Why should a game developer pay for making a manual that many will ignore, when they can license the manual creation to Prima, who can charge them an inflated price for it? And include the walkthrough and database dump at the same time.
What - you don't want/need the collectors edition manual for your stove?
Folks. The universe is billions of years old. We've been transmitting radio since the 1890's That's under 125 years ago. And even then was insanely low powered. That's not far. If you add a bit, and look at what's within 100 light years of us, there are around 512 G type stars within that 100 light year range.
That 100 years is a tiny amount of the time that we've had civilization, and a minute amount of time that we've had life on our planet
512 is not a lot. And they'd need to be looking directly at us in the past 100 years to even have a chance of noticing us. What are the odds that they aren't at that level of tech yet, or have gone past radio waves to something else that we'd not be able to detect yet?
They may be out there, or not, but the odds of them screaming at us in the last 100 years is pretty low. The further out you get, the harder it is to even pick up a signal, and they've got no reason to suspect that they needed to broadcast at us, since our signals haven't gotten there yet...
Amazon is paying double the federal minimum wage right now. If you double the minimum wage, amazon wouldn't need to do anything - they'd still be compliant.
So why are people working there? Because the unskilled low end labor jobs elsewhere are paying minimum wage.
So, work at amazon, make 24K a year, or work another crap job, and make 12K a year. No kidding they are clamoring to work at amazon, despite the work conditions. The fact that double the minimum wage still requires food stamps is an issue, but is that really amazon's fault?
And remember - you need to be employed to get those food stamps in the first place. Would you rather be making 12K a year and get food stamps, or 24K a year and get food stamps?
Facebook treats it's customers just fine. Try getting any info out of them about how someone else's advertising campaign is going. Unfortunately, the users of the system are not those customers.
Because the advertisers don't see the individual data - just the aggregate data.
I want to advertise to left handed male Italian plumbers in Chicago and New York who have spent $500 or more a year on tools. They can tell me approximately how many people meet those demographics. That's the sharing part. From that, I get told how much my ad will cost, and I can place my ad, which will be seen by those people.
The data about the users seeing the ads has not been given or sold to the users. Just access to the web page in front of that particular sub set of users that have managed to self identify (possibly via facial recognition, group membership, the about areas etc etc) as being in that group. This gets correlated with purchaing info etc to help nail down the people you want to spam.
I look at this, and I really start to wonder - are the policy decisions being based on Tom Clancy novels?
Tariffs are a really hard thing to nail down. If country A gives it's farmers a 20% subsidy to grow soybeans, is that comparable to telling country B that they need to pay a 20% duty if they want to import them to country A?
The first of those is hard to nail down. How do you know what that subsidy is, and who is getting it? Maybe farmer X gets it, because his daughter is sleeping with the local government official, while farmer Y does not.
The second case is more obvious - if you want to collect that duty, you need to tell the importer they need to pay for it.
Then you get into definitions of what the goods actually are. We've run into that up here in Canada with disputes with the US over how much useful wood comes out of a tree.
Lets not forget quality as well. A pound of Wagyu beef costs a lot more than a pound of normal beef. American corn fed beef is different than American non-corn fed beef. Trees in Canada are a bit more dense, due to the different growing times. If people don't want to buy your goods due to a lower quality product, and you want to buy theirs because it's a good quality product, you'll get the producers of the lower end items screaming about unfair trade practices.
Is importing a pound of Waygu beef equal to exporting 1 pound of regular beef? from a dollar perspective, no.
Good luck with all of this. Me, I'm going to the library to check out a couple more Clancy novels to see what you're in line for next.
but the declining south pole ice caps could be very much the result of volcanic activity.
No, because the plume isn't a recent development. It's been there for a long time and was part of the local equilibrium. The decline in the ice must be from additional factors.
Try telling that to the people that used to live in Pompeii.
What happens when the actor dad quits, becomes a drunk, or otherwise screws up? Seems like this is a path to creating a worse situation, not a better one.
But, as Vernor Vinge pointed out in one of his stories (True Names - 1981), who says it needs to run in real time?
Maybe we're aiming to high right now. We want to simulate what we're capable of doing, at the same speed that we can do it. Why?
