I'm pretty sure that Philips was actually the driving force behind the creation of the Compact Disc. Besides, there was no Nintendo monopoly by the time Sony entered the console game... Sega had been providing ample competition, especially with the Genesis.
I'd say ditch the consoles. Most decent console games are also available on the PC. The handful that you'll miss out on won't really matter in the long run anyway.
Second, what you're saying is that car manufacturers should sell us cars that break down after a year so that we're forced to buy new working cars? That's not how it works.
Actually, I'm pretty sure that is how it works. Cars are not terribly reliable contraptions, and purposefully so.
Hell, most new hardback books are cheaper than their ebook equivalents. It's utterly ridiculous, given the minimal amount of resources involved in producing an ebook. I own a Nook and am very happy with it. I've yet to be disappointed in the ebook prices from any of the major distributors however. It's a good thing that there are plenty of freely available public domain books out there to read through. My library selection in Calibre will keep me reading for a few years at least.;)
Yeah, us country folk shouldn't have access to water lines or power lines either. We should just move into the city with all those yuppies and their smog!
Seriously. Nothing is keeping the cable and telephone companies from running decent broadband. Even [i]inside[/i] of certain parts of the city, your best (only?) option is slow-ass DSL.
I don't think that Nintendo really knows what they're doing with this thing... I mean, all they're doing is following the 3D gimmick and then slapping a ridiculous price on top of that.
I believe you. I'm sure that there are a lot of films available for streaming... I can never find anything that looks good though. Perhaps it's just a difference of taste?
An entire content library, really? I can hardly ever find anything worth watching through Netflix's streaming option. On the other hand, I have hundreds of DVDs sitting in my queue. Besides... I get to rip and/or burn the DVDs and mail 'em back the very same day. I get good turn around.;)
Well, let's be fair. Most people use Windows everyday. Bill Gates is at least somewhat responsible for that.
On the other hand, no one really has any use for what the Pope or Glenn Beck are selling. In fact, the world would be a lot better off without them in general.
It's kind of a skewed statement, given that Gates is being compared to people that absolutely should not be admired.:P
I just recently installed and played through both Mass Effects about a month ago. I sat and played through them back-to-back over the course of a few weeks. I found them both to be immensely satisfying. The first game was a great RPG, with a long, fairly linear plot. The second was a decent action game with a much shorter, darker, snaking plotline. It may have just been illusion, but it felt like I was given a lot more choices in the second game, especially when it came to really making use of Renegade points. I don't really know why anyone would load the game back up to save a few crewmates, especially when that sort of loss will probably make the third game even more interesting. Maybe the submitter is just one of those people that can't stand movies without a cheesy, happy ending?
What really would be the difference between killing someone and imprisoning them for life? If you can be sure enough to convict someone to life imprisonment, does it really make any difference if they're dead instead? It would certainly be a lot less drain on society that way.
No. We execute them. Jail is a drain on society. If they're so dangerous that they have to be monitored 24/7 for the res tof their lives, then we should simply execute them.
[...] he must be the most selfish, self serving person that exists.
Of course he is! He's a father, after all. Who else but the selfish can bring themselves to thrust children into this world of ours? You don't have children for their sake, you have them for your own. Immortality, appreciation, social status, tax credits. Children bring a wealth of benefits to the parents, even without counting less tangible things like pride and love. No one has children for any other reason than for themselves. That attitude may change later one, when care and comfort of the children itself becomes the driving force of importance, but it never starts out being about the kids.
My point was that children do not really see life outside of their immediate age group and chosen clique. That holds just as true during lunch, school sanctioned sporting events, and whatever extracurricular activities the institution might offer.
The institutions themselves make sure that children are never more than a year or two apart in age while interacting. The children themselves then segregate each other further, dividing up into jocks, geeks, whatever. School children are very rarely confronted with anything outside of the bubble that they and the school has created for them.
Would police have made such a deal of simple searches, if they were done by looking up books on the subject at the library? Would a list of books checked out seriously be used to convict an alleged suspect?
Yes.
Your library records are hardly protected from the fuzz either.
The jocks are often just as pigeonholed into their roles as nerds are.
Learning how to stand up for yourself is another topic altogether. Generally speaking, bullies don't require anything as sophisticated as stealth and guerrilla tactics in order to bring down.
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I'm pretty sure that Philips was actually the driving force behind the creation of the Compact Disc. Besides, there was no Nintendo monopoly by the time Sony entered the console game... Sega had been providing ample competition, especially with the Genesis.
I'd say ditch the consoles. Most decent console games are also available on the PC. The handful that you'll miss out on won't really matter in the long run anyway.
Second, what you're saying is that car manufacturers should sell us cars that break down after a year so that we're forced to buy new working cars? That's not how it works.
