Not only does my collection include a good cross section of minifigs from that 30 years, but I even have some of the faceless no-arms-or-legs types (came with a police van set) and the larger, multi-jointed "maxifigs" from the 1970s (came with the moon lander set).
And somehow, I managed to never lose, damage, or otherwise destroy any of them. That's what green plastic army men were for - LEGOs were too expensive.
Heh. Well, good on you for being reasonable about it. I guess I just chose your post because I get irritated by so much criticism of Guitar Hero/Rock Band type games by those who say people should go learn to play a real guitar instead of just playing games, whereas most other game genres (driving, shooters, sports, etc.) seem to get a free pass on it.
For the record, I'm a musician AND I play Guitar Hero; I own a muscle car and a rat rod AND I play Grand Theft Auto; I have a gun collection AND I play Medal of Honor. Because doing real things is fun, and playing games about it is fun too.
/Repented, quit my job, slacked off, and sent $20 to the PO Box in Dallas in 1994; glad the world didn't end on X-Day.
You're right. I feel the same way about driving games. Instead of buying Gran Turismo XXXIV or whatever the game-du-jour is, why don't these people go buy an actual performance car, or at least soup up their own? The differences, as you point out:
Controller: you do the button-pushing/joystick-waggling thing; some people appreciate it; you go home with the admiration of a small clique. Plastic junk you eventually garage sale.
Performance car: you actually learn how to fix, maintain and upgrade; more people appreciate it; you go home with the hot brunette from the car show. Not limited to tracks/cities included in games. Performance car has way better resale value, and if you pick the right one, reselling it on eBay might even subsidize your retirement.
Yep. Between that and my firewall, I have a lot less virus-type complaints running 98 (read: zero) than my XP/Vista friends, who seem to get pwned about once or twice a year.
It's a Dell Latitude C600. PIII 850MHz, 128M RAM, 20G HD. It may run the stripped-down XP, but it's all comfy with the 98 now, and since it's not my main machine, I'm fine with "If it ain't broke..."
Speak for yourself. My "ancient" notebook, from which I'm posting right now, still runs 98SE because anything past that is too much of a hog for the limited resources. No spyware, no viruses - never had 'em, never will. Maybe I'll switch it over to Debian eventually, like my desktop, but not until I'm finally and forever done with all my favorite old games.
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That's what I was thinking. They failed to mention what made this any more advanced than computerized rotoscoping, which is what their description pretty much made it sound like. "Motion capture without markers" is still motion capture.
Point taken. But for widespread public consumption, I still have a concern with the higher volatility of hydrogen over gasoline. Liquid gasoline is fairly forgiving if Joe Schmoe at the gas station is careless with his lit cigarette, but gaseous hydrogen would be much less so at the hydrogen station. Maybe we'd have to require strict New Jersey-style "you can't pump your own" laws nationally. As well as some serious containment tanks within the cars themselves, to account for the newly increased fuel volatility.
There are different degrees of "highly explosive." Hydrogen falls far higher on the scale than liquid gasoline. Cars don't generally blow up like they show you in the movies except in very rare circumstances, but hydrogen actually DOES blow up quite easily - see the Hindenburg. There's a reason lighter-than-air craft only use helium these days.
Maybe you're forgetting a few things? Materiel and personnel transport, for starters. Nobody's working on a drone to replace the C-130 yet. Nor are they quite willing to allow drones to shuttle around high-ranking officers.
I won't even get into the air superiority debate...
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All noisy battery-powered toys have off buttons - some of them just require hammers to find.
Not only does my collection include a good cross section of minifigs from that 30 years, but I even have some of the faceless no-arms-or-legs types (came with a police van set) and the larger, multi-jointed "maxifigs" from the 1970s (came with the moon lander set).
And somehow, I managed to never lose, damage, or otherwise destroy any of them. That's what green plastic army men were for - LEGOs were too expensive.
Heh. Well, good on you for being reasonable about it. I guess I just chose your post because I get irritated by so much criticism of Guitar Hero/Rock Band type games by those who say people should go learn to play a real guitar instead of just playing games, whereas most other game genres (driving, shooters, sports, etc.) seem to get a free pass on it.
/Repented, quit my job, slacked off, and sent $20 to the PO Box in Dallas in 1994; glad the world didn't end on X-Day.
For the record, I'm a musician AND I play Guitar Hero; I own a muscle car and a rat rod AND I play Grand Theft Auto; I have a gun collection AND I play Medal of Honor. Because doing real things is fun, and playing games about it is fun too.
You're right. I feel the same way about driving games. Instead of buying Gran Turismo XXXIV or whatever the game-du-jour is, why don't these people go buy an actual performance car, or at least soup up their own? The differences, as you point out:
Controller: you do the button-pushing/joystick-waggling thing; some people appreciate it; you go home with the admiration of a small clique. Plastic junk you eventually garage sale.
Performance car: you actually learn how to fix, maintain and upgrade; more people appreciate it; you go home with the hot brunette from the car show. Not limited to tracks/cities included in games. Performance car has way better resale value, and if you pick the right one, reselling it on eBay might even subsidize your retirement.
(Or is your point only valid for music games..?)
Yep. Between that and my firewall, I have a lot less virus-type complaints running 98 (read: zero) than my XP/Vista friends, who seem to get pwned about once or twice a year.
It's a Dell Latitude C600. PIII 850MHz, 128M RAM, 20G HD. It may run the stripped-down XP, but it's all comfy with the 98 now, and since it's not my main machine, I'm fine with "If it ain't broke..."
Speak for yourself. My "ancient" notebook, from which I'm posting right now, still runs 98SE because anything past that is too much of a hog for the limited resources. No spyware, no viruses - never had 'em, never will. Maybe I'll switch it over to Debian eventually, like my desktop, but not until I'm finally and forever done with all my favorite old games.
Almost a 10/10. You forgot vi versus emacs.
That's what I was thinking. They failed to mention what made this any more advanced than computerized rotoscoping, which is what their description pretty much made it sound like. "Motion capture without markers" is still motion capture.
Point taken. But for widespread public consumption, I still have a concern with the higher volatility of hydrogen over gasoline. Liquid gasoline is fairly forgiving if Joe Schmoe at the gas station is careless with his lit cigarette, but gaseous hydrogen would be much less so at the hydrogen station. Maybe we'd have to require strict New Jersey-style "you can't pump your own" laws nationally. As well as some serious containment tanks within the cars themselves, to account for the newly increased fuel volatility.
...still the easiest on my eyes, after all these years.
There are different degrees of "highly explosive." Hydrogen falls far higher on the scale than liquid gasoline. Cars don't generally blow up like they show you in the movies except in very rare circumstances, but hydrogen actually DOES blow up quite easily - see the Hindenburg. There's a reason lighter-than-air craft only use helium these days.
I won't even get into the air superiority debate...
Uh, what's that you say...?
Yes. Please also refer to difference between "trekkie" versus "trekker." (*snrk*)
*Content of text in question: "cnt stop here bat cntry"
But would such a salary increase also require that you receive it entirely in singles...?
And by the government's usual logic, frequent fliers will soon fall under suspicion of being exhibitionists, and prosecuted accordingly.