manipulating the emotions of a minor... manipulating the emotions of someone you know to be suicidal or otherwise emotionally fragile...all of which, in fact, deserve to made criminal...this is not just trolling, what this evil woman did So I can go to jail for telling my little cousin that Santa doesn't exist? And then he can go to to prison for teasing the fat kid? I'm sorry but you can't go ape-shit over the death of one person and pass legislation on it. What should be done is start a program for teens such as this. If her parents really cared about her, they would have sent her to at least one therapy session. If you pass laws for every death that occurs, you'll be restraining freedom. Think about it, for this girl to die, there were actually four factors. There was an overly emotional girl, the children in school that made her fragile, her negligent parents, and an "evil woman". Rather than persecute everyone, why not prevent it with more positive means? Perhaps online therapy could be (and should have been) in order (hint: Google on-line therapy).
That is to say, a black hole can be entirely characterized by its position/velocity/acceleration, mass, charge, and rotation. There is (literally) no other definable characteristic of a black hole besides these things. What about its size, origin, estimated life-span etc... And I'm pretty sure there are more characteristics that we simply can't measure yet.
The official videos are usually better quality, anyway. That's the first thing that comes to my mind. Who the hell uses youtube to pirate besides retarded teens who don't know how to configure a firewall to make bittorrent run fast? I'd much rather have it download in my sleep and watch in in HD when I wake up. Now as for episodes of funny shows which don't really need good quality to be enjoyable, there is no shortage of sites that can accommodate you.
I'm pretty sure I can do a better job than a small team in India or China. It's not whether you think you can, it's whether the incompetent pricks above you think you can.
If these dolts continue the net loss that also gives them bad media, they'll topple their own monopoly. I just can't wait until all artists start their own publishing so that they don't have enough money to buy their kids a Phantom to drown the tantrum they threw when they only got a BMW.
Some environmentalist has to tell me why we don't just import its natural predator. And don't give me crap about 'well it could be an invasive species too.' If it's high up the food chain, it will be forced to live in equilibrium with its prey. Has it ever even been tried?
Personally, I don't see what all the hype is about huge monitors with really high resolution. I know it's great for rail gun skills, but I don't see a huge difference in the entertainment value (at least not for the price). I'd get it if it gave you an advantage in the game, such as being able to see to your right an left without having to turn your character, only your head. Or if it allowed more space to give you better information, such as a map with more detail.
Actually, orbiting is considered free falling, and that can obviously last much longer than a few hours. That's one of the main reasons that newbie astronauts vomit in space, because even though it looks like they experience no sensation, they actually feel like they are falling 24/7 (an extremely nauseating event).
It wasn't just pirates that had a pain in the ass with the copy protection. Anyone who had to reformat their drive more than three times couldn't use what they paid for. I couldn't even borrow it from my friend to try it out. That's why I pirated it.
I just hope this movie isn't as cheesy as that crap trilogy. I swear to god if they make cheesy lines in the middle of an intense battle, I'm walking out on the movie. That game was awesome and has so much potential to take the stigma out of games-into-movies being crap. Silent hill almost did the trick, so I'm hoping there will be some progress from that level. The game had a lot of creepiness, so it would be great as a horror/action. I doubt they'll stick to the story line, so I hope they have a large battle with many people on both sides. Maybe it can be a "Black Hawk Down" meets "Cloverfield" to give it a tremendous amount of realism.
Can't we just plant trees? I heard that natural swamp ecosystems can be used to purify water better than our industrial plants. We could create a project that actually does something useful.
Actually, they were talking about fps not mmorpg. If the 13 year old beats you it's because of many reasons. The first is close to your point, and that is he has a lot of time to practice. No matter what input device you have, there must be some mastery to it. The other thing you can practice in is also the mechanics of the game. It doesn't matter how skillful at sniping you are if you're in close quarters with a shotgun. People who study the map know the right array of weapon pickups to have the advantage in the situation they're in. Other reasons include you sucking, him being lucky, him using macros that you don't have the time to look for or program, him having a less noobish team ect...
They obviously need detailed files, however for the robotic surgical procedures, I think you might be getting the wrong idea form the article. There is hardly a stress in the autonomous field, these robots are simply assisting with the work. It'll be many decades (perhaps more), until you'll be able to pull up to a vending machine that'll give you heart surgery.
