As one of the "reviewers" pointed out, it's not in the Bilal section of Abbotabad, it's not on a dead end street and it doesn't have 12-18 foot high walls. So whoever's house that is, it wasn't Osama's last one.
I'm pretty sure that they didn't kill him on purpose, since they knew his location they could have just used a drone to bomb his mansion back to its basic elements if that was the goal of the mission.
They went in with an assault team to try and capture him but he probably fought back which forced the SEALS to pop a cap in his ass.
I just read the parent's linked article and it says that Bin Laden was buried at sea within 24hrs of his death in order to respect Islamic tradition.
Now, I think that it was the right thing to do, however, how long will it take for conspiracy theorists to either claim that he's still alive or that the whole operation was a hoax to boost the President's popularity?
Not a bad idea, but I would do both the rating and make the questionnaire available. I like seeing the little rating icon in the corner of the box. Just like movies, you can quickly see what type of contents it contains and then decide whether or not it's appropriate; very practical when you just want to buy a random game, the questionnaire comes in when you kid tells you exactly what he wants so you can do your research beforehand.
It's quite the nifty souvenir, but considering that it's been totally stripped of its equipment, you're just getting an empty diving bell that went to space. For 2.9 million I'd expect to be able to see the equipment that was used back then as well, see how cramped it really was and so on.
To be fair, episodes 1 and 2 of Half-Life 2 were longer and better made than most of the crap that passes as a triple-A title these days. These episodes could have easily been full games on their own, so to me they don't really represent what episodic gaming is all about.
Except for the companies providing the publishing service, nobody makes money with your tweets. On the other hand, complex drug interaction and related biomedical info is a potential source of great return which is gathered at great risk for the company (they can spend millions on R&D and get nothing currently usable out of it). Biomed companies will not share info that a competitor could use.
Sure, the caveman life expectancy was around 40 (if lucky), but that's due to to being eaten by a saber-tooth tiger, or trampled by a woolly mammoth, or simply a broken leg. These things either don't happen anymore or are easily treated today.
For an accurate comparison you need to look at stress related deaths today and compare with stress related deaths back then. Granted, that ain't easy.
The girl made an open invitation to her school, said that people were free to invite others and now that the thing went viral (well d'uh) she's saying that it was hijacked? Then what does she do? She cancels the Facebook event and opens another one and did the same thing, now she's surprised that it's happening again.
Your invite wasn't hijacked you moron, you made it open!
The "sticks and stones" thing is all well and good, but when you're socially awkward and get teased and made fun of publicly by multiple peers then it can really start to hurt. How often have we heard about kids attempting suicide or getting an eating disorder because of bullying?
Now, do I think that it's the Department of Education's job to curb this nasty behavior outside of school walls? Hell no, that's what parents are for. But again, parenting seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird and everyone is relying on someone else to look after their children and teach them manners.
Some people think that covering a room in spaghetti or throwing paint randomly on canvas is art.
I don't consider it art because any 4 year old can do it. However it still is art.
Others think that industrial gore metal (or whatever that banging of instruments and screaming is called) is art.
Again, I don't consider it that because it sounds horrible, however all of the fans of that music would disagree with me. Notice I still called it music, and music is art.
On the other hand, I think that games like Alice, Half-life 1&2, Doom and Mario Bros 3&64 are art. Many gamers would probably agree with me, many other people probably feel insulted at the thought.
The definition of Art should be: Something created to serve no other purpose than entertainment, i.e. to be enjoyed by those who want to enjoy it.
When tablet/mobile data plans won't be insanely expensive and when broadband will have no upload/download limits and decent speed, then you can start talking to me about rendering graphics in the "cloud".
Fine, let's try this again, shall we? This time I'll spell it out because the brevity of my original statement seems to have confused some.
OP: [...] maybe my math is wrong but how is (350000 * 0.99 * 0.35) > 500000? Me: It is wrong, you're using the wrong number of units sold per year. The 350 000 in the article is from Jan 1st to today and not for a whole year, so it's 350 000 in 67 days or 5224 per day, so 1 900 000 units for a year.
I did not distance myself from the claim because the subject wasn't the claim but rather the values used by the OP in the author's formula. I was explaining where the 500k was coming from, not that the number was an accurate reflexion of reality (which it isn't).
Sheesh, don't get your panties in a bunch, I was just explaining the calculation used by the article's author.
Where exactly have I indicated that I agreed that calculating possible returns using that formula was right?
You should be forbidden from commenting until you learn to comment on what is actually written and not according to the stories you make up in your head.
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As one of the "reviewers" pointed out, it's not in the Bilal section of Abbotabad, it's not on a dead end street and it doesn't have 12-18 foot high walls. So whoever's house that is, it wasn't Osama's last one.
I'm pretty sure that they didn't kill him on purpose, since they knew his location they could have just used a drone to bomb his mansion back to its basic elements if that was the goal of the mission.
They went in with an assault team to try and capture him but he probably fought back which forced the SEALS to pop a cap in his ass.
I just read the parent's linked article and it says that Bin Laden was buried at sea within 24hrs of his death in order to respect Islamic tradition.
