That _was_ one of the issues that Nazi Germany's economy/industry eventually couldn't deal with. This was an also an issue in the Pacific - Japan doesn't have a native supply of petroleum either. For instance, a mid-1941 US embargo was a key event in the pre-Pearl Harbor timeline.
I give them credit for an interesting alternate strategy. Maybe a different way to play the game, or a way to use the game for another purpose.
In various strategy games, I lean toward a defensive strategy myself, though I sometimes get screwed for not expanding enough and/or acting quickly enough.
Yes, in various industries, big companies can in turn lose out to even bigger companies K-mart lagging behind Walmart and Target, for example. In my area (Rochester NY), the Chase-Pitkin home improvement store chain went out of business presumably thanks to Home Depot and Lowe's
If it takes a celebrity example of the problem to get peoples' attention, so be it - whatever works, and focus on celebrities is channeled into something positive for once. (In this case, it's the circumstances surrounding the soccer player's death)
It helps to have a sequel that improves upon an already great concept.
Civilization II was definitely this. haven't played III, IV or V SimCity - 2000 definitely, not so much 3000, and I didn't try 4. Age Of Empires II added some things, but mainly just changed the setting from the ancient world to the Middle Ages
I haven't gotten into Starcraft 2 because my computer isn't really powerful enough to run it.
I'd agree that there are many addictive games that don't use this manipulative nickel-and-diming business model.
Civilization is certainly one of them. Here I am awake at 6 AM thanks to Civilization II
Yes, "one more turn" extends each individual game (or "just a bit more" for real-time games), but there's a lot of replayability thanks to random map generation.
Assorted scenarios/campaigns/premade maps extend gameplay time further. (These things may or may not be in expansion packs and expansion packs may or may not have these things.) At any rate, these are nice additional features rather than something annoying built into the inherent structure of the game.
SimCity, Age of Empires and Starcraft are some other successes in this regard
I've heard MtG referred to as "cardboard crack" on a regular basis, and for good reason.
I spent way more on MtG than I have on computer games. I do my computer gaming on the cheap, and I have some other expensive hobbies, but MtG is still in the lead.
I stayed away from the rotating competitive formats though - I went for non-rotating formats and/or casual instead. I at least didn't add Warhammer to the pile though.
Let's face it, no game is going to give out a real reward like a space alien coming to recruit you to be a starfighter in a great galactic battle.
Ah, The Last Starfighter - one of the first DVDs in my collection. I did eventually watch it - a Star Wars knockoff perhaps, but a well-made one at that.
I agree with the sibling AC's suggestion of bandcamp, many of my favorite modern indie acts put their stuff on bandcamp and make FLAC downloads available.
I haven't used https://www.hdtracks.com/ ; they seem to focus on classic reissues and jazz/classical/opera/etc. (They also have a lot of above-CD-quality FLACs)
Nevertheless, more FLAC availability would be good.
I think Mr. Homophobic AC has a point with the female inhibition thing. However, that concept implies to me that it's a general male issue rather than an issue specific to _homosexual_ males - straight males would also act like that if straight females were more cooperative.
my first impression was testing how well NATO sailors are able to work without it though trying to figure out the vulnerabilities in your own systems is also a good idea.
It seems like you'd have to intentionally disable/disallow GPS equipment to best (practice/be tested on) working without it. Have it available if shit gets too real during the experiment.
Many of the American Indian tribes' names for themselves translate as "the people" or similar in their own language Thus, someone else speaking in that language would presumably use the same word.
Many of the middle and high schools in my area have one officer from the regular city police around I suppose that with relatively older kids the troublemakers are more serious
Having that much money doesn't mean they're spending it as effectively as they could - I get the impression than an awful lot gets spent on shiny gadgets which defense contractors overcharge for, not to mention pork for Senator X's state. Sometimes this is stuff that the military doesn't really want or need.
Mathew Brady (actually spelled with 1 T) in the American Civil War _is_ about as far back as photojournalism goes. AFAIK, the cameras of the time required a long enough exposure time that one couldn't take live action shots, so he and his assistants set up some battlefield shots after the fact. Brady's work also includes non-action shots such as portrait photographs of Lincoln.
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sarcasm about non-metric units I take it? Fine, I'll use metric.
JP-8 has an energy density of 42.8 megajoules per kilogram
20,000 pounds = 9071.8484kg
388.275 megajoules
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_pitch : 112-122m (using the 117m midpoint) by 68m, so 7956m^2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot - 1.7018m
7956m^2 * 1.7018m = 13539.5208m^3
not sure how to do the french fry conversion though. thus, I can't provide an accurate answer.
That _was_ one of the issues that Nazi Germany's economy/industry eventually couldn't deal with.
This was an also an issue in the Pacific - Japan doesn't have a native supply of petroleum either. For instance, a mid-1941 US embargo was a key event in the pre-Pearl Harbor timeline.
I don't think that working in the public eye should necessarily cost you all your privacy, even on straightforward things like this.
