Drakkenmensch [whisper]: Well doctor, I guess that this game fills for me a void in my life that ooops tank is about to pull Deconstructor wwwwwwww223333333sssww33333
In particular, it'd be interesting to see the societal effects of the one-child policy both now and as it ends and compare it with the rise of the baby boomer generation post-WII.
Technically, the result of decades of one-child policy is that as long as this policy remains in effect, there will not be a baby-boom generation, unlike the united states and europe where older people of the WW2 generation suddenly found themselves overrun with teenagers who didn't care for Bing Crosby and wanted to see those hippies from Liverpool and the satanic hip gyrations of Elvis Presley. Until the older generation leaves through attrition, the new generation will find themselves hopelessly overnumbered and underpowered. Give it another 20 years though and the story might take another tangent.
While actual numbers are hard to come by and the percentage likely to favor success from censorship, there's no denying that this specific case proves that sometimes it's better to just shut the hell up and let the story die on its own.
If he hadn't sued her and let the story die of its own, how many people would have heard about that mold? 10? 5? So little that a clumsy shop teacher still would have enough fingers left to count them all? Instead, the whole of slashdot knows about it now!
Quick, post your comments on slashdot before Blackboard patents a method for providing an interface that allows snarky and/or sarcastic comments to forum posts!!!
Too much FPS, too little flying. Not that shooting ewoks and jawas isn't fun (because it is!), but I'd like to see X-wings and TIE Fighters get more love from developers.
Spiro's been rebooting with every new iteration from the original game and on. How else could you explain that he keeps forgetting how to breathe fire?
The submitter adds, "I wonder how long it takes until gambling, online games, or non-RIAA-approved music shops are considered supporters of terrorism."
You're late, the RIAA and their shills have been saying that one for years. When I go home tonight I think I'll go home and download some DRM-free music just to annoy them more.
I still have the old hole puncher I used back with my C64 for turning single sided floppies into double-sided, which would then be used to copy hundreds of games with my Fastcopy disk. Things haven't changed that much since, thanks to bittorrent.
It's just selection making sure that desirable traits get passed. Just like bloodhounds were selected for their ability to sniff out game, their descendants grew to have the most reliable nose of all breeds. Similarly, if intelligence was the greatest traits looked for in a mate, our race would become smarter with each passing generation... and suddenly this explains a lot, doesn't it?
Alternately, park outside his house and/or outside the Karoo offices, hack into a wireless router, and download as much music as you can.
Make sure that you download as much Hannah Montana, Vanilla Ice, Kriss Kross and Alvin and the Chimpmunks Sing Christmas Carols as you possibly can. When people see what he's been 'downloading', it should be the most embarassing mess of awful music the world has ever seen.
Get the IP address of the Karoo president, and denounce him to the Karoo tech as the originator of suspicious copyrighted file sharing. Hilarity ensues.
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Drakkenmensch [whisper]: Well doctor, I guess that this game fills for me a void in my life that ooops tank is about to pull Deconstructor wwwwwwww223333333sssww33333
I'll stick to doctor Funke, thank you very much.
He's the world's first analyst-therapist, or "analrapist" as his business card states!
In particular, it'd be interesting to see the societal effects of the one-child policy both now and as it ends and compare it with the rise of the baby boomer generation post-WII.
Technically, the result of decades of one-child policy is that as long as this policy remains in effect, there will not be a baby-boom generation, unlike the united states and europe where older people of the WW2 generation suddenly found themselves overrun with teenagers who didn't care for Bing Crosby and wanted to see those hippies from Liverpool and the satanic hip gyrations of Elvis Presley. Until the older generation leaves through attrition, the new generation will find themselves hopelessly overnumbered and underpowered. Give it another 20 years though and the story might take another tangent.
While actual numbers are hard to come by and the percentage likely to favor success from censorship, there's no denying that this specific case proves that sometimes it's better to just shut the hell up and let the story die on its own.
M&Ms are good for your health... provided that you've just suffered a crippling spine injury.
If he hadn't sued her and let the story die of its own, how many people would have heard about that mold? 10? 5? So little that a clumsy shop teacher still would have enough fingers left to count them all? Instead, the whole of slashdot knows about it now!
As seen on TV! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1ABQuctDOQ Medical operators are standing by!!!
Quick, post your comments on slashdot before Blackboard patents a method for providing an interface that allows snarky and/or sarcastic comments to forum posts!!!
My wish list item would be the Millennium Falcon is playable by three players (pilot and two gunners)
Do want!
... to that kryptonite laser every evil scientist has been dreaming about for years!!!
Too much FPS, too little flying. Not that shooting ewoks and jawas isn't fun (because it is!), but I'd like to see X-wings and TIE Fighters get more love from developers.
Dual solo campaigns (rebels and empire) and massive multiplayer dogfights, complete with capital ships. Hell yeah.
Spiro's been rebooting with every new iteration from the original game and on. How else could you explain that he keeps forgetting how to breathe fire?
The submitter adds, "I wonder how long it takes until gambling, online games, or non-RIAA-approved music shops are considered supporters of terrorism."
You're late, the RIAA and their shills have been saying that one for years. When I go home tonight I think I'll go home and download some DRM-free music just to annoy them more.
I still have the old hole puncher I used back with my C64 for turning single sided floppies into double-sided, which would then be used to copy hundreds of games with my Fastcopy disk. Things haven't changed that much since, thanks to bittorrent.
Under American law, the geek with a broadband connection doesn't have the right to a free digital download copy of WALL-E.
And this somehow magically allows the RIAA to sue 12 year old girls for hundreds of thousands of dollars?
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It's just selection making sure that desirable traits get passed. Just like bloodhounds were selected for their ability to sniff out game, their descendants grew to have the most reliable nose of all breeds. Similarly, if intelligence was the greatest traits looked for in a mate, our race would become smarter with each passing generation... and suddenly this explains a lot, doesn't it?
It's true! It's been 9 years since Windows ME, and people are still remembering it for its featu- oh wait.
As usual, Penny Arcade is years ahead of the curve on figuring these things out:
http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/8/25/
Stallman Says Pirate Party Hurts Expensive Operating System and Brand Name Software Companies
Corrected it for you.
I hope the Energizer Bunny owns water fins and a snorkel!
Alternately, park outside his house and/or outside the Karoo offices, hack into a wireless router, and download as much music as you can.
Make sure that you download as much Hannah Montana, Vanilla Ice, Kriss Kross and Alvin and the Chimpmunks Sing Christmas Carols as you possibly can. When people see what he's been 'downloading', it should be the most embarassing mess of awful music the world has ever seen.
Get the IP address of the Karoo president, and denounce him to the Karoo tech as the originator of suspicious copyrighted file sharing. Hilarity ensues.
But if you screw up the initial trade rules setup, it's going to generate bad transactions at machine speed. Garbage in, landfill out.