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Welcome to todays daily rant. Please fill up the front chairs first.
As the title may suggest to the intelligent gathered today, this rant is about the idiots known only as the general public.
I have decided to raise this topic today for two, count them if you wish, reasons. First:
People care too much about specs of a console. I'll come back to this later.
The second reason for this topic comes from a person who will remain unnamed. He doesn't visit this site, by the way.
Today he came up to me, stuck on a game... (Most people come to us when they're stuck on a game... just us, and that other kid... our nemesis...)
Another time brain. Anyway, this boy, my age, was stuck on Half-Life. He said he couldn't get past this bit. I mentally recorded the conversation for such an occasion as now.
Me: "What bit?"
Boy: "Oh... you know. That bit... not far from the start."
"Have you got past the lift that goes down into the green slime?"
"No."
"Have you got past the... bridge? The collapsing bridge?"
"No... no no no."
"Have you found your way around the ventilation shafts yet?"
"No... no ventilation shafts yet."
"...Err... Have you picked up the crowbar yet?" I joked.
"No." He was serious.
"Have you pushed the tray thing into the light thing? And seen all the aliens?"
"Aliens?"
Oh god.
Brain: "(Ask him if he's got off the train yet.)"
"Have you got off the train yet?!?"
"That's it! How do you get off the train!"
Unbelievably, he was quite serious. I'm not sure if it's just Pembroke, but we do seem to get more than our fair share of idiots.
This provoked me today.
Firstly, or secondly, whatever way you look at it, why people are stupid about consoles. Why do they care so much about specs?
No doubt in saying that everyone of you on here have met someone who has said that the X-Box is going to be the better console, because it has a "733" processor, or can push "125 million" polys a sec. Stay with me, even if you think you know what's coming...
In the real world, in comparision of SPEED, and not their own made up numbers, the X-Box has a 400MHZ processor, in the same league as Gamecubes 405, and PS2's near 300.
Secondly, the poly count. The X-Box will push around 6-12 million polys a second. The PS2 a few mill less, and the Cube the same. Spec wise, the X-Box is as good as, and in some places worse, than the Gamecube. But it's only the fact that Nintendo don't go blabbing it around that people aren't hyped up about it.
And finally...
A few days back, there was some news of footage of the X-Box, of a game running at 300 frames a second. Suddenly people were falling over themselves, laughing that the X-Box was superbly powerful... much more than any other system... Idiots.
Does anyone see the quite stupid thing here?
Your OWN EYES, cannot see above 40 frames a second. We are not capable. Games with 60 frames a second is nice, quite impressive, and looks just as good as 600000000000001 frames a second, and the X-Boxs 300 frames a second.
Stupid, or what?
As the title may suggest to the intelligent gathered today, this rant is about the idiots known only as the general public.
I have decided to raise this topic today for two, count them if you wish, reasons. First:
People care too much about specs of a console. I'll come back to this later.
The second reason for this topic comes from a person who will remain unnamed. He doesn't visit this site, by the way.
Today he came up to me, stuck on a game... (Most people come to us when they're stuck on a game... just us, and that other kid... our nemesis...)
Another time brain. Anyway, this boy, my age, was stuck on Half-Life. He said he couldn't get past this bit. I mentally recorded the conversation for such an occasion as now.
Me: "What bit?"
Boy: "Oh... you know. That bit... not far from the start."
"Have you got past the lift that goes down into the green slime?"
"No."
"Have you got past the... bridge? The collapsing bridge?"
"No... no no no."
"Have you found your way around the ventilation shafts yet?"
"No... no ventilation shafts yet."
"...Err... Have you picked up the crowbar yet?" I joked.
"No." He was serious.
"Have you pushed the tray thing into the light thing? And seen all the aliens?"
"Aliens?"
Oh god.
Brain: "(Ask him if he's got off the train yet.)"
"Have you got off the train yet?!?"
"That's it! How do you get off the train!"
Unbelievably, he was quite serious. I'm not sure if it's just Pembroke, but we do seem to get more than our fair share of idiots.
This provoked me today.
Firstly, or secondly, whatever way you look at it, why people are stupid about consoles. Why do they care so much about specs?
