Possibly, but as was pointed out earlier in this thread, their usage statistics have jumped up a ton seemingly since this all happened. (And not just page hits, but actual downloads.) But either way, glad we seem to agree. =)
Well when your name is hijacked, it's just as rude as being spammed, except worse really, because your identity is being stolen, rather than your inbox being inconvenienced.
But to each their own, I hope the SQL guys can keep their name and that the Moz folks will find something more indicative of their project (a small robust browser without all the bloat of the full Moz project). I never did quite understand how Firebird or Phoenix were supposed to indicate 'small, compact, anti-bloat'. But whatever.
I've seen pirated copies of the X-Box SDK, and IIRC I don't recall seeing it supporting OpenGL. AFAIK most id games so far have been OGL based, so unless DOOM III is DirectX based, a lot of porting (at least of the engine) might be needed to get it working. Of course depending on the size of the team doing the work, such a project might not take more than a few months. And if X-Box already handles OGL (or can be made to through some sort of update), I don't see what would delay a X-Box release aside from the need to make sure it runs fast on it. (X-Box being a P3 733 and last years graphics technology, and noting that the 'leaked' version from awhile back performed like ass on my P3 800, I dunno. While drawing conclusions from beta anything is silly, I'd find it hard to believe that they managed to get it performing 5x as fast as it was then (but maybe John can comment on that, since he reads/writes here)).
You make good points, and those are features i would REALLY like to see in games. But the problem is, that alot of people DONT want to see that---they want to be able to run and strafe and rocket-jump without a modicum of impairment. That's why more people play Quake-style shooters than MOH:AA and Ghost Recon, because they see the movement physics as impairment, not realism
Agreed, the thing I like most about Quake and DOOM games isn't the physics realism but the cool things you can pool off to make the game more fast paced and fun. Realism has a position obviously (clearly gravity is used throughout, for example), but too much realism can destroy an otherwise entertaining experience.
The idea he had that I did like was the concept of blasting out chunks of walls, having nails stay embedded in the walls, and so on. It would be awesome if we could redefine the layout and geometry of the map/level through weapons (example-- blasting rockets at a wall long enough to break a hole into the enemy base, allowing passage through). Sure there's balacing issues with that kind of thing (how easy should it be to bring down a wall, or atleast make a hole large enough to move through, afterall?), but the gameplay excitement such a thing could bring is interesting.
The brutal truth about DOOM, Quake and all the various spinoffs, wannabes and so forth is that the formula of amazing visuals tied in with dog easy (but difficult to master) gameplay can draw in even the most newbiesh of players (think about it-- how hard is it to learn how to fire a weapon with one mouse button, jump with the other, and navigate with either the keyboard arrows, the mouse, or both at the same time?). Sure you get more advanced crap like rocket jumps, deflecting off of walls and whatever, but in a team play environment even the shittiest of players can at least get the hang of it and enjoy it.
Don't over complicate a simple yet fun gameplay experience with things it doesn't need-- chief amongst them, an engrossing storyline with idiotic cut-scenes and crap. I don't want story, I want death and destruction. If you want something else, go play something else and leave the rest of us FPS lovers alone.
(As a note-- I do happen to enjoy RPG's, RTS games and other genres of games (been playing the new Zelda off and on for a week or so now), I just don't see why FPS games can't co-exist peacefully alongside other genres that are as guilty as of what you're describing as FPS titles (honestly, what's innovative about Wind Waker that wasn't already done in Orcarina of Time-- all I see are better visuals and more gameplay dynamics (small things), not large changes to the overall genre)).
nod, I understood that, but if you look in the source it appears they seperate words with   rather than using a literal space and letting the browser render it as it sees fit. I know that if I wanted, say, double spaces after each period I'd need to use either a regular space followed by an  , or two  's, but they seem to be using it where a single space would suffice.
In the case of the TD cell, it makes sense, but not for spacing words where a regular single byte space would (seemingly anyways) do. =)
I notice when viewing the source that they use   (the HTML character entity for a space) in places where I don't believe they need to (essentially turning what should be one byte into six). I know   has to be used in some situations (like where there's no content on the left or right of the space, or when you want multiple repetitive spaces), but they seem to be using it between individual words in a sentence. Or am I missing something?
Overall though I agree, it looks like they've done everything they can to get that homepage down to as few bytes as possible. =) Nice minimalist design, heh.
