For example: Say his study showed that humans are back at the period where they are as interested in the human mind and psyche as the period when Sigmund Freud was alive.
Wouldn't this be a WONDERFUL time to publish a book on sociology?
However, to some people in the industry, these devices are the work of the devil. "It's satanic," said producer R. S. Field, who has used it sparingly on records.
See, I knew the Devil owned RadioShack! THAT'S why he always wants my phone number... he's going to make a boy band out of me!:(
DAoC has a Relatively light leveling treadmill. Funnest end-game around. (RvR warfare) The most balanced team based combat system. You don't have to whack bunnies all day to "have fun" There is no resource mining, you don't really have to "work" to play the game.
That being said, the Economy is stupidly hard in DAoC.
Having played EQ, UO, AO, E&B, SWG, and SB... I have to say that DAoC is still the best MMORPG out there.
What it lacks in content, it more than makes up for in Realm vs. Realm war fun!
1. Eat less. Sitting down for 10 hours a day doesn't burn as many calories as running a marathon. Leave the snickers alone.
2. Instead of surfing the internet as a break. Stand up and stretch, look around, go annoy your buddy 2 cubicles down.
3. Do your exercise routine at HOME. The office is a place to work, not to exercise. You'd be suprised what 10 minutes a day doing simple calesthenics can do. Who CAN'T give up 10 minutes a day.
4. Get good sleep. This is often ignored, but is very important. Do you REALLY need to frag that poor bastard again? Turn off the computer and get some serious shut eye.
That's it. Be responsible about what you eat. Move around whenever you can, exercise at HOME, and get some good sleep, and you'll be on the road to recovery....Or start smoking, you can do it at home, on breaks at work, and goes really well with beer drinking, it'll just make you die much sooner, that's it...:)
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You'll care when Joe Blow down the street has Quake 5 and he's running around fragging everyone and their momma with his 512MB video card and 6.7Ghz processor.
It works like this. #1. Uber game comes out. #2. Your hardware sucks, you buy a new comp. #3. Next Uber game comes out. #4. Your hardware sucks, you buy a new comp. etc.... Unfortunately, Computer game technology hasn't been pushing the limits of hardware lately. (Maybe it's because the Gaming companies got smart and realized that the more platforms that can play your game, the better)/shrug
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My point exactly. We're headed towards a Distopia rather than a Utopia.
Those artists find it ok to focus on the technology that is familiar to them, and "enhance" it the best way that they know how.
They fail to see the problems that are going unsolved during their day, and puting that into the equasion of the future. And I'm sorry, a HUGE population is in our future.
Are they: Artists? yeah Optimists? yes Futurists? Absolutely Not
.... is they focus on technology but forget one thing... Population... everyone conveniently forgets that the future holds TONS more people in it than now. What will that population want as far as technology goes? Futuristic cars? Pfft. Please, Houston/Dallas/LA, etc are parking lots as it is... imagine when there's twice as many people living there.
Know that empty lot next door? Wave bye bye.
That field of wildflowers? It's an apartment complex now.
I'd just like to see some fanciful futuristic art that depicts technology that looks like it was designed with a large population in mind.
Our top scients are actually concerned with this? What number was that project on the list? Who honestly gives a flying flip what color the universe is? Who are they, the friggin Martha Stewarts of the Astronomy world? Sheesh! And I thought I didn't have a life for playing computer games! Maybe they collaborated with the study on Medicinal Marijuana. I can see it now...
"Dude, look at the stars"
"Dude, if you like brought all the stars together, I'd bet you they'd be the color of hemp"
"No way man! That's far out!"
...I still can't believe that real equipment and time were used for this study, I'm sure it wasn't cheap, especially the man-hours. If I were a student there, I'd ask for my tuition back!
Way to go Taco! That took guts man! My hat's off to ya!
I've only been married for one year, but here's some advice that I received, and I found was true, and want to pass along..
