I'm confused, where are Alice and Carol?
They're up in the projector booth trying to help the operator sort out the key problem. Bob would have joined them, but someone has to keep an eye on the popcorn so Eve doesn't eat eat it all.
Honest question: how often does this happen for other people that you have three other people over and you say "Hey, let's play mario kart" and they say "sure?"
For me, it's every time I go visit my family. Mario Kart's actually more second-tier though - Ravin Rabbids, Wii Play, and Wii Sports are the faves for group play. Super Monkey Ball and Chicken Shoot also see moderate use. Oddly enough, the one game I picked up specifically for group/family play - Mario Party 8 - was a total flop. Too long between turns, people kept getting distracted and losing focus/interest. Meh, you win some, you lose some.
Generally, games where people can basically just pick up the controller and get going with minimal training seem to be more popular - at family get-togethers we're only going to play for an hour or two max, so spending 15 minutes per person training them on complex moves just isn't a viable option. Simultaneous co-op play also seems to be a big plus - if someone sucks at first they can still have fun since the experienced people can pick up the slack and keep the game moving forwards.
Same with my friends who have wiis, when I'm at their house with other people, I don't find myself playing mario kart or smash bros or guitar hero.
So do you play group games on another system? That'd be fair enough - XBox and Playstation both have multi-player titles that aren't on the Wii. (Or do you not play group games on any system, in which case I don't get your point - maybe that the Wii failed to capture your group's attention when nothing else did either?)
Who are these groups of people that nintendo is still making games for?
None of my friends happens to own an XBox - most have PS3s, only a couple others have a Wii, and there's a random assortment of older systems. But I know that the XBox 360 outsells the PS3, and I thought that in the U.S. it's actually not all that far behind the Wii (despite lagging by a wide margin in worldwide sales). So rather than pondering who Microsoft is making games for, I just shrug and accept that there's clearly a demographic that's buying XBox 360 consoles and games...just happens that me and my circle of friends aren't part of that demographic. Apparently my group is rather atypical - if I went with my own direct experience, I'd think that the PS3 was tops, the Wii second-place, and the 360 a total loser, and I'd be wrong in all cases.
I'm doing an informal survey of Godwin posts, [...]
You know who else did informal surveys? Hitl-*whack* <OW!> *thud*
"calculated that a stationary mass should repel a particle moving towards or away from it at more than half the speed of light"
So, how do I slow down while going half he speed of light?
Just have someone cut the stationary mass in half - then it'll repel you at 1/4 the speed of light. As your speed drops, have them cut the stationary mass in half again, so that the remaining portion will repel you at 1/8 the speed of light. Continue the process until you reach a full stop. I dub this amazing new concept "Zeno Braking".
Mommy, why are those old guys fighting on the lawn in their underwear?
Because fighting totally starkers would be against the law. Now quit asking silly questions and help me aim this firehose at them.
Would be interesting to see examples of the malicious XML and an explanation of how the vulnerabilities work.
I've included a simple demonstration below - if your browser doesn't contain the flaw then you'll just see the literal XML exploit code (all 200+ lines of it), but if it's vulnerable then you'll only see the initial trigger element on either side of Cmdr Taco's favorite topic.
<\0pwned>OMGPonies!!11one!<\0pwn3d/>
There are still people that think ActiveX is a gift to humanity.
Well, nobody said it was a good gift.
Once you're dead, your work should hit the public domain.
Scene: Hollywood, California, 1972. Francis Ford Coppola sits in front of a fireplace, stroking a cat. Two underlings are in attendance.
I should also say I lost 35kg in 4 months.
You mentioned up above that you'll be consulting with a doctor, and that's an excellent idea - the sooner the better, in fact. I can almost guarantee that s/he'll tell you that you're losing weight far too quickly.
Obviously you should take the advice of your own physician over a random
Now everbody's different, but I've lost about the same amount of weight as you did (35kg), but I followed my physician's advice and I spread that out over an entire year - and I've been much happier with my day-to-day life than you seem to be. I don't crave extra food for no reason. And I've got more energy than ever. I still have another 5-10 kg I'd like to take off, and I'm absolutely looking forward to doing it. As in so many things, moderation can be important. Ramping up the weight loss gradually will help tone down those cravings for large amounts of extra calories, and also help you fine-tune your food intake requirements as you reach a safe and healthy weight loss rate. What I used to consider a "normal" meal a couple years ago is something I couldn't even finish now, at least not without feeling uncomfortably overstuffed/bloated. (And I'm sure that what I consider "normal" now would've seemed horribly meager a couple of years ago.) Make changes gradually and your body will adapt more easily than if you try to impose extreme changes in your food intake all at once. Gradual adaptation means less withdrawal issues, less withdrawal means happier overall lifestyle.
Keep with the weight loss, just go at it a more gradually - it's not a race, there's no prizes for finishing fastest.
Maybe they figured out that everyone immediately jumped to Firefly when they heard Serenity, and they didn't want that association.
Are they afraid that Fox will cancel the ISS after one season?
I don't think this is analgous to taking notes in a journal, so much as taking notes on the 3rd floor mens' room stall door.
And let me tell ya, you definitely can't believe everything written on the 3rd floor mens' room stall door. (Oh, and Carl - if you still read
the question is: did YOU achieve something, or did your modification achieve something?
There is no "I" separate from myself - if I modified myself, then it is still I myself that made the achievement.
ObCarAnalogy: If I tune up the engine of my car and it performs better, it is still my car performing better, even though it was modified. If I replace the axles on my Jeep with stronger versions, reinforce the frame, add protective plates over vulnerable components, and I find that the Jeep can now travel into areas it could never reach before, it is still my Jeep achieving these goals, despite having been changed.
ObLoCAnalogy: If I add a book to the Library of Congress, increasing the amount of knowledge stored in the LoC, the LoC is still the LoC, even though it has been altered, and hopefully increased some small amount, by the addition of the book.
ObMeatSackAnalogy: If I put in long hours of training, my body is altered. I may eventually accomplish tasks with ease that formerly were impossible - perhaps I can run longer distances, or climb more difficult mountains. But I do not become depressed or full of self-loathing because my goals were only accomplished by self-modification - my goals were made possible because of self-modification.
ObTreeAnalogy: If a tree falls in the forest, then it is still part of the forest, even though the forest has been altered.
ObDrinkAnalogy: If I've chugged a beer after each analogy above, then I've still flargled the orglepath, even though babiggle the snookerfarthing. (And obviously if you're drinking gin instead of beer, you'd instead be snargflaffling the orglepath instead of flargling it, but the principle remains the same.)
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Dude, this is
Make MS give them a free upgrade/sidegrade/downgrade to a working operating system compatible with their hardware.
So MS has to send everyone a free Linux CD?
So.. you're saying it floats, right?
Only if it doesn't weigh the same as a duck wouldn't. (And that obviously can't be not untrue, given that my earlier post clearly lacks the requisite 'which'.
Trying to be happy is like trying to build a machine for which the only specification is that it should run noiselessly.
