No kidding. I've even heard some people say that they are voting for him *again*. They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results...
By your thirties you should be wise enough to know that a low stress lifestyle is the key to happiness. Children are stressful, and accordingly parents are consistently less happy than non-parents, despite their assertions to the contrary.
You're right the free speech issues here are minimal. The real problem is how we deal with the mentally ill in this country. He needs help, not prison.
Unfortunately, in this puritanical country mental illness is treated like demonic posession. That is, something to punish the victim for to make ourselves feel more righteous. That's even more sick than this guy is.
Yep. There are some vertical scrolling games on the 2600(e.g. Pitfall II), but for technical reasons vertical scrolling is easier for the hardware to accomplish. Read Racing The Beam(2009) if you're interested.
And the Eighth Amendment is part of the highest law of the land.
We should not pass crappy laws and then blame the judges for upholding them.
We're blaming the judge for not upholding the law. Specifically, that part of the law which states that "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed".
You don't have to be on the SCOTUS to knock down a law that is blatantly unconstitutional. A law that conflicts with the constitution is null and void at any level.
The first run of Halo 2600 was 500 carts and it sold out. I forget how large the 2nd run was, but it sold out too. I think you'd be surprised at how much love there is for this glorified pong machine.
"Clone" is a pretty inclusive term in this context. When a game became popular, lots of companies would try to capitalize on the fad by making a similar game. Hence you get "pacman clones" like Ladybug or KC Munchkin, or "Doom clones" like Dark Forces or Duke 3d. In that context, this is clearly a SMB clone. It's worth noting that no other side scrolling platformers exist on the 2600.
Click the link, and you get a picture of a game that looks pretty crappy by Saturn standards. Click the other link and you get a picture of a game that looks amazing by 2600 standards.
Prevailing wisdom was that an SMB1 clone would not be possible on the 2600. Now it's been done. That's amazing. A 3d SMB is well within the capabilities of the Saturn, and is a worthy hobby project, but not in the same league at all. The Saturn game was written in BASIC, the 2600 game was written in assembly.
As for this idea, it is a veritable certainty it will be denounced by exactly the same people who support all other information being free. Pirate Party Yea! But not this. Double standard.
As a supporter of information freedom and (from the average American perspective) a radical leftist, I would like to say that I support this project in the strongest terms possible. These people are exercising their freedom of speech and should be able to do so without interference from the government. I want you to have those plans to 3D print a fully automatic weapon, just to watch your head explode at the realization that I'm OK with that.
Go ahead, 3d print whatever you want. It's all just shapes until you shoot someone.
Have you noticed women's hair styles lately? The synth-pop dance music? Hell, even the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back on TV. I'll bet you anything we're in for a punk revival soon.
Surveillance cameras on every corner. Bollocks. and We have all main road (and city) car movements tracked in real-time through an enormous increase in ANPR
No freedom of speech. Bollocks.
You're just in denial here. The Public Order Act of 1986 makes insults an arrestable offense.
No right to self defence. Pretty much bollocks.
Again, this sounds like denial on your part. There are way too many stories like this:
Hertfordshire Police officers warned Klass she should not have used a knife to scare off the teens because carrying an "offensive weapon" - even in her own home - was illegal.
What actually seems to be the case is that the UK officially acknowledges the right to self defense, but has put so many conditions on it that you're likely to be victimized again by the state after doing so. That's not what I'd call having the right to self-defense.
Now I'll happily grant you your other points. I won't claim that the US is better than the UK. I am actually pretty sure that it is not. But that doesn't mean the UK is a free country.
Proof. Notice how strong the doublethink is in the judge, who exlclaims that "People have the right to use that reasonable force" while simultaneously sentencing someone for exercising that right.
no protection against self-incrimination (encryption keys) - not true (not true)
This is also ignoring just how cheap those 16:9 screens are, compared with what you paid for a 4:3 CRT 15 years ago.
How cheap that 16:9 monitor is is irrelevant when that 15 year old 4:3 CRT is a sunk cost and still provides more horizontal resolution than the widescreen. You can go down to Goodwill today and buy a CRT with better resolution than "HD" for less than $5. That's fucking ridiculous.
This is also why resolutions of more than 1080 lines cost more: there is simply a smaller market for them
If we standardized on HDTV resolutions with 1600 lines, there would be just as much demand for them as there are 1080 lines. Then everyone would benefit from the economies of scale.
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No kidding. I've even heard some people say that they are voting for him *again*. They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results...
To be honest, anyone who sues Michael Bolton is OK with me.
By your thirties you should be wise enough to know that a low stress lifestyle is the key to happiness. Children are stressful, and accordingly parents are consistently less happy than non-parents, despite their assertions to the contrary.
I just need to jerk off and store my sperm in the freezer at the age of 20?
Yes, but you have to store them in liquid nitrogen to keep them viable.
You're right the free speech issues here are minimal. The real problem is how we deal with the mentally ill in this country. He needs help, not prison.
Unfortunately, in this puritanical country mental illness is treated like demonic posession. That is, something to punish the victim for to make ourselves feel more righteous. That's even more sick than this guy is.
