The first few times I tried to play this game I had to stop after a couple hours because my stomach was so twisted up. I still am having trouble getting through the game because it's just so draining on my nerves.
The only time I can remember being so affected by a computer game was the original Myst, when I first found one of the brothers' bedrooms, with weapons and skeletons and creepy music (the fact that I was about 10 at the time and it was 2 am probably had something to do with that).
I guess it doesn't matter, they're within spitting distance of being delisted anyway, but are they going to keep LNUX as their stock ticker? That seems sort of silly to me.
It's a pretty short game (basically, you can fight the Battle of Gettysburg. That's it), but I got it about a month ago from CompUSA for $3. An incredible amount of time and effort was put into making it as realistic as possible. I've barely even begun to scratch the surface of the strategy. There's excellent handling of morale (regiments have commanders, and are broken up into several units), flanking (in short, don't get flanked!), casualties (after thirty seconds of shooting, you're not going to kill an entire unit), and even manuvers (individual units can be manuvered very easily, but if you want to keep the regiment together, you're limited to the sorts of manuver's a commander could be reasonably expected to signal through bugle calls or whatever).
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is this: there are true strategy games, but they suffer from two factors. First, they tend to be short, or repetitive. A lot of effort goes into the realism, and so less effort is spent on making it a fulfilling game. Second, they tend to be complex. With Warcraft and its brethren, the rules are simple, and there's very little you have to do to set up an attack. With highly strategic games, they often have manuals as thick as the encyclopedia explaining all the different factors that affect morale, the relative strengths of units, the types of commands you are allowed to give, and so forth. So, there is a steeper learning curve than most people are used to.
All ratings so far have been self-imposed. The MPAA rates movies, the tv studios rate their shows, and the recording firms decide which albums get the explicit lyrics labels. Otherwise, an exceptionally good censorship argument could be made to the SCOTUS.
I've carried laptops through a number of times, and they used to make me turn them on about 5 years ago, but not anymore. Now, on occasion, they put my bag on a metal table and rub the zippers with things that look kind of like Oxy pads. Then they stick them into a little machine. My guess is they're trying to find tiny amounts of explosive material that may have rubbed off or something.
Regardless, they DON'T make people turn electronic devices on anymore.
Hayek (no c, BTW) also pointed out that wartime is one of the few times when society as a whole really does have an aim (survival and victory) and so as a result government becomes a useful force for organization. Likewise, the reverse is true: when governments assume a great deal of power, they need an enemy to justify their interference in other people's lives. Hitler had the jews, McCarthy had the communists, the Soviets had capitalists, and so forth. This point is also made in 1984 very effectively.
Here's the thing about rugby: without armor, people who hit you are trying to knock you down while causing the minimum damage to themselves. In football on the other hand, they can hit you as hard as they want, wherever they want, because they won't feel it under their padding.
Having played both sports a bit (not a lot, I played football in high school and rugby for two semesters in college), football gets a much higher masochism rating in my book. Rugby you're consistently bruised and sore the next day. In football, you're largely okay unless two guys hit you from the wrong angle, popping joints out of their sockets and snapping your bones like twigs.
How about trying to make movie, tv, and music ratings standardized and mandatory? (Feinstein) How about imprisoning a foreign national for having violated the DMCA in his home country? (Ashcroft)
Yes it does, if you don't invest, interest rates go up. You need to spend, but not spend *too much*. Plus, buying things that improve productivity are better for the economy than things that waste otherwise productive time.
Right, that's the point. What I'm sure the poster meant was "very much like the Japanese cultural ideal." This is why the Japanese often get almost fetishistic about their hobbies, because it's the one area where they're allowed to be individuals.
They tried. Ever heard of the ICC (Interstate Commerce Commission). It was originally created to regulate railroad monopolies, but as with all government organizations, it eventually became the tool of those it was supposed to control. The railroads used it to keep out trucking for decades (my grandfather worked as a lawyer for the trucking companies, when you had to argue the necessity of each new trucking route you wanted to open). Ironically, had the ICC never existed, the railroad monopolies would have died much earlier.
Yes, well, according to the Supreme Court you have an "implied right to privacy" that makes abortions a constitutional right. Seriously, read Roe vs. Wade sometime. I'm pro-choice, and happy about the verdict, but it is no more than tangentially related to the law.
SCOTUS can say what it wants, but the "the right to keep and bear arms shall not be abridged" goddamn means that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be fucking abridged.
Yeah, really. I WANT to be upset about violations of liberty, but I've been reading what it states, and I see no violation. Nothing about backdoors in crypto, nothing curtailing speech. Hell, the Brady handgun bill was a bigger blow to the Bill of Rights than this garbage.
