Can you mention some games where you CAN change the main story completely?
Because I can't think of any.
Kotor? Daggerfall? Fallout 1,2? Sure, there are plot points that can't be changed, but the endings can each be markedly different. In fact, I never finished Daggerfall because I ignored the main quest and did my own thing until I discovered I could sleep in the shops to steal everything, then the game got boring.
When I played BF2, I noticed a marked difference in how kids played versus adults. The kids took the re-spawn-on-death mechanic and ran with it, realizing that as long as they killed >1 enemy, the ratio was a win, so they'd go on suicide runs with C4 cars, 'nades, or claymores. And if they did that near a flag or against an enemy tank, even better. The adults would more often hang back, saving their skin, calling for medics, etc. Following RL rules, it makes sense, but the game was a different world, and the kids' tactics were correct.
When I first started playing nethack [...] Another upside is that I find that I have more unique characters which sometimes require unusual tactics to get by. When you overcome these challenges, you have a story to tell that likely has never been experienced before.
Unfortunately, I've found that nethack stories bore even geek girls.
Also, recreating Earth-like conditions won't change the fact they would be living in 1/3rd gravity, which would definitely invoke some selection pressure.
Unless they live in a spinning, slightly angled base (that doubles as a flywheel).
My impressions was that this "scientist" seems to believe in Lamarkian Evolution, probably because he doesn't have a very good grasp of how evolution actually works.
I was under the impression that he believed in pokemon evolution.
Then you press the on/off button, which is not the home button.
The on/off button is not true on/off. It's sleep/wake. No amount of pressing sleep/wake will fix a software error (since sleep and wake are both software functions). You need a hardware interrupt that can restart the OS. The current method is to press sleep & home. The GP's example of pressing the sleep & volume up and/or down would work.
Apple is reportedly planning to do away with the home button on the next-gen iPad and iPhone and replace its functionality with multitouch gestures. And as luck would have it, the newly seeded iOS 4.3 includes support for new multitouch gestures, one of which is the ability to use a four or five finger pinch to go back to the homescreen.
That's nice. What about the other functions of the home button? You know, the button that's so overloaded with functions because Jobs couldn't stand to have more than one (but eventually settled on four and a switch)? It does "home", search when on "home", it opens special apps when locked, with a double click, it opens something else, with a triple click, even other things, it wakes the phone from sleep, etc. Sure, some of those functions would be nice to move to gestures since the home button is too overloaded, but why 4-finger? Got something against the handicapped Steve? I know someone who uses an iPad because her fingers don't allow her to use a mouse or keyboard well, but she can use two hands to do the two-finger gestures, and press the home-button with one finger. I guess she'll be using the middle finger with Apple in the future.
Quite honestly, I don't possess the science background to really critique the paper and have to rely on the man's credentials to find this believable.
Welcome to the state that 98% of humanity is always in regarding anything beyond highschool science. Remember that magicians are only respected when they produce fantastic results or are feared. Otherwise, wizards are reviled, pitied, and laughed at.
the orientation lock button was WAY more useful than the mute button, maybe not so much on an iphone but definitely on the ipad.
The first day I got my first (gen1) iPhone I wanted orientation-lock. I tried reading stuff lying down on my side and discovered that Steve Jobs apparently lies down on his back exclusively.
If they can pitch a lift vehicle all the way to congress, let alone a heavy one. Now two questions ultimately arise: Was it a straight throw, or was some spin applied? Did Congress swing?
The concept of an "app" didn't really exist before Apple's use of it.
Yes it did. You're either lying or ignorant. Considering you continue on to say people actually did use "app", I'm inclined to believe you're lying. "web apps" were all the rage of web 2.0. "App" was the hip way for PHBs to talk about software applications since 1990s and everyone knows it.
"application store" is generic and obvious, ergo "app store" is generic and obvious. It's like calling a coffee shop "coffee shop" or "coffee store". It's too generic to be trademarked. I've been to plenty of software stores. How is "software store" different from "app store"? The differentiation is "Babbage's" or "Mom & Pop's" those things can be trademarked.
