Wow, good thing you weren't in a high-level government position any time between 1950 and 1992...
That is an absolutely different game: there is an outcome built in which doesn't involve lots of people dying. There was no Joker in the cold war saying "decide or I will kill everyone".
Am I the only one who spent the boat scene thinking "why the hell did they not push the button yet?"?
I don't know about you guys, but in that situation, I'd pushed that button as fast as I possibly can, and then argue about it, expecting the same reaction from the other side as well.
This turned the game into a hunt to find the specific areas that the level designers wanted you to destroy.
They didn't adjust the level design to the new game mechanic. That's not the mechanic's fault. In a game like, say, Stalker, it could be infinite fun. (Killing a bad guy in a house by blowing a wall on them?)
Or add another game mechanic to counter that, like ammunition shortage. How about dynamically generated levels? Even Diablo had that to a degree.
Games were fun on the Commodore 64, why can't they be on a freaking Core2?
The problem with the form is that it's based on the very USA/UK way of thinking that something must either be 100% of the solution or is useless with no middle ground possible.
Don't blame the form. Spam is way too much adaptible. They can operate from hijacked computers, you know.
The form just points that out. If you come up with a solution that passes the form test, you'll be rich.
Also, consider the fact that partial solutions have already been applied, and only worked until they noticed.
I agree, you'd think that with the new controller and the lower graphical capabilities, game devs would have thought "well, all we can do with this is make something new and innovative, rather than doing the same thing we did last year with prettier graphics. Spend less money, but put a little more thought into it."
Proof that it is not a creative account is found in the fact that animals aren't even mentioned until after the creation of Adam. Why? Probably because their purpose was designated by Adam. They didn't need to be mentioned until after Adam was created.
Seriously, does that make any sense to you? If it does, can it be called proof? I'm not even sure what he's trying to say there, let alone find logic in it.
My interpretation: "I have no fucking clue, but I already decided I believe it, so there must be a logical explanation."
Of course, this is slashdot, and anything pro religion is wrong, anything anti-religion is right.
Not really. But it helps to read the book you claim to believe in.
And please understand that science is not the equal and opposite dogma to religion. I don't believe in evolution the way Christians believe in God: I accept that I will probably not know for sure.
BING BING BING -- we have a winner. The wording was changed just enough to stop argument and allow further plundering of science education by those who 'claim' to meet the criteria for course material via 'scientific evidence'....
To all you fanatics who keep referring to it as The One Holy Source Of Truth: go read it. If you want the past to be multiple choice, so be it. But tell all of them then.
people talking about politics are reduced to chimpanzee-like sqwakings about their latest candidates, screaming from the tree tops of anywhere, that they have defeated the other party, killed their children, and impregnated their women monkeys.
If the sequence is really random (and not "really" in the sense of mathematically random, but "really" in the sense of not being some obfuscated way of recreating the song in question),
I meant/dev/random.
congratulations, you've just independently created an identical work
What does that mean in the legal sense? Can I distribute it?
And if I download a.mp3, introduce some salt, recode it as an.ogg, and claim it came from/dev/random; how do you prove it?
and the basic principle that adults don't need to be hand-held by other adults
They do, they just don't listen to us before passing laws.
I can only hope that one day, the powers that be will go too far, and citizens will wake up.
By the time a change happens that would seem "too far" now, it will seem like only a minor annoyance. Not only are the rights taken away, people are conditioned to believe that's how it's always been and there's nothing they can do about it. Plus any uproar is drowned out by things like American Idol.
Indeed, but so would any game thats fast paced, requires acute visual discrepancies, and something is at risk, or is rewarded for the ability.
He's talking about Doom 3. All you can see there is shades of dark brown and red. Also, the violence helps with the fear factor, which means you'll pay attention to the subtle differences more.
I'm still having trouble with the idea that an arbitrary string of ones and zeroes could be "illegal".
If I generate a sequence of random numbers, write it to disk, and it happens to be, say, a copyrighted song when fed into an audio player, am I breaking the law? Who gets to determine if it's the same as the song?
Besides, any song can have an infinite number of representations. If I write an audio decoder that takes a Win32 dll and plays it as audio, am I breaking the law if one of the system files in my licensed copy of Vista can be played as a copyrighted song? Is Microsoft?
How about the same with Linux? If it's both covered by the GPL and some random music company, which one takes precedence?
What about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_number>normal numbers? Are they partially copyrighted? If not, how am I breaking the law if I download portions of them? If I download "Champernowne's number, digits 6752138974562389465 to 6752938972565379465 in base 256.mp3", am I breaking the law if it's actually playable?
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Wow, good thing you weren't in a high-level government position any time between 1950 and 1992...
That is an absolutely different game: there is an outcome built in which doesn't involve lots of people dying. There was no Joker in the cold war saying "decide or I will kill everyone".
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Am I the only one who spent the boat scene thinking "why the hell did they not push the button yet?"?
I don't know about you guys, but in that situation, I'd pushed that button as fast as I possibly can, and then argue about it, expecting the same reaction from the other side as well.
How about a "Score 5 First Post" achievement?
No, sorry. Colbert is not famous in Hungary. They named it Megyeri híd because everyone was calling it that anyway.
Megyeri actually refers to a location btw.
Bah, everyone knows the real achievement is getting a frist post!
Except CmdrTaco. The one thing I'm actually proud of here and he leaves it out..
Colbert was disqualified because he's not dead.
