Hey, I took that class! The professor graded you on how many runs it took you to make your program work, which he could do as all your runs had to go through him: One or two runs an A, three runs a B, four runs a C...
However patents shouldn't be given for everything, only for exceptional creative ideas,
That's how it's supposed to work. The basic qualifications for a patent are that it a) be novel, b) be useful and c) be non-obvious. If it's not novel and non-obvious--in other words, creative--it shouldn't be patentable.
FORTRAN at the time had string handling capabilities that sucked so bad, they caused local black holes. Not a problem for techies solving differential equations, but somewhat more of a problem for business and hobbyists (the latter of whom often fancied imaginative string handling to create the illusion that the computer was actually holding a conversation).
Red Dwarf is funny, but the whole space setting is just a backdrop to comedy that really could be set anywhere.
Anywhere with a cat that has evolved over three million years to human form. Anywhere with a foil who is not a just a pathetic jerk, but a holographic simulation of a pathetic jerk. Anywhere that they can ring in all the changes on various time-travel tropes.
Senators, Congressmen and SCOTUS get their own special license plates. The cops would simply decide that people of such distinction don't need to be investigated on such tips.
On the contrary, such point systems are perfectly acceptible to the Supreme Court. The question isn't whether this type of affirmative action is unconstitutional--it isn't. The question is whether it is constitutional for the state to ban the colleges from using it anyways--and it is.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS
No, it was supposed to be worse. "Our next entering class will be 10% black. We will admit blacks until we get our 10%, no matter how bad they are." That went away when the Supremes ruled that you can't do *that* kind of affirmative action at all.
I consider games like golf and chess skills rather than sports. To me, sports rely more on athletic factors like speed and strength.
And coordination. Golf doesn't require much of the first two (although it does take some upper body strength to hit those long drives) but requires the third in spades. Golf is a sport.
It's a blurry line I have drawn for myself but, right or wrong
I think the line is fairly clear. Is there a physical component or is it purely mental? An easy to use, sensible guideline. Golf is a sport. Chess is not.
It's all fun and games until libc needs an update.
Really? libc updated on my Debian system about a month and half back, and it went smooth as silk. Just sat back and let aptitude handle it all and then rebooted. I didn't have to do anything at all.
No. The heirs are not responsible for the debts of the estate. The debts are paid by the executor out of the assets of the estate.
I think I see what's happening now. It's been sensationalized. What's happened is that the estate was settle and the heirs were paid. What the IRS is going after is not the daughter's assets per se but the inherited assets paid to her improperly out of the estate because the estate didn't settle its debts with the IRS.
More than that. One list I found lists 33 1080p native games, and the list may not be complete (It lists upscaled games as well, which I edited out, but doesn't include any of the Final Fantasy titles, all of which I know are 1080p, although FF13, at least, is apparently upscaled). Here they are:
Bioshock The Bourne Conspiracy Call of Duty: World at War Civilization Revolution College Hoops 2K7 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli FIFA 09 FIFA Street 3 Gran Turismo 5: Prologue Kung Fu Panda LEGO Batman: The Videogame LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga Marvel Ultimate Alliance Medal of Honor: Airborne Metal Gear Solid 4 Metal Gear Online Midnight Club: Los Angeles NBA 2007/2008/2009 NBA 2K7/2K8/2K9 NHL 2K8/2K9 Ninja Gaiden Sigma NBA Street Homecourt Quantum of Solace Ridge Racer 7 Saints Row 2 Super Stardust HD Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Warhawk Wipeout HD Virtua Fighter 5 Virtua Tennis 3
Hasn't anybody listened to the man's statements on the subject? He thinks the NSA metadata collection is just peachy keen. It just hasn't been "explained properly" to the public.
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Hey, I took that class! The professor graded you on how many runs it took you to make your program work, which he could do as all your runs had to go through him: One or two runs an A, three runs a B, four runs a C...
That's how it's supposed to work. The basic qualifications for a patent are that it a) be novel, b) be useful and c) be non-obvious. If it's not novel and non-obvious--in other words, creative--it shouldn't be patentable.
