Actually, he's advocating for a better educated child by having them taught in the private system, which, historically, is better. After all, you pay for what you get. And by putting them in the private system, you leave more money for kids in the public system. So I really don't understand why you would be using sarcasm in an attempt to berate the GP.
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Seed longer? Limit your up and down to the same speed? Make your up speed unlimited, but your down limited? Just throwing out suggestions. Demonoid works just fine for me, especially since it's an easy hosting service as well.
Seriously. Don't make asinine comments like that without any proof, and then do it under the guise of an AC to boot. The Conservatives have been doing their own shit for a while now, if you'd bother to pay attention. And maybe, just maybe, the US is doing something good worth emulating. I mean, they're not one of the most powerful countries in the world for sitting around and jacking off.
You're assuming too much. If we were to drastically change the copyright system, we would have no idea of knowing the consequences. It's like when people say, "What if everyone could read each other's minds?" I counter that with, "Well, we'd probably have no sense of privacy, and we'd live in such a drastically different society that you and I wouldn't exist in the way we do now." So without copyright, maybe people would be more honest. Or maybe without the implicit promise of monetary reward for creative content, we'd have considerably less content out there. You can't throw up this argument and pretend that you know the exact consequences.
I dunno. I personally support the GP's "Stop breeding" comment. Let him and anyone else who wants to completely stop passing on their genetics. After all, it's extremely unlikely that the "stop breeding" people would actually convince every single human on this earth to stop breeding. And frankly, if you listen to that argument, and you stop breeding, then you're just helping humanity. One could probably argue that if you decide not to breed, then you clearly lack the survival instinct that the rest of us breeders have. This would imply that there is something fundamentally wrong with your ideas or your genes, and by ensuring that you can't pass this idea or genes on to your offspring, we reduce the amount of people who no longer want to breed. And even if they do manage to convince someone else, then we're still weeding out the "bad" genes. Give humanity a few thousand years, and the whole "stop breeding" thing will be completely weeded out. Natural selection, and all that.
But not all nerds/IT guys are socially incompetent. Some of them are actually fairly normal people. They just enjoy working with computers. Just because they're not socialities doesn't mean they can't handle human interaction. Be a nice person, and they'll probably be nice to you. Sure, you might get a Mike every now and then, but most people are fairly nice. As has been mentioned before, don't expect people to change. Just take part in the conversation, and be yourself.
Because web backlash means almost nothing to the "mainstream" gamer. All it takes is for a sizable group of people that fall under these categories for the PS3 to succeed.
1. Want to own a gaming system.
2. See Sony as the brand name for gaming.
3. Have the $600 to drop on one.
4. Have a good impression of the PS3 (read as: not a big internet user)
But this is similar to FFI vs FFII. In I, you were severely limited in what each character could use (magic set, weapon set). Whereas in FFII, it was much more open ended (every character could use everything). But as mentioned before, people would tend to create a tank, a healer, a mage, etc...And in FFI, the Red Mage was a mostly useless class, as it sucked at both Black and White magic.
Not everyone likes popular music. I may use this to pick up some BBVD, and a few others, but that's about it. And I'm fairly certain that a simple torrent would go much faster.
I'll be honest. I'm still using Office 2000. If possible, I'd probably go back to earlier renditions. I just don't like all the focus on making it prettier. All my computer's with XP look as if they could be Windows 2000, or earlier. I don't like extra features for the sake of extra features. If you can make it do something really useful for me, then go for it. Otherwise, tone it down a notch, and make it functional.
This is like updating a version of an old program. All they'll be doing is adding in a few features here and there, not building a game from scratch. The actual work will involve pulling up old code, and changing a few functions / subprograms that control certain events. They'd probably be able to rehash about 5-6 old games in the time it would take to write a control scheme for a new game. And let's be realistic, the games that are likely to be re-written are the Mario, Zelda, Metroid, and some of the sports games. And since they're already writing new controls to use the Wiimote for Zelda (TP), Metroid (MP3), Mario (Galaxies), it'll be even easier, as the pseudo-code, if not the actual code, is already there to look at and adapt. So yes, they're rereleasing games. However, if people are willing to pay for it, and since it's not likely going to take that much reprogramming, then why complain? It's not eating up their resources. You don't like it, don't buy it.
Yeah except split screen (which is necessary for games like Quake 3) isn't very comfortable no matter what.
Not all games use splitscreen. Yes, most FPS and racing games for consoles use that, but to be honest, the hardcore FPS and racing fans are generally on the PC (I know that I'm over generalizing, so leave me be). Whereas fighting games like Soul Cal and SSBM don't split the screen. and a lot of people learn to handle split screen. I played Goldeneye for years, and I'm not any worse the wear for it. Unless you're playing on a 3" portable TV, splitscreen is manageable.
The Break key is great for programmers, it provides a nice easy way to stop programs from running. And Scroll Lock is great for running two computers on one monitor/keyboard/mouse. Just double tap Scroll Lock to switch over.
Scroll lock useless? Clearly you've never used a splitter for multiple PCs. The complete lack of functionality of the Scroll Lock makes it a perfect candidate for quickly switching your monitor over to the other PC. Double Scroll Lock is my friend.
