DOOM was 16MB. A whole game in 3D with full on-the-fly animation and sound effects and music.
Yes, but it was really CRAPPY looking 3D.
That was amazing for the time when Myst was a game that served up mostly static images.
Because they were beautiful, prerendered images. They absolutely blew away Doom's visuals. But Doom also had a more active world, while Myst tried to force the user into a particular manner of storytelling. Those two games had two different goals and the graphics supported them the best in both cases.
abolish Electoral College [huffingtonpost.com] and otherwise diminish the role of the member-States in the Union [dailycollegian.com]; But those threats to the Constitution do not worry you, only Christianity does?..
I'm not sure that's a "threat to the Constitution" given that the Electoral College does not work in any way like the founders intended it to. Federalist #68 makes it fairly clear what they intended and we're far, far from that.
I think the Electoral College repeal doesn't get much traction because many mistakenly think that it gives power to smaller states instead of having the large states dominate, but that's not true -- under the electoral college, the smaller states are about as irrelevant as they would be in a pure-popular-vote system (which is not the only alternative). Under the Electoral College, the power is held by the largest "contested" or battleground states. All you have to do is go after a small number of votes in those 50-50 states and there's a massive swing of electoral votes which chooses the winner. That seems extremely undemocratic and just.. a really weird artifact of a system that serves only itself.
Why AC for your well thought out post? Oh yeah, the moderators are leaning a bit left today. You should have made a stronger conclusion though. Such as: "ALL MSM in the US has become so politically slanted in one direction or another that they are all basically fake news now." Journalism is dead.
I see only stupid bullshit that annoys me when I get mod points to spend. When I'm out of mod points, ACs come out of the woodwork to post informative stuff I wish got modded up.
Did Donald Trump advocate for a Muslim registry? Yes or no?
A registry of all Muslims? No, no he did not. He called for an immigrant registry from countries that exported terrorism, which are, of course, mostly Muslim countries. But that's a much different thing than a generic "Muslim Registry."
The democrats in the South had us fight and win a civil war to get rid of it. I am still amazed that the democratic party has spun things so effectively that they keep the black vote
Lots of things change in 150 years, and it's pointless to compare one party then and now. Among major, major shifts that gained black support for the Democratic Party were the Dems becoming the party of the poor in the 30's and again in the 60s, and Nixon's and Goldwater's successful Southern Strategy to lure white racists away from their traditional home in the Democratic Party.
Sure, people on the coasts didn't mind because they were intelligent enough and progressive enough to vote for Obama purely on the colour of his skin, or Clinton on the gender she identifies as, and were sorry for all their unearned privilege
Seems like you're a bit guilty of the "hyperbolic and untrue" statements a bit here, as much as people on the coasts might be about flyover country.
the best definition of racism is "racial bias combined with power."
An exceptionally convenient new-age definition that makes it impossible for minorities to be racist. So no, I don't think we're going to agree on basic definitions.
Much cheaper than Morgan Freeman or Robert Downey Jr, and he's a good Jarvis in the Iron Man movies. Or just as well, hire Stephen Fry, then you could have the voice of Jeeves.
Perhaps that's the problem we have with so many kids today, with no respect for elders, laws, socially accepted behavior or often even basic respect for life.
I know a lot of kids don't receive corporal punishment, but I didn't think that was the norm across most parents....?
I know for sure in my case that harsh punishments when I was young led to a rebellious streak. I only got angrier. I think it's a totally-unsupported trope that corporal punishment leads to more "respect" for the system.
Your post is a good example of the way narratives of cynicism and outright pessimism have taken over the way many people perceive themselves and their lives today. They turn on the news and they don't hear "Murder rate continues 1000+-year trend downward!" or even that murder rates or child abduction rates or whatever have fallen a lot in the past couple generations. Instead, they hear about bad stuff happening today or this week or this year. CONSTANTLY.
