That's just pure boring. Isn't the whole point of such a car that you drive it yourself for your enjoyment?
I agree. I wouldn't want a driverless car myself.
But I would probably like everyone else to have one. That way, I could keep driving like a maniac while all the other cars get outta my way via their collision avoidance mechanisms.
If you can't manage that, at least bring scantily-clad women to the party... nobody expects them to answer questions about the device, and as a bonus, you'll get a lot of pictures of it.
Even in jest, can we not continue to perpetuate this as a good idea for tech expos. And people wonder why it's hard to get women interested in IT.
Perhaps we could increase the percentage of women interested in IT by having scantily clad men at the booths as well. This works on two fronts (or "y fronts" as I prefer to say) - it turns off some straight guys while attracting some women.
As an Australian, I always find it odd that so much emphasis is placed on these debates. Perhaps it's something that only someone that follows American politics can understand. From the outside it is presented that who-ever does the best stage-show is most likely to get votes.
This strikes me as a very 'consumer friendly' way to pick a politician, but perhaps not the best way to pick the best person for the job. Unless of course normal employment hiring practice in the USA is to stand up and debate the other candidates in all job interviews?
The tragic story of a Canadian teen suicide victim Amanda Todd has taken another bizarre twist as the internet hacking and activist group Anonymous has named a man the group says was the girl's primary tormentor. Todd, 15, of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, died last Wednesday, a month after posting a haunting video on YouTube that cited the sexualized attack that set her down a path of anxiety, depression and drug and alcohol abuse.
This raises a whole nest of issues surrounding the presumption of innocence and vigilantism. Should the police and the courts be given the appropriate amount of time to determine if there is sufficient evidence, or if a crime has in fact been committed, or is Anonymous right in short-circuiting what might in fact be a lengthy process with no guarantee that anyone will face charges?
And there's the flaw with this comparison. Sony is not comparing the PSP Go to a DS. It's probably more in line with a ipod touch, if anything.
The DS is what you buy your kids. The PSP Go is what you buy yourself.
It doesn't feel natural to me to use a mouse to control and fire a firearm, or a sword and besides, I sit at a chair and push a mouse around all day at work (and sometimes longer) --- it's not something I want to do for leisure.
And there we have it. The control mechanism needs to be suited to the game you're playing - so generally FPS games are most accurate with mouse & keyboard. Generally platformers work best with a joypad. I'd argue arcade driving games also work best with joypad. Driving simulators work best with a steering wheel with force-feedback.
Waggling some nintendo remote in mid-air doesn't feel natural to control a steering wheel either, and it's not accurate, nor realistic.
The problem isn't the controller, it's the game. Boom Blocks would be stupid with a keyboard or joypad, for example. A new control scheme requires the game producers to see it's value and design the game accordingly.
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