A sheriff isn't beholden to enforce federal law. He's a local official; he also is the highest law enforcement official in his domain. He very well could get you in trouble, but it depends on his judgment.
On the other hand, an 900 page textbook--no color, plain cover, 2000 copy print run last year cost the publisher i work for upwards of $8/copy. That's just for the printing costs and does not include shipping, warehousing, or the production costs.
Well, they make up that extra $5 by charging $160 to students that have no choice but to purchase the book or flunk their class.
Software sales for the Wii still dominate the top of the charts, more than the other two consoles. Active and continuous game sales would seem to indicate games are being played.
Speaking of Glenn Beck, has he finally come out and denied these horrible allegations against him?
For those who aren't in the know, a bunch of juvenile whackjobs are trying to start a meme by implying that there are allegations against Beck for murder, rape, and other crap. They seem to think they're scoring points against the right; in actually, those who do it (like AlamedaStone, above) reveal themselves as intellectually dishonest. Don't ever expect a reasonable discussion with anybody who thinks that's a clever way to argue.
The problem with the Wii is that it's a fad. It's doomed to fail pretty quickly - the console sales are dropping, slowly but surely.
A fad that dominates this console generation. It's been out for two and a half years, and still sells far more per week than either of it's competitors. Sony's price cut and new slim model gave it a few weeks of increased sales, but it's already dropped back down. Even assuming the best case scenario for either MS or Sony, it will be at least 18-24 months before they could catch up with the Wii's market. Realistically, they're only fighting for second.
There's no reason to consider the Wii a fad; it doesn't fit the definition. That's like considering the iPod a fad.
I think it's a case of shifting definitions. What you and I normally mean by 'memories' is not necessarily the definition that the scientists involved are working with. For practical reasons, they are reworking the definition to fit what they can manipulate and measure. That's fine, as far as it goes, as long as no confusion results by mixing two disciplines that each mean slightly different things with the term 'memory'. Psychology, for instance.
Some organisms without any neurons have 'memories', but it's sloppy to think they are the same things we experience.
You want explicit? Earlier in the book about the pedophile Mason Verger's sodomizing little kids (including his own sister) with candy bars. He calls it "taking the chocolate".
Are you sure? I thought the described scene was actually a little MORE explicit than 'candy bars'. A little less actual chocolate, and little more... brown and foul. If I misinterpreted that, yikes. I have a sick mind.
that only nintendo games are on the wii. 3rd parties are the only way you'll get fresh air in that stale room....
That's also incorrect. There are great 3rd party games on the Wii. If you like, I can list them; but I suspect if I do, you will promptly do your best to forget them.
firstly there is the name. secondly there is the lack of titles that are anything more then gimmics, and lastly there is the poxy low poly low res graphics.
please go back to playing animal crossing, i don't like to be flamed by 12yo girls
I thought slashdot skewed old enough these sorts of opinions wouldn't show up. This sounds more like 4chan talk.
The Wii name obviously hasn't hurt sales at all. Are you saying you personally don't like the console because the sound of 'wii'? That's childish.
There are gimmick titles. There are also dozens of excellent games, some that make use of the controller, some that don't. The 'wii has no games' mantra has been wrong for most of it's lifetime. The Wiimote is no more a gimmick than, say, analog sticks were. Just like them, it will become standard.
Lastly, the low poly count graphics. Irrelevant. For one thing, the Wii is more powerful than the PS2 and Gamecube from last gen, and there were GREAT and beautiful games on both consoles. One of the best looking games of this whole gen, Muramasa, is on the Wii. GPU power has become almost irrelevant to how nice a game looks, compared to the skill and quality of the development team. There's a lot of PS2 games that look better than PS3 games. Lower res, lower poly counts, but BETTER.
Lastly (since you talked more after saying 'lastly'), I'm a man, and I'm older than you. I've played more games than you, too.
Bull. It means that a $50,000 marketing program ran by three people in the marketing department now has a $10,000,000 overrun. It means people will be fired, it means policies will be changed. You think the boss of the people responsible will think "Eh, ten million, we make that much money in six hours. No worries."? That's not how business works.
I don't think she needs the $10 million; it couldn't have done that much harm to her.
