The day someone observes something spontaneously coming from pure nothingness, I will believe it's possible. Until then, it's a completely retarded thing to theorize (and untestable at that, because we don't have complete nothingness and never will). Nothingness cannot spontaneously give rise to existence.
Ultimately, either the universe is eternal or it was created by something else which is eternal. We don't know enough to discern the truth with science, so you gotta pick one on faith. I choose to believe the latter, because it makes more sense to me to say a supernatural thing violates the laws of nature, rather than the natural world itself violating the laws of nature. However, I'm willing to admit that it's pretty much a coin flip, and it also tells me nothing about the nature of God, only that there is some kind of god out there.
Fallout 3 is an RPG. The fact that it is not a typical RPG combat system does not make it less of an RPG. It's stat-driven combat with skills, dialogue trees, and an emphasis on story... how is that not an RPG??
Exactly what I was thinking. This has fuck-all to do with "respect" for our soldiers, this is 100% a move to try to raise good feelings amongst the general populace.
Bullshit. Christians explicitly recognize that while they may be forgiven for certain actions, that does not mean that they are without consequence. It simply means that the misdeed will not be held against you forever.
Yeah, all those things are exclusive to religion... oh wait. Your claim is laughable. Then again, so is the claim that religion is super good. It's really more of a neutral thing.
Read a good religion bashing, I mean, discussion here sometime. I understand what you're saying, but you will find that there are many who are perfectly willing to agree with your assessments.
Exactly. No one is saying it's necessarily easy, but the responsibility is yours to put the work in... not society's to take the object of your addiction away.
What I really wish would happen more often is that the retail version could be activated on Steam (DoW: Soulstorm had this, for example). Then you get the best of both worlds, not to mention the fact that Steam games don't bother you to insert the disc (which is why I reluctantly switched from physical copies to Steam wherever possible, even though I prefer having a tangible copy of the game).
Hey, at least it hasn't been canceled. I was really enjoying the Penny Arcade games, when they officially announced that episode 3 was dead after we waited 2 years for news of it. Fuck episodic gaming, from now on I'm only buying complete games. Once bitten, twice shy and all that.
Taking something which you have no right to take is stealing. Period. This splitting of hairs, saying "Oh no, it's not theft, it's copyright infringement" is retarded. You took something which was not yours, you are a thief.
You're splitting hairs, as is everyone who makes this stupid claim. If it's taking something that you have no right to take, it is stealing. End of story.
On the contrary, creationism is the simplest explanation (setting evidence aside). The complaint against it is that it fails to fit the evidence, not that it is more complex than evolution.
Depends on one's definition of "culturally relevant". They're good movies, but will never be viewed in the same category as something like Casablanca. Then again, there are a hell of a lot of people today who haven't seen that movie and have no interest in doing so, so there's a legitimate argument that even the movies which are considered classics are not culturally relevant any more.
Android has had voice command capability since 2.0. The day I bought my Droid, I could say "Call John Smith, mobile" and have it call (among other commands). This may make said commands more robust, but it certainly isn't adding something that wasn't there.
Why do people say "Hey, it's $name" when talking to someone on the phone, even if the person should recognize their voice? The self-identification presumably isn't for the computer's benefit, it's for the crew's benefit.
I don't know. While it may be a hell of a lot of work, I think they also owe it to the people to be contactable, so the people can express their wishes. The only person I would really exempt is someone like the president of a country, where they represent every single person in the country (which can be an impossibly large number). However, pretty much anyone else should be making the effort, as their number of constituents will be more manageable.
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$70 is still very close to the general $100 point.
Actually, no it isn't. That's a 30% difference, it's significant.
The day someone observes something spontaneously coming from pure nothingness, I will believe it's possible. Until then, it's a completely retarded thing to theorize (and untestable at that, because we don't have complete nothingness and never will). Nothingness cannot spontaneously give rise to existence.