Now, I think that it was the right thing to do, however, how long will it take for conspiracy theorists to either claim that he's still alive or that the whole operation was a hoax to boost the President's popularity?
Cue tin-foil hat types in 3, 2, 1...
What's the point? I already have TV on my TV... and it doesn't eat up all of my bandwidth.
Is anybody else suffering from Reddit withdrawal?
Not a bad idea, but I would do both the rating and make the questionnaire available. I like seeing the little rating icon in the corner of the box. Just like movies, you can quickly see what type of contents it contains and then decide whether or not it's appropriate; very practical when you just want to buy a random game, the questionnaire comes in when you kid tells you exactly what he wants so you can do your research beforehand.
It's quite the nifty souvenir, but considering that it's been totally stripped of its equipment, you're just getting an empty diving bell that went to space. For 2.9 million I'd expect to be able to see the equipment that was used back then as well, see how cramped it really was and so on.
To be fair, episodes 1 and 2 of Half-Life 2 were longer and better made than most of the crap that passes as a triple-A title these days. These episodes could have easily been full games on their own, so to me they don't really represent what episodic gaming is all about.
Easy, this is why: $
Except for the companies providing the publishing service, nobody makes money with your tweets. On the other hand, complex drug interaction and related biomedical info is a potential source of great return which is gathered at great risk for the company (they can spend millions on R&D and get nothing currently usable out of it). Biomed companies will not share info that a competitor could use.
Telecommuting costs the company LESS than having offices, why should you take a pay cut? If anything, you should be getting a small raise!
You're mixing apples and oranges.
Sure, the caveman life expectancy was around 40 (if lucky), but that's due to to being eaten by a saber-tooth tiger, or trampled by a woolly mammoth, or simply a broken leg. These things either don't happen anymore or are easily treated today.
For an accurate comparison you need to look at stress related deaths today and compare with stress related deaths back then. Granted, that ain't easy.
Maybe she didn't want to own the season, merely watch it once and be done with it.
... except if the perp is running *away* from you. But that never happens, right?
Isn't that the leaked HD-DVD key?
Laws like this are the only way to force car manufacturers to truly innovate with new technologies.
What the deuce?
Not only does it look nothing like at B-Movie spacecraft, but it's not even a saucer! It's a freaking remote controlled helicopter!
Is FARS the Fox News equivalent in Iran?
the matrix V inception
Actually, I would have loved it if Matrix 2 and 3 were not real and only a dream...
The girl made an open invitation to her school, said that people were free to invite others and now that the thing went viral (well d'uh) she's saying that it was hijacked? Then what does she do? She cancels the Facebook event and opens another one and did the same thing, now she's surprised that it's happening again.
Your invite wasn't hijacked you moron, you made it open!
The "sticks and stones" thing is all well and good, but when you're socially awkward and get teased and made fun of publicly by multiple peers then it can really start to hurt. How often have we heard about kids attempting suicide or getting an eating disorder because of bullying?
Now, do I think that it's the Department of Education's job to curb this nasty behavior outside of school walls? Hell no, that's what parents are for. But again, parenting seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird and everyone is relying on someone else to look after their children and teach them manners.
How many constituents wrote letters about the bankers and financiers that caused the economy to crash? Probably a lot.
Shows who's words have the most weight in government, don't it.
Some people think that covering a room in spaghetti or throwing paint randomly on canvas is art.
I don't consider it art because any 4 year old can do it. However it still is art.
Others think that industrial gore metal (or whatever that banging of instruments and screaming is called) is art.
Again, I don't consider it that because it sounds horrible, however all of the fans of that music would disagree with me. Notice I still called it music, and music is art.
On the other hand, I think that games like Alice, Half-life 1&2, Doom and Mario Bros 3&64 are art. Many gamers would probably agree with me, many other people probably feel insulted at the thought.
The definition of Art should be: Something created to serve no other purpose than entertainment, i.e. to be enjoyed by those who want to enjoy it.
It'd be nice if the article had actual sources, nowhere does it link to the research or say who the "researchers" actually are.
When tablet/mobile data plans won't be insanely expensive and when broadband will have no upload/download limits and decent speed, then you can start talking to me about rendering graphics in the "cloud".
Fine, let's try this again, shall we? This time I'll spell it out because the brevity of my original statement seems to have confused some.
OP: [...] maybe my math is wrong but how is (350000 * 0.99 * 0.35) > 500000?
Me: It is wrong, you're using the wrong number of units sold per year. The 350 000 in the article is from Jan 1st to today and not for a whole year, so it's 350 000 in 67 days or 5224 per day, so 1 900 000 units for a year.
I did not distance myself from the claim because the subject wasn't the claim but rather the values used by the OP in the author's formula. I was explaining where the 500k was coming from, not that the number was an accurate reflexion of reality (which it isn't).
Am I allowed to use a calculator now? ;)
Sheesh, don't get your panties in a bunch, I was just explaining the calculation used by the article's author.
Where exactly have I indicated that I agreed that calculating possible returns using that formula was right?
You should be forbidden from commenting until you learn to comment on what is actually written and not according to the stories you make up in your head.