The free-to-play model originated in the late 1990s and early 2000s, coming from a series of highly successful MMOs targeted towards children and casual gamers, including Furcadia, Neopets, RuneScape, MapleStory, and text-based dungeons such as Achaea, Dreams of Divine Lands.
But even that's wrong. MUDs date back to 1987.
Free to play games have been around for 27 years and they haven't destroyed the market for premium games. Valve letting game developers set their own prices is not going to suddenly make the people who have been willing to pay for premium games stop paying for them.
Allowing the searching a house with the consent of one of the occupants" is not "betraying one's country." It's an interpretation of what constitutes unreasonable search and seizure.
The fact that you don't agree with that interpretation does not make it treason.
The fact that you think it does is what is making you look like a fool.
Google wants to selectively serve areas and is a pipe + content provider. Sorry but tell me again where the improvement is?
The argument that any new competitor in a market should immediately service all 300+ million people in the US or not be allowed to enter the market is the type of protectionist BS that's spouted by monopolies who want to protect the cash cows that they've been feeding off of. Shame on you for even trying it.
What Google is doing is adding competition to the markets they enter. Competition drives down prices. That's exactly the opposite of what Comcast is trying to accomplish with the Time Warner Cable merger, their multiple lawsuits against cities that decided to build out their own ISP network and astroturf stories like this one.
The only people harmed by Google's high speed access are the CEOs of companies that have sucked down billions in government money for providing high speed internet access while doing nothing to actually provide it.
The TSA could counter khasim logic very simply: Since the TSA has been in existence no terrorist action on US targets has been succesful.
The problem is that the above statement is a bare faced lie.
The TSA's method of preventing terrorism is to stop terrorists before they board a plane with a weapon. The terrorist's goal is to get weapons past the TSA checks and onto the plane.
The Richard Reid successfully carried bombs onto a plane in his shoes. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab successfully carried a bomb onto an airplane in his underwear. The TSA failed to stop them.
The fact that they were stopped by passengers afterwards does not change the fact that the TSA failed to stop terrorists.
Suffering a traumatic experience (as the mice in the experiment did) isn't a sin any more than having blue eyes or inheriting your parents' house when they die. The bible is very specific about what constitutes "sin" and nothing in this study is even remotely close.
You're taking a very specific statement in the bible and generalizing in a ridiculously broad way to make it fit the situation, then claiming that the bible predicted it. Sadly, this is a fairly typical for arguments that "the bible said it", even though it makes no sense.
Pointing out the support of pork barrel projects by Democrats would have done nothing to refute stenvar's statement, so all you've accomplished with your complaints is to make yourself look like a fool in public.
I, for one, can't wait until we have the actual possibility of 4chan being able to kill people via DDOS attacks on their phones when those people need to call 911.
Kids need to be exposed to a wide range of subjects (including programming) that they may later choose to pursue. They don't need to be taught to be experts in every subject, but they do need the basic understanding that will allow them to start learning on their own and to know whether it's something that would interest them or not. That basic understanding will help them make good choices about what classes they take, what they major in, etc.
If you have a varied and balanced diet and don't suffer from any condition that makes you need a reinforced dose of any particular nutrient, you don't need any dietary supplements.
So you're saying that people who don't need dietary supplements don't need dietary supplements.
No it isn't. "a complex chemical mixture of sugars, including maltose, fructose, and various oligosaccharides" is a fair description of the carbohydrates in all food, not just corn syrup. The human digestive system handles them easily and has a very obvious means of expelling partially digested materials.
What did you think poop was, after all? Evil demons being expelled from your body?
And people will happily stay isolated and starve to death if you ask politely without brandishing weapons and threatening to kill them if they leave isolation?
Why does every idiotic rambling monologue filled with vague predictions of doom based on the idea that Google is too successful have to be given a place on the front page?
