i feel it's inappropriate to even mention nerdcore/hiphop without including eyedea and abilities. with countless references to schroedinger's cat, quantum mechanics, and other things that only slashdotters would rap(sing) about.
sony also announced that in order to make up for losses incurred by this, while playing games from other regions, a small unobtrusive ad will run across the screen during game play.
ok, not really, but what's the catch, after the whole rootkit fiasco i have trouble trusting them to not be completely evil.
coming soon from google (in a perfect world) googleblogless - filters out useless internet diary entries (commonly known as blogs) and only displays relevant results to your search queries.
should you really trust people to have options though. without the monopoly microsoft has with the media player, every jackass that buys a new emachines is going to have to go out and download a media player shortly after opening the box. with that need you're just going to have a large amount of inexperienced computer users downloading the first hits for "free media player" on google, and the end result is going to be millions more computers infected with spyware because they downloaded jimbo's media player (the one that had the most exclamation points in it's ad and came bundled with a free dancing monkey). it's become blatantly obvious that when given options for software people will use the most bloated shitware in existence, and so the majority of slashdot's readers will end up spending 20 hours a week cleaning spyware off of dumb relatives' computers. do yourselves a favor and back microsoft on this one, if it means fewer advances in technology because no one will develop a new media player because there isn't enough dough involved, so be it, take one for the team. in fact, if vista came bundled with p2p software, media player, virus protection, free dancing monkey and spyware removal the world would be a better place.
if anything it's going to be techtv's or g4 (whatever the fuck it is now) having lame ass FPS tournaments. it's highly unlikely that the point is going to be to just give viewers a spectator view of the entire game, they'll focus on each player, give some lame ass interview where johnny-too-many-twinkies tells you how gaming has been a suitable replacement for actual human contact, and that he doesn't regret the fact that he's 27 and still hasn't felt anyone up because he can just buy a real doll after he kicks everyone's ass and takes home the prizemoney. then they'll show the whole 30 seconds it takes for him to die at the hands of some 9 year old korean kid followed up by post game statistics given by some girl that is way too hot to actually know anything about the games she's commenting on. but it doesn't matter because you aren't really listening, you're just watching her tits bounce as she nods way too enthusiastically while prentending to care. tune in next week for our exclusive coverage of the EA superbowl, where competitors slap each other on the ass not because it's the only place they'll feel it, but because they're afraid it might get stuck in a fat roll if they went elsewhere.
i remember my older brother getting the NES for his birthday. when we put legend of zelda in for the first time it already had a saved game (apparently my dad was a bit anxious to play and didn't think we'd figure it out).
happened to me, i got in-school-suspension in high school for excessive use of profanity (i was talking to some kid about the amount of KY jelly i had to use when doinkin' his grandma and some uptight parent heard it, got offended, and narced me) i didn't feel the need to tell my parents about it because i thought it was ridiculous and figured they would as well. i served my time and figured i was in the clear. next day my dad comes home from work and goes about his business, checks the mail, etc. and i hear "bobby get your motherfucking ass down here right now" "what the fuck is this god damned shit getting fucking suspended..." but then he couldn't hold it back and started laughing, main thing he was pissed about was me not telling him about getting suspended, and told me to watch my mouth at school. dad knows best
as far as the swearing in video games, it's going to happen. its good that i dont use a headset when playing, i'd hate for some kid to hear the random combinations i come up with after getting sniped by some jackass two seconds after spawning. and i might feel bad for calling an 11 year old a god damned fuckass-cunt-cock-sucker. no, it doesn't make that much sense, but it helps keep the controller from flying from my hands and ending up in pieces.
i couldn't agree more. i recently moved back home with my parents, and i'm part of the 10% that broadband isn't available to. after 2 days of using dialup i was ready to rip my god damned hair out. i called every cable/dsl company listed in the phone book ("i'm sorry we're currently not offering that service in your area" hurts just as much if not more than "let's just be friends"), and the only option is paying 600$ installation for satellite service that just sucks compared to dsl/cable. i don't even have a dialup modem in any of my boxes, i'm stuck using a box i built for my dad years ago. i have the modems, i just dont feel right insulting my machines with the crippling pain of dialup. i've had to resort to playing 3d pinball while waiting for pages to load and i smoke twice as many cigarettes because of it. and what's worse, is that it's available in the small podunk town i live in, i live just far enough out of the city limits to be stuck in the internet stone ages.
sounds like a horrible fucking idea, isn't this the same gimmick alot of spyware/adware companies use to get idiots to click links. "FREE XBOX-360 CLICK HERE TO SEE IF YOU WON!"... "MSNFREESTUFF wants to install...."
now there's an actual legitimate give away that's going to encourage some spyware company to copycat and dupe idiots into installing their state-of-the-art search-engine/adbar/toolbar to your task bar free of charge.
the gun's realistic look shouldn't stop you from buying it for a kid, the fact that you never took the time to teach your kid not to pull anything that even looks like a gun out when dealing with cops should keep you from buying it.
i can think of a few things worse than not telling users about a little memory leak right away. they were just following cheney's lead. besides, it's not like this "memory leak" will lead to an extended stay in an ICU.
4 year olds in chinese sweatshops are still going to be sewing sneakers with their teeth for.16$ a week with or without the heavily censored searching power of google.
if the 300-400 dollar price range is that much of an issue, dont upgrade. aside from the new games and overheating hardware, none of the systems offer much that an original (modded) xbox can't do.
a large amount of xbox360's non-game hype has been involving its windows media center connectivity etc. ps3 is going to let you store photos, music, tv shows etc on its massive hard drive! yay!
