Even if they did, I see no reason why they couldn't smoke them in private
Then how do you explain why people still smoke in public places?
People are stupid, which is fine, if their own stupidity only affects themselves, but when their stupidity starts affecting other people the government does have a legitimate role in stepping in to protect other people. It is very difficult to figure out where that line is in many cases.
I was talking about smoking in private. You are correct. I can see some restrictions on where you are allowed to smoke in public.
Right now, there are tons of examples of nutrient suppliments blatently lying about their effect and contents of their suppliments. How can anyone make up their mind in this case? Shouldn't the government step in and require these companies to do proper research?
That is why I said there should be government mandated transparency. Outright lying about the effects or side-effects of a product would be considered criminal. If the business didn't do any real research, the customer has to be told so. If business did do research, the customer has to be told the results. Intentionally, hiding known effects and statistics would be criminal. I see no reason why a third party businesses could not arise that performs a similar function of the FDA without all the government entanglements and government mandates. They would come up with their own rating and standards. If a company wants to be able market their drug with an "official seal of approval" from one of these rating businesses they have to follow the business's standards. Multiple standard of approval could be formed. Consumers could decided which standards they trust and which they don't. They can decided which drugs they trust and which they don't.
" If you are given all the known facts upfront, you should be able to make your own choice."
Yet people still start to smoke, tobacco. When learned about how it effects others in the area who shown not to make the choice, they still continue.
I am fairly sure that most medical drugs do not require you smoke them. Even if they did, I see no reason why they couldn't smoke them in private. If they deem that smoking is worth the risks, it is their choice to make, stupid decision or not.
Or you have stupid parents who believe some crazy nut job and will not vaccinate their children. In fear of a 0.001% increase of an other illness, while the vaccine will have a 5% chance of saving the child's life.
Given the Fact there will be a charismatic conspiracy nut that will refute the claims, that will attract a big following.
Yes. There are stupid people out there. There will always be stupid people out there. That said, I would rather accept the risk that some people are going to make stupid and emotional decisions than to have the government come in and make decisions for everyone.
I would think there should be government mandated transparency but the government should not decide which drugs we are allowed to take. If you are given all the known facts upfront, you should be able to make your own choice.
If he is anything like me, considering the (holiday sale) prices and relatively non-intrusive DRM of Steam, he finds Steam's DRM a fair compromise. Unfortunately, if ones does not pay attention, it is relatively easy to buy a Steam game that has an additional DRM on it. This additional DRM is usually much more intrusive. Also, it is usually harder to know what that additional DRM is going to do unless you want to do a bunch of Googling. The Steam DRM is the same from title to title. One online run after install and then the ability to plan offline. In the end, he wants to ability to easily filter out third-party DRMs that are likely to be intrusive and are unknown.
Why do we even need a no-fly list? I understand a possible no-leaving-the-country list (because they are in the middle of a criminal court case) or a no-getting-in-the-country list (assuming they are not US citizens) but why a no-fly list? This would not require identification for domestic flights.
I am not talking about the ability of the hardware to create nice graphics. I am talking about the capabilities of a touch interface to make complex controls.
I never never heard of Cider before but if it is just a compatibility layer, why can't Cider be updated to support Linux and therefore allow those games currently using it to easily offer their game on Linux.
Most tablet/smartphone games are casual games such as Cut the Rope. The few games with any real oomph on tablets/smartphones have sucky controls because touchscreen lend themselves to only so much complexity. Gamers don't buy tablets to replace their desktops, laptops, and consoles for games.
What they really need is an GUI API that is designed such that switching from desktop mode to touch mode is as seamless as possible for both the users and developers. Instead they are trying to get everyone to use a touch focused GUI on everything including desktops. Desktops and touch screens require different interfaces. Otherwise, you harm at least one if not both.
I hate using the DVD service. I have to decide what I want to watch days ahead of time and have to remember to go to the Post Office. Streaming is the way to go.
That might be the case but I would venture a guess that the abstraction tends to make software development cheaper since it tends to make development faster and code easier to understand. Since hardware is advancing faster than our inefficiencies from abstraction, most consider the trade-off acceptable.
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Why not? Expressing condolences for the victims does not mean you believe that there should be more gun control or a ban on guns.
Now I can have a Ice Cream Sandwich with my Raspberry Pi(e)!
What does this mean for us that have unlimited 4G data plans?
Since when is the US government transparent?
Even if they did, I see no reason why they couldn't smoke them in private
Then how do you explain why people still smoke in public places?
People are stupid, which is fine, if their own stupidity only affects themselves, but when their stupidity starts affecting other people the government does have a legitimate role in stepping in to protect other people. It is very difficult to figure out where that line is in many cases.
