It's not called image editing, it's called "correcting the truth". These images are here for the Premier's aid, to help him remember things. If he doesn't need to remember a troublesome commissar, why keep him in there?!
I dunno, I run into the same amount of cheaters in games with countermeasures against such things as I do in games without. Besides, votekick/voteban is a lovely tool, as well as servers with admins. Or, you could always... you know... go to a different server, or tough it out. Sometimes it's fun to try and take them down, too.
All military shooters will take place in a parallel universe where the world's governments realize that while war is a means to an end, the cost of life is too great to be a viable option. All firearms were discarded, used only for sport now, and instead all guns are paintball guns. The UN sends judges to determine when soldiers have taken enough hits to be considered unfit to continue. In the end, the soldiers meet in the middle of the battlefield, shake hands, and pull out wet sponges to clean paint off the opposing teams's uniform and kit. In this world, in war, no matter which side is victorious, everyone is a winner.
Because achievements have tangible worth and benefits, of course they should ban people who cheat to get them. I mean, really, if it was just for bragging rights and e-peen stroking, it'd be stupid to do so, but since cash prizes and merch are being awarded to the top achievers, it's a good thing to crack down on.
...that Dido was a rather strange name to go by, until I found out her birth name... Florian Cloud de Bounevaille Armstrong. That being mentioned, well... Dido is quite reasonable.
Or if we want to make the world collapse, leave "Ministry" to only its Christian connotations, and revisit the Ministry of Magic from the Harry Potter books. They can't ALL burn themselves at the stake for witchcraft after all.
Ministry and minister can be used in both a religious context and a government context, they aren't using the word incorrectly. Many governments also use those words in those ways. Go home, sit down, turn off the lights, and stay there. Do us a favour.
Anytime I'm on a website, and I go to my iGoogle homepage, and then try and click back, it re-redirects me back to iGoogle. I have to hammer the back button about five times to get it to go back to the site I was at before.
Scumbag? Cute. It's not the most noble act in the world, yes, but it really isn't that much different than real estate speculation. Buy a tract of land you think will be desirable, and wait for someone to want it.
Yes and no. Sure it creates a bit of inefficiency, sure he doesn't have much work to do beyond the speculation... but you say this as if almost all business in the world doesn't involve an endless series of middlemen.
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My father never heard of the place, or thought about anything related to domain names, until he saw commercials for GoDaddy. Now he makes a decent sum of money on the side, simply by registering and selling domain names, speculating.
How many phones out there are capable of integrating this into their firmware, download the software to begin with, yet don't have touchscreens, all while still being in service. I just don't see any situation where a phone doesn't have a touch screen, yet would be enhanced by one. Aside from maybe older keyboard based phones, like earlier Blackberries... but that still leaves the question of getting it in and having it be worthwhile.
This says nothing, of course, about the user themselves. Even if you could get it implemented, most people who don't have a touchscreen don't really want one, or are planning on getting a new phone soon enough.
Of course, there still will be plenty of people who this won't help at all who will get this anyways. It will be like 3D movies. Not everything was meant to be in 3D, but people will still go to the 3D showing by the truckload.
So these new "Cyber Hitmen" who "Take Down Pirates" are, essentially, using the same playbook as a place like 4chan? Next they'll be paying their staff to stand in front of street vendors selling pirated movies, in suits and afro wigs, holding signs that say "Vendor's Closed. Vendor has AIDS"
The American news outlets are simply afraid that the stories resulting from Wikileaks releases might remind the public what actual news is. They can't allow this to happen, not after they already have so much time invested in which political commentator hates who, which contestant was bumped out of America's Got Talent the night before, and coverage of Tiger Woods's love-life. God forbid they have to take the time to dig up information, rather than only reporting on information that wants to be reported on, that's time that can't be afforded in a 24-hour news cycle.
And the big players are going to sell in China? Where the mere existence of this machine, and its security from lawsuit, already shows their respect for copyright law? You make games for this, you'll sell as many copies as there are major bootleggers in the country. Then your lovely game will be bundled with 19 others and sold for half the price. Assuming you get through censorship.
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I've been doing this for years. Just gotta start on top of a nice long hill...
It's not called image editing, it's called "correcting the truth". These images are here for the Premier's aid, to help him remember things. If he doesn't need to remember a troublesome commissar, why keep him in there?!
I dunno, I run into the same amount of cheaters in games with countermeasures against such things as I do in games without. Besides, votekick/voteban is a lovely tool, as well as servers with admins. Or, you could always... you know... go to a different server, or tough it out. Sometimes it's fun to try and take them down, too.
