Valve makes great games. The reason the make great games is because they make games they want to be great. Forcing out another half life that the devs aren't interested in would be a pretty mediocre game.
I'm not sure about your shovel ware comment. I have 3 consoles, and none of them are bloated with shovels ware.
mathematically, optimum profit for almost all case is 14 years. I would be happy with a 10K 5 year extension twice, then a 50K extension every 5 years, twice. Revoke if the work stopped being available to the public at large. - Taking it to 34 years. But that's only going to happen to works that are turning a profit.
" If so, then what proof do you have that such might be the case?" The scientific methods primary strength is that if would show if itself wasn't valid. Ity has been tested and succeed millions of times.
The bible has been tested..and failed.
One is testable, they other is just a testament.i.e. Proof vs. anecdote.
Since many people have gone from religious to atheism, it's not likely in the genes.
However, the ability to leave faith in something you don't understand, and to put it into a way of thinking about it on your terms is a strong evolutionary trait.
I differentiated because region seems to be people abusing or tricking the natural ability to set aside things to carry on with the day to day activities.
That's because you have to have a delusion of some sort yo do that much evil. However Hitler was a psychopath, so he isn't worth associating with either side of the argument.
Also, when religious people bring that up, and they will, you need to point out the,in fact, Hitler was brought up religious. Which directly counters the argument that 'Atheists have no morals' position religious people are trying to use when they bring up Hitler.
"And there are lots of religious people who don't believe any of those things," then they aren't religious, they are people going though motions out of fear.
Then you aren't really practicing your religion. If your religion calls for wearing a funny hat, you wear a funny hate or you aren't practicing it. Just using it for personal wanker, or are just too much of a coward to admit to society you don't really believe.
Women are second tier people in Mormonism. The whole religion you allegedly practice is based on women having children and never being equal to men.
It's misogyny under the guise of religion. I suggest you actually read some factual text about the beginning of your alleged religion,, and it history. It's a cult designed for one person to control the others in a group and control their women. Even if it meant killing a child; which he did.
Religion for a while, was good at consolidating smart people and money. Of course it did that through fear and death. No, its no longer needed, hasn't been needed for over 100 years.
"...excorism was completely ineffective is idiotic and unscientific." That is there stupidest thing I have read. You now nothing of exorcism*. It did nothing to help anyone except the power of the church. It didn't manage anything. Yes, some mental illness made them think of demonic possession(even though that idea was also fabricated by the church)
Let me be very clear: Exorcism was completely ineffective. Unless you consider killing people an effective treatment.
* Basically torturing people who are anywhere from epileptic, to just different. One step away from burning witches.
Only after they set up protocols to do so. It was more of a unwritten minimal death agreement. Since there has been no bombing, there is nothing to really back the threat. Once an organization* claims credit for some bombing then they start warning. Warning is good PR for an organization that is trying to accomplish something against the government, but doesn't want bystanders to be involved.
This is NOT that situation. This is a repeatable prank caller.
I would wager the odds of someone getting hurt during an evacuation is higher then there is an actual bomb.
All that said, it's about probability. These kinds of threats are almost never real. I fact, I can't think of one example of a warning by a non established bombing organization.
But yeah, you are right, even if there are 1000 threats we should just keep evacuating the school. In fact, I'll just set up an anonymous automated email and shut down all the schools everyday. Cause OMG one if one IS a biomb!!!
In fact, I wont do that.
*Dealing with organizational structure is different then lone bombers.
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And it it doesn't use a key?
me to..also I want more hats, and I get that in droves..sadly I got a bunch of crates as well.
whine, whine whine.
Valve makes great games. The reason the make great games is because they make games they want to be great. Forcing out another half life that the devs aren't interested in would be a pretty mediocre game.
I'm not sure about your shovel ware comment. I have 3 consoles, and none of them are bloated with shovels ware.
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define fictional language? Elvish has all the constructs needed for a usable language, and it is used as a language.
the language thr aliens spoke in Galaxy Quest is complete gibberish and has no usable constructs. Clearly not a real language.
"I assume it would work across multiple platforms"
then you would be foolish. Many Java application aren't cross platform.
mathematically, optimum profit for almost all case is 14 years.
