I think the RL equivalent would be he empties the corporate coffers of cash, set up the shipping office to ship some expensive, highly useful equipment to the competition, and then phones up the appropriate government body to say, "Hi, I'm a director here at Company X, Inc. I was calling to let you know I've just emailed out the paperwork to legally show our corporation is now officially dissolved. Yeah, that's all I needed. Thank you." >click And then walking out the door whistling.
We need something else to train the ground troops, but if the commanders can put up with all the hopping around, I think the Counter Strike folks could fill that role (as long as they don't have working microphones, that is).
While tens of thousands in gold and equipment is a lot in WoW, the person that defected from BOB looted almost 8.5 billion (yes, that starts with a B) ISK, plus a bunch of ships and items for sale (I haven't seen a price on that part of the haul). The smallest capital ships cost at least a few hundred million each, not counting fitted equipment, with titans costing in the billions. I would not be surprised if the total loses were in rage of 20+ billion isk.
Imagine if Joe Biden sold out to the Russians and demanded that every U.S. embassy and military base be demolished.
This was more like Joe Biden suddenly turned off the communications capabilities that tied all those embassies and bases together. The bases are still there, but they can't (easily) talk to each other and a number of their capabilities are now inoperable. It can all be fixed, but it will take time.
I haven't done much PvP in EVE, but I've noticed that too. I think it makes the game more fun to be working with/for someone that has a clue how to organize stuff.
Its like the group I was part of back when PlanetSide was new (before I got sick of the bugs and quit). We had about 6 marines and another 3 to 5 army infantry to give us tactics and strategy. We always took our objectives in game, and usually with very little injury to our squads.;)
The market was hit within hours of BOB being disbanded. There was a huge rush on anything that was produced from, or used products produced from, Delve (the region BOB controlled). I know the prices on at least a few of the items had more than doubled less than twelve hours afterwards. I didn't check yesterday, but I assume that trend has been continuing since then, though I hope a stable price is reached soon (I'm a manufacturer/seller of munitions and small ships in EVE).
Actually it's too dense. At high speeds (significant fractions of lightspeed) a magnetic scoop acts like a very effective braking system in interstellar gas. A Bussard type ramscoop rocket could only be expected to reach about 0.12c even with highly efficient engines.
And that's not even taking into consideration the problems Bussard found the required magnetic field would cause to passengers.
Of course Bussard came up with a better idea anyway: the QED. This requires Bussard's Inertial Electrostatic Fusion power source to work, but is probably just as close to being a reality as the proposal in TFA.
Standard Protection from EMR: the Faraday Cage. Take the afflicted hippie and lock him in a metal conducting cage and he will no longer be bothered by the EM radiation, as it will be blocked by the cage he is now trapped in.
Actually wouldn't the "translation" read: We've taken on [large numbers of] [(dead|wounded) person(s)]? If you "expand" all of the words with the context appropriate definitions the sentence might be a bit cumbersome, but it should still be understandable.
In Far Cry 2, if you pick up someone elses weapon you have a chance of it jamming when it fires. You then have to clear the jam before you can fire with it again. Its annoying as hell when it happens, and I happen to like it. No, you don't have to field strip the weapon to "fix" it, but you do have to pry out the shotgun shell, or unjam the bolt and get the round out before it will fire again (oh, its simply holding a button until it clears, but still)... or you can just switch to your pistol.
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Too bad the signs I drive past here in Austin didn't get zombie programmed. That would have been a great way to start a morning.
With a few exceptions, EVE is no exception. :)
I think the RL equivalent would be he empties the corporate coffers of cash, set up the shipping office to ship some expensive, highly useful equipment to the competition, and then phones up the appropriate government body to say, "Hi, I'm a director here at Company X, Inc. I was calling to let you know I've just emailed out the paperwork to legally show our corporation is now officially dissolved. Yeah, that's all I needed. Thank you." >click And then walking out the door whistling.
We need something else to train the ground troops, but if the commanders can put up with all the hopping around, I think the Counter Strike folks could fill that role (as long as they don't have working microphones, that is).
