An excuse needing an offense on a day where the maximum amount of press could be extracted. In other words, just what any extremist or politician would do.
When your society is breaking down an outlet is required. Seeing that we are the big evil for the people who exploit the misery of their people all in the name of religion what could we expect? You have a society where your not safe so the only escape you have is to become part of the mob because it offers anonymity.
Sometimes getting rid of a dictator is a bad thing, witness Libya and Egypt. When the control is there are ample numbers of organized groups more than willing to move in. They will do so under the protection of their religion and people over there know better than to speak out. It is even easier when nearly half the population has no choice (women) and a good number of those remaining are more than happy about abusing that other half.
and the video store. Technology was bound to push the book store out as well. So while I see the concern we have to face it, each industry evolves and those where the principle product can be delivered in a new form will adjust too.
Plus this digital move opens up the door for wanna be authors everywhere. No longer are you stymied by the inability to get your book "in print". There will still always be jobs for editors and the like for the big names in writing, however the little guy can now be heard for much cheaper if not free. That could not be said with the old hard copy model
They get out of collecting taxes for the Federal and State governments. Why should retailers be forced to take the scorn over the tax system?
Business pays no tax, ever. They collect it. Those good at not collecting it somehow are guilty of something, not sure what.
It is called indirect taxation and if Americans truly understood how much that really costs them those jerks in government, the true one percents, would be out of a job.
Instead they are masters of misdirection, vilifying businesses for not collecting taxes on their behalf. Be up front and honest about, take the true cost of government from every citizen just so they know how badly they are getting soaked.
I remember when local news went HD, boy did the make up crews suddenly change tactics. A lot of TV personalities, if not people in general, look great at lower resolutions, but HD hides nothing.
Got to love the K9 unit approval http://www.wmufradio.com/Archive08-19-12.html in Henry Tennessee that the article mentions. You will need to scroll down halfway to find the right section At least locals are being honest the fact they aren't after making the public safer, in some cases it is just pure greed. The TSA's existence is in some aspects motivated by the same.
"Henry Board approves K9 program, part time help for office
Henry, Tenn.- At the Henry Mayor and Board of Alderman meeting on Tuesday, board members decided to allow police chief David Andrews to institute a K9 program for the Henry Police Department.
Andrews told board members that the city is missing out on possible revenues that a K9 would bring. He said when you make traffic stops and the driver refuses to allow a search, their hands are tied. If a drug dog alerts on a vehicle, its gives officers probable cause to search a vehicle for drugs or illegal proceeds from drugs. More drug arrests and drug, cash, and vehicle seizures lead to more revenues coming in for the police department and city."
Endless Space (go look it up) is a new 4X game with much more in common with MOO2; though it is still amazing how much a sixteen year old game got right than anything since; but with snappy graphics and a lot of polish. They invite people to vote on upcoming changes and features as well. The game is delivered via Steam and is one of the most bug free games I have seen recently, it certainly is the best true 4X Space game I have played in ages (read: no real time silliness)
There is a small community already going at it, modifying tables in the game to bring balance where players believe its needed. There is even an early attempt going to change the whole universe into B5.
Will the developers incorporate good mods? Most likely, They already give credit to many for ideas and such. For most that is more than sufficient. People like to participate and even simple recognition on a forum is fine, but name in game credits does help too
More likely marketed to the person who wants others to think their rich or that their tastes are similar. It never ceases to amaze me how many people want to demonstrate wealth they do not have, no coolness, hipness, or whatever.
Apple's marketing has succeeded in convincing people they should go in debt to have their items. Reminds me of past campaigns for clothing and cars.
You can only win a war when you don't pretend your not at war. By that I mean, we no longer fight wars to finish them, we fight wars with the hopes of exhausting the resources of the other side before we exhaust the support of our own people.
