Militant Atheism
It has been quite a long time since I posted on the topic of religion and or a lack there of, but today I saw a video that really lit a fire under my ass. This video highlights many of the frustrating and often sad parts about life in this day and age. Being driven by thought and logic is something that is admired until it hits politics and then being “politically correct” takes precedent and ruins all. Pat Condell, a man of keen wit and sharp temper, puts his head on the chopping block time and time again, allowing religious and atheist numb-skulls to take innumerable whacks without any grounds for such things. I applaud this man for taking the time and energy to put together his inadequately responded to rants and deal with the idiots out there.
I will admit, there are some times when i hear this man speak and tell friends in hopes of their shock or awe, but i cant think of any examples of atheism leading to anything nearly as dramatic as the religious routes have.
Posted on November 30th, 2007 by Bob in Global Crises, Inspiration
When money is not an object…
When it comes down to it,
I had a pleasant discussion with this woman in my class today about money and the age old question - If you had all the money in the universe what would you choose to do with yourself? The question started with discussion of a few of her professors, sparked by a question I had earlier in class. Why are many instructors retired? It seems to me that retirement is an odd time to begin teaching, but far be it for me to complain. I plan to become a teacher and hopefully ill be one for years, but I digress. Many of the instructors I am interacting with are well endowed, and for that reason money has become no object.
A null reference to some of us nerds…
Posted on November 28th, 2007 by Bob in Inspiration, Random
the time has come, UT 2007 is here…
Alright folks, Its time to get in gear. This is a call out to anyone and everyone who is interested in working in UT 2007 that I may or may not know. Mike Whitfield and I are already rolling in the UT-iverse and looking for folks who are going to be working in UT 2007 not necessarily along side us but networking. Just as I did with HL2 I plan to do the same or similar things for UT, only this should go a bit smoother as I have had experience with UScript and will probably be abe to pull some shit together quicker.
That said, We need to talk about the future of gneu and how UT development is going to be impacting it.
Posted on November 27th, 2007 by Bob in Game Development
MIT Hard at work with touch technology
Good bye white boards!
Posted on November 25th, 2007 by Bob in Inspiration, School
When you know you have overstayed your welcome - Thanksgiving 2007
My thanksgiving was quite uninteresting and as usual with my family quite boring and dramatic at the same time. Not many people I know can wrap their heads around how that works, but if you can more power to you. Not only was I bored out of my mind, basically spending thanksgiving with my dad and niece, even though everyone else was there, I also spent a great amount of time with my 360 and have come to the conclusion that I am satisfied with it.
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Posted on November 25th, 2007 by Bob in Game Review, Random
Human Computation
Posted on November 21st, 2007 by Bob in Game Development, Global Crises, Inspiration, Misc. Video
should Google go Nuclear?
Posted on November 20th, 2007 by Bob in Misc. Video, Random
NOOTY 3
About two months ago I had a meeting with Matt & Reiji to the tune of trying to decide what we are going to do with our game. Many topics were thrown about and eventually we decided on going the ogre route and building it independent, but there was something electric in the air. Something about the idea of making mods made our eyes light up, at least mine. You guys don’t really know Reiji too well, but it takes something truly special to get him to let his eyes sparkle at all. We asked ourselves… “What do we do when UT3 comes out?” There are obvious marketing and distribution benefits associated with mod development, considering that if you find that niche it draws people to your site. They see your mod or in the case for UT - Mutator - an ask the all-important question… What else have they done?
Mike Whitfield, unblogged, has taken the opportunity of this release to get the gneu movement rolling and we have an SVN Setup and rolling, I will soon compile a list of possible mutators and mods and democracy will drive our momentum, possibly. We still make final call and will probably choose whatever looks fun to us at that time.
http://svn2.assembla.com/svn/gneut3
Posted on November 20th, 2007 by Bob in Game Development, Inspiration
Frets On Fire
Tired of the same old Guitar Hero bullshit? Well apparently there is an open source option for PC’s. It looks kind of neat, maybe you should check it out. I am going to stick to the real thing, but you are all free to do as you feel is necessary!
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Posted on November 17th, 2007 by Bob in Misc. Video, Random
Fight Science
Posted on November 16th, 2007 by Bob in Misc. Video, Random