This philosophy completely leaves "hardcore" gamers behind. We don't want to play Tetris for 500 hours; we want to capture flags, shoot aliens, and throw fireballs.
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I believe the giant elephant you are seeing is in fact just a sofa. Even with game costs the way they are now, most games will not actually show any profits, because commercial games cost a LOT more to develop than they did back then.
You should get ODST for him at Toys 'R Us then. You get a free $20 gift card, which you could use to pick up some marketplace points, thus absorbing the cost of additional content.
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It's more than just data that we're talking about here. Supply also includes the money and man-hours that go into developing the games. According to your statement, with a "practically infinite" supply, publishers should be able to make profits while selling their games for $1 a piece. Obviously, that is just not true.
This has pretty much been proven by Valve through their sales on Steam. They found that if they take, say 20% off the price of a game, it sells in great enough quantity to more than make up for the drop in price.
And how do you suggest this change occurs? The government steps in and forces companies to give more vacation time to their employees. I, for one, do not welcome our socialist overlords.
Believe it or not, some people have critical jobs which need to be manned at all times, and the idea of hiring people as "vacation time fillers" doesn't really sound very practical. Also, many people cannot afford to take a 20% pay cut. And for your charity comment, chances are if you're not willing to do charity work on weekends, you won't do it on vacation.
They were captured in a foreign country. I don't see how you can legally capture anyone in a foreign country unless you consider them enemy combatants.
Then I would recommend you actually read the definitions of lawful and unlawful combatants. Unlawful combatants are not protected under the Geneva Conventions, and are subject to the prosecution of their captors.
Then treat them as criminals and give them a fair trial. I'm pretty flexible that way. But treating them as subhuman and not having any rights whatsoever, that's just not an option.
I agree with you on this, however I'm sure the process is more complicated than most people realize; I doubt that justifies detaining individuals for 5+ years, however.
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Looks like somebody beat you to it ^_^
I would imagine the fine was more for embarrassment than for financially hurting Oracle.
I'm pretty sure you just called every single member of the armed forces incompetent idiots.
Why not just let them sign into your profile?
This philosophy completely leaves "hardcore" gamers behind. We don't want to play Tetris for 500 hours; we want to capture flags, shoot aliens, and throw fireballs.
I believe the giant elephant you are seeing is in fact just a sofa. Even with game costs the way they are now, most games will not actually show any profits, because commercial games cost a LOT more to develop than they did back then.
You should get ODST for him at Toys 'R Us then. You get a free $20 gift card, which you could use to pick up some marketplace points, thus absorbing the cost of additional content.
It's more than just data that we're talking about here. Supply also includes the money and man-hours that go into developing the games. According to your statement, with a "practically infinite" supply, publishers should be able to make profits while selling their games for $1 a piece. Obviously, that is just not true.
Were you not here for the previous generation of consoles (Xbox, PS2, Gamecube)? Game were only $50 then, which most PC games have stuck with.
If you made movies, would you stop watching movies that weren't your own?
You might not feel so weird if you weren't buying Wii games, you know. ^_^
This has pretty much been proven by Valve through their sales on Steam. They found that if they take, say 20% off the price of a game, it sells in great enough quantity to more than make up for the drop in price.
If it's functioning somewhat properly and not making your life a complete hell, just leave it alone and forget about any attempts to improve it ^_^
Look at the parent post and you'll get it ^_^
This would explain why my dog looks so uncannily like an ewok.
A batch of cookies for the first person to convince their boss to leave out energy drinks for tired office drones.
Now I understand what they meant by bing being a "decision engine."
Or at least they would if half their employees weren't on vacation ^_^
And how do you suggest this change occurs? The government steps in and forces companies to give more vacation time to their employees. I, for one, do not welcome our socialist overlords.
Believe it or not, some people have critical jobs which need to be manned at all times, and the idea of hiring people as "vacation time fillers" doesn't really sound very practical. Also, many people cannot afford to take a 20% pay cut. And for your charity comment, chances are if you're not willing to do charity work on weekends, you won't do it on vacation.
Unfortunately, things still need to get done. What would happen if everyone in the world took over a month of vacation every year?
Why would you need more than a month of leave per year? Just sounds lazy to me.
They were captured in a foreign country. I don't see how you can legally capture anyone in a foreign country unless you consider them enemy combatants.
Then I would recommend you actually read the definitions of lawful and unlawful combatants. Unlawful combatants are not protected under the Geneva Conventions, and are subject to the prosecution of their captors.
Then treat them as criminals and give them a fair trial. I'm pretty flexible that way. But treating them as subhuman and not having any rights whatsoever, that's just not an option.
I agree with you on this, however I'm sure the process is more complicated than most people realize; I doubt that justifies detaining individuals for 5+ years, however.
If these students are embarking upon a journey into computer science, I would say that they should get used to scraggly beards.
As much as I appreciate it because I love seeing what craziness they've been up to, DARPA really needs to quit showing this stuff off ^_^