It shouldn't be rare. Ontario people get 1 year to split between the parents as they wish - that way if the father is the primary caregiver he can take the most time. I know my aunt did that, she was the primary breadwinner (lawyer) so she chose to go back to work after 6 weeks and her husband stayed home and raised their daughters.
What happens if, heaven forbid, the mother dies in childbirth - do you really think 8 weeks is enough for a father/husband to have off to both raise a child and mourn?
I remember doing this back in 1993. While I didn't use email phishing I chummed up to the network admin and came up for excuses for him to enter his password as I watched him type it in. Created my own administrator account to give myself access to all programs that were restricted to students. Mostly so I'd have free access to the few games they had on the network:) They never knew.
I still remember the password too: "ersm" - ever so secure.
Free but have in app advertising + nickel & diming and have crashed on me or had some other significant bug:
- Monsters Love Candy
- Shuffle Party
Paid, have nickel and diming, and have crashed on me or had some other significant bug:
- Gunstringer Dead Man Running
- Fruit Ninja
- Gravity Guy
- Samurais vs Zombies
- Reckless Racing Ultimate Edition
Stuff from "Other Ocean" in general seems to be the most exploitative. Glu Games are horrid as well.
I have apps I've paid for and still advertise to me... and try and nickle and dime me... and are buggy as shit... oddly enough a lot of them are from Microsoft.
This is my point here. They affirm that a specific belief, that of believing in 'God', is in part responsible for the outcome. My point is that you cannot make such blanket conclusions without testing other beliefs whatever they may be.
Your argument is flawed. That argument does apply to movies/TV where you can't try before you buy. Games have these wonderful things called DEMOs which allow the user to try before they buy.
That said, the devs are slightly off too: "DRM free" they say, then in the very same sentence "allow install on up to 3 computers"... hardly DRM free if it controls how many installs.
Ditto - totally not tolerated in this household. DRM on an ebook means an instant download from other sources or purchase of a non-digital copy.
I love this line "Because, in my eyes, when people stop getting paid for what they do, they'll stop doing it."... Youtube creators would seem to disagree - most don't get paid or paid so little it's irrelivant - it doesn't stop them from churning out videos. Encyclopedias? Wikipedia. Game guides? Wikia, Gamefaqs, IGN, etc etc all unpaid.
People will do what they're passionate about, they'll find ways to fund it, they just may not make profit at it. Who says they have to?
Through doing the job they are trained to do, reading (but not blindly accepting) texts of dead and living people sure. It's up to the patient and therapist together to determine what is right for the patient - it's not perfect, it never will be. It's better than relying on blanket conclusions on specifics which don't look at the generalizations underneath. Do those who believe in magic, krakens, or big foot have the same chances? Is it the belief in something or the retraining of neural pathways away from self-destructive paths?
My point was that if Fox execs gave these cult shows the same support they give prime time Monday or Thursday night shows they'd have hits on their hands instead of just a cult show.
Neither. It's just the basis of cognitive therapy. You replace the thoughts that lead to X (X = depression in this case) with other thoughts. Religion is just convenient because it doesn't require any extra work for the therapist - it just requires you read religious texts instead of the therapist figuring out what will work best for the individual.
I would disagree with this. Firefly is the perfect example - the ratings where horrible but the box set sales were phenomenal, I worked at a video store when it was released, it was one of the most profitable TV rentals in the store behind Sopranos. Farscape is another example... executives have no clue what to do with it because "it has puppets so it must be for kids" but then it also has adult plot lines - their answer: bury it. It probably would have done much better on DVD if they hadn't made the stupid choice of putting it on for $130-170 per season. Now it's $60 for the series and getting better reviews than SG1 which ran for 10 seasons + spin offs.
Granted sci-fi isn't for everyone - there are a LOT of stupid people out there who would rather watch reality shows but geeks consume content like no other stereotype I know;)
The fact is that cult shows are breakout hits waiting to happen - they just need to be given the proper chance/venue/exposure.
I disagree. With this one judgement it's a 7 year repayment term and when evaluating a company you generally look at it's 15 year P/E so they're doing pretty well I would say.
After having just re-watched all bab5/crusade/movies in the past few weeks it's become quite clear to me that Babylon 5 seasons 1-4 had a fairly well thought out story that engaged audiences and while a few movies have filled in some unanswered questions the overall quality of everything that came after was just not there. Why do you think that is and what will be different about your upcoming project?
A side question: Will you ever revisit http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/eplist.html and update the episode order fully? The order specified for Crusade has many seemingly unneeded inconsistencies - especially as it relates to the relationship between Gideon and Lochley
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It's a running joke based on Daily Show/Colbert Report skits.
Something about this article just feels wrong. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_polar_wander feels more right - just sits better in my gut. ;)
Who wants a driverless tesla roadster? Terrorists.
Self driving bomb.
It shouldn't be rare. Ontario people get 1 year to split between the parents as they wish - that way if the father is the primary caregiver he can take the most time. I know my aunt did that, she was the primary breadwinner (lawyer) so she chose to go back to work after 6 weeks and her husband stayed home and raised their daughters.
