He failed *A* test, and with the substance he tested positive for he should've failed *many* tests. There's just no way for the substance levels to spike that high on one day & not show up on any other days. Anyone in their right mind should see that this was an aberration in the testing procedures, and most likely erroneous.
I am intrigued by the possibilities that your magic rock presents to us, and wish to subscribe to your newsletter. Also, does your rock have the endorsement of Jenny McCarthy or Oprah Winfrey? If so, I'm sold.
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I think the context was that they are more powerful than other weapons in the current game, not more powerful than the ME1 sniper rifles.
The writer needs to check the facts. While 'Enter the Matrix' was a critical failure, it sold extremely well. From Wikipedia: "It sold one million copies in its first eighteen days of release, 2.5 million over the first six weeks, and eventually 5 million copies."
5 million copies sold does not sound like a financial failure.
Ignoring just blocks a person's comments. A/who will always show if a person is online. Unfortunately there is no way to be 'invisible' as is often an option in other MMO's.
People that don't believe in science will feel vindicated. People that do believe in science will continue to do so. 99.9% of the population just doesn't care and will never hear about the 'controversy'.
This is just another Chicken Little running around screaming that the sky is falling.
This is so incorrect that I can't find a single shred of truth in it. They encouraged piracy? That's a pretty bold statement. And ludicrous. If you recall, there was a lot of cat & mouse between Nintendo and the homebrew scene. The wii would get cracked open, Nintendo would issue a patch in a system update, the wii would get cracked again, etc. Seems like a lot of effort if they were trying to encourage piracy.
Futhermore, virtual console was a big deal pretty early on. If they were trying to build up that market, it would be illogical to destroy it with piracy.
Finally, look at the number of people that would pirate games. The number of people that would have the know-how to do it would be totally insufficient to drive console sales to a critical mass.
Anecdotally, I know a lot of people that bought wii's and DS, and not a single one of them was because of the ability to pirate games.
"in October last year a Japanese woman was arrested by police after allegedly hacking her virtual husband "to death""
Ok, let's get this corrected. There was no arrest for virtual murder. Repeat: There was no arrest for virtual murder. The woman was arrested for hacking into someone else's account. What she did in game is irrelevant and has just been repeated and twisted over and over for the sake of a sensationalistic "news" story.
Frankly, you are making this much more difficult than it needs to be. Immediately blaming Windows and suggesting a 'nuke it from orbit' option like switching OS's? Rubbish. The problem is in human behavior, not in the operating system. Adherence to a few simple good practices will alleviate most (if not all) problems.
In the OP, it is mentioned that "they are perfectly happy with our current arrangement." That is the genesis of the problem. As long as they are happy with the situation, why would they change? If they break something, they need to have some consequences. If a pc is degrading the network, remove it. You need to show them the benefit of acting responsibly.
The rest of the people on my network are not very computer literate. However, they know not to run and install things all willy-nilly, because if they do, there will be problems.
I think digital delivery is something that can bring this price down a lot.
Digital delivery will never reduce the price to consumers. As we have seen time and time again, the consumer price says the same and the extra profit goes to the companies. Just look at the new pricing model for games for the PSP Go. Sony just announced that the cost of games on UMD's and digital delivery will be the same.
If anything, it will cause prices to increase in the long term. Digital delivery makes episodic content more viable, and the combined price of episodes is almost always higher than a single game.
There's no law that it *HAS* to be in focus. A filmmaker could specifically keep one section in focus and other layers of depth out of focus.
Furthermore, it's not usually considered a flaw. It's considered a choice.
"First off, there is still plenty of coding involved to support PS2 titles even when one has the Emotion Engine chip present only on earlier PS3s. The chip doesn't just work on its own without associated driver software that needs to be maintained, and there's specific features like the PS2 upscaling involved too."
Of course there was plenty of coding. But that doesn't mean it's a continuing cost. The hardware BC coding was done, it's not like it had to be reworked over and over (unlike with software emulation having to tweak for individual games)
Backward compatibility costs Sony significant development resources for a feature that only impacts a small number of people.
Uh, not really. It was a hardware chip, so it required zero development resources. It actually required resources to redesign the PS3 without the chip.
Later revisions included a software emulator which did require development resources, but early in the PS3 lifecycle the only cost was the cost of the chip (which I would think would be even cheaper now).
Sorry, but a blanket statement like it 'detracts from artistic integrity' is ludicrous. You sound like someone who would've fought the introduction of sound or color.
I want 3D tv. Just like I wanted HDTV when it was in it's infancy. Seeing a football game in HD for the first time was an awesome experience. It allowed for a completely different view of the game, as you could now see the entire play develop. I can't wait to see one in 3D, and I imagine the difference will be huge.
This is just one example, I can imagine more programming that will look significantly better in 3DHD.
Bring it on.
(And judging by the attendance at 3D movies, there are many more that agree with me.)
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He failed *A* test, and with the substance he tested positive for he should've failed *many* tests. There's just no way for the substance levels to spike that high on one day & not show up on any other days. Anyone in their right mind should see that this was an aberration in the testing procedures, and most likely erroneous.
I am intrigued by the possibilities that your magic rock presents to us, and wish to subscribe to your newsletter. Also, does your rock have the endorsement of Jenny McCarthy or Oprah Winfrey? If so, I'm sold.
I think the context was that they are more powerful than other weapons in the current game, not more powerful than the ME1 sniper rifles.
