Or don't create a main story. Have events once in a while but make the world a sandbox where players can create their own stories by roleplaying like MUD players do.
To be fair, the "key-mashing no-thinking tank" wouldn't exist in any world... Even if you try to roleplay Obelix, you have this whole personality with dreams to act out besides wanting to bash everyone.
Honestly this is why I looked at MUDs in the past year and why I am starting to really enjoy them compared to modern mainstream games. You always are a nobody and you still get amazing stories. The story might be about how you and your friend hunted a bear instead of how both heroes killed a dragon... Less heroic, but it forces you to keep your ego down.
If each IP adress can give a mark to each web page based on if they think the result is relevant and useful enough, then that should filter the "problems". On the other side... bye bye anonymity!
Wow, you'd never be able to study large and varied populations then.
You do have to understand that probabilities can bring a lot of useful hints as to how you should react after that.
If you know that young men have 80% (made up) chance of shutting their brain down when they listen to a beautiful woman, you'd be able to decide to use females in you TV ads to sell your beer to males. Statistics in science can be VERY useful.
And it's still science. If you start to break down your groups until you always get 100%, you'll never make it. Even individuals never always act in the same way. You can discover how they react most of the time though...
Where is the thief that can spy and steal? Where is the merchant that can bring in tons of cash? Where are the tradesmen? The politicians? The linguists?
If you play a rpg, there are way more than 3 groups. An adventurer doesn't have to be a killer.
I'd say modern rpgs are simply action games based around combat. The only real "rpgs" out there are muds like Shadows of Isildur, Armageddon and Harshlands. The only other option is to play a pen and paper rpg (over the net, or live).
I actually started to discover muds myself and hope others join in the fun.
Screw all these mainstream games!
I knew that politics would never function to the point where a decision could have been reached, let alone acted upon
Unless each country tries to save itself without trying to save the rest of the world. Then you'd have canadian spaceships, united statian spaceships, chinese spaceships, etc.
The different countries could target different places to land too you know?
I believe that such a scenario would be quite realistic.
Alternatively, you can support https://us2.ixquick.com/eng/ which has fairly acceptable search results and they do not keep any logs of searches and IP addresses.
I had so much fun when I discovered these at space camp. It's a great way to play with your kids too! Sure, the fun doesn't last as long as with videogames, but it is fun.
Usually it's the other way around. The kids communicate with the adults to learn from them, or to invite them to play games if they need a giant monster or something like that.
Not only that, but people are forgetting that we are speaking about the english Wikipedia. After that, we still have the other languages to work on. Right now, I suspect people prefer to use the english version of Wikipedia because it is usually more detailed and mature, but to truly give free knowledge to the world, the world must also understand the texts.
In this way, the Wikipedia project is clearly not about to be finished anytime soon.
You must add muscles in order to lose weight. You lose most of your reserves by just being alive. By adding muscles, you will need even more food to survive, or you'll lose weight.
I don't really understand what the mystery is here. It has been known for a long time. And if you want to use aerobic exercises, all the gyms will then force you on a special diet...
I really fail to see what's new here.
No, you are not seeing it like they do.
First, you authorize people to use it for non commercial use. Then, if someone wants to make money out of it because they made a game, they come to you and pay you.
With GPL3, Epic wouldn't be able to still make money out of it.
The more you see the Swastika as THE nazi symbol, the more it stays true.
Everyone should wake up and understand that it's much more than that. It is still used widely in asia on goods. Even clothes from India can have it on them.
So I think it's time we take the time to truly understand what the symbol means and stop associating it with Hitler. Even the West used it before the Nazi did.
I guess you never played Portal: The Flash Version?
It is a 2d puzzle game and is still quite interesting. So, maybe your argument is actually more of an opinion? The last levels are obviously more interesting...
You should. If you are not jealous and trust her, she'll feel more "free" in the relationship and stay with you. On the other hand, if you keep watching her and always remind her that she's yours, she'll get away.
Well I don't know about you, but the industry sure changed. About 15 years ago, I remember buying games that came with a second cd specifically made so a friend could play with you on a local area network without buying the game. Then of course they would buy it if they liked it too.
Today, that would not even be considered by Blizzard.
Blizzard is not the same nobody who used to want all the publicity it could get.:-/
And give me a new Rock and Roll Racing and The Lost Vikings dammit!!!... and a sammich!
