Something akin to "critical thinking, satire, & internet trolls", because apparently half of those responding to this beautiful piece of satire seem to think you're serious.
Well, I suppose it is somewhat presumptuous of me to assume this is satire, it could be a massively over-the-top trolling attempt. But the only difference is your motivation, and that I can't determine from any one post, regardless of how well it is done.
Still, bravo, my good man. (Or woman, although I consider that rather less likely.)
Yes but, the local video game store isn't enforcing the ESRB ratings the way a theater commonly does the MPAA ratings. So it is not a "blatant falsehood"; and perhaps you should consider such before resorting to "Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!" as a reply.
I haven't seen any kind of scientific study of either theatre or game store policies recently, so I can only go on anecdotal evidence.
I haven't been carded at a movie theatre since I was 16. If I go into Gamestop, I usually get carded, even though I certainly look over 18. So, actually, I'd have to ask if you assertion that game stores are more lax than theatres is based on solid evidence, or whether your anecdotes just contradict mine.
It might well more than double. If every person on the planet used as much energy as the average American, worldwide energy consumption would jump to about 60 TW. That would be a 'drain' of 15 TW. Then we'd be looking at 10,000 years for a degree... with a 1% growth rate, it would only be 457 years. It would hit 10 degrees at 688 years. 100 at just under a thousand.
Then again, at that point we'd be using about 139PW. (That is, petawatts.) The earth's surface would be just about the melting temperature of lead at that point.
Umm... Well, nuclear power is about 20% of the electric supply. If you include all energy sources (planes, trains, and automobiles), it drop to about 5%. Still, a billion is nothing compared to the amount that any other electric source requires for that much output.
No, not the part about the burrowing ship & the nukes and everything. If we actually managed to make a noticeable difference in the outer core/mantle temperature, it would weaken the Earth's magnetic field.
That being said, Earth is about 6E24 kg. The specific heat of silica & iron (the two most common minerals) is.7 &.45 J/gk - average it to.55. That would mean 3E24 J for a 1 degree drop. 3600J is a watt-hour... so 2.1E19 J is a terawatt-year. That means it would take about 140,000 years of 1TW 'drain' to cool the entire (interior of) earth about 1 degree. Even assuming that all human electricity was generated via geothermal energy, it would take somewhere in range of millions of years.
But there will be less deaths of American soldiers, and that's all that most people in the country really care about, eh?
A big deal gets made every time the American soldier & marine death count approaches some number... but they can't even get decent estimates on the number of Iraqis killed...
I'm pretty sure the idea isn't to replace combat squads, but to augment them. These things just go in front, and act as a bullet magnet, while still being able to shoot back.
I don't think Microsoft, Sony, or anyone really wants to make a game console that has to be connected to the internet, especially the bandwidth hogs they have now. It limits their market too much. They'll add a million features to entice people, but I think they know they'd lose a lot of buisness if we couldn't play single-player games without having the console connected.
Since making backups wasn't criminalized by the DMCA.
If you could make a perfect 1-to-1 copy of a DVD, and have it run, that would still be legal. But since that doesn't work, because commercially available DVD are neutered, you have to crack the encryption - which is what is illegal.
The amount of diesil that 250 million would buy is way more than the cruise ships will use extra, even if they keep running to this same point for a hundred years.
The concern, as another poster noted, is that they won't run there anymore. It might well be cheaper for the cruise line to just schedule a different place to stop - and that's why this bridge is going to be built. It's not much different than (local sports team) refusing to stay in an area unless the city helps pay for a new stadium, except that in this case, it's federal money being used.
This is true, however, the GP specifically said "people". So unless the Soviets sent up a few cosmonauts who never made it back, then he's still an idiot.
I'm not attempting to excuse those who become fuckwads when they can hide their name. I'm just saying the reporter is a twit, as well.
However, arguing that posting anonymously should be forbidden is silly. If they are causing actual harm (stolen personal info, offline harrasment, etc.), we have laws in place, and the police can subpoena the owners for IP address & whatnot. If they're just being an ass, but they haven't broken any laws, there's no need for anyone to know who they are. It might not be very nice, but it's not illegal, nor should it be.
But pulling something like this (blaming the network for an affiliate's messup) just gives more ammo to the defenders of Fox. The network does enough idiotic things on its own, you don't need to manufacture new evidence of their cluelessness & bias.