On the other hand, reading the article, I have no problem with Toyota being FINED $10 million, in order to prevent them or any other company from repeating that behavior. What an unbelievably stupid thing they did.
of course nuking anything is a horrible evil, but you can't examine that horrible evil in a vacuum of context. all other choices were much worse horrible evils
Well, KILLING people is horrible but sometimes unavoidable. That fact that it was done with a nuke is morally neutral; it doesn't make it better or worse. Firebombing the cities with conventional weaponry wouldn't have been somehow better.
If it was a choice between the US and USSR, do you understand that the US's nuclear weapons probably saved millions of Japanese lives, and helped Japan avoid untold misery?
(bear in mind, I don't differentiate Vista from 7 any more than I differentiate 2000 from XP - they're the same OS at the core. Some security updates and minor changes, but the same OS)
Well, bear in mind that he DOES differentiate Vista from 7. That will provide the answer your question.
I am guessing that they are watching people's reaction to Sony's decision to drop physical media and depending on the reaction, make their decision.
I would phrase that in past tense. The reaction to the PSPGo is already pretty clear, and you can bet the Nintendo will not repeat that mistake. They may very well drop physical media, but they will not handle it like Sony did.
Which is MORE than enough for a handheld. There's no reason to pack in 1600x1080 resolution into a screen that's four inches across.
On a handheld, priorities are different than a home console. In addition to the obvious (like low power consumption), I would think resolution would pale in importance to other things like offloading physics or better compression or procedural generation of textures, to counteract the restricted processor/memory.
TI calculators are $5 of hardware sold for $100 because of preferential (bought and paid for) treatment given by schools. They follow the same disgusting model that textbook publishers use; it hurts students, and it's kept calculator tech advancement practically stagnant.
So, in a way, the accident at the LHC is confirmation of a physic.
This is off topic, but I'm curious; I've never heard 'a physic' used in a singular sense. Is that something (to put it bluntly) that's unique to you, or is that terminology in use somewhere? (Or maybe it's archaic?)
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A sheriff isn't beholden to enforce federal law. He's a local official; he also is the highest law enforcement official in his domain. He very well could get you in trouble, but it depends on his judgment.
96 pixels wide by 128 pixels tall
And how deep?
On the other hand, an 900 page textbook--no color, plain cover, 2000 copy print run last year cost the publisher i work for upwards of $8/copy. That's just for the printing costs and does not include shipping, warehousing, or the production costs.
Well, they make up that extra $5 by charging $160 to students that have no choice but to purchase the book or flunk their class.
Software sales for the Wii still dominate the top of the charts, more than the other two consoles. Active and continuous game sales would seem to indicate games are being played.
Speaking of Glenn Beck, has he finally come out and denied these horrible allegations against him?
For those who aren't in the know, a bunch of juvenile whackjobs are trying to start a meme by implying that there are allegations against Beck for murder, rape, and other crap. They seem to think they're scoring points against the right; in actually, those who do it (like AlamedaStone, above) reveal themselves as intellectually dishonest. Don't ever expect a reasonable discussion with anybody who thinks that's a clever way to argue.
And there's nothing wrong with joking about any of that.
The problem with the Wii is that it's a fad. It's doomed to fail pretty quickly - the console sales are dropping, slowly but surely.
A fad that dominates this console generation. It's been out for two and a half years, and still sells far more per week than either of it's competitors. Sony's price cut and new slim model gave it a few weeks of increased sales, but it's already dropped back down. Even assuming the best case scenario for either MS or Sony, it will be at least 18-24 months before they could catch up with the Wii's market. Realistically, they're only fighting for second.
There's no reason to consider the Wii a fad; it doesn't fit the definition. That's like considering the iPod a fad.
I think it's a case of shifting definitions. What you and I normally mean by 'memories' is not necessarily the definition that the scientists involved are working with. For practical reasons, they are reworking the definition to fit what they can manipulate and measure. That's fine, as far as it goes, as long as no confusion results by mixing two disciplines that each mean slightly different things with the term 'memory'. Psychology, for instance. Some organisms without any neurons have 'memories', but it's sloppy to think they are the same things we experience.
You want explicit? Earlier in the book about the pedophile Mason Verger's sodomizing little kids (including his own sister) with candy bars. He calls it "taking the chocolate".
