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You know, it seems odd how a group of random fanboys can recreate one of the greatest gaming experiences ever with just some spare time and donations...
...and the Source engine...which was created by "developers with their multi-million dollar budgets and years of development."
I am now just one bright yellow car that runs on these things from being Pac-Man!
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Sure it does. Censorship need not be used on first amendment protected speech. It can be used on private speech on a private website just as much as it can be used by government on television or radio broadcasts. The only difference is that the owner of a website has the right to censor speech on his own website.
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Am I the only one amused by the juxtaposition of "censorship" and "doesn't belong on slashdot."?
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I don't see the review claiming that porn necessarily will cause those things, just that it can. In much the same manner that some people who drink alcohol become alcoholics, but not all. That's great that you have a good relationship and that porn may have actually helped you, but here's a newsflash for you: NOT EVERYONE IS LIKE YOU. Just because something doesn't negatively affect you doesn't mean it won't negatively affect someone else. And just because you call for modding down, yell, and otherwise insult the review and the book doesn't make what ultimately amounts to your opinion any more right than the reviewer's.
There are people who like anime. There are people who like video games. And there are people who belong to both groups. However by no means is one group a subset of the other. There are still significant portions of the gaming population that do not like animation, american or anime, especially among more casual non-geek players. Just because a higher percentage of game players also like anime does not mean that all do.
Why do ignorant people feel that it is necessary to write articles? All article writing does is showcase their ignorance.
Funny...I could replace "article" with "post" and it would be awfully accurate still...
Damn right it is! How dare Sony and MS sell us Playstations and Xboxes for below cost! I demand to pay full price for my hardware! The nerve of those guys...
Sarcasm aside, opening up games consoles to any developer is, from the perspective of the gaming community, akin to killing a cow which is providing you with free milk. Sure, for a short period of time you get steak...but in the long run your cow is gone and you're much worse off.
Opening up console development to anyone might provide a period of all sorts of interesting and creative games for consoles, but at the cost of killing the console market in the long run. Sony and MS and Nintendo aren't going to put out consoles which at best would make them a little money (and currently actually lose them money) if they can't make money from game liscences and sales.
I wonder what's going to happen to Consumer reports magazine when they pot a product?
They've already been sued several times, most notably by Suzuki for their claims that the Suzuki Samurai was dangerous and prone to roll-over accidents. The case eventually got dismissed without any monetary compensation or public apology or retraction but unfortunately since the case was dismissed rather than a ruling issued for CU there is still no explicit standard.
So, honestly, two operators in a dirty business go at each other, my personal feeling is I hope they both go down. It's kind of like two porn sites arguing which has the sluttiest bitches...
Yeah, when two sites are talking about their respective bitches I too hope they both go down.
Wait, you meant the porn sites, didn't you....nevermind...
Simple fact is that the site needs to fix its security to disallow images it doesnt want shared to anyone from being displayed via search engines. Another reader said to block the robots.txt which would stop the problem right there.
Emphasis mine. I do believe those are GLARING INACCURACIES demonstrating a complete incomprehension of the situation at hand. The fact that he happened to be correct about it being an idiotic and baseless lawsuit is coincidental.
not even the article, just the summary, you'd see that the images in question are on OTHER PEOPLE'S WEBSITES. Apparently not only have 90% of the posters here not even read the summary, neither have the mods.
It would only affect Christian fundamentalists though and they should have problems with the very existence of Mars itself. Nowhere in the bible does it ever state that life only exists on Earth. In fact it never says that he created any other planets at all, but clearly we know they're there. If we operate from the premise that he created the entire universe, and thus created Mars and all other planets as well as Earth then certainly we could accept that he created life on those planets as well. The existence of life on other planets is no more damaging to religious views than the existence of other planets themselves. Obviously that fundamental premise is still in dispute, but life on other planets is not a counter example to it.
The boiling point of any liquid is directly related to the pressure. Lower the pressure and you lower the boiling point. The pressure even at the highest peaks of Earth is not nearly as low as the pressure on the surface of Mars and thus you can have boiling of water on Mars at much lower temperatures than you would ever see on Earth.