No doubt in saying that everyone of you on here have met someone who has said that the X-Box is going to be the better console, because it has a "733" processor, or can push "125 million" polys a sec. Stay with me, even if you think you know what's coming...
In the real world, in comparision of SPEED, and not their own made up numbers, the X-Box has a 400MHZ processor, in the same league as Gamecubes 405, and PS2's near 300.
Secondly, the poly count. The X-Box will push around 6-12 million polys a second. The PS2 a few mill less, and the Cube the same. Spec wise, the X-Box is as good as, and in some places worse, than the Gamecube. But it's only the fact that Nintendo don't go blabbing it around that people aren't hyped up about it.
And finally...
A few days back, there was some news of footage of the X-Box, of a game running at 300 frames a second. Suddenly people were falling over themselves, laughing that the X-Box was superbly powerful... much more than any other system... Idiots.
Does anyone see the quite stupid thing here?
Your OWN EYES, cannot see above 40 frames a second. We are not capable. Games with 60 frames a second is nice, quite impressive, and looks just as good as 600000000000001 frames a second, and the X-Boxs 300 frames a second.
Stupid, or what?
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Today laddiieeess and gentaaaalllmeennnn, we are going to examine the attention span of Vai.
"Americans tut tut tut"
At the start, like all people, Vai's attention span is excellent, able to keep concentration on a certain thing with ease.
"tut tut ut tutut"
But not long after... approximatly three seconds, Vai loses all interest in typing, and begins to look elsewhere for entertainment.
"tut ttutyty"
After a while, another letter is introduced, and he even loses concept of the keyboard even existing, just pressing in mid air at things he thought existing. At this point Vai is probably examining the wall with keen interest.
"ty t tyy y".
And then he completely loses it.
Vai posts the message ten minutes later, after realising the PC is still on...
;D
"Americans tut tut tut"
At the start, like all people, Vai's attention span is excellent, able to keep concentration on a certain thing with ease.
"tut tut ut tutut"
But not long after... approximatly three seconds, Vai loses all interest in typing, and begins to look elsewhere for entertainment.
"tut ttutyty"
After a while, another letter is introduced, and he even loses concept of the keyboard even existing, just pressing in mid air at things he thought existing. At this point Vai is probably examining the wall with keen interest.
"ty t tyy y".
And then he completely loses it.
Vai posts the message ten minutes later, after realising the PC is still on...
;D
Speaking of Stupid poeple and americans, An american guy came into Sainsbury's and asked for some Appplewood Smoked Cheese, I say Okay...here and he says, it doesn't taste of apple does it!
I didn't know whether to Laugh or smack him round the head! Silly Americans! Anyway I just said "no!" and sent him on his way.....
Applewood, the wood from apple trees you dumb Yank! Americans.....ULGH!
The Game
I didn't know whether to Laugh or smack him round the head! Silly Americans! Anyway I just said "no!" and sent him on his way.....
Applewood, the wood from apple trees you dumb Yank! Americans.....ULGH!
The Game
Advertisment in job centre for Chinese restaurant:
A job is required for a chef to be able to use a bowl with a smooth large round bottom and will be able to give it a good beating.
A job is required for a chef to be able to use a bowl with a smooth large round bottom and will be able to give it a good beating.
Only in America...
How to prove that the public can be stupid.
METHOD
Some big rich companies get George Bush elected to president by spending lots of $dollars
Fill his innner circle with oil men and appoint an anti-environmentalist to run the environment "to give business more say"
Shut down a few key power stations for "repairs"
Put the price of natural gas up by 300%, saying "shortage"
Get the public in a panic.
RESULT
American public say sod the environment, we want more oil, gas and elecricity.
Big companies get to do the things they want to do.
Environmentalist have to bow to the new public opinion.
METHOD
Some big rich companies get George Bush elected to president by spending lots of $dollars
Fill his innner circle with oil men and appoint an anti-environmentalist to run the environment "to give business more say"
Shut down a few key power stations for "repairs"
Put the price of natural gas up by 300%, saying "shortage"
Get the public in a panic.
RESULT
American public say sod the environment, we want more oil, gas and elecricity.
Big companies get to do the things they want to do.
Environmentalist have to bow to the new public opinion.
Sign in a Safari park:- Elephants stay in your cars.
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