There absolutely is brand recognition. Everyone who's excited about Skyrim knows it's the sequel to Oblivion, and most of them know that Oblivion was the sequel to Morrowind. I could have told you I was excited to play TESV long before the actual title was announced.
If Notch was calling his game "Elder Scrolls" or something like that, the Bethesda would have a valid complaint. Of course, that's not what's going on, and they don't.
Just from memory, you've got the 14 numbered games, X-2 and XIII-2, three Tactics titles (Tactics, Advanced, and A2), Crystal Chronicles, Mystic Quest, the three game Legends series for the Gameboy, the three VII spin-offs, the Dissidia fighters (2 of them) + another fighter with a different name that I forget.
That's 30 right there. I'm sure there are more. That's more games than there are in the Madden series!
You can't read Shakespeare before learning what sound an 'A' makes, and you can't learn math without first memorizing what '+' means. Your problem is from poor instruction when you were in middle school, or maybe late elementary. At Sesame Street age, kids need to learn the language so that they can be instructed in it later. Some concepts are nice, just so they can see what the symbols are used for and know they're important, but in early elementary memorization of basic facts really is important.
Beakman's World was great, no doubt about it, but Bill Nye was also good - certainly not 100000x less interesting. I'd take the worst episode of Bill Nye over whatever crap is on Nickelodeon these days. Are there any science shows for kids left?
Windows is trademarked as the name of an operating system, for which it is not a descriptive term. Perhaps you'd also like to bitch about GM trademarking the name "Volt"?
You can describe an operating system without calling the whole thing Windows. It is very difficult to describe a touch interface that tracks multiple fingers at a time without calling it Multi-Touch.
Schumer is one of the few good senators who regularly goes after corporations when they abuse us lower lifeforms. Not that I think he's necessarily more moral than his colleagues, he's just in a position where it's easy for him to act on that sense of morality. When you routinely win your elections by 30+ point margins, you don't need to worry so much about pissing off potential corporate donors.
This is true, though with the caveat that it is the Americans living in the South (the ex-confederate states, primarily) that have kept their accent pure. Most Americans have had their accent shift over time, just in a different direction from the British. As humorous as it would be if Shakespearean plays were once performed in a Boston accent, it is sadly not the case.
Marriage isn't a magical barrier. It's the monogamy that comes along with marriage that protects you. A married man who visits the red light district every weekend is probably gonna catch something nasty. A gay man who can't marry, but only has sex with a few partners before settling down with one is likely going to be safe.
The original time-to-market was about 70 years, but they then used the FTL network to send the plans back to the present day. They're rolling it out in 20 ms increments to maximize profits.
That's if they plug in an external drive. How many do? And how many answer in the affirmative? A lot might worry that if they say yes, they can't use that drive for other things.
And I suspect that your 70+ year old mom had it explained to her, likely by you. There are a lot of people who just want their cursor to turn into a unicorn, and will say yes to anything to make it happen.
In the end, you can't defend a computer from it's owner, no matter which OS you use.
I agree it looks like it's flying over the western side of the Americas at first, but I think it must then turn towards the east. You would never see the sun rising over Antarctica, and all of the satellite path maps always look like wavy lines against the Mercator projection, so it would make sense for the ISS to turn east as it approaches the southern tip of South America.
Right, exactly. And collective punishment is bad, agreed? So you think we should collectively punish the Israelis, because their leaders are collectively punishing the Palestinians, because their leaders have attacked Israel in the past? If so, who should collectively punish us when our leaders follow your advice? And who, in turn, should collectively punish our punisher?
The problem with showing sports would be the cost. You can already get online access to the games from MLB.tv and the like, but it costs around $150 per season. Just supplying the big four would cost $50/month, unless Microsoft manages to extract a sweetheart deal from the NFL, MLB, and other TLAs. And that doesn't include the postseasons!
Add in the cost of all the non-sport programming, and you're probably looking at ~$80, at which point you might as well just pay for cable or satellite.
You mean to tell me cars don't erupt into fireballs after falling down a thirty foot cliff?? Next you'll be telling me that explosions generally don't involve fireballs at all!
Only in the sense that the potential of a disaster is what makes roller coasters fun. People greatly enjoy near disaster. It's exciting. But when it turns into actual disaster, it's horrifying. Another example is NASCAR races. Crashes are exciting, but only because the safety systems in the cars are robust enough to keep the drivers and fans safe. Nobody wants to see someone killed.