If I understand right, Final Fantasy is now 360-exclusive. So much for Final Fantasy.:\
There's no way Square-Enix would go Xbox exclusive unless the 360 manages to gain significantly more than 1% market share in S-E's home country. It's just begging to cut out half your consumer base. However, note that in the article I just linked to it states that a separate company, run by one of the creators of Final Fantasy, will be making at least two RPGs for the 360. It doesn't state whether or not they will be exclusive but I assume they will be. That may be the source of all the FF is now Xbox exclusive rumors I've been hearing for awhile.
Nah. I'll be worried when the bad guys start posing as the good guys posing as the bad guys posing as the good guys posing as the bad guys.
*shock* But what happens when the bad guys start posing as the good guys posing as the bad guys posing as the good guys posing as the bad guys posing as the good guys posing as the bad guys?!
Oh god! But what happens when the bad guys start posing as
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I can't even begin to imagine the amount of backlash and bad press that a Deus Ex movie would generate. Given the fact that that JC eventually helps people who would be portrayed for half the movie as terrorists (including blowing up the Statue of Liberty), fighting against the UN and the US government. Further, they would either have to end the movie with a) Denton blowing up Area 51 (oh noes! Terrorism!), b) conspiring with a secret organization to control the world, or c) essentially taking over the world. I can't imagine any of those endings not pissing a lot of people off for "glorifying" what they percieve as evil.
Of course if they understood the actual plotline it wouldn't be an issue, but I don't count on mainstream Americans to think rationally about things anymore. That being said, I still think it would be funny as hell seeing all the over-reactions.
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You know, it seems odd how a group of random fanboys can recreate one of the greatest gaming experiences ever with just some spare time and donations...
...and the Source engine...which was created by "developers with their multi-million dollar budgets and years of development."
I am now just one bright yellow car that runs on these things from being Pac-Man!
Sure it does. Censorship need not be used on first amendment protected speech. It can be used on private speech on a private website just as much as it can be used by government on television or radio broadcasts. The only difference is that the owner of a website has the right to censor speech on his own website.
Am I the only one amused by the juxtaposition of "censorship" and "doesn't belong on slashdot."?
I don't see the review claiming that porn necessarily will cause those things, just that it can. In much the same manner that some people who drink alcohol become alcoholics, but not all. That's great that you have a good relationship and that porn may have actually helped you, but here's a newsflash for you: NOT EVERYONE IS LIKE YOU. Just because something doesn't negatively affect you doesn't mean it won't negatively affect someone else. And just because you call for modding down, yell, and otherwise insult the review and the book doesn't make what ultimately amounts to your opinion any more right than the reviewer's.
There are people who like anime. There are people who like video games. And there are people who belong to both groups. However by no means is one group a subset of the other. There are still significant portions of the gaming population that do not like animation, american or anime, especially among more casual non-geek players. Just because a higher percentage of game players also like anime does not mean that all do.
Why do ignorant people feel that it is necessary to write articles? All article writing does is showcase their ignorance.
Funny...I could replace "article" with "post" and it would be awfully accurate still...
but I have yet to get a Email saying my Slashdot account is under review ... ;-)
Why do I get the feeling you will soon?
Selling a console below cost is dumping.
Damn right it is! How dare Sony and MS sell us Playstations and Xboxes for below cost! I demand to pay full price for my hardware! The nerve of those guys...
Sarcasm aside, opening up games consoles to any developer is, from the perspective of the gaming community, akin to killing a cow which is providing you with free milk. Sure, for a short period of time you get steak...but in the long run your cow is gone and you're much worse off.
Opening up console development to anyone might provide a period of all sorts of interesting and creative games for consoles, but at the cost of killing the console market in the long run. Sony and MS and Nintendo aren't going to put out consoles which at best would make them a little money (and currently actually lose them money) if they can't make money from game liscences and sales.
5 posts and 4 are modded Flamebait....who the fuck gave Bill Gates mod points!?
I wonder what's going to happen to Consumer reports magazine when they pot a product?
They've already been sued several times, most notably by Suzuki for their claims that the Suzuki Samurai was dangerous and prone to roll-over accidents. The case eventually got dismissed without any monetary compensation or public apology or retraction but unfortunately since the case was dismissed rather than a ruling issued for CU there is still no explicit standard.