Yeah, I think I recall reading that the 800 MHz Itanium's executed 32-bit code as if it were running on a P-166. That being said, screw compatibility-- IA-64 executes VERY fast from what I've read, and is ripe with ways to be optimized by hand-coded assembly (or, a well written and optimized C run-time library, with a good optimizing compiler backing it all up).
Windows already runs on IA-64, AFAIK Linux does as well, and I seem to recall a whole host of other OS's that had IA-64 ports already finished or in the pipeline. Intel seems to me to be just trying to downplay AMD's 64-bit aspirations (which, judging from the comments so far, seems to be the consensus of everyone else), and not really an actual indicator of what their REAL plans are.
As redundant as it is, I'll say that-- 1) If AMD is at all successful with their 64-bit processors, Intel will be sure to enter the fray with perhaps a 'fixed' IA-64 processor that executes legacy IA-32 code better (just so they can claim compatibility), and 2) even with AMD flopping with their 64-bit work, Intel is still likely developing an answer to their product just in case.
I mean, it is only a matter of time before we need a 64-bit architecture, PAE notwithstanding, the only thing that can be reasonably debated is just how much time we'll have before we hit the 4 GB barrier and need either PAE or 64-bit processors. (And I'd argue, from a performance point of view, ignoring memory altogether, IA-64 (and AMD's 64-bit ISA) sound very promising and a boon for developers willing to work in assembler, or compiler writers.
Nod, also love that movie. =) Glad I'm not alone. Slashdot doesn't allow you to post within X number of seconds of hitting reply, so it erased my original reply, and I'm too lazy to retype the whole god damn mess, so this will have to do for conveying my feelings. BLAH Slashdot!
If comic books were still $1.00 or even $1.25, I'd consider reading them still (or collecting them, as I called it as a teen, heh), but it's a complete joke how much comics cost this day and age.
As far as outgrowing it, possibly, but did you watch the Spider-Man movie, or maybe that X-Men movie? Or how about the BatMan movies? I'm willing to bet you did, so how can you say you've "outgrown" comics?
You don't need the 'bookend thingies' version, the regular boxed version will suffice (read: all 'extended edition' DVD sets contain the free tickets for The Two Towers). Those 'bookend thingies' are the Argonath, the large structures featured near the end of the Fellowship of the Ring.
It's on the R1 disc, the instructions weren't quite clear exactly WHERE you had to press DOWN at. You press down from the far-right group listing, NOT from the chapter name itself (mentally split the three areas you can navigate left and right into three columns, you want to be on the bottom right item, then press DOWN, and you'll get the Towers graphic as the original poster described). On the FIRST disc of the Extended DVD you can get to the MTV spoof of the Council of Elrond scene by going to the last chapter (this time the SECOND/MIDDLE column of selectable menu items) and press DOWN on the last item (doing this on the 2nd disc moved you to the first chapter, on the 1st disc it brings up a small ring icon in the bottom/middle area, press ENTER on this ring icon).
Sorry for my previous rant. I still think regions are lame though.;)
Uhh, maybe you should mention that this only applies to the Region *2* disc, the Region *1* disc does NOT have this easter egg (I just tried it repeatedly, then searched on Google and found out it was an R2-only egg apparently; R1 has a DIFFERENT egg I guess, how LAME, god damn region encoding BULLSHIT).
Agreed, their pricing is horrible. I'll never buy them at the prices they're asking for-- MAYBE if it dropped it $65 per season, but that's still pushing it for what is really JUST a TV series. They made their money off of the advertising, I wish they wouldn't feel the need to milk the fans even more for wanting something better than videotapes of the series...
For what it's worth SACD is the one truly innovative format, DVD-Audio just pushes up the sample size/sample rate that AudioCD has, is a completely new way to do things.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but what's not innovative about DVD-Audio? DVD-A has MUCH more than just higher sample size/rates, it also has multi-channel output (Dolby Digital 5.1 encoded/compressed using MLP), something SACD also has, but that I think makes the formats as good as they are. Is there some other difference between SACD and DVD-A that I'm missing that puts SACD over the top?
