you know what? fuck you! seriously, crawl into a hole and die, stop inventing theories about people who you don't even know "what a pathetic life this chick must lead" who are you to talk? to come on to a website and bitch and act high-and-mighty... you're just jealous that Pita got her name into Wired and you didn't
Looks like I'm the only BeeKeeper to reply so far. I just have to say that here's been no better thing with which to waste my time at work... sure its a marketing ploy i guess... but big deal. this ARG actually had characters that we cared about, and a very engaging branching/overlapping storyline, the threads of which are just coming together this week. It's also brought alot of people together as friends who probably never would interact in real life. Now if you'll excuse me... I have a payphone to answer.......
avast mateys, thar be spoilers ahead, ye been warned!
Is it just me, or has Caboose gotten exponentially dumber!? In season one, he was dim and naive, but not much dumber than some real people i've met. Season two, he got really stupid, but still capable of rational thought (when they went inside his mind to root out O'Malley, he was very intelligent). This season 3 first ep though, damn... he has the mental capacity and speech patterns of a 3 year old. When he was dumb, it was really funny, when he was stupid, he was still pretty funny, but now that he's infantile / mildly retarded, he's just really irritating! He's become the Jar-Jar of RvB i'm afraid.
This ep does suggest that the removal of the O'Malley AI personality has baked his brain a little, but still.... i hope they TRY to explain it a little bit.
they have Microsoft's and Bungie's total permission and endorsement. The Halo team loved RvB so much that they actually commissioned original cartoons to promote the game. Go to any store that sells XBoxen and watch the little promo video long enough, and the RvB gang will appear and start doing their schtick about why you need to buy an XBox.
Master Chief isn't in it, that's Sarge, he's barely more intelligent than Donut and Caboose. Master Chief was mentioned very briefly in the first episode, but it was jut a throwaway line to sum up the events of Halo, and explain why there is now a civil war.
the "backstory" to Halo 2 is being laid out before us as we speak www.ilovebees.com timetravel, flash-clones, retired Spartan 1's, rampant AI's, Naval Intelligence coverups, illegal refugess; its really good stuff actually
its funny, i really like the flavor of Danani too. My girlfriend informed me that CocaCola adds a small amount of salt or sodium(not sure which) in with the minerals to not only enhance taste, but dehyrdrate you slightly so you'll buy more Dasani
In any case, it does taste better than other bottled waters for some inexplicable reason.
once you learn the controls' positions, it becomes like second nature. Your mom's car isn't yours, so you're not used to it. If you had the button on the car that you drive every day, you wouldn't need to look
as for the locks, see, they DON'T distract you while you drive, you said it yourself, you don't use them while the vehicle is in-motion anyway, so it makes no difference. as for the kids, they can be just as annoying with manual locks, and most new cars come with the "mom" switch now to disable the other doors' controls anyway
you're right, with an auto you don't need to shift, but not all of us have automatic transmissions (and that's by choice, slushbox=no control)
"power windows are major distractions from driving", are you nuts? my last car had manual roll-down windows, i had to keep one hand on the wheel while my shoulders moved the crank for 30 seconds or more to get the window down, it was a pain, and left me slightly vulnerable for the time... and what if you had to shift suddenly? my new car has one touch power windows, if i want the window down, one quick button press and the hand goes right back to the wheel
and power locks? how can they be a distraction? how often do you lock or unlock your doors while driving?
yeah... i know i said "or fully loaded mainstreamers", and considering that the Caprice was the top-of-the-line Chevy for many years, it can be considered a sub-luxury vehicle
because my double decker 3-foot erector set wing just isn't big enough sometimes
add to that list: brighter neon louder steros larger exhaust pipes louder exhaust pipes a wider range of stickers bigger uglier rims... spinners and lights were a good start, but how about embedded video screens, or ultrashiny chrome that blinds other drivers? more places to stick useless video screens (see above) brighter, more obnoxious colors larger body kits, with more of that panel-gap appearance that looks so good
SEATBELTS!?!?!?! you're kidding, right? people honestly believe that cars in 1981 didn't have seatbelts!!!???
what kind of car is it btw? in 1981, the only cars i can imagine having power everything would be luxury cars, or at least fully loaded mainstreamers. the biggest change is that nearly every car down to a Kia Rio has power windows/doors standard nowadays(or for a minimal upgrade) case in point: my 04 Mazda 3 (Protege5 replacement) has standard steering-wheel audio controls, and its the cheapest car in the Mazda lineup
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anyone else read the headline as:
"Exploding Antarctica"
and here i thought something really cool was about to happen
in the words of the immortal(?) Harry Knowles:
"MAN IN SUIT! MAN IN SUIT!!!"
thank you
the sleeping princess has done that for us:
http://ilovebees.com/humptydumpty.html
actually...... you can:
http://ilovebees.com/crew_4.html
and
http://ilovebees.com/404
you know what? fuck you!
seriously, crawl into a hole and die, stop inventing theories about people who you don't even know
"what a pathetic life this chick must lead"
who are you to talk? to come on to a website and bitch and act high-and-mighty... you're just jealous that Pita got her name into Wired and you didn't
Looks like I'm the only BeeKeeper to reply so far.