I would be happy with a 10K 5 year extension twice, then a 50K extension every 5 years, twice. Revoke if the work stopped being available to the public at large.
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Taking it to 34 years. But that's only going to happen to works that are turning a profit.
If yuou bought you're house, you own it. Even if you didn't build it.
Since it's just math, I would say it wouldn't apply.
Do it in Comic Sans and it will keep the snobs away.
" If so, then what proof do you have that such might be the case?"
The scientific methods primary strength is that if would show if itself wasn't valid.
Ity has been tested and succeed millions of times.
The bible has been tested..and failed.
One is testable, they other is just a testament.i.e. Proof vs. anecdote.
Since many people have gone from religious to atheism, it's not likely in the genes.
However, the ability to leave faith in something you don't understand, and to put it into a way of thinking about it on your terms is a strong evolutionary trait.
I differentiated because region seems to be people abusing or tricking the natural ability to set aside things to carry on with the day to day activities.
They have become a lot louder in the last 40 years. a lot louder. It's gone from a general murmer to yelling.
Just because someone is atheist they have to lie? That's just another step toward giving religious people even more control.
That's because you have to have a delusion of some sort yo do that much evil. However Hitler was a psychopath, so he isn't worth associating with either side of the argument.
Also, when religious people bring that up, and they will, you need to point out the,in fact, Hitler was brought up religious.
Which directly counters the argument that 'Atheists have no morals' position religious people are trying to use when they bring up Hitler.
"And there are lots of religious people who don't believe any of those things,"
then they aren't religious, they are people going though motions out of fear.
Then you aren't really practicing your religion.
If your religion calls for wearing a funny hat, you wear a funny hate or you aren't practicing it. Just using it for personal wanker, or are just too much of a coward to admit to society you don't really believe.
Women are second tier people in Mormonism.
The whole religion you allegedly practice is based on women having children and never being equal to men.
It's misogyny under the guise of religion. I suggest you actually read some factual text about the beginning of your alleged religion,, and it history.
It's a cult designed for one person to control the others in a group and control their women. Even if it meant killing a child; which he did.
Yo should take his opinion seriously. He manged to get a country that was starving to being the biggest global force.
You may not agree with the man, but you should seriously think about the things he said.
"all the way back to cavemen worshiping the sun"
Argument from antiquity.
Anyways, Religion isn't needed any more.
Religion for a while, was good at consolidating smart people and money.
Of course it did that through fear and death. No, its no longer needed, hasn't been needed for over 100 years.
"...excorism was completely ineffective is idiotic and unscientific."
That is there stupidest thing I have read. You now nothing of exorcism*. It did nothing to help anyone except the power of the church. It didn't manage anything. Yes, some mental illness made them think of demonic possession(even though that idea was also fabricated by the church)
Let me be very clear:
Exorcism was completely ineffective. Unless you consider killing people an effective treatment.
* Basically torturing people who are anywhere from epileptic, to just different. One step away from burning witches.
Ignore it.
No, teh real threat is a jury that sees an emotion mother and then stops thinking about the merits of the case.
There is a difference of knowing a gunman has killed two and is at large, then random bomb threat.
And it was a murder case, not a domestic violence case. They thought the murder that occurred was spurred from domestic violence..and it was.
Not that warning the student body would have done anything other then put a bunch more targets in the gun mans sights.
Only after they set up protocols to do so. It was more of a unwritten minimal death agreement.
Since there has been no bombing, there is nothing to really back the threat. Once an organization* claims credit for some bombing then they start warning.
Warning is good PR for an organization that is trying to accomplish something against the government, but doesn't want bystanders to be involved.
This is NOT that situation. This is a repeatable prank caller.
I would wager the odds of someone getting hurt during an evacuation is higher then there is an actual bomb.
All that said, it's about probability. These kinds of threats are almost never real. I fact, I can't think of one example of a warning by a non established bombing organization.
But yeah, you are right, even if there are 1000 threats we should just keep evacuating the school. In fact, I'll just set up an anonymous automated email and shut down all the schools everyday. Cause OMG one if one IS a biomb!!!
In fact, I wont do that.
*Dealing with organizational structure is different then lone bombers.
No, there is one moral.
When act outside acceptable social norms, you will be eaten by a wolf and no one will care.
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