If we had fought Afghanistan like we fought the Germans in WW2 it would be a lot closer to over if not. When you do not break the population supporting the other side the other side itself will never break. As it stands now, those in Afghanistan have no reason to quit fighting, they haven't really lost anything they value and those who live there are not to the point where they would put a stop to those supposedly fighting for them
with stories about plagiarism and how "its okay" or "rooted in history" I wonder at the timing. After all it wasn't like someone at a major news magazine recently got stung. Astroturfing anyone?
because it comes in at 299 or less I won't flinch every time the seven year runs to show me her latest effort on the iPad
A small size means I can shove it my dress pants pocket, something the Kindle does well but the iPad does not (I have the kindle touch, kindle fire, and an iPad)
Especially those of us who have taken a break from Blizzard games?
No one I no of nor I have received any notification about this breech. It is not like they don't have my email address.
As for the part about credit card information, I can believe them for one reason. A while back we had an account deleted per our request because we wanted no CC information stored with any game company. Well we had to have the account deleted and you do that through an email to the Blizzard privacy group.
Guess what, they delete the account and all related information EXCEPT for the credit card. How did we know? Because we got billed on it six months later by Blizzard.
like similar programs in the US, some politician is setting themselves up to get something back. Where in the US it is in the form of campaign contributions given the graft and out right corruption in India I would not doubt there is a whole chain of companies and politicians just giddy with this proposal.
Far too many programs which help the poor merely use their backs and nothing is really done to not keep them poor
having a Kindle touch, Kindle Fire, and even an iPad 2, I find myself reading almost all new books on the Kindle Touch. For two reasons, its so damn light and second because I can use it in full sun light.
For me nothing beats being able to read outside without having to worry about glare and portability. While I am still a fan of hard cover books, having shelves of them, I am more than happy to own an e-reader version of them. Too bad publishers don't help the trend and follow a similar model DVD publishers do, where you can get a digital version without your hard copy.
Sorry for the pun, but Space X only had to spend $375 million or so because much of the science has been worked out by all those billions NASA poured into rocketry.
Space X went into the game with a wealth of knowledge available to it that NASA and similar agencies had to develop. I am not trying to diminish what Space X has done but far too many people fail to assign the proper value of what NASA has done.
Putting rockets up into the air is almost an exercise in "duh" but doing it safely and routinely took an immense accumulation of knowledge and experience.
Movie budgets are immaterial, they produce their own value. For many spending 375 million on space flight is as big of a waste as you imply a movie is.
which if they do makes the whole issue moot anyway.
The jury is not supposed to view evidence or information about the trial unless presented within the bounds defined by the judge. You are implying that the actions Samsung took could cause the jury to change their decision but for them to do so they would have to have already violated the judges own rules thereby imperiling the case.
What is the world coming to when I find myself cheering on a lawyer, one whose actions and defense of such is just so damn much fun to read. Its like, okay Judge, two can play at this game and your out matched.
As for Apple, why must a company with such great products because the new poster child for much of what is wrong with regards to Intellectual property. They seem hell bent to do what their competitors could not do, besmirch their name
but the governments already do whatever they want. The one percent isn't the rich, its the politicians. The have deliberately impoverished us all to assert more control over our lives. Then through their near infinite channels of influence they set one group against another all the while offering laws to protect each for each other.
If those UK scientist want to see their budget, I think they can still get tickets. There appear to lots of empty seats
that being, no real diversity in where you level. It was worse in Star Wars. You could not even start a new character with a friend and play together unless you both chose the same type character, force user or non force user. Afterward you could meet up but then that is where the problem surfaces.
TL;DR - Game was release three patches too early and seemed to excel in having every bad feature WOW discarded, if not all games discarded. As if their design document was completed ten years ago and never changed.
Beyond the two starting worlds all progression through levels is always the same worlds, the same quests except for class specific quests. However the absolute worst part was the punitive travel. Oh I mean overly convoluted maps; especially palaces; where you had to run mostly empty areas around and around to meet a quest giver/target locked in the end of some crazed maze. For a game that provided you a star ship by level 15 they could never quite explain why you could not land where you wanted or worse, had to wait till 25 to buy a land speeder. Really? I have a star ship but no land craft?
The game did have some good highlights. The voice acting and stories were pretty good, but many were space bar skip them as it could become tedious and if you were on your second or third alt it was a bit much. The sounds of the game were pure star wars, the ships, the npcs, about everything looked right. The companion system was good but got a bit creepy with the romancing a computer avatar bit. Far too many players would dress their female companions, if not characters, in the absolute skimpiest outfits imaginable. Serious declaration of idiocy amongst the players.
