From TFA: Until 2000, the sea levels rose about 3 millimeters (0.12 inches) a year, but over the last decade they have been rising about 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) annually
So er we're talking a foot of water every 60 years? Sounds almost scary, except when you put it into context. Increases in sea level are not new phenomena. No doubt they were produced by all that fossil fuel consumption 20,000 years ago.
there are simply too many problems related to software piracy to sustain the PC as a viable platform for much longer.
Yet surprisingly indie gamers, seem to be doing OK releasing PC-only games.
Frankly, I would like the "big boys" to stay out of PC gaming. Let them buy the arguments from their accountants that it's just "not worth" developing or porting to the PC (especially when they have switched over most of their production to producing for consoles first). These large corporations are only milking the same concepts they invented or purchased long ago, in endless boring sequels.
The beauty of the PC is that ANYONE with a compiler can write games. By definition, it will always be among the first platforms to receive truly innovative concepts - because the amount of people who CAN write a game for the PC is so much greater. The "barrier to entry" is much lower. You need no specialized equipment or software. Hell Microsoft even gives away "free trials" of its compilers nowadays. All you need is an idea, and the patience to code it.
and im sure they will be just fine because the country is in the hands of its people
Er no, the country is in the hands of Hugo Chavez, not "the people". Power corrupts. Right now there is crap going on that we will only find out about when Chavez is gone. It's always the same, be it Hitler, Stalin, Stroessner, Pinochet, Castro, Somoza, Marcos, Duvalier... how many more examples do you need?
smart enough not to accept a pro-american imperialistic government.
Why is it "either" "or"? How come the only two options you put on the table are "american"-style government (which I agree is far from perfect), or dictatorship? Look around you - there is a whole range of differing government types that aren't American and aren't dictatorships either. Look at Russia for crying out loud. China. Japan. Germany. All of these countries are economic successes, and yet they are not dictatorships.
Talking smack about the USA is only going to get him so far as the standard of living declines.
That won't happen until the oil runs out since he pretty much nationalized all the oil fields. And Venezuela still has oil for the rest of his lifetime at least. So he's going to keep barking like a little Chihuahua. One could argue that he's at least spending part of the revenue on the population through social programs. However he's not addressing the question of what is Venezuela going to do AFTER the oil? What happens when all that income dries up? All the rich or smart people have already left Venezuela. No large corporation is willing to invest a dime there for fear of being nationalized. So without oil, Venezuela turns to mush. Even better - with an oil embargo, Chavez and his false economy are immediately destroyed.
But the world is too desperate for oil to ever impose an embargo. So we're stuck with him for a long, long time.
Funny that you picked ophthalmology. As a physician I can say that it is one of the hardest specialties to get "into" because it requires knowledge of (among other things) - MATH! Yeah all that stuff about optics, it involves lots of math.
As a side note, ophthalmologists do know all about cardiac output and fluid resuscitation volumes because ophthalmology is a branch of surgery... but then again any doctor who can't remember the basic steps of life support needs to have their license taken away. As a tutor of mine used to say - any physician can probably be forgiven for not immediately recognizing and classifying Hamanishi Ueba Tsuji syndrome, but NO physician can be excused for failing to instantly diagnose a heart attack, or for letting a patient die of hypovolemic shock.
Sword of the Samurai. I still play it today, thanks to DOSBox.
Also from Sierra Online - Alien Legacy. It was ahead of its time with excellent (for the day) graphics, a wonderful storyline, challenging, thoughtful game-play and excellent music.
Airbucks - Impressions. I still play it today, despite the bugs.
It's also nice to know that you probably represent the average US citizen, ie. full of shit. ABS used to mean something here in Canada before "anti-lock braking system" was invented... we're used to your type.
I might have more sympathy for you if you weren't hurting cute, innocent, little puppies while posting!
Considering I've made over 4600 comments, that's a lot of harmed puppies! I am the puppy equivalent of Joseph Stalin...
No but seriously, I like puppies (especially on toast with a bit of marmalade). I have nothing against puppies. I do have something against political correctness and people who try to manipulate others by feigning to be shocked, offended and outraged. Thus the puppy signature. I figured it was the easiest way to piss off any politically correct/pseudo-sensitive people who read my posts.
