The guy who said "don't be evil" sold his company to Facebook... I may be (actually I'm quite sure that I am) biased against Facebook, but I guess the money was just too good. Damn you, money.
By the way, how does Facebook pay for this? Last time I checked they weren't making any money, and now they've got enough to buy souls? What's happening to the world?
I'm quite certain that even progressives, left-wing nutjobs and liberals use the media to manipulate, but there's still a point to be made here.
Mind you, I consider myself a progressive left wing person (I don't usually consider myself a nutjob, and the word "liberal" doesn't quite mean the same thing here in Europe as it does in the US, so I'll leave that issue alone for now), but I'm amazed by the amount of reports about FOX and their shenanigans and the relative lack of reports about CNN and NBC, to name just two.
Of course, my primary source of information is the internet, which might be a place where people who are generally considered left-wing and progressive are over-represented, and the results may be different when polling among torch-bearing angry mobs in the square states. I can only share my own observations.
Were games supposed to portray gender and ethnic diversity? Keep the Dutch on their side of the border, the girls out of my room and the diversity out of my games!
That, and why would someone with a crude nuclear weapon try to take out the power grid if they can blow up a city? I mean, blowing up a city scores at least double evil points.
I thought over 99% of websites stopped showing advertisement banners and flashy flash movies with annoying sounds a couple of years ago... around the time I started using AdBlock...
It says Tesla assumed it would be delivered wirelessly, meaning he didn't think we'd build amazingly expensive and ugly power lines all over the world.
But you're right, Tesla did demonstrate it. That just wasn't the point of the sentence.
They can only get reconnected to Karoo after signing that statement, so their access to Karoo has been cut off for more than two years. Luckily, ISPs don't share their blacklists (yet?)
sending copyrighted documents, CDs, or DVDs through the mail.
You're going to get in trouble when this becomes the biggest form of file-sharing. And with the way ISPs are handling their business, it might even happen.
Not too long ago a number of European countries (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Andorra and Belgium, possibly more) at least partially gave up their banking secrecy after being pressured by the US, because the US wanted that information to fight fraud. Now Belgium is asking for information and suddenly privacy becomes an insurmountable issue.
I'm not defending the way this requesting and sharing of information is going, and I'm not defending Belgium for trying to bypass privacy laws, but I do think it's awfully hypocritical of the United States to quickly hide behind their privacy laws after making us change ours.
And another thing - why do people immediately suggest to "Put Belgium to Sleep" when it causes a problem in the international community? Instead of focusing on the issue at hand, they think dividing this country among its neighbors will fix everything? In a discussion about American sovereignty on a very important issue, don't forget to respect Belgian sovereignty on an even more important one. The continued existence of the Belgian state is something its citizens, and its citizens alone, should decide about.
Exchange rates are a great excuse for the entertainment business to increase prices in Europe. The average exchange rate in 2000, according to oanda.com (http://www.oanda.com/convert/fxhistory), was 1.08500 euros to 1 US dollar. Back then, when a game cost 50 dollars, it cost 50 euros. The 2009 average so far is 0.74708 euros to 1 US dollar, but somehow 50 dollar games still cost 50 euros. The same goes for music, movies, and a lot of hardware (such as game consoles - I'm not sure about PC components).
This is probably why they invented DVD region codes, so people couldn't buy their stuff abroad at a decent exchange rate. I know Nintendo and Sony do the same thing with the Wii and PS2, forcing you to import a console if you want to play imported games, I'm not sure about the other consoles. Nintendo not only does this with games but also with Nintendo Points (quote from wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Points#Pricing_and_conditions):
When bought via either the Wii Shop Channel or the Nintendo DSi Shop, 1000 Nintendo Points cost US$10 in the United States, â10 in Europe, £7 for Wii points in the United Kingdom and DSi points for £9, and Â¥1000 in Japan. When bought retail, the original Nintendo Points Cards, which had values of 2000 Nintendo Points, cost US$19.99 in the United States, â19.99 in Europe, £19.99 in the United Kingdom and AU$34.99 in Australia.
Google lists a Yen to EUR exchange rate of 1000 Japanese yen = 7.53171285 Euros
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The guy who said "don't be evil" sold his company to Facebook... I may be (actually I'm quite sure that I am) biased against Facebook, but I guess the money was just too good. Damn you, money. By the way, how does Facebook pay for this? Last time I checked they weren't making any money, and now they've got enough to buy souls? What's happening to the world?
I'm quite certain that even progressives, left-wing nutjobs and liberals use the media to manipulate, but there's still a point to be made here.
Mind you, I consider myself a progressive left wing person (I don't usually consider myself a nutjob, and the word "liberal" doesn't quite mean the same thing here in Europe as it does in the US, so I'll leave that issue alone for now), but I'm amazed by the amount of reports about FOX and their shenanigans and the relative lack of reports about CNN and NBC, to name just two.
