-Opening relations with China ("Only a Nixon could have gone to China")...which led directly to.... -The Anit-Ballistic Missile Treaty and the ensuing state of "detente" with Russia (since it was no longer 2 against 1, with China liking us all of a sudden) that lasted until the fall of Communism -The New Federalism that gave back much power to the states that previously had been the Feds -The first presidential initative to fight/research cancer -Establishing the EPA and staffing it with people with the guts to stand up to his own administration -Enforcing/protecting desegregation before it could be killed by opposition groups and reverted -Prominent supporter of the NEPA, OSHA, and the Clean Air Act -Supported the Equal Rights Ammendment, even though it was killed in Congress -Created the first affirmative action program in the federal govermnment
Even in his time he was considered a moderate, the last of the of the Rockefeller republicans. today he would be dismissed by the party as a liberal.
Key thing to remember: all we have here is an article claiming proof. That IS NOT in itself proof of anything. It's "a friend of a friend", it's hearsay. And all historical measures of the war previous to this, there is zero indication that any of this happened, no indication that they were ever close to a settlement in that time. and this is the sort of thing that would NOT stay secret, that someone would have come forward with years ago.
But no, you're right. We should forget he ever existed and curse his name for years to come, and ignore everything else he did, of which that is only a partial list.
you obviously have very little actual knowledge of early silent films. and little knowledge of games with effective stories. I'll grant that most games have yet to be the equivalent of a Les Miserables.....but then the Les Miserables (novel) is one of hte greatest achievements of western culture, and would be akin to expecting every person in history to be as perfect as Jesus, or every story to make as much money as the Avengers (look at the top 10 for 2012...the Avengers WAAAAAY throws the curve)
So for effective stories I give you: -Almost any of the Zorks -Warcraft and starcraft universes -Planescape Torment -Ultima 3 and 4 -Final Fantasy 3 and 7 -Xenogears -The Longest Journey -System Shock 1 and 2 -Amnesia -Okami -Grim Fandange (or basically any LucasArts adventure game, ever...Monkey Island, Full Throttle, DotT, etc) -Kingdom HEarts -Knights of the Old Republic -Chronotrigger -Zelda
cosmic radiation. gravitational pulls. micrometeorites. for being essentially an uncontrolled hunk of metal on a purely inertia/tidal trajectory, it's pretty amazing.
anyone who knows anything abuot computers and has ever been forced to take the DOD IA Awareness Training online course thing (its shockwave flash!! *shudder*) knows just what a joke and waste of time it is.
Chile is more my flavor. bit of argentinian flavor, including real cowboys (gauchos), lot like the mountain deserts of nevada i grew up in, rather than swampy jungle/grassland like the lowlands to the east. couple nice sized cities, relatively stable government (compared to most of south america especailly), relatively open/free society.
sh-- holes? no. but many of those places do have much more frequent bouts of civic violence and fewer everyday freedoms that we take for granted (unless you have enough to buy your "freedom" via bribery, like in the "good old days"...rich people tend to always be fairly "free").
ya right. give me a million in the bank and ill show you just how happy i can be. if i won the lottoe i'd pay off everyone first (Taxes, help family), toss everything else into secure investments (low risk, thank you very much)...and then you'd never see me again. i'd be taking a slow boat around the world for the rest of my life, living off the interest/income.
remember when they shut down Origin studios...right when Origin was working on an MMO version of Wing Commander? And then, in another brilliant move, went to Westwood, and commanded them to make an MMO space ship game instead of the Command & Conquer games (and possible MMO RTS) they were working on? And then insult to injury, they name their stupid downloader program "Origin"....no thank you sir. I will not have the good name of Origin sullied in this manner.
F2P in this case really means microtransactions, and that historically actually means higher profits, if you can give them an incentive to make those microtransactions.
the F2p thing helped it, though they could have done more. 3 bg's a week and such is a bit limiting for F2P, though the being able to level up from 0 to max free is very nice
exactly. CEOs are essentially permenent hire consultants. very few are the Bobby Koticks of the world, that dictate game design from teh top. most are probably fairly clueless about game design. afterall, CEOs are generally hired for business acumen, not engineering/design ability.
the biggest blame he can probably take is giving hte ok to hire the guy that hired the guy that gave the ok for the simcity design and launch.
CEO is not even a normal employee. CEO is essentially a permanent hire consultant. their contracts essentially confirm this. and this is less about simcity than overall poor performance of EA as a whole for the past several years.
Because lions and tigers know and care what continents are... or, sorry, I didn't realize there was an anti-animal-immigration wall between Africa, Eurasia, and East Asia.... or...i'll stop witht he jokes cause this is jsut silly
Actually, they used to share much of their terrirtory. Its only in the last 160 years or so that their ranges have dwindled to the extent that they can no longer mix. Both used to inhabit much of the Indian subcontinent, as well as the eurasian subcontinent (think Turkey and Caucaus mountains)
Actually, they used to share much of their terrirtory. Its only in the last 160 years or so that their ranges have dwindled to the extent that they can no longer mix.
That's only because they keep breeding poodles to be poodles. They arent selectively breeding them to change them into something new. If it was me, I'd be going for size....big,,,curly haired...attack poodles!
first sale rights are an old idea. but as applied in the USC its not so clearly worded. and its not compeltely in agreement witht he wording of the copyright act, acts regarding importation, etc etc. and that's what this case was about, was clarifying the way these various parts of the USC interact.
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in short: you're both bloody fing morons with absolutely no knowledge of anything, except your own hate.
Yes. Lets forget all about:
-Opening relations with China ("Only a Nixon could have gone to China")...which led directly to....
