But what if the fact that the information was handed over was itself a state secret? Then we get into a wonderful recursive cycle of classifing the classified classification into a new category of secret classfications. This is perfect for the government agentcies involved becuase they can continue to deny that they have denied any denials about programs that have been denied to exist.
This is about control. As in, the State cannot control the revenue generated wherever the gambling goes on. Be certain that if WA could get "their" cut from "their" citizens gambling they wouldn't have this law.
Think of it this way: State is to Gambling as RIAA is to Music. If they (the State) can't control it, they don't want anybody else doing it.
While the code-name "Revolution" expressed our direction, Wii represents the answer.
Seriously, do people read statements like this aloud before putting them out? I fully expect this console, should this change be true, to become the biggest joke among the six-year-old crowd there ever was. The jokes write themselves.
Here's the thing that I don't get about attempts to control content like these: Doesn't this just smell ripe for a class-action lawsuit? Seriously I can see a group of pissed off owners of these devices crying "Fraud" over the fact that the player automatically downgrades the signal to their televisions. Throw a few smart lawyers into the mix and you've got a huge mess on your hands. Years of bad PR at the very least. They are also running the risk of having either the courts or the legislature or both of stepping in, and despite all of the money thrown at the political groups, having them create new laws which prevent them from doing or requiring the hardware manufactures to do this sort of stupid sh*t. So why risk it? Are the profits so great that they'll risk the entire business? Isn't anybody in these companies trying to think of a smarter way?
Granted they could always hope for the sweet sort of deal that NetFlicks got, where nothing really happens to the companies in question, but last time I checked that deal was starting to go down in flames...
Playing the game should be the point of the hobby . . . not collecting books.
Not that I wholly disagree with your sentiment, I do find that there are two problems I have with your attitude.
The first is that the game should not be the point. Having fun should be the point. Finding the right game to pair with the group can be a difficult process, the point of which would be the finding of the system that everybody can have fun playing. Often the easiest way is to go out and buy the books. The second problem is that not everybody who plays the games has the time to either put together a system themselves or alter one they bought into something they want. The reasons for this are varied, but as I am looking at just getting married and possibly starting a family, I can see where gaming, is going to have to take a back-seat to things far more important in my life. My little system I've been working on in my spare time may just have to be put away for a while.
On the whole, I like that there are so many books being published. More ideas are out there with more people thinking about how to have fun is always a good thing. Simply describing a hobby which you have enjoyed becomes "consumerhoidic" becuse more poeple are buying the books and supporting the underlying businesses through those transactions marks your post in a rather elitist, if not trollish, light.
Bloody freaking hell. I think I just lost 20 IQ points for finding out about that idiocy. The Theory continues to gather instances where it is proven correct.
I checked out the.Net and all I found was a some ascii art I needed to highlight to see. It kinda looked like an owl with the word "Narly" under it. If this is some sort of announcement, color me confused.
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Is there going to be a time where we see in a Civilization game a techological reflection of history which is not extensively based on Western European standards?
One of the things which kept me playing your games over the years was the techology "tree" in each of the games. However, as time has passed I have become somewhat fustrated with their designs. While I understand part of their structure comes from in no small part from the rules of the simulation and the limits on the game's complexity, it still seems a bit weird to me that it doesn't reflect human history as much as it could.
For example: In Civ3 the invention of the printing press, and I am guessing that this techology also included movable type, non-metallic inks, paper, and other such things needed to utilize it, serves as a stepping block to a new government type, that of "Democracy". This is despite the fact that such governmental types had been concieved of and practiced centuries before by the Greeks. This event also igornes how movable type and printing had been created centruies before Gutenberg and used in China and Korea.
"...he Hulk was a brilliant and underappreciated film. of all the comic book movies, it is the one that most closely captured the graphical elements of comic book design since will eisner and walt simonson. the way ang lee manipulated the multiple layers of imagery and time was really brilliant.
And let it get processed by the courts. That seems to be the theme this year with the Justices, not giving any solid guidelines to help out, but allowing the courts to be used time and again for sorting this sort of thing out. Far be it from me to tell these people how to do their jobs, but it does seem reasonable to expect them to let the rest of us know how to make a legal judgement in this sort of thing.
