Right now it's the game include with any Intel Core i5 or i7 on NewEgg, so if someone is considering getting a new processor, they'll get XIV ARR along for the ride for free.
You can borrow abilities from other classes you've already leveled up. So leveling them on the same character allows you to stack up extra abilities you wouldn't have if you did a single class per character.
You're also incorrect about no other MMO doing that. Final Fantasy XI did it as well, and with 22 classes on a single character combined with their version of the class/support class system, you had 462 different ways to play a character (although in reality only about 100 of those combinations were actually worthwhile.)
Agreed. Even the non battle classes are all addictive. I've got a level 50 fisher in the other monitor in Costa del Sol, making money to fund my trip to 50 on Weaver... while I let my battle class (conjurer/white mage) languish at level 41 because I'm in no hurry to get to endgame.
They won't need legislation. The free market will eventually pressure them into it. All health insurance plans now have to be ACA compliant, including the ones provided by employees, so a doctor deliberately refusing to take an ACA individual insurance HMO is cutting himself out of all the other customers who have that HMO/plan through their employees. What doctor in their right mind will refuse to be in-network to a Blue Cross?
Yep. I'll wait until a game comes out that I really want to play. Then I'll wait another couple of weeks to see if that game has some horrible glitch too that makes it unplayable. Only after both the console and the game have cleared those hurdles will I spend my cash. Heck, I didn't bother with a PS3 until Uncharted 3 came out - because the friends who owned the PS3 I played before had moved.
Sometimes professors will do a pre-survey trial on students before running the study by the IRB board, just to make sure there is a "there" there. If the results are what they anticipated, they'll formalize the study and then run it by the IRB for approval. The original data will be thrown out and they'll redo the survey the proper way. I suspect the prof running the MOOC was doing just that.
Holding it hostage for class credit, though? Usually they'll provide an alternate assignment if someone whines about it. Sure, go write a paper instead. Or they'll offer the survey for extra credit, which is perfectly acceptable.
Yep, that was my first thought. And they lied to you about what the tests were. Oh, they lied! "This is a test of your intelligence" turned out to be "This is a test of how people of one gender react to racially charged phrases compared to the other gender."
He's not even trying to "enact" a law - he's trying to get an extension to a law that's already on the books, and was made specifically to prevent people from having all-plastic guns that could evade detectors.
The horse is kind of out of the barn on this one since anyone with access with a decent 3D printer can make an un-registered gun, but making them legal means what little regulation we have on the gun industry falls apart because none of those plastic guns will need to be registered before they leave the factory. They're untraceable.
This already happens, even post-ACA. Insurance companies charge $50/month extra if you smoke but they'll also cover any efforts by you to quit, like nicotine gum, etc.
Thing is, I'm STILL going to use the PS3 as my primary media console. If I get a PS4 with all those same features, it'd be a bit redundant. (That is, until the PS3 eventually dies.)
Husband almost nabbed a job with the GAO. He was actually really excited about it. He ended up not getting that position and becoming a professor instead (not much else to do with a PhD if the government doesn't want you.) It might have been depressing, but the GAO should be everyone's favorite government office because they don't tolerate BS. They do need more power to do something about the BS they uncover, alas. For the most part, all they can do is write sternly worded reports and wag fingers.
Well, right now it has to have a certain percentage of metal in it, so for the next month at least, an all plastic gun is still illegal. I think even if you do manufacture a traditional gun for your personal use, you're still required to have a gun permit AND have it registered as well.
A lot of the hunters and such around here go on and on about how their guns are part of their family heritage, they are beautiful works of engineering, etc. I agree with all those arguments. There's something beautiful in a hundred year old pistol that still works, or a lovingly crafted replica of a piece from 1776.
This thing? This is an ugly piece of plastic made by people just to give the proverbial middle finger to the government. There's no heritage here. Just the same kind of morons who refuse to wear seat belts because they're protesting the seat belt law.
Blade servers are already done in this stripped down format, with the PSU and cooling parts in the chassis. Problem is, they're prohibitively expensive right now. Since these immersed servers wouldn't require cases, I'd imagine they'd cost quite a bit less.
I've gone as low as 1200/day before. It's depressing, but doable. You eat a lot of raw vegetables. You swap out regular bread for reduced calorie 100% whole wheat (mmm, good carbs.) You get your proteins from only lean sources like eggs and whitefish. You drink fat free milk and black coffee.
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Sounds like someone was butthurt about having to level up ninja for Utsusemi: Ni.
Closed beta is this weekend, I know that. I think they're doing a stress test.
Right now it's the game include with any Intel Core i5 or i7 on NewEgg, so if someone is considering getting a new processor, they'll get XIV ARR along for the ride for free.
Battle chocobos, no less! Need a healer for a quest or some extra damage? Summon your chocobo. It's a brilliant take on the "pet" system.