Of course it isn't science fiction, strictly speaking. But, science fiction or not, your claim that it could have been "set anywhere" is nonsense
FORTRAN at the time had string handling capabilities that sucked so bad, they caused local black holes. Not a problem for techies solving differential equations, but somewhat more of a problem for business and hobbyists (the latter of whom often fancied imaginative string handling to create the illusion that the computer was actually holding a conversation).
Anywhere with a cat that has evolved over three million years to human form. Anywhere with a foil who is not a just a pathetic jerk, but a holographic simulation of a pathetic jerk. Anywhere that they can ring in all the changes on various time-travel tropes.
Yeah, anywhere like that.
Fun, fun, fun, in the sun, sun, sun.
So? States are free to apply affirmative action or not as they like. There is no law or constitutional principle requiring them to.
Selectively enforce *what* civil rights legislation? There is no federal law requiring affirmative action. It is not mandated by the Civil Rights Act.
Sounds like it to me.
Senators, Congressmen and SCOTUS get their own special license plates. The cops would simply decide that people of such distinction don't need to be investigated on such tips.
On the contrary, such point systems are perfectly acceptible to the Supreme Court. The question isn't whether this type of affirmative action is unconstitutional--it isn't. The question is whether it is constitutional for the state to ban the colleges from using it anyways--and it is.
The two are not mutually exclusive. It is, in fact, a politically sanction spoils system that is racist.
But as far as the game is concerned, a door that won't ever open is just a door that won't ever open *for you*, and the real world is full of those.
No, it was supposed to be worse. "Our next entering class will be 10% black. We will admit blacks until we get our 10%, no matter how bad they are." That went away when the Supremes ruled that you can't do *that* kind of affirmative action at all.
You can buy beer in hardware stores?
The very first line from your link:
"Requiring little or no physical exertion or agility mind sports are often not considered true sports."
The difference is that a sport is a physical contest. There has to be some aspect of physical performance in the contest.
And coordination. Golf doesn't require much of the first two (although it does take some upper body strength to hit those long drives) but requires the third in spades. Golf is a sport.
I think the line is fairly clear. Is there a physical component or is it purely mental? An easy to use, sensible guideline. Golf is a sport. Chess is not.
Which is why chess is a game, not a sport. Not running it down--games are probably my favorite thing in this world. But it's not a sport.
If you don't bring a glove, your hand is going to get pretty sore...
Really? libc updated on my Debian system about a month and half back, and it went smooth as silk. Just sat back and let aptitude handle it all and then rebooted. I didn't have to do anything at all.
I think I see what's happening now. It's been sensationalized. What's happened is that the estate was settle and the heirs were paid. What the IRS is going after is not the daughter's assets per se but the inherited assets paid to her improperly out of the estate because the estate didn't settle its debts with the IRS.
More than that. One list I found lists 33 1080p native games, and the list may not be complete (It lists upscaled games as well, which I edited out, but doesn't include any of the Final Fantasy titles, all of which I know are 1080p, although FF13, at least, is apparently upscaled). Here they are:
Bioshock
The Bourne Conspiracy
Call of Duty: World at War
Civilization Revolution
College Hoops 2K7
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli
FIFA 09
FIFA Street 3
Gran Turismo 5: Prologue
Kung Fu Panda
LEGO Batman: The Videogame
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Medal of Honor: Airborne
Metal Gear Solid 4
Metal Gear Online
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
NBA 2007/2008/2009
NBA 2K7/2K8/2K9
NHL 2K8/2K9
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
NBA Street Homecourt
Quantum of Solace
Ridge Racer 7
Saints Row 2
Super Stardust HD
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
Warhawk
Wipeout HD
Virtua Fighter 5
Virtua Tennis 3
Very good, my son. You are ready to ride the Schmai-gunug, the Giant Pretzel.
Hasn't anybody listened to the man's statements on the subject? He thinks the NSA metadata collection is just peachy keen. It just hasn't been "explained properly" to the public.