I think what's really important here is whether or not the total realm of road safety is improved or not. Sure, maybe every once in a while something crazy like kids jumping over the road on bikes will happen and an accident will occur, but if that means that five other accidents did not occur, it's probably worth it.
This is also why a licensed driver will still need to be behind the wheel and sober, at least until the AI advances enough to be able to cover all possible driving scenarios. When you consider the percentage of drivers that probably don't know how to react to sliding or hydroplaning, or would panic in that situation and do the wrong thing, I think I'd feel much safer knowing that vehicles in my proximity are automated.
Inattentive drivers are scary, too. Think about all the times you may have nearly been hit by a driver writing a text message, or simply changing lanes without checking their blind-spot. Even worse, drivers don't even need to be inattentive to be terrible drivers. I used to live in a city where it seemed like people would wait for you to get close to the intersection they wanted to turn right at (this is in the US) before pulling out, rather than waiting for you to pass when there are absolutely no other drivers behind you.
I think quality is like temperature. You can measure heat but you can't measure cold (it's just low amounts of heat). Bad is just low amounts of quality, so saying "better" is like saying "warmer."
Nobody can say if GNOME 3 is better or worse than GNOME 2. There is no recognized metric anywhere
False. GNOME 2 was most certainly better than GNOME 3, and the metric used to measure quality is number of "what the fuck"s, "how the fuck"s, and "why the fuck"s per hour (lower is better).
In my personal opinion, Valve and game developers should focus on compatibility with maybe 2 distros at most (Ubuntu obviously and maybe one more common distro). Doing so would expose a large amount of Linux gamers to Steam and a greater Linux game selection on their primary OS, and users of other distros would most likely be more willing to dual boot with one of the chosen Linux distros rather than dual boot with Windows to get their gaming fix. This would also eliminate some of Valve and game developers' needs for fixing bugs and getting games to work properly on Linux, and would also lessen the load on driver vendors in getting solid gaming-quality performance from hardware.
Given that the OpenGL bindings are already there for the Mac port, I believe the primary difficulty in porting to Linux at that point is getting it to use X (however I am not a professional game programmer).
And sorry, but the Poor and middle class outnumber the 1% by 99% yet almost everything is DICTATED To us by the 1%.
So you're saying that the rich make up 1% of the population, and the poor and middle class folk make up 1.99% of the population? Who makes up the rest?
From your anecdote it does not appear to be Sony that is adjusting their prices, but the store trying to sell you the unit. You came in expecting to purchase a $999 TV; the store wanted you to spend that $999. Otherwise it appears that a Sony TV comparable to the $999 Toshiba unit cost ~30% more. That is not an insignificant increase.
Why does this model need to change? While I understand there are developers that close shop every year because they can't sell enough copies of their games to keep up with rising production costs, there are still many developers selling millions of games per year. While other successful models are emerging, I don't think it necessitates the death of an established model that is still making money for publishers.
Xbox LIVE is a better social experience than anything Farcebook could deliver on
If by social experience you mean 12-year-olds and 20-somethings that act like 12-year-olds screaming in your ear and hurling obscenities as though it makes them more mature, then yes, Xbox Live is a wonderful social experience.
Well everyone who was supposed to figure out a better metric to determine the quality of research were busy getting their research done so they could get published.
Nintendo supports standard SD cards on both the Wii and the 3DS (and not via USB, both platforms actually have SD slots). Not really sure where you're going with this...
Sony screwed themselves over on the PSP with a general lack of good games. I foolishly purchased a PSP shortly after its release, bought and enjoyed Lumines, and then waited patiently for more good games to come out. Once I realized this was unlikely to happen, I cracked the PSP and used it as a portable SNES emulator. It didn't take long after that before I just sold it and purchased a DS.
Are there individual serial numbers on the games or discs? If there are, perhaps Sony could get retailers involved and allow users to go to a game store, get their serial number entered into a database, and receive a redeemable download code.
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I think what's really important here is whether or not the total realm of road safety is improved or not. Sure, maybe every once in a while something crazy like kids jumping over the road on bikes will happen and an accident will occur, but if that means that five other accidents did not occur, it's probably worth it.
This is also why a licensed driver will still need to be behind the wheel and sober, at least until the AI advances enough to be able to cover all possible driving scenarios. When you consider the percentage of drivers that probably don't know how to react to sliding or hydroplaning, or would panic in that situation and do the wrong thing, I think I'd feel much safer knowing that vehicles in my proximity are automated.