"A man marries a woman expecting her not to change, and she does. A woman marries a man expecting him to change, but he doesn't."
I'm not sure who originated the quote, but it is true. Just be prepared for the changes, and remember that love is what brought you together in the first place! Oh, and never go to bed angry, or leave the house angry. Oh, and watch what you say, (women are sensitive to jokes), and have a kick ass honeymoon, and NO, computers are not allowed! (on the honeymoon)
I agree that there needs to be a study on this sort of thing. I have a couple of friends that had their lives absolutely RUINED by Ultima Online. (In other words, they couldn't quit playing, the line between fantasy and reality was blurred, etc... They quit school, lost their jobs, and I even know of one extra-marital relationship that was caused from playing in game!!!)
That being said, you have to suspect something about a game that focuses on time and investment to raise stat/skill gains over time, and the requirement that you must have high skills to accomplish "great" things in the game. What we have to realize, is that our time given to them is not free. These companies make money per month. The longer they can keep you hooked, the longer that you will pay their subscription fee. I find that people with addictive personalities are particularly vulnerable to this type of game, as it requires a large time investment to make your character "good", whereas games like Half-life and Quake, your base skill is what makes you "good", as everyone else's character is created equal according to the code.
Like everything else in this world, the MMORPG market is a racket, whose primary goal is to keep the subscription base up. The way to do that is to manipulate the game engine to where no on can really be too successful without a lot of time spent doing repetitive tasks, and "playing". I enjoy MMORPG's but most of the time I'm not playing, I'm working for that company, and they're getting paid.
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Since all the "dumb jobs" would be taken over by computers, robots, etc., in order to survive people would have to educate themselves on tasks that cannot be performed by automatons.
Well, we better build a better government, because there will always be more "dumb" people than "smart" people, and the "smart" people will always have to take care and pay for the "dumb" people. If a robot does the work of 50 "dumb" people, what do those 50 "dumb" people do now? Nothing! Do they have to eat? Damn right! How are they able to eat? Earn Money! How do they earn money? Crime? Welfare? Hunting??? It could be said that "Dumb" people are adverse to learning, are they not? How could they ever prove them self useful?
Maybe this post could have been typed better by a robot...
Disclamer: "Dumb" people is meant to refer to people who do repetetive tasks in their jobs, which was in no way an affront to their intelligence. "Dumb" is not a whole measure of intelligence, An intelligent person could be "dumb" if he made bad decisions... etc. etc. etc. ad nauseum.
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Because prediction may alter the outcome.
For example:
Say his study showed that humans are back at the period where they are as interested in the human mind and psyche as the period when Sigmund Freud was alive.
Wouldn't this be a WONDERFUL time to publish a book on sociology?
However, to some people in the industry, these devices are the work of the devil. "It's satanic," said producer R. S. Field, who has used it sparingly on records.
:(
See, I knew the Devil owned RadioShack! THAT'S why he always wants my phone number... he's going to make a boy band out of me!
A wrecked Ducati... security video of a chick in black leather..
TAKE THE OTHER DOOR NEO! SCREW TRINITY!
Yes, Mythic was absolutely brilliant with their treadmill.
They basically said, "Ok, we'll get you started by warming you up on PvE. Then, when you hit level 50, you're on your own to make your advancement."
Brilliant. They script monsters, for one treadmill, then you use each other for the other treadmill.
The thing is, RvR is totally fun in that game. I think DAoC will be one of the few MMORPGS from this era to last for a long time.
No Stars
No Wars
No Wars in the Stars
No Galaxies
No Star Wars Galaxies
WTF?
I think Star wars, I think of Cruising around in my Millenium Falcon shooting Tie Fighters.
I think of flying low on Hoth taking out AT-AT's.
I think of Lightsabers, blasters, and Stormtroopers in White Armor blasting everywhere.
When I heard that you couldn't fly anything, and how the PvP system was implemented, I was like, you're kidding right?
