extreme game series: critically aclaimed to be the worst game series of all times. Some games are extreme paintball, extreme mountain biking and extreme rodeo. I swear, I've never seen them get more than a 30% on a review.
Go to IGN and look it up. You'll laugh your head off.
He's absolutely, completely, fantabulously correct. We KNOW windows. Any teenager does. I'm 15: when I was 12 I could solve any windows problem I'd had. And I still can. Now Linux is another beast.
I've tried. I've really tried. I've tried because I'm USED to hacking alone. But what can I do when I don't know the freakin file system?/bin?/etc? What the HELL?
Sure, I could find tutorials, read about it, yada yada yada. But obscurity, in this case, is very detrimental to accesibility.
say you're, oh....15 years old. And you've mastered Windows. Hell, you program.
And you read slashdot. Hey, this linux stuff might actually be interesting. Let's try.
Sound card don't work. drivers don't work. Can't find files, don't understand file system. Like I'm REALLY gonna read the FM or the code or whatever to find what I need.
Yes, bad example, cause there are good tutorials, etc. out there for it. But being ABLE to call Dell or Microsoft and GET IT DONE is a lot less frustrating sometimes.
Next thing you know, someone tries to defend posting that MS Kereberos code on/. and takes it to court.
One month later, headline story talks about how the judge specifies that one must be under employment of said online source, and we (the community) lose.
If you understand Portugese then Marcelo is funny man.
I certainly do. Meu nome e Bernardo. And I am Brasilian. I certainly didn't see any culture-specific jokes there. (Not to say that I disliked it; he gets through. A dude with a job. I can understand that.)
Oh, and the beer? Not here, (in the U.S.) he can't. He's not 21:-)
one single country that doesn't sign off on an international SPAM law will be sufficient to make all SPAM laws moot.
No, it won't. Joe Schmoe, who payed for a little spam server and a connection in his little home in Indiana isn't gonna relocate to China, or buy/rent a spam-server there. At least, not as many Joe Schmoes will. I think a U.S. spam law isn't enough, but it sure would be a help.
Perhaps the state of Maine HAS enough goddamn textbooks?
But seriously, Schools DO waste money. My high school, (www.srvhs.org) just wasted like 2M buiying brand new P3s. WITH FLAT SCREENS. FOR ALL THE LABS. ALL CONNECTED, ETHERNET. (Which is how I would have done it, but anyways....) Oh, did I mention all are connected, so all students have distinct logins? Yup. Mail server? Yup. Mail accessed from home? yup. All computers with Windows 2000, Office 2000 profesional liscences? Yup. Come ON!
It sort of seems that the EFF et. al. sued too early. They needed a case. There was no case for a judge to decide in the first case. This means, effectively, that the EFF et. al. wanted to bring down the RIAA out of nothing, just cause it's evil. My AP History teacher (I'm a sophomore in HS) said that most famous cases (Dred Scott, for one) are SET UP. They needed a ridiculous case to show the ridiculous nature of the law.
Unless they knew they'd lose and wanted to show that they are ready, willing, able, and spoiling for a fight. Although I don't think a funds-limited agency such as the EFF would want that.
I simply loved TVH because of seeing them in the 80s. That was great. But........whales? No action! FC, on the other hand, had some awesome special effects, scared little children, and had great plot.
that's SO weird. I noticed just yesterday. Kahn was great, voyage to 20th century was too, First Contact kicked ass. weird, no? VI was ok, good action.
Reading the Acts of Gord prediction, you kind of get the idea that the gamecube is vastly insuperior, graphically, to the PS2, which has been out for months.
It is.
What, then, you say, will propel gamecube sales to a competitive level? To answer you, a simple recipe is required: it involves grandparents, parents, christhmas, children and Link.
ZELDA, MARIO, METROID*, MARIO KART, DONKEY KONG RACING, BANJO*
*to a much lesser extent then the others
You see, children read Nintendo magazine. And they talk. The ample supply of middle-school aged chilrdren ALONE will sell enough cubes to keep nintendo fine.
Then, you argue, there is the Dreamcast problem: Great games don't necessarily sell consoles. WRONG! Great games DO sell consoles. Just not great 15-and-up games. KID games sell consoles more than Final Fantasy sells consoles. The children's market was, is, and will continue to be solely nintendo's. The difference this time is that the teenage market and up is held by Sony and (perhaps) the X-Box. It doesn't mean that Nintendo is losing huge chunks of market, it means that the market is growing. Original nintendo owners are getting older.
And nintendo has the handheld market, hands down. The only difference THIS generation of launches is that older gamers have an alternative.
