I know some will say that this is contrary to free market rules, the company owning a new technology should rush it out the doors. But the big players might often be involved in some kind of collusion not always known to the general public.
OH! I know this one! It's that most insidious of taboos, a practice only endorsed by the greediest and biggest fish in the pond. I think it's called "testing" or "improving reliability" or something.
Oh I wasn't referring to the actual programmers, I was referring to the higher ups who wish to take over the world with it. Someone needs to explain to them that even if only one person in the world is able to view the content, it can be copied somehow, even if it does need to be via the "analog hole".
The thing that cracks me up is the adverts saying "enjoy the real experience" and all that, warning you of poor quality pirated material. Obviously this means that if the pirated copy is good quality, it must be okay! And even better you don't have to sit next to some smelly fat guy or put up with a bunch of noisy teens up the back row etc.
Yep, it just depends how prevalent the morons can make this tech.. though there probably will always be alternatives for those that care enough to look, even with PMPs.
I use Lynx Dry, it doesn't have all that white powdery stuff that blocks up your pores.. it doesn't entirely eliminate sweat either but it does seem to reduce it and smells great. Perhaps it uses a similar effect to that alum block thing?
Well, none of my gfs have had a problem with how I smell, even right after they meet me, responses have been I smell good, or I don't really smell of anything.. so unless they're simply used to the "attar of death" too (which I doubt because most of them seemed to just use deoderant or simply perfume) then it sounds like you're talking out of your ass:P
I just don't like overly simplistic morons who don't stop and think about what they're saying, especially if it's insulting. It is moronic to imply that the oft-observed Slashdot backlash against those that overplay the "think of the children card" is a sign that the majority of slashdotters are pedophiles.
Do you think all Microsoft haters on Slashdot secretly want to use Microsoft products? Or that all who complain here about the RIAA and MPAA are media pirates? I doubt it. Sony/Apple haters really secretly want to use Sony/Apple products? Perhaps some, but the whole idea that every time someone complains about something that they themselves are guilty of it is rather ludicrous.
Did you just accuse everyone here of thinking like a pedophile? Isn't there some psychological principle that says that what a person accuses others of, is something they themselves would think of first?
You say that as if conventional lock picks don't exist. Any security system can be broken. I'm not advocating cards for security, I'm advocating them for convenience. At my workplace we use swipe cards to get in during the day, and at night as well as the card system the doors are physically locked with a key.
Not talking about the games you've mentioned either, they're all pretty decent. I was referring more to the budget shovelware that nobody beyond the mental age of 5 is going to find stimulating - the majority of Wii minigame bundles out there look truly awful.
There are also games which *would* be decent if they simply opted for using buttons rather than unnecessary motions. For example one snowboarding game we have which is fun but for one thing: you're meant to swing the controller a certain way to jump, but it rarely works properly and often interprets your attempted jump as something else (can't remember what it was right now but it was really annoying). None of us could work out how to get it to work consistently despite going through the tutorial a few times so it seems like it was trained to the devs' specific style of movement or something.
You also should take into account that some PS2 owners probably got a second PS2 either because drive in their first one broke (this happened to our PS1 and is happening to our PS2) or because they wanted the slim version. They're cheap enough that it's not that big a deal to get another when the first dies. So that could account for some inflation of the numbers. If the Wii is more reliable then you can't compare the two sets of figures directly.
Games where the interface doesn't require you to shake around your controller for no reason other than the controller can detect shakes is one. Games that actually have some depth and fun past the "look I'm moving my arm and it's affecting what is on the screen!" are another. Go look at the Wii section in a game store sometime and see how many things are there that you'd actually enjoy playing past the novelty factor. "Party" games can be fun on the Wii, but mostly because you're playing with other people rather than because they're actually any fun as games - they'd be very dull against the CPU.
The games I've enjoyed most on the Wii are Zelda, Need For Speed Carbon, Super Mario Paper and Tetris Party.. all games which have no real need for motion controls.
Same here actually - for a long time I used to keep my car keys and house keys in the same pocket so I sometimes put my house keys in that pocket on autopilot after opening a door.
Almost exactly like me, except sometimes after using my keys I've ended up putting them in a different pocket and freaking out next time I go to the correct pocket and they're not there.. sometimes my flat keys just end up in the car keys pocket because I'm too busy dumping shopping or whatever to consciously realise what I'm doing with the keys.