Yet you were trapped in a world were far too many mobs were "strong" or had eight second stun attacks. Where your characters could do AWESOME moves and demonstrated AMAZING powers but only in cut scenes. I kid you not. Force users rending blast doors - only in a cut scene. By the time you were mid level you had so many abilities the game became an exercise in cool down management than playing for fun.
The game was released three patches to early. From a woefully unpolished interface to horrid zone loading times for many. Very bad and in some ways incredibly obvious exploits that rarely if ever went unpunished to an Auction House that was nearly unusable. Even mirror classes; each class had an exact copy on the other side, the effects were different; were not truly mirrored... and early raids were bug city, as in luck let you beat them more than skill.
A great idea saddled with poor execution and far too much investment in voice acting over content. Best of luck, but with Guild Wars 2 coming at the end of the month and WOW's next expansion in September their chance is basically over
they just won't admit it because everyone wants a slice of that pie but most cannot even get to the table.
MS's other issue is that if rumors hold true a new smaller iPad hits stores in September. I still think MS blew it by announcing a product they could ship at the time they announced it.
Rule #1 now is, do not announce what is not shipping now. Apple already exploits the magic in that phrase, NOW SHIPPING
Real Gun Owner, try government appointed gun owner. As with anything, a true hobbyist knows how to do it right and strives to do so, give someone a title and your doubtless going to find they don't feel obligated to live up to the ideals.
Slashdot Mirror
which shows one thing.
An excuse needing an offense on a day where the maximum amount of press could be extracted. In other words, just what any extremist or politician would do.
When your society is breaking down an outlet is required. Seeing that we are the big evil for the people who exploit the misery of their people all in the name of religion what could we expect? You have a society where your not safe so the only escape you have is to become part of the mob because it offers anonymity.
Sometimes getting rid of a dictator is a bad thing, witness Libya and Egypt. When the control is there are ample numbers of organized groups more than willing to move in. They will do so under the protection of their religion and people over there know better than to speak out. It is even easier when nearly half the population has no choice (women) and a good number of those remaining are more than happy about abusing that other half.
and the video store. Technology was bound to push the book store out as well. So while I see the concern we have to face it, each industry evolves and those where the principle product can be delivered in a new form will adjust too.
Plus this digital move opens up the door for wanna be authors everywhere. No longer are you stymied by the inability to get your book "in print". There will still always be jobs for editors and the like for the big names in writing, however the little guy can now be heard for much cheaper if not free. That could not be said with the old hard copy model
They get out of collecting taxes for the Federal and State governments. Why should retailers be forced to take the scorn over the tax system?
Business pays no tax, ever. They collect it. Those good at not collecting it somehow are guilty of something, not sure what.
It is called indirect taxation and if Americans truly understood how much that really costs them those jerks in government, the true one percents, would be out of a job.
Instead they are masters of misdirection, vilifying businesses for not collecting taxes on their behalf. Be up front and honest about, take the true cost of government from every citizen just so they know how badly they are getting soaked.
I remember when local news went HD, boy did the make up crews suddenly change tactics. A lot of TV personalities, if not people in general, look great at lower resolutions, but HD hides nothing.
Got to love the K9 unit approval http://www.wmufradio.com/Archive08-19-12.html in Henry Tennessee that the article mentions. You will need to scroll down halfway to find the right section At least locals are being honest the fact they aren't after making the public safer, in some cases it is just pure greed. The TSA's existence is in some aspects motivated by the same.
"Henry Board approves K9 program, part time help for office
Henry, Tenn.- At the Henry Mayor and Board of Alderman meeting on Tuesday, board members decided to allow police chief David Andrews to institute a K9 program for the Henry Police Department.
Andrews told board members that the city is missing out on possible revenues that a K9 would bring. He said when you make traffic stops and the driver refuses to allow a search, their hands are tied. If a drug dog alerts on a vehicle, its gives officers probable cause to search a vehicle for drugs or illegal proceeds from drugs. More drug arrests and drug, cash, and vehicle seizures lead to more revenues coming in for the police department and city."