I want barfights, I want to jump in my spaceship and fly around.
I want my fellow rebels to all hop in THEIR spaceships and try to take out a few Battlecruisers or something.
I want to be able to attack a planet.
SWG seems more like an experiment in MMORPG addictiveness rather than entertainment.
I'm glad I listened to everybody and passed on this game.
DAoC has a Relatively light leveling treadmill.
Funnest end-game around. (RvR warfare)
The most balanced team based combat system.
You don't have to whack bunnies all day to "have fun"
There is no resource mining, you don't really have to "work" to play the game.
That being said, the Economy is stupidly hard in DAoC.
Having played EQ, UO, AO, E&B, SWG, and SB... I have to say that DAoC is still the best MMORPG out there.
What it lacks in content, it more than makes up for in Realm vs. Realm war fun!
Didn't Wile E Coyote do this in the 60's?
1. Eat less. Sitting down for 10 hours a day doesn't burn as many calories as running a marathon. Leave the snickers alone.
...Or start smoking, you can do it at home, on breaks at work, and goes really well with beer drinking, it'll just make you die much sooner, that's it... :)
2. Instead of surfing the internet as a break. Stand up and stretch, look around, go annoy your buddy 2 cubicles down.
3. Do your exercise routine at HOME. The office is a place to work, not to exercise. You'd be suprised what 10 minutes a day doing simple calesthenics can do. Who CAN'T give up 10 minutes a day.
4. Get good sleep. This is often ignored, but is very important. Do you REALLY need to frag that poor bastard again? Turn off the computer and get some serious shut eye.
That's it. Be responsible about what you eat. Move around whenever you can, exercise at HOME, and get some good sleep, and you'll be on the road to recovery.
You'll care when Joe Blow down the street has Quake 5 and he's running around fragging everyone and their momma with his 512MB video card and 6.7Ghz processor.
/shrug
It works like this.
#1. Uber game comes out.
#2. Your hardware sucks, you buy a new comp.
#3. Next Uber game comes out.
#4. Your hardware sucks, you buy a new comp.
etc....
Unfortunately, Computer game technology hasn't been pushing the limits of hardware lately.
(Maybe it's because the Gaming companies got smart and realized that the more platforms that can play your game, the better)
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Sure, we're going to take over the oil once it's all said and done with. But we're going to use that money to rebuild Iraq.
The money will go towards the people rather than whatever the hell Saddaam was using it for.
Read: Women, tapes of the Godfather, Just for Men (Black), and the 10 houses that he owns just so he can remain safe.
My point exactly. We're headed towards a Distopia rather than a Utopia.
Those artists find it ok to focus on the technology that is familiar to them, and "enhance" it the best way that they know how.
They fail to see the problems that are going unsolved during their day, and puting that into the equasion of the future. And I'm sorry, a HUGE population is in our future.
Are they:
Artists? yeah
Optimists? yes
Futurists? Absolutely Not
.... is they focus on technology but forget one thing... Population... everyone conveniently forgets that the future holds TONS more people in it than now. What will that population want as far as technology goes? Futuristic cars? Pfft. Please, Houston/Dallas/LA, etc are parking lots as it is... imagine when there's twice as many people living there.
Know that empty lot next door? Wave bye bye.
That field of wildflowers? It's an apartment complex now.
I'd just like to see some fanciful futuristic art that depicts technology that looks like it was designed with a large population in mind.
How ironic, the web caught in the fly.
Read the article? Me? Pfft!
GREAT science fiction uses the universe as a device to enhance the story.
Mediocore Sci Fi uses the story as a device to enhance the universe.
Aweful Sci Fi is all about the Universe and has no story.
I don't care how friggin great the ideas are, if the story sucks, the book sucks.
I'll file this BS right next to the Segway, and the Solotrek. These guys should go into T-shirt sales and Saturday morning cartoons.
Music these days, for the most part, sucks.