As for digital outs, this has been confusing me actually. Pioneer has a semi-cheap DVD-A player (also does DVD-Video) with digital optical/coaxial outputs, but it also has individual analog outputs for the different channels. What happens when you play a DVD-A disc in this player? Does the digital out simply not get used? Seems like a waste of my amplifiers decoder to send it out over all those wires. =)
Disney (for example in Monsters, Inc) places a bunch of ads that you can skip by hitting 'Menu' but are annoying. I mean, yes, you can easily skip it, but if you miss the short message explaining HOW at the beginning, you're forced to endure up to 5-6 advertisements.
Paramount on the other hand, usually has the unskippable FBI warnings. What *I* like is the studios/manufacturers who place these warnings *at the end* of movies (usually with the rating), as this makes the most sense, and doesn't inconvenience the regular consumer. I won't agree with the author that you replied to, but I will agree with him on the point that these things detract from the overall enjoyment of the product. Why can't we just watch movies ad-free, we paid for them, isn't that enough?
(FYI: I actually enjoy movie trailers/advertisements usually, placing them in some 'Other Titles' menu item would make me extremely happy so I could go watch them at my leisure/desire, but force feeding it just sucks.)
I think I'd prefer the Lousiana method of elections-- the person with a 50% majority wins, if no candidate receives 50%, then a run-off election is held between the two highest ranking candidates in the original election. This allows people to vote for who they really want, and then make a tough decision based on the two choices that come out ahead.
Having said that, it's highly unlikely the current system will change, but I think the US isn't THAT bad as far as voting goes, it could just be a bit better in places. (Getting rid of the electoral college, going by popular vote, for example.)
I don't like this situation. I'm not American, and after seeing the results of the last election, I have serious doubts about Americas system of checks and balances.
The last election was fine, George W. Bush won the electoral vote and the Presidency. Florida was a tight race, but you can't sit there and recount ballots from now till eternity-- the whole situation went on for over a month as it was, and the courts decided that enough hoop jumping had been performed.
I'm not going to pretend that the US is perfect, it's not, but no country is. =) The US's checks and balances system is working fine, don't let a single election sway your opinion of our political system.;)
Insightful doesn't even begin to describe your post-- I'm living proof of what happens when management expects more than can be realistically be given. A team of 3 developers were tasked with creating an app in 3 months; complete and ready to roll out (bug checked and the whole works, by the same 3 developers). I told them it wasn't possible and was told it WOULD happen and we'd work extra hours to get it done.
They were so certain of this that I gave up debating the topic, and when month 3 rolled around, lo and behold, NO SHIPPABLE PRODUCT. 2 of the 3 developers were asked to resign with severance pay. I will NEVER accept that kind of shit from management again-- next time it'll be "I work 8 hours a day, and if you don't like it-- too bad!".
At least they have the guts to come out and say "here's the theatrical release on DVD now, and if you want you can wait and get the special extended DVD, or just get both!". Paramount was lovely enough to not mention they were going to release re-releases of Star Trek II and III (and who knows which others are in the pipe) until months later (AFAIK!). Had I known about the new versions when the older releases came out almost a year ago, I may have waited.
Now I can decide for myself which version I want to own permanently. Of course being a fan, I'm going to get both (because the DVD released on the 6th contains the original theatrical release, while the one being released this coming November contains ONLY this extended edition, NOT the original you saw in the theatre). Had I had this choice with Star Trek II, I'd probably have waited for this Director's Cut.
I applaud them for coming out and saying ahead of both releases that there'd be two releases a few months apart. It's less like squeezing money out of fans and more like being honest.
Which end EVERY press release it seems. (I dunno, there must be some method to the madness, maybe some ancient press software/hardware recognizes #### as the end of the story..)
(This wasn't as funny as I'd thought it would be.)
On a side note, I look forward to a hard copy of the comic-- I just recently began reading it, and have become quite impressed (the story just moves along a lot slower than I wish it would, heh). =)
Yes, why argue the facts when you can "jump" to conclusions. Did you buy one of those mats that guy in Office Space invented and just use it prior to making this post? Because I think you did.
Yah, the 'out of food' thing was a big joke-- take the U.S. government for example. I saw a story recently on CNN.com (can't find the URL, but hopefully someone else can find a story based on it, it was pry an AP story) talking about how the government is buying surplus food from farmers in order to artificially inflate the prices. The government has SO much stockpiled that it was said that it could feed the entire U.S. for a rather lengthy period of time.
All that, and we're supposedly running OUT of food?