We talk about mapping the neurons in a worm, and replacing the worms brain with silicon to see if it can still act like a worm. Simulate the rest of the darn worm, and it's environment, and see what happens instead.
If it takes weeks or months of processing to give a second or two of worm thought, why would that be a bad thing? Processors and memory will continue to improve, and we'll still have learned something interesting.
Let's say Mr. Frosty heads north, and bumps into, say South Jamaica and grounds there. What type of environmental impact will there be, temperature wise say, from a trillion tons of ice slowly melting there, and what impact to the aquatic wildlife from a trillion tons of fresh water slowly being added to the ocean...
Wherever this thing goes, it's going to melt. How many fish are ready to deal with changes in the water as a result?
Test Engineer #1: Ok, cue the grizzly bear. Test Engineer #2: See how the sensors detect the bear as it crosses the road and automatically slow down the car? Test Engineer #1: Perfect. That test passes. [Bear stops and turns to face the car, presenting a smaller profile]
[Car comes to complete halt.] Test Engineer #2: Told you we fixed that... [Bear wanders over to car, peels open roof, eats contents, and leaves.] Test Engineer #1: Shit.
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Why should a game developer pay for making a manual that many will ignore, when they can license the manual creation to Prima, who can charge them an inflated price for it? And include the walkthrough and database dump at the same time.
What - you don't want/need the collectors edition manual for your stove?
Isn't there an 800$ tax/duty etc free limit on importing items from abroad? If they buy their iPhones from Canada, and the cost is under $800 US...
A lot of the disadvantages of these go away if there is no air in the way. Could this be a reaction to the "Space Force" announcements?
I'm just thinking the space battle in Moonraker... If all you need to do is to poke a small hole in someones suit...
Folks. The universe is billions of years old. We've been transmitting radio since the 1890's That's under 125 years ago. And even then was insanely low powered. That's not far. If you add a bit, and look at what's within 100 light years of us, there are around 512 G type stars within that 100 light year range.
That 100 years is a tiny amount of the time that we've had civilization, and a minute amount of time that we've had life on our planet
512 is not a lot. And they'd need to be looking directly at us in the past 100 years to even have a chance of noticing us. What are the odds that they aren't at that level of tech yet, or have gone past radio waves to something else that we'd not be able to detect yet?
They may be out there, or not, but the odds of them screaming at us in the last 100 years is pretty low. The further out you get, the harder it is to even pick up a signal, and they've got no reason to suspect that they needed to broadcast at us, since our signals haven't gotten there yet...
"I think..." may save you from libel, but opens you up to defamation.
Reminder kids, get your legal advice from Legal people, not facebook/wikipedia/slashdot.
That live forever. Exactly what we need.
Don't worry. If they are that stupid, Darwin will have longer to collect them all...
No American is desperate enough to move to Canada. Even when they hit 30. They would rather accept their fate.
Carrousel time?
Amazon is paying double the federal minimum wage right now. If you double the minimum wage, amazon wouldn't need to do anything - they'd still be compliant.
So why are people working there? Because the unskilled low end labor jobs elsewhere are paying minimum wage.
So, work at amazon, make 24K a year, or work another crap job, and make 12K a year. No kidding they are clamoring to work at amazon, despite the work conditions. The fact that double the minimum wage still requires food stamps is an issue, but is that really amazon's fault?
And remember - you need to be employed to get those food stamps in the first place. Would you rather be making 12K a year and get food stamps, or 24K a year and get food stamps?
If it gets loose, will it eat the bottles on the shelves? Will it also eat the fleece jackets made from recycled PET bottles?
And you never click on magazine ads, or tv ads either, yet they must be considered valuable by someone, or they wouldn't spend their $$ there.
Would you like to know more? Click here...
Facebook treats it's customers just fine. Try getting any info out of them about how someone else's advertising campaign is going. Unfortunately, the users of the system are not those customers.
Because the advertisers don't see the individual data - just the aggregate data.
I want to advertise to left handed male Italian plumbers in Chicago and New York who have spent $500 or more a year on tools. They can tell me approximately how many people meet those demographics. That's the sharing part. From that, I get told how much my ad will cost, and I can place my ad, which will be seen by those people.
