we believe something, then we make it happen for real
So... how many people do believe in "1984" or "Brave New World"? Or "Neuromancer"? Don't laugh, because maybe someday we really will be drinking Soma in cyberspace, under the ever-watching eye of the Big Brother - forever. Or do you think that only good dreams may come true, and nightmares can't? Why your attitude is valid "for all of us", and cynicism is not? I am really curious about the difference.
Hey, what do you have against Vin Diesel? Even if for the whole story he will say "I am Kirk" in fifty different manners, it wouldn't be as bad as some of the Shattner's acting, no?
Wait... ignoring or embracing climate change, massing energy (and every other kinds of) reserves, having difficulty understanding basic concepts of humanity... are you saying the Republican Party is governed by AI?
I do generally agree on that, although there are some exceptions to that rule - where the sheer reputation of a developer studio is enough to guarantee a good game. So yes, I've preordered Witcher 3 and Pillars of Eternity because I'm almost 100% sure that these games will worth the money.
But mostly yes, I wait for reviews and more often than not buy games on Steam sale or something like that.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it still a pretty common case to have ssh and/or web-server services enabled on a server? And I think I saw examples of bash-exploits through HTTP-requests for Apache - could it be used with these Shellshock vulnerabilities?
Well, on one hand they have some small company praised by unorganized groups of geeks, and on the other hand - really big player with thousands of employees and way more people directly or indirectly depending on them - Military-Industrial Complex is not a child's toy. So if you are making a political decision (even not considering "campaign contributions"), it's a no-brainer - supporting Boeing gives you much more political bonus points than supporting some small hipster company. Questions of efficiency, final costs, terms and other "technicalities" are absolutely not important in this case. So, of course, it is sad, but highly logical.
There are positive reviews for some Skyrim DLC's, Dragonborn especially, praising the story much more than in the original game. Considering Shimmering Isles for Oblivion, that very well may be true.
Surprisingly yes. Although side-quests (Dark Brotherhood especially) are much more fun than the main questline, but that's the curse of Bethesda since the Morrowind/Oblivion (opinions differ). There are some good reviews on the Dragonborn DLC, mentioning interesting story, but I've yet to play it. Still, they've managed to make Shimmering Isles, so maybe they've got this DLC right too.
There are many really nice and enjoyable single-player games coming out right now, so all this "multiplayer-only" fad is just that - a fad. If you love X-Com you may look at recent remake UFO: Enemy Unknown, If you like MoM you may look up Worlds of Magic, or there is new Civilization game coming out that looks like a nice crossbreed between Civ5 and Alpha Centauri. As for the MoO2 - I haven't found anything as good, but Endless Space got close enough to capture my attention for several weeks. And in all that games I've found new graphics, enhanced gameplay, and the "same old" overall feeling - plus multiplayer is totally optional, although can be fun too.
Simply put - don't get on the hype bandwagons and look for the interesting games yourself, you'll be pleasantly surprised.
BTW, putting you in the "Active services suspension" (or simply "A.S.S.") is actually costing them time and money, so, of course, it's going to be added to your regular bill. And then, naturally, getting you out of this "A.S.S." is going to cost them some more, and you'll be charged for that too. And then the cycle may repeat indefinitely.
Yeah, regular "evil villains" are rose-cheeked kindergartners compared to some Telcos' executives.
Yep, and with the advancement of portable fusion reactors the need for supercaps will be going sharply down. And with the advancement of Star Trek-style transporters the need for cars will be going sharply down. And with the advancement of brain uploading technologies the need for physical transportation will be going sharply down. And so on...
But in reality, businesses will develop their fields until they become completely unprofitable. SSDs are completely mainstream now, but all major HDD manufacturers are still developing new HDDs, and do not seem to slow down.
And I don't see how these supercaps would outperform lithium batteries in terms of cost, efficiency, reliability and so on in the nearest decade or so. Of course, I want my goddamned flying car right now, but that doesn't mean that I wouldn't buy some nice Tesla in the meantime.
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Ah, I see your position now, thanks. Well, I wish you would never have to experience shock big enough to acquire "learned helplessness".
we believe something, then we make it happen for real
So... how many people do believe in "1984" or "Brave New World"? Or "Neuromancer"? Don't laugh, because maybe someday we really will be drinking Soma in cyberspace, under the ever-watching eye of the Big Brother - forever. Or do you think that only good dreams may come true, and nightmares can't? Why your attitude is valid "for all of us", and cynicism is not? I am really curious about the difference.
I, for one, would love to watch these robots perform after watching some Swedish Chef videos.