To be more precise, cognitive dissonance is when you have at least two beliefs that oppose each others. The result is that you are feeling bad, stressed, etc. So yes, it is completely mental. If you act in a way that contradicts your beliefs and you don't realize it, then you wont feel bad about it.
For example, you might be religious and believe that sex is bad and that only bad people focus on sex while also having urges to have sex with certain persons that you meet. Another example is that you might believe that BDSM is immoral and only crazy people do it. Then, someday, you actually become interested in BDSM scenarios. So in both cases, you have a problem. Are you a bad person or not? This causes stress because of cognitive dissonance.
Changing your beliefs is only ONE way to cope with cognitive dissonance. If we go back to my examples, you start to believe that the persons that excite you are evil. It's not your fault, it's them who are dressing and moving in inappropriate ways. Or in the BDSM scenarios, you could start to fantasize that the other persons morally need to be punished so you are still a good religious person that doesn't hurt anyone for pleasure. You would simply be doing what must be done.
There are other ways to cope with cognitive dissonance, but I simply wanted to make your answer more precise. And, now that I'm checking it, the wikipedia article on the subject is not too bad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance.
Haha, I hear you. As for myself, people who call a tisane simply "tea" or "herbal tea" get on my nerves. If it's not made with the "tea" plant, it's not "tea" damnit!!!! But most grammar softwares don't even know the correct word anyway...
Slashdot Mirror
Or don't create a main story. Have events once in a while but make the world a sandbox where players can create their own stories by roleplaying like MUD players do.
Many things, but Slashdot, Ddiggs and the like seem to be doing pretty well, no?
To be fair, the "key-mashing no-thinking tank" wouldn't exist in any world... Even if you try to roleplay Obelix, you have this whole personality with dreams to act out besides wanting to bash everyone. Honestly this is why I looked at MUDs in the past year and why I am starting to really enjoy them compared to modern mainstream games. You always are a nobody and you still get amazing stories. The story might be about how you and your friend hunted a bear instead of how both heroes killed a dragon... Less heroic, but it forces you to keep your ego down.
If each IP adress can give a mark to each web page based on if they think the result is relevant and useful enough, then that should filter the "problems". On the other side... bye bye anonymity!
Wow, you'd never be able to study large and varied populations then. You do have to understand that probabilities can bring a lot of useful hints as to how you should react after that. If you know that young men have 80% (made up) chance of shutting their brain down when they listen to a beautiful woman, you'd be able to decide to use females in you TV ads to sell your beer to males. Statistics in science can be VERY useful. And it's still science. If you start to break down your groups until you always get 100%, you'll never make it. Even individuals never always act in the same way. You can discover how they react most of the time though...
Where is the thief that can spy and steal? Where is the merchant that can bring in tons of cash? Where are the tradesmen? The politicians? The linguists? If you play a rpg, there are way more than 3 groups. An adventurer doesn't have to be a killer. I'd say modern rpgs are simply action games based around combat. The only real "rpgs" out there are muds like Shadows of Isildur, Armageddon and Harshlands. The only other option is to play a pen and paper rpg (over the net, or live). I actually started to discover muds myself and hope others join in the fun. Screw all these mainstream games!
I knew that politics would never function to the point where a decision could have been reached, let alone acted upon
Unless each country tries to save itself without trying to save the rest of the world. Then you'd have canadian spaceships, united statian spaceships, chinese spaceships, etc.
The different countries could target different places to land too you know?
I believe that such a scenario would be quite realistic.
Alternatively, you can support https://us2.ixquick.com/eng/ which has fairly acceptable search results and they do not keep any logs of searches and IP addresses.
I had so much fun when I discovered these at space camp. It's a great way to play with your kids too! Sure, the fun doesn't last as long as with videogames, but it is fun.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_rocket
it would be nice if the browser could somehow implement anonymizing techniques independent of the specific search engine
Like https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2275 ?
It's not the perfect solution because of the speed, but...
Also, there are so many great underground free songs out there that I don't even see a future for that industry.
The future will be in shows.
Usually it's the other way around. The kids communicate with the adults to learn from them, or to invite them to play games if they need a giant monster or something like that.
