But.... that's not why racecars are illegal though, they're not street-legal because they don't meet safety and emissions laws. Tell me that a Ferarri Enzo isn't basically a street-legal racecar? Ha! At any rate... i see the point you're trying to make, but your argument is flawed, there's no P2P equivalent for bumper saftey regulations.
how old were these kids? i know that growing up, EVERYONE played Nintendo, even in high school most people had a SNES or Genesis. To say "most kids who play video games" is nearly akin to saying "most people who breathe air"; the group you're focusing on happens to also be the majority.
didn't there used to be a subset of nerds who really got off on baseball statistics? there used to be alot of jokes about Trekkies who memorized entire seasons worth of numbers without ever picking up a bat or ball in their entire lives. whatever happened to those guys?
that's because Apple wants you to buy an iPod for your non-cd digital music, not your mp3cd player (granted... i drank the kool-aid and am saving up for an iPod now, but still............)
"I doubt he is REALLY too dumb to realize that the upbringing of the killer is the kicker, not that of the victims so this is just plain malicious."
yeah, i caught that too, he cited the little girl who was killed, and her father said something like "we were raising her right". he just slid it in there slick-as-shit, completely dodging the question and trying for an emotional response. It completely pissed me off.
I still read UF every day, just out of habit, I havne't laughed at it in about a year. The only good storyline he's had in ages was the "The Thing" parody in Anarctica, but other than that, Illiad's just phoning it in.
As for Dilbert, it was cutting edge 10 years ago, but Adams has let it stagnate, its still the same tired joke told by the same nonentity archetype characters. To put it bluntly, its the new Garfield. its good for a chuckle, but its not engaging like PvP or Sluggy Freelance.
Anyone remember the experiment where they put a computer in a vacant lot in (i believe) Bangladesh where a group of poor children played? None of them had never seen a computer before, yet by the end of a month or so, they had written a text file to the administrator saying that they had removed the monitoring programs that were spying on their usage.
yeah! what kind of petty tin-pot bannanna republic government is this! why, here in America people don't have careers in politics or get appointed to cushy jobs just because of who their father is!
hey, check out your keyboard, there's this really cool new button on it, right next to the 'M' key no, no... to the right your OTHER right yeah! that's it! its called a 'comma'! look what it can do:,,,,,,,, you can seperate words into LISTS with it, instead of just rambling on in one long sentence like a bum on the street corner try it out!
"And don't forget that he is a Sith - he has accepted the `power of the dark side,' which seems incompatible with `good' motives."
that's how the dark side get's ya! it says: "i'm way more powerfull than the light side, but you don't HAVE to use me for evil... use me to do good! it won't hurt....." observe Vader tempting Luke on Bespin, he basically gives this speech, or Annakin telling Padme how much he wants a great leader to come and make the senate stop infighting. His heart is in the right place, but the dark side seduces you with evil means that don't justify the righteous ends. (and of course when you come to that end, its no longer the good and just one that you started out with)
ummmm, did you read his post? did you read mine? i'll quote again: (I) want to show off the fact that I have this sleek, little, quiet, box sitting on my desk
so, no, it might not mean that... except for the fact that he came right out and said it
Not because of its size but because I want to show off the fact that I have this sleek, little, quiet, box sitting on my desk ok, cool, aesthetics are important
I didn't get the Mini because it was small, quiet, or good looking. then why are you showing it off? seriously though, the thing is great looking, there's a certain geek-ethic of "i don't care what it looks like" that extends from computers to cars and even clothing (i'm looking at YOU free-tradeshow-tshirt-guy!) but really, its nothing to be ashamed of that you LIKE the way the Mac mini looks and it influenced your purchase, just don't deny it later in your post. Hell, if i could, i'd buy one and rearrange my desk to feature it prominently front and center too.
but seriously, how many far-right nutso Conservatives out there (disclaimer: not you normal fiscal conservatives, i mean the wacked out breed of bible thumpers who want us to live in a theocracy) would actually cheer if someone strapped a bomb to themselves and blew up an abortion clinic? not too many would do it themselves, but i bet they'd hail that person as a "soldier doing the lord's work" or something
do you think Dubya actually BELIEVES in the religious side of things, or is it just lip service to the right? I wonder because his father was nowhere near as right-wing when it came to social issues
wait, wait... was that the one where Skinner gets upset at them in the end? And then the Smoking Man says something cryptic and sinister? Yeah... I loved that one too.
