> I was in a nice and not expensive italian pizza cafe, the large > pizzas (thin and plain 2 toppings at most), were about 8euro or > so each, so that was close enough to back home prices I thought > cool. They noted on the side prices in British Pounds, at 14 > pounds which equated to about 25 euros. Man those italians either > were bad at math, or hated the british or the british were dumb > enough to pay 14pounds.
I think they were probably just bad at math; they applied the conversion factor backwards. If you convert at 25 pounds equalling 14 euros, then 8 euros converts to about 14 pounds.
That depends on the study...most importantly, on its size. 21 years and 450,000 subjects makes for a pretty damn solid conclusion. And where are the studies that show any other conclusion?
> I'll agree EA never had such a status to "lose" though.
Yes, they did. They simply lost it a long time ago. As others have pointed out, back when EA made titles like Pinball Construction Set, Archon, M.U.L.E., Yeager's Flight Simulator, and so on, it was a name to be looked for.
> Except the reason consoles aren't suited to RTS play is because they don't > take advantage of a mouse. They can't mimic that control properly. A PC has > no such hardware limitation.
Neither do a lot of consoles. My PS2 uses a USB mouse (and a USB keyboard) just fine, thank you. Not a lot of PS2 games take advantage of that, but that's the fault of the individual games, not a basic fault of the hardware.
> Just because people don't use it to play party games doesn't make a PC itself > unsuited for them. Plugging 4 gamepads in to it is no different than have 4 > controllers plugged in to a console.
But four players trying to watch one computer monitor is very different from four players watching one TV.
> But then why did the Sacagawea dollar coin fail? I really liked those -- > different color, significantly thicker feel, smooth edge (unlike the > serrated edge of the quarter).
Because people don't like $1 coins. $1 bills are much more convenient. Using coins for denominations worth approximately $1 worked elsewhere because equivalent bills were discontinued, giving people no choice. $1 coins will work here only if $1 bills are likewise eliminated.
True enough. And I can't say I like it. But now you're talking about regulating what TV stations can broadcast based on its *political* content. That's an order of magnitude scarier.
So the government is going to tell independent TV news stations what they can and can not broadcast. Uh huh.
This is basic problem with all campaign finance reform. If it is to be at all effective, it must at the end boil down to the government restricting what people can or can not publicize in the name of keeping the campaign "fair". Maybe that doesn't scare you. It scares me.
I think that this level of superhero-comics ignorance is grounds for revoking your Slashdot geek license, but OK. Green Lantern is a classic DC superhero, going back some 60-70 years. His power is a special ring that responds to his mental commands by creating anything he can imagine out of green energy; the ring must be recharged in a special battery shaped like an old style oil-lantern. The rings are actually creations of a super-advanced race of beings who believe in intergalactic justice, those who bear the rings are the Green Lantern Corps. Earth has had several Green Lanterns, with the most famous perhaps being Hal Jordan, and there are many, many alien GLs. Wikipedia can enlighten you further. Most fans can quote the poem or chant the Green Lantern recited when recharging his ring:
In brightest day, in darkest night, No evil can escape my sight. Let those who worship evil's might Beware my power--Green Lantern's light!
The record for the past seven days is six days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59.05 seconds? I do believe somebody has accomplished the not-to-difficult job of putting together a bot for this...
> Doesn't match the hypothesis that improved diagnosis accounts for the difference, unless having > cable makes doctors more proficient.
Of course, cable TV does not cause doctors to become more proficient. But it is not unlikely that the two are correlated, the link being personal wealth. As personal wealth increases, a family is more likely to have cable TV, and it is more likely to have access to better doctors. It is quite possible that this cause explains the data. More research on the matter would be good, of course. There is not enough data to clearly see cause and effect here.
Haste? *Haste??* The Silmarillion, in its early forms, predates Lord of the Rings by two or three decades. It provides the world-building that LR rests upon. The Silmarillion was, to a great extent, Tolkien's life work; the book published under that title was really an highly edited abridgement (which it had to be; Tolkien never organized or properly polished the vast body of writings on the subject he had made over the course of 60-70 years--they were in all states of revision and inconsistency. Much of the source material was examined in the books released under the series title "The History of Middle Earth"). The writing of the Silmarillion may have been many things. Hasty isn't one of them. Tolkien spent his entire adult life writing it.
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Chris Mattern
> I was in a nice and not expensive italian pizza cafe, the large
> pizzas (thin and plain 2 toppings at most), were about 8euro or
> so each, so that was close enough to back home prices I thought
> cool. They noted on the side prices in British Pounds, at 14
> pounds which equated to about 25 euros. Man those italians either
> were bad at math, or hated the british or the british were dumb
> enough to pay 14pounds.
I think they were probably just bad at math; they applied the
conversion factor backwards. If you convert at 25 pounds
equalling 14 euros, then 8 euros converts to about 14 pounds.
Chris Mattern
> One study does not a conclusion make.
That depends on the study...most importantly, on its size. 21 years and 450,000 subjects makes for a pretty damn solid conclusion. And where are the studies that show any other conclusion?
Chris Mattern
They get their vocabulary from Herve Villechaize. "It's deplane, boss, deplane!"
Chris Mattern
> Dead or Alive, the cat is still there.
