What's interesting is that I was taught this over eight years ago, and I'm certain the information was available before that. The only thing new about this is the name on the research paper.
Hah...I was actually extremely accurate when playing Umbrella Chronicles, and I actually felt like I was "in" the game (I feel like there's just something better about rapidly drawing your "gun" as opposed to twitching the mouse). To each his own, I guess.
I wouldn't use a touchscreen for an FPS either...and I don't think that's what the article was getting at. I'd imagine the Wii-style "gun" movement is what would replace mice for those kinds of games, and as good as I have become at "shooting" with a mouse I still look forward to having the motion interface become the standard.
If it's really a problem they could probably just knock you out with some of the old-school ether. But as someone mentioned, the fear of the shot would be a small price to pay.
Ok, seriously: what are these memory issues everyone keeps bitching about? I keep open a considerable selection of tabs myself with low memory usage...and I haven't even made the optimizations for lower memory usage. I'm yet to see any evidence of these "memory issues".
There isn't any corruption? Or racism? And scientists aren't willing to leave for greener pastures because of this? I'd like to know where you're getting your information.
Since the interest isn't equal, this could conceivably deny young men education in science simply because there weren't enough women to match. Oh well, not like much of our lawmakers care about science education anyway...
An emerging technology being offered at low cost? I highly doubt it. Not that it isn't a simple mechanism (at least according to the article), but I can't imagine anyone selling them for less than the cost of standard RAM...at least, not for a few years or heavy adoption.
Bad example. The Bull-Moose party didn't win, but instead acted as a spoiler that handed Woodrow Wilson the presidency. Not that Wilson didn't stand a chance otherwise...
Plus, the only reason why that party did as well as it did was because of name-recognition: Roosevelt had already served two terms. Unknowns don't command that kind of power.
And then, in a few years, we'll be right back where we started. So what if we get the Green or Libertarian party elected? They'll just become one of the two viable options in the future. Such is the by-product of this failed attempt at "democracy".
Also, water for hydrogen would suddenly become the most expensive commodity know to man...
I agree with the rest of your points, but seeing as the combustion generates the same amount of water, I don't thing the price of water would jump much more than the current utility prices. At least, it shouldn't. If it does jump, I'll be making myself a water collector/recycler...at least until the government makes it illegal to own one.
Elections should not be about who doesn't win, but who does win.
In an ideal race, yes, this is true, and I would absolutely love for that to be the case. But we are too far gone from an ideal system, and there isn't a particularly stellar third party waiting to get voted in, either.
The only people you can complain about after McCain wins in November are people that voted for McCain.
It's not me doing the complaining. It's the people who inevitably complain after they vote for a candidate out of spite for the other. The people who later wish things were different, and who do not realize that this is not a democracy, but merely an illusion of one, a democratic republic, which ultimately ensures there is no real change. And the people who vote with their hearts rather than their brains.
Those are the ones I feel no sympathy for, and I tire of hearing them complain (as they are now from the last time this same thing happened).
So then you're voting for McCain? And keep in mind that in this race, voting for a third party is voting for McCain.
If you vote against Obama and McCain wins, I do not want to see you complaining. Just like I have no sympathy for the people who voted for Bush again just because they didn't like Kerry as a person.
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What's interesting is that I was taught this over eight years ago, and I'm certain the information was available before that. The only thing new about this is the name on the research paper.
Captain Kirk? Is that you?
As long as they don't start putting the lime in coconuts and mixing it together, we haven't entirely lost our sanity.
Hah...I was actually extremely accurate when playing Umbrella Chronicles, and I actually felt like I was "in" the game (I feel like there's just something better about rapidly drawing your "gun" as opposed to twitching the mouse). To each his own, I guess.
I wouldn't use a touchscreen for an FPS either...and I don't think that's what the article was getting at. I'd imagine the Wii-style "gun" movement is what would replace mice for those kinds of games, and as good as I have become at "shooting" with a mouse I still look forward to having the motion interface become the standard.
If it's really a problem they could probably just knock you out with some of the old-school ether. But as someone mentioned, the fear of the shot would be a small price to pay.
Whereas AAPL under Jobs just keeps making stockholders money.
Yeah, if you short the stock. At least in recent weeks.
It's a "compatibility layer", you insensitive clod!
Ok, seriously: what are these memory issues everyone keeps bitching about? I keep open a considerable selection of tabs myself with low memory usage...and I haven't even made the optimizations for lower memory usage. I'm yet to see any evidence of these "memory issues".
Or use the IE tab extension...switches rendering in a heartbeat. That takes care of two of the browser.
There isn't any corruption? Or racism? And scientists aren't willing to leave for greener pastures because of this? I'd like to know where you're getting your information.
In our case, some are Muslim and others don't want to work for a corrupt regime.
Ok, so we're not committing genocide and are several orders of magnitude less evil. But the basic point still stands.
Since the interest isn't equal, this could conceivably deny young men education in science simply because there weren't enough women to match. Oh well, not like much of our lawmakers care about science education anyway...
What about reCaptcha? Anyone break that yet?
Clear your cache. It worked for me the last time I got that message.
Just wondering: what's wrong with D2? Sure it has some bugs to iron out, but I feel it makes things a lot easier.
Are they *all* wrong about their business?
Quite possible. That's how an industry dies.
An emerging technology being offered at low cost? I highly doubt it. Not that it isn't a simple mechanism (at least according to the article), but I can't imagine anyone selling them for less than the cost of standard RAM...at least, not for a few years or heavy adoption.
Bad example. The Bull-Moose party didn't win, but instead acted as a spoiler that handed Woodrow Wilson the presidency. Not that Wilson didn't stand a chance otherwise...
Plus, the only reason why that party did as well as it did was because of name-recognition: Roosevelt had already served two terms. Unknowns don't command that kind of power.
And then, in a few years, we'll be right back where we started. So what if we get the Green or Libertarian party elected? They'll just become one of the two viable options in the future. Such is the by-product of this failed attempt at "democracy".
Also, water for hydrogen would suddenly become the most expensive commodity know to man...
I agree with the rest of your points, but seeing as the combustion generates the same amount of water, I don't thing the price of water would jump much more than the current utility prices. At least, it shouldn't. If it does jump, I'll be making myself a water collector/recycler...at least until the government makes it illegal to own one.
Two things:
Elections should not be about who doesn't win, but who does win.
In an ideal race, yes, this is true, and I would absolutely love for that to be the case. But we are too far gone from an ideal system, and there isn't a particularly stellar third party waiting to get voted in, either.
The only people you can complain about after McCain wins in November are people that voted for McCain.
It's not me doing the complaining. It's the people who inevitably complain after they vote for a candidate out of spite for the other. The people who later wish things were different, and who do not realize that this is not a democracy, but merely an illusion of one, a democratic republic, which ultimately ensures there is no real change. And the people who vote with their hearts rather than their brains.
Those are the ones I feel no sympathy for, and I tire of hearing them complain (as they are now from the last time this same thing happened).
Feel free to hate me all you want, though.
How about a wall in front of the goal? Mission Accomplished!
Show me a robot that can beat humans at real hockey. Then I'll be impressed.
So then you're voting for McCain? And keep in mind that in this race, voting for a third party is voting for McCain.
If you vote against Obama and McCain wins, I do not want to see you complaining. Just like I have no sympathy for the people who voted for Bush again just because they didn't like Kerry as a person.