Yes, the author of sci-fi classic Ender's Game, and the painfully boring, never ending flood of terrible preachy sequels that made me wish I had coated my copy of Ender's Game with lighter fluid, lit my eyeballs and genitals on fire, and used my flaming agony-ridden body to destroy the source of my pain -- the god forsaken book and the slow tedious hours of boredom that it put me through.
You suck, Card! You are the George Lucas of books.
Never done network booting? A rom in the nic, tftp server to get the kernel and initrd from, then nfs for the root fs and you're good to go. Of course, this is what sun has been trying and failing to get people to do for as long as I can remember.
Yes, but now that Google is involved people will flock to be inconvenienced and will be fighting for the right to surrender control of their files!
At the very least it will ensure the never ending flood of pointless "Google farted" updates posted to Googledot. Google for nerds. Google that Googles.
Are you going to spend your first hour of a game sitting there with a manual practicing the multitude of movements required?
Don't worry, sir. You can start now.
Pick up your tv remote. Got it in hand? Now smash it into your face as hard as you can. You just did a dash attack! Do it again! Oh my god, Gannon is injured! Again! Again! Keep smashing, you've nearly won!
Now, press the enter key a few times, just so you know it's working. (hint: it's not working.)
Looks like I won't have to think about it for quite awhile.
Yes, other than every day for the next year during the times that you eagerly log on to slashdot to post excessively long and detailed posts explaining how disinterested you are, it will be completely out of your mind.
You know, even if it were *just* a remote control (which on that, you're incorrect to begin with - though I sense your statement is more of an attempt to defame, rather than one of ignorance), it would still be a departure from the norm. What the article is saying, or at least the quote in question, is that we should move on any opportunity to support a departure from the norm based on that alone.
Without bringing the Revolution controller into this at all, what you just said, quite frankly, is moronic.
Nailing poisonous asps to my scrotum is a departure from the norm but it behooves me to think twice before jumping onboard the swollen man-parts bandwagon. There are an infinite number of ways to make things different that also make things worse. The inverse is not true.
I don't really see how it's good or bad, the only direction I'm vaguely excited in is the world of FPS games. I hate console FPSes and this could be just the thing to improve FPS gaming IMHO.
Yes, the obvious way to replicate keyboard and mouse controls are to create a television remote contraption built with gyroscopes and externally mounted motion sensors, along with a detachable joystick pod.
The sheer amount of money that would have to be spent to develop an actual keyboard and mouse would bankrupt the entire universe.
But Sony's manufacturing costs are likely similar to Microsoft's so I would guess that they will want a bigger cut from publishers who may balk at this.
First, they will balk. Then, they will spend 12 months preparing the masses for a $10 hike in game prices. Finally, they will twist their mustaches and giggle.
Prove you wrong? Well, for one thing, an intelligent being wouldn't grab an obvious trap. Also, the DNA structure is too similar to everything else on the planet.
(hentai otaku - fanboy of hentai (perverse) anime)
If you were going to explain it, why didn't you just write it out the first time? Alternatively, you could have gone for the gold.
(hentai otaku - fanboy (extreme fan of) of (pertaining to) hentai (perverse) anime (cartoons (a sequence of drawings that give the appearance of motion when displayed rapidly (quickly, one (a single) frame (segment of film, or in this case, drawing (an artistic representation)) in order (from first to last (beginning to end (the final one))))
Say they lose 100 dollars per PSP purchase for hardware. As opposed to 300 (do the PSPs cost 2 hundo?) if one potential consumer didn't buy one at all. I'd say 300 is a lot more than 100 any day. They don't profit either way, but one significantly reduces their loss-per-unit if one takes the plunge down their rabbit hole.
This is only true if merchandise remains unsold. As long as they keep manufacturing in line with demand, your argument does not apply.
Forgive me! Since you had to be browsing at Score:1 to see my post in a gaming console thread on Slashdot, I know your time must be precious.
-1. I browse at -1. My time is precious and tender, like a tiny kitten.
I'm so sorry you had to count all the words in my post, too. You must be exhausted!
You have no idea.
Thankfully you're here to protect innocent Slashdotters from my laziness and ignorance. The poor souls might have thought I was more interested in a possible discussion than a succinct answer. Good thing you were here to stop that from happening.
