That was the premise of the dead tv series The Pretender. A genius was asked to create theoretical terrorist attack scenarios so that the government could "stop them from happening" while in fact it just carried them out exactly as he had written them out. Were the children promised their favorite candy for coming up with a plausible scenario too? Were they being held in a dank and somber underground facility where a weird professor was carrying out experiments in twins behavior?
That's barely more accurate than flipping heads or tails. Plus, a trained hand can force the result it wants from a heads or tail flip every single time, too! I drove several of friends nuts after challenging them that they couldn't call a coin flip no matter how many times they tried, and forcing the wrong side to pop up twelve times in a row.
The biggest concern about holding money obtained from crooked sources is not losing worth due to lack of interest on your capital, it's the feds finding that money and charging you with accepting bribes. But he failed at that too.
Still every bit 100% relevant every time you see a racing game demo where the camera spends too much time showing the car racing towards the camera rather than inside the driver seat or hovering above the car facing the road ahead.
In some ways, Microsoft does look like Mister Burns. Remember the episode with the return of Homer's mother where he's berating that postal employee because he can't find the postal rates for sending mail over to Prussia or Siam?
Darwin awards are not for garden variety stupidity, but rather for the extraordinary "my god that was absolutely moronic" variety that can ONLY end in death or self-castration.
So what's stopping a person from just putting a glass jar or two into the near-empty recycling bin and putting it on the curb every week just so the city guys don't come inspecting his trash? Will there be a minimum quota to be respected? What if you don't generate ENOUGH recyclable trash, will you be considered a non-litterbug and fined for not respecting the consumerism laws?
Stupidity is nature's way of culling the dead wood. Mountains are there for a reason, and idiot climbers are proof that the gene pool can fix itself - but they aren't there for long, so admire nature at work before they tumble down!
NC Soft needs only to drastically increase the chance and amount of player gear to be dropped on the ground upon player death so that PvP gankers have a much higher chance of stealing other people's hard earned gear. I guarantee that within a month, player base will dwindle to a few hardcore PvPers cannibalizing each other while everyone else moves on to other MMORPGs. The problem of addicted Lineage players will be gone forever.
eBooks should definitely have more than half their readable surface be covered in ads and classified for added revenue. After all, newspapers do that, and they're one of the strongest, most revenue intensive forms of print media, right? [/sarcasm]
You'll never hear their electric cars pull up to you while you're busy playing that homebrew game and four muscular guys with horn-rimmed glasses step out to beat you up with their Einstein-tatooed gigantic arms...
This opens a new legal can of worms - if a trojan or virus is found to be resposible (at least partially) of a plane crash, can the creator fo this virus be held legally liable for the crew and passenger deaths?
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The RIAA always did want to own and control our lives, I guess now it will do so once we're dead and printed into a format they can copyright.
Eagles to protect eagles? Awesome! Raptors to protect raptors? KICKASS! Warhogs to protect wart... wait.
... are too fat. To order a special dialing wand, smash the iPad with your palm now.
i dont believe you could do it 12 times in a row. on slashdot everyone pretends to be some uber-elite-skilled nerd. You sir, need to get laid.
Of course I need to get laid. Why do you think I had the time to practice a skill like that, other than not having someone to shag?
That was the premise of the dead tv series The Pretender. A genius was asked to create theoretical terrorist attack scenarios so that the government could "stop them from happening" while in fact it just carried them out exactly as he had written them out. Were the children promised their favorite candy for coming up with a plausible scenario too? Were they being held in a dank and somber underground facility where a weird professor was carrying out experiments in twins behavior?
That's barely more accurate than flipping heads or tails. Plus, a trained hand can force the result it wants from a heads or tail flip every single time, too! I drove several of friends nuts after challenging them that they couldn't call a coin flip no matter how many times they tried, and forcing the wrong side to pop up twelve times in a row.
My idea to copyright the entire alphabet and own written language forever is sounding less and less crazy every day.
Nintendo would probably beg to differ with you, but they're too busy rolling in piles of cash.
The koreans would agree with Nintendo, but they're too busy worshipping at the altar of Starcraft.
The biggest concern about holding money obtained from crooked sources is not losing worth due to lack of interest on your capital, it's the feds finding that money and charging you with accepting bribes. But he failed at that too.
Stop using Autotune as an effect. It's annoying.
When have they ever used auto-tune as an effect? They use it as a full-fledged talent substitute.
"Give us all the world's money!" clamors the RIAA. The world's population has yet to reply as they failed to give a damn.
The best scheme only ever lasts as long as the weakest member's ability to shut the hell up about it...
Don't forget Star Wars Old Republic... Grand Turismo 5... the list is a long one.
Still every bit 100% relevant every time you see a racing game demo where the camera spends too much time showing the car racing towards the camera rather than inside the driver seat or hovering above the car facing the road ahead.
Mostly through concept art and cinematics presented as teasers to the customers, allowing them to erroneously believe this will be actual gameplay.
In some ways, Microsoft does look like Mister Burns. Remember the episode with the return of Homer's mother where he's berating that postal employee because he can't find the postal rates for sending mail over to Prussia or Siam?
"It's scientific!"
Because no generation should be denied the fun of inhaling helium to speak with a goofy high-pitch voice.
Darwin awards are not for garden variety stupidity, but rather for the extraordinary "my god that was absolutely moronic" variety that can ONLY end in death or self-castration.
So what's stopping a person from just putting a glass jar or two into the near-empty recycling bin and putting it on the curb every week just so the city guys don't come inspecting his trash? Will there be a minimum quota to be respected? What if you don't generate ENOUGH recyclable trash, will you be considered a non-litterbug and fined for not respecting the consumerism laws?
Stupidity is nature's way of culling the dead wood. Mountains are there for a reason, and idiot climbers are proof that the gene pool can fix itself - but they aren't there for long, so admire nature at work before they tumble down!
NC Soft needs only to drastically increase the chance and amount of player gear to be dropped on the ground upon player death so that PvP gankers have a much higher chance of stealing other people's hard earned gear. I guarantee that within a month, player base will dwindle to a few hardcore PvPers cannibalizing each other while everyone else moves on to other MMORPGs. The problem of addicted Lineage players will be gone forever.
eBooks should definitely have more than half their readable surface be covered in ads and classified for added revenue. After all, newspapers do that, and they're one of the strongest, most revenue intensive forms of print media, right? [/sarcasm]
You'll never hear their electric cars pull up to you while you're busy playing that homebrew game and four muscular guys with horn-rimmed glasses step out to beat you up with their Einstein-tatooed gigantic arms...
This opens a new legal can of worms - if a trojan or virus is found to be resposible (at least partially) of a plane crash, can the creator fo this virus be held legally liable for the crew and passenger deaths?