I figured it would be obvious for anyone with even a passing familiarity with the Judeo-Christian scriptures. Everyone knows about the extraterrestrials that are mentioned in the Bible (commonly referred to as "angels").
I would say that you were surely joking, but your comment moderation already proves that.
I'll name three - Christianity, Judiasm, and Islam. They are all fundamentlaly based on the fact that God created the Earth - not multiple earths, or even multiple worlds containing life.
Can you cite any passages from Judeo-Christian or Islamic holy scriptures that says that God did not create more than one world containing life? I've seen sec-fundies bring up this argument time and time again, but I've never seen anything to back it up.
In fact, in the Judeo-Christian scriptures (which I am more familiar with), it's explicitly stated that there is extra-terrestrial sentient life.
While everything you said is absolutely true, if these games don't come out during the fall, what are we going to be playing then?
Maybe that would be a great time to start pursuing other past times, like reading, board/card games, and sports?
I don't mean to be snide or harp on you in particular, but are we so dependent on video games that we start worrying when there's a slight drought in newly released games?
So true. Everything about those two games fit perfectly: the graphics, the music (wow!), the characters, the story... The turn-based combat engine was great!
I was devastated to learn Fallout 3 had been cancelled partway through its development.
And which scene in Pacman is most memorable to you?
The one where, like, Pacman was being chased by those ghosts and then they went off the screen and I was, like, "OMG! Will the ghosts get him?" and then he came back on the screen chasing the ghosts and I was like "Awesome!". It was great! My heart was, like, pumping and everything!
Bad Nintendo, bad! This game has slipped down the calendar so many times it isn't even amusing anymore.
This is exactly the kind of behavior we should be encouraging, not disparaging. How many times have we seen games released too early for no reason other than that was the stated release date, or simply because the Christmas season neared, only to have a buggy piece of crap?
Sure I'm dismayed that the game I'm looking forward to (New Super Mario Bros) continues to be delayed, but I'd rather wait and have a better, longer game than get it now and be less satisfied. I think we could all do with a little less of this "I want it now!" attitude that has become so prevalent in today's high-tech age. Take your time, Nintendo. I know it will be worth it.
In the words of Shigeru Miyamoto: "A delayed game may eventually be good, but a bad game is bad forever"
There is nothing like classic video games and pinballs. MAME is great, but still can't capture it completely.
I don't know... Building your own arcade cabinet with a machine running MAME inside gets pretty close. The keyboard or a gamepad doesn't compare to a real arcade joystick.
I want one just for all the cool hacks that keep coming out for it. I could care less about games
Really? If "cool hacks" were the only reason you would want a PSP, I would imagine you couldn't care any less about the lack of games available for it.
Both IE and FireFox crash occasionally for me. However, one BIG feature sets FireFox apart for me and has helped cement its position as my browser of choice: the SessionSaver extension. I normally keep half a dozen or more links open while browsing, and browser or system crashes used to be devastating. Now I can even shut down my browser and continue the next day exactly where I left off.
The extensions are the greatest thing about Firefox, IMHO.
Yes! We get it! Bloody gunshot wounds are okay, but boobies are not! In the many GTA and game rating related stories that have appeared on Slashdot over the past few weeks, hundreds of people have seen fit to point this out.
How this got modded up as insightful when its posted every ten minutes is beyond me.
I don't agree with all the idiocy over Hot Coffee, but, in general, do you people really not realize why violence is not as harshly restricted in games, TV, and movies as illicit sex is? It's not that hard to figure out.
I see where you're coming from, but I kind of agree with the original poster. You're right in that it takes sacrifice to raise a child, but the poster is right in that the size of that sacrifice has grown incredibly fast over the past few decades.
I often wonder how my father, a factory worker, could solely support a family of four when I was growing up -- and we were reasonably well off. (cue jokes about secret drug trafficking job)
BTW, I was reading the ratings on the back of one of my DVDs at home, and one of the reasons it got its rating was because of something called "Brief Language". WTF is 'brief language'???
Certainly the original poster's tone fits that definition
Just to clarify, I do not fear nor hold contempt for people who engage in homosexual behavior. I hate the act of gay/lesbian sex. I believe it is destructive to society as a whole (which is why I speak out against its promotion as acceptable behavior in a civilized society), but I do not hate who people commit this act.
I do not fit the dictionary definition of the word "homophobe", but I certainly seem to fit the popular definition of the word.
Anyway, continue with your petty name-calling if you must. I am almost convinced it is making you a better person.
Mod parent up.. on of the common cries of anti-gay groups is that 'its not natural' or its 'not what god intended'... except for the fact that many species display homosexual segments of their population
I always find it quite humorous that this is used as an argument for accepting homosexual behavior. Animals do it so it should be okay for us to do it, too? Animals!?!