"However GeoHot has never supported any form of piracy and in fact has taken a constant stance against it."
Did you know that Frank Castle takes a constant stance against murder? Just sayin'
I recall the quote "Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornitology is to birds" being attributed to feynman. And i find it all too fitting for any discussion that tries to mix science and philosophy.
Unless they're trying to get a Doctor of Philosophy in a scientific field, then the philosophy of science is of utmost importance.
From the makers of phpMyAdmin, here's wikiSysAdmin! It's a wiki where the wisdom of the crowd is used to determine the config files and process states. Your system will have one 9 of up time, but it will truly be an egalitarian server. RMS would love it.
The biggest problem here is why the press (for the purposes of the example I count slashdot as being "press") thinks it needs to publish every single press release of every idiot green-activist scientist who has an cretinous idea for reducing this minor trace-gas (and plant food). I would genuinely be interested to know just how it is that a mortal scientist, with no particular talent, gets a write-up online whenever he farts.
I thought there was some international weapons treaty that said developing laser weapons with intent to blind is a no-no (burning enemies to death is okay).
Perhaps the successor to Facebook is the REAL WORLD. The virtual novelty is wearing off. Real physical communication is just so much more satisfying. Who needs a bunch of virtual quasi friends anyhow?
If you're accepting friend requests from people who aren't really your friends then you're using it wrong.
Most adults I know use facebook to communicate with one another, find long-lost friends, or keep tabs on their teen children (then they gravitate to the former options).
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Can you mention some games where you CAN change the main story completely? Because I can't think of any.
Kotor? Daggerfall? Fallout 1,2? Sure, there are plot points that can't be changed, but the endings can each be markedly different. In fact, I never finished Daggerfall because I ignored the main quest and did my own thing until I discovered I could sleep in the shops to steal everything, then the game got boring.
When I played BF2, I noticed a marked difference in how kids played versus adults. The kids took the re-spawn-on-death mechanic and ran with it, realizing that as long as they killed >1 enemy, the ratio was a win, so they'd go on suicide runs with C4 cars, 'nades, or claymores. And if they did that near a flag or against an enemy tank, even better. The adults would more often hang back, saving their skin, calling for medics, etc. Following RL rules, it makes sense, but the game was a different world, and the kids' tactics were correct.
When I first started playing nethack [...] Another upside is that I find that I have more unique characters which sometimes require unusual tactics to get by. When you overcome these challenges, you have a story to tell that likely has never been experienced before.
Unfortunately, I've found that nethack stories bore even geek girls.
Also, recreating Earth-like conditions won't change the fact they would be living in 1/3rd gravity, which would definitely invoke some selection pressure.
Unless they live in a spinning, slightly angled base (that doubles as a flywheel).
My impressions was that this "scientist" seems to believe in Lamarkian Evolution, probably because he doesn't have a very good grasp of how evolution actually works.
I was under the impression that he believed in pokemon evolution.
What then?
Then you press the on/off button, which is not the home button.
The on/off button is not true on/off. It's sleep/wake. No amount of pressing sleep/wake will fix a software error (since sleep and wake are both software functions). You need a hardware interrupt that can restart the OS. The current method is to press sleep & home. The GP's example of pressing the sleep & volume up and/or down would work.
Apple is reportedly planning to do away with the home button on the next-gen iPad and iPhone and replace its functionality with multitouch gestures. And as luck would have it, the newly seeded iOS 4.3 includes support for new multitouch gestures, one of which is the ability to use a four or five finger pinch to go back to the homescreen.
That's nice. What about the other functions of the home button? You know, the button that's so overloaded with functions because Jobs couldn't stand to have more than one (but eventually settled on four and a switch)? It does "home", search when on "home", it opens special apps when locked, with a double click, it opens something else, with a triple click, even other things, it wakes the phone from sleep, etc. Sure, some of those functions would be nice to move to gestures since the home button is too overloaded, but why 4-finger? Got something against the handicapped Steve? I know someone who uses an iPad because her fingers don't allow her to use a mouse or keyboard well, but she can use two hands to do the two-finger gestures, and press the home-button with one finger. I guess she'll be using the middle finger with Apple in the future.
