Okay, I think I see where you were going with your original comment now. You're expecting a home's value to change when the property tax changes? It's actually the other way around, property tax is based on a percentage of a property's tax assessed value. In my case, the tax assessor's value was actually $10-20,000.00 less than our purchase price. In most cases, you can have your lender handle payments of property tax through an escrow account, where ~ 1/12th of your estimated annual property tax is added to your mortgage payment. It's pretty common for a lender to be asleep at the switch with an escrow account and not (or incorrectly) adjust for tax changes. Even if our property tax went down by a significant amount (percentage-wise) the house value increases so much each year that the actual dollar amount we pay is pretty much guaranteed to be higher every year.
I don't see why the froggy approach is the best direction Not to say that it's the best direction, but I think you're missinge the objective because you're thinking of this as a DOS of computing resources. It's actually meant to be a DOS of the information that the end-using companies receive. There's other posts that explain it better, but this way the spammer's customer receives a large number of phony responses alongside the genuine responses to their spam messages. This makes things a bit more of a hassle for the spammer's customer and (hopefully) less desirable for their end-users trying to make money with that data.
Just out of curiousity, where do you live that property taxes are cut all the time?;) Seriously though, I can see how you would expect property tax to have an effect on rent, but what effect would a cut in property tax have on the sale price/value of houses that inflation is supposed to make up? Just not quite following you.
Except that it's the taxpayers pushing the phone company for lower rates, either by complaing directly about taxes passed to them, reducing other 'for profit' services in exchange of the tax, or by switching to a competing service (I saw someone post a claim that VOIP providers aren't required to charge the tax, for example.)
Hmmm... Wouldn't it just be a shame if it was discovered the schools's principal had an incriminating Myspace account! And to think that they were such a moral person...
Printer? You had a printer? We used to ink in the black dots BY HAND. Ink? You people had ink? We sat in a row under a wall of metal pipes, all of them whacking us on the head, using Morse code to tell us the letter that must be drawn in with our own blood!
I don't know what we'd do if we switched to Hydrogen fuels with Palladium! Where would I get my ice-cold refreshing cans of gasoline to drink? It's practically a health tonic! Check out these guns, you think I'd have muscles like this if it weren't for drinking gasoline?
Come on people- a trace amount of sodium will kill you too, in the proper chemical configuration. Hell, many of you are probably wearing Palladium right now, increasingly used in making white gold rather than nickel, because it's less reactive. It's advertised as 'alergy-free' white gold. And if any of you need to be told that a metal is 'generally bad to ingest', might I suggest you also stop eating glue, fiberglass, and toilet cleaner?
Actually, it's probably an effort to clear things up. There's an article linked from Penny Arcade that claims all the E3 demos were actually running on Gamecubes, along with some pictures of Gamecube cases from the show. Some people claimed this weakened the graphics performance of the demos, the Wii isn't ready, etc, etc...
Actually, you gave them permission when you gave it to them to deliver. Nearly all of the shipping companies now include a 'we can open your package to inspect it for saftey reasons' clause in their terms, even when shipping domesticly. As others have already mentioned, customs officials can open pretty much whatever international packages they feel like opening.
I still check rottentomatoes, but I think a better way to do things is to find a critic that is as close to 100% consistent with your opinions all the time.
For example, there's a critic at the Seattle PI that really enjoys all of the movies I can't stand, and nearly always tears apart the movies that I enjoy. Instead of a meta-review site, there should be some sort of movie-tastes profiling webpage. Critics and customers profile movies that they see, along with what they did or did not like about them. Then you get matched to critics that either match (or are violently opposed) to your tastes.
Ok- so what movement would you use to move a game character forward in a 3D environment? How would that same character pick up a sword on the ground? You've got the sword, now you need to block an attack from the right and dodge left at the same time, which movement does this? Granted, your examples would be excellent uses for the new contoller, but let's not pretend that it will improve (or even match) a traditional controller in all instances.
The games wouldn't have to be re-designed if it didn't take something away for what it brings. Nintendo is certainly capable of releasing a 'traditional' controller, and knowing them, they may still do so. Would you applaud Apple if they suddenly decided to limit a UI to voice input only? Dare I suggest that a developer that was involved with Katamari might just be familiar with the concept of working hard to produce something unique?
I agree with your "why doesn't anyone think before they speak?" comment in general, I like the idea of the Revolution controller, and I'm planning on picking up the Revolution at some point. However, I think it's narrow minded to expect developers swap completely to an unorthodox control system. The way I see it, what he's saying is that he wants to make a game that's enjoyable with the control system being transparent as possible. Right now, the controller is the focus of the Revolution and he wants to make games independent of that. It seems he feels that the innovation of the controller doesn't offset the costs of the limitations it imposes. (Or, more bluntly: He doesn't like it) I'd say he's got the right to voice his opinion, but what the hell do I know?;)
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Okay, I think I see where you were going with your original comment now. You're expecting a home's value to change when the property tax changes? It's actually the other way around, property tax is based on a percentage of a property's tax assessed value. In my case, the tax assessor's value was actually $10-20,000.00 less than our purchase price. In most cases, you can have your lender handle payments of property tax through an escrow account, where ~ 1/12th of your estimated annual property tax is added to your mortgage payment. It's pretty common for a lender to be asleep at the switch with an escrow account and not (or incorrectly) adjust for tax changes. Even if our property tax went down by a significant amount (percentage-wise) the house value increases so much each year that the actual dollar amount we pay is pretty much guaranteed to be higher every year.