I'm pretty sure its development was for the sake of progress rather than the replacement of an already loved product. Remember this is MIT that developed it, not some commercial entity. I'm pretty sure that the main reason for its conception was another baby step towards creating a system that assists humans with their means of communication, which may seem trivial, but it is a crucial step towards modernizing the way humans interact with machines. FTA:"The scientists say Quickies can be used to seamlessly blend the old-fashioned and modernized ways of communication". I'm sure the next step is to have the system analyze the code that the programmer is developing, and based on the comments and general coding habits, lay out the skeleton of the program (or perform some other vital function, like warn the coder of a possible logic error with his objective).
Or on the less likely note, what if we can travel between parallel dimensions much easier? Bring on the "George Bush has declared...terrorist" jokes of course.
Did anyone RTFA?
But odds are, the edits were made by a single individual acting independently. Wikipedia's ban on the department's IP is due to be lifted today.
There is no sense in copying someone's work with better graphics and crappier (yet 'hip') actors. For the love of god is it so difficult to make a rip off rather than a remake? At least a rip off has a greater chance of deviating from a cookie cutter plot and having more dynamic characters. Maybe it's just because Hollywood screws over all its writers with 'creative accounting'. Hell, even Cloverfield was a Godzilla rip-off, yet is was done extremely well and with enough deviations to merit it's own new title. Don't even get me started about how much crap the comic book movie craze is. How much crap about genetic mutation can you have? The only good movie based on a super hero so far is "Spawn", and it was done way before the craze.
This isn't surprising. We've seen this behavior many times and it's called the oscillations of business. Just wait until they are the dominant force in the market and it'll all go downhill from there. Just like Microsoft. They've already made the mistake of not allowing open source software on the iPhone (one of the many reasons I don't get one). That's the one that's pissed me off the most, but it certainly isn't their only mistake. I'll never be a mac fan since I'm so used to tactile response anyways.
You're quite right about them needing new experiences, which is why I'm wondering how come they haven't turned it into an MMO where you create your own gang or police enforcement unit etc...
I think you completely missed what I was trying to say. Throwing a penny 30 yards is easy as hell. Getting it through the field goal is the tricky part. And that was an analogy using only your hand to get a penny forward for a reason. It's inaccurate. Try using a gun to get something light into stable orbit (if it's small, it will most likely use a rail gun). It will most likely fall or leave the gravitational field rather quickly. In comparison, throwing a baseball through a field goal is a piece of cake. The more mass you have, the more force you have to apply to it, the more negligent other forces (air resistance and debris ect...) become.
actually, there is no prior foreign species invasion that you could compare that to. Imagine a bacteria that can reproduce as fast as plankton, but makes a shell of cellulose for protection. It might utterly supplant the ocean biosphere. Though I don't have enough knowledge about the ocean biosphere nor these bacteria to say that the scenario will get this bad, but there will definitely be some disaster than comes of it.
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This may be something to test on myth busters, but can't you die from your eardrums bleeding into your head?
I wish I had mod points for you.
If these dolts continue the net loss that also gives them bad media, they'll topple their own monopoly. I just can't wait until all artists start their own publishing so that they don't have enough money to buy their kids a Phantom to drown the tantrum they threw when they only got a BMW.
Some environmentalist has to tell me why we don't just import its natural predator. And don't give me crap about 'well it could be an invasive species too.' If it's high up the food chain, it will be forced to live in equilibrium with its prey. Has it ever even been tried?
Personally, I don't see what all the hype is about huge monitors with really high resolution. I know it's great for rail gun skills, but I don't see a huge difference in the entertainment value (at least not for the price). I'd get it if it gave you an advantage in the game, such as being able to see to your right an left without having to turn your character, only your head. Or if it allowed more space to give you better information, such as a map with more detail.
Actually, orbiting is considered free falling, and that can obviously last much longer than a few hours. That's one of the main reasons that newbie astronauts vomit in space, because even though it looks like they experience no sensation, they actually feel like they are falling 24/7 (an extremely nauseating event).
It wasn't just pirates that had a pain in the ass with the copy protection. Anyone who had to reformat their drive more than three times couldn't use what they paid for. I couldn't even borrow it from my friend to try it out. That's why I pirated it.
