The difference between what you said and what the other guy said is he generalized and you're making a specific comment. You added to the discussion, but the other guy was posing as a know-it-all.
Amusingly I may have wandered into hypocrite land by saying that.:D
More like those fools that said two screens was a gimmick, touch screens aren't innovative, nobody would play a game like Doom with the mouse instead of a keyboard, a music player without wirelss is lame, nobody wants a phone with a camera built in, etc.
Oh, and if you want to try an interesting academic excercise, go watch what Hollywood thought Virtual Reality would be back in 1993 then look at the games we play today. When you shake your head and go 'so?' think about what 16-bit games were like and the fact that Wolfenstein had not been main-stream yet.
You guys don't know the future and you don't appear 'smarter' because you're making a bet on it.
Am I the only one who thinks all these motion controllers are a passing fad that we will one day look back on and laugh about?
No. You'll be happy to know you're one of a million-strong army of internet nerds that 'predicts' that anything popular will not be in the unspecified future. Your breed is not rare, although noone is quite sure how they continue to thrive from generation to generation.
c) alt version: if my comment bothers you so much, just ignore it - hater.
If you have the right to bitch about being required to pay for something you really don't have to, I have the right to bitch about you bitching about it - whiner.
Hiding it between the pixels of LCD screen, when you have good enough manufacturing, seems to be just...a straightforward progression.
Well, yeah, if you over-simplify any given proposal ("Make a camera small enough to fit between the pixels on a screen!") anything can seem like a straightforward progression. "Once a CPU is powerful enough, making an android is a straightforward progression!"
You commented on it by using a comparison that actually justified their snottiness, then you went and did the exact same thing you were complaining about them doing. FAIL.
Okay, so the guys that make an expensive decision to reduce their emissions aren't actually doing anything better than SUV owners because their electric power use, which hasn't yet been established as 'distinct from SUV owners', is unchanged.
My next project is going to be a resource shed. I am going to build a garden shed that will house cisterns for rainwater collection for my garden and a solar panel to charge my cordless tools. I am not criticizing people that choose to own a prius but those that think that act makes them better than others.
You're doing all that, but you're still fouling up the air with a gas guzzler?
No, this isn't an attack. I'm illustrating how your own view applies to you. You're doing exactly what you're complaining about other people doing. Worse, you've invented behaviours for a group of people without the slighest data to back it up. (i.e. the implication that Prius owners burn more electricity with entertainment devices than SUV owners.)
More comically, the logic of what you're saying, mainly because you have no data to back it up, doesn't make any sense. Somebody who wants to reduce how much they spend at the pump isn't looking at their utility bills? Really? Somebody who would buy a Prius to reduce stress on the environment wouldn't have a clue about their power/water/gas use?
You should have just left it at: "There's more you can do that you probably don't know about."
That depends on which show you watch. In Star Wars, most speak "Basic". (Notable exceptions being Chewbacca, Jabba the Hutt, and R2D2) In Star Trek, most species speak their native languages and have it instantly translated, same with Doctor Who. In Farscape, if I recall, they had a microbe thingy that was essentially an invisible Babel Fish. Same thing, though, the species speak their native dialect.
I'm not really sure which show or movie you're referring to. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a lot of tacos and a Doctor Who marathon to attend to.
...but how many of those Prius owners have two or more big HDTVs, multiple game consoles, routers, PCs, DVRs, Home NAS servers, and goodness knows what else sucking down watts 24/7 often doing nothing at all?
I didn't read the article, but, how can making a game multiplatform almost double the cost? I thought the art, levels, motion capturing, all the data, etc... was the most expensive.
I didn't RTFA either, but in recent memory a number of games have had graphical differences across platforms that required artist intervention. I don't know about it being 'double' the cost to do that, but man-hours can really add up when you have to scour all the assets for all the game locales to deal with a different limit. Given the differences between the architectures of the XBOX and PS3, it makes some sense.
Wow, second post and already we've got the "iPhone vs Android" debate started! Kudos!
You're surprised? You cannot picture a story about an Apple App being malicous containing +5 comments about how Android's policies would mean less damage?
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I've seen them but I do not understand your point. Elaborate please?
What, you mean the nerds? Yes, of course!
The difference between what you said and what the other guy said is he generalized and you're making a specific comment. You added to the discussion, but the other guy was posing as a know-it-all.
Amusingly I may have wandered into hypocrite land by saying that. :D
More like those fools that said two screens was a gimmick, touch screens aren't innovative, nobody would play a game like Doom with the mouse instead of a keyboard, a music player without wirelss is lame, nobody wants a phone with a camera built in, etc.
Oh, and if you want to try an interesting academic excercise, go watch what Hollywood thought Virtual Reality would be back in 1993 then look at the games we play today. When you shake your head and go 'so?' think about what 16-bit games were like and the fact that Wolfenstein had not been main-stream yet.
You guys don't know the future and you don't appear 'smarter' because you're making a bet on it.
Am I the only one who thinks all these motion controllers are a passing fad that we will one day
look back on and laugh about?