So, honestly, two operators in a dirty business go at each other, my personal feeling is I hope they both go down. It's kind of like two porn sites arguing which has the sluttiest bitches...
Yeah, when two sites are talking about their respective bitches I too hope they both go down.
Wait, you meant the porn sites, didn't you....nevermind...
So we don't have to "deal with" the cashiers at a store? We're eliminating the need for human contact .
/. That IS what we really have to gain from RFID.
Hey, remember this is
Hey, maybe this would bring a whole new meaning to when people talk about "the internets."
Simple fact is that the site needs to fix its security to disallow images it doesnt want shared to anyone from being displayed via search engines. Another reader said to block the robots.txt which would stop the problem right there.
Emphasis mine. I do believe those are GLARING INACCURACIES demonstrating a complete incomprehension of the situation at hand. The fact that he happened to be correct about it being an idiotic and baseless lawsuit is coincidental.
not even the article, just the summary, you'd see that the images in question are on OTHER PEOPLE'S WEBSITES. Apparently not only have 90% of the posters here not even read the summary, neither have the mods.
It would only affect Christian fundamentalists though and they should have problems with the very existence of Mars itself. Nowhere in the bible does it ever state that life only exists on Earth. In fact it never says that he created any other planets at all, but clearly we know they're there. If we operate from the premise that he created the entire universe, and thus created Mars and all other planets as well as Earth then certainly we could accept that he created life on those planets as well. The existence of life on other planets is no more damaging to religious views than the existence of other planets themselves. Obviously that fundamental premise is still in dispute, but life on other planets is not a counter example to it.
The boiling point of any liquid is directly related to the pressure. Lower the pressure and you lower the boiling point. The pressure even at the highest peaks of Earth is not nearly as low as the pressure on the surface of Mars and thus you can have boiling of water on Mars at much lower temperatures than you would ever see on Earth.
That's exactly what the American hackers posing as Chinese spies posing as American hackers posing as Chinese spies WANT you to think!
If I understand right, Final Fantasy is now 360-exclusive. So much for Final Fantasy. :\
There's no way Square-Enix would go Xbox exclusive unless the 360 manages to gain significantly more than 1% market share in S-E's home country. It's just begging to cut out half your consumer base. However, note that in the article I just linked to it states that a separate company, run by one of the creators of Final Fantasy, will be making at least two RPGs for the 360. It doesn't state whether or not they will be exclusive but I assume they will be. That may be the source of all the FF is now Xbox exclusive rumors I've been hearing for awhile.
Sega Saturn. Alright, more than "several years", but meh.
Has Microsoft forgotten that a $399.99 system will not sell, even in 2005.
It won't? Damn, I should ask you for the numbers to next weeks lottery drawing. While we're at it, who's going to win the Superbowl this year?
No, but seriously, you're basing this on what now? A single console? Released several years ago? Not exactly a mountain of evidence for your claim.
Quiet you. I just want to leech off of +5 Funnys in peace. :P
Nah. I'll be worried when the bad guys start posing as the good guys posing as the bad guys posing as the good guys posing as the bad guys.
*shock* But what happens when the bad guys start posing as the good guys posing as the bad guys posing as the good guys posing as the bad guys posing as the good guys posing as the bad guys?!
Oh god! But what happens when the bad guys start posing as
[ERROR DETECTED: Infinite Recursion]
(A)bort, (R)etry, (I)gnore?
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I can't even begin to imagine the amount of backlash and bad press that a Deus Ex movie would generate. Given the fact that that JC eventually helps people who would be portrayed for half the movie as terrorists (including blowing up the Statue of Liberty), fighting against the UN and the US government. Further, they would either have to end the movie with a) Denton blowing up Area 51 (oh noes! Terrorism!), b) conspiring with a secret organization to control the world, or c) essentially taking over the world. I can't imagine any of those endings not pissing a lot of people off for "glorifying" what they percieve as evil.
Of course if they understood the actual plotline it wouldn't be an issue, but I don't count on mainstream Americans to think rationally about things anymore. That being said, I still think it would be funny as hell seeing all the over-reactions.
Yeah, cause if there's one guy who knows his booze it's good ol' Jack.
...wait...you meant Thomson, didn't you? Nevermind....