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Wow. You pay 300 bucks for dell? My dell I can just, you know, call their 1-800 number....
Go to IGN and look it up. You'll laugh your head off.
He's absolutely, completely, fantabulously correct. We KNOW windows. Any teenager does. I'm 15: when I was 12 I could solve any windows problem I'd had. And I still can. Now Linux is another beast.
I've tried. I've really tried. I've tried because I'm USED to hacking alone. But what can I do when I don't know the freakin file system? /bin? /etc? What the HELL?
Sure, I could find tutorials, read about it, yada yada yada. But obscurity, in this case, is very detrimental to accesibility.
And you read slashdot. Hey, this linux stuff might actually be interesting. Let's try.
Sound card don't work. drivers don't work. Can't find files, don't understand file system. Like I'm REALLY gonna read the FM or the code or whatever to find what I need.
Yes, bad example, cause there are good tutorials, etc. out there for it. But being ABLE to call Dell or Microsoft and GET IT DONE is a lot less frustrating sometimes.
VIII kicked ass. I still haven't seen better character development on a game.
It's the server shack! The place where we can GET TOGEETHEEEEEEEEEER............server shack baaaaabyyyyyyyyyyy!
He wants a server room. Not a server shack.
They wired everything to a closet, or whatever. They don't wanna do it again!
....
To save Canada from South Dakota, of course!
It's recommended.
One month later, headline story talks about how the judge specifies that one must be under employment of said online source, and we (the community) lose.
Don't challenge something in your favor.
I certainly do. Meu nome e Bernardo. And I am Brasilian. I certainly didn't see any culture-specific jokes there. (Not to say that I disliked it; he gets through. A dude with a job. I can understand that.)
Oh, and the beer? Not here, (in the U.S.) he can't. He's not 21 :-)
No, it won't. Joe Schmoe, who payed for a little spam server and a connection in his little home in Indiana isn't gonna relocate to China, or buy/rent a spam-server there. At least, not as many Joe Schmoes will. I think a U.S. spam law isn't enough, but it sure would be a help.
On a NINTENDO.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On KDE there is a thing called "fuzzy cock"
Jeez. Slashdot is bad for the eyesight.
But 400+ countries? not bad.
Elite Force, however, is my favorite FPS.
But seriously, Schools DO waste money. My high school, (www.srvhs.org) just wasted like 2M buiying brand new P3s. WITH FLAT SCREENS. FOR ALL THE LABS. ALL CONNECTED, ETHERNET. (Which is how I would have done it, but anyways....) Oh, did I mention all are connected, so all students have distinct logins? Yup. Mail server? Yup. Mail accessed from home? yup. All computers with Windows 2000, Office 2000 profesional liscences? Yup. Come ON!
Roe had an excellent lawyer, and the case, like most famous cases (Take Dred Scott for example) was probably set up.
Unless they knew they'd lose and wanted to show that they are ready, willing, able, and spoiling for a fight. Although I don't think a funds-limited agency such as the EFF would want that.
I simply loved TVH because of seeing them in the 80s. That was great. But........whales? No action! FC, on the other hand, had some awesome special effects, scared little children, and had great plot.
that's SO weird. I noticed just yesterday. Kahn was great, voyage to 20th century was too, First Contact kicked ass. weird, no? VI was ok, good action.
It is.
What, then, you say, will propel gamecube sales to a competitive level? To answer you, a simple recipe is required: it involves grandparents, parents, christhmas, children and Link.
ZELDA, MARIO, METROID*, MARIO KART, DONKEY KONG RACING, BANJO*
*to a much lesser extent then the others
You see, children read Nintendo magazine. And they talk. The ample supply of middle-school aged chilrdren ALONE will sell enough cubes to keep nintendo fine.
Then, you argue, there is the Dreamcast problem: Great games don't necessarily sell consoles. WRONG! Great games DO sell consoles. Just not great 15-and-up games. KID games sell consoles more than Final Fantasy sells consoles. The children's market was, is, and will continue to be solely nintendo's. The difference this time is that the teenage market and up is held by Sony and (perhaps) the X-Box. It doesn't mean that Nintendo is losing huge chunks of market, it means that the market is growing. Original nintendo owners are getting older.
And nintendo has the handheld market, hands down. The only difference THIS generation of launches is that older gamers have an alternative.
I cannot imagine the slashdot effect on one of these 5 bucks per click sites.
Let's see: around 450,000 registered users. Perhaps 30-40 would click on the first-page story link (anyone have a /. effect log?) * 5.85 per click....
yummy. Over 1 mil. That's one MILLION.