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The first few times I tried to play this game I had to stop after a couple hours because my stomach was so twisted up. I still am having trouble getting through the game because it's just so draining on my nerves.
The only time I can remember being so affected by a computer game was the original Myst, when I first found one of the brothers' bedrooms, with weapons and skeletons and creepy music (the fact that I was about 10 at the time and it was 2 am probably had something to do with that).
I guess it doesn't matter, they're within spitting distance of being delisted anyway, but are they going to keep LNUX as their stock ticker? That seems sort of silly to me.
The underrated mod gives a point without displaying a reason. That's probably what you're seeing.
Remember, Lucas was a prime mover and shaker behind DiVX (or however it was capitalized). He's definately one of the Bad Guys where IP is concerned.
Hmm, would they have trailers for trailers then? How would you know which trailers to go watch?
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is this: there are true strategy games, but they suffer from two factors. First, they tend to be short, or repetitive. A lot of effort goes into the realism, and so less effort is spent on making it a fulfilling game. Second, they tend to be complex. With Warcraft and its brethren, the rules are simple, and there's very little you have to do to set up an attack. With highly strategic games, they often have manuals as thick as the encyclopedia explaining all the different factors that affect morale, the relative strengths of units, the types of commands you are allowed to give, and so forth. So, there is a steeper learning curve than most people are used to.
All ratings so far have been self-imposed. The MPAA rates movies, the tv studios rate their shows, and the recording firms decide which albums get the explicit lyrics labels. Otherwise, an exceptionally good censorship argument could be made to the SCOTUS.
Regardless, they DON'T make people turn electronic devices on anymore.
Really? I thought it was in Civ 2 also. My mistake, forget I ever said anything.
Well, I think it was a decision made before Osama Bin Laden, but Civ III did take out the Fundamentalist government type...
Hayek (no c, BTW) also pointed out that wartime is one of the few times when society as a whole really does have an aim (survival and victory) and so as a result government becomes a useful force for organization. Likewise, the reverse is true: when governments assume a great deal of power, they need an enemy to justify their interference in other people's lives. Hitler had the jews, McCarthy had the communists, the Soviets had capitalists, and so forth. This point is also made in 1984 very effectively.
It's only 2:00 here, bastard.
Having played both sports a bit (not a lot, I played football in high school and rugby for two semesters in college), football gets a much higher masochism rating in my book. Rugby you're consistently bruised and sore the next day. In football, you're largely okay unless two guys hit you from the wrong angle, popping joints out of their sockets and snapping your bones like twigs.
Oh, beautiful, this would be even better. Let's go through every single person's checked baggage. That wouldn't be a privacy issue at all...
How about trying to make movie, tv, and music ratings standardized and mandatory? (Feinstein) How about imprisoning a foreign national for having violated the DMCA in his home country? (Ashcroft)
Most people when they read that book saw a horrible, horrible mistake. Apparently. Ellison saw a business opportunity...
Yes it does, if you don't invest, interest rates go up. You need to spend, but not spend *too much*. Plus, buying things that improve productivity are better for the economy than things that waste otherwise productive time.
Right, that's the point. What I'm sure the poster meant was "very much like the Japanese cultural ideal." This is why the Japanese often get almost fetishistic about their hobbies, because it's the one area where they're allowed to be individuals.
Yeah, RC is good, and they still make it too. They just don't advertise.
They don't! Every single story brings this up, but all reports are that these crappy copy protected cds are clearly labled as non-compliant.
This line was in Rocky (the first one), said by Apollo Creed in an interview. Ventura probably got it from that.
They tried. Ever heard of the ICC (Interstate Commerce Commission). It was originally created to regulate railroad monopolies, but as with all government organizations, it eventually became the tool of those it was supposed to control. The railroads used it to keep out trucking for decades (my grandfather worked as a lawyer for the trucking companies, when you had to argue the necessity of each new trucking route you wanted to open). Ironically, had the ICC never existed, the railroad monopolies would have died much earlier.
That's why the only legal lotteries are those run by the government that give 1/3 of their proceeds to public schools.
SCOTUS can say what it wants, but the "the right to keep and bear arms shall not be abridged" goddamn means that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be fucking abridged.
Yeah, really. I WANT to be upset about violations of liberty, but I've been reading what it states, and I see no violation. Nothing about backdoors in crypto, nothing curtailing speech. Hell, the Brady handgun bill was a bigger blow to the Bill of Rights than this garbage.