This will end badly...
by SatanicPuppy (611928)

Studies also found that old people who do not have dementia are likely to whack you with their canes for sassing them.

Doctor: "Oh, yeaaaa, you're normal"
Patient: "Why you little whippernapper! *WHACK* *WHACK*"
Doctor: "No! Ow! No! It was a medical test!
Patient: "I lived through 15 wars and 5 depressions, and I'm not going to let some damn young quack backtalk me in the name of science!" *WHACK* *WHACK*

Re:Um, my browser doesn't support Ruby
by stoolpigeon (454276)

Not only that - my platform doesn't support silverlight.

Re:Um, my browser doesn't support Ruby
by SatanicPuppy (611928)

I'm not seeing a problem.

cool.
by President_Camacho (1063384)

Sony Set to Market Blu-ray as Winner of Format War

Are they also going to market their laptops as the winner of the battery war?

Re:cool.
by SatanicPuppy (611928)

Why not?

"Sony lithium batteries smoke the competition!"
"Sony is on fire with these new batteries!"
"Put a Sony battery in your laptop and witness an explosion of power!"
"Sony lithium: Taste the Apocalypse!"
"Sony lithium batteries: Your laptop will never be the same!"
"Sony batteries keep burning long after the competition has gone out."

The marketing material just writes itself.

Re:Absolutely no chance of success
by SatanicPuppy (611928)

It all depends on the weapon. A .22 is pretty pathetic, in terms of recoil, though it can be an effective weapon due to penetrating power and accuracy. Likewise, 9mm's and .38's. A beefier pistol like a .44, .45, or .357 has surprising recoil.

Even discounting recoil, pistols are suprisingly difficult to shoot. A rifle target's outer ring is about the same size as the inner ring of a pistol target, and it takes a lot of practice to be able to make the bullets go where you want 'em to. They're simply not accurate weapons, and very few video games I've ever played took that into account to the degree it actually applies in my experience.

I've occasionally run across games that had something resembling an authentic sight on their weapons, but even there, there is no way to prepare an individual for the actual weight and sway of a weapon. It takes decent arm strength to hold a rifle steady enough for accurate shooting, in every position except prone. Likewise for a pistol, especially since pistol accuracy is notional for all but experienced shooters.