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What does it say about the FPS genre when the greatest villain ever, was actually on-screen for, what, ten minutes across two games?
But I guess a first post joke works, too.
Clearchannel's Internet radio will have DRM, so it will be eligible for SoundExtortion^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hchange's DRM-discount program.
"They're... what plants crave?"
Well, I suppose it is somewhat presumptuous of me to assume this is satire, it could be a massively over-the-top trolling attempt. But the only difference is your motivation, and that I can't determine from any one post, regardless of how well it is done.
Still, bravo, my good man. (Or woman, although I consider that rather less likely.)
I haven't seen any kind of scientific study of either theatre or game store policies recently, so I can only go on anecdotal evidence.
I haven't been carded at a movie theatre since I was 16. If I go into Gamestop, I usually get carded, even though I certainly look over 18. So, actually, I'd have to ask if you assertion that game stores are more lax than theatres is based on solid evidence, or whether your anecdotes just contradict mine.
You never thought that experience from Obfuscated C contests would be a good thing, did you?
Then again, at that point we'd be using about 139PW. (That is, petawatts.) The earth's surface would be just about the melting temperature of lead at that point.
Umm... Well, nuclear power is about 20% of the electric supply. If you include all energy sources (planes, trains, and automobiles), it drop to about 5%. Still, a billion is nothing compared to the amount that any other electric source requires for that much output.
That being said, Earth is about 6E24 kg. The specific heat of silica & iron (the two most common minerals) is .7 & .45 J/gk - average it to .55. That would mean 3E24 J for a 1 degree drop. 3600J is a watt-hour... so 2.1E19 J is a terawatt-year. That means it would take about 140,000 years of 1TW 'drain' to cool the entire (interior of) earth about 1 degree. Even assuming that all human electricity was generated via geothermal energy, it would take somewhere in range of millions of years.
So, yeah, I wouldn't really worry about it.
A big deal gets made every time the American soldier & marine death count approaches some number... but they can't even get decent estimates on the number of Iraqis killed...
I'm pretty sure the idea isn't to replace combat squads, but to augment them. These things just go in front, and act as a bullet magnet, while still being able to shoot back.
The T-1 was entirely too large. Something that big would be a fairly easy target for an antitank weapon.
No, no running in the park for you. Consume at your authorized places of consumption.
I don't think Microsoft, Sony, or anyone really wants to make a game console that has to be connected to the internet, especially the bandwidth hogs they have now. It limits their market too much. They'll add a million features to entice people, but I think they know they'd lose a lot of buisness if we couldn't play single-player games without having the console connected.
If you could make a perfect 1-to-1 copy of a DVD, and have it run, that would still be legal. But since that doesn't work, because commercially available DVD are neutered, you have to crack the encryption - which is what is illegal.
The concern, as another poster noted, is that they won't run there anymore. It might well be cheaper for the cruise line to just schedule a different place to stop - and that's why this bridge is going to be built. It's not much different than (local sports team) refusing to stay in an area unless the city helps pay for a new stadium, except that in this case, it's federal money being used.
This is true, however, the GP specifically said "people". So unless the Soviets sent up a few cosmonauts who never made it back, then he's still an idiot.
(thinks for a minute)
Wait, nevermind.
A sadist and a masochist are marooned on a deserted desert island (with no dessert).
The masochist says, "Oh, it's my dream come true! You can whip me and beat me and hurt me all day long!"
The sadist thinks for a minute. "No, actually, I don't think I will."
Alright, I misunderstood. Although in the case of a lot of /b/tards, they're abusing their right to breathe...
Why are you so fixated on the analogy that you're intentionally missing the point?
However, arguing that posting anonymously should be forbidden is silly. If they are causing actual harm (stolen personal info, offline harrasment, etc.), we have laws in place, and the police can subpoena the owners for IP address & whatnot. If they're just being an ass, but they haven't broken any laws, there's no need for anyone to know who they are. It might not be very nice, but it's not illegal, nor should it be.
I agree... as long as you preface all "conseratives" in the previous post with "neo-".
But pulling something like this (blaming the network for an affiliate's messup) just gives more ammo to the defenders of Fox. The network does enough idiotic things on its own, you don't need to manufacture new evidence of their cluelessness & bias.