Yes, and about every other publicized issue in the U.S. over the last 10+ years.
It's the whole "it doesn't have to be right, just repeat it enough until it sounds plausible" mentality. When you have a population that is so easily manipulated, you end up with critical issues being decided based purely on which terminology gets the most publicity.
If it's built right into the clothing, how will you attach it to other objects to get a transporter lock? Rip the sleeve right off? Also, the objectives page doesn't even include a status update on the Heisenberg compensators.
it comes down to $14.95 a month - pretty much every other hobby costs a lot more per month, while still providing less in back in terms of time spent.
Considering 3 games per month, $40 avg price, you're saving 105 right there. Then consider the cost of tuition, gf, wife upgrade, and possibly kids. The savings are astronomical!
... inalienable rights of users to download content for free off the internet...
Notice how the article takes the same outlook, it goes from "change the landscape of Australian politics by advocating fairer copyright, freer culture and ensuring the protection of civil liberties, sending a strong message to Mr Conroy that his censorship scheme is not welcome in Australia" to six paragraphs on getting free music.
The challenge is to inform the public that file sharing is only one part of one issue. Hopefully the AU pirate party can stay on message and educate people there's much more to be concerned about.
The only real chance legislators have in the U.S. of stopping the growth of the Pirate Party here is ironically to embrace the tenets of the Pirate Party and implement the freedom of information it espouses.
Which is exactly what the goal of the party should be. They'll never form a government, but by bringing attention to the issues they can do a world of good. When you see the major parties imitating your policy, you haven't obsoleted yourself, you've won.
What you're overlooking is that you have no idea the circumstances under which he's using it. He could be using it in a virtual machine. He could be dual-booting with another OS. He could actually be using the beta for its intended purpose: to test it. To see if he can break it. To see if it's actually functional. You have no way of knowing what other systems he's using, or what other computers he's got.
I originally had debian, xp, and openbsd running on my three main computers. I found that in order to hack the gibsons I needed more power, so I installed my zero-day windows 7 on all of them. With my newly acquired megahertz I just cruised right through the firewalls, disabled the ai, and floated off into cyberspace.
I hope this clears things up. Now can I come back to the Slashdot cool table?
Then one day, he comes upstairs and says to his dad "I canceled my account. I'm going for a run."
A glorious story of triumph in the face of adversity. Everyone working against him, trying to make him quit, but he stuck with it and ultimately emerged victorious. Seeing "The End." come up on the screen must have been a moment for the ages.
Worked for me vs WoW. Once I saw that credit screen I knew there wasn't much point in playing it through again. I declared victory and now await its sequel.
The other way to approach it is to get someone hooked on another game. Once they switch, they may see the futility of false achievement and just play for fun.
Is user-generated content a dead end for an MMORPG?
Not quite. It's probably a dead end for missions than grant experience but can still be a great part of the content. Provide some sort of ranking/point system and even add in cosmetic or other minor rewards and it will still have value.
MMOs are mostly about the sense of achievement but there's still room for a little fun in them:)
Thi4f? As in "Thiaf"? Doesn't seem like a good first impression.
Shh. They're just figuring out the replacing letters with numbers. Next comes the realization that the numbers are supposed to look something like the letters. That's followed by the realization that nobody does that anymore, except in mockery.
So we should be back to normal titles once they hit step three around 2020.
Standard laser-printer toner is made up of tiny specs of carbon black and plastic. When you print with this toner, you're fixing carbon onto paper. Point out how green this is.
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E.g. with "death panels"?
Yes, and about every other publicized issue in the U.S. over the last 10+ years.
It's the whole "it doesn't have to be right, just repeat it enough until it sounds plausible" mentality. When you have a population that is so easily manipulated, you end up with critical issues being decided based purely on which terminology gets the most publicity.
If you can't convince them, confuse them. -- Harry Truman
How metformin affects cancer isn't certain, but one possibility is that it deprives tumor cells of sugar.
It's a slippery slope. If we allow this treatment to go through, what next? Take away their caffeine?
What use is there in victory if we destroy all we stand for?
Spoken like a Tru(TM) Fanboi!
No, apparently I'm a windows fanboi this week.
I'll forgive your misjudgment though, since someone modded the Apple comment insightful.
restriction of features doesn't seem very patentable
Haven't been around the patent office lately, have you?
They're just patenting this defect so they can sue anyone that would try to harm us.
If it's built right into the clothing, how will you attach it to other objects to get a transporter lock? Rip the sleeve right off? Also, the objectives page doesn't even include a status update on the Heisenberg compensators.