I was talking about smoking in private. You are correct. I can see some restrictions on where you are allowed to smoke in public.
Right now, there are tons of examples of nutrient suppliments blatently lying about their effect and contents of their suppliments. How can anyone make up their mind in this case? Shouldn't the government step in and require these companies to do proper research?
That is why I said there should be government mandated transparency. Outright lying about the effects or side-effects of a product would be considered criminal. If the business didn't do any real research, the customer has to be told so. If business did do research, the customer has to be told the results. Intentionally, hiding known effects and statistics would be criminal. I see no reason why a third party businesses could not arise that performs a similar function of the FDA without all the government entanglements and government mandates. They would come up with their own rating and standards. If a company wants to be able market their drug with an "official seal of approval" from one of these rating businesses they have to follow the business's standards. Multiple standard of approval could be formed. Consumers could decided which standards they trust and which they don't. They can decided which drugs they trust and which they don't.
" If you are given all the known facts upfront, you should be able to make your own choice."
Yet people still start to smoke, tobacco. When learned about how it effects others in the area who shown not to make the choice, they still continue.
I am fairly sure that most medical drugs do not require you smoke them. Even if they did, I see no reason why they couldn't smoke them in private. If they deem that smoking is worth the risks, it is their choice to make, stupid decision or not.
Or you have stupid parents who believe some crazy nut job and will not vaccinate their children. In fear of a 0.001% increase of an other illness, while the vaccine will have a 5% chance of saving the child's life.
Given the Fact there will be a charismatic conspiracy nut that will refute the claims, that will attract a big following.
Yes. There are stupid people out there. There will always be stupid people out there. That said, I would rather accept the risk that some people are going to make stupid and emotional decisions than to have the government come in and make decisions for everyone.
I would think there should be government mandated transparency but the government should not decide which drugs we are allowed to take. If you are given all the known facts upfront, you should be able to make your own choice.
Sorry. That was supposed to say: "If you playing alone, what is wrong with that?"
If you plan alone, what is wrong with that?
If he is anything like me, considering the (holiday sale) prices and relatively non-intrusive DRM of Steam, he finds Steam's DRM a fair compromise. Unfortunately, if ones does not pay attention, it is relatively easy to buy a Steam game that has an additional DRM on it. This additional DRM is usually much more intrusive. Also, it is usually harder to know what that additional DRM is going to do unless you want to do a bunch of Googling. The Steam DRM is the same from title to title. One online run after install and then the ability to plan offline. In the end, he wants to ability to easily filter out third-party DRMs that are likely to be intrusive and are unknown.
Why do we even need a no-fly list? I understand a possible no-leaving-the-country list (because they are in the middle of a criminal court case) or a no-getting-in-the-country list (assuming they are not US citizens) but why a no-fly list? This would not require identification for domestic flights.
I wish my company was doing automated backups.
I have a question. Why can't commercial airlines sell anonymous plane tickets. Is possibly but unlikely terrorism their only excuse?
They are not all illegals.
I am not talking about the ability of the hardware to create nice graphics. I am talking about the capabilities of a touch interface to make complex controls.
I never never heard of Cider before but if it is just a compatibility layer, why can't Cider be updated to support Linux and therefore allow those games currently using it to easily offer their game on Linux.
Why were they in a "development limbo"? They have a HL3 game to create!
And a nice chunk of those users empty out their wallet twice a year for the winter and summer sales.
Most tablet/smartphone games are casual games such as Cut the Rope. The few games with any real oomph on tablets/smartphones have sucky controls because touchscreen lend themselves to only so much complexity. Gamers don't buy tablets to replace their desktops, laptops, and consoles for games.
You are forgetting that Steam doesn't own the games they sell. They simply sell the games on the behalf of the publishers and take a cut.
Has anyone created some sort of composite controller? Mouse like device for aiming and gamepad like device for movement?
What they really need is an GUI API that is designed such that switching from desktop mode to touch mode is as seamless as possible for both the users and developers. Instead they are trying to get everyone to use a touch focused GUI on everything including desktops. Desktops and touch screens require different interfaces. Otherwise, you harm at least one if not both.
I hate using the DVD service. I have to decide what I want to watch days ahead of time and have to remember to go to the Post Office. Streaming is the way to go.
NetFlix is in direct competition with all TV/movie distribution regardless of the source.
That might be the case but I would venture a guess that the abstraction tends to make software development cheaper since it tends to make development faster and code easier to understand. Since hardware is advancing faster than our inefficiencies from abstraction, most consider the trade-off acceptable.