I don't see why the froggy approach is the best direction
Not to say that it's the best direction, but I think you're missinge the objective because you're thinking of this as a DOS of computing resources. It's actually meant to be a DOS of the information that the end-using companies receive. There's other posts that explain it better, but this way the spammer's customer receives a large number of phony responses alongside the genuine responses to their spam messages. This makes things a bit more of a hassle for the spammer's customer and (hopefully) less desirable for their end-users trying to make money with that data.
Just out of curiousity, where do you live that property taxes are cut all the time? ;)
Seriously though, I can see how you would expect property tax to have an effect on rent, but what effect would a cut in property tax have on the sale price/value of houses that inflation is supposed to make up? Just not quite following you.
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Our chief weapon is surprise! Surprise and fear! Fear and surprise! Among our weapons... Amongnst our weapontry are such elements as fear, suprise-
I'll come in again.
Except that it's the taxpayers pushing the phone company for lower rates, either by complaing directly about taxes passed to them, reducing other 'for profit' services in exchange of the tax, or by switching to a competing service (I saw someone post a claim that VOIP providers aren't required to charge the tax, for example.)
Hmmm... Wouldn't it just be a shame if it was discovered the schools's principal had an incriminating Myspace account! And to think that they were such a moral person...
Dude, you totally don't understand Turing Completeness.
Think of it this way:
At least that Nigerian scammer doesn't have your address anymore...
Printer? You had a printer?
We used to ink in the black dots BY HAND.
Ink? You people had ink?
We sat in a row under a wall of metal pipes, all of them whacking us on the head, using Morse code to tell us the letter that must be drawn in with our own blood!
Personally, I always read Google's beta as "it works, but don't expect it to stay this way." Like how the beta of maps has been lumped with local.
Already downloaded via Bitterrent and listening on my iPad...
I don't know what we'd do if we switched to Hydrogen fuels with Palladium! Where would I get my ice-cold refreshing cans of gasoline to drink? It's practically a health tonic! Check out these guns, you think I'd have muscles like this if it weren't for drinking gasoline?
Come on people- a trace amount of sodium will kill you too, in the proper chemical configuration. Hell, many of you are probably wearing Palladium right now, increasingly used in making white gold rather than nickel, because it's less reactive. It's advertised as 'alergy-free' white gold. And if any of you need to be told that a metal is 'generally bad to ingest', might I suggest you also stop eating glue, fiberglass, and toilet cleaner?
One additional correction:
Come out with your hands up, bend over; apparently we're under the impression that this won't hurt us a bit.
Doh! s/their/they're/
Aw, cmon man! Just say their white, no need for any of that...
Actually, it's probably an effort to clear things up. There's an article linked from Penny Arcade that claims all the E3 demos were actually running on Gamecubes, along with some pictures of Gamecube cases from the show. Some people claimed this weakened the graphics performance of the demos, the Wii isn't ready, etc, etc...
I was hoping it wouldn't come to this... Looks like it's finally time for me to file these three-push power button diagrams.
Ok, I'm on the table of contents, but I can't figure out where to click to get to the first chapter. Any hints?
Yes, normally there is cake. It seems to be missing today, however. I... uh, must have left it in my other pants?
The parent post has been nominated for today's "Best Technically Precise Post That Never Actually Answers the Fu--ing Question!".
To claim your prize, click the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_(disambiguati
Actually, you gave them permission when you gave it to them to deliver. Nearly all of the shipping companies now include a 'we can open your package to inspect it for saftey reasons' clause in their terms, even when shipping domesticly. As others have already mentioned, customs officials can open pretty much whatever international packages they feel like opening.
I still check rottentomatoes, but I think a better way to do things is to find a critic that is as close to 100% consistent with your opinions all the time.
For example, there's a critic at the Seattle PI that really enjoys all of the movies I can't stand, and nearly always tears apart the movies that I enjoy. Instead of a meta-review site, there should be some sort of movie-tastes profiling webpage. Critics and customers profile movies that they see, along with what they did or did not like about them. Then you get matched to critics that either match (or are violently opposed) to your tastes.
Ok- so what movement would you use to move a game character forward in a 3D environment? How would that same character pick up a sword on the ground? You've got the sword, now you need to block an attack from the right and dodge left at the same time, which movement does this? Granted, your examples would be excellent uses for the new contoller, but let's not pretend that it will improve (or even match) a traditional controller in all instances.
The games wouldn't have to be re-designed if it didn't take something away for what it brings. Nintendo is certainly capable of releasing a 'traditional' controller, and knowing them, they may still do so. Would you applaud Apple if they suddenly decided to limit a UI to voice input only? Dare I suggest that a developer that was involved with Katamari might just be familiar with the concept of working hard to produce something unique?
I agree with your "why doesn't anyone think before they speak?" comment in general, I like the idea of the Revolution controller, and I'm planning on picking up the Revolution at some point. ;)
However, I think it's narrow minded to expect developers swap completely to an unorthodox control system. The way I see it, what he's saying is that he wants to make a game that's enjoyable with the control system being transparent as possible. Right now, the controller is the focus of the Revolution and he wants to make games independent of that. It seems he feels that the innovation of the controller doesn't offset the costs of the limitations it imposes. (Or, more bluntly: He doesn't like it)
I'd say he's got the right to voice his opinion, but what the hell do I know?