Amateurs.
It's Cosmic Rays mutating the electrons.
My 150.00 gold-plated Monster HDMI cable protects against those. It must be something else this time.
Who really wants/need bleeding edge technology anymore?
Numbers...must...go...higher...
it comes down to $14.95 a month - pretty much every other hobby costs a lot more per month, while still providing less in back in terms of time spent.
Considering 3 games per month, $40 avg price, you're saving 105 right there. Then consider the cost of tuition, gf, wife upgrade, and possibly kids. The savings are astronomical!
... inalienable rights of users to download content for free off the internet ...
Notice how the article takes the same outlook, it goes from "change the landscape of Australian politics by advocating fairer copyright, freer culture and ensuring the protection of civil liberties, sending a strong message to Mr Conroy that his censorship scheme is not welcome in Australia" to six paragraphs on getting free music.
The challenge is to inform the public that file sharing is only one part of one issue. Hopefully the AU pirate party can stay on message and educate people there's much more to be concerned about.
The only real chance legislators have in the U.S. of stopping the growth of the Pirate Party here is ironically to embrace the tenets of the Pirate Party and implement the freedom of information it espouses.
Which is exactly what the goal of the party should be. They'll never form a government, but by bringing attention to the issues they can do a world of good. When you see the major parties imitating your policy, you haven't obsoleted yourself, you've won.
What you're overlooking is that you have no idea the circumstances under which he's using it. He could be using it in a virtual machine. He could be dual-booting with another OS. He could actually be using the beta for its intended purpose: to test it. To see if he can break it. To see if it's actually functional. You have no way of knowing what other systems he's using, or what other computers he's got.
I originally had debian, xp, and openbsd running on my three main computers. I found that in order to hack the gibsons I needed more power, so I installed my zero-day windows 7 on all of them. With my newly acquired megahertz I just cruised right through the firewalls, disabled the ai, and floated off into cyberspace.
I hope this clears things up. Now can I come back to the Slashdot cool table?
but I'd be worried that Kanye West would walk in and say "Windows 7 is good and all, but Steve Jobs wrote the best OS ever...I'm just sayin!"
Microsoft could take a marketing cue from Kanye and listen to their customers. It really couldn't get any worse.
wait until you try the OS.
I've been using it for several months, it's definitely not as bad as their marketing.
Most advertisements only evoke one or two emotions. This one manages to make me feel despair, disgust, fear, and rage, all at the same time.
They've truly taken it to the next level.
How about just data only disks with no movies on them?
Well, the title says "Anti-Piracy Dog" so it must have a means of smelling the contents of the disk. Given most movies lately, I don't envy it.
Then one day, he comes upstairs and says to his dad "I canceled my account. I'm going for a run."
A glorious story of triumph in the face of adversity. Everyone working against him, trying to make him quit, but he stuck with it and ultimately emerged victorious. Seeing "The End." come up on the screen must have been a moment for the ages.
Worked for me vs WoW. Once I saw that credit screen I knew there wasn't much point in playing it through again. I declared victory and now await its sequel.
The other way to approach it is to get someone hooked on another game. Once they switch, they may see the futility of false achievement and just play for fun.
Is user-generated content a dead end for an MMORPG?
Not quite. It's probably a dead end for missions than grant experience but can still be a great part of the content. Provide some sort of ranking/point system and even add in cosmetic or other minor rewards and it will still have value.
MMOs are mostly about the sense of achievement but there's still room for a little fun in them :)
So the giant, talking can of cola has been lying to me all these years? I think I'll take his word over these "researchers".
Thi4f? As in "Thiaf"? Doesn't seem like a good first impression.
Shh. They're just figuring out the replacing letters with numbers. Next comes the realization that the numbers are supposed to look something like the letters. That's followed by the realization that nobody does that anymore, except in mockery.
So we should be back to normal titles once they hit step three around 2020.
Chance of success * estimated payoff, compare that to the offer and adjust for how highly you value stability/independence.
I'd usually say even if the question is simple it might still spark good conversation, but really this is too vague to be useful.
If the starship is 200 yards (200m) long, the energy required to make the bubble has to be 10 billion times the mass of the known universe.
So distort space-time to make the ship 10^-64 meters long. If that doesn't work redefine energy. Approach the problem sideways, not head-on.
And yes, I'll expect the solution on my desk for 0800 tomorrow.
Standard laser-printer toner is made up of tiny specs of carbon black and plastic. When you print with this toner, you're fixing carbon onto paper. Point out how green this is.
So that's how they make carbon credits!