You do not want something digital to replace your keys.
Quit telling me what I want! Actually my flatmate waved his work keycard at our flat door today by mistake.. and I've done the same thing before - got out my swipe card or car remote before I realised what the hell I was doing. I think digital locks would be a tad more convenient than keys, and less dangerous. I once managed to slice up my finger by pushing my key forward hard when it stuck in the lock.. yeah I could have been more careful, but I think having an RFID chip (in my phone for example, that seems to be the way it'll go) which I can use for various things would be pretty handy and mean not having to carry around pointless chunks of metal all the time. I hate having change or keys unless I really need to.
In addition to having crap like that in your pockets being annoying, some people (me included) are allergic to nickel, which is alloyed in a lot of stuff like coins, keys, and a lot of jewellery items and watches. Funnily enough these are all things that mobile phones already are used for or can be used for.. while replacing current technology with new tech usually isn't necessary, I do think that in this case it makes sense.
Yeah, I really don't get how people can randomly lose their keys and phones. I do leave my phone out around the house, but not in public places. I always keep my keys, wallet and phone in my jacket when I'm out and about, and if I switch jacket I simply switch everything into that jacket.
When I'm not wearing a jacket and going out without the car I'll just take my house keys and debit card or wallet depending on how happy I am to have my pockets full of crap at that moment in time. If I'm out without a jacket but have the car then I'll leave any unnecessary stuff in the car.. this guy could probably leave stuff like his gf's keys in his glove compartment.
But your bicycle is a vehicle, which belongs to you, which makes it your vehicle.. so why would you not need your "bicycle key" when you use it? Why do you even have that key? *head asplodes*
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I know some will say that this is contrary to free market rules, the company owning a new technology should rush it out the doors. But the big players might often be involved in some kind of collusion not always known to the general public.
OH! I know this one! It's that most insidious of taboos, a practice only endorsed by the greediest and biggest fish in the pond. I think it's called "testing" or "improving reliability" or something.
Oh I wasn't referring to the actual programmers, I was referring to the higher ups who wish to take over the world with it. Someone needs to explain to them that even if only one person in the world is able to view the content, it can be copied somehow, even if it does need to be via the "analog hole".
The thing that cracks me up is the adverts saying "enjoy the real experience" and all that, warning you of poor quality pirated material. Obviously this means that if the pirated copy is good quality, it must be okay! And even better you don't have to sit next to some smelly fat guy or put up with a bunch of noisy teens up the back row etc.
a large amount of people who's hard work stopped the millennium bug being a massive problem.
And probably caused it in the first place ;)
Yep, it just depends how prevalent the morons can make this tech.. though there probably will always be alternatives for those that care enough to look, even with PMPs.
It would probably be pretty easy to strip out signatures, and eventually someone's bound to figure out how to add your own signatures.
Aside from the stupid music, this video is pretty interesting for explaining a possibility for the first few steps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6QYDdgP9eg
Not so the EU, however, which has banned literally hundreds of chemicals for use in perfumes and perfumed products which are still legal here
This could explain why none of what you say seems to apply to me, considering I live in Scotland..
I use Lynx Dry, it doesn't have all that white powdery stuff that blocks up your pores.. it doesn't entirely eliminate sweat either but it does seem to reduce it and smells great. Perhaps it uses a similar effect to that alum block thing?
Well, none of my gfs have had a problem with how I smell, even right after they meet me, responses have been I smell good, or I don't really smell of anything.. so unless they're simply used to the "attar of death" too (which I doubt because most of them seemed to just use deoderant or simply perfume) then it sounds like you're talking out of your ass :P
I prefer antiperspirant to avoid developing smells in the first place rather than simply trying to mask them..
I just don't like overly simplistic morons who don't stop and think about what they're saying, especially if it's insulting. It is moronic to imply that the oft-observed Slashdot backlash against those that overplay the "think of the children card" is a sign that the majority of slashdotters are pedophiles.
Do you think all Microsoft haters on Slashdot secretly want to use Microsoft products? Or that all who complain here about the RIAA and MPAA are media pirates? I doubt it. Sony/Apple haters really secretly want to use Sony/Apple products? Perhaps some, but the whole idea that every time someone complains about something that they themselves are guilty of it is rather ludicrous.