The FCC regulations were put in place because there were concerns that cell phone transmissions could interfere with airplane equipment, which is a safety issue and, as you pointed out, that is their job.
It's becoming increasingly clear that cell phone transmissions are extremely unlikely to cause any interference, so the FCC is reconsidering the regulations and asked for public input. That is also their job.
What the FCC isn't responsible for is a bunch of idiots submitted stupid comments... and yet here you are blaming them for it.
The FCC regulations that banned cell phone usage on planes were based on the idea that the phones EM emissions might interfere with the operation of the airplane's equipment. That has absolutely nothing to do with "regulating behavior they find annoying" and is exactly the type of regulation that the FCC was intended to oversee.
In the time since those regulations were put in place, it's become increasingly clear that cell phones won't cause interference with the plane's equipment. The FCC is now considering revising the regulations according to the new information. This is what they should be doing and it should be encouraged.
In the process of reconsidering those regulations, they asked for input from the public. This is also what they should be doing and it should be encouraged.
It's not the FCC's fault that a bunch of people freaked out and submitted "OMG Nooooo!" comments that had absolutely nothing to do with what the FCC is actually regulating. I feel sorry for whoever has to sort through all of those comments to see if there is anything valid buried in them.
Google allows engineers to have time to pursue their own products. It doesn't require someone at the top to approve it, just a talented engineering with an interest.
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The free-to-play model originated in the late 1990s and early 2000s, coming from a series of highly successful MMOs targeted towards children and casual gamers, including Furcadia, Neopets, RuneScape, MapleStory, and text-based dungeons such as Achaea, Dreams of Divine Lands.
But even that's wrong. MUDs date back to 1987.
Free to play games have been around for 27 years and they haven't destroyed the market for premium games. Valve letting game developers set their own prices is not going to suddenly make the people who have been willing to pay for premium games stop paying for them.
You're related to Miss South Carolina, aren't you.
Allowing the searching a house with the consent of one of the occupants" is not "betraying one's country." It's an interpretation of what constitutes unreasonable search and seizure.
The fact that you don't agree with that interpretation does not make it treason.
The fact that you think it does is what is making you look like a fool.
You should probably read the definition of treason before making a fool of yourself in public.
Too late now, of course, but maybe next time.
Google wants to selectively serve areas and is a pipe + content provider. Sorry but tell me again where the improvement is?
The argument that any new competitor in a market should immediately service all 300+ million people in the US or not be allowed to enter the market is the type of protectionist BS that's spouted by monopolies who want to protect the cash cows that they've been feeding off of. Shame on you for even trying it.
What Google is doing is adding competition to the markets they enter. Competition drives down prices. That's exactly the opposite of what Comcast is trying to accomplish with the Time Warner Cable merger, their multiple lawsuits against cities that decided to build out their own ISP network and astroturf stories like this one.
The only people harmed by Google's high speed access are the CEOs of companies that have sucked down billions in government money for providing high speed internet access while doing nothing to actually provide it.
The TSA could counter khasim logic very simply: Since the TSA has been in existence no terrorist action on US targets has been succesful.
The problem is that the above statement is a bare faced lie.
The TSA's method of preventing terrorism is to stop terrorists before they board a plane with a weapon. The terrorist's goal is to get weapons past the TSA checks and onto the plane.
The Richard Reid successfully carried bombs onto a plane in his shoes. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab successfully carried a bomb onto an airplane in his underwear. The TSA failed to stop them.
The fact that they were stopped by passengers afterwards does not change the fact that the TSA failed to stop terrorists.
And let's not forget the all the times that loaded guns, fake bombs that are supposed to be found and other contraband have been missed by the TSA.
Anyone who is arguing that the TSA is a success is either seriously deluded or lying.
Suffering a traumatic experience (as the mice in the experiment did) isn't a sin any more than having blue eyes or inheriting your parents' house when they die. The bible is very specific about what constitutes "sin" and nothing in this study is even remotely close.