I never understood why I should care whether I'm a dead end or not. I'm still dead either way.
The financial benefits of not having kids at all are pretty significant too. Plus, who wants to deal with a teenager when you're 60?
Did any games support math coprocessors back in the math coprocessor days? My impression was that they were for office apps, Lotus etc.
I wonder what Pat Robinson would blame this one on? God punishing the Republicans for nominating a Mormon?
Yep. There are some vertical scrolling games on the 2600(e.g. Pitfall II), but for technical reasons vertical scrolling is easier for the hardware to accomplish. Read Racing The Beam(2009) if you're interested.
Judges are supposed to uphold the law.
And the Eighth Amendment is part of the highest law of the land.
We should not pass crappy laws and then blame the judges for upholding them.
We're blaming the judge for not upholding the law. Specifically, that part of the law which states that "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed".
You don't have to be on the SCOTUS to knock down a law that is blatantly unconstitutional. A law that conflicts with the constitution is null and void at any level.
Because the *AA's managed to pass laws that made for ridiculous statutory damages.
That's no excuse for the judge to ignore the Eighth Amendment.
The RIAA ruined his life. This fellow's only mistake is stealing MP3s instead of selling fraudulent loan securities.
The first run of Halo 2600 was 500 carts and it sold out. I forget how large the 2nd run was, but it sold out too. I think you'd be surprised at how much love there is for this glorified pong machine.
"Clone" is a pretty inclusive term in this context. When a game became popular, lots of companies would try to capitalize on the fad by making a similar game. Hence you get "pacman clones" like Ladybug or KC Munchkin, or "Doom clones" like Dark Forces or Duke 3d. In that context, this is clearly a SMB clone. It's worth noting that no other side scrolling platformers exist on the 2600.
Click the link, and you get a picture of a game that looks pretty crappy by Saturn standards. Click the other link and you get a picture of a game that looks amazing by 2600 standards.
Prevailing wisdom was that an SMB1 clone would not be possible on the 2600. Now it's been done. That's amazing. A 3d SMB is well within the capabilities of the Saturn, and is a worthy hobby project, but not in the same league at all. The Saturn game was written in BASIC, the 2600 game was written in assembly.
First of all, none of those links are 'proof'. They are mostly anomalous cases.
It only takes one counterexample to disprove an assertion.
As for this idea, it is a veritable certainty it will be denounced by exactly the same people who support all other information being free. Pirate Party Yea! But not this. Double standard.
As a supporter of information freedom and (from the average American perspective) a radical leftist, I would like to say that I support this project in the strongest terms possible. These people are exercising their freedom of speech and should be able to do so without interference from the government. I want you to have those plans to 3D print a fully automatic weapon, just to watch your head explode at the realization that I'm OK with that.
Go ahead, 3d print whatever you want. It's all just shapes until you shoot someone.
That logo belongs in the 80s.
Have you noticed women's hair styles lately? The synth-pop dance music? Hell, even the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back on TV. I'll bet you anything we're in for a punk revival soon.
Um, how do you reconcile these two statements:
Surveillance cameras on every corner. Bollocks.
and
We have all main road (and city) car movements tracked in real-time through an enormous increase in ANPR
No freedom of speech. Bollocks.
You're just in denial here. The Public Order Act of 1986 makes insults an arrestable offense.
No right to self defence. Pretty much bollocks.
Again, this sounds like denial on your part. There are way too many stories like this:
What actually seems to be the case is that the UK officially acknowledges the right to self defense, but has put so many conditions on it that you're likely to be victimized again by the state after doing so. That's not what I'd call having the right to self-defense.
Now I'll happily grant you your other points. I won't claim that the US is better than the UK. I am actually pretty sure that it is not. But that doesn't mean the UK is a free country.
Linux caches disk reads pretty aggressively. If you have plenty of RAM, you might only notice a difference the first time you start an app.
Surveillance cameras on every corner - not true
You're right, there are probably a few corners without CCTV. But there are enough cameras in the UK that there is one for every 32 citizens.
no freedom of speech - not true
Proof
no right to self defense - not true
Proof. Notice how strong the doublethink is in the judge, who exlclaims that "People have the right to use that reasonable force" while simultaneously sentencing someone for exercising that right.
no protection against self-incrimination (encryption keys) - not true (not true)
Proof
The only people in the story causing a ruckus are the TSA and the pilot. All the guy in question here did was wear a tshirt.
This is also ignoring just how cheap those 16:9 screens are, compared with what you paid for a 4:3 CRT 15 years ago.
How cheap that 16:9 monitor is is irrelevant when that 15 year old 4:3 CRT is a sunk cost and still provides more horizontal resolution than the widescreen. You can go down to Goodwill today and buy a CRT with better resolution than "HD" for less than $5. That's fucking ridiculous.
This is also why resolutions of more than 1080 lines cost more: there is simply a smaller market for them
If we standardized on HDTV resolutions with 1600 lines, there would be just as much demand for them as there are 1080 lines. Then everyone would benefit from the economies of scale.
Not useless for everyone, just you.
Useless for work. Widescreen format is good for games and movies and not much else.