I got an XBox for Christmas, apparently one of the last ones they had. Unfortunately it died 3 days after opening it! After calling countless stores repleatedly for 3 weeks, I finally got one of the two XBoxen in stock at Circuit City last Thursday.
but there IS something to be said here, ok, it seems like you enjoy the technical aspects of gaming, and that's fine for you and alot of other people
but people like the author, and myself even, want to know about the story and characters of a game. Gaming has matured to the point where story matters over flashy graphics. Half life 2 created a very distinct mood and feel, the writers were trying to SAY something with that setting. Granted, they weren't saying anything that countless other dystopian authors already had, but the point is, if we mature gamers take more interest in intelligent themes, stories, and characters, maybe the writing and plot of games will get BETTER. I would like to finally play some 'mature' games, and i don't mean mature as in GTA, (digital blood and boobs are interesting to 14 year olds, but not me). Mature as in intelligent, intellectual story elements that you need half a brain to understand. Halo and Halo 2 have come close, packed in the explosions and weaponry and multiplayer carnage, there's actually some pretty compelling sci-fi concerning the nature of faith and religion.
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But.... that's not why racecars are illegal though, they're not street-legal because they don't meet safety and emissions laws. Tell me that a Ferarri Enzo isn't basically a street-legal racecar? Ha!
At any rate... i see the point you're trying to make, but your argument is flawed, there's no P2P equivalent for bumper saftey regulations.
correlation != causality
how old were these kids? i know that growing up, EVERYONE played Nintendo, even in high school most people had a SNES or Genesis.
To say "most kids who play video games" is nearly akin to saying "most people who breathe air"; the group you're focusing on happens to also be the majority.
yep, notorious throughout the state for having a big damn shopping mall and not much else really. (in their defense, it really is a gigantic mall)
hail our new cloned-DNA T-rex overlor-*CHOMP*
didn't there used to be a subset of nerds who really got off on baseball statistics? there used to be alot of jokes about Trekkies who memorized entire seasons worth of numbers without ever picking up a bat or ball in their entire lives. whatever happened to those guys?
that's because Apple wants you to buy an iPod for your non-cd digital music, not your mp3cd player
(granted... i drank the kool-aid and am saving up for an iPod now, but still............)
we here at Super1337megagamerockers give "Big Gun Shooter Guy 3" our lowest score ever: 9.2 / 10
next page, an ad for Big Gun Shooter Guy 3
i believe the proper conjugation should have been 'ensecurinate' or the more formal 'ensecurinatify'
"I doubt he is REALLY too dumb to realize that the upbringing of the killer is the kicker, not that of the victims so this is just plain malicious."
yeah, i caught that too, he cited the little girl who was killed, and her father said something like "we were raising her right". he just slid it in there slick-as-shit, completely dodging the question and trying for an emotional response. It completely pissed me off.
are either of these comics relevant anymore?
I still read UF every day, just out of habit, I havne't laughed at it in about a year. The only good storyline he's had in ages was the "The Thing" parody in Anarctica, but other than that, Illiad's just phoning it in.
As for Dilbert, it was cutting edge 10 years ago, but Adams has let it stagnate, its still the same tired joke told by the same nonentity archetype characters. To put it bluntly, its the new Garfield. its good for a chuckle, but its not engaging like PvP or Sluggy Freelance.
Pretty all inclusive really, the biggie of course is Dubya, but this story really reminded me of Michael Powell and the FCC.
Anyone remember the experiment where they put a computer in a vacant lot in (i believe) Bangladesh where a group of poor children played? None of them had never seen a computer before, yet by the end of a month or so, they had written a text file to the administrator saying that they had removed the monitoring programs that were spying on their usage.