Endless Space (go look it up) is a new 4X game with much more in common with MOO2; though it is still amazing how much a sixteen year old game got right than anything since; but with snappy graphics and a lot of polish. They invite people to vote on upcoming changes and features as well. The game is delivered via Steam and is one of the most bug free games I have seen recently, it certainly is the best true 4X Space game I have played in ages (read: no real time silliness)
There is a small community already going at it, modifying tables in the game to bring balance where players believe its needed. There is even an early attempt going to change the whole universe into B5.
Will the developers incorporate good mods? Most likely, They already give credit to many for ideas and such. For most that is more than sufficient. People like to participate and even simple recognition on a forum is fine, but name in game credits does help too
for two reasons.
No undue interference later.
Not making people we don't know pay for stuff someone else wants. People are incredibly generous with OTHER people's money.
More likely marketed to the person who wants others to think their rich or that their tastes are similar. It never ceases to amaze me how many people want to demonstrate wealth they do not have, no coolness, hipness, or whatever.
Apple's marketing has succeeded in convincing people they should go in debt to have their items. Reminds me of past campaigns for clothing and cars.
You can only win a war when you don't pretend your not at war. By that I mean, we no longer fight wars to finish them, we fight wars with the hopes of exhausting the resources of the other side before we exhaust the support of our own people.
If we had fought Afghanistan like we fought the Germans in WW2 it would be a lot closer to over if not. When you do not break the population supporting the other side the other side itself will never break. As it stands now, those in Afghanistan have no reason to quit fighting, they haven't really lost anything they value and those who live there are not to the point where they would put a stop to those supposedly fighting for them
Sadly the same logic applies to laws passed by the US Congress.
Whenever I read "People's" and "Bill of Rights" in a law I always look for how many rights they are going to trample.
with stories about plagiarism and how "its okay" or "rooted in history" I wonder at the timing. After all it wasn't like someone at a major news magazine recently got stung. Astroturfing anyone?
http://youtu.be/w7A7ZmVar8w
The above is the Nissan Leaf commercial for those who need the context
because it comes in at 299 or less I won't flinch every time the seven year runs to show me her latest effort on the iPad
A small size means I can shove it my dress pants pocket, something the Kindle does well but the iPad does not (I have the kindle touch, kindle fire, and an iPad)
Especially those of us who have taken a break from Blizzard games?
No one I no of nor I have received any notification about this breech. It is not like they don't have my email address.
As for the part about credit card information, I can believe them for one reason. A while back we had an account deleted per our request because we wanted no CC information stored with any game company. Well we had to have the account deleted and you do that through an email to the Blizzard privacy group.
Guess what, they delete the account and all related information EXCEPT for the credit card. How did we know? Because we got billed on it six months later by Blizzard.
like similar programs in the US, some politician is setting themselves up to get something back. Where in the US it is in the form of campaign contributions given the graft and out right corruption in India I would not doubt there is a whole chain of companies and politicians just giddy with this proposal.
Far too many programs which help the poor merely use their backs and nothing is really done to not keep them poor
having a Kindle touch, Kindle Fire, and even an iPad 2, I find myself reading almost all new books on the Kindle Touch. For two reasons, its so damn light and second because I can use it in full sun light.
For me nothing beats being able to read outside without having to worry about glare and portability. While I am still a fan of hard cover books, having shelves of them, I am more than happy to own an e-reader version of them. Too bad publishers don't help the trend and follow a similar model DVD publishers do, where you can get a digital version without your hard copy.
Sorry for the pun, but Space X only had to spend $375 million or so because much of the science has been worked out by all those billions NASA poured into rocketry.
Space X went into the game with a wealth of knowledge available to it that NASA and similar agencies had to develop. I am not trying to diminish what Space X has done but far too many people fail to assign the proper value of what NASA has done.
Putting rockets up into the air is almost an exercise in "duh" but doing it safely and routinely took an immense accumulation of knowledge and experience.