Of course, my primary source of information is the internet, which might be a place where people who are generally considered left-wing and progressive are over-represented, and the results may be different when polling among torch-bearing angry mobs in the square states. I can only share my own observations.
So, tell us WHY the U.S. should be considered "peaceful and civilized", because I sure can't see it.
Because if you don't consider them peaceful and civilized, they'll say you have WMDs and KILL YOU.
You're the second person to point that out, and the second person not to see that the word could be used as a metaphor.
I agree that we need stunts. Someone jumping through a ring of fire in a car on Mars, that'd get people's attention.
100% average gray mixes of neutrality
What are they going to say?
All I know is my gut says maybe.
Were games supposed to portray gender and ethnic diversity? Keep the Dutch on their side of the border, the girls out of my room and the diversity out of my games!
I wonder how you're going to make a trebuchet fire a person 200 miles away. However, I'm sure you'll find other buyers than NASA if you succeed.
I know it's not a game, but I'd reboot it. Just wanted to put it out there.
What do you mean, won't be usable for most people? They're USB drives, not internal SATA drives.
That, and why would someone with a crude nuclear weapon try to take out the power grid if they can blow up a city? I mean, blowing up a city scores at least double evil points.
I thought over 99% of websites stopped showing advertisement banners and flashy flash movies with annoying sounds a couple of years ago... around the time I started using AdBlock...
Whether a joke is used to help depressed children or promote patriotism, it's still a joke.
Which is why you should never leave your hardware unattended around friends.
It says Tesla assumed it would be delivered wirelessly, meaning he didn't think we'd build amazingly expensive and ugly power lines all over the world. But you're right, Tesla did demonstrate it. That just wasn't the point of the sentence.
They can only get reconnected to Karoo after signing that statement, so their access to Karoo has been cut off for more than two years. Luckily, ISPs don't share their blacklists (yet?)
sending copyrighted documents, CDs, or DVDs through the mail.
You're going to get in trouble when this becomes the biggest form of file-sharing. And with the way ISPs are handling their business, it might even happen.
Oh, had to read the article to know it's about a study and stuff. Next time, ask the question at the end instead of in the title.
Yes, I do.
They could also not build their server farm in Texas. I'm sure there's room in Alaska.
I look forward to loosing the extra weight when we hit zero-G because of the spin stopping
What happened to gravitation?
Of course, the downside is that it'd be all too easy to snag tiny files like that on a torrent site.
That, and games would take 4 hours to start on today's processors.
Not too long ago a number of European countries (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Andorra and Belgium, possibly more) at least partially gave up their banking secrecy after being pressured by the US, because the US wanted that information to fight fraud. Now Belgium is asking for information and suddenly privacy becomes an insurmountable issue.
I'm not defending the way this requesting and sharing of information is going, and I'm not defending Belgium for trying to bypass privacy laws, but I do think it's awfully hypocritical of the United States to quickly hide behind their privacy laws after making us change ours.
And another thing - why do people immediately suggest to "Put Belgium to Sleep" when it causes a problem in the international community? Instead of focusing on the issue at hand, they think dividing this country among its neighbors will fix everything? In a discussion about American sovereignty on a very important issue, don't forget to respect Belgian sovereignty on an even more important one. The continued existence of the Belgian state is something its citizens, and its citizens alone, should decide about.
Exchange rates are a great excuse for the entertainment business to increase prices in Europe. The average exchange rate in 2000, according to oanda.com (http://www.oanda.com/convert/fxhistory), was 1.08500 euros to 1 US dollar. Back then, when a game cost 50 dollars, it cost 50 euros. The 2009 average so far is 0.74708 euros to 1 US dollar, but somehow 50 dollar games still cost 50 euros. The same goes for music, movies, and a lot of hardware (such as game consoles - I'm not sure about PC components).
This is probably why they invented DVD region codes, so people couldn't buy their stuff abroad at a decent exchange rate. I know Nintendo and Sony do the same thing with the Wii and PS2, forcing you to import a console if you want to play imported games, I'm not sure about the other consoles. Nintendo not only does this with games but also with Nintendo Points (quote from wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Points#Pricing_and_conditions):
When bought via either the Wii Shop Channel or the Nintendo DSi Shop, 1000 Nintendo Points cost US$10 in the United States, â10 in Europe, £7 for Wii points in the United Kingdom and DSi points for £9, and Â¥1000 in Japan. When bought retail, the original Nintendo Points Cards, which had values of 2000 Nintendo Points, cost US$19.99 in the United States, â19.99 in Europe, £19.99 in the United Kingdom and AU$34.99 in Australia.
Google lists a Yen to EUR exchange rate of 1000 Japanese yen = 7.53171285 Euros
How long before they raise prices to $70-80 and up? I mean, it's obviously the best, no, the only way to make more money. Oh yes. The only way indeed.