While tens of thousands in gold and equipment is a lot in WoW, the person that defected from BOB looted almost 8.5 billion (yes, that starts with a B) ISK, plus a bunch of ships and items for sale (I haven't seen a price on that part of the haul). The smallest capital ships cost at least a few hundred million each, not counting fitted equipment, with titans costing in the billions. I would not be surprised if the total loses were in rage of 20+ billion isk.
I remember, Joe. But does anyone even use SPX anymore?
Imagine if Joe Biden sold out to the Russians and demanded that every U.S. embassy and military base be demolished.
This was more like Joe Biden suddenly turned off the communications capabilities that tied all those embassies and bases together. The bases are still there, but they can't (easily) talk to each other and a number of their capabilities are now inoperable. It can all be fixed, but it will take time.
Here's that new batch of ink you ordered ...
I haven't done much PvP in EVE, but I've noticed that too. I think it makes the game more fun to be working with/for someone that has a clue how to organize stuff.
Its like the group I was part of back when PlanetSide was new (before I got sick of the bugs and quit). We had about 6 marines and another 3 to 5 army infantry to give us tactics and strategy. We always took our objectives in game, and usually with very little injury to our squads. ;)
The market was hit within hours of BOB being disbanded. There was a huge rush on anything that was produced from, or used products produced from, Delve (the region BOB controlled). I know the prices on at least a few of the items had more than doubled less than twelve hours afterwards. I didn't check yesterday, but I assume that trend has been continuing since then, though I hope a stable price is reached soon (I'm a manufacturer/seller of munitions and small ships in EVE).
I agree with your overall point, but I think you mean symmetric rather than synchronous here.
I think he did mean synchronous, as in SDSL.
Actually it's too dense. At high speeds (significant fractions of lightspeed) a magnetic scoop acts like a very effective braking system in interstellar gas. A Bussard type ramscoop rocket could only be expected to reach about 0.12c even with highly efficient engines.
And that's not even taking into consideration the problems Bussard found the required magnetic field would cause to passengers.
Of course Bussard came up with a better idea anyway: the QED. This requires Bussard's Inertial Electrostatic Fusion power source to work, but is probably just as close to being a reality as the proposal in TFA.
Because even experts took 15 to 30 seconds to reload after firing their musket, and back then the bayonet fit -into- the barrel, not over it.
Amen!
Standard Protection from EMR: the Faraday Cage. Take the afflicted hippie and lock him in a metal conducting cage and he will no longer be bothered by the EM radiation, as it will be blocked by the cage he is now trapped in.
Two problems solved with one cage.
Actually wouldn't the "translation" read: We've taken on [large numbers of] [(dead|wounded) person(s)]? If you "expand" all of the words with the context appropriate definitions the sentence might be a bit cumbersome, but it should still be understandable.
The Geminids peaked this weekend (I heard it was supposed to have been Saturday and Sunday as the predicted peak).
Damn, we're below average here in the US. Someone needs to bring us up to the 8.78/1000 ... oh, wait.
Actually, 3.5MB/s is what you should get if 54Mbps is 7MBps ... wireless is HALF duplex: only one radio can talk at a time.
Dude! Is that Mothra attacking your house?!
It is so refreshing to see all these people that recognize that tactics and strategy, while related, are most definitely NOT the same thing.
And yes, I still think C&C, Starcraft and the rest of the genre should be referred to as Real Time Tactics not Real Time Strategy.
So, you think gravity is an absurdity?
The humor here is unparalleled.
I've heard cops refer to the 6 D-Cell maglites as maces before. Quite a humorous, and accurate, description, in my opinion. ;)
In Far Cry 2, if you pick up someone elses weapon you have a chance of it jamming when it fires. You then have to clear the jam before you can fire with it again. Its annoying as hell when it happens, and I happen to like it. No, you don't have to field strip the weapon to "fix" it, but you do have to pry out the shotgun shell, or unjam the bolt and get the round out before it will fire again (oh, its simply holding a button until it clears, but still) ... or you can just switch to your pistol.