CmdrTaco recently retweeted this interesting article Five Things You Notice When You Quit the News. I do not agree with some of their premises (like their assertion that knowing what's going on in the world or country is not important for the average person), but it has some interesting things to say about negativity bias.
Thank God someone said this. I've gotten sick of the "pseudo-intellectual cynicism" as you put it over ever topic, cynics who don't want to think about any particular topic and sure as HELL don't want to admit any topic could have shades of grey, or that each side has their own motivations and might actually have good points.
Without piracy sites, I doubt that services like Netflix or Apple Music would exist
Netflix is an example of where we've slid backwards -- lost freedom compared to what we had before. Strongly-controlled DRM platform, streaming that's not on your terms, no ownership by the end user, and high fees from the content companies.
Don't get me wrong, I like me some Netflix, but online streaming is an example of a power grab by the content companies that worked.
Sending criminals to hard labour with poor conditions makes them more productive.
Instead of making iPhones in China we should make them in the US prisons with the same pay and working conditions with anti suicide nets to ensure there is no escape from punishment.
It seems strange, but here in the US we have some sort of stigma against laws that set up slave labor or "indentured servitude." Wonder why. Must be some relic of the past.
Saying that you rely on Facebook does not make Facebook a public forum or anything other than a private organization providing a private service. There is no number of people who can sign up for it that changes that.
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"For that joke, you should only drop dead."
Remind me, where does that road paved with good intentions lead to?
Not always, but usually to a better place than you were before?
DOOM was 16MB. A whole game in 3D with full on-the-fly animation and sound effects and music.
Yes, but it was really CRAPPY looking 3D.
That was amazing for the time when Myst was a game that served up mostly static images.
Because they were beautiful, prerendered images. They absolutely blew away Doom's visuals. But Doom also had a more active world, while Myst tried to force the user into a particular manner of storytelling. Those two games had two different goals and the graphics supported them the best in both cases.
abolish Electoral College [huffingtonpost.com] and otherwise diminish the role of the member-States in the Union [dailycollegian.com];
But those threats to the Constitution do not worry you, only Christianity does?..
I'm not sure that's a "threat to the Constitution" given that the Electoral College does not work in any way like the founders intended it to. Federalist #68 makes it fairly clear what they intended and we're far, far from that.
I think the Electoral College repeal doesn't get much traction because many mistakenly think that it gives power to smaller states instead of having the large states dominate, but that's not true -- under the electoral college, the smaller states are about as irrelevant as they would be in a pure-popular-vote system (which is not the only alternative). Under the Electoral College, the power is held by the largest "contested" or battleground states. All you have to do is go after a small number of votes in those 50-50 states and there's a massive swing of electoral votes which chooses the winner. That seems extremely undemocratic and just.. a really weird artifact of a system that serves only itself.
WHOA!!! Careful buddy. "Politifact" is a trigger word for Trump folk. You trying to start a fight?
Why AC for your well thought out post? Oh yeah, the moderators are leaning a bit left today. You should have made a stronger conclusion though. Such as: "ALL MSM in the US has become so politically slanted in one direction or another that they are all basically fake news now." Journalism is dead.
I see only stupid bullshit that annoys me when I get mod points to spend. When I'm out of mod points, ACs come out of the woodwork to post informative stuff I wish got modded up.
Did Donald Trump advocate for a Muslim registry? Yes or no?
A registry of all Muslims? No, no he did not.
He called for an immigrant registry from countries that exported terrorism, which are, of course, mostly Muslim countries. But that's a much different thing than a generic "Muslim Registry."
Current batch. The constitutional violations that are still ongoing.
It's Constitutional violations all the way down.
The democrats in the South had us fight and win a civil war to get rid of it. I am still amazed that the democratic party has spun things so effectively that they keep the black vote
Lots of things change in 150 years, and it's pointless to compare one party then and now. Among major, major shifts that gained black support for the Democratic Party were the Dems becoming the party of the poor in the 30's and again in the 60s, and Nixon's and Goldwater's successful Southern Strategy to lure white racists away from their traditional home in the Democratic Party.