Heh, I actually spelled it "pore" at first, and thought "no, that doesn't look right" before changing it to "pour". Guess I oughta check a dictionary next time.
having deep pockets and making yourself a target for fee-seeking, class-action lawyers is a civil offense.
So the answer to my question is yes, you do have a problem with civil trials. God willing you'll never find yourself in a position where you need to be a plaintiff.
If HP's directors intentionally lied to their shareholders in order to get more money for themselves at their shareholders expense, how can you possibly be okay with that?
I'm not saying opinions are bad. I'm saying that I trust the results of a trial more than I trust some strangers opinion. You can read and respond to my opinions, but if I told you that that numbness in your arm probably isn't a heart attack, I'd hope you'd be smart enough not to take my word for it.
A random Slashdotter's gut feeling about a case doesn't carry quite the same authority as a trial. I'll trust in the justice system to square this away, rather than trial by random underinformed disinterested strangers.
By the way, why did you highlight "civil"? Do you have something against civil trials? Are you aware that the SEC also uses civil trials?
Both "short answers" are wrong. It's not that clear cut.
If HP's execs decided that they'd bail out of the hardware markets in January, but told their shareholders otherwise during the quarterly meetings in an attempt to keep up their stock price while they sold their own shares, then the shareholders have a case against them. If, however, leaving the hardware markets was merely one of many strategies being considered, and they didn't reach their final decision until recently (perhaps after the bombing of their tablet) then I'd say they acted in good faith.
That's what we have trials for. The lawyers will pour through HP's emails and memos and figure out whether or not important info was intentionally withheld. While it may be a bit of a pain in the ass for HP, and expensive to boot, it's a necessary evil if we want to find the truth of the matter.
I'm sure they didn't want to hike their prices. But the studios that provide the movies and TV shows demanded huge (like, order of magnitude) increases in their cuts. Netflix had a choice: close up shop, or raise prices. In the end, they may go under either way. That is the studios' goal, after all. They want to control distribution.
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There absolutely is brand recognition. Everyone who's excited about Skyrim knows it's the sequel to Oblivion, and most of them know that Oblivion was the sequel to Morrowind. I could have told you I was excited to play TESV long before the actual title was announced.
If Notch was calling his game "Elder Scrolls" or something like that, the Bethesda would have a valid complaint. Of course, that's not what's going on, and they don't.
Just from memory, you've got the 14 numbered games, X-2 and XIII-2, three Tactics titles (Tactics, Advanced, and A2), Crystal Chronicles, Mystic Quest, the three game Legends series for the Gameboy, the three VII spin-offs, the Dissidia fighters (2 of them) + another fighter with a different name that I forget.
That's 30 right there. I'm sure there are more. That's more games than there are in the Madden series!
You can't read Shakespeare before learning what sound an 'A' makes, and you can't learn math without first memorizing what '+' means. Your problem is from poor instruction when you were in middle school, or maybe late elementary. At Sesame Street age, kids need to learn the language so that they can be instructed in it later. Some concepts are nice, just so they can see what the symbols are used for and know they're important, but in early elementary memorization of basic facts really is important.
Your wish is granted.
But be careful what you wish for, as that laughter will haunt you in your dreams.
Beakman's World was great, no doubt about it, but Bill Nye was also good - certainly not 100000x less interesting. I'd take the worst episode of Bill Nye over whatever crap is on Nickelodeon these days. Are there any science shows for kids left?
Windows is trademarked as the name of an operating system, for which it is not a descriptive term. Perhaps you'd also like to bitch about GM trademarking the name "Volt"?
You can describe an operating system without calling the whole thing Windows. It is very difficult to describe a touch interface that tracks multiple fingers at a time without calling it Multi-Touch.
Schumer is one of the few good senators who regularly goes after corporations when they abuse us lower lifeforms. Not that I think he's necessarily more moral than his colleagues, he's just in a position where it's easy for him to act on that sense of morality. When you routinely win your elections by 30+ point margins, you don't need to worry so much about pissing off potential corporate donors.
A neutrino walks into a bar and out the other side.
This is true, though with the caveat that it is the Americans living in the South (the ex-confederate states, primarily) that have kept their accent pure. Most Americans have had their accent shift over time, just in a different direction from the British. As humorous as it would be if Shakespearean plays were once performed in a Boston accent, it is sadly not the case.