Actually, I'm pretty sure that is how it works. Cars are not terribly reliable contraptions, and purposefully so.
Hell, most new hardback books are cheaper than their ebook equivalents. It's utterly ridiculous, given the minimal amount of resources involved in producing an ebook. I own a Nook and am very happy with it. I've yet to be disappointed in the ebook prices from any of the major distributors however. It's a good thing that there are plenty of freely available public domain books out there to read through. My library selection in Calibre will keep me reading for a few years at least. ;)
Yeah, us country folk shouldn't have access to water lines or power lines either. We should just move into the city with all those yuppies and their smog!
Seriously. Nothing is keeping the cable and telephone companies from running decent broadband. Even [i]inside[/i] of certain parts of the city, your best (only?) option is slow-ass DSL.
Maybe when we can properly dispose of nuclear waste?
I'm not satisfied with just burying the shit and hoping that nothing goes wrong within the next 10,000 years.
I don't think that Nintendo really knows what they're doing with this thing... I mean, all they're doing is following the 3D gimmick and then slapping a ridiculous price on top of that.
I've never ran across any of the Nova episodes on streaming. I'll take a second look for that if nothing else. :)
I believe you. I'm sure that there are a lot of films available for streaming... I can never find anything that looks good though. Perhaps it's just a difference of taste?
An entire content library, really? I can hardly ever find anything worth watching through Netflix's streaming option. On the other hand, I have hundreds of DVDs sitting in my queue. Besides... I get to rip and/or burn the DVDs and mail 'em back the very same day. I get good turn around. ;)
Well, let's be fair. Most people use Windows everyday. Bill Gates is at least somewhat responsible for that.
On the other hand, no one really has any use for what the Pope or Glenn Beck are selling. In fact, the world would be a lot better off without them in general.
It's kind of a skewed statement, given that Gates is being compared to people that absolutely should not be admired. :P
I agree. Those videos made playing look just as much fun as falling on a rusty nail.
I just recently installed and played through both Mass Effects about a month ago. I sat and played through them back-to-back over the course of a few weeks. I found them both to be immensely satisfying. The first game was a great RPG, with a long, fairly linear plot. The second was a decent action game with a much shorter, darker, snaking plotline. It may have just been illusion, but it felt like I was given a lot more choices in the second game, especially when it came to really making use of Renegade points. I don't really know why anyone would load the game back up to save a few crewmates, especially when that sort of loss will probably make the third game even more interesting. Maybe the submitter is just one of those people that can't stand movies without a cheesy, happy ending?
That's about all there is in Florida. Trailer parks and retirement communities... sometimes they're even one in the same!
What really would be the difference between killing someone and imprisoning them for life? If you can be sure enough to convict someone to life imprisonment, does it really make any difference if they're dead instead? It would certainly be a lot less drain on society that way.
Gladiatorial bouts would certainly make a lot of people think twice before committing crimes.
No. We execute them. Jail is a drain on society. If they're so dangerous that they have to be monitored 24/7 for the res tof their lives, then we should simply execute them.
Yeah, nothing turns me on more than a woman with a flat chest, flat butt, and no pubic hair! They don't look a day over twelve that way!
Would care-trolls eat care-bears, or just care-goats?
[...] he must be the most selfish, self serving person that exists.
Of course he is! He's a father, after all. Who else but the selfish can bring themselves to thrust children into this world of ours? You don't have children for their sake, you have them for your own. Immortality, appreciation, social status, tax credits. Children bring a wealth of benefits to the parents, even without counting less tangible things like pride and love. No one has children for any other reason than for themselves. That attitude may change later one, when care and comfort of the children itself becomes the driving force of importance, but it never starts out being about the kids.
I deal with the goddamn customers! I have people skills!
My point was that children do not really see life outside of their immediate age group and chosen clique. That holds just as true during lunch, school sanctioned sporting events, and whatever extracurricular activities the institution might offer.
The institutions themselves make sure that children are never more than a year or two apart in age while interacting. The children themselves then segregate each other further, dividing up into jocks, geeks, whatever. School children are very rarely confronted with anything outside of the bubble that they and the school has created for them.
Would police have made such a deal of simple searches, if they were done by looking up books on the subject at the library? Would a list of books checked out seriously be used to convict an alleged suspect?
Yes.
Your library records are hardly protected from the fuzz either.
You did nothing but prove my point.
Oh, I haven't forgotten. The problem is that there is no good music nowadays to counteract the pop singles. ;)
The jocks are often just as pigeonholed into their roles as nerds are.
Learning how to stand up for yourself is another topic altogether. Generally speaking, bullies don't require anything as sophisticated as stealth and guerrilla tactics in order to bring down.