With all the traffic Google gets, efficiency is a big deal.
But it's not such a big deal that it justifies allowing monitoring of traffic and possible censorship.
The writer needs to check the facts. While 'Enter the Matrix' was a critical failure, it sold extremely well. From Wikipedia: "It sold one million copies in its first eighteen days of release, 2.5 million over the first six weeks, and eventually 5 million copies."
5 million copies sold does not sound like a financial failure.
Ignoring just blocks a person's comments. A /who will always show if a person is online. Unfortunately there is no way to be 'invisible' as is often an option in other MMO's.
It reads like a Babelfish translation.
Nothing will change.
People that don't believe in science will feel vindicated. People that do believe in science will continue to do so. 99.9% of the population just doesn't care and will never hear about the 'controversy'.
This is just another Chicken Little running around screaming that the sky is falling.
What a heartwarming story....just in time for the Christmas shopping season. :P
Although this advertisment would me much more effective if GT was actually available.
This is so incorrect that I can't find a single shred of truth in it. They encouraged piracy? That's a pretty bold statement. And ludicrous. If you recall, there was a lot of cat & mouse between Nintendo and the homebrew scene. The wii would get cracked open, Nintendo would issue a patch in a system update, the wii would get cracked again, etc. Seems like a lot of effort if they were trying to encourage piracy.
Futhermore, virtual console was a big deal pretty early on. If they were trying to build up that market, it would be illogical to destroy it with piracy.
Finally, look at the number of people that would pirate games. The number of people that would have the know-how to do it would be totally insufficient to drive console sales to a critical mass.
Anecdotally, I know a lot of people that bought wii's and DS, and not a single one of them was because of the ability to pirate games.
"in October last year a Japanese woman was arrested by police after allegedly hacking her virtual husband "to death""
Ok, let's get this corrected. There was no arrest for virtual murder. Repeat: There was no arrest for virtual murder. The woman was arrested for hacking into someone else's account. What she did in game is irrelevant and has just been repeated and twisted over and over for the sake of a sensationalistic "news" story.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/10/woman-arrested/
Sony allows running other OS'es on non-slim PS3's. There is even an option in the menu to facilitate loading a new OS.
Even so, they'd be fine because I suspect they wouldn't be dumb enough to try play MW2 online with a modded console. :D
1) Person sends tweet
2) Tweet is sent to 100's of dumb fans via instant message on their phones
3) OMG A MSG I HAVE TO READ IT RIGHT NOW
Ok, what is this mythical 'OTHER functionality from the box UNRELATED to XBOX LIVE' that was removed by cutting off access to Xbox Live?
Frankly, you are making this much more difficult than it needs to be. Immediately blaming Windows and suggesting a 'nuke it from orbit' option like switching OS's? Rubbish. The problem is in human behavior, not in the operating system. Adherence to a few simple good practices will alleviate most (if not all) problems.
In the OP, it is mentioned that "they are perfectly happy with our current arrangement." That is the genesis of the problem. As long as they are happy with the situation, why would they change? If they break something, they need to have some consequences. If a pc is degrading the network, remove it. You need to show them the benefit of acting responsibly.
The rest of the people on my network are not very computer literate. However, they know not to run and install things all willy-nilly, because if they do, there will be problems.
I've sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook. And by gum, it put them on the map!
You can call me a conspiracy theorist all you want but you can find plenty of proof with a few simple google searches.
This is my nomination for the best sig ever.
I think digital delivery is something that can bring this price down a lot.
Digital delivery will never reduce the price to consumers. As we have seen time and time again, the consumer price says the same and the extra profit goes to the companies. Just look at the new pricing model for games for the PSP Go. Sony just announced that the cost of games on UMD's and digital delivery will be the same.
If anything, it will cause prices to increase in the long term. Digital delivery makes episodic content more viable, and the combined price of episodes is almost always higher than a single game.
There's no law that it *HAS* to be in focus. A filmmaker could specifically keep one section in focus and other layers of depth out of focus. Furthermore, it's not usually considered a flaw. It's considered a choice.
What a charming and delightful way to relive one of the darkest chapters in our nation's history. :P
Of course there was plenty of coding. But that doesn't mean it's a continuing cost. The hardware BC coding was done, it's not like it had to be reworked over and over (unlike with software emulation having to tweak for individual games)
Backward compatibility costs Sony significant development resources for a feature that only impacts a small number of people. Uh, not really. It was a hardware chip, so it required zero development resources. It actually required resources to redesign the PS3 without the chip. Later revisions included a software emulator which did require development resources, but early in the PS3 lifecycle the only cost was the cost of the chip (which I would think would be even cheaper now).
Sorry, but a blanket statement like it 'detracts from artistic integrity' is ludicrous. You sound like someone who would've fought the introduction of sound or color.
No one wants 3D TV, so why is it being developed?
Quoted from the Department of Homemade Facts?
I want 3D tv. Just like I wanted HDTV when it was in it's infancy. Seeing a football game in HD for the first time was an awesome experience. It allowed for a completely different view of the game, as you could now see the entire play develop. I can't wait to see one in 3D, and I imagine the difference will be huge.
This is just one example, I can imagine more programming that will look significantly better in 3DHD.
Bring it on. (And judging by the attendance at 3D movies, there are many more that agree with me.)
The bit about cows may not be a joke, as there was a similar story on Slashdot not long ago: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/06/24/1710252