Well, in addition to the picture of the white, gray, red, and green controllers that is on every article about the Revolution written since the announcement, there is one that shows a black controller.
Wow. In your longwinded way you just changed your argument to mine. Amazing.
Let's examine!
Your original argument:
but generations require a complete redesign, not just bits and pieces
Your new improved argument (shamelessly stolen from my last post):
Did the Model T have a Hemi, Did the Model T have airbags, did the model T do 0-60 ever? Did the model T look sleak like a Corvette, or have the space of a Minivan? Did the Model T have fuel economy? Why arn't we still using the Model T?
Airbags, body panels, more space, better fuel economy. Those things were added in bits and pieces. Even given that, they still are fundamentally the same as the original mass-production cars.
Do you not see that?
I was being an asshole when I called you stupid the first time, but now I'm convinced that it is a concrete fact.
I didn't explain myself because it was self explanatory. But, since you're going to be obtuse, let's review my post bit by tedious bit.
- I said you were stupid.
- Specifically because you wrote this:
"but generations require a complete redesign, not just bits and pieces."
Why is that stupid? Because a generation doesn't require a complete redesign. Did your parents have two arms and two legs? Ten fingers and ten toes? Two nostrils? Knees that bend to the rear? Ears? Eyebrows?
Do you?
What about cars? Did the Model-T have four wheels?
I grabbed one sentence, but your entire post was basically one large (and stupid) factual error.
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Get back in the games section! Go on, now. Scoot.
Yes, the author of sci-fi classic Ender's Game, and the painfully boring, never ending flood of terrible preachy sequels that made me wish I had coated my copy of Ender's Game with lighter fluid, lit my eyeballs and genitals on fire, and used my flaming agony-ridden body to destroy the source of my pain -- the god forsaken book and the slow tedious hours of boredom that it put me through.
You suck, Card! You are the George Lucas of books.
Never done network booting? A rom in the nic, tftp server to get the kernel and initrd from, then nfs for the root fs and you're good to go. Of course, this is what sun has been trying and failing to get people to do for as long as I can remember.
Yes, but now that Google is involved people will flock to be inconvenienced and will be fighting for the right to surrender control of their files!
At the very least it will ensure the never ending flood of pointless "Google farted" updates posted to Googledot. Google for nerds. Google that Googles.
Gmail, GOffice, Google Search... I don't need no steenkin' desktop...
Yes, those applications will be magically beamed into your computer's BIOS to run on it's built in web browser.
Are you going to spend your first hour of a game sitting there with a manual practicing the multitude of movements required?
Don't worry, sir. You can start now.
Pick up your tv remote. Got it in hand? Now smash it into your face as hard as you can. You just did a dash attack! Do it again! Oh my god, Gannon is injured! Again! Again! Keep smashing, you've nearly won!
Now, press the enter key a few times, just so you know it's working. (hint: it's not working.)
Looks like I won't have to think about it for quite awhile.
Yes, other than every day for the next year during the times that you eagerly log on to slashdot to post excessively long and detailed posts explaining how disinterested you are, it will be completely out of your mind.
I don't know why you bothered to reply to the post, since you didn't really contribute anything to the topic.
Yes, I'm not sure why you bothered replying either.
You know, even if it were *just* a remote control (which on that, you're incorrect to begin with - though I sense your statement is more of an attempt to defame, rather than one of ignorance), it would still be a departure from the norm. What the article is saying, or at least the quote in question, is that we should move on any opportunity to support a departure from the norm based on that alone.
Without bringing the Revolution controller into this at all, what you just said, quite frankly, is moronic.
Nailing poisonous asps to my scrotum is a departure from the norm but it behooves me to think twice before jumping onboard the swollen man-parts bandwagon. There are an infinite number of ways to make things different that also make things worse. The inverse is not true.
I don't really see how it's good or bad, the only direction I'm vaguely excited in is the world of FPS games. I hate console FPSes and this could be just the thing to improve FPS gaming IMHO.
Yes, the obvious way to replicate keyboard and mouse controls are to create a television remote contraption built with gyroscopes and externally mounted motion sensors, along with a detachable joystick pod.
The sheer amount of money that would have to be spent to develop an actual keyboard and mouse would bankrupt the entire universe.
