No, they probably won't just kill their own people because they're ordered to do so, but unfortunately that's not how it's done - those aren't their own people, you see. First you explain to the troops how these people are the Bad Guys. They are helping terrorists, or they are blowing up babies, or they believe in the wrong god(s), whatever. Then the soldiers will set to with a vengeance, just as they would against any foe.
The division between civilian and military targets is often somewhat arbitrary. Civilians are often deeply involved in supporting the war effort, and eliminating such effort is sometimes just as effective as eliminating the troops they are supporting. It's a cold calculus, but war is a cold business.
WoW is huge because MMOs are addictive if given the chance. The only thing WoW brought to the table that no other MMO had was Blizzard. Lots and lots of people tried this game because Blizzard made it, and then even more tried it because the buzz got big. But the initial look wasn't about the relative quality of the MMO - it was the only game of this type that many WoW players ever even considered. The fact is that no matter what your favorite aspect(s) of the game are you can probably find an MMO you would like more, but since WoW manages to not suck in any one area people don't bother.
My argument here is slightly overstated. WoW had the first really good MMO interface, and the art direction and character animations are high quality. I don't want to slam WoW, I had a couple of level 70s when I left and it was a lot of fun at times. I just think it's overrated by people who haven't played anything else. Subscription numbers only tell you what people are currently paying for, they don't tell you what people would like to be paying for.
Been a long time since I checked out FF XI but IIRC there was a pretty free-wheeling multiclass system with unlockable classes that gave you plenty to do on your main after (and even before) you hit max level on your primary class.
6.22 was much better than 6.0, but that's the only other one I can think of.
Did DOS 5 even get any major patches? It was pretty solid out of the gate.
That's silly. Every human that was ever born had it within themselves to kill another human. The combination of self-preservation and fear are very powerful. You have never hit anyone in anger, that's good and maybe you're right to be proud of it. Don't downplay it by claiming that it couldn't have happened. Don't for a moment think that it isn't in your genes, that's ridiculous.
If you haven't even the capacity for violence in your genes then you are not human at all! Your button hasn't been pushed, and you're lucky for that. You should be aware that the button does exist, though. Most people who have hit someone in anger are not very different from you, unfortunately. You can tell yourself that you are wildly different, a non-violent and possibly superior strain of person, but it's much more likely that you have simply never found out about that part of yourself.
The school doesn't pay the students. I don't find your argument convincing at all to begin with, but even within your framework the logic isn't consistent. Since the student employs the instructors, isn't it they who should be careful?
Yeah, we should be smoking dope and rocking out in the mud, like you 60s guys! We should be shooting civil rights leaders and prominent politicians! We should be threatening smaller nations with missiles and... okay we got that one covered.
...and then get outsourced by some board member who's never even met you to a company headquartered in another city, that then downsizes the team based on salary. Your old co-workers think you're great, and they miss you, and they thought you were indispensible, but you're just as unemployed. Nobody in IT is indispensable.
Diversify your skills as much as possible, keep your resume up-to-date, and don't ever think that you can't be fired.
No, it doesn't mean that the market won't support the business model. If you're the friend mooching food, you're not participating in the market at all. Your behavior isn't part of market forces, even though it can impact the business. I suppose the business models of New Orleans shops were all horrible since a hurricane came and wiped them out. Yay, Capitalism?
That's a handy side effect, but I don't think it's a primary putpose. There are animals who have evolved other ways of dealing with the lack of light at night, such as bats and owls and cats. All of those still sleep.
I would argue that the entire point of civilization is to protect the weak and/or stupid. I would also argue that at various times and places, we have all been the stupid one at some point. Lastly, I would point out that in this case, the loss of virtual currency is an actual material loss, since you can convert game dollars to USD.
People will also not improve just because you think you're better than they are.
You probably won't see this now, but the point was that if they use the billboard right after a crime, the suspect hasn't had a chance to show up to trial, and now when he does the whole jury already saw him plastered as a criminal all over the city.
My only problem with the system was the idea of using it "right after a crime", when emotions are highest and (most often) there is evidence yet to be found/examined. It's a situation ripe for getting it wrong. If it is only used in surefire 100% cases like you posit, then that's great. I don't think people are that logical. I think people get scared and excited and want to do something, anything, whether it is the right thing becomes a secondary concern. In a case like that, the billboard is likely to be misused.
If she's not running well it may be due to poor maintenance. Make sure there is no excess moisture collecting in the bottom; this will corrode her abilities eventually if left untended, and since it must be seen to eventually, you may well find someone else tending to it, creating undue costs to you.
If you have the means and/or tools, some will respond well to having their rack tightened a bit, which increases her appeal and useful life to you.
