful glory (for lack of a better word) since it is going to you instead.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
We're not talking talking about a serious crime like theft or murder here; this was a copyright infringement case.
Why, for the whaling, of course!
I just finished watching the gameplay demo. While the game looks gorgeous and fun to play, I must say, as a non-tone-deaf /.er, the music is crap. The demo video was literally painful to listen to.
Speak for yourself.
;-)
I think you responded to the wrong post. I pay for the TV I watch, movies I go see, clothes I wear, the car I drive, etc., etc. I don't know where you get this "whining about stuff you want for free" from.
What does this have to do with Slashdot subscriptions?
And you got modded up for that non sequitor?!
Please stop the ads. Just stop. Stop the ads on TV and radio, in magazines and movies, at ball games and on buses, on milk cartons and t-shirts, and everywhere else inbetween. Just stop the damn advertising already!
I used to bullseye those things in my T-16 back home.