Not that I completely disagree with you, but most of the individuals we are dealing with these days are not lawful combatants, and as such are not protected by the Geneva Conventions. If the United States were to go to war with China (just using this as an example because it's not to difficult to imagine), THEN we would be dealing with lawful combatants and would follow the Geneva Conventions when dealing with prisoners. Terrorists will never be anything but unlawful combatants in the eyes of the Geneva Conventions, however.
I can't think of their names right now (because it's not music which I would listen to), but I know there are a few pretty large groups out there giving their albums away for free; not sure if it's a fan service or if it's in response to all the crap the RIAA puts listeners through. Then there's ***holes like Gene Simmons from Kiss who go as far as to openly state their hatred, not even dislike, for today's young people for downloading music.
Cyberwar is more than just an inconvenience. Cyberwarfare is not limited to taking down networks and websites, it includes the infiltration of networks to gather intelligence. And also, "the folks who thrive on these 'scares by setting 'Threat Levels,'" are not setting those levels for the everyday American; it's the media who would like you to think that. Those threat levels are mostly for military and government agencies, as different threat levels imply different procedures in ensuring national security.
The examples provided by sycodon were military/intelligence related examples, for which financial issues are the greatest reason for information leakage.
If someone decided to leak any of the information you described, they wouldn't need WikiLeaks to do it. WikiLeaks does not make it any easier for people to leak information, it just makes said information available to the public for no charge. Financial troubles is one of the largest reasons for information leaks, which is why individuals with access to classified government information have to go through regular credit checks. As there is no money to be made by leaking info to WikiLeaks, this is not a factor here. Honestly, it would be safer for critical information to be leaked through WikiLeaks, where the government can see it and know that it's out there, than for it to be leaked under-the-table.
My only gripe in regards to the Gamecube controller is its tiny d-pad. Seriously, what am I supposed to do with this? But yes, other than that, the Gamecube controller was amazing. I wouldn't use any other analog stick for playing F-Zero GX.
400k could buy a few houses for people. Or feed several families for a year. People wonder why there is still poverty and hunger, yet insist on having stupid government spending.
Newsflash: It's not the government's job to provide for you. The right to the pursuit of happiness means you have to pursue it yourself, it won't be given to you. Natural selection would suggest that individuals who cannot provide for themselves are a taint in the gene pool. Perhaps the government is getting tired of people expecting it to take care of their families, and is pushing now to get more of these individuals to stop reproducing. I for one applaud their decision.
No one can arise by their own will in this field like you could in art or film
Furthermore, the idea of a lone genius revolutionizing or creating a movement is far more rare due to these inhibiting factors whereas that may more often happen in other arts
Really? Have you ever heard of Miyamoto? Kojima? Hironobu Sakaguchi? Granted there are not many individuals which fit the description you provided, but as gaming has only been around for a fairly short period of time, this is to be expected. In all honesty, how many out of one million painters or film makers could ever fit this description either? You said that the idea of someone revolutionizing games is rare, but an individual revolutionizing ANYTHING is rare! That's why it's a revolution! It means breaking from the norm and taking off in a radical new direction.
My thoughts exactly. Play through one of Valve's games (Half Life, Portal, Left 4 Dead), and notice how many names go by during the credits without an attached job title. This is because Valve's approach on game dev is for everyone to contribute where their skills, experience, or advice are needed. This means their technicians are also their artists. Furthermore, there are emotional investments in games that match or exceed films. If anyone's played Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic by Bioware, and felt terribly guilty after cheating a struggling single-mom of some money, they can attest to this. How many people can honestly say they watched Sephiroth kill Aeries in FFVII with no feeling whatsoever?
I used to live in Bozeman; that's far from the only thing that sucks about that place. Worst drivers I've ever been around, and all the land is owned by the upper-class, so the middle-class is forced to live in apartment complexes and trailer parks.
It's a thread about how the iPhone will affect portable gaming in its entirety, thus it is not exclusive to cell phone gaming.
