No, there's nothing to fish for. They don't own the recordings in question. They can't do anything but publically complain or pay the BBC to not repeat this sort of exercise in the future.
My point though is that the Shuttle is a very good crew transport vehicle, but there isn't really any need for a crew transport vehicle with that much capacity.
And it's not a good enough crew transport that everyone else is trying to build one.
The Russians did - the Buran was heavily influenced by the Shuttle. The Shuttle is actually an extremely good crew transport, the problem is that there isn't really anything to transport crew to (or from) except the ISS and that only has a capacity of three (though it'd be much higher if the Shuttle provided liferaft capabilities).
The purpose of this book is more to line the pockets of the folks at WoTC.
Of course, and I don't see what's wrong with that. Attempting to sell people stuff does not automatically make that stuff bad or unworthy or whatever. It's not like WoTC are looking up roleplayers everywhere and forcing them to buy this book at gunpoint.
If the book actually does teach people to be better GMs, that's great. Somehow, though, I doubt the book will tell you to stop buying books, dice, miniatures, and other distractions and instead concentrate on using imagination, story aspects, and learning better roleplaying.
You seem to be discounting this book without having examined it. I haven't seen it either, but the reviewer seems to be saying that it does try to teach people better GMing without adding rules (which was the point of your original rant: too many rules). So what's the problem? Or do you just object to it because it's a D20 system product?
Look, I understand your point and I agree that minimalist games can be fantastic, but they are much more dependent on the quality of the GM and great GMs are quite rare. Most GMs need the help that comprehensive rule systems provide and many players are happier playing in that environment too. Not everyone wants a minimalist game.
The rules aren't optional for the players. For this new breed of gamer, if it's written, it's the law. They've paid their thirty dollars for Tips and Tricks of Thievery Volume 7 Version 5 and by god, that book is the final word. How many games have you been in where one of the players tries to use these rules to push the GM around, and gets angry if they are denied?
That's a problem with the players, not with the game system.
Sorry for the rant, but I was laughing at the idea of needing another revised expanded edition of the Dungeon Master's Guide.
You seem to be complaining that there are too many rules and that DMs are using the rules as a crutch, so how is the addition of a book that appears to focus on teaching people to become good DMs (rather than just adding more rules) a bad thing?
If somebody is sending you an unsolicited invitation for a job, then yes, you are above a profiency test. They invited you. Their goal should be to get you to take the job they are offering you.
I don't agree. They solicited you based on the information they have found, which may not be correct. They have ever right to check that you are in fact as skilled as they thought you were.
My wife has only played Simcity and Rollercoaster for any length of time. She'd probably play Sims if she tried it. She has no interest in playing or watch FPS or strategy games, but does sometimes watch me play GTA.
This sounds very familiar to when in 1998, all four major mains electricity power trunk cables failed to their major city, Auckland, for five weeks.
It may sound superficially similar but it's really not. The power failure was caused by obsolete infrastructure. One cable failed due to age and the rest then overloaded and also failed. This communications dual failure is a different thing entirely, just bad luck more than anything.
It's also important to realise (with the power failure) that it only affected the inner city, not the entire metropolitan area. A number of city blocks, not a general blackout of an entire city.
There seems to be something about the New Zealand psyche that just doesn't understand the concept of separate routing and protection of cables.
Nice generalisation, but no. What there is in NZ is a willingness by utility companies to save money any way they can (at least since they were all privatised), whether that means fewer redundancies or cutting back on infrastructure upgrades. And I really doubt that situation is any different anywhere else in the world.
Um, no. Marketing does not exist for people who have decided what they like before they've seen the show in question. It exists for people who are likely to be convinced to try something new, and you are not in that group.
The trouble with Telecom is that the government gifted them a monopoly that they never should have had: the local loop. They never would be able to get away with this sort of unreliability if there was true competition in the telecommunications market. For God's sake, if you're a government looking to privatise, do not privatise monopoly infrastructure.
If you had read the whole post, it says "There is still no agreed on explaination for why the moon appears bigger when it's on the horizon than when it's high in the night sky." No contradiction.
Um, what? How is "no explaination"(sic) not a contradiction with "Low-Hanging Moon Explained"? It's either explained or it's not, and it's not. And anyway, I didn't say the "article" is not accurate, I said the headline is not accurate. Which it's not.
I read TFA and didn't see any explanation. They described the two leading theories, but no conclusion was drawn. The end of TFA leaves it wide open: "For the moment at least, the real reason for the Moon Illusion remains up in the air. "
I'd really like to see a bit more attention paid to making Slashdot headlines accurate, both by submitters and editors.
