Ha, in these parts (Ireland) one clause of the contract used to be that they could change the contract whenever they liked without your agreement, so increase prices and add charges as it suited them. Yes, really, I took Vodafone to task over it with ComReg. I'm not sure if it's changed now though, crazy situation. They'll try anything if you let them.
What upsets me most personally about the United States is that we've developed a culture where doing the right thing is NEVER rewarded and doing the WRONG thing usually is. We've got a political culture right now where a politician MUST be a huxster or they can't compete.
What on earth makes you think that's unique to the US?
Probably an obvious question but what advantages are we expecting out of 3D microchips that can't be gotten already from massively parallel systems, just a footprint saving or is there more?
Yeah what defines an invention in the eyes of some of the media differs considerably from invention really is - a slow, incremental process of discovery. When these guys think of an inventor they see Doc Brown, not teams of researchers, scientists, and engineers working for decades. Battery life is another one, it has been increasing steadily year on year, but because manufacturers use these advances to put smaller and slimmer batteries into phones, some people think batteries haven't improved at all, or have somehow gotten worse.
Get a better mic timmy. That was like voices from the fishtank. Interesting interview though and a cool toy. The young lady should lift her lips a bit more though, looks like she's trying to hide her teeth.
Is it true that your organisation is a front to attract the mystically endowed and drain them of their powers to feed the unholy appetites of a cabal of dark theurgists and further their quest to challenge the illuminati for control of the mortal world, leading ultimately to human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, and mass hysteria?
This could be potentially very exciting in terms of orphaned works and works that are in danger of vanishing. That little nation could become the centre of the world's first truly global data archive.
I have to admit, this is more than a little bit sinister. Even if it's not, using civilian infrastructure to conduct fire training exercises is extremely irresponsible. I mean what if someone on the ground had panicked and crashed their car?
Oh really? Try this one on for size: "The blacks will be disappointed when they realise they are not making KFC" All of a sudden it's shocking and racist. And yet the Irish have been subjected to as much if not more horrific slavery (about a third of the country enslaved and sent to Jamaica to work in the plantations, being buried where they dropped in the fields), attempted genocides and deliberate destruction throughout their history than any African nation. At the tail end of which we have Chrisq and his paddy joke. Anyone who thinks that's funny needs their head examined.
What bollocks. Ryanair is one of the better known success stories, but it is far from alone. The problem with Ireland is there's no money and a bizarre distaste in the public sector for local entrepreneurs (ie the self employed can't claim any social support, making starting your own business a seriously risky proposal and not something anyone with dependents should consider), not a lack of local talent.
How would you do the actual mining? My best bet is controlled demolition on asteroids to turn them into rubble piles, then come back in a few years when the dust has cleared as it were, before feeding the bits into a solar furnace/centrifuge for refining/seperation.
You miss my point - tabletop RPGs are unique in that you don't just listen to the album, you can use them to make your own albums. Forever. It's not 'like' anything else, there is no car analogy here.
And not so much sympathising with publishers, just noting the nature of the beast.
That's not logic buddy, it's observation of the facts. Facts which are unique to TTRPGs due to their open ended, player created nature.
If you were looking for reasons beyond the publishers business acumen, it seems pretty inarguable that computer-based adventures stole away quite a bit of the player base. Half-Life was as adventurous as all but a few AD&D games I ever played.
Roleplaying: you were doing it wrong. If you were just rolling dice and maneuvering miniatures around a battlemat, you were wargaming. Roleplaying is a much more visceral and imaginative experience, the best games use neither mat not figures IME. Computer games may have co-opted the name, but they aren't the same thing by a long shot.
Not to say anything bad against computer games, they are great at what they do. It just happens to be something completely different to RPGs.
Ah now a good weekend will have any setting converted to another system, and it takes even less time within the same system. That's if you don't just build on your system yourself, hacking this stuff is one of the great pleasures of TTRPGs for me.
That's kind of the conundrum with the tabletop RPG business isn't it, buy once play forever. It's the ultimate open ended gaming experience, an endless vista limited only by your imagination. Great for players, not so great for publishers.
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Do you pay for texts or calls you receive? Because nobody in Europe does.
Ha, in these parts (Ireland) one clause of the contract used to be that they could change the contract whenever they liked without your agreement, so increase prices and add charges as it suited them. Yes, really, I took Vodafone to task over it with ComReg. I'm not sure if it's changed now though, crazy situation. They'll try anything if you let them.