The bridge is called Megyeri Bridge.
This turned the game into a hunt to find the specific areas that the level designers wanted you to destroy.
They didn't adjust the level design to the new game mechanic. That's not the mechanic's fault. In a game like, say, Stalker, it could be infinite fun. (Killing a bad guy in a house by blowing a wall on them?)
Or add another game mechanic to counter that, like ammunition shortage. How about dynamically generated levels? Even Diablo had that to a degree.
Games were fun on the Commodore 64, why can't they be on a freaking Core2?
The problem with the form is that it's based on the very USA/UK way of thinking that something must either be 100% of the solution or is useless with no middle ground possible.
Don't blame the form. Spam is way too much adaptible. They can operate from hijacked computers, you know.
The form just points that out. If you come up with a solution that passes the form test, you'll be rich.
Also, consider the fact that partial solutions have already been applied, and only worked until they noticed.
so they dumb-down the plot and boost-up the special defects.
Even to the point that it breaks the whole film. Like they did with both Batman movies. People who are supposedly afraid act like zombies?!
And don't get me started on the exploding boat game. ("Let's vote!" - "OK, who's got a pen and pa-" *BANG*)
Your post advocates a...
I agree, you'd think that with the new controller and the lower graphical capabilities, game devs would have thought "well, all we can do with this is make something new and innovative, rather than doing the same thing we did last year with prettier graphics. Spend less money, but put a little more thought into it."
I'm sure any dev with half a braincell did.
The people making the decision, however...
Honestly though in the global scheme out sourcing is probably a good thing, its just bad for the US.
It's good if you're an investor. Everyone else is fucked.
Lots of what they have is already accessible anyway:
Yes, but that way we won't have edit wars. We want freedom goddammit!
Proof that it is not a creative account is found in the fact that animals aren't even mentioned until after the creation of Adam. Why? Probably because their purpose was designated by Adam. They didn't need to be mentioned until after Adam was created.
Seriously, does that make any sense to you? If it does, can it be called proof? I'm not even sure what he's trying to say there, let alone find logic in it.
My interpretation: "I have no fucking clue, but I already decided I believe it, so there must be a logical explanation."
Of course, this is slashdot, and anything pro religion is wrong, anything anti-religion is right.
Not really. But it helps to read the book you claim to believe in.
And please understand that science is not the equal and opposite dogma to religion. I don't believe in evolution the way Christians believe in God: I accept that I will probably not know for sure.
BING BING BING -- we have a winner. The wording was changed just enough to stop argument and allow further plundering of science education by those who 'claim' to meet the criteria for course material via 'scientific evidence'....
Exactly. I mean, even the Bible contradicts itself.
To all you fanatics who keep referring to it as The One Holy Source Of Truth: go read it. If you want the past to be multiple choice, so be it. But tell all of them then.
people talking about politics are reduced to chimpanzee-like sqwakings about their latest candidates, screaming from the tree tops of anywhere, that they have defeated the other party, killed their children, and impregnated their women monkeys.
You had me going until you mentioned politics.
If the sequence is really random (and not "really" in the sense of mathematically random, but "really" in the sense of not being some obfuscated way of recreating the song in question),
I meant /dev/random.
congratulations, you've just independently created an identical work
What does that mean in the legal sense? Can I distribute it?
And if I download a .mp3, introduce some salt, recode it as an .ogg, and claim it came from /dev/random; how do you prove it?
and the basic principle that adults don't need to be hand-held by other adults
They do, they just don't listen to us before passing laws.
I can only hope that one day, the powers that be will go too far, and citizens will wake up.
By the time a change happens that would seem "too far" now, it will seem like only a minor annoyance. Not only are the rights taken away, people are conditioned to believe that's how it's always been and there's nothing they can do about it. Plus any uproar is drowned out by things like American Idol.
go to any video game website, try to find some meaningful discussion there related to the bigger issues of life.
To find such a discussion, shouldn't you search in a place about the real world?
Also, http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=913782
Indeed, but so would any game thats fast paced, requires acute visual discrepancies, and something is at risk, or is rewarded for the ability.
He's talking about Doom 3. All you can see there is shades of dark brown and red. Also, the violence helps with the fear factor, which means you'll pay attention to the subtle differences more.
Sorry, this is the link.
the (possibly) illegal content
I'm still having trouble with the idea that an arbitrary string of ones and zeroes could be "illegal".
If I generate a sequence of random numbers, write it to disk, and it happens to be, say, a copyrighted song when fed into an audio player, am I breaking the law? Who gets to determine if it's the same as the song?
Besides, any song can have an infinite number of representations. If I write an audio decoder that takes a Win32 dll and plays it as audio, am I breaking the law if one of the system files in my licensed copy of Vista can be played as a copyrighted song? Is Microsoft?
How about the same with Linux? If it's both covered by the GPL and some random music company, which one takes precedence?
What about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_number>normal numbers? Are they partially copyrighted? If not, how am I breaking the law if I download portions of them? If I download "Champernowne's number, digits 6752138974562389465 to 6752938972565379465 in base 256.mp3", am I breaking the law if it's actually playable?
Oh, and punnishment IS based on mind-set and maturity. Even if you're a minor, you can be tried as an adult for especially henious crimes.
Like having sex with someone older than you?
Common sense would dictate
Law does not work that way :(
So children learn by DOING, I get it.
The educational system still doesn't. They seem to think listening to a monotone moron for hours while trying to stay awake works better.