Totally irrelevant. Are you worried about gaming too long on the DS because your battery life might run out? This is a serious concern on cell phones, especially with the already-crappy battery life of the iPhone.
This is completely relevant, as, once again, the article is claiming that the production and scale of games developed for any portable device will begin mimicking those of iPhone games. I don't care if battery life is an isue with cell phones, or if the games available for such are quick-fix games. I just don't want to see portable gaming as a whole follow this trend.
Seeing as how this post is NOT exclusive to cell phone games, your point is moot. I use my DS regularly, and I would hate for portable versions of Final Fantasy and Castlevania to cease production in favor of 5-minute-fix games. And portable gaming is not restricted to waiting in lines or killing time on the bus; sometimes I enjoy relaxing on my patio with the DS, or lounging on the couch while my wife is watching TV.
I don't know what you're searching for, but when I search for images on google, unless I have SafeSearch off, I don't get the results you're describing. Even when the filter is off, I'm still very rarely bombarded with pornographic content.
Actually I don't see how this would make it any easier for said institutions and governments at all. Regardless of what Microsoft deems as explicit, bing is just one of many venues from which to obtain information and media on the internet. Also, big brother-ing people to protect them from thought-crime would only serve to further alienate users from the internet, and thus, their computers; how would this serve Microsoft's interests at all?
I believe what he means is that women are still now allowed to fill positions specifically designed for combat, such as infantry or our combat control.
Sensitive does not mean classified. Sensitive could be as simple as a change in the dinner menu at the chow hall, which could suggest the arrival of important personnel. Classified information would not even exist on networks accessible via the internet.
I believe Zune uses the.NET framework, and as Linux supports a form of the framework, I would imagine you could create software for it on a non-Windows system.
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Here's a thought; how about we just fead EATR nihilists, since they don't feel there's any point in their existence to begin with?
Not that I completely disagree with you, but most of the individuals we are dealing with these days are not lawful combatants, and as such are not protected by the Geneva Conventions. If the United States were to go to war with China (just using this as an example because it's not to difficult to imagine), THEN we would be dealing with lawful combatants and would follow the Geneva Conventions when dealing with prisoners. Terrorists will never be anything but unlawful combatants in the eyes of the Geneva Conventions, however.
I can't think of their names right now (because it's not music which I would listen to), but I know there are a few pretty large groups out there giving their albums away for free; not sure if it's a fan service or if it's in response to all the crap the RIAA puts listeners through. Then there's ***holes like Gene Simmons from Kiss who go as far as to openly state their hatred, not even dislike, for today's young people for downloading music.
True, I am a fan of both series. I would like to see an update to MechAssault with modern physics engines almost as much as I am glad to see this.
Yeah, a very large portion of DoD contractors are employed by Northrop Grumman, so the government is effectively paying them to pay you.
DoD contractors make some pretty good money too.
Cyberwar is more than just an inconvenience. Cyberwarfare is not limited to taking down networks and websites, it includes the infiltration of networks to gather intelligence. And also, "the folks who thrive on these 'scares by setting 'Threat Levels,'" are not setting those levels for the everyday American; it's the media who would like you to think that. Those threat levels are mostly for military and government agencies, as different threat levels imply different procedures in ensuring national security.
The examples provided by sycodon were military/intelligence related examples, for which financial issues are the greatest reason for information leakage.
If someone decided to leak any of the information you described, they wouldn't need WikiLeaks to do it. WikiLeaks does not make it any easier for people to leak information, it just makes said information available to the public for no charge. Financial troubles is one of the largest reasons for information leaks, which is why individuals with access to classified government information have to go through regular credit checks. As there is no money to be made by leaking info to WikiLeaks, this is not a factor here. Honestly, it would be safer for critical information to be leaked through WikiLeaks, where the government can see it and know that it's out there, than for it to be leaked under-the-table.
My only gripe in regards to the Gamecube controller is its tiny d-pad. Seriously, what am I supposed to do with this? But yes, other than that, the Gamecube controller was amazing. I wouldn't use any other analog stick for playing F-Zero GX.