What upsets me most personally about the United States is that we've developed a culture where doing the right thing is NEVER rewarded and doing the WRONG thing usually is. We've got a political culture right now where a politician MUST be a huxster or they can't compete.
What on earth makes you think that's unique to the US?
Probably an obvious question but what advantages are we expecting out of 3D microchips that can't be gotten already from massively parallel systems, just a footprint saving or is there more?
Quantity has a quality all of its own.
Yeah what defines an invention in the eyes of some of the media differs considerably from invention really is - a slow, incremental process of discovery. When these guys think of an inventor they see Doc Brown, not teams of researchers, scientists, and engineers working for decades. Battery life is another one, it has been increasing steadily year on year, but because manufacturers use these advances to put smaller and slimmer batteries into phones, some people think batteries haven't improved at all, or have somehow gotten worse.
Needs more zeppelins, like everything else.
Haha indeed. The emperor's new clothes are showing their colours.
Get a better mic timmy. That was like voices from the fishtank. Interesting interview though and a cool toy. The young lady should lift her lips a bit more though, looks like she's trying to hide her teeth.
Is it true that your organisation is a front to attract the mystically endowed and drain them of their powers to feed the unholy appetites of a cabal of dark theurgists and further their quest to challenge the illuminati for control of the mortal world, leading ultimately to human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, and mass hysteria?
This could be potentially very exciting in terms of orphaned works and works that are in danger of vanishing. That little nation could become the centre of the world's first truly global data archive.
I have to admit, this is more than a little bit sinister. Even if it's not, using civilian infrastructure to conduct fire training exercises is extremely irresponsible. I mean what if someone on the ground had panicked and crashed their car?
Oh really? Try this one on for size: "The blacks will be disappointed when they realise they are not making KFC"
All of a sudden it's shocking and racist. And yet the Irish have been subjected to as much if not more horrific slavery (about a third of the country enslaved and sent to Jamaica to work in the plantations, being buried where they dropped in the fields), attempted genocides and deliberate destruction throughout their history than any African nation. At the tail end of which we have Chrisq and his paddy joke. Anyone who thinks that's funny needs their head examined.
What a racist moron.
What bollocks. Ryanair is one of the better known success stories, but it is far from alone. The problem with Ireland is there's no money and a bizarre distaste in the public sector for local entrepreneurs (ie the self employed can't claim any social support, making starting your own business a seriously risky proposal and not something anyone with dependents should consider), not a lack of local talent.
That is a tasty burger.
How would you do the actual mining? My best bet is controlled demolition on asteroids to turn them into rubble piles, then come back in a few years when the dust has cleared as it were, before feeding the bits into a solar furnace/centrifuge for refining/seperation.
Voyage of the Princess Ark, ah them were the days...
You miss my point - tabletop RPGs are unique in that you don't just listen to the album, you can use them to make your own albums. Forever. It's not 'like' anything else, there is no car analogy here.
And not so much sympathising with publishers, just noting the nature of the beast.
To me, your logic shows its flaw best
That's not logic buddy, it's observation of the facts. Facts which are unique to TTRPGs due to their open ended, player created nature.
If you were looking for reasons beyond the publishers business acumen, it seems pretty inarguable that computer-based adventures stole away quite a bit of the player base. Half-Life was as adventurous as all but a few AD&D games I ever played.
Roleplaying: you were doing it wrong. If you were just rolling dice and maneuvering miniatures around a battlemat, you were wargaming. Roleplaying is a much more visceral and imaginative experience, the best games use neither mat not figures IME. Computer games may have co-opted the name, but they aren't the same thing by a long shot.
Not to say anything bad against computer games, they are great at what they do. It just happens to be something completely different to RPGs.
Ah now a good weekend will have any setting converted to another system, and it takes even less time within the same system. That's if you don't just build on your system yourself, hacking this stuff is one of the great pleasures of TTRPGs for me.
Zak posts a lot over on therpgsite.com as well, he has a lot of interesting ideas.
Where do you put the meter?
What's obsolete? These aren't computer games, they're as useful today as when they first came out.
That's kind of the conundrum with the tabletop RPG business isn't it, buy once play forever. It's the ultimate open ended gaming experience, an endless vista limited only by your imagination. Great for players, not so great for publishers.