...and they ended up decimating over 95 percent of the targeted insect population.
So... they killed about 9,5% of targeted mosquitoes? Hardly an impressive result.
Well, it's not as bad as it seems. They could have invited Cartmanbrah.
"Come on in, come on in, don't mind the webcam at the front door, it's there to detect any NSA agents who would try to infiltrate our premises."
So NSA do love practical jokes, what's new here?
Palladium-based fusion reactor? Hmm... I wonder, is he secretly building an Iron Man suit in his basement?
Hey, what do you have against Vin Diesel? Even if for the whole story he will say "I am Kirk" in fifty different manners, it wouldn't be as bad as some of the Shattner's acting, no?
Am I the only one who is sad because satellite actually captured images of the plants and not the plants themselves?
Wait... ignoring or embracing climate change, massing energy (and every other kinds of) reserves, having difficulty understanding basic concepts of humanity... are you saying the Republican Party is governed by AI?
I do generally agree on that, although there are some exceptions to that rule - where the sheer reputation of a developer studio is enough to guarantee a good game. So yes, I've preordered Witcher 3 and Pillars of Eternity because I'm almost 100% sure that these games will worth the money.
But mostly yes, I wait for reviews and more often than not buy games on Steam sale or something like that.
Well, he wasn't called THE Isaac Asimov for nothing, you know.
Thanks, I was going to post it myself. In terms of understanding human nature I'd place Pratchett over Asimov any day.
Wait, I thought that his last sentence not contradicted, but confirmed it?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it still a pretty common case to have ssh and/or web-server services enabled on a server? And I think I saw examples of bash-exploits through HTTP-requests for Apache - could it be used with these Shellshock vulnerabilities?
Well, on one hand they have some small company praised by unorganized groups of geeks, and on the other hand - really big player with thousands of employees and way more people directly or indirectly depending on them - Military-Industrial Complex is not a child's toy. So if you are making a political decision (even not considering "campaign contributions"), it's a no-brainer - supporting Boeing gives you much more political bonus points than supporting some small hipster company. Questions of efficiency, final costs, terms and other "technicalities" are absolutely not important in this case. So, of course, it is sad, but highly logical.
There are positive reviews for some Skyrim DLC's, Dragonborn especially, praising the story much more than in the original game. Considering Shimmering Isles for Oblivion, that very well may be true.
Surprisingly yes. Although side-quests (Dark Brotherhood especially) are much more fun than the main questline, but that's the curse of Bethesda since the Morrowind/Oblivion (opinions differ). There are some good reviews on the Dragonborn DLC, mentioning interesting story, but I've yet to play it. Still, they've managed to make Shimmering Isles, so maybe they've got this DLC right too.
There are many really nice and enjoyable single-player games coming out right now, so all this "multiplayer-only" fad is just that - a fad. If you love X-Com you may look at recent remake UFO: Enemy Unknown, If you like MoM you may look up Worlds of Magic, or there is new Civilization game coming out that looks like a nice crossbreed between Civ5 and Alpha Centauri. As for the MoO2 - I haven't found anything as good, but Endless Space got close enough to capture my attention for several weeks. And in all that games I've found new graphics, enhanced gameplay, and the "same old" overall feeling - plus multiplayer is totally optional, although can be fun too.
Simply put - don't get on the hype bandwagons and look for the interesting games yourself, you'll be pleasantly surprised.
BTW, putting you in the "Active services suspension" (or simply "A.S.S.") is actually costing them time and money, so, of course, it's going to be added to your regular bill. And then, naturally, getting you out of this "A.S.S." is going to cost them some more, and you'll be charged for that too. And then the cycle may repeat indefinitely.
Yeah, regular "evil villains" are rose-cheeked kindergartners compared to some Telcos' executives.
In Comcast's world, you are guilty until proven otherwise.
Your sentence is three words longer than needed.
Wait, why is this modded 'Funny'? You really think that they won't do it? I'm really surprised that they aren't doing it right now.
Yep, and with the advancement of portable fusion reactors the need for supercaps will be going sharply down. And with the advancement of Star Trek-style transporters the need for cars will be going sharply down. And with the advancement of brain uploading technologies the need for physical transportation will be going sharply down. And so on...
But in reality, businesses will develop their fields until they become completely unprofitable. SSDs are completely mainstream now, but all major HDD manufacturers are still developing new HDDs, and do not seem to slow down.
And I don't see how these supercaps would outperform lithium batteries in terms of cost, efficiency, reliability and so on in the nearest decade or so. Of course, I want my goddamned flying car right now, but that doesn't mean that I wouldn't buy some nice Tesla in the meantime.