I met Phil and Kaja once. Pretty nice people, really. However the only question that came to mind at that point was to ask her if she know what it was her husband drew (There was a large stack of Phil's "XXXenophile" comics on the table in front of me). It was then pointed out to me that she inks many of the things he draws and I found that my question was answered.
Where is this "purist fanbase" you speak of? The story was first introduced to me when I was middle school and has been quoted incessantly alongside Monty Python, et. al., since then. If anything I feel that I qualify as a typical "fan". And while the books hold a special place in my library they are by no mean the authoritative version of the story. I am more then well aware of there are many differences between the books and the raido play and even the TV version. All of their strengths and their weaknesses and I share and enjoy each of them differently.
In that light I have to ask you and others who already seem to hate the idea of the changes: What is it about the story that you cannot fathom a change which might bring an additional laugh that was not present to begin with?
Of all of the trolls I expected to see in this thread yours takes the cake. That is some serious chutzpaw you have there. If it wasn't so obvious of a troll I would have to start to worry.
And this is how all secondary markets work. As an example, look at trading cards -- sports or otherwise. There is a huge market in these things, but I have not once heard Tops or Wizards of the Coast getting sued becuase of a joker ripping them off with a fake rookie card or Mox.
I believe this is over their original book deal (where the "publisher" took the money and then ran to Alaska). But I could be wrong considering that much of their early history has become something of a legend.
The submitter and the proofing editor missed a big problem with the above statement. This treaty will only become law in those nations who have 1) Chosen to become a signatory to the treaty and 2) Raitified it according to their own traditions and laws.
To the best of my knowledge, neither one of these things has happened in the US. Therefore, I submit that it will not, in fact, become law.
When did online play become the deciding factor for console games...
I think I can answer this one.
It became the deciding factor when the powers that be found out that it was a lot cheaper to let the players make things up for themselves. That's right. Give them a big room with lots of guns and toys to kill each other with and don't worry anymore about the art or the plot for those extra single-player levels that were being made. Wow. Look at that. I just saved X millions of dollars on the project and all I did was tell them to not create anything extra in the game.
That is when it happened. Reenforcing it was the easy part, especially since the 'tards that review the games were already bought and paid for advertisements that could be counted on.
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But what if the fact that the information was handed over was itself a state secret? Then we get into a wonderful recursive cycle of classifing the classified classification into a new category of secret classfications. This is perfect for the government agentcies involved becuase they can continue to deny that they have denied any denials about programs that have been denied to exist.
See? It's all so simple for them.
As if this was a "Social Problem".
This is about control. As in, the State cannot control the revenue generated wherever the gambling goes on. Be certain that if WA could get "their" cut from "their" citizens gambling they wouldn't have this law.
Think of it this way: State is to Gambling as RIAA is to Music. If they (the State) can't control it, they don't want anybody else doing it.
Seriously, do people read statements like this aloud before putting them out? I fully expect this console, should this change be true, to become the biggest joke among the six-year-old crowd there ever was. The jokes write themselves.
Here's the thing that I don't get about attempts to control content like these: Doesn't this just smell ripe for a class-action lawsuit? Seriously I can see a group of pissed off owners of these devices crying "Fraud" over the fact that the player automatically downgrades the signal to their televisions. Throw a few smart lawyers into the mix and you've got a huge mess on your hands. Years of bad PR at the very least. They are also running the risk of having either the courts or the legislature or both of stepping in, and despite all of the money thrown at the political groups, having them create new laws which prevent them from doing or requiring the hardware manufactures to do this sort of stupid sh*t. So why risk it? Are the profits so great that they'll risk the entire business? Isn't anybody in these companies trying to think of a smarter way?
Granted they could always hope for the sweet sort of deal that NetFlicks got, where nothing really happens to the companies in question, but last time I checked that deal was starting to go down in flames...
Playing the game should be the point of the hobby . . . not collecting books.
Not that I wholly disagree with your sentiment, I do find that there are two problems I have with your attitude.
