I distinctly remember it being a catchphrase on "Get Smart", so it goes back to the '60s at least. It may be older than that; I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn it goes back to vaudeville--a lot of the classics do.
Recording companies are greedy, but I don't think many signed musicians pay the cost of actually producing their albums,
You poor, innocent soul.
Yes, they do. They really do. The costs of producing the album are deducted from their royalties. That's one of the reasons why most artists never see any money from their album sales.
Why should Sony and Nintendo stop it being released on their consoles?
Because they remember Fredric Wertham. And they figure the PR will be better, and the censorship milder, if they can keep under their control, which can only happen as long as Congress feels they're doing a minimally acceptable job of it.
Go to Iraq, get an arm blown off, go back 6 months later with a submachine gun for a hand...
Certain brands of sci-fi are fond of this (and others--anybody else remember Kujiranami Hyougo, who did this bit in Rurouni Kenshin?), but in fact it's not gonna happen in real life. A gun for a hand is terribly limiting--all you can do is shoot people with it. A reasonable facsimile of an actual hand is vastly more versatile. Wnat to shoot somebody? Pick up a gun and shoot him. Or pick up a hammer and drive a nail. Or pick up a box and carry it where it needs to be. Why would you want a gun bolted on when you can *have* a gun when you need it--and something else when you dont?
First of all, it wants to put Google search on a phone. It wants to do this because it is obvious to the folks at Google that people need to do Web searches from their phone, so they can, uh, get directions to the restaurant? Of course, they can simply use the phone itself to call the restaurant and ask!
Try this scenario, John, as it's one I've found myself in many, many times. I'm standing on a city street corner in an area I'm not very familiar with, and I want to eat. What places are there to eat at in my immediate vicinity? I'd like to know what they serve and what they charge so I know which one I'd like go to. Reviews would be an added bonus. I can't *call* the bloody restaurant, because I don't even know what restaurants are there, let alone which of them I want to go to!
OK, you have a rather odd definitions of "death rate" and "birth rate". Most people use those terms to mean deaths (or births) over a defined period of a time. You apparently use them to mean total number of deaths (or births) *ever*. You might warn people if you're going to use non-standard definitions.
You have chosen your definitions such that someone who is never born can die, which doesn't seem quite right to me. I don't think you can count a stillbirth as a death.
And, incidentally, your wording seems to assume that if a woman dies during childbirth, it will be a stillbirth. It's very possible for a woman to die in childbirth but still deliver a live baby. It's also very possible for a woman to survive a stillbirth.
You are a special, unique individual, and that's a great thing. Unfortunately, you also have a special, unique definition of "mull", and that's not working out so well.
I didn't think that an article titled "Game Reviews are Broken" would complain that the review scores *aren't high enough*. Must've been written by the game publishers.
In the time I've lived here in Cambridge, the average police uniform has gone from the friendly, lots-of-white Police Service garb to the almost-all-black Police Force look of today.
I often hear this, and it never makes much sense to me.
* I've never found it uncomfortable to hold. My fingers curl around the projections, putting my thumbs on the face buttons and my index fingers on the shoulder buttons. It feels perfectly natural to me.
* Huh? My thumbs move down a bit to rest on the analog sticks. It doesn't feel like they're stretching at all, and I never thought I had particularly limber hands.
* Takes minimal practice to learn to hit diagonals on the D-pad, and I've always felt I had better control with the separate buttons than with unified d-pads you find on non-Sony controllers. The contacts on the split D-pad seem to last better, too.
* Meh. The symbols are kinda cute, though I will admit it makes it a bit clumsier when describing what buttons you should use when giving instructions. Not a big deal.
* Two pairs of shoulder buttons are really useful sometimes. I know a number of games that make good use of the additional controls, and they aren't hard to use at all.
I've used a PS2 for years with stock DualShock 2 controllers, and played them for hours. Never made me cramp, or even feel particularly uncomfortable.
No, I'm not a Sony fanboy. I don't own a PS3, and don't have immediate plans for buying one. If I buy a new console at all, it'll probably be a Wii.
Think of it as open-faced obscurity. Not only does an attack have to take advantage of the world-facing component and operating system, but then it's got to take advantage of the underlying host OS. That host OS isn't always going to be the same, let alone the same version.
That may indeed be a tough nut to crack. But it's still not as secure as hosting the components on different physical machines and having no underlying host OS to take advantage of. You've completely eliminated their ability to target it through the simple mechanism of eliminating the target altogether.
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I distinctly remember it being a catchphrase on "Get Smart", so it goes back to the '60s at least. It may be older than that; I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn it goes back to vaudeville--a lot of the classics do.
Chris Mattern
You poor, innocent soul.
Yes, they do. They really do. The costs of producing the album are deducted from their royalties. That's one of the reasons why most artists never see any money from their album sales.