All military shooters will take place in a parallel universe where the world's governments realize that while war is a means to an end, the cost of life is too great to be a viable option. All firearms were discarded, used only for sport now, and instead all guns are paintball guns. The UN sends judges to determine when soldiers have taken enough hits to be considered unfit to continue. In the end, the soldiers meet in the middle of the battlefield, shake hands, and pull out wet sponges to clean paint off the opposing teams's uniform and kit. In this world, in war, no matter which side is victorious, everyone is a winner.
Psst, I was being sarcastic. There aren't any cash prizes and merch.
Because achievements have tangible worth and benefits, of course they should ban people who cheat to get them. I mean, really, if it was just for bragging rights and e-peen stroking, it'd be stupid to do so, but since cash prizes and merch are being awarded to the top achievers, it's a good thing to crack down on.
You say that as if the story was something actually worth seeing at all.
There's a huge difference between a statement that's easy to misinterpret, and deliberately misinterpreting a statement.
My local college continues to subsidize music for students by way of free, unsecured wi-fi internet and bittorrents.
...that Dido was a rather strange name to go by, until I found out her birth name... Florian Cloud de Bounevaille Armstrong. That being mentioned, well... Dido is quite reasonable.
Or if we want to make the world collapse, leave "Ministry" to only its Christian connotations, and revisit the Ministry of Magic from the Harry Potter books. They can't ALL burn themselves at the stake for witchcraft after all.
Ministry and minister can be used in both a religious context and a government context, they aren't using the word incorrectly. Many governments also use those words in those ways. Go home, sit down, turn off the lights, and stay there. Do us a favour.
I've noticed that too, for the few things we're able to get over here in the States. (Avid fan of the World Service and BBC 6Music)
Anytime I'm on a website, and I go to my iGoogle homepage, and then try and click back, it re-redirects me back to iGoogle. I have to hammer the back button about five times to get it to go back to the site I was at before.
Scumbag? Cute. It's not the most noble act in the world, yes, but it really isn't that much different than real estate speculation. Buy a tract of land you think will be desirable, and wait for someone to want it.
Yes and no. Sure it creates a bit of inefficiency, sure he doesn't have much work to do beyond the speculation... but you say this as if almost all business in the world doesn't involve an endless series of middlemen.
My father never heard of the place, or thought about anything related to domain names, until he saw commercials for GoDaddy. Now he makes a decent sum of money on the side, simply by registering and selling domain names, speculating.
How many phones out there are capable of integrating this into their firmware, download the software to begin with, yet don't have touchscreens, all while still being in service. I just don't see any situation where a phone doesn't have a touch screen, yet would be enhanced by one. Aside from maybe older keyboard based phones, like earlier Blackberries... but that still leaves the question of getting it in and having it be worthwhile.
This says nothing, of course, about the user themselves. Even if you could get it implemented, most people who don't have a touchscreen don't really want one, or are planning on getting a new phone soon enough.
Of course, there still will be plenty of people who this won't help at all who will get this anyways. It will be like 3D movies. Not everything was meant to be in 3D, but people will still go to the 3D showing by the truckload.
This is like saying that people at the mall spend more time at the Barnes & Noble than in front of the "You Are Here" maps.
So these new "Cyber Hitmen" who "Take Down Pirates" are, essentially, using the same playbook as a place like 4chan? Next they'll be paying their staff to stand in front of street vendors selling pirated movies, in suits and afro wigs, holding signs that say "Vendor's Closed. Vendor has AIDS"
If I remember right, World of Warcraft distributes their patches over a P2P system. Maybe it isn't Ironforge that always makes you laggy....
The American news outlets are simply afraid that the stories resulting from Wikileaks releases might remind the public what actual news is. They can't allow this to happen, not after they already have so much time invested in which political commentator hates who, which contestant was bumped out of America's Got Talent the night before, and coverage of Tiger Woods's love-life. God forbid they have to take the time to dig up information, rather than only reporting on information that wants to be reported on, that's time that can't be afforded in a 24-hour news cycle.
And the big players are going to sell in China? Where the mere existence of this machine, and its security from lawsuit, already shows their respect for copyright law? You make games for this, you'll sell as many copies as there are major bootleggers in the country. Then your lovely game will be bundled with 19 others and sold for half the price. Assuming you get through censorship.
This is why everyone releases games for the console these days. Everyone pirates PC games, but no one can pirate for the consoles...