The first is that the game should not be the point. Having fun should be the point. Finding the right game to pair with the group can be a difficult process, the point of which would be the finding of the system that everybody can have fun playing. Often the easiest way is to go out and buy the books. The second problem is that not everybody who plays the games has the time to either put together a system themselves or alter one they bought into something they want. The reasons for this are varied, but as I am looking at just getting married and possibly starting a family, I can see where gaming, is going to have to take a back-seat to things far more important in my life. My little system I've been working on in my spare time may just have to be put away for a while.
On the whole, I like that there are so many books being published. More ideas are out there with more people thinking about how to have fun is always a good thing. Simply describing a hobby which you have enjoyed becomes "consumerhoidic" becuse more poeple are buying the books and supporting the underlying businesses through those transactions marks your post in a rather elitist, if not trollish, light.
Bloody freaking hell. I think I just lost 20 IQ points for finding out about that idiocy. The Theory continues to gather instances where it is proven correct.
I checked out the .Net and all I found was a some ascii art I needed to highlight to see. It kinda looked like an owl with the word "Narly" under it. If this is some sort of announcement, color me confused.
Is there going to be a time where we see in a Civilization game a techological reflection of history which is not extensively based on Western European standards?
One of the things which kept me playing your games over the years was the techology "tree" in each of the games. However, as time has passed I have become somewhat fustrated with their designs. While I understand part of their structure comes from in no small part from the rules of the simulation and the limits on the game's complexity, it still seems a bit weird to me that it doesn't reflect human history as much as it could.
For example: In Civ3 the invention of the printing press, and I am guessing that this techology also included movable type, non-metallic inks, paper, and other such things needed to utilize it, serves as a stepping block to a new government type, that of "Democracy". This is despite the fact that such governmental types had been concieved of and practiced centuries before by the Greeks. This event also igornes how movable type and printing had been created centruies before Gutenberg and used in China and Korea.
Hear,hear! Couldn't have said it better myself.
Gorillias. That way, when winter comes, they just die off.
And let it get processed by the courts. That seems to be the theme this year with the Justices, not giving any solid guidelines to help out, but allowing the courts to be used time and again for sorting this sort of thing out. Far be it from me to tell these people how to do their jobs, but it does seem reasonable to expect them to let the rest of us know how to make a legal judgement in this sort of thing.
I met Phil and Kaja once. Pretty nice people, really. However the only question that came to mind at that point was to ask her if she know what it was her husband drew (There was a large stack of Phil's "XXXenophile" comics on the table in front of me). It was then pointed out to me that she inks many of the things he draws and I found that my question was answered.
In that light I have to ask you and others who already seem to hate the idea of the changes: What is it about the story that you cannot fathom a change which might bring an additional laugh that was not present to begin with?
From what I've seen sent over on BBC America, that appears to already be the case. Just how many home- and self-improvement shows can they produce?
Of all of the trolls I expected to see in this thread yours takes the cake. That is some serious chutzpaw you have there. If it wasn't so obvious of a troll I would have to start to worry.
Neither of which she has in any amount great enough to cause a stir.
is that I can see the fnords!
The first was when they implicitly acknowledged that there such a thing as a slashdotting in the first place.
And you've been around long enough to know.
With that sentiment firmly in hand, I'd like to declare that WoW is going to be the d20 version of MMORPGs. Just you watch.
I believe this is over their original book deal (where the "publisher" took the money and then ran to Alaska). But I could be wrong considering that much of their early history has become something of a legend.
To the best of my knowledge, neither one of these things has happened in the US. Therefore, I submit that it will not, in fact, become law.
It is whatever they (the presiding legal authority) decide it is. Kinda like "Terrorist" in the Patriot Act.
I think I can answer this one.
It became the deciding factor when the powers that be found out that it was a lot cheaper to let the players make things up for themselves. That's right. Give them a big room with lots of guns and toys to kill each other with and don't worry anymore about the art or the plot for those extra single-player levels that were being made. Wow. Look at that. I just saved X millions of dollars on the project and all I did was tell them to not create anything extra in the game.
That is when it happened. Reenforcing it was the easy part, especially since the 'tards that review the games were already bought and paid for advertisements that could be counted on.