* I hate that myth. Every time I hear it from someone, I want to say, "Well, maybe you're not using that 90%, but I sure as shit am."
I'm curious. What medications did your physician prescribe for your epilepsy?
A better question: How is he using someone else's extra 90%? Quantum Telepathy?
Quite honestly, I don't possess the science background to really critique the paper and have to rely on the man's credentials to find this believable.
Welcome to the state that 98% of humanity is always in regarding anything beyond highschool science. Remember that magicians are only respected when they produce fantastic results or are feared. Otherwise, wizards are reviled, pitied, and laughed at.
the orientation lock button was WAY more useful than the mute button, maybe not so much on an iphone but definitely on the ipad.
The first day I got my first (gen1) iPhone I wanted orientation-lock. I tried reading stuff lying down on my side and discovered that Steve Jobs apparently lies down on his back exclusively.
If they can pitch a lift vehicle all the way to congress, let alone a heavy one. Now two questions ultimately arise: Was it a straight throw, or was some spin applied? Did Congress swing?
It's not real. It's just a mockup.
No, that was Camelot.
U.S. Govt to nVidia: "TEMPEST doesn't work as good now with these LCD monitors, make something that will transmit between the GPU and the monitor."
The concept of an "app" didn't really exist before Apple's use of it.
Yes it did. You're either lying or ignorant. Considering you continue on to say people actually did use "app", I'm inclined to believe you're lying. "web apps" were all the rage of web 2.0. "App" was the hip way for PHBs to talk about software applications since 1990s and everyone knows it.
"application store" is generic and obvious, ergo "app store" is generic and obvious. It's like calling a coffee shop "coffee shop" or "coffee store". It's too generic to be trademarked. I've been to plenty of software stores. How is "software store" different from "app store"? The differentiation is "Babbage's" or "Mom & Pop's" those things can be trademarked.
"However GeoHot has never supported any form of piracy and in fact has taken a constant stance against it."
Did you know that Frank Castle takes a constant stance against murder? Just sayin'
Do you think that Gandhi, your namesake, would approve of you purposefully trying to cause a fight?
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. ~Gandhi
Dude, GP is Gandhi II! He's a one man recking crew. But he also knows how to party.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfvLcozLwtE
Odd. When I tried it, I got: camperdave is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. Should I be worried?
Only if you believe
I recall the quote "Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornitology is to birds" being attributed to feynman. And i find it all too fitting for any discussion that tries to mix science and philosophy.
Unless they're trying to get a Doctor of Philosophy in a scientific field, then the philosophy of science is of utmost importance.
From the makers of phpMyAdmin, here's wikiSysAdmin! It's a wiki where the wisdom of the crowd is used to determine the config files and process states. Your system will have one 9 of up time, but it will truly be an egalitarian server. RMS would love it.
The biggest problem here is why the press (for the purposes of the example I count slashdot as being "press") thinks it needs to publish every single press release of every idiot green-activist scientist who has an cretinous idea for reducing this minor trace-gas (and plant food). I would genuinely be interested to know just how it is that a mortal scientist, with no particular talent, gets a write-up online whenever he farts.
Because the farting releases greenhouse gases.
We could genetically engineer insects with giant nipples, that'd solve THAT problem.
That, my friend, could solve two problems.
I thought there was some international weapons treaty that said developing laser weapons with intent to blind is a no-no (burning enemies to death is okay).
Perhaps the successor to Facebook is the REAL WORLD. The virtual novelty is wearing off. Real physical communication is just so much more satisfying. Who needs a bunch of virtual quasi friends anyhow?
If you're accepting friend requests from people who aren't really your friends then you're using it wrong.
Most adults I know use facebook to communicate with one another, find long-lost friends, or keep tabs on their teen children (then they gravitate to the former options).