You don't get slapped on a Wanted poster right after a crime is committed. The potential for mistake on these billboards would be much higher, and the exposure and therefore damage if a mistake is made would be much greater. When's the last time you saw a billboard? When's the last time you saw a Top Wanted list? Using this for people who have already been convicted would be great, e.g., prison escapees. Using this to rope up suspects is a perversion of justice. You get on this billboard, you have already been declared guilty in the public mind. You just said as much yourself.
I think the second thing ties into the first thing. You come back and say there are new scary tracks, but why should I believe you? If I am a healthy skeptic, I go and get eaten. If I am a gullible idiot, I take a spear and a friend and we eat well that night.
That's because that isn't what the study found. Playing Wii tennis burned 51% more calories than playing Xbox 360. The 2% increase is for an entire week, including time not spent playing games.
Dear record companies: all that you need to do is hire some kids. They're not aliens, after all... if you imbue the young with the same incentives and motivations that you have yourself, they will most often act the same way you do. These kids are against IP because it doesn't make them any money and even if it did they don't have families and mortgages. Get them invested in the capitalistic debt machine and then make their livelihoods in some small way dependent on IP and most of their views will magically align with yours. Realize that many of the soulless destroyers of the RIAA were once hippies. Idealism is often a luxury only afforded the young. I am not pro-IP in its current state. I'm just saying that just because kids don't like it doesn't mean they're actually going to end up doing anything about it.
True enough, but in this case the carrot is supposed to be your life and the lives of others should you happen to lose control. You're supposed to want to be safe, and not need the fear of God to put that into you. How much more effective could the police be if they weren't spending the majority of their time enforcing basic responsibility on normally sane, intelligent people who just didn't feel like thinking? You say the cops are thugs where you are. It's partly because the job attracts those kind of people, but it's also because of people like you, for whom the law doesn't apply unless fear is present. Even when the intent of the law is to protect you.
I am not trying to flame you. It's obvious that you put some thought into the subject, but I wonder how much of that analysis was directed at yourself.
Disclosure: This is all easy for me to say. I don't drive anymore at all; I live in a large city and a car is more of a hassle than it's worth here.
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No, they probably won't just kill their own people because they're ordered to do so, but unfortunately that's not how it's done - those aren't their own people, you see. First you explain to the troops how these people are the Bad Guys. They are helping terrorists, or they are blowing up babies, or they believe in the wrong god(s), whatever. Then the soldiers will set to with a vengeance, just as they would against any foe.
The division between civilian and military targets is often somewhat arbitrary. Civilians are often deeply involved in supporting the war effort, and eliminating such effort is sometimes just as effective as eliminating the troops they are supporting. It's a cold calculus, but war is a cold business.
WoW is huge because MMOs are addictive if given the chance. The only thing WoW brought to the table that no other MMO had was Blizzard. Lots and lots of people tried this game because Blizzard made it, and then even more tried it because the buzz got big. But the initial look wasn't about the relative quality of the MMO - it was the only game of this type that many WoW players ever even considered. The fact is that no matter what your favorite aspect(s) of the game are you can probably find an MMO you would like more, but since WoW manages to not suck in any one area people don't bother.
My argument here is slightly overstated. WoW had the first really good MMO interface, and the art direction and character animations are high quality. I don't want to slam WoW, I had a couple of level 70s when I left and it was a lot of fun at times. I just think it's overrated by people who haven't played anything else. Subscription numbers only tell you what people are currently paying for, they don't tell you what people would like to be paying for.
Been a long time since I checked out FF XI but IIRC there was a pretty free-wheeling multiclass system with unlockable classes that gave you plenty to do on your main after (and even before) you hit max level on your primary class.
That reminds me of baseball.
6.22 was much better than 6.0, but that's the only other one I can think of. Did DOS 5 even get any major patches? It was pretty solid out of the gate.
That's silly. Every human that was ever born had it within themselves to kill another human. The combination of self-preservation and fear are very powerful. You have never hit anyone in anger, that's good and maybe you're right to be proud of it. Don't downplay it by claiming that it couldn't have happened. Don't for a moment think that it isn't in your genes, that's ridiculous.
If you haven't even the capacity for violence in your genes then you are not human at all! Your button hasn't been pushed, and you're lucky for that. You should be aware that the button does exist, though. Most people who have hit someone in anger are not very different from you, unfortunately. You can tell yourself that you are wildly different, a non-violent and possibly superior strain of person, but it's much more likely that you have simply never found out about that part of yourself.
The school doesn't pay the students. I don't find your argument convincing at all to begin with, but even within your framework the logic isn't consistent. Since the student employs the instructors, isn't it they who should be careful?
