"It's about putting out of business channels that do anything outside the mainstream."
I think you make an interesting point, though I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing. I say let the people vote with their $ which channels stay and which go under.
Excellent point. The only 'extra' cost I can think of is water. Given that the process works well in seawater, which can simply be pumped and trucked somewhere else.
(Your reference to a 'fancy hat' as a wet and sunny place is...disturbing. Hahaha!)
"...it is reasonable to beleive that if you total up all the energy costs for minining, smelting/refining, transporting, and manufacturing the parts for a new automobile; it would be more than required for a new horse."
But when making a single car, the procses is done once. A horse needs continued energy invested (food, water, care, shelter) or it will simply expire and become useless.
"...how does a 'vote for one or the other' system accommodate such people?"
One option is to simply vote for the third-party (Independant, Green, etc.) candidate, like Ralph Nader.
Another option is to 'write in' a vote...for yourself.:)
Then again what difference does voting really make? My understanding (please correct me if I'm in error) is that the Electoral College does not have to vote with the majority. So if 40% of the votes counted were for Bush, and 38% of the votes are for Kerry, the Electoral College could still cast their votes for Kerry.
Well said. It makes one wonder why they're so afraid to release their source. Either they're afraid that another company will realize how easy it is to do and run them out of business, or they're afraid that someone will find loads of errors that show voting talies to be misreported.
Great. Now I'm going to be thinking the worst next time I vote. Grr.
Wow, it ran better than that on my 486 dx2 66 machine... It did have a 4mb video card, though, which was a lot for that time. Or maybe I was just a cheap bastard then, I don't remember.:)
I agree with the kids hving it better today, too, at least with technology-related stuff. Damn, I grew up an an old Apple IIe, and my first PC was an 8088 with no hard drive.
Of course now I overcomensate and have damn near every toy under the sun. Hahaha!
You have a point, but the marketeers don't make a shiny new board (Now in stores: Checkers 2.0. Get your's today!*) that often won't be compatible with an older version, or that requires you spend months-worth of allowance (refering to younger players) to upgrade. Plus, the games you mention don't rely much on technology, and when they do, people expect the game to utilize technology...better.
That said, I don't mind the whole 'breathing new life in an old game' way of thinking, but would prefer not to have to purchase a whole new game system in order to enjoy it. If this continues, I would think it would drive folks to simply plug in their old consoles and play the game there, rather than purchasing something new for the same-old gameplay.
*Not campatible with Checkers 1.0, 1.1 or 1.9. New pieces required. Pieces sold seperately.
Interesting! I'd never heard of the Ranked Pairs method of voting before. I'm afraid that a lot of folks wouldn't understand it, though, and people fear what they don't understand.
Personally, I dislike the party systems altogether. I've seen some republicans that acted like democrats, and vice-versa, so the only sense it seems to make is that when I run for office as a member of a club (Republican, for example) I have a shot at getting votes based on part affiliation. NOT the best way to pick the leader of the free world, in my opinion.
That sounds good in theory, but PLEASE don't forget to discount the old (scary), the young (jail time) and, of course, the family (NObody wants to see that.
That said, get to it already, thought you'll want 300-500kb per image for quality control purposes.:)
If you can afford it, a SAN is a good way to go. It can scale nicely, and is fully redundant on data, backplane, and power levels. The initial investment can give ya sticker-shock, though.
Not sure why you've been modded 'funny' as I'm sure it was anything but.
The only other options I can think of are 1) hard drive transfers, meaning you buy a harddrive, transfer the data, then install it in your buddy's computer, or 2) FTP it to your buddy assuming he has the space to store it.
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"It's about putting out of business channels that do anything outside the mainstream."
I think you make an interesting point, though I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing. I say let the people vote with their $ which channels stay and which go under.
What do you mean by "sterile programming"?
Excellent point. The only 'extra' cost I can think of is water. Given that the process works well in seawater, which can simply be pumped and trucked somewhere else.
(Your reference to a 'fancy hat' as a wet and sunny place is...disturbing. Hahaha!)
"...it is reasonable to beleive that if you total up all the energy costs for minining, smelting/refining, transporting, and manufacturing the parts for a new automobile; it would be more than required for a new horse."
But when making a single car, the procses is done once. A horse needs continued energy invested (food, water, care, shelter) or it will simply expire and become useless.
"It's a lot cheaper to plant acres of plants than to build acres of solar panels, though."
What about the cost of the plants, such as fertilization, water, harvest, etc. in comparison to the cost of solar panels?
Very interesting. Are you aware of any estimates on how much waste would be produced?