There are animals who also eat their own feces and animals who eat their own young. Are these, then, behaviors we should celebrate in humanity? What about animals who engage in sexual behavior with sexually immature members of their own species? Is it okay to say "homosexuality is good because animals do it" but not "pedophilia is good because animals do it"?
We are supposed to be above all other forms of life on this earth. We are supposed to be able to control our baser instincts and not behave as animals do. That's the point. We are at the stage in evolution where the next step is spiritual, not physical. We should not degrade ourselves by giving in and returning back to animalistic behavior.
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I would say that you were surely joking, but your comment moderation already proves that.
It isn't. And that should tell you a lot about many Slashdot posters...
Can you cite any passages from Judeo-Christian or Islamic holy scriptures that says that God did not create more than one world containing life? I've seen sec-fundies bring up this argument time and time again, but I've never seen anything to back it up.
In fact, in the Judeo-Christian scriptures (which I am more familiar with), it's explicitly stated that there is extra-terrestrial sentient life.
Maybe that would be a great time to start pursuing other past times, like reading, board/card games, and sports?
I don't mean to be snide or harp on you in particular, but are we so dependent on video games that we start worrying when there's a slight drought in newly released games?
I was devastated to learn Fallout 3 had been cancelled partway through its development.
The one where, like, Pacman was being chased by those ghosts and then they went off the screen and I was, like, "OMG! Will the ghosts get him?" and then he came back on the screen chasing the ghosts and I was like "Awesome!". It was great! My heart was, like, pumping and everything!
This is exactly the kind of behavior we should be encouraging, not disparaging. How many times have we seen games released too early for no reason other than that was the stated release date, or simply because the Christmas season neared, only to have a buggy piece of crap?
Sure I'm dismayed that the game I'm looking forward to (New Super Mario Bros) continues to be delayed, but I'd rather wait and have a better, longer game than get it now and be less satisfied. I think we could all do with a little less of this "I want it now!" attitude that has become so prevalent in today's high-tech age. Take your time, Nintendo. I know it will be worth it.
In the words of Shigeru Miyamoto: "A delayed game may eventually be good, but a bad game is bad forever"
I don't know... Building your own arcade cabinet with a machine running MAME inside gets pretty close. The keyboard or a gamepad doesn't compare to a real arcade joystick.
Price the Messiah at $50 with games from $5 to $10 and it might find its niche. Providing a free SDK and selling programmable carts would help, too.
Wow! Are you a psychic or something?
Does anyone have a list of sponsors so we can know who not to purchase goods and servces from?
Really? If "cool hacks" were the only reason you would want a PSP, I would imagine you couldn't care any less about the lack of games available for it.
Just how much do you care and why?
Sincerely,
The Idiom Nazi
And I bet you any money that, when we reach this stage, we still won't have any damned flying cars!
The extensions are the greatest thing about Firefox, IMHO.
How this got modded up as insightful when its posted every ten minutes is beyond me.
I don't agree with all the idiocy over Hot Coffee, but, in general, do you people really not realize why violence is not as harshly restricted in games, TV, and movies as illicit sex is? It's not that hard to figure out.
I often wonder how my father, a factory worker, could solely support a family of four when I was growing up -- and we were reasonably well off. (cue jokes about secret drug trafficking job)
Damn young'uns and their 'talkies'!
The speed limits on some roads near my place strongly suggest a prolonged inhalation of said fumes took place before the limit was assigned.
Damn.
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I like the luxury of a nice chat with the shopkeepers (as long as I do not have the combination to their safe, that is)
Is there something you'd like to get off your chest?
One can only hope...
The last thing we need to do is switch to a standard that includes terms prefixed with a period.
Just to clarify, I do not fear nor hold contempt for people who engage in homosexual behavior. I hate the act of gay/lesbian sex. I believe it is destructive to society as a whole (which is why I speak out against its promotion as acceptable behavior in a civilized society), but I do not hate who people commit this act.
I do not fit the dictionary definition of the word "homophobe", but I certainly seem to fit the popular definition of the word.
Anyway, continue with your petty name-calling if you must. I am almost convinced it is making you a better person.
I always find it quite humorous that this is used as an argument for accepting homosexual behavior. Animals do it so it should be okay for us to do it, too? Animals!?!
There are animals who also eat their own feces and animals who eat their own young. Are these, then, behaviors we should celebrate in humanity? What about animals who engage in sexual behavior with sexually immature members of their own species? Is it okay to say "homosexuality is good because animals do it" but not "pedophilia is good because animals do it"?
We are supposed to be above all other forms of life on this earth. We are supposed to be able to control our baser instincts and not behave as animals do. That's the point. We are at the stage in evolution where the next step is spiritual, not physical. We should not degrade ourselves by giving in and returning back to animalistic behavior.
That's okay. I feel pretty safe in saying that I think there is a world market of maybe five of the things anyway.