What's volleyball got to do with it?
Chris Mattern
> I'll agree EA never had such a status to "lose" though.
Yes, they did. They simply lost it a long time ago. As others
have pointed out, back when EA made titles like Pinball
Construction Set, Archon, M.U.L.E., Yeager's Flight Simulator,
and so on, it was a name to be looked for.
Chris Mattern
> Except the reason consoles aren't suited to RTS play is because they don't
> take advantage of a mouse. They can't mimic that control properly. A PC has
> no such hardware limitation.
Neither do a lot of consoles. My PS2 uses a USB mouse (and a USB keyboard) just
fine, thank you. Not a lot of PS2 games take advantage of that, but that's the
fault of the individual games, not a basic fault of the hardware.
> Just because people don't use it to play party games doesn't make a PC itself
> unsuited for them. Plugging 4 gamepads in to it is no different than have 4
> controllers plugged in to a console.
But four players trying to watch one computer monitor is very different from
four players watching one TV.
Chris Mattern
> I keep looking at the handicap ramps and think "That's going to make
> life so much easier for a tracked or wheeled robot."
Well, don't come whining to *me* when the Daleks can get in your house.
I tried to warn you.
Chris Mattern
> But then why did the Sacagawea dollar coin fail? I really liked those --
> different color, significantly thicker feel, smooth edge (unlike the
> serrated edge of the quarter).
Because people don't like $1 coins. $1 bills are much more convenient. Using
coins for denominations worth approximately $1 worked elsewhere because equivalent
bills were discontinued, giving people no choice. $1 coins will work here only
if $1 bills are likewise eliminated.
Chris Mattern
> Who does Number Two work for?
You are Number Six.
True enough. And I can't say I like it. But now you're talking about regulating what TV stations can broadcast based on its *political* content. That's an order of magnitude scarier.
Chris Mattern
So the government is going to tell independent TV news stations what they can and can not broadcast. Uh huh.
This is basic problem with all campaign finance reform. If it is to be at all effective, it must at the end boil down to the government restricting what people can or can not publicize in the name of keeping the campaign "fair". Maybe that doesn't scare you. It scares me.
Chris Mattern
Can we just send Paris Hilton into space and forget to bring her back?
Chris Mattern
Not a bad idea. Now, how are you going to shield the people who want to get *back* to Earth?
Chris Mattern
> You know, in 3-4 months, I can have a character up to 60 in full
> tier 1 and enjoying end game content.
How fast you can get to end game is not an indicator of the quality of a game, because if the levelling up is not itself enjoyable, it's a crap game.
Chris Mattern
> My (nontechnical) boss once told me he thought of me as "Mr. Go To".
I hear that's considered harmful.
Chris Mattern
> There is a reply to that post from roblimo who says he has seen him ...and then he woke up.
> clean, well dressed and charming.
Chris Mattern
I think that this level of superhero-comics ignorance is grounds for revoking your Slashdot geek license, but OK. Green Lantern is a classic DC superhero, going back some 60-70 years. His power is a special ring that responds to his mental commands by creating anything he can imagine out of green energy; the ring must be recharged in a special battery shaped like an old style oil-lantern. The rings are actually creations of a super-advanced race of beings who believe in intergalactic justice, those who bear the rings are the Green Lantern Corps. Earth has had several Green Lanterns, with the most famous perhaps being Hal Jordan, and there are many, many alien GLs. Wikipedia can enlighten you further. Most fans can quote the poem or chant the Green Lantern recited when recharging his ring:
In brightest day, in darkest night,
No evil can escape my sight.
Let those who worship evil's might
Beware my power--Green Lantern's light!
(Yes, I can recite that from memory)
Chris Mattern
The record for the past seven days is six days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59.05 seconds? I do believe somebody has accomplished the not-to-difficult job of putting together a bot for this...
Chris Mattern
> Doesn't match the hypothesis that improved diagnosis accounts for the difference, unless having
> cable makes doctors more proficient.
Of course, cable TV does not cause doctors to become more proficient. But it is not unlikely that
the two are correlated, the link being personal wealth. As personal wealth increases, a family is
more likely to have cable TV, and it is more likely to have access to better doctors. It is quite
possible that this cause explains the data. More research on the matter would be good, of course.
There is not enough data to clearly see cause and effect here.
Chris Mattern
That is not a small number! That is a BIG number!
Chris Mattern
...Caller ID watches *you*!
Chris Mattern
...Netscape says, "Hi, welcome to the club!"
Chris Mattern
> There is an esperanto internet TV station in Brazil.
Well, you know that that's a bitch.
Chris Mattern
> This led to a haste, which shows...
Haste? *Haste??* The Silmarillion, in its early forms, predates Lord of the Rings by two or three decades. It provides the world-building that LR rests upon. The Silmarillion was, to a great extent, Tolkien's life work; the book published under that title was really an highly edited abridgement (which it had to be; Tolkien never organized or properly polished the vast body of writings on the subject he had made over the course of 60-70 years--they were in all states of revision and inconsistency. Much of the source material was examined in the books released under the series title "The History of Middle Earth"). The writing of the Silmarillion may have been many things. Hasty isn't one of them. Tolkien spent his entire adult life writing it.
Chris Mattern