Sure, people on the coasts didn't mind because they were intelligent enough and progressive enough to vote for Obama purely on the colour of his skin, or Clinton on the gender she identifies as, and were sorry for all their unearned privilege
Seems like you're a bit guilty of the "hyperbolic and untrue" statements a bit here, as much as people on the coasts might be about flyover country.
the best definition of racism is "racial bias combined with power."
An exceptionally convenient new-age definition that makes it impossible for minorities to be racist.
So no, I don't think we're going to agree on basic definitions.
Oh come on? Don't you mean... Oh Geez?
IBM partnered with a nice man back in the 30s from Germany and that turned out just great!
And you STILL wonder why Trump won.
I think we actually know why Trump won, and it's not because of your sas.
Any perception of reality that leads them to conclude that Flash is the correct solution would indicate a severe issue with mental competence.
"Fine, FINE!!! We'll move to Silverlight then."
at least the html5 video is slightly less likely to also come with a malicious payload.
Yeah, but it's damned hard to block, unlike Flash which was 100% blocked if I didn't have a Flash plugin or used a blocker.
A 4 year hiatus hardly counts as "maintaining."
They didn't port features within those years, but they sometimes ported bug/security fixes.
Much cheaper than Morgan Freeman or Robert Downey Jr, and he's a good Jarvis in the Iron Man movies.
Or just as well, hire Stephen Fry, then you could have the voice of Jeeves.
The claim is 11 million now.
The is 11 million total, including 6 million Jews.
Err...people don't whip their kids today?
Perhaps that's the problem we have with so many kids today, with no respect for elders, laws, socially accepted behavior or often even basic respect for life.
I know a lot of kids don't receive corporal punishment, but I didn't think that was the norm across most parents....?
I know for sure in my case that harsh punishments when I was young led to a rebellious streak. I only got angrier.
I think it's a totally-unsupported trope that corporal punishment leads to more "respect" for the system.
Your post is a good example of the way narratives of cynicism and outright pessimism have taken over the way many people perceive themselves and their lives today. They turn on the news and they don't hear "Murder rate continues 1000+-year trend downward!" or even that murder rates or child abduction rates or whatever have fallen a lot in the past couple generations. Instead, they hear about bad stuff happening today or this week or this year. CONSTANTLY.
CmdrTaco recently retweeted this interesting article Five Things You Notice When You Quit the News. I do not agree with some of their premises (like their assertion that knowing what's going on in the world or country is not important for the average person), but it has some interesting things to say about negativity bias.
From what I understand, in California, there have been more wildfires, and more use of water to fight them. What is the water industry hiding?!
And no water to put the fires out or pipe to peoples' homes either!
Thank God someone said this. I've gotten sick of the "pseudo-intellectual cynicism" as you put it over ever topic, cynics who don't want to think about any particular topic and sure as HELL don't want to admit any topic could have shades of grey, or that each side has their own motivations and might actually have good points.
Without piracy sites, I doubt that services like Netflix or Apple Music would exist
Netflix is an example of where we've slid backwards -- lost freedom compared to what we had before. Strongly-controlled DRM platform, streaming that's not on your terms, no ownership by the end user, and high fees from the content companies.
Don't get me wrong, I like me some Netflix, but online streaming is an example of a power grab by the content companies that worked.
Sending criminals to hard labour with poor conditions makes them more productive.
Instead of making iPhones in China we should make them in the US prisons with the same pay and working conditions with anti suicide nets to ensure there is no escape from punishment.
It seems strange, but here in the US we have some sort of stigma against laws that set up slave labor or "indentured servitude."
Wonder why. Must be some relic of the past.
Saying that you rely on Facebook does not make Facebook a public forum or anything other than a private organization providing a private service. There is no number of people who can sign up for it that changes that.