I just hope this movie isn't as cheesy as that crap trilogy. I swear to god if they make cheesy lines in the middle of an intense battle, I'm walking out on the movie. That game was awesome and has so much potential to take the stigma out of games-into-movies being crap. Silent hill almost did the trick, so I'm hoping there will be some progress from that level. The game had a lot of creepiness, so it would be great as a horror/action. I doubt they'll stick to the story line, so I hope they have a large battle with many people on both sides. Maybe it can be a "Black Hawk Down" meets "Cloverfield" to give it a tremendous amount of realism.
Can't we just plant trees? I heard that natural swamp ecosystems can be used to purify water better than our industrial plants. We could create a project that actually does something useful.
...until I nearly peed myself laughing at the 8-bit dong on Peach
Actually, they were talking about fps not mmorpg. If the 13 year old beats you it's because of many reasons. The first is close to your point, and that is he has a lot of time to practice. No matter what input device you have, there must be some mastery to it. The other thing you can practice in is also the mechanics of the game. It doesn't matter how skillful at sniping you are if you're in close quarters with a shotgun. People who study the map know the right array of weapon pickups to have the advantage in the situation they're in. Other reasons include you sucking, him being lucky, him using macros that you don't have the time to look for or program, him having a less noobish team ect...
They obviously need detailed files, however for the robotic surgical procedures, I think you might be getting the wrong idea form the article. There is hardly a stress in the autonomous field, these robots are simply assisting with the work. It'll be many decades (perhaps more), until you'll be able to pull up to a vending machine that'll give you heart surgery.
I'm pretty sure its development was for the sake of progress rather than the replacement of an already loved product. Remember this is MIT that developed it, not some commercial entity. I'm pretty sure that the main reason for its conception was another baby step towards creating a system that assists humans with their means of communication, which may seem trivial, but it is a crucial step towards modernizing the way humans interact with machines. FTA:"The scientists say Quickies can be used to seamlessly blend the old-fashioned and modernized ways of communication". I'm sure the next step is to have the system analyze the code that the programmer is developing, and based on the comments and general coding habits, lay out the skeleton of the program (or perform some other vital function, like warn the coder of a possible logic error with his objective).
Or on the less likely note, what if we can travel between parallel dimensions much easier? Bring on the "George Bush has declared...terrorist" jokes of course.
There is no sense in copying someone's work with better graphics and crappier (yet 'hip') actors. For the love of god is it so difficult to make a rip off rather than a remake? At least a rip off has a greater chance of deviating from a cookie cutter plot and having more dynamic characters. Maybe it's just because Hollywood screws over all its writers with 'creative accounting'. Hell, even Cloverfield was a Godzilla rip-off, yet is was done extremely well and with enough deviations to merit it's own new title. Don't even get me started about how much crap the comic book movie craze is. How much crap about genetic mutation can you have? The only good movie based on a super hero so far is "Spawn", and it was done way before the craze.
This isn't surprising. We've seen this behavior many times and it's called the oscillations of business. Just wait until they are the dominant force in the market and it'll all go downhill from there. Just like Microsoft. They've already made the mistake of not allowing open source software on the iPhone (one of the many reasons I don't get one). That's the one that's pissed me off the most, but it certainly isn't their only mistake. I'll never be a mac fan since I'm so used to tactile response anyways.
You're quite right about them needing new experiences, which is why I'm wondering how come they haven't turned it into an MMO where you create your own gang or police enforcement unit etc...
I think you completely missed what I was trying to say. Throwing a penny 30 yards is easy as hell. Getting it through the field goal is the tricky part. And that was an analogy using only your hand to get a penny forward for a reason. It's inaccurate. Try using a gun to get something light into stable orbit (if it's small, it will most likely use a rail gun). It will most likely fall or leave the gravitational field rather quickly. In comparison, throwing a baseball through a field goal is a piece of cake. The more mass you have, the more force you have to apply to it, the more negligent other forces (air resistance and debris ect...) become.
actually, there is no prior foreign species invasion that you could compare that to. Imagine a bacteria that can reproduce as fast as plankton, but makes a shell of cellulose for protection. It might utterly supplant the ocean biosphere. Though I don't have enough knowledge about the ocean biosphere nor these bacteria to say that the scenario will get this bad, but there will definitely be some disaster than comes of it.