Cool. Now, someone send me some cute strippers and/or a big pile of money!
Did you just accuse everyone here of thinking like a pedophile? Isn't there some psychological principle that says that what a person accuses others of, is something they themselves would think of first?
Wouldn't have been so easy if D2 weren't fucked :p Someone fix that already!
I for one welcome us, the new overlords :)
You say that as if conventional lock picks don't exist. Any security system can be broken. I'm not advocating cards for security, I'm advocating them for convenience. At my workplace we use swipe cards to get in during the day, and at night as well as the card system the doors are physically locked with a key.
It has already given us remarkable views of Uranus
Teehee. I could never be an astronomer.
*insert oblig goatse reference here*
Not talking about the games you've mentioned either, they're all pretty decent. I was referring more to the budget shovelware that nobody beyond the mental age of 5 is going to find stimulating - the majority of Wii minigame bundles out there look truly awful.
There are also games which *would* be decent if they simply opted for using buttons rather than unnecessary motions. For example one snowboarding game we have which is fun but for one thing: you're meant to swing the controller a certain way to jump, but it rarely works properly and often interprets your attempted jump as something else (can't remember what it was right now but it was really annoying). None of us could work out how to get it to work consistently despite going through the tutorial a few times so it seems like it was trained to the devs' specific style of movement or something.
You also should take into account that some PS2 owners probably got a second PS2 either because drive in their first one broke (this happened to our PS1 and is happening to our PS2) or because they wanted the slim version. They're cheap enough that it's not that big a deal to get another when the first dies. So that could account for some inflation of the numbers. If the Wii is more reliable then you can't compare the two sets of figures directly.
Games where the interface doesn't require you to shake around your controller for no reason other than the controller can detect shakes is one. Games that actually have some depth and fun past the "look I'm moving my arm and it's affecting what is on the screen!" are another. Go look at the Wii section in a game store sometime and see how many things are there that you'd actually enjoy playing past the novelty factor. "Party" games can be fun on the Wii, but mostly because you're playing with other people rather than because they're actually any fun as games - they'd be very dull against the CPU.
The games I've enjoyed most on the Wii are Zelda, Need For Speed Carbon, Super Mario Paper and Tetris Party.. all games which have no real need for motion controls.
Same here actually - for a long time I used to keep my car keys and house keys in the same pocket so I sometimes put my house keys in that pocket on autopilot after opening a door.
Almost exactly like me, except sometimes after using my keys I've ended up putting them in a different pocket and freaking out next time I go to the correct pocket and they're not there.. sometimes my flat keys just end up in the car keys pocket because I'm too busy dumping shopping or whatever to consciously realise what I'm doing with the keys.
You do not want something digital to replace your keys.
Quit telling me what I want! Actually my flatmate waved his work keycard at our flat door today by mistake.. and I've done the same thing before - got out my swipe card or car remote before I realised what the hell I was doing. I think digital locks would be a tad more convenient than keys, and less dangerous. I once managed to slice up my finger by pushing my key forward hard when it stuck in the lock.. yeah I could have been more careful, but I think having an RFID chip (in my phone for example, that seems to be the way it'll go) which I can use for various things would be pretty handy and mean not having to carry around pointless chunks of metal all the time. I hate having change or keys unless I really need to.
In addition to having crap like that in your pockets being annoying, some people (me included) are allergic to nickel, which is alloyed in a lot of stuff like coins, keys, and a lot of jewellery items and watches. Funnily enough these are all things that mobile phones already are used for or can be used for.. while replacing current technology with new tech usually isn't necessary, I do think that in this case it makes sense.
Yeah, I really don't get how people can randomly lose their keys and phones. I do leave my phone out around the house, but not in public places. I always keep my keys, wallet and phone in my jacket when I'm out and about, and if I switch jacket I simply switch everything into that jacket.
When I'm not wearing a jacket and going out without the car I'll just take my house keys and debit card or wallet depending on how happy I am to have my pockets full of crap at that moment in time. If I'm out without a jacket but have the car then I'll leave any unnecessary stuff in the car.. this guy could probably leave stuff like his gf's keys in his glove compartment.
But your bicycle is a vehicle, which belongs to you, which makes it your vehicle.. so why would you not need your "bicycle key" when you use it? Why do you even have that key? *head asplodes*