Now I'm not one to totally ignore their statement, because in all honesty we as a people SHOULD try to tone back our consumption of natural resources, and specifically, tone back our destruction of natural forests and other growth areas. As for finding inhabitable planets, this should be our goal anyways, if not finding Earth-like planets to colonize, finding ways to colonize planets such as Mars. (In another hundred years, this stuff probably won't be the thing of movies, but real-life-- eg: cnnmars.com, for example.)
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Possibly, but as was pointed out earlier in this thread, their usage statistics have jumped up a ton seemingly since this all happened. (And not just page hits, but actual downloads.) But either way, glad we seem to agree. =)
Well when your name is hijacked, it's just as rude as being spammed, except worse really, because your identity is being stolen, rather than your inbox being inconvenienced.
But to each their own, I hope the SQL guys can keep their name and that the Moz folks will find something more indicative of their project (a small robust browser without all the bloat of the full Moz project). I never did quite understand how Firebird or Phoenix were supposed to indicate 'small, compact, anti-bloat'. But whatever.
I've seen pirated copies of the X-Box SDK, and IIRC I don't recall seeing it supporting OpenGL. AFAIK most id games so far have been OGL based, so unless DOOM III is DirectX based, a lot of porting (at least of the engine) might be needed to get it working. Of course depending on the size of the team doing the work, such a project might not take more than a few months. And if X-Box already handles OGL (or can be made to through some sort of update), I don't see what would delay a X-Box release aside from the need to make sure it runs fast on it. (X-Box being a P3 733 and last years graphics technology, and noting that the 'leaked' version from awhile back performed like ass on my P3 800, I dunno. While drawing conclusions from beta anything is silly, I'd find it hard to believe that they managed to get it performing 5x as fast as it was then (but maybe John can comment on that, since he reads/writes here)).
Agreed, the thing I like most about Quake and DOOM games isn't the physics realism but the cool things you can pool off to make the game more fast paced and fun. Realism has a position obviously (clearly gravity is used throughout, for example), but too much realism can destroy an otherwise entertaining experience.
The idea he had that I did like was the concept of blasting out chunks of walls, having nails stay embedded in the walls, and so on. It would be awesome if we could redefine the layout and geometry of the map/level through weapons (example-- blasting rockets at a wall long enough to break a hole into the enemy base, allowing passage through). Sure there's balacing issues with that kind of thing (how easy should it be to bring down a wall, or atleast make a hole large enough to move through, afterall?), but the gameplay excitement such a thing could bring is interesting.
I have seven words for you--
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
The brutal truth about DOOM, Quake and all the various spinoffs, wannabes and so forth is that the formula of amazing visuals tied in with dog easy (but difficult to master) gameplay can draw in even the most newbiesh of players (think about it-- how hard is it to learn how to fire a weapon with one mouse button, jump with the other, and navigate with either the keyboard arrows, the mouse, or both at the same time?). Sure you get more advanced crap like rocket jumps, deflecting off of walls and whatever, but in a team play environment even the shittiest of players can at least get the hang of it and enjoy it.
Don't over complicate a simple yet fun gameplay experience with things it doesn't need-- chief amongst them, an engrossing storyline with idiotic cut-scenes and crap. I don't want story, I want death and destruction. If you want something else, go play something else and leave the rest of us FPS lovers alone.
(As a note-- I do happen to enjoy RPG's, RTS games and other genres of games (been playing the new Zelda off and on for a week or so now), I just don't see why FPS games can't co-exist peacefully alongside other genres that are as guilty as of what you're describing as FPS titles (honestly, what's innovative about Wind Waker that wasn't already done in Orcarina of Time-- all I see are better visuals and more gameplay dynamics (small things), not large changes to the overall genre)).
</rant>Ahha, blah, I knew it stood for that too, goes to show that overanalyzing something can lead to trouble. Thanks. ;)
nod, I understood that, but if you look in the source it appears they seperate words with   rather than using a literal space and letting the browser render it as it sees fit. I know that if I wanted, say, double spaces after each period I'd need to use either a regular space followed by an  , or two  's, but they seem to be using it where a single space would suffice.
In the case of the TD cell, it makes sense, but not for spacing words where a regular single byte space would (seemingly anyways) do. =)
Here's a semi-offtopic question though--
I notice when viewing the source that they use   (the HTML character entity for a space) in places where I don't believe they need to (essentially turning what should be one byte into six). I know   has to be used in some situations (like where there's no content on the left or right of the space, or when you want multiple repetitive spaces), but they seem to be using it between individual words in a sentence. Or am I missing something?