You can borrow abilities from other classes you've already leveled up. So leveling them on the same character allows you to stack up extra abilities you wouldn't have if you did a single class per character.
You're also incorrect about no other MMO doing that. Final Fantasy XI did it as well, and with 22 classes on a single character combined with their version of the class/support class system, you had 462 different ways to play a character (although in reality only about 100 of those combinations were actually worthwhile.)
Agreed. Even the non battle classes are all addictive. I've got a level 50 fisher in the other monitor in Costa del Sol, making money to fund my trip to 50 on Weaver... while I let my battle class (conjurer/white mage) languish at level 41 because I'm in no hurry to get to endgame.
Yep, I still use it exclusively because of the classic skin.
Now I have to find another player that uses Milkdrop visulizations, don't I?
Sometimes I suspect that all crazy cat ladies are infected with that.
That doesn't help when they patiently wait for you to wake up, and when they do, sit on your chest effectively trapping you in the bed.
They won't need legislation. The free market will eventually pressure them into it. All health insurance plans now have to be ACA compliant, including the ones provided by employees, so a doctor deliberately refusing to take an ACA individual insurance HMO is cutting himself out of all the other customers who have that HMO/plan through their employees. What doctor in their right mind will refuse to be in-network to a Blue Cross?
Yep. I'll wait until a game comes out that I really want to play. Then I'll wait another couple of weeks to see if that game has some horrible glitch too that makes it unplayable. Only after both the console and the game have cleared those hurdles will I spend my cash. Heck, I didn't bother with a PS3 until Uncharted 3 came out - because the friends who owned the PS3 I played before had moved.
Sometimes professors will do a pre-survey trial on students before running the study by the IRB board, just to make sure there is a "there" there. If the results are what they anticipated, they'll formalize the study and then run it by the IRB for approval. The original data will be thrown out and they'll redo the survey the proper way. I suspect the prof running the MOOC was doing just that.
Holding it hostage for class credit, though? Usually they'll provide an alternate assignment if someone whines about it. Sure, go write a paper instead. Or they'll offer the survey for extra credit, which is perfectly acceptable.
Yep, that was my first thought. And they lied to you about what the tests were. Oh, they lied! "This is a test of your intelligence" turned out to be "This is a test of how people of one gender react to racially charged phrases compared to the other gender."
He's not even trying to "enact" a law - he's trying to get an extension to a law that's already on the books, and was made specifically to prevent people from having all-plastic guns that could evade detectors.
The horse is kind of out of the barn on this one since anyone with access with a decent 3D printer can make an un-registered gun, but making them legal means what little regulation we have on the gun industry falls apart because none of those plastic guns will need to be registered before they leave the factory. They're untraceable.
Do you want them to add strip-searches to concerts and courthouses in addition to the metal detector?
This already happens, even post-ACA. Insurance companies charge $50/month extra if you smoke but they'll also cover any efforts by you to quit, like nicotine gum, etc.
Clearly ThinkGeek has better advertising since I've never heard of DX.com
Thing is, I'm STILL going to use the PS3 as my primary media console. If I get a PS4 with all those same features, it'd be a bit redundant. (That is, until the PS3 eventually dies.)
TSA was put in place under Bush. Just a reminder.
Husband almost nabbed a job with the GAO. He was actually really excited about it. He ended up not getting that position and becoming a professor instead (not much else to do with a PhD if the government doesn't want you.) It might have been depressing, but the GAO should be everyone's favorite government office because they don't tolerate BS. They do need more power to do something about the BS they uncover, alas. For the most part, all they can do is write sternly worded reports and wag fingers.
Well, right now it has to have a certain percentage of metal in it, so for the next month at least, an all plastic gun is still illegal. I think even if you do manufacture a traditional gun for your personal use, you're still required to have a gun permit AND have it registered as well.
A lot of the hunters and such around here go on and on about how their guns are part of their family heritage, they are beautiful works of engineering, etc. I agree with all those arguments. There's something beautiful in a hundred year old pistol that still works, or a lovingly crafted replica of a piece from 1776.
This thing? This is an ugly piece of plastic made by people just to give the proverbial middle finger to the government. There's no heritage here. Just the same kind of morons who refuse to wear seat belts because they're protesting the seat belt law.
Blade servers are already done in this stripped down format, with the PSU and cooling parts in the chassis. Problem is, they're prohibitively expensive right now. Since these immersed servers wouldn't require cases, I'd imagine they'd cost quite a bit less.
I've gone as low as 1200/day before. It's depressing, but doable. You eat a lot of raw vegetables. You swap out regular bread for reduced calorie 100% whole wheat (mmm, good carbs.) You get your proteins from only lean sources like eggs and whitefish. You drink fat free milk and black coffee.
So when they say "You are what you eat" it should really be, "Your gut bacteria are based on what you eat."