And as with drugs I can only say that if people do it willingly, why outlaw it? It's not like anyone forces them to play there, every single NFL-player has the option to live a normal life with a normal job, it's trivial for them to do just that.
Why should the government step in and dictate what people can and cannot do with their life? Yes, that may be dangerous or even self destroying, but if someone wants to do that and does not subject anyone to it that didn't himself agree to be part of the whole deal, I see no reason why they should not be allowed to do just that.
Fuck the nanny state, let people live and die the way they want!
I think like a business owner that isn't an ISP. Because their train of thought would certainly be "Hey, cool idea. I'll make my own version and yours, well, sucks to be you because your traffic will now be very, very slow because I need to convince your customers to use my flavor".
Intel is used to being the top dog and the one that can simply set the specs and everyone has to dance to their tune. Of course having to take into consideration what others want is not something someone like this wants to deal with.
In a normal flight, i.e. the kind airlines plan for, you have a handful of people who go over the weight limit, a few more that are close an most that don't come close to it. On average, you have a fairly low bag weight.
On a flight out of ComiCon, most bags are close to the weight limit or over. And that's something the plane can't handle.
Yes, it's the usual "oh we'll promise them something, knowing that most won't even come close to using it" bullshit that ISPs are pulling too, only to come crying foul when people actually have the audacity to think they could use what they're promised.
And I get to reuse some of the things you have to buy because you buy the box "all in one". I can forgo buying a new case and power supply. Actually, I can even decide that my graphics card needs an upgrade, or that my CPU is too slow and that needs to be replaced. Or just stick more ram into the machine.
We're talking about hardware, all right, but you want to cut from the discussion any advantages the PC has over consoles. How is this even remotely sensible, unless you just want to "win" the argument? Of course, if you strip the fact that PCs can be upgraded piece by piece, when you strip that the library is way bigger due to the ease of Indie developers being able to participate, if you strip the price gap of games, if you strip that PC games usually come with more graphics and other performance options (unless they're cheaply done console ports), if you willfully ignore that it's easier to attach a console controller to a PC than to fit mouse+keyboard to a console (and have games that actually support them), if you ignore backwards compatibility where PC games from 10 years ago can still be played on the PC you own today.... then of course the console is better because the only thing left is that it costs about 600 bucks instead of the 800+ you'd have to pay for a new PC.
That's basically also the business model that CueCat tried to follow: Selling data. Those things had a unique serial number that would allow them to at the very least tell which products were used by a single user.
What fell them was that people didn't like that idea. They were just ahead of their time, today you could release such a product and the idiots would jump onto it. Do a Facebook tie-in and it's something you can sell to Zuckerberg for a few millions in a week or two.
It's not like Grumman could have foreseen that our man in Iran would be ousted by those religious towelheads. Who could have expected the fourth biggest military on the planet to simply crumble to the revolt of "students"?
But don't worry, if history teaches us something else then that all we need if something like this happens is some tinpot dictator to start a war with whoever buys the killer bots.
And later when he's no longer convenient, we can simply dispose of him.
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Oh please, you see what we do to the planet and need to ask that question?
Never. He used the frying pan, he said it hurts less.
Thinking back, I think he was right, it sure hurt him less.
Erh... have you ever watched a game of Rugby? Or Aussie rules football?
In short: Nope. It is neither less exciting, nor do people stop using their bodies as battering rams.
And as with drugs I can only say that if people do it willingly, why outlaw it? It's not like anyone forces them to play there, every single NFL-player has the option to live a normal life with a normal job, it's trivial for them to do just that.
Why should the government step in and dictate what people can and cannot do with their life? Yes, that may be dangerous or even self destroying, but if someone wants to do that and does not subject anyone to it that didn't himself agree to be part of the whole deal, I see no reason why they should not be allowed to do just that.
Fuck the nanny state, let people live and die the way they want!
Heaven better does provide a functional brain for those that enter, pretty much everyone who gets there lacks one.
I'd rather run, especially if you hear him say "Braaaaaaaaaains..."
And how many of them earned it vs. how many of them got it because the made the college football team look great?
Where I am from, we shoot and pelt wolves for fun and profit.
I think like a business owner that isn't an ISP. Because their train of thought would certainly be "Hey, cool idea. I'll make my own version and yours, well, sucks to be you because your traffic will now be very, very slow because I need to convince your customers to use my flavor".
Hmm... judging by the dupes you've been voting into office lately ... nope, you're not.
Some people fear a world government, but when I see what we got instead, I can only say it cannot happen soon enough...
Intel is used to being the top dog and the one that can simply set the specs and everyone has to dance to their tune. Of course having to take into consideration what others want is not something someone like this wants to deal with.
I thought the stuff they nick is kinda part of their salary? They aren't really expect to survive on the pittance they make, are they?
Yes, but it's the average that counts.
In a normal flight, i.e. the kind airlines plan for, you have a handful of people who go over the weight limit, a few more that are close an most that don't come close to it. On average, you have a fairly low bag weight.
On a flight out of ComiCon, most bags are close to the weight limit or over. And that's something the plane can't handle.
Yes, it's the usual "oh we'll promise them something, knowing that most won't even come close to using it" bullshit that ISPs are pulling too, only to come crying foul when people actually have the audacity to think they could use what they're promised.
Put both into a sack, get a 2by4, start hitting the sack.
You will hit the guilty party.
As if millions of comic-book nerds suddenly cried out in terror and then said "Screw this, I'll drive!"
Hand them to the TSA, they need more personnel anyway, and with a week of training or two...
I know that this is probably a first, and enjoy it because you probably won't see it happen again:
TSA is not to blame.
Just suck out the air. You'd be surprised how well feathers can be compressed.
So marketing is selling the castles in the sky that engineers are then supposed to build somehow?
You don't say.
And I get to reuse some of the things you have to buy because you buy the box "all in one". I can forgo buying a new case and power supply. Actually, I can even decide that my graphics card needs an upgrade, or that my CPU is too slow and that needs to be replaced. Or just stick more ram into the machine.
We're talking about hardware, all right, but you want to cut from the discussion any advantages the PC has over consoles. How is this even remotely sensible, unless you just want to "win" the argument? Of course, if you strip the fact that PCs can be upgraded piece by piece, when you strip that the library is way bigger due to the ease of Indie developers being able to participate, if you strip the price gap of games, if you strip that PC games usually come with more graphics and other performance options (unless they're cheaply done console ports), if you willfully ignore that it's easier to attach a console controller to a PC than to fit mouse+keyboard to a console (and have games that actually support them), if you ignore backwards compatibility where PC games from 10 years ago can still be played on the PC you own today.... then of course the console is better because the only thing left is that it costs about 600 bucks instead of the 800+ you'd have to pay for a new PC.
First you need a product before you can convince customers, so GP is right.
Fool me once and all that.
Tell me one good reason why I should EVER touch a project by that guy again.
That's basically also the business model that CueCat tried to follow: Selling data. Those things had a unique serial number that would allow them to at the very least tell which products were used by a single user.
What fell them was that people didn't like that idea. They were just ahead of their time, today you could release such a product and the idiots would jump onto it. Do a Facebook tie-in and it's something you can sell to Zuckerberg for a few millions in a week or two.
It's not like Grumman could have foreseen that our man in Iran would be ousted by those religious towelheads. Who could have expected the fourth biggest military on the planet to simply crumble to the revolt of "students"?
But don't worry, if history teaches us something else then that all we need if something like this happens is some tinpot dictator to start a war with whoever buys the killer bots.
And later when he's no longer convenient, we can simply dispose of him.
Dude, take your pills.