Our top scients are actually concerned with this? What number was that project on the list? Who honestly gives a flying flip what color the universe is? Who are they, the friggin Martha Stewarts of the Astronomy world? Sheesh! And I thought I didn't have a life for playing computer games! Maybe they collaborated with the study on Medicinal Marijuana. I can see it now...
"Dude, look at the stars"
"Dude, if you like brought all the stars together, I'd bet you they'd be the color of hemp"
"No way man! That's far out!"
...I still can't believe that real equipment and time were used for this study, I'm sure it wasn't cheap, especially the man-hours. If I were a student there, I'd ask for my tuition back!
Way to go Taco! That took guts man! My hat's off to ya!
I've only been married for one year, but here's some advice that I received, and I found was true, and want to pass along..
"A man marries a woman expecting her not to change, and she does. A woman marries a man expecting him to change, but he doesn't."
I'm not sure who originated the quote, but it is true. Just be prepared for the changes, and remember that love is what brought you together in the first place! Oh, and never go to bed angry, or leave the house angry. Oh, and watch what you say, (women are sensitive to jokes), and have a kick ass honeymoon, and NO, computers are not allowed! (on the honeymoon)
I agree that there needs to be a study on this sort of thing. I have a couple of friends that had their lives absolutely RUINED by Ultima Online. (In other words, they couldn't quit playing, the line between fantasy and reality was blurred, etc... They quit school, lost their jobs, and I even know of one extra-marital relationship that was caused from playing in game!!!)
That being said, you have to suspect something about a game that focuses on time and investment to raise stat/skill gains over time, and the requirement that you must have high skills to accomplish "great" things in the game. What we have to realize, is that our time given to them is not free. These companies make money per month. The longer they can keep you hooked, the longer that you will pay their subscription fee. I find that people with addictive personalities are particularly vulnerable to this type of game, as it requires a large time investment to make your character "good", whereas games like Half-life and Quake, your base skill is what makes you "good", as everyone else's character is created equal according to the code.
Like everything else in this world, the MMORPG market is a racket, whose primary goal is to keep the subscription base up. The way to do that is to manipulate the game engine to where no on can really be too successful without a lot of time spent doing repetitive tasks, and "playing". I enjoy MMORPG's but most of the time I'm not playing, I'm working for that company, and they're getting paid.
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Bah!!!!
1) Do more people die from suicide in the US or murder?
:).
:)
The answer is by FAR suicide, but no one cares, no news agency 'reports' it and no politician poses a 'war on suicide'
...And until comitting suicide is against the law, people are probably going to continue doing it, and remain unpunished...
No, not really, hence the "this post is dumb" message.
Great, now I can tell the IRS that I owe them money 1 nanosecond faster....
Seriously, is this news? 10 years from now we'll be hearing... Pentium 8 20GHz chip overclocked to 20.34Ghz!!!
I'm just looking forward to the future when Aliens will no longer have to depend on pentium technology for fun...
Since all the "dumb jobs" would be taken over by computers, robots, etc., in order to survive people would have to educate themselves on tasks that cannot be performed by automatons.
Well, we better build a better government, because there will always be more "dumb" people than "smart" people, and the "smart" people will always have to take care and pay for the "dumb" people. If a robot does the work of 50 "dumb" people, what do those 50 "dumb" people do now? Nothing! Do they have to eat? Damn right! How are they able to eat? Earn Money! How do they earn money? Crime? Welfare? Hunting??? It could be said that "Dumb" people are adverse to learning, are they not? How could they ever prove them self useful?
Maybe this post could have been typed better by a robot...
Disclamer: "Dumb" people is meant to refer to people who do repetetive tasks in their jobs, which was in no way an affront to their intelligence. "Dumb" is not a whole measure of intelligence, An intelligent person could be "dumb" if he made bad decisions... etc. etc. etc. ad nauseum.
The mere fact that I posted this makes me "dumb"