Yeah, we should be smoking dope and rocking out in the mud, like you 60s guys! We should be shooting civil rights leaders and prominent politicians! We should be threatening smaller nations with missiles and... okay we got that one covered.
...and then get outsourced by some board member who's never even met you to a company headquartered in another city, that then downsizes the team based on salary. Your old co-workers think you're great, and they miss you, and they thought you were indispensible, but you're just as unemployed. Nobody in IT is indispensable.
Diversify your skills as much as possible, keep your resume up-to-date, and don't ever think that you can't be fired.
No, it doesn't mean that the market won't support the business model. If you're the friend mooching food, you're not participating in the market at all. Your behavior isn't part of market forces, even though it can impact the business. I suppose the business models of New Orleans shops were all horrible since a hurricane came and wiped them out. Yay, Capitalism?
Is that before or after Hammer Time? Sequence of events:
You get the bill --> Makes you say, 'Oh my Lord!' --> STOP --> Hammer Time.
That's a handy side effect, but I don't think it's a primary putpose. There are animals who have evolved other ways of dealing with the lack of light at night, such as bats and owls and cats. All of those still sleep.
I would argue that the entire point of civilization is to protect the weak and/or stupid. I would also argue that at various times and places, we have all been the stupid one at some point. Lastly, I would point out that in this case, the loss of virtual currency is an actual material loss, since you can convert game dollars to USD.
People will also not improve just because you think you're better than they are.
You probably won't see this now, but the point was that if they use the billboard right after a crime, the suspect hasn't had a chance to show up to trial, and now when he does the whole jury already saw him plastered as a criminal all over the city.
My only problem with the system was the idea of using it "right after a crime", when emotions are highest and (most often) there is evidence yet to be found/examined. It's a situation ripe for getting it wrong. If it is only used in surefire 100% cases like you posit, then that's great. I don't think people are that logical. I think people get scared and excited and want to do something, anything, whether it is the right thing becomes a secondary concern. In a case like that, the billboard is likely to be misused.
Plus I got to start the microwave before I came upstairs?
If she's not running well it may be due to poor maintenance. Make sure there is no excess moisture collecting in the bottom; this will corrode her abilities eventually if left untended, and since it must be seen to eventually, you may well find someone else tending to it, creating undue costs to you.
If you have the means and/or tools, some will respond well to having their rack tightened a bit, which increases her appeal and useful life to you.
You don't get slapped on a Wanted poster right after a crime is committed. The potential for mistake on these billboards would be much higher, and the exposure and therefore damage if a mistake is made would be much greater. When's the last time you saw a billboard? When's the last time you saw a Top Wanted list? Using this for people who have already been convicted would be great, e.g., prison escapees. Using this to rope up suspects is a perversion of justice. You get on this billboard, you have already been declared guilty in the public mind. You just said as much yourself.
I think the second thing ties into the first thing. You come back and say there are new scary tracks, but why should I believe you? If I am a healthy skeptic, I go and get eaten. If I am a gullible idiot, I take a spear and a friend and we eat well that night.
That's because that isn't what the study found. Playing Wii tennis burned 51% more calories than playing Xbox 360. The 2% increase is for an entire week, including time not spent playing games.
Dear record companies: all that you need to do is hire some kids. They're not aliens, after all... if you imbue the young with the same incentives and motivations that you have yourself, they will most often act the same way you do. These kids are against IP because it doesn't make them any money and even if it did they don't have families and mortgages. Get them invested in the capitalistic debt machine and then make their livelihoods in some small way dependent on IP and most of their views will magically align with yours. Realize that many of the soulless destroyers of the RIAA were once hippies. Idealism is often a luxury only afforded the young.
I am not pro-IP in its current state. I'm just saying that just because kids don't like it doesn't mean they're actually going to end up doing anything about it.
True enough, but in this case the carrot is supposed to be your life and the lives of others should you happen to lose control. You're supposed to want to be safe, and not need the fear of God to put that into you. How much more effective could the police be if they weren't spending the majority of their time enforcing basic responsibility on normally sane, intelligent people who just didn't feel like thinking? You say the cops are thugs where you are. It's partly because the job attracts those kind of people, but it's also because of people like you, for whom the law doesn't apply unless fear is present. Even when the intent of the law is to protect you. I am not trying to flame you. It's obvious that you put some thought into the subject, but I wonder how much of that analysis was directed at yourself. Disclosure: This is all easy for me to say. I don't drive anymore at all; I live in a large city and a car is more of a hassle than it's worth here.
There will never be a sequel of either?
Oh yeah, that'll totally happen.
Hold on, someone's at the door.
But then if the news is at 10 and you get more news, where can you go from there?