Actually, a reputable encyclopedia will go to great lengths to have a papertrail when it comes to verifying information, and won't print anything that hasn't reached some form of consensus from experts within that field. Hence the term "peer review". That, and you don't have people who only THINK they know what they're talking about doing that peer review.
Eh, when you read something in the media or in an encyclopedia in paper or something in a library, how do you know it's correct?
Because generally, if you're smart enough to use a reputable encyclopedia, the information you find has been peer edited. To use your example, a reputable encyclopedia would have it's information verified with the people who BUILT the plane, and actually came by their numbers in a controlled environment.
Problem was that 12 hours of BG&E was if you took your sweet time about it. It also had very little replayability, at least IMO. Definitely worth a rental to me, but I wouldn't pay sticker price for it.
Er... actually, Blizzard has agreed that Will of the Forsaken IS badly broken compared to other racial abilities.
But instead of making it almost useless like the other racial abilities, they have said they intend to buff the others, an approach I agree with. They still seem to be working on that though, the only one I can think of them having buffed since they said that is a small buff to Trolls.
One thing I'm really hoping they do is take the time to write some net code into the emulation layer so that the previously same-screen only multiplayer games can be played over the internet.
While half the fun of playing those games multiplayer was to be in the same place, it'd still be nice to have the option to play over the internet.
There's a difference between repealing a law, and erasing it's existence. It's not like they're burning the only copy of the law, or anything like that.
Just because it has water cooling, it doesn't mean it NEEDS water cooling. "It's water cooled, it must be faster!" is akin to saying "That car has a spoiler, it must be faster!". Most cars you see on the road with a spoiler rarely, if ever, benefit from it. This could be the case with the XBox360 and water cooling. It could be a marketing ploy, or it could just be to have something quieter than fans. There are reasons to use water cooling over other forms that have nothing to do with the amount of heat generated.
Also, small, with an intelligent design, could mean "the whole case is a heat sync".
At this point, the only reasonable assumptions that can be made from knowing that the XBox360 has water cooling is that it's cooling solution will probably cost more, and weigh more.
Not saying the XBox360 WON'T be more powerful than the Revolution. Just saying that water cooling, or lack thereof, isn't really a good indicator, or an indicator at all.
I get the feeling the review was more directed at the existing fans that were disappointed by those 2 movies, saying they probably won't be disappointed this time.
You also have to consider both the size and number of companies doing the wiring. Bigger population generally means bigger and/or more numerous carriers.
Canada has (not counting small local ones that may or may not exist) 4 telcos (2 are only available in one province each), 3 cable companies, and maybe 2 or 3 independant DSL carriers. ALL DSL connectivity has to go through the equipment of the telcos and DSL carriers... a small local service can't afford to put their own DSL equipment into the Bell/Telus/SaskTel/MTS buildings, so instead rent the service at cost (IIRC it's at cost, at least), so can't expand beyond the main telco's service range. I wouldn't be suprised if the US has more telco's that act as DSL carriers than Canada has DSL and Cable internet carriers combined.
Yeah. If I recall correctly, Saskatchewan is (or at least used to be) the province with the highest percentage of the population with high-speed, and is one of the provinces with the lowest population density. I mean, the population of Toronto is several times that of the entirety of Saskatchewan.
However, they DO own the equipment used to transmit that signal, and pay the wages of those who run that equipment.
If there is something that they don't want to transmit using THIER equipment and THEIR manhours, then that is pretty much their right. Sure, there are exceptions and regulations, but they don't usually apply to opinion pieces, which is exactly what both these cases are.
Maybe if they were trying to force others to censor themselves or others. In this case, it's more like "doing what you want with what you own".
You or I may not agree with their decision, views or motives, but if they want to make decisions to air something based on if it fits their opinions, they're d.efinitely allowed to do that and it is most certainly not "bullying".
Uhh... no. Speaking from the hardware perspective, they've had some superior features since at least the N64 days.
The N64 was far more powerful than anything else on the market before the Dreamcast. Sadly, the decision to go with cartridges more than balanced out this otherwise superior hardware.
The Gamecube hardware is on average as powerful as the X-Box, being better in some aspects and weaker in others. It's also almost universally better than the PS2.
I can't really speak for consoles before the N64, as I didn't really start following the hardware before then. But really, I don't know where you're getting your information if you think they traditionally have the weakest hardware.
I have lost my stylus (temporarily), and I HAVE used my finger instead. Worked perfectly fine. Apparantly you just don't have the minimum requisite motor skills.
As for replacements, a piece of plastic in roughly the right shape does the job just as well.
There's a used computer store near here. They offer store warranties on the systems they sell, and have a constant turn over in stock. Bought a P3-500 (which was still probably more than what was needed) for around $200 CDN about a year ago.
They do good business, so there IS a market for this stuff.
Yes, because threatening someone who has a valid complaint with the rules is such a WONDERFUL way to win them back as a customer. While yes, they would have been well within their rights to get rid of him based on that, it would look very, very bad to most people reading it.
Just because you CAN do something, it doesn't mean you SHOULD.
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Actually, a reputable encyclopedia will go to great lengths to have a papertrail when it comes to verifying information, and won't print anything that hasn't reached some form of consensus from experts within that field. Hence the term "peer review". That, and you don't have people who only THINK they know what they're talking about doing that peer review.