I just have to say that here's been no better thing with which to waste my time at work... sure its a marketing ploy i guess... but big deal. this ARG actually had characters that we cared about, and a very engaging branching/overlapping storyline, the threads of which are just coming together this week. It's also brought alot of people together as friends who probably never would interact in real life. Now if you'll excuse me... I have a payphone to answer.......
that joke needs more cowbell
HA! :-D
avast mateys, thar be spoilers ahead, ye been warned!
Is it just me, or has Caboose gotten exponentially dumber!? In season one, he was dim and naive, but not much dumber than some real people i've met. Season two, he got really stupid, but still capable of rational thought (when they went inside his mind to root out O'Malley, he was very intelligent). This season 3 first ep though, damn... he has the mental capacity and speech patterns of a 3 year old. When he was dumb, it was really funny, when he was stupid, he was still pretty funny, but now that he's infantile / mildly retarded, he's just really irritating! He's become the Jar-Jar of RvB i'm afraid.
This ep does suggest that the removal of the O'Malley AI personality has baked his brain a little, but still.... i hope they TRY to explain it a little bit.
they have Microsoft's and Bungie's total permission and endorsement. The Halo team loved RvB so much that they actually commissioned original cartoons to promote the game. Go to any store that sells XBoxen and watch the little promo video long enough, and the RvB gang will appear and start doing their schtick about why you need to buy an XBox.
Master Chief isn't in it, that's Sarge, he's barely more intelligent than Donut and Caboose.
Master Chief was mentioned very briefly in the first episode, but it was jut a throwaway line to sum up the events of Halo, and explain why there is now a civil war.
it also took the characters less than 6 minutes to open a door and walk into an ajoining room, i think that was an improvement
oh yeah! cuz... you know, EA has so many memorable characters.... like: car, soldier, and popular-licensed-image-sports-guy
the "backstory" to Halo 2 is being laid out before us as we speak
www.ilovebees.com
timetravel, flash-clones, retired Spartan 1's, rampant AI's, Naval Intelligence coverups, illegal refugess; its really good stuff actually
for those too lazy to really get into the storyline, just go to http://ilovebees.com/humptydumpty.html to hear the story so far
and THAT'S when you... hit the Klingon, Mr. Scott?
In any case, it does taste better than other bottled waters for some inexplicable reason.
excitebike 64 contained the original 8-bit
once you learn the controls' positions, it becomes like second nature. Your mom's car isn't yours, so you're not used to it. If you had the button on the car that you drive every day, you wouldn't need to look
as for the locks, see, they DON'T distract you while you drive, you said it yourself, you don't use them while the vehicle is in-motion anyway, so it makes no difference. as for the kids, they can be just as annoying with manual locks, and most new cars come with the "mom" switch now to disable the other doors' controls anyway
you're right, with an auto you don't need to shift, but not all of us have automatic transmissions (and that's by choice, slushbox=no control)
"Any technology that takes away from that pleasure will see more resistance in the market than something that makes your driving cleaner and cheaper."
i think the automatic transmission counts as that, but it took off like hotcakes
"power windows are major distractions from driving", are you nuts?
my last car had manual roll-down windows, i had to keep one hand on the wheel while my shoulders moved the crank for 30 seconds or more to get the window down, it was a pain, and left me slightly vulnerable for the time... and what if you had to shift suddenly?
my new car has one touch power windows, if i want the window down, one quick button press and the hand goes right back to the wheel
and power locks? how can they be a distraction? how often do you lock or unlock your doors while driving?
just what the subject says
can't believe noone else has said it yet
yeah... i know
i said "or fully loaded mainstreamers", and considering that the Caprice was the top-of-the-line Chevy for many years, it can be considered a sub-luxury vehicle
because my double decker 3-foot erector set wing just isn't big enough sometimes
add to that list:
brighter neon
louder steros
larger exhaust pipes
louder exhaust pipes
a wider range of stickers
bigger uglier rims... spinners and lights were a good start, but how about embedded video screens, or ultrashiny chrome that blinds other drivers?
more places to stick useless video screens (see above)
brighter, more obnoxious colors
larger body kits, with more of that panel-gap appearance that looks so good
did i miss anything?
SEATBELTS!?!?!?!
you're kidding, right? people honestly believe that cars in 1981 didn't have seatbelts!!!???
what kind of car is it btw? in 1981, the only cars i can imagine having power everything would be luxury cars, or at least fully loaded mainstreamers. the biggest change is that nearly every car down to a Kia Rio has power windows/doors standard nowadays(or for a minimal upgrade)
case in point: my 04 Mazda 3 (Protege5 replacement) has standard steering-wheel audio controls, and its the cheapest car in the Mazda lineup
but by using the word "most", you are admitting that SOME of them are improvements!