It's an analogy though. So it doesn't really matter. Plus, they can't go over one another, since that would imply a depth dimension. That's not to say that 2D space in the real world is an impossibility. In fact, (I may have mentioned this before) electrons in between graphite sheets behave very much like 2D particles. I think the term for these special particles is anon.

Here's a picture to chew on.



This is called a Klein Bottle. It's like a Moebius Strip, in that it has only one side. However, you notice that it intersects with itself. This is due to the fact that it was "immersed" in 3D space, whereas in 4D space it would not intersect with itself, since the neck would be "lifted" into the fourth dimension and then placed back.

Looks really nice. For some weird reason the music I was playing synced up perfectly with the video. But the trailer was really well done, it had some good comedy bits in it too. I'll definitely be checking this game out.

A Clockwork Orange was great, though I'd imagine it would be hell to read. They use a little of Russian slang, and if it weren't for my knowing Polish I would have had a really rough time deciphering it. But it was really good, so I'd recommend that. However, the central theme of the book was more of violence vs. obedience, which you'd probably have to read the book to see what I'm getting at. (SPOILER: Should citizens sacrifice their emotions and humanity, good or bad, and be nothing but a "Clockwork Orange", or should we place no limits on our emotions?)

The title pretty much gives the book away, though.

As for Atlas Shrugged, I never read the whole thing, but if you have the time, go for it. Ayn Rand discusses her Objectivist (?) philosophies in it with a storyline most of us wish to relate to.

As far as I know, once discs are printed they're read-only. You can't "modify a copy" of brawl to have unlocked online play because the limitation isn't on the disc. That and the US/EU servers arent even open yet...

EDIT: Weird, post didn't work.

While that is true, you can play with Wii codes normally in your regions and spectate others. You can even place bets with your coins as to who will win.

The AI is much harder this time too. I could beat 8-9 on the Melee, but I'm having the same difficulty beating 4-5 on Brawl

I heard they were selling a modified copy of the japanese version that plays on US Wiis and that ran for $1000 dollars. It's ridiculous, these people need to be patient.

Sounds more like a ploy to get naive consumers to empty their wallets. The only way I could see that happening is if they a) reverse engineered the game and b) bought an expensive CD stamping machine.

BTW, Brawl is what seems to be the first Wii game that runs on dual-layers DVDs.

Well, I have finally played it. By next week I will have modded my Wii too and will be playing it at my own house.

I liked everything about the game except for a bit, so I'll list that. By the way, Ike is my favorite in the game and much different than Marth (though they have similar fighting styles).

The target tests progress in levels, and I'm not even sure there are original target tests for each creature. Apparently you unlock them as you beat Classic, and we could only do the easy one in our desperate attempt to unlock Lucario. So as far as we could gather, the target tests are not unique to each character.

Some items are hard to see/distinguish. What we thought were the motion sensor bombs are realistic looking this time, and we had a hard time seeing them. It was especially funny when I had one of those black hole bombs and threw it at random, then ran into it.

A theremin. Or a Rubik's Cube. Or a book. Or a book pertaining to how he should do his job better.

Does he like Star Wars? Get him KOTOR or something.

Quote from: stuck on February 04, 2008, 02:02:13 pm

No. Follow the links and read them.

Well, I read it, and I still think, that it's just a kind of association. Just that it's alot more distinctive. However, if it's like it's said in the links, then I must be a synesthete too, since I think of an actual image, when I hear/read/imagine a number. Or I got a special picture/image in my mind, when I'm listening to music. Where's the difference between association and synesthesia?

Well, you might have it, actually. They predict it ranges from one in 20000 to 1 in 28. The best tests, it seems, are those that check if you hold a mental image permanently. I think all people form a mental picture in their mind of certain concepts, but the thing about synesthetes is that it isn't really a mental picture for some of them, more of a direct interference in their optic nerve, for instance.

I think the best instance of this is the guy who can taste sounds. The sound of f, for him, tastes like sherbet. I don't think that you form a mental association of sherbet and f, but rather the wiring gets convoluted.