400k could buy a few houses for people. Or feed several families for a year. People wonder why there is still poverty and hunger, yet insist on having stupid government spending.
Newsflash: It's not the government's job to provide for you. The right to the pursuit of happiness means you have to pursue it yourself, it won't be given to you. Natural selection would suggest that individuals who cannot provide for themselves are a taint in the gene pool. Perhaps the government is getting tired of people expecting it to take care of their families, and is pushing now to get more of these individuals to stop reproducing. I for one applaud their decision.
No one can arise by their own will in this field like you could in art or film
Furthermore, the idea of a lone genius revolutionizing or creating a movement is far more rare due to these inhibiting factors whereas that may more often happen in other arts
Really? Have you ever heard of Miyamoto? Kojima? Hironobu Sakaguchi? Granted there are not many individuals which fit the description you provided, but as gaming has only been around for a fairly short period of time, this is to be expected. In all honesty, how many out of one million painters or film makers could ever fit this description either? You said that the idea of someone revolutionizing games is rare, but an individual revolutionizing ANYTHING is rare! That's why it's a revolution! It means breaking from the norm and taking off in a radical new direction.
My thoughts exactly. Play through one of Valve's games (Half Life, Portal, Left 4 Dead), and notice how many names go by during the credits without an attached job title. This is because Valve's approach on game dev is for everyone to contribute where their skills, experience, or advice are needed. This means their technicians are also their artists. Furthermore, there are emotional investments in games that match or exceed films. If anyone's played Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic by Bioware, and felt terribly guilty after cheating a struggling single-mom of some money, they can attest to this. How many people can honestly say they watched Sephiroth kill Aeries in FFVII with no feeling whatsoever?
I used to live in Bozeman; that's far from the only thing that sucks about that place. Worst drivers I've ever been around, and all the land is owned by the upper-class, so the middle-class is forced to live in apartment complexes and trailer parks.
Well, it *is* in an iPhone thread.
It's a thread about how the iPhone will affect portable gaming in its entirety, thus it is not exclusive to cell phone gaming.
Totally irrelevant. Are you worried about gaming too long on the DS because your battery life might run out? This is a serious concern on cell phones, especially with the already-crappy battery life of the iPhone.
This is completely relevant, as, once again, the article is claiming that the production and scale of games developed for any portable device will begin mimicking those of iPhone games. I don't care if battery life is an isue with cell phones, or if the games available for such are quick-fix games. I just don't want to see portable gaming as a whole follow this trend.
Seeing as how this post is NOT exclusive to cell phone games, your point is moot. I use my DS regularly, and I would hate for portable versions of Final Fantasy and Castlevania to cease production in favor of 5-minute-fix games. And portable gaming is not restricted to waiting in lines or killing time on the bus; sometimes I enjoy relaxing on my patio with the DS, or lounging on the couch while my wife is watching TV.
I believe as long as the version of the game submitted for the Indie awards has not been altered since being picked up by a publisher, then yes.
As a businessman, he went for our wallets; now as a philanthropist he's going for our genitals.
How long until the "internet burnings" begin?
I don't know what you're searching for, but when I search for images on google, unless I have SafeSearch off, I don't get the results you're describing. Even when the filter is off, I'm still very rarely bombarded with pornographic content.
Actually I don't see how this would make it any easier for said institutions and governments at all. Regardless of what Microsoft deems as explicit, bing is just one of many venues from which to obtain information and media on the internet. Also, big brother-ing people to protect them from thought-crime would only serve to further alienate users from the internet, and thus, their computers; how would this serve Microsoft's interests at all?
I believe what he means is that women are still now allowed to fill positions specifically designed for combat, such as infantry or our combat control.
And you would know this how?
Sensitive does not mean classified. Sensitive could be as simple as a change in the dinner menu at the chow hall, which could suggest the arrival of important personnel. Classified information would not even exist on networks accessible via the internet.
I believe Zune uses the .NET framework, and as Linux supports a form of the framework, I would imagine you could create software for it on a non-Windows system.