Also, with acting, there may not be enough roles _for_ older actresses. That's likely also an issue, but a different one.
I give them credit for an interesting alternate strategy. Maybe a different way to play the game, or a way to use the game for another purpose.
In various strategy games, I lean toward a defensive strategy myself, though I sometimes get screwed for not expanding enough and/or acting quickly enough.
Yes, in various industries, big companies can in turn lose out to even bigger companies
K-mart lagging behind Walmart and Target, for example.
In my area (Rochester NY), the Chase-Pitkin home improvement store chain went out of business presumably thanks to Home Depot and Lowe's
If it takes a celebrity example of the problem to get peoples' attention, so be it - whatever works, and focus on celebrities is channeled into something positive for once. (In this case, it's the circumstances surrounding the soccer player's death)
Sounds like a modern version of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widow's_mite
Reminds me of the "Frontalot needs food. Badly." line from the song Charity Case
I've also heard of that kind of research, but the subconscious repression kind of thing is what reminded me of Freud.
Granted, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud's_views_on_homosexuality focuses on homosexuals instead of homophobes, and has to do with how Freud coming to the conclusion that homosexuals can't be "converted".
Reminds me of Insane Ian's song about Dig Dug:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARX9vleIfs8
I'm sure some females play it, but I don't see the particularly female appeal of yet another wargame (even one as good as AoE)
I figure The Sims was successful in large part because it appealed to both genders.
It helps to have a sequel that improves upon an already great concept.
Civilization II was definitely this. haven't played III, IV or V
SimCity - 2000 definitely, not so much 3000, and I didn't try 4.
Age Of Empires II added some things, but mainly just changed the setting from the ancient world to the Middle Ages
I haven't gotten into Starcraft 2 because my computer isn't really powerful enough to run it.
I'd agree that there are many addictive games that don't use this manipulative nickel-and-diming business model.
Civilization is certainly one of them. Here I am awake at 6 AM thanks to Civilization II
Yes, "one more turn" extends each individual game (or "just a bit more" for real-time games), but there's a lot of replayability thanks to random map generation.
Assorted scenarios/campaigns/premade maps extend gameplay time further. (These things may or may not be in expansion packs and expansion packs may or may not have these things.) At any rate, these are nice additional features rather than something annoying built into the inherent structure of the game.
SimCity, Age of Empires and Starcraft are some other successes in this regard
I've heard MtG referred to as "cardboard crack" on a regular basis, and for good reason.
I spent way more on MtG than I have on computer games. I do my computer gaming on the cheap, and I have some other expensive hobbies, but MtG is still in the lead.
I stayed away from the rotating competitive formats though - I went for non-rotating formats and/or casual instead.
I at least didn't add Warhammer to the pile though.
Let's face it, no game is going to give out a real reward like a space alien coming to recruit you to be a starfighter in a great galactic battle.
Ah, The Last Starfighter - one of the first DVDs in my collection. I did eventually watch it - a Star Wars knockoff perhaps, but a well-made one at that.
I agree with the sibling AC's suggestion of bandcamp, many of my favorite modern indie acts put their stuff on bandcamp and make FLAC downloads available.
I haven't used https://www.hdtracks.com/ ; they seem to focus on classic reissues and jazz/classical/opera/etc. (They also have a lot of above-CD-quality FLACs)
Nevertheless, more FLAC availability would be good.
I think Mr. Homophobic AC has a point with the female inhibition thing. However, that concept implies to me that it's a general male issue rather than an issue specific to _homosexual_ males - straight males would also act like that if straight females were more cooperative.
Yes, the AC went off on a homophobic rant. However, I don't subscribe to the Freudian concept of homophobia as related to repressed homosexuality.
That's a cartoon/comic supporting the protests, not an anti-protest message (not a gross-out image either, for that matter.)
my first impression was testing how well NATO sailors are able to work without it
though trying to figure out the vulnerabilities in your own systems is also a good idea.
It seems like you'd have to intentionally disable/disallow GPS equipment to best (practice/be tested on) working without it.
Have it available if shit gets too real during the experiment.
Many of the American Indian tribes' names for themselves translate as "the people" or similar in their own language
Thus, someone else speaking in that language would presumably use the same word.
Many of the middle and high schools in my area have one officer from the regular city police around
I suppose that with relatively older kids the troublemakers are more serious
Having that much money doesn't mean they're spending it as effectively as they could - I get the impression than an awful lot gets spent on shiny gadgets which defense contractors overcharge for, not to mention pork for Senator X's state. Sometimes this is stuff that the military doesn't really want or need.
Mathew Brady (actually spelled with 1 T) in the American Civil War _is_ about as far back as photojournalism goes.
AFAIK, the cameras of the time required a long enough exposure time that one couldn't take live action shots, so he and his assistants set up some battlefield shots after the fact. Brady's work also includes non-action shots such as portrait photographs of Lincoln.