Chris Mattern
Fredric Wertham was more successful at it. And, amazing as it is to say, less nuts.
Chris Mattern
Because they remember Fredric Wertham. And they figure the PR will be better, and the censorship milder, if they can keep under their control, which can only happen as long as Congress feels they're doing a minimally acceptable job of it.
Chris Mattern
Who in their right minds buys Version 1 of anything Microsoft?
Chris Mattern
In fact, forget the theme park! And the blackjack!
Chris Mattern
Yah, but it's going really slo-o-o-ow. Five years and they still don't have any actual code generation.
Chris Mattern
Certain brands of sci-fi are fond of this (and others--anybody else remember Kujiranami Hyougo, who did this bit in Rurouni Kenshin?), but in fact it's not gonna happen in real life. A gun for a hand is terribly limiting--all you can do is shoot people with it. A reasonable facsimile of an actual hand is vastly more versatile. Wnat to shoot somebody? Pick up a gun and shoot him. Or pick up a hammer and drive a nail. Or pick up a box and carry it where it needs to be. Why would you want a gun bolted on when you can *have* a gun when you need it--and something else when you dont?
Chris Mattern
Isn't that going to be Star Trek Online? Or am I confusing it with some other sequel?
Chris Mattern
Why should the internet be different from everywhere else?
Chris Mattern
Try this scenario, John, as it's one I've found myself in many, many times. I'm standing on a city street corner in an area I'm not very familiar with, and I want to eat. What places are there to eat at in my immediate vicinity? I'd like to know what they serve and what they charge so I know which one I'd like go to. Reviews would be an added bonus. I can't *call* the bloody restaurant, because I don't even know what restaurants are there, let alone which of them I want to go to!
Chris Mattern
Dude, it's Nigeria. It only makes the news if they *didn't* get bribed.
Chris Mattern
OK, you have a rather odd definitions of "death rate" and "birth rate". Most people use those terms to mean deaths (or births) over a defined period of a time. You apparently use them to mean total number of deaths (or births) *ever*. You might warn people if you're going to use non-standard definitions.
Chris Mattern
You have chosen your definitions such that someone who is never born can die, which doesn't seem quite right to me. I don't think you can count a stillbirth as a death.
And, incidentally, your wording seems to assume that if a woman dies during childbirth, it will be a stillbirth. It's very possible for a woman to die in childbirth but still deliver a live baby. It's also very possible for a woman to survive a stillbirth.
Chris Mattern
No, the no. deaths/no. births will be less than 100% while the population *growth rate* is above zero. Not at all the same thing.
Chris Mattern
...was that the real Wiimote said "Wii" on it. In damn big letters.
Chris Mattern
You are a special, unique individual, and that's a great thing. Unfortunately, you also have a special, unique definition of "mull", and that's not working out so well.
Chris Mattern
I tried, but the Magic Flute was over 3 gigs!
Chris Mattern
You fought in the MHz wars?
Yes, I was once an AMD knight, the same as your father.
Chris Mattern
I didn't think that an article titled "Game Reviews are Broken" would complain that the review scores *aren't high enough*. Must've been written by the game publishers.
Chris Mattern
You'll need 100 Minerals and 100 Vespene to reserach the Stim Pack upgrade.
Chris Mattern
Yes, because an all-white uniform is so much friendlier.
Chris Mattern
I often hear this, and it never makes much sense to me.
* I've never found it uncomfortable to hold. My fingers curl around the projections, putting my thumbs on the face buttons and my index fingers on the shoulder buttons. It feels perfectly natural to me.
* Huh? My thumbs move down a bit to rest on the analog sticks. It doesn't feel like they're stretching at all, and I never thought I had particularly limber hands.
* Takes minimal practice to learn to hit diagonals on the D-pad, and I've always felt I had better control with the separate buttons than with unified d-pads you find on non-Sony controllers. The contacts on the split D-pad seem to last better, too.
* Meh. The symbols are kinda cute, though I will admit it makes it a bit clumsier when describing what buttons you should use when giving instructions. Not a big deal.
* Two pairs of shoulder buttons are really useful sometimes. I know a number of games that make good use of the additional controls, and they aren't hard to use at all.
I've used a PS2 for years with stock DualShock 2 controllers, and played them for hours. Never made me cramp, or even feel particularly uncomfortable.
No, I'm not a Sony fanboy. I don't own a PS3, and don't have immediate plans for buying one. If I buy a new console at all, it'll probably be a Wii.
Chris Mattern
"He's your plastic dashboard pal who's fun to be with!"
Chris Mattern
That may indeed be a tough nut to crack. But it's still not as secure as hosting the components on different physical machines and having no underlying host OS to take advantage of. You've completely eliminated their ability to target it through the simple mechanism of eliminating the target altogether.
Chris Mattern