Inattentive drivers are scary, too. Think about all the times you may have nearly been hit by a driver writing a text message, or simply changing lanes without checking their blind-spot. Even worse, drivers don't even need to be inattentive to be terrible drivers. I used to live in a city where it seemed like people would wait for you to get close to the intersection they wanted to turn right at (this is in the US) before pulling out, rather than waiting for you to pass when there are absolutely no other drivers behind you.
I think quality is like temperature. You can measure heat but you can't measure cold (it's just low amounts of heat). Bad is just low amounts of quality, so saying "better" is like saying "warmer."
That's because it used Blast Processing.
Thankfully, everything to know about the system is already known, and essentially perfect emulation is possible on many CPU architectures ;)
It would certainly make spectating a lot more interesting! You could kill two birds and fill up some of those empty seats.
You Americans still don't get this metric stuff do you.
His problem was not in misunderstanding the metric system, his problem was in failing to do simple algebra.
Nobody can say if GNOME 3 is better or worse than GNOME 2. There is no recognized metric anywhere
False. GNOME 2 was most certainly better than GNOME 3, and the metric used to measure quality is number of "what the fuck"s, "how the fuck"s, and "why the fuck"s per hour (lower is better).
In my personal opinion, Valve and game developers should focus on compatibility with maybe 2 distros at most (Ubuntu obviously and maybe one more common distro). Doing so would expose a large amount of Linux gamers to Steam and a greater Linux game selection on their primary OS, and users of other distros would most likely be more willing to dual boot with one of the chosen Linux distros rather than dual boot with Windows to get their gaming fix. This would also eliminate some of Valve and game developers' needs for fixing bugs and getting games to work properly on Linux, and would also lessen the load on driver vendors in getting solid gaming-quality performance from hardware.
Given that the OpenGL bindings are already there for the Mac port, I believe the primary difficulty in porting to Linux at that point is getting it to use X (however I am not a professional game programmer).
I don't think any such stories have ever come from Mr. Newell himself, however.
Better protect your face.
And sorry, but the Poor and middle class outnumber the 1% by 99% yet almost everything is DICTATED To us by the 1%.
So you're saying that the rich make up 1% of the population, and the poor and middle class folk make up 1.99% of the population? Who makes up the rest?
Ever tried Nexuiz?
SDL has binaries for many platforms and is open-source, so I would imagine that will be allowed.
From your anecdote it does not appear to be Sony that is adjusting their prices, but the store trying to sell you the unit. You came in expecting to purchase a $999 TV; the store wanted you to spend that $999. Otherwise it appears that a Sony TV comparable to the $999 Toshiba unit cost ~30% more. That is not an insignificant increase.
I'm sure it makes testing easier though to be right on the android device.
And may even help you write more bugs that you'll find in testing!
Why does this model need to change? While I understand there are developers that close shop every year because they can't sell enough copies of their games to keep up with rising production costs, there are still many developers selling millions of games per year. While other successful models are emerging, I don't think it necessitates the death of an established model that is still making money for publishers.
Xbox LIVE is a better social experience than anything Farcebook could deliver on
If by social experience you mean 12-year-olds and 20-somethings that act like 12-year-olds screaming in your ear and hurling obscenities as though it makes them more mature, then yes, Xbox Live is a wonderful social experience.
has any1 else hear hurd of it????!?
FTFY.
How frequently do you think homes get broken into to pay for alcohol?
Well everyone who was supposed to figure out a better metric to determine the quality of research were busy getting their research done so they could get published.
I do not like many JRPGs, in fact you can look here for the reason why I do not.
Nintendo supports standard SD cards on both the Wii and the 3DS (and not via USB, both platforms actually have SD slots). Not really sure where you're going with this...
Sony screwed themselves over on the PSP with a general lack of good games. I foolishly purchased a PSP shortly after its release, bought and enjoyed Lumines, and then waited patiently for more good games to come out. Once I realized this was unlikely to happen, I cracked the PSP and used it as a portable SNES emulator. It didn't take long after that before I just sold it and purchased a DS.
Are there individual serial numbers on the games or discs? If there are, perhaps Sony could get retailers involved and allow users to go to a game store, get their serial number entered into a database, and receive a redeemable download code.