Not only that, but people are forgetting that we are speaking about the english Wikipedia. After that, we still have the other languages to work on. Right now, I suspect people prefer to use the english version of Wikipedia because it is usually more detailed and mature, but to truly give free knowledge to the world, the world must also understand the texts.
In this way, the Wikipedia project is clearly not about to be finished anytime soon.
You must add muscles in order to lose weight. You lose most of your reserves by just being alive. By adding muscles, you will need even more food to survive, or you'll lose weight. I don't really understand what the mystery is here. It has been known for a long time. And if you want to use aerobic exercises, all the gyms will then force you on a special diet... I really fail to see what's new here.
No, you are not seeing it like they do. First, you authorize people to use it for non commercial use. Then, if someone wants to make money out of it because they made a game, they come to you and pay you. With GPL3, Epic wouldn't be able to still make money out of it.
Protip: People don't want you to make a difference. If you do, you'll be praised which would be a problem for those who want the next promotion...
To climb up there, if that is your goal, you need to be good at managing relationships more than anything else.
If you don't want to climb, those who do want to climb will make sure you keep your mouth shut.
Ok mister "I can't have a serious discussion if people are having fun too".
Now, how would society react if the Internet was taken down.
That's the question.
Personally I think it would be hard on society, but people would adapt by using the fax machine more and the population would restart to dial to BBSs.
I don't want to be rude but you are extremely self-centered. The swastika is more than a Nazi Symbol. Learn to respect other cultures, especially when these cultures make most of the Earth's population. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika Even the West used it before the Nazi did. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_use_of_the_Swastika_in_the_early_20th_century
The more you see the Swastika as THE nazi symbol, the more it stays true.
Everyone should wake up and understand that it's much more than that. It is still used widely in asia on goods. Even clothes from India can have it on them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
In China, instead of the red cross or red crescent, they even have a small Red Swastika Society. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Swastika_Society
So I think it's time we take the time to truly understand what the symbol means and stop associating it with Hitler. Even the West used it before the Nazi did.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_use_of_the_Swastika_in_the_early_20th_century
I guess you never played Portal: The Flash Version?
It is a 2d puzzle game and is still quite interesting. So, maybe your argument is actually more of an opinion? The last levels are obviously more interesting...
http://www.kongregate.com/games/Dragy/portal-the-flash-version
Electricians make 2x the salary of engineers?
You should. If you are not jealous and trust her, she'll feel more "free" in the relationship and stay with you. On the other hand, if you keep watching her and always remind her that she's yours, she'll get away.
Well I don't know about you, but the industry sure changed. About 15 years ago, I remember buying games that came with a second cd specifically made so a friend could play with you on a local area network without buying the game. Then of course they would buy it if they liked it too.
Today, that would not even be considered by Blizzard.
Blizzard is not the same nobody who used to want all the publicity it could get. :-/
And give me a new Rock and Roll Racing and The Lost Vikings dammit!!! ... and a sammich!
To be more precise, cognitive dissonance is when you have at least two beliefs that oppose each others. The result is that you are feeling bad, stressed, etc. So yes, it is completely mental. If you act in a way that contradicts your beliefs and you don't realize it, then you wont feel bad about it.
For example, you might be religious and believe that sex is bad and that only bad people focus on sex while also having urges to have sex with certain persons that you meet. Another example is that you might believe that BDSM is immoral and only crazy people do it. Then, someday, you actually become interested in BDSM scenarios. So in both cases, you have a problem. Are you a bad person or not? This causes stress because of cognitive dissonance.
Changing your beliefs is only ONE way to cope with cognitive dissonance. If we go back to my examples, you start to believe that the persons that excite you are evil. It's not your fault, it's them who are dressing and moving in inappropriate ways. Or in the BDSM scenarios, you could start to fantasize that the other persons morally need to be punished so you are still a good religious person that doesn't hurt anyone for pleasure. You would simply be doing what must be done.
There are other ways to cope with cognitive dissonance, but I simply wanted to make your answer more precise. And, now that I'm checking it, the wikipedia article on the subject is not too bad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance.
Haha, I hear you. As for myself, people who call a tisane simply "tea" or "herbal tea" get on my nerves. If it's not made with the "tea" plant, it's not "tea" damnit!!!! But most grammar softwares don't even know the correct word anyway...