Overall though I agree, it looks like they've done everything they can to get that homepage down to as few bytes as possible. =) Nice minimalist design, heh.
Yeah, I think I recall reading that the 800 MHz Itanium's executed 32-bit code as if it were running on a P-166. That being said, screw compatibility-- IA-64 executes VERY fast from what I've read, and is ripe with ways to be optimized by hand-coded assembly (or, a well written and optimized C run-time library, with a good optimizing compiler backing it all up).
Windows already runs on IA-64, AFAIK Linux does as well, and I seem to recall a whole host of other OS's that had IA-64 ports already finished or in the pipeline. Intel seems to me to be just trying to downplay AMD's 64-bit aspirations (which, judging from the comments so far, seems to be the consensus of everyone else), and not really an actual indicator of what their REAL plans are.
As redundant as it is, I'll say that-- 1) If AMD is at all successful with their 64-bit processors, Intel will be sure to enter the fray with perhaps a 'fixed' IA-64 processor that executes legacy IA-32 code better (just so they can claim compatibility), and 2) even with AMD flopping with their 64-bit work, Intel is still likely developing an answer to their product just in case.
I mean, it is only a matter of time before we need a 64-bit architecture, PAE notwithstanding, the only thing that can be reasonably debated is just how much time we'll have before we hit the 4 GB barrier and need either PAE or 64-bit processors. (And I'd argue, from a performance point of view, ignoring memory altogether, IA-64 (and AMD's 64-bit ISA) sound very promising and a boon for developers willing to work in assembler, or compiler writers.
Nod, also love that movie. =) Glad I'm not alone. Slashdot doesn't allow you to post within X number of seconds of hitting reply, so it erased my original reply, and I'm too lazy to retype the whole god damn mess, so this will have to do for conveying my feelings. BLAH Slashdot!
If comic books were still $1.00 or even $1.25, I'd consider reading them still (or collecting them, as I called it as a teen, heh), but it's a complete joke how much comics cost this day and age.
As far as outgrowing it, possibly, but did you watch the Spider-Man movie, or maybe that X-Men movie? Or how about the BatMan movies? I'm willing to bet you did, so how can you say you've "outgrown" comics?
This was done in the US trailer(s) as well. And I couldn't agree more.
You don't need the 'bookend thingies' version, the regular boxed version will suffice (read: all 'extended edition' DVD sets contain the free tickets for The Two Towers). Those 'bookend thingies' are the Argonath, the large structures featured near the end of the Fellowship of the Ring.
sigh...
;)
It's on the R1 disc, the instructions weren't quite clear exactly WHERE you had to press DOWN at. You press down from the far-right group listing, NOT from the chapter name itself (mentally split the three areas you can navigate left and right into three columns, you want to be on the bottom right item, then press DOWN, and you'll get the Towers graphic as the original poster described). On the FIRST disc of the Extended DVD you can get to the MTV spoof of the Council of Elrond scene by going to the last chapter (this time the SECOND/MIDDLE column of selectable menu items) and press DOWN on the last item (doing this on the 2nd disc moved you to the first chapter, on the 1st disc it brings up a small ring icon in the bottom/middle area, press ENTER on this ring icon).
Sorry for my previous rant. I still think regions are lame though.
Uhh, maybe you should mention that this only applies to the Region *2* disc, the Region *1* disc does NOT have this easter egg (I just tried it repeatedly, then searched on Google and found out it was an R2-only egg apparently; R1 has a DIFFERENT egg I guess, how LAME, god damn region encoding BULLSHIT).
[sigh]
Agreed, their pricing is horrible. I'll never buy them at the prices they're asking for-- MAYBE if it dropped it $65 per season, but that's still pushing it for what is really JUST a TV series. They made their money off of the advertising, I wish they wouldn't feel the need to milk the fans even more for wanting something better than videotapes of the series...
As for digital outs, this has been confusing me actually. Pioneer has a semi-cheap DVD-A player (also does DVD-Video) with digital optical/coaxial outputs, but it also has individual analog outputs for the different channels. What happens when you play a DVD-A disc in this player? Does the digital out simply not get used? Seems like a waste of my amplifiers decoder to send it out over all those wires. =)
Thanks!