Movie budgets are immaterial, they produce their own value. For many spending 375 million on space flight is as big of a waste as you imply a movie is.
which if they do makes the whole issue moot anyway.
The jury is not supposed to view evidence or information about the trial unless presented within the bounds defined by the judge. You are implying that the actions Samsung took could cause the jury to change their decision but for them to do so they would have to have already violated the judges own rules thereby imperiling the case.
What is the world coming to when I find myself cheering on a lawyer, one whose actions and defense of such is just so damn much fun to read. Its like, okay Judge, two can play at this game and your out matched.
As for Apple, why must a company with such great products because the new poster child for much of what is wrong with regards to Intellectual property. They seem hell bent to do what their competitors could not do, besmirch their name
but the governments already do whatever they want. The one percent isn't the rich, its the politicians. The have deliberately impoverished us all to assert more control over our lives. Then through their near infinite channels of influence they set one group against another all the while offering laws to protect each for each other.
If those UK scientist want to see their budget, I think they can still get tickets. There appear to lots of empty seats
for showing what a mockery the courts make of the law so they can arrive at their predetermined ruling.
If evidence that supports the defense is excluded then I have to agree with the attorney for Samsung as to what point is there for a trial?
that being, no real diversity in where you level. It was worse in Star Wars. You could not even start a new character with a friend and play together unless you both chose the same type character, force user or non force user. Afterward you could meet up but then that is where the problem surfaces.
TL;DR - Game was release three patches too early and seemed to excel in having every bad feature WOW discarded, if not all games discarded. As if their design document was completed ten years ago and never changed.
Beyond the two starting worlds all progression through levels is always the same worlds, the same quests except for class specific quests. However the absolute worst part was the punitive travel. Oh I mean overly convoluted maps; especially palaces; where you had to run mostly empty areas around and around to meet a quest giver/target locked in the end of some crazed maze. For a game that provided you a star ship by level 15 they could never quite explain why you could not land where you wanted or worse, had to wait till 25 to buy a land speeder. Really? I have a star ship but no land craft?
The game did have some good highlights. The voice acting and stories were pretty good, but many were space bar skip them as it could become tedious and if you were on your second or third alt it was a bit much. The sounds of the game were pure star wars, the ships, the npcs, about everything looked right. The companion system was good but got a bit creepy with the romancing a computer avatar bit. Far too many players would dress their female companions, if not characters, in the absolute skimpiest outfits imaginable. Serious declaration of idiocy amongst the players.
Yet you were trapped in a world were far too many mobs were "strong" or had eight second stun attacks. Where your characters could do AWESOME moves and demonstrated AMAZING powers but only in cut scenes. I kid you not. Force users rending blast doors - only in a cut scene. By the time you were mid level you had so many abilities the game became an exercise in cool down management than playing for fun.
The game was released three patches to early. From a woefully unpolished interface to horrid zone loading times for many. Very bad and in some ways incredibly obvious exploits that rarely if ever went unpunished to an Auction House that was nearly unusable. Even mirror classes; each class had an exact copy on the other side, the effects were different; were not truly mirrored... and early raids were bug city, as in luck let you beat them more than skill.
A great idea saddled with poor execution and far too much investment in voice acting over content. Best of luck, but with Guild Wars 2 coming at the end of the month and WOW's next expansion in September their chance is basically over
Money money money.
I certainly don't want to wait three years to see the whole movie. With Peter Jackson's LOTR I could understand it, it was three distinct books.
Now we have Peter Jackson's The Hobbit... with how many DVD/BluRay releases to follow?
He is desperately trying to give George Lucas a good name
they just won't admit it because everyone wants a slice of that pie but most cannot even get to the table.
MS's other issue is that if rumors hold true a new smaller iPad hits stores in September. I still think MS blew it by announcing a product they could ship at the time they announced it.
Rule #1 now is, do not announce what is not shipping now. Apple already exploits the magic in that phrase, NOW SHIPPING
and incompetent?
News at 11.
Real Gun Owner, try government appointed gun owner. As with anything, a true hobbyist knows how to do it right and strives to do so, give someone a title and your doubtless going to find they don't feel obligated to live up to the ideals.