/. but i can't find the link
i think it was on
yeah! what kind of petty tin-pot bannanna republic government is this! why, here in America people don't have careers in politics or get appointed to cushy jobs just because of who their father is!
oh wait................
hey, check out your keyboard, there's this really cool new button on it, right next to the 'M' key ,,,,,,,,
no, no... to the right
your OTHER right
yeah! that's it! its called a 'comma'! look what it can do:
you can seperate words into LISTS with it, instead of just rambling on in one long sentence like a bum on the street corner
try it out!
Christopher Lee returns as Dooku/Tyranus in this movie as well.
"And don't forget that he is a Sith - he has accepted the `power of the dark side,' which seems incompatible with `good' motives."
that's how the dark side get's ya! it says: "i'm way more powerfull than the light side, but you don't HAVE to use me for evil... use me to do good! it won't hurt....."
observe Vader tempting Luke on Bespin, he basically gives this speech, or Annakin telling Padme how much he wants a great leader to come and make the senate stop infighting. His heart is in the right place, but the dark side seduces you with evil means that don't justify the righteous ends. (and of course when you come to that end, its no longer the good and just one that you started out with)
ummmm, did you read his post? did you read mine? i'll quote again:
(I) want to show off the fact that I have this sleek, little, quiet, box sitting on my desk
so, no, it might not mean that... except for the fact that he came right out and said it
Not because of its size but because I want to show off the fact that I have this sleek, little, quiet, box sitting on my desk
ok, cool, aesthetics are important
I didn't get the Mini because it was small, quiet, or good looking.
then why are you showing it off?
seriously though, the thing is great looking, there's a certain geek-ethic of "i don't care what it looks like" that extends from computers to cars and even clothing (i'm looking at YOU free-tradeshow-tshirt-guy!)
but really, its nothing to be ashamed of that you LIKE the way the Mac mini looks and it influenced your purchase, just don't deny it later in your post. Hell, if i could, i'd buy one and rearrange my desk to feature it prominently front and center too.
well, not PUBLICLY anyway
but seriously, how many far-right nutso Conservatives out there (disclaimer: not you normal fiscal conservatives, i mean the wacked out breed of bible thumpers who want us to live in a theocracy) would actually cheer if someone strapped a bomb to themselves and blew up an abortion clinic? not too many would do it themselves, but i bet they'd hail that person as a "soldier doing the lord's work" or something
do you think Dubya actually BELIEVES in the religious side of things, or is it just lip service to the right? I wonder because his father was nowhere near as right-wing when it came to social issues
wait, wait... was that the one where Skinner gets upset at them in the end? And then the Smoking Man says something cryptic and sinister?
Yeah... I loved that one too.
I got an XBox for Christmas, apparently one of the last ones they had. Unfortunately it died 3 days after opening it! After calling countless stores repleatedly for 3 weeks, I finally got one of the two XBoxen in stock at Circuit City last Thursday.
its on the bonus DVD of the Halo 2 special edition
here here centauri! (hey, everyone time an ILB story comes up on /., i see your name!)
i was at the dinner in Washington DC she mentions in the interview, such a wonderful, charming person, and she's a gamer to boot!
but there IS something to be said here, ok, it seems like you enjoy the technical aspects of gaming, and that's fine for you and alot of other people
but people like the author, and myself even, want to know about the story and characters of a game. Gaming has matured to the point where story matters over flashy graphics. Half life 2 created a very distinct mood and feel, the writers were trying to SAY something with that setting. Granted, they weren't saying anything that countless other dystopian authors already had, but the point is, if we mature gamers take more interest in intelligent themes, stories, and characters, maybe the writing and plot of games will get BETTER. I would like to finally play some 'mature' games, and i don't mean mature as in GTA, (digital blood and boobs are interesting to 14 year olds, but not me). Mature as in intelligent, intellectual story elements that you need half a brain to understand. Halo and Halo 2 have come close, packed in the explosions and weaponry and multiplayer carnage, there's actually some pretty compelling sci-fi concerning the nature of faith and religion.
ah.... i was wondering why pre-teen girls of 1983 would want to look at THAT
so... why did he take them anyway? trying to impress Melinda?