Are you sure? I thought the described scene was actually a little MORE explicit than 'candy bars'. A little less actual chocolate, and little more... brown and foul. If I misinterpreted that, yikes. I have a sick mind.
that only nintendo games are on the wii. 3rd parties are the only way you'll get fresh air in that stale room....
That's also incorrect. There are great 3rd party games on the Wii. If you like, I can list them; but I suspect if I do, you will promptly do your best to forget them.
firstly there is the name. secondly there is the lack of titles that are anything more then gimmics, and lastly there is the poxy low poly low res graphics.
please go back to playing animal crossing, i don't like to be flamed by 12yo girls
I thought slashdot skewed old enough these sorts of opinions wouldn't show up. This sounds more like 4chan talk.
The Wii name obviously hasn't hurt sales at all. Are you saying you personally don't like the console because the sound of 'wii'? That's childish.
There are gimmick titles. There are also dozens of excellent games, some that make use of the controller, some that don't. The 'wii has no games' mantra has been wrong for most of it's lifetime. The Wiimote is no more a gimmick than, say, analog sticks were. Just like them, it will become standard.
Lastly, the low poly count graphics. Irrelevant. For one thing, the Wii is more powerful than the PS2 and Gamecube from last gen, and there were GREAT and beautiful games on both consoles. One of the best looking games of this whole gen, Muramasa, is on the Wii. GPU power has become almost irrelevant to how nice a game looks, compared to the skill and quality of the development team. There's a lot of PS2 games that look better than PS3 games. Lower res, lower poly counts, but BETTER.
Lastly (since you talked more after saying 'lastly'), I'm a man, and I'm older than you. I've played more games than you, too.
Fairly often. As often as I get a group of people together to watch a particular movie, for instance.
I'd say. When the basket fell off, I was sure the boy was dead!
They should keep it fastened down a little better.
Bull. It means that a $50,000 marketing program ran by three people in the marketing department now has a $10,000,000 overrun. It means people will be fired, it means policies will be changed. You think the boss of the people responsible will think "Eh, ten million, we make that much money in six hours. No worries."? That's not how business works.
I don't think she needs the $10 million; it couldn't have done that much harm to her.
On the other hand, reading the article, I have no problem with Toyota being FINED $10 million, in order to prevent them or any other company from repeating that behavior. What an unbelievably stupid thing they did.
of course nuking anything is a horrible evil, but you can't examine that horrible evil in a vacuum of context. all other choices were much worse horrible evils
Well, KILLING people is horrible but sometimes unavoidable. That fact that it was done with a nuke is morally neutral; it doesn't make it better or worse. Firebombing the cities with conventional weaponry wouldn't have been somehow better.
The distinction doesn't matter in a full shooting war.
If it was a choice between the US and USSR, do you understand that the US's nuclear weapons probably saved millions of Japanese lives, and helped Japan avoid untold misery?
(bear in mind, I don't differentiate Vista from 7 any more than I differentiate 2000 from XP - they're the same OS at the core. Some security updates and minor changes, but the same OS)
Well, bear in mind that he DOES differentiate Vista from 7. That will provide the answer your question.
I agree. I think Apple has far more to fear from Nintendo than Nintendo does from Apple.
I am guessing that they are watching people's reaction to Sony's decision to drop physical media and depending on the reaction, make their decision.
I would phrase that in past tense. The reaction to the PSPGo is already pretty clear, and you can bet the Nintendo will not repeat that mistake. They may very well drop physical media, but they will not handle it like Sony did.
Which is MORE than enough for a handheld. There's no reason to pack in 1600x1080 resolution into a screen that's four inches across.
On a handheld, priorities are different than a home console. In addition to the obvious (like low power consumption), I would think resolution would pale in importance to other things like offloading physics or better compression or procedural generation of textures, to counteract the restricted processor/memory.
Bye-bye sales for that line of calculators.
GOOD!
TI calculators are $5 of hardware sold for $100 because of preferential (bought and paid for) treatment given by schools. They follow the same disgusting model that textbook publishers use; it hurts students, and it's kept calculator tech advancement practically stagnant.
So, in a way, the accident at the LHC is confirmation of a physic.
This is off topic, but I'm curious; I've never heard 'a physic' used in a singular sense. Is that something (to put it bluntly) that's unique to you, or is that terminology in use somewhere? (Or maybe it's archaic?)
C) Put your heart in it and win through pluck and determination.
Let's see a computer pull that off!