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Actually, he's advocating for a better educated child by having them taught in the private system, which, historically, is better. After all, you pay for what you get. And by putting them in the private system, you leave more money for kids in the public system. So I really don't understand why you would be using sarcasm in an attempt to berate the GP.
That's why they have a tip jar. ;)
Seed longer? Limit your up and down to the same speed? Make your up speed unlimited, but your down limited? Just throwing out suggestions. Demonoid works just fine for me, especially since it's an easy hosting service as well.
Seriously. Don't make asinine comments like that without any proof, and then do it under the guise of an AC to boot. The Conservatives have been doing their own shit for a while now, if you'd bother to pay attention. And maybe, just maybe, the US is doing something good worth emulating. I mean, they're not one of the most powerful countries in the world for sitting around and jacking off.
You're assuming too much. If we were to drastically change the copyright system, we would have no idea of knowing the consequences. It's like when people say, "What if everyone could read each other's minds?" I counter that with, "Well, we'd probably have no sense of privacy, and we'd live in such a drastically different society that you and I wouldn't exist in the way we do now." So without copyright, maybe people would be more honest. Or maybe without the implicit promise of monetary reward for creative content, we'd have considerably less content out there. You can't throw up this argument and pretend that you know the exact consequences.
I dunno. I personally support the GP's "Stop breeding" comment. Let him and anyone else who wants to completely stop passing on their genetics. After all, it's extremely unlikely that the "stop breeding" people would actually convince every single human on this earth to stop breeding. And frankly, if you listen to that argument, and you stop breeding, then you're just helping humanity. One could probably argue that if you decide not to breed, then you clearly lack the survival instinct that the rest of us breeders have. This would imply that there is something fundamentally wrong with your ideas or your genes, and by ensuring that you can't pass this idea or genes on to your offspring, we reduce the amount of people who no longer want to breed. And even if they do manage to convince someone else, then we're still weeding out the "bad" genes. Give humanity a few thousand years, and the whole "stop breeding" thing will be completely weeded out. Natural selection, and all that.
But not all nerds/IT guys are socially incompetent. Some of them are actually fairly normal people. They just enjoy working with computers. Just because they're not socialities doesn't mean they can't handle human interaction. Be a nice person, and they'll probably be nice to you. Sure, you might get a Mike every now and then, but most people are fairly nice. As has been mentioned before, don't expect people to change. Just take part in the conversation, and be yourself.
Because web backlash means almost nothing to the "mainstream" gamer. All it takes is for a sizable group of people that fall under these categories for the PS3 to succeed.
1. Want to own a gaming system.
2. See Sony as the brand name for gaming.
3. Have the $600 to drop on one.
4. Have a good impression of the PS3 (read as: not a big internet user)
For the record, I don't play MMOS.
But this is similar to FFI vs FFII. In I, you were severely limited in what each character could use (magic set, weapon set). Whereas in FFII, it was much more open ended (every character could use everything). But as mentioned before, people would tend to create a tank, a healer, a mage, etc...And in FFI, the Red Mage was a mostly useless class, as it sucked at both Black and White magic.
Not everyone likes popular music. I may use this to pick up some BBVD, and a few others, but that's about it. And I'm fairly certain that a simple torrent would go much faster.
I'll be honest. I'm still using Office 2000. If possible, I'd probably go back to earlier renditions. I just don't like all the focus on making it prettier. All my computer's with XP look as if they could be Windows 2000, or earlier. I don't like extra features for the sake of extra features. If you can make it do something really useful for me, then go for it. Otherwise, tone it down a notch, and make it functional.
This is like updating a version of an old program. All they'll be doing is adding in a few features here and there, not building a game from scratch. The actual work will involve pulling up old code, and changing a few functions / subprograms that control certain events. They'd probably be able to rehash about 5-6 old games in the time it would take to write a control scheme for a new game. And let's be realistic, the games that are likely to be re-written are the Mario, Zelda, Metroid, and some of the sports games. And since they're already writing new controls to use the Wiimote for Zelda (TP), Metroid (MP3), Mario (Galaxies), it'll be even easier, as the pseudo-code, if not the actual code, is already there to look at and adapt. So yes, they're rereleasing games. However, if people are willing to pay for it, and since it's not likely going to take that much reprogramming, then why complain? It's not eating up their resources. You don't like it, don't buy it.
I for one, welcome our Soulless Corporate Overlo-*shot*
Well, we did race up and down the sidewalk twenty thousand million times.
The problem is that it appears that Thompson managed to influence one of the larger companies in the States towards his agenda.
They should be happy with 42%.
That'd be a shame. There's a local LAN gaming company nearby, and they're the only thing that I can stand which starts with "i".
The Break key is great for programmers, it provides a nice easy way to stop programs from running. And Scroll Lock is great for running two computers on one monitor/keyboard/mouse. Just double tap Scroll Lock to switch over.
Scroll lock useless? Clearly you've never used a splitter for multiple PCs. The complete lack of functionality of the Scroll Lock makes it a perfect candidate for quickly switching your monitor over to the other PC. Double Scroll Lock is my friend.
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Insert can be quite useful, from time to time. Especially when working with programs that are Ctrl+V incompatible.
I'm not saying that's a bad idea. In fact, they have something like it in Hunters. A bit late, but still an option.
So does Tetris DS, and to a limited extent, Mario Kart DS.
You mean aside from GFaqs and the many gaming communities?