The data about the users seeing the ads has not been given or sold to the users. Just access to the web page in front of that particular sub set of users that have managed to self identify (possibly via facial recognition, group membership, the about areas etc etc) as being in that group. This gets correlated with purchaing info etc to help nail down the people you want to spam.
I look at this, and I really start to wonder - are the policy decisions being based on Tom Clancy novels?
Tariffs are a really hard thing to nail down. If country A gives it's farmers a 20% subsidy to grow soybeans, is that comparable to telling country B that they need to pay a 20% duty if they want to import them to country A?
The first of those is hard to nail down. How do you know what that subsidy is, and who is getting it? Maybe farmer X gets it, because his daughter is sleeping with the local government official, while farmer Y does not.
The second case is more obvious - if you want to collect that duty, you need to tell the importer they need to pay for it.
Then you get into definitions of what the goods actually are. We've run into that up here in Canada with disputes with the US over how much useful wood comes out of a tree.
Lets not forget quality as well. A pound of Wagyu beef costs a lot more than a pound of normal beef. American corn fed beef is different than American non-corn fed beef. Trees in Canada are a bit more dense, due to the different growing times. If people don't want to buy your goods due to a lower quality product, and you want to buy theirs because it's a good quality product, you'll get the producers of the lower end items screaming about unfair trade practices.
Is importing a pound of Waygu beef equal to exporting 1 pound of regular beef? from a dollar perspective, no.
Good luck with all of this. Me, I'm going to the library to check out a couple more Clancy novels to see what you're in line for next.
Except that Tata Motors owns Jaguar and Land Rover, which they bought from Ford in 2008...
This is why we have a strategic maple syrup reserve in Canada:
https://www.theglobeandmail.co...
We've seen how this plays out before. Except we don't have Superman to go back in time to fix it....
Watch his hair - if it turns out to be a toupee, we're doomed.
but the declining south pole ice caps could be very much the result of volcanic activity.
No, because the plume isn't a recent development. It's been there for a long time and was part of the local equilibrium. The decline in the ice must be from additional factors.
Try telling that to the people that used to live in Pompeii.
What happens when the actor dad quits, becomes a drunk, or otherwise screws up? Seems like this is a path to creating a worse situation, not a better one.
He drowns in a fake boating accident obviously.
But, as Vernor Vinge pointed out in one of his stories (True Names - 1981), who says it needs to run in real time?
Maybe we're aiming to high right now. We want to simulate what we're capable of doing, at the same speed that we can do it. Why?
We talk about mapping the neurons in a worm, and replacing the worms brain with silicon to see if it can still act like a worm. Simulate the rest of the darn worm, and it's environment, and see what happens instead.
If it takes weeks or months of processing to give a second or two of worm thought, why would that be a bad thing? Processors and memory will continue to improve, and we'll still have learned something interesting.
And it will be able to chase nosy detectives out of the house...
The birds strike because they think it's water and attempt to land on them, scraping across panels and making all sorts of mess.
Couldn't you just mount a megawatt laser cannon every couple of miles to evaporate any hail, birds, incoming airplanes etc?
Let's say Mr. Frosty heads north, and bumps into, say South Jamaica and grounds there. What type of environmental impact will there be, temperature wise say, from a trillion tons of ice slowly melting there, and what impact to the aquatic wildlife from a trillion tons of fresh water slowly being added to the ocean...
Wherever this thing goes, it's going to melt. How many fish are ready to deal with changes in the water as a result?
If it gets smaller, speed up.
Test Engineer #1: Ok, cue the grizzly bear.
Test Engineer #2: See how the sensors detect the bear as it crosses the road and automatically slow down the car?
Test Engineer #1: Perfect. That test passes.
[Bear stops and turns to face the car, presenting a smaller profile]
[Car comes to complete halt.]
Test Engineer #2: Told you we fixed that...
[Bear wanders over to car, peels open roof, eats contents, and leaves.]
Test Engineer #1: Shit.
Mine (also from costco) is still going strong. Have needed to replace the battery packs, but any decent battery place can do that for you.
Cause nobody ever escapes from Arkham now do they?