What happens if, heaven forbid, the mother dies in childbirth - do you really think 8 weeks is enough for a father/husband to have off to both raise a child and mourn?
I'm fine with no "big industry" content on the web. User content is far superior.
I thought of doing that but then I thought that was a sure fire way of getting caught - no one would believe I got good grades.
I remember doing this back in 1993. While I didn't use email phishing I chummed up to the network admin and came up for excuses for him to enter his password as I watched him type it in. Created my own administrator account to give myself access to all programs that were restricted to students. Mostly so I'd have free access to the few games they had on the network :) They never knew.
I still remember the password too: "ersm" - ever so secure.
So because it's the "gaming division" it no longer counts as an app or as Microsoft?
riiiiight.
Many of them are published by Microsoft Studios.
Free but have in app advertising + nickel & diming and have crashed on me or had some other significant bug:
- Monsters Love Candy
- Shuffle Party
Paid, have nickel and diming, and have crashed on me or had some other significant bug:
- Gunstringer Dead Man Running
- Fruit Ninja
- Gravity Guy
- Samurais vs Zombies
- Reckless Racing Ultimate Edition
Stuff from "Other Ocean" in general seems to be the most exploitative. Glu Games are horrid as well.
I have apps I've paid for and still advertise to me... and try and nickle and dime me... and are buggy as shit... oddly enough a lot of them are from Microsoft.
...I know I certainly don't want to see ads in Windows 8 apps.
Somehow, a belief...
This is my point here. They affirm that a specific belief, that of believing in 'God', is in part responsible for the outcome. My point is that you cannot make such blanket conclusions without testing other beliefs whatever they may be.
The vast majority do have demos, and in this particular case there is a demo as well.
Your argument is flawed. That argument does apply to movies/TV where you can't try before you buy. Games have these wonderful things called DEMOs which allow the user to try before they buy.
That said, the devs are slightly off too: "DRM free" they say, then in the very same sentence "allow install on up to 3 computers"... hardly DRM free if it controls how many installs.
Ditto - totally not tolerated in this household. DRM on an ebook means an instant download from other sources or purchase of a non-digital copy.
I love this line "Because, in my eyes, when people stop getting paid for what they do, they'll stop doing it."... Youtube creators would seem to disagree - most don't get paid or paid so little it's irrelivant - it doesn't stop them from churning out videos. Encyclopedias? Wikipedia. Game guides? Wikia, Gamefaqs, IGN, etc etc all unpaid.
People will do what they're passionate about, they'll find ways to fund it, they just may not make profit at it. Who says they have to?
My point was that the belief system becomes a form of cognitive therapy even if that isn't the direct therapy type that they are receiving.
Through doing the job they are trained to do, reading (but not blindly accepting) texts of dead and living people sure. It's up to the patient and therapist together to determine what is right for the patient - it's not perfect, it never will be. It's better than relying on blanket conclusions on specifics which don't look at the generalizations underneath. Do those who believe in magic, krakens, or big foot have the same chances? Is it the belief in something or the retraining of neural pathways away from self-destructive paths?
My point was that if Fox execs gave these cult shows the same support they give prime time Monday or Thursday night shows they'd have hits on their hands instead of just a cult show.
Neither. It's just the basis of cognitive therapy. You replace the thoughts that lead to X (X = depression in this case) with other thoughts. Religion is just convenient because it doesn't require any extra work for the therapist - it just requires you read religious texts instead of the therapist figuring out what will work best for the individual.
Doh! Indeed. Thank you for the correction - misread it.
I would disagree with this. Firefly is the perfect example - the ratings where horrible but the box set sales were phenomenal, I worked at a video store when it was released, it was one of the most profitable TV rentals in the store behind Sopranos. Farscape is another example... executives have no clue what to do with it because "it has puppets so it must be for kids" but then it also has adult plot lines - their answer: bury it. It probably would have done much better on DVD if they hadn't made the stupid choice of putting it on for $130-170 per season. Now it's $60 for the series and getting better reviews than SG1 which ran for 10 seasons + spin offs.
Granted sci-fi isn't for everyone - there are a LOT of stupid people out there who would rather watch reality shows but geeks consume content like no other stereotype I know ;)
The fact is that cult shows are breakout hits waiting to happen - they just need to be given the proper chance/venue/exposure.
I disagree. With this one judgement it's a 7 year repayment term and when evaluating a company you generally look at it's 15 year P/E so they're doing pretty well I would say.
After having just re-watched all bab5/crusade/movies in the past few weeks it's become quite clear to me that Babylon 5 seasons 1-4 had a fairly well thought out story that engaged audiences and while a few movies have filled in some unanswered questions the overall quality of everything that came after was just not there. Why do you think that is and what will be different about your upcoming project?
A side question: Will you ever revisit http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/eplist.html and update the episode order fully? The order specified for Crusade has many seemingly unneeded inconsistencies - especially as it relates to the relationship between Gideon and Lochley
How are Bioshock 1 and System Shock 2 in any way alike other than the fact that they are survival stories that have genetic experiments?