The reviewer thought that leaving out discussion on the Lord of the Rings trilogy was "a tragic omission" and questioned if Small Soldiers was science fiction at all so it's pretty clear that he doesn't use any standard definition of what "science fiction" is. I think perhaps he equates science fiction with geek chic.
Surely the electricity company put clauses in the contract excluding them from liability for failures and damages caused by things outside of their control?
The power company cut a cable while digging a hole. How is that outside their control?
It's perfectly valid to question the accuracy of browser market share statistics given the fact that it is often technologically advantageous or even necessary to misidentify.
Got some statistics to back up you claim that it is "often technologically advantageous or even necessary to misidentify"? I've been using FireFox and Mozilla for years and very rarely have I had problems due to browser identification. I can't actually remember the last time it happened. So why does Opera need to misidentify?
Skyhook isn't trying to sell this as a replacement for GPS, rather as a complementary technology. In fact, they even have a nice USA Today-style graph on their "Technology" page showing that the overlap between GPS and WPS is fairly small. What marketing person in the world would look at this graph and say "Let's position our technology as a replacement for GPS!". That's not even Internet-bubble thinking.
The impression given by this story is that Skyhook are looking to compete directly with GPS. If that's not the case then blame the submitter or the editor for putting the story up as "Forget GPS, Hello WPS". And blame the company for leading CNet into reporting that it can "pinpoint locations better than satellite-based global positioning systems can". In fact when the CEO of the company is saying things like "GPS typically only locates things within a few hundred meters", you've really got to wonder if they even know they're talking about.
As neat as WPS sounds, I don't think that anyone will be giving up GPS soon if WPS can't get any more accurate than 20-40 meters.
That was my first thought. 20-40 metres isn't even good enough for street navigation. What is it good for, telling you which wireless cafe you're sitting in?
I find it quite intresting that the US always takes such an agressive attitude against weapons of mass destruction at the same time as they have this on their conscious: The biggest use of mass destruction weapons ever.
Perhaps their use of the weapons is why they have such an aggressive attitude against weapons of mass destruction?
It certainly should never have been used on a civilian target
According to TFA, Nagasaki was decidely not a civilian target. Upwards of 50,000 people in that city were working on war materiel. It was one of Japan's major ship building centers.
Another change: a couple of weeks ago I was able to see satellite images of Sydney, Australia, with enough detail to find my old house. That level of detail is no longer available.
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No, there's nothing to fish for. They don't own the recordings in question. They can't do anything but publically complain or pay the BBC to not repeat this sort of exercise in the future.
Yes, exactly. Which is why this record exec is just mouthing off and is not suing.
My point though is that the Shuttle is a very good crew transport vehicle, but there isn't really any need for a crew transport vehicle with that much capacity.
Look, I understand your point and I agree that minimalist games can be fantastic, but they are much more dependent on the quality of the GM and great GMs are quite rare. Most GMs need the help that comprehensive rule systems provide and many players are happier playing in that environment too. Not everyone wants a minimalist game.
My wife has only played Simcity and Rollercoaster for any length of time. She'd probably play Sims if she tried it. She has no interest in playing or watch FPS or strategy games, but does sometimes watch me play GTA.
It's also important to realise (with the power failure) that it only affected the inner city, not the entire metropolitan area. A number of city blocks, not a general blackout of an entire city.
Nice generalisation, but no. What there is in NZ is a willingness by utility companies to save money any way they can (at least since they were all privatised), whether that means fewer redundancies or cutting back on infrastructure upgrades. And I really doubt that situation is any different anywhere else in the world.Take a look at the science section. They're the top two stories.
The trouble with Telecom is that the government gifted them a monopoly that they never should have had: the local loop. They never would be able to get away with this sort of unreliability if there was true competition in the telecommunications market. For God's sake, if you're a government looking to privatise, do not privatise monopoly infrastructure.
I'd really like to see a bit more attention paid to making Slashdot headlines accurate, both by submitters and editors.
The reviewer thought that leaving out discussion on the Lord of the Rings trilogy was "a tragic omission" and questioned if Small Soldiers was science fiction at all so it's pretty clear that he doesn't use any standard definition of what "science fiction" is. I think perhaps he equates science fiction with geek chic.
You've missed the point: if Firefox can operate successfully without misidentifying itself why does Opera need to do so?
Another change: a couple of weeks ago I was able to see satellite images of Sydney, Australia, with enough detail to find my old house. That level of detail is no longer available.