Hm. Aren't they having a water shortage over there in the Middle East?
Most of that was supposed to be sarcasm, by the way, not mockery or bitterness.
Ok, maybe just a BIT of bitterness.
Yeah, that sounds too much like 'right' for us to ever adopt. I mean, how would the politicians ever be able to rig the vote?!?
That, and we're obviously much too dumb to know which candidate to elect, so it's better to have them chosen for us.
"...how does a 'vote for one or the other' system accommodate such people?"
:)
One option is to simply vote for the third-party (Independant, Green, etc.) candidate, like Ralph Nader.
Another option is to 'write in' a vote...for yourself.
Then again what difference does voting really make? My understanding (please correct me if I'm in error) is that the Electoral College does not have to vote with the majority. So if 40% of the votes counted were for Bush, and 38% of the votes are for Kerry, the Electoral College could still cast their votes for Kerry.
Well said. It makes one wonder why they're so afraid to release their source. Either they're afraid that another company will realize how easy it is to do and run them out of business, or they're afraid that someone will find loads of errors that show voting talies to be misreported.
Great. Now I'm going to be thinking the worst next time I vote. Grr.
"I still don't get why everyone in the country makes fun of the way southerners speak..."
Not me. I'll take an average chick with a southern accent before a hot chick that speaks without an accent. Dunno why, just does it for me.
Wow, it ran better than that on my 486 dx2 66 machine... It did have a 4mb video card, though, which was a lot for that time. Or maybe I was just a cheap bastard then, I don't remember. :)
Very true. I hadn't thought it through that far.
I agree with the kids hving it better today, too, at least with technology-related stuff. Damn, I grew up an an old Apple IIe, and my first PC was an 8088 with no hard drive.
Of course now I overcomensate and have damn near every toy under the sun. Hahaha!
You have a point, but the marketeers don't make a shiny new board (Now in stores: Checkers 2.0. Get your's today!*) that often won't be compatible with an older version, or that requires you spend months-worth of allowance (refering to younger players) to upgrade. Plus, the games you mention don't rely much on technology, and when they do, people expect the game to utilize technology...better.
That said, I don't mind the whole 'breathing new life in an old game' way of thinking, but would prefer not to have to purchase a whole new game system in order to enjoy it. If this continues, I would think it would drive folks to simply plug in their old consoles and play the game there, rather than purchasing something new for the same-old gameplay.
*Not campatible with Checkers 1.0, 1.1 or 1.9. New pieces required. Pieces sold seperately.
I like an old game called Whiplash. Not really customizable, but the first car-racing game I played that had actual jumps, loops, etc.
Screenshots: http://www.gamingbliss.com/whiplashpc.html
I haven't even THOUGHT about having a kid yet and he can already beat your kid.
Ok, so I have two kids already. And they play Spongebob. *sigh*
Interesting! I'd never heard of the Ranked Pairs method of voting before. I'm afraid that a lot of folks wouldn't understand it, though, and people fear what they don't understand.
Personally, I dislike the party systems altogether. I've seen some republicans that acted like democrats, and vice-versa, so the only sense it seems to make is that when I run for office as a member of a club (Republican, for example) I have a shot at getting votes based on part affiliation. NOT the best way to pick the leader of the free world, in my opinion.
Someone is a bit touchy today. "retardo" made me think of 4th grade...and laugh.
Note to above poster: decaf is apparently bad for you, but a bit LESS caffeine may be a good thing. Have a good weekend. :)
I interpreted that to be 27MB/sec write rates, and 160MB/sec read rates. But I suspect the coffee I'm drinking is decaf, so I could be hallucinating.
"Sort of like saying "Our production model sports car will be faster than a Pinto!""
I think it's more like "Our production model sports car will be faster than a car!" Um, which car, and how fast is THAT?
Speaking of cars, I'm now drooling over the Atom, made by Ariel.
That sounds good in theory, but PLEASE don't forget to discount the old (scary), the young (jail time) and, of course, the family (NObody wants to see that.
:)
That said, get to it already, thought you'll want 300-500kb per image for quality control purposes.
If you can afford it, a SAN is a good way to go. It can scale nicely, and is fully redundant on data, backplane, and power levels. The initial investment can give ya sticker-shock, though.
Not sure why you've been modded 'funny' as I'm sure it was anything but.
The only other options I can think of are 1) hard drive transfers, meaning you buy a harddrive, transfer the data, then install it in your buddy's computer, or 2) FTP it to your buddy assuming he has the space to store it.
You can have your pony. Everyone has their own taste. I'll take Vida Guerra: www.hiphopgalaxy.com. Now THAT's a good time.