Marriage isn't a magical barrier. It's the monogamy that comes along with marriage that protects you. A married man who visits the red light district every weekend is probably gonna catch something nasty. A gay man who can't marry, but only has sex with a few partners before settling down with one is likely going to be safe.
The original time-to-market was about 70 years, but they then used the FTL network to send the plans back to the present day. They're rolling it out in 20 ms increments to maximize profits.
So then how does Slashdot work? The site most certainly profits from the unpaid contributions of its users.
That's if they plug in an external drive. How many do? And how many answer in the affirmative? A lot might worry that if they say yes, they can't use that drive for other things.
And I suspect that your 70+ year old mom had it explained to her, likely by you. There are a lot of people who just want their cursor to turn into a unicorn, and will say yes to anything to make it happen.
In the end, you can't defend a computer from it's owner, no matter which OS you use.
You can call things "brain-dead easy" all you want. The average user still won't use them, or even know they're there.
I agree it looks like it's flying over the western side of the Americas at first, but I think it must then turn towards the east. You would never see the sun rising over Antarctica, and all of the satellite path maps always look like wavy lines against the Mercator projection, so it would make sense for the ISS to turn east as it approaches the southern tip of South America.
Right, exactly. And collective punishment is bad, agreed? So you think we should collectively punish the Israelis, because their leaders are collectively punishing the Palestinians, because their leaders have attacked Israel in the past? If so, who should collectively punish us when our leaders follow your advice? And who, in turn, should collectively punish our punisher?
The problem with showing sports would be the cost. You can already get online access to the games from MLB.tv and the like, but it costs around $150 per season. Just supplying the big four would cost $50/month, unless Microsoft manages to extract a sweetheart deal from the NFL, MLB, and other TLAs. And that doesn't include the postseasons!
Add in the cost of all the non-sport programming, and you're probably looking at ~$80, at which point you might as well just pay for cable or satellite.
You mean to tell me cars don't erupt into fireballs after falling down a thirty foot cliff?? Next you'll be telling me that explosions generally don't involve fireballs at all!
Only in the sense that the potential of a disaster is what makes roller coasters fun. People greatly enjoy near disaster. It's exciting. But when it turns into actual disaster, it's horrifying. Another example is NASCAR races. Crashes are exciting, but only because the safety systems in the cars are robust enough to keep the drivers and fans safe. Nobody wants to see someone killed.
Heh, I actually spelled it "pore" at first, and thought "no, that doesn't look right" before changing it to "pour". Guess I oughta check a dictionary next time.
having deep pockets and making yourself a target for fee-seeking, class-action lawyers is a civil offense.
So the answer to my question is yes, you do have a problem with civil trials. God willing you'll never find yourself in a position where you need to be a plaintiff.
If HP's directors intentionally lied to their shareholders in order to get more money for themselves at their shareholders expense, how can you possibly be okay with that?
I'm not saying opinions are bad. I'm saying that I trust the results of a trial more than I trust some strangers opinion. You can read and respond to my opinions, but if I told you that that numbness in your arm probably isn't a heart attack, I'd hope you'd be smart enough not to take my word for it.
A random Slashdotter's gut feeling about a case doesn't carry quite the same authority as a trial. I'll trust in the justice system to square this away, rather than trial by random underinformed disinterested strangers.
By the way, why did you highlight "civil"? Do you have something against civil trials? Are you aware that the SEC also uses civil trials?
Both "short answers" are wrong. It's not that clear cut.
If HP's execs decided that they'd bail out of the hardware markets in January, but told their shareholders otherwise during the quarterly meetings in an attempt to keep up their stock price while they sold their own shares, then the shareholders have a case against them. If, however, leaving the hardware markets was merely one of many strategies being considered, and they didn't reach their final decision until recently (perhaps after the bombing of their tablet) then I'd say they acted in good faith.
That's what we have trials for. The lawyers will pour through HP's emails and memos and figure out whether or not important info was intentionally withheld. While it may be a bit of a pain in the ass for HP, and expensive to boot, it's a necessary evil if we want to find the truth of the matter.
I'm sure they didn't want to hike their prices. But the studios that provide the movies and TV shows demanded huge (like, order of magnitude) increases in their cuts. Netflix had a choice: close up shop, or raise prices. In the end, they may go under either way. That is the studios' goal, after all. They want to control distribution.