You're taking a very specific statement in the bible and generalizing in a ridiculously broad way to make it fit the situation, then claiming that the bible predicted it. Sadly, this is a fairly typical for arguments that "the bible said it", even though it makes no sense.
The post you're responding to was said nothing about the Democratic party being better. The post refuted stenvar's statement that "Republicans oppose government programs" by pointing out things like the recent stories of Republican Senator Wicker forcing the completion of a project that no longer has any use.
Pointing out the support of pork barrel projects by Democrats would have done nothing to refute stenvar's statement, so all you've accomplished with your complaints is to make yourself look like a fool in public.
I, for one, can't wait until we have the actual possibility of 4chan being able to kill people via DDOS attacks on their phones when those people need to call 911.
Kids need to be exposed to a wide range of subjects (including programming) that they may later choose to pursue. They don't need to be taught to be experts in every subject, but they do need the basic understanding that will allow them to start learning on their own and to know whether it's something that would interest them or not. That basic understanding will help them make good choices about what classes they take, what they major in, etc.
If you have a varied and balanced diet and don't suffer from any condition that makes you need a reinforced dose of any particular nutrient, you don't need any dietary supplements.
So you're saying that people who don't need dietary supplements don't need dietary supplements.
Brilliant insight there.
I've yet to find a single media solution that has stood the test of time.
Clay tablets. Tested and proven for 5,000+ years and counting.
Space required for storage may be an issue, though.
No it isn't. "a complex chemical mixture of sugars, including maltose, fructose, and various oligosaccharides" is a fair description of the carbohydrates in all food, not just corn syrup. The human digestive system handles them easily and has a very obvious means of expelling partially digested materials.
What did you think poop was, after all? Evil demons being expelled from your body?
Because starvation doesn't kill people?
And people will happily stay isolated and starve to death if you ask politely without brandishing weapons and threatening to kill them if they leave isolation?
It's not war until weapons come out and people start dying.
But there'd be a massive decline in Lupus cases, because IT'S NEVER LUPUS (except that one time).
Bravo!
The only criticism I have is that Bubba Hatfield would almost certainly call them goober peas.
I read it. It's literally the same shit, different day. Nothing in it is new. It's all been posted here before.
There's a difference between defending Google (which I didn't do) and complaining about the shitty quality of what passes as "stuff that matters" on /.
Why does every idiotic rambling monologue filled with vague predictions of doom based on the idea that Google is too successful have to be given a place on the front page?
The FCC has a duty to invite public comment on proposed regulations. It's not their fault that a lot of people submitted idiotic comments.
The FCC regulations were put in place because there were concerns that cell phone transmissions could interfere with airplane equipment, which is a safety issue and, as you pointed out, that is their job.
It's becoming increasingly clear that cell phone transmissions are extremely unlikely to cause any interference, so the FCC is reconsidering the regulations and asked for public input. That is also their job.
What the FCC isn't responsible for is a bunch of idiots submitted stupid comments... and yet here you are blaming them for it.
The FCC regulations that banned cell phone usage on planes were based on the idea that the phones EM emissions might interfere with the operation of the airplane's equipment. That has absolutely nothing to do with "regulating behavior they find annoying" and is exactly the type of regulation that the FCC was intended to oversee.
In the time since those regulations were put in place, it's become increasingly clear that cell phones won't cause interference with the plane's equipment. The FCC is now considering revising the regulations according to the new information. This is what they should be doing and it should be encouraged.
In the process of reconsidering those regulations, they asked for input from the public. This is also what they should be doing and it should be encouraged.
It's not the FCC's fault that a bunch of people freaked out and submitted "OMG Nooooo!" comments that had absolutely nothing to do with what the FCC is actually regulating. I feel sorry for whoever has to sort through all of those comments to see if there is anything valid buried in them.
Google allows engineers to have time to pursue their own products. It doesn't require someone at the top to approve it, just a talented engineering with an interest.