Disc Manufacturers I try to avoid--
- Disney
- Paramount
Disney (for example in Monsters, Inc) places a bunch of ads that you can skip by hitting 'Menu' but are annoying. I mean, yes, you can easily skip it, but if you miss the short message explaining HOW at the beginning, you're forced to endure up to 5-6 advertisements.
Paramount on the other hand, usually has the unskippable FBI warnings. What *I* like is the studios/manufacturers who place these warnings *at the end* of movies (usually with the rating), as this makes the most sense, and doesn't inconvenience the regular consumer. I won't agree with the author that you replied to, but I will agree with him on the point that these things detract from the overall enjoyment of the product. Why can't we just watch movies ad-free, we paid for them, isn't that enough?
(FYI: I actually enjoy movie trailers/advertisements usually, placing them in some 'Other Titles' menu item would make me extremely happy so I could go watch them at my leisure/desire, but force feeding it just sucks.)
I think I'd prefer the Lousiana method of elections-- the person with a 50% majority wins, if no candidate receives 50%, then a run-off election is held between the two highest ranking candidates in the original election. This allows people to vote for who they really want, and then make a tough decision based on the two choices that come out ahead.
Having said that, it's highly unlikely the current system will change, but I think the US isn't THAT bad as far as voting goes, it could just be a bit better in places. (Getting rid of the electoral college, going by popular vote, for example.)
I'm not going to pretend that the US is perfect, it's not, but no country is. =) The US's checks and balances system is working fine, don't let a single election sway your opinion of our political system.
Insightful doesn't even begin to describe your post-- I'm living proof of what happens when management expects more than can be realistically be given. A team of 3 developers were tasked with creating an app in 3 months; complete and ready to roll out (bug checked and the whole works, by the same 3 developers). I told them it wasn't possible and was told it WOULD happen and we'd work extra hours to get it done.
They were so certain of this that I gave up debating the topic, and when month 3 rolled around, lo and behold, NO SHIPPABLE PRODUCT. 2 of the 3 developers were asked to resign with severance pay. I will NEVER accept that kind of shit from management again-- next time it'll be "I work 8 hours a day, and if you don't like it-- too bad!".
At least they have the guts to come out and say "here's the theatrical release on DVD now, and if you want you can wait and get the special extended DVD, or just get both!". Paramount was lovely enough to not mention they were going to release re-releases of Star Trek II and III (and who knows which others are in the pipe) until months later (AFAIK!). Had I known about the new versions when the older releases came out almost a year ago, I may have waited.
Now I can decide for myself which version I want to own permanently. Of course being a fan, I'm going to get both (because the DVD released on the 6th contains the original theatrical release, while the one being released this coming November contains ONLY this extended edition, NOT the original you saw in the theatre). Had I had this choice with Star Trek II, I'd probably have waited for this Director's Cut.
I applaud them for coming out and saying ahead of both releases that there'd be two releases a few months apart. It's less like squeezing money out of fans and more like being honest.
The senseless--
####
Which end EVERY press release it seems. (I dunno, there must be some method to the madness, maybe some ancient press software/hardware recognizes #### as the end of the story..)
(This wasn't as funny as I'd thought it would be.)
On a side note, I look forward to a hard copy of the comic-- I just recently began reading it, and have become quite impressed (the story just moves along a lot slower than I wish it would, heh). =)
Yes, why argue the facts when you can "jump" to conclusions. Did you buy one of those mats that guy in Office Space invented and just use it prior to making this post? Because I think you did.
Yah, the 'out of food' thing was a big joke-- take the U.S. government for example. I saw a story recently on CNN.com (can't find the URL, but hopefully someone else can find a story based on it, it was pry an AP story) talking about how the government is buying surplus food from farmers in order to artificially inflate the prices. The government has SO much stockpiled that it was said that it could feed the entire U.S. for a rather lengthy period of time.
All that, and we're supposedly running OUT of food?
Now I'm not one to totally ignore their statement, because in all honesty we as a people SHOULD try to tone back our consumption of natural resources, and specifically, tone back our destruction of natural forests and other growth areas. As for finding inhabitable planets, this should be our goal anyways, if not finding Earth-like planets to colonize, finding ways to colonize planets such as Mars. (In another hundred years, this stuff probably won't be the thing of movies, but real-life-- eg: cnnmars.com, for example.)