Ultimately, either the universe is eternal or it was created by something else which is eternal. We don't know enough to discern the truth with science, so you gotta pick one on faith. I choose to believe the latter, because it makes more sense to me to say a supernatural thing violates the laws of nature, rather than the natural world itself violating the laws of nature. However, I'm willing to admit that it's pretty much a coin flip, and it also tells me nothing about the nature of God, only that there is some kind of god out there.
Fallout 3 is an RPG. The fact that it is not a typical RPG combat system does not make it less of an RPG. It's stat-driven combat with skills, dialogue trees, and an emphasis on story... how is that not an RPG??
Speak for yourself, I thought Borderlands was a truly great game. I'm happy that Gearbox will be doing DNF, as a result.
Exactly what I was thinking. This has fuck-all to do with "respect" for our soldiers, this is 100% a move to try to raise good feelings amongst the general populace.
Bullshit. Christians explicitly recognize that while they may be forgiven for certain actions, that does not mean that they are without consequence. It simply means that the misdeed will not be held against you forever.
Yeah, all those things are exclusive to religion... oh wait. Your claim is laughable. Then again, so is the claim that religion is super good. It's really more of a neutral thing.
Read a good religion bashing, I mean, discussion here sometime. I understand what you're saying, but you will find that there are many who are perfectly willing to agree with your assessments.
Exactly. No one is saying it's necessarily easy, but the responsibility is yours to put the work in... not society's to take the object of your addiction away.
Unfortunately, while it cost less it was still a pretty big rip-off for the initial price. $20 is WAY too much to ask for 2-3 hours of gameplay.
What I really wish would happen more often is that the retail version could be activated on Steam (DoW: Soulstorm had this, for example). Then you get the best of both worlds, not to mention the fact that Steam games don't bother you to insert the disc (which is why I reluctantly switched from physical copies to Steam wherever possible, even though I prefer having a tangible copy of the game).
Hey, at least it hasn't been canceled. I was really enjoying the Penny Arcade games, when they officially announced that episode 3 was dead after we waited 2 years for news of it. Fuck episodic gaming, from now on I'm only buying complete games. Once bitten, twice shy and all that.
Taking something which you have no right to take is stealing. Period. This splitting of hairs, saying "Oh no, it's not theft, it's copyright infringement" is retarded. You took something which was not yours, you are a thief.
You're splitting hairs, as is everyone who makes this stupid claim. If it's taking something that you have no right to take, it is stealing. End of story.
Sure stealing is wrong, but copying data is not stealing.
Under the right circumstances, yes it is.
Bullshit. Someone else's wrong does not give you a free pass to also commit wrong against them. You might feel justified, but it's still wrong.
Strong words coming from someone who doesn't understand that "security through obscurity" is being used in the proper context here.
On the contrary, creationism is the simplest explanation (setting evidence aside). The complaint against it is that it fails to fit the evidence, not that it is more complex than evolution.
Depends on one's definition of "culturally relevant". They're good movies, but will never be viewed in the same category as something like Casablanca. Then again, there are a hell of a lot of people today who haven't seen that movie and have no interest in doing so, so there's a legitimate argument that even the movies which are considered classics are not culturally relevant any more.
Star Wars: the great social experiment proving that, 13 years later, nerds will still be whining about a re-release that they can completely ignore.
To the best of my knowledge, yes. I can't say I'm 100% certain, but I am like 95% certain.
Android has had voice command capability since 2.0. The day I bought my Droid, I could say "Call John Smith, mobile" and have it call (among other commands). This may make said commands more robust, but it certainly isn't adding something that wasn't there.
Why do people say "Hey, it's $name" when talking to someone on the phone, even if the person should recognize their voice? The self-identification presumably isn't for the computer's benefit, it's for the crew's benefit.
You're joking, right?
No. The guy saying how Star Wars needed to be more technical, and Ken Burns should do a documentary, was completely serious.
I don't know. While it may be a hell of a lot of work, I think they also owe it to the people to be contactable, so the people can express their wishes. The only person I would really exempt is someone like the president of a country, where they represent every single person in the country (which can be an impossibly large number). However, pretty much anyone else should be making the effort, as their number of constituents will be more manageable.