No. You'll be happy to know you're one of a million-strong army of internet nerds that 'predicts' that anything popular will not be in the unspecified future. Your breed is not rare, although noone is quite sure how they continue to thrive from generation to generation.
c) alt version: if my comment bothers you so much, just ignore it - hater.
If you have the right to bitch about being required to pay for something you really don't have to, I have the right to bitch about you bitching about it - whiner.
That's true. Slashdot has modded up jokes about flying chairs every day for the last five years.
"He threw a chair at it!"
HAHAHAHA HO HO HO HO HEEE HEE HEE HEE HEE.
I want 3D boobies!
We've had those for a while now. They're called "women".
How come nobody on this site understands Supply and Demand, even when certain examples hit so close to home?
Forget about the cost of popcorn and soda... The biggest ripoff in the theater today are the 3D glasses. You have to buy them EVERY time.
a.) You're paying for the projector, not the glasses. Eventually the dust will settle and they'll sort out the whole 'owning glasses' thing.
b.) You are getting new glasses every time, you opting not to grab them is on you. It's a fair shade better than $4 for Reese's Pieces.
c.) If it costs too much, go see the 2d version.
Who in their right mind would actually buy a 3D tv that required you to wear glasses while viewing. That's absurd.
If you want stereo right now, that's the only way you're going to get it. Stereo monitors that don't require glasses look like ass.
Hiding it between the pixels of LCD screen, when you have good enough manufacturing, seems to be
just...a straightforward progression.
Well, yeah, if you over-simplify any given proposal ("Make a camera small enough to fit between the pixels on a screen!") anything can seem like a straightforward progression. "Once a CPU is powerful enough, making an android is a straightforward progression!"
I'll get more energy with a hand-crank generator...
... depending on which picture is in front of you.
You commented on it by using a comparison that actually justified their snottiness, then you went and did the exact same thing you were complaining about them doing. FAIL.
Okay, so the guys that make an expensive decision to reduce their emissions aren't actually doing anything better than SUV owners because their electric power use, which hasn't yet been established as 'distinct from SUV owners', is unchanged.
My next project is going to be a resource shed. I am going to build a garden shed that will house cisterns for rainwater collection for my garden and a solar panel to charge my cordless tools. I am not criticizing people that choose to own a prius but those that think that act makes them better than others.
You're doing all that, but you're still fouling up the air with a gas guzzler?
No, this isn't an attack. I'm illustrating how your own view applies to you. You're doing exactly what you're complaining about other people doing. Worse, you've invented behaviours for a group of people without the slighest data to back it up. (i.e. the implication that Prius owners burn more electricity with entertainment devices than SUV owners.)
More comically, the logic of what you're saying, mainly because you have no data to back it up, doesn't make any sense. Somebody who wants to reduce how much they spend at the pump isn't looking at their utility bills? Really? Somebody who would buy a Prius to reduce stress on the environment wouldn't have a clue about their power/water/gas use?
You should have just left it at: "There's more you can do that you probably don't know about."
So you and SUV owners, unlike GREEN folks, are taking steps to reduce your power consumption?
That depends on which show you watch. In Star Wars, most speak "Basic". (Notable exceptions being Chewbacca, Jabba the Hutt, and R2D2) In Star Trek, most species speak their native languages and have it instantly translated, same with Doctor Who. In Farscape, if I recall, they had a microbe thingy that was essentially an invisible Babel Fish. Same thing, though, the species speak their native dialect.
I'm not really sure which show or movie you're referring to. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a lot of tacos and a Doctor Who marathon to attend to.
Very when only Prius owners have all this.
...but how many of those Prius owners have two or more big HDTVs, multiple game consoles, routers, PCs, DVRs, Home NAS servers, and goodness knows what else sucking down watts 24/7 often doing nothing at all?
Extremes aren't numerous. Generalizations always suck.
Do really nerdy Klingons learn English?
I didn't read the article, but, how can making a game multiplatform almost double the cost? I thought the art, levels, motion capturing, all the data, etc... was the most expensive.
I didn't RTFA either, but in recent memory a number of games have had graphical differences across platforms that required artist intervention. I don't know about it being 'double' the cost to do that, but man-hours can really add up when you have to scour all the assets for all the game locales to deal with a different limit. Given the differences between the architectures of the XBOX and PS3, it makes some sense.
In short, cadmium has probably saved more lives than it's taken...
...mainly because it wasn't used in childrens' toys.
A nit - it's "site" instead of "sight"
Sig: Don't take life too seriously; it isn't permanent.
Anybody else find that amusing?
Wow, second post and already we've got the "iPhone vs Android" debate started! Kudos!
You're surprised? You cannot picture a story about an Apple App being malicous containing +5 comments about how Android's policies would mean less damage?
I've only skimmed the summary, but this is obviously just a bunch of ads. I only want to read about geeky products that don't cost anything!!!!1
I make porn videos. There's something about using "Openshot" to edit them that just adds some credibility to my artistic vision.
... and GIMP for the titles.