Problem was that 12 hours of BG&E was if you took your sweet time about it. It also had very little replayability, at least IMO. Definitely worth a rental to me, but I wouldn't pay sticker price for it.
Er... actually, Blizzard has agreed that Will of the Forsaken IS badly broken compared to other racial abilities.
But instead of making it almost useless like the other racial abilities, they have said they intend to buff the others, an approach I agree with. They still seem to be working on that though, the only one I can think of them having buffed since they said that is a small buff to Trolls.
One thing I'm really hoping they do is take the time to write some net code into the emulation layer so that the previously same-screen only multiplayer games can be played over the internet.
While half the fun of playing those games multiplayer was to be in the same place, it'd still be nice to have the option to play over the internet.
Maybe the backup batteries in the head had gone bad by "Empire"?
IIRC, the title that the parent quoted was given in a line in Spaceballs, and not saying that's what an actual sequel would be called.
There's a difference between repealing a law, and erasing it's existence. It's not like they're burning the only copy of the law, or anything like that.
Just because it has water cooling, it doesn't mean it NEEDS water cooling. "It's water cooled, it must be faster!" is akin to saying "That car has a spoiler, it must be faster!". Most cars you see on the road with a spoiler rarely, if ever, benefit from it. This could be the case with the XBox360 and water cooling. It could be a marketing ploy, or it could just be to have something quieter than fans. There are reasons to use water cooling over other forms that have nothing to do with the amount of heat generated.
Also, small, with an intelligent design, could mean "the whole case is a heat sync".
At this point, the only reasonable assumptions that can be made from knowing that the XBox360 has water cooling is that it's cooling solution will probably cost more, and weigh more.
Not saying the XBox360 WON'T be more powerful than the Revolution. Just saying that water cooling, or lack thereof, isn't really a good indicator, or an indicator at all.
Only GC game I can remember with actual noticable load times (that I've played - I'm sure there are more) is Wave Racer.
Nor were most reviews of Episodes I & II...
I get the feeling the review was more directed at the existing fans that were disappointed by those 2 movies, saying they probably won't be disappointed this time.
You also have to consider both the size and number of companies doing the wiring. Bigger population generally means bigger and/or more numerous carriers.
Canada has (not counting small local ones that may or may not exist) 4 telcos (2 are only available in one province each), 3 cable companies, and maybe 2 or 3 independant DSL carriers. ALL DSL connectivity has to go through the equipment of the telcos and DSL carriers... a small local service can't afford to put their own DSL equipment into the Bell/Telus/SaskTel/MTS buildings, so instead rent the service at cost (IIRC it's at cost, at least), so can't expand beyond the main telco's service range. I wouldn't be suprised if the US has more telco's that act as DSL carriers than Canada has DSL and Cable internet carriers combined.
Yeah. If I recall correctly, Saskatchewan is (or at least used to be) the province with the highest percentage of the population with high-speed, and is one of the provinces with the lowest population density. I mean, the population of Toronto is several times that of the entirety of Saskatchewan.
Months ago, and barely months.
Legitimate bounces DO still happen. Not often for most people, but they are still a reality.
Erm... the body guard CAN fight, and you get a second bodyguard at another, higher level of notoriety.
Uh.... yes it does. kernel32.dll is, infact, the Windows kernel.
I know of one. He specifically chose to NOT have that computer ever touch the internet.
It's not that he doesn't have a net connection... he just doesn't have one on a computer that can run Half-Life 2.
You're right. They don't own the airwaves.
However, they DO own the equipment used to transmit that signal, and pay the wages of those who run that equipment.
If there is something that they don't want to transmit using THIER equipment and THEIR manhours, then that is pretty much their right. Sure, there are exceptions and regulations, but they don't usually apply to opinion pieces, which is exactly what both these cases are.
Maybe if they were trying to force others to censor themselves or others. In this case, it's more like "doing what you want with what you own".
You or I may not agree with their decision, views or motives, but if they want to make decisions to air something based on if it fits their opinions, they're d.efinitely allowed to do that and it is most certainly not "bullying".
Uhh... no. Speaking from the hardware perspective, they've had some superior features since at least the N64 days.
The N64 was far more powerful than anything else on the market before the Dreamcast. Sadly, the decision to go with cartridges more than balanced out this otherwise superior hardware.
The Gamecube hardware is on average as powerful as the X-Box, being better in some aspects and weaker in others. It's also almost universally better than the PS2.
I can't really speak for consoles before the N64, as I didn't really start following the hardware before then. But really, I don't know where you're getting your information if you think they traditionally have the weakest hardware.
I have lost my stylus (temporarily), and I HAVE used my finger instead. Worked perfectly fine. Apparantly you just don't have the minimum requisite motor skills.
As for replacements, a piece of plastic in roughly the right shape does the job just as well.
It was obviously the man on the grassy knowl. The reason he was never found was he was so small.
RTFA, they explain how to make that either not appear, or appear as something else.
There's a used computer store near here. They offer store warranties on the systems they sell, and have a constant turn over in stock. Bought a P3-500 (which was still probably more than what was needed) for around $200 CDN about a year ago.
They do good business, so there IS a market for this stuff.
Yes, because threatening someone who has a valid complaint with the rules is such a WONDERFUL way to win them back as a customer. While yes, they would have been well within their rights to get rid of him based on that, it would look very, very bad to most people reading it.
Just because you CAN do something, it doesn't mean you SHOULD.