XBMC has that covered, and then some. if you want to browse the internet, just install xbox-linux and use firefox
one of nintendo's big pitches has been the ability to play all those old games without having to blow on the cartridges, jiggle the game, and hold the reset button down, you can easily find ports of all your favorite emulators for the xbox, so that's covered.
and all that's going to cost you is 150 for the old box, 20-30 for a modchip.
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i feel it's inappropriate to even mention nerdcore/hiphop without including eyedea and abilities. with countless references to schroedinger's cat, quantum mechanics, and other things that only slashdotters would rap(sing) about.
sony also announced that in order to make up for losses incurred by this, while playing games from other regions, a small unobtrusive ad will run across the screen during game play. ok, not really, but what's the catch, after the whole rootkit fiasco i have trouble trusting them to not be completely evil.
the origami will be a pda/mp3/swimming spy bot/handheld gaming device
we've got bush for two more years, the rest of the world are belong to us soon enough.
coming soon from google (in a perfect world) googleblogless - filters out useless internet diary entries (commonly known as blogs) and only displays relevant results to your search queries.
should you really trust people to have options though. without the monopoly microsoft has with the media player, every jackass that buys a new emachines is going to have to go out and download a media player shortly after opening the box. with that need you're just going to have a large amount of inexperienced computer users downloading the first hits for "free media player" on google, and the end result is going to be millions more computers infected with spyware because they downloaded jimbo's media player (the one that had the most exclamation points in it's ad and came bundled with a free dancing monkey). it's become blatantly obvious that when given options for software people will use the most bloated shitware in existence, and so the majority of slashdot's readers will end up spending 20 hours a week cleaning spyware off of dumb relatives' computers. do yourselves a favor and back microsoft on this one, if it means fewer advances in technology because no one will develop a new media player because there isn't enough dough involved, so be it, take one for the team. in fact, if vista came bundled with p2p software, media player, virus protection, free dancing monkey and spyware removal the world would be a better place.
if anything it's going to be techtv's or g4 (whatever the fuck it is now) having lame ass FPS tournaments. it's highly unlikely that the point is going to be to just give viewers a spectator view of the entire game, they'll focus on each player, give some lame ass interview where johnny-too-many-twinkies tells you how gaming has been a suitable replacement for actual human contact, and that he doesn't regret the fact that he's 27 and still hasn't felt anyone up because he can just buy a real doll after he kicks everyone's ass and takes home the prizemoney. then they'll show the whole 30 seconds it takes for him to die at the hands of some 9 year old korean kid followed up by post game statistics given by some girl that is way too hot to actually know anything about the games she's commenting on. but it doesn't matter because you aren't really listening, you're just watching her tits bounce as she nods way too enthusiastically while prentending to care. tune in next week for our exclusive coverage of the EA superbowl, where competitors slap each other on the ass not because it's the only place they'll feel it, but because they're afraid it might get stuck in a fat roll if they went elsewhere.
i remember my older brother getting the NES for his birthday. when we put legend of zelda in for the first time it already had a saved game (apparently my dad was a bit anxious to play and didn't think we'd figure it out).
quick, they know too much, get the black highliters out!
as far as the swearing in video games, it's going to happen. its good that i dont use a headset when playing, i'd hate for some kid to hear the random combinations i come up with after getting sniped by some jackass two seconds after spawning. and i might feel bad for calling an 11 year old a god damned fuckass-cunt-cock-sucker. no, it doesn't make that much sense, but it helps keep the controller from flying from my hands and ending up in pieces.
i couldn't agree more. i recently moved back home with my parents, and i'm part of the 10% that broadband isn't available to. after 2 days of using dialup i was ready to rip my god damned hair out. i called every cable/dsl company listed in the phone book ("i'm sorry we're currently not offering that service in your area" hurts just as much if not more than "let's just be friends"), and the only option is paying 600$ installation for satellite service that just sucks compared to dsl/cable. i don't even have a dialup modem in any of my boxes, i'm stuck using a box i built for my dad years ago. i have the modems, i just dont feel right insulting my machines with the crippling pain of dialup. i've had to resort to playing 3d pinball while waiting for pages to load and i smoke twice as many cigarettes because of it. and what's worse, is that it's available in the small podunk town i live in, i live just far enough out of the city limits to be stuck in the internet stone ages.
now there's an actual legitimate give away that's going to encourage some spyware company to copycat and dupe idiots into installing their state-of-the-art search-engine/adbar/toolbar to your task bar free of charge.
7. realize mistake and contact russian mafia (if you're gonna go this route, fuck the non-disclosure agreement anyway)
the gun's realistic look shouldn't stop you from buying it for a kid, the fact that you never took the time to teach your kid not to pull anything that even looks like a gun out when dealing with cops should keep you from buying it.
i can think of a few things worse than not telling users about a little memory leak right away. they were just following cheney's lead. besides, it's not like this "memory leak" will lead to an extended stay in an ICU.
4 year olds in chinese sweatshops are still going to be sewing sneakers with their teeth for .16$ a week with or without the heavily censored searching power of google.
a large amount of xbox360's non-game hype has been involving its windows media center connectivity etc. ps3 is going to let you store photos, music, tv shows etc on its massive hard drive! yay!
XBMC has that covered, and then some. if you want to browse the internet, just install xbox-linux and use firefox
one of nintendo's big pitches has been the ability to play all those old games without having to blow on the cartridges, jiggle the game, and hold the reset button down, you can easily find ports of all your favorite emulators for the xbox, so that's covered.
and all that's going to cost you is 150 for the old box, 20-30 for a modchip.