But Sony's manufacturing costs are likely similar to Microsoft's so I would guess that they will want a bigger cut from publishers who may balk at this.
First, they will balk. Then, they will spend 12 months preparing the masses for a $10 hike in game prices. Finally, they will twist their mustaches and giggle.
I am thoroughly chastised, with the accompanying shame blossoming warmly in my loins.
Shelf Stockologist and Greeting Technician are still obtainable with the ubiquitous and useful communications degree.
Mod parent and great grandparent troll. Trolling should never be rewarded.
The wedgies I am sure you have received throughout the course of your painfully sad life were, in fact, pre-emptive punishment for this post.
Get back in your locker!
so at the very least, they could put a giant squid inside a submarine.
He could wear a little captain's hat and pretend to steer.
Prove you wrong? Well, for one thing, an intelligent being wouldn't grab an obvious trap. Also, the DNA structure is too similar to everything else on the planet.
Sneaky, aren't they?
(hentai otaku - fanboy of hentai (perverse) anime)
If you were going to explain it, why didn't you just write it out the first time? Alternatively, you could have gone for the gold.
(hentai otaku - fanboy (extreme fan of) of (pertaining to) hentai (perverse) anime (cartoons (a sequence of drawings that give the appearance of motion when displayed rapidly (quickly, one (a single) frame (segment of film, or in this case, drawing (an artistic representation)) in order (from first to last (beginning to end (the final one))))
Or, you could just go ahead and die.
The Revolution controller uses a base station to track your movement, so a flashing screen is uneccesary, as is mentioned in the IGN article.
Shockingly, it was also the reason the original poster gave for looking forward to the new Revolution controller.
90% of the time it seems like Zonk could be replaced by a Slashbox.
Say they lose 100 dollars per PSP purchase for hardware. As opposed to 300 (do the PSPs cost 2 hundo?) if one potential consumer didn't buy one at all. I'd say 300 is a lot more than 100 any day. They don't profit either way, but one significantly reduces their loss-per-unit if one takes the plunge down their rabbit hole.
This is only true if merchandise remains unsold. As long as they keep manufacturing in line with demand, your argument does not apply.
Forgive me! Since you had to be browsing at Score:1 to see my post in a gaming console thread on Slashdot, I know your time must be precious.
-1. I browse at -1. My time is precious and tender, like a tiny kitten.
I'm so sorry you had to count all the words in my post, too. You must be exhausted!
You have no idea.
Thankfully you're here to protect innocent Slashdotters from my laziness and ignorance. The poor souls might have thought I was more interested in a possible discussion than a succinct answer. Good thing you were here to stop that from happening.
I know!
At least you're man enough to admit it.
Oh my god. Can you get to the point in under 500 words?
No.
Well, in addition to the picture of the white, gray, red, and green controllers that is on every article about the Revolution written since the announcement, there is one that shows a black controller.
Rest easy!
Word count of your post: 21.
Word count of Google search needed to find out that Nintendo invested heavily in their company back in 2001: 4.
Wow. In your longwinded way you just changed your argument to mine. Amazing.
Let's examine!
Your original argument:
but generations require a complete redesign, not just bits and pieces
Your new improved argument (shamelessly stolen from my last post):
Did the Model T have a Hemi, Did the Model T have airbags, did the model T do 0-60 ever? Did the model T look sleak like a Corvette, or have the space of a Minivan? Did the Model T have fuel economy? Why arn't we still using the Model T?
Airbags, body panels, more space, better fuel economy. Those things were added in bits and pieces. Even given that, they still are fundamentally the same as the original mass-production cars.
Do you not see that?
I was being an asshole when I called you stupid the first time, but now I'm convinced that it is a concrete fact.
You are really, really stupid.
I didn't explain myself because it was self explanatory. But, since you're going to be obtuse, let's review my post bit by tedious bit.
- I said you were stupid.
- Specifically because you wrote this:
"but generations require a complete redesign, not just bits and pieces."
Why is that stupid? Because a generation doesn't require a complete redesign. Did your parents have two arms and two legs? Ten fingers and ten toes? Two nostrils? Knees that bend to the rear? Ears? Eyebrows?
Do you?
What about cars? Did the Model-T have four wheels?
I grabbed one sentence, but your entire post was basically one large (and stupid) factual error.