-The Anit-Ballistic Missile Treaty and the ensuing state of "detente" with Russia (since it was no longer 2 against 1, with China liking us all of a sudden) that lasted until the fall of Communism
-The New Federalism that gave back much power to the states that previously had been the Feds
-The first presidential initative to fight/research cancer
-Establishing the EPA and staffing it with people with the guts to stand up to his own administration
-Enforcing/protecting desegregation before it could be killed by opposition groups and reverted
-Prominent supporter of the NEPA, OSHA, and the Clean Air Act
-Supported the Equal Rights Ammendment, even though it was killed in Congress
-Created the first affirmative action program in the federal govermnment
Even in his time he was considered a moderate, the last of the of the Rockefeller republicans. today he would be dismissed by the party as a liberal.
Key thing to remember: all we have here is an article claiming proof. That IS NOT in itself proof of anything. It's "a friend of a friend", it's hearsay. And all historical measures of the war previous to this, there is zero indication that any of this happened, no indication that they were ever close to a settlement in that time. and this is the sort of thing that would NOT stay secret, that someone would have come forward with years ago.
But no, you're right. We should forget he ever existed and curse his name for years to come, and ignore everything else he did, of which that is only a partial list.
yes i forgot Tex Murphy!
you obviously have very little actual knowledge of early silent films. and little knowledge of games with effective stories. I'll grant that most games have yet to be the equivalent of a Les Miserables.....but then the Les Miserables (novel) is one of hte greatest achievements of western culture, and would be akin to expecting every person in history to be as perfect as Jesus, or every story to make as much money as the Avengers (look at the top 10 for 2012...the Avengers WAAAAAY throws the curve)
So for effective stories I give you:
-Almost any of the Zorks
-Warcraft and starcraft universes
-Planescape Torment
-Ultima 3 and 4
-Final Fantasy 3 and 7
-Xenogears
-The Longest Journey
-System Shock 1 and 2
-Amnesia
-Okami
-Grim Fandange (or basically any LucasArts adventure game, ever...Monkey Island, Full Throttle, DotT, etc)
-Kingdom HEarts
-Knights of the Old Republic
-Chronotrigger
-Zelda
cosmic radiation. gravitational pulls. micrometeorites. for being essentially an uncontrolled hunk of metal on a purely inertia/tidal trajectory, it's pretty amazing.
3rd article in past half year with same subject.
touche
anyone who knows anything abuot computers and has ever been forced to take the DOD IA Awareness Training online course thing (its shockwave flash!! *shudder*) knows just what a joke and waste of time it is.
Chile is more my flavor. bit of argentinian flavor, including real cowboys (gauchos), lot like the mountain deserts of nevada i grew up in, rather than swampy jungle/grassland like the lowlands to the east. couple nice sized cities, relatively stable government (compared to most of south america especailly), relatively open/free society.
sh-- holes? no.
but many of those places do have much more frequent bouts of civic violence and fewer everyday freedoms that we take for granted (unless you have enough to buy your "freedom" via bribery, like in the "good old days"...rich people tend to always be fairly "free").
ya right. give me a million in the bank and ill show you just how happy i can be. ...and then you'd never see me again. i'd be taking a slow boat around the world for the rest of my life, living off the interest/income.
if i won the lottoe i'd pay off everyone first (Taxes, help family), toss everything else into secure investments (low risk, thank you very much)
remember when they shut down Origin studios...right when Origin was working on an MMO version of Wing Commander? And then, in another brilliant move, went to Westwood, and commanded them to make an MMO space ship game instead of the Command & Conquer games (and possible MMO RTS) they were working on? And then insult to injury, they name their stupid downloader program "Origin"....no thank you sir. I will not have the good name of Origin sullied in this manner.
EA is the Fox TV Network of games companies.
F2P in this case really means microtransactions, and that historically actually means higher profits, if you can give them an incentive to make those microtransactions.
the F2p thing helped it, though they could have done more. 3 bg's a week and such is a bit limiting for F2P, though the being able to level up from 0 to max free is very nice
drm for any game is not a CEO level decision. drm is more likely a policy thing, and implementation/itnerpretation is up to the project lead/director.
exactly. CEOs are essentially permenent hire consultants. very few are the Bobby Koticks of the world, that dictate game design from teh top. most are probably fairly clueless about game design. afterall, CEOs are generally hired for business acumen, not engineering/design ability.
the biggest blame he can probably take is giving hte ok to hire the guy that hired the guy that gave the ok for the simcity design and launch.
CEO is not even a normal employee. CEO is essentially a permanent hire consultant. their contracts essentially confirm this.
and this is less about simcity than overall poor performance of EA as a whole for the past several years.
the company's stock has been in the crapper for years. this was just the icing on the cake.
so negotiate a multimillion dollar severance package next time?
they were just waiting for the buffet line to open at the Roadkill Cafe
smaller body, smaller food requirement.
Because lions and tigers know and care what continents are...
or, sorry, I didn't realize there was an anti-animal-immigration wall between Africa, Eurasia, and East Asia....
or...i'll stop witht he jokes cause this is jsut silly
Actually, they used to share much of their terrirtory. Its only in the last 160 years or so that their ranges have dwindled to the extent that they can no longer mix. Both used to inhabit much of the Indian subcontinent, as well as the eurasian subcontinent (think Turkey and Caucaus mountains)
Actually, they used to share much of their terrirtory. Its only in the last 160 years or so that their ranges have dwindled to the extent that they can no longer mix.
That's only because they keep breeding poodles to be poodles. They arent selectively breeding them to change them into something new.
If it was me, I'd be going for size....big,,,curly haired...attack poodles!
first sale rights are an old idea. but as applied in the USC its not so clearly worded. and its not compeltely in agreement witht he wording of the copyright act, acts regarding importation, etc etc. and that's what this case was about, was clarifying the way these various parts of the USC interact.