You must have repressed your memories of Titanic, written and directed by your friend, James Cameron, ya?

I searched all the comments for this and not one person correctly pointed out that "The shaft is ray shielded, so you'll have to use proton torpedoes."

Slashdot, you disappoint me.

Complicated, unintended sequence breaks are sweet. I especially enjoy watching the ones for games like Super Metroid (SNES), Metroid: Fusion (GBA), and pretty much any game with a shinespark :)

ok, just kidding.

I agree 100%. It's almost impossible to find a site with evenhanded moderation. Even some sites that seem to have a balance really just happen to have a similar number of extremists from each side and you can see it in the moderation (that's right Newsvine, I'm talking about you).

/. does seem to have a lot more level-headed types, people willing to do research, check data, provide citations, etc than most other sites. And that tends to lead to good discussion rather than the negative cyclic effect of partisan douchebaggery.

Perhaps the above is flamebait, but not really troll. Some useful info is offered. None of the analogies made are outright wrong and some of them seem quite correct.

The downside for the game maker is it's much harder to program/playtest, since you probably don't want any obvious sequence breaks (when someone can get to an area ahead of the sequence you've defined by the game story). Any increase in mobility means you have to playtest more rigorously.

Hmm, that's a tough question, but I'm gonna go with the past 50 or so years of media hysterics.

"I have been and always shall be your friend."

You're thinking too much like a man. Actually, men's bodies are designed for a lot more than "acts of violence...and moving heavy objects". I agree that we (homo sapiens) evolved during a time we were most likely nomadic, tribal, hunter-gatherer societies. What things can we then deduce from this history?

Supposedly (I read this in a book), men are better than women at abstract thinking, the kind of thing that would have helped a primitive hunter track his prey, avoid predators, intuit which plants would be bearing fruit, and when and where to move in order to survive the seasons.

Women's mental acuity evolved along the lines of multitasking, fine digit manipulation, and social intelligence. Allegedly, womens brains are more connected than mens (corpus callosum) which allows both halves to function more in tandem.

Physique-wise, I know a lot of girls that are just too "proper" to admit what they find attractive. Until they have a few drinks and then they actively admit they like a strong guy, which is that basic instinct that wants someone who can protect them. I think taller guys get more girls because they have higher than average confidence due to a perceived physical advantage. Short guys I've know with tons of confidence are always dating hot girls.

There could be something to this. A pretty girl won't have to put out in order to get guys to pay attention to her. Also, since she will have many suitors she'll quickly understand that she holds a lot of social weight, since having her on a guy's arm increases that man's social status.

She knows she can hold out and will still get plenty of attention so she'll usually only do the deed when she feels like it.

I'd mod you up if I could. I often notice many simple things a woman could do to go from plain looking to hot:

1) Lose weight.
2) Wear clothes that fit (not too tight, not too loose).
3) Find a hair style that accentuates the shape of their face.
4) Use makeup tastefully (usually meaning wear less of it), and know what colors look good with their skin tone.

I put #1 where I did because IMO it's the biggest beauty issue in America right now. There's so many girls that would be downright HOT if they weren't overweight.

Well then, Mr physics expert, perhaps you'd like to explain why Dwarves get a +2 with heavy, two-handed weapons such as axes?

Hah, that's pathetic! I drive an expensive European car to make up for my inadequacies, you insensitive clod!

They have cable now, so it's fine.

Probably satellite based, from Dish Network no less, thus keeping this thread on topic!

Yeah, I think they realized that bailing out their greedy bank and wall st buddies was much more useful to humanity. If by useful you mean "likely to provide coke and strippers" and by humanity you mean "them".