However I really wouldn't hurt a single puppy. In fact I had one fall asleep on my lap last weekend and he complained (without waking up) when I put him in his basket after an hour or so on my lap. My wife thought it was very cute to hear this puppy "grumbling" over being so "mistreated" as to be taken off my lap and covered with a blanket. But shhh! Don't tell anyone:)
Watch a company battle itself. It's actually pretty entertaining.
No. Not when I'm paying for it because they're doing it through the court system - a system that tells me I have to wait 2 years for my case because of the backlog of cases. A system whose original intention was to prevent the little guy from being screwed by the strong but has turned out to be too expensive for the average citizen. It's not funny at all.
I remember in the late 90's as the internet exploded into the mainstream, there was constant hype about "internet enabled" televisions - televisions that would allow you to "surf the net" via your remote control.
While this discussion centers more on the use of a specific OS on a TV, I think that market forces have already shown that people are willing to have their televisions and computers SEPARATE. Especially in the era of $500 laptops and, well, $1000+ televisions (if you want them). I don't think that "running Windows" is suddenly going to turn everything upside down. The consumer has already decided - asking again will just get you the same answer. It's sort of like the family car car that runs on railroad tracks - there was something the manufacturer just didn't get...
OK, how many retail workers do you know that have to pay $60k plus per annum in liability insurance premiums, and are regularly targeted for multi-million dollar lawsuits?
Short version: you are full of shit and your arguments make no sense. Go troll elsewhere, little boy. Men are talking.
in fact if you're a physician I'm sure you've run into some.
No comment, because everyone eventually makes mistakes including myself. No one is perfect, yet somehow society demands perfection from its doctors. Fat chance.
However a real (substitute the word competent if you prefer) physician would ALWAYS give a trauma patient the benefit of the doubt when receiving a phone call saying that the patient has "fallen 3 feet and can't/won't get up". NO (competent) physician would say "oh, it doesn't matter it's not that high it can wait". Every physician would suspect some sort of life threatening condition first - to be RULED OUT - and then work towards diagnosing more benign problems. I fail to understand how a committee which includes (competent) physicians would expect a telephone operator following a script no more sophisticated than one used in an Indian call center to be able to take correct medical decisions when the same physicians would be hesitant to take the same decision on the phone - out of concern for a fellow human being or perhaps out of concern of being held professionally liable and literally having their "asses sued off".
I suspect that this has more to do with limited funding, limited resources and decisions based upon (incomplete) statistics. However one has to think about governments taxing a percentage of income (income tax), a percentage of every single transaction (sales tax/VAT), and any number of other creative direct and indirect taxes being unable to provide sufficient funds for life-saving services and yet somehow being able to fund any number of dead-end pet programs (commonly known as "pork") and unnecessary bureaucracy. I'm sure it exists in the UK too.
The summary sounds like "we underestimated how dangerous a medium distance fall can be
Obviously the committee didn't include anyone with medical training. I am a physician and we know that even falling your own height can produce life-threatening injuries. But of course why should a government committee do anything as mundane as seek professional medical advice?
Sorry, I don't buy that christian original sin bullshit.
Way to miss the point. I don't buy that crap either - I'm an atheist. However everyone has lied, or stolen something, or done something illegal at SOME point in their life. EVERYONE. The day that "authority" is capable of strictly enforcing the law on everyone everywhere and at all times is the day we lose our humanity and truly become nothing but disposable cogs in society's machinery. Because sooner or later everyone can and will be rounded up, it will then only be a matter of convenience to whoever is in charge as to when to do it.
Fortunately instead of a manufacturing based industry, the US will concentrate on enforcing the concept of "intellectual property" with tough new laws to keep that nation ahead of everyone else in the technology race, while outsourcing the manufacturing to cheaper offshore locations. It's a perfect system.
Er, hang on, guys - where are you going?
History repeats itself. Why the hell should American raw materials be shipped all the way to Jolly Old England to be taxed and manufactured into finished goods that are shipped all the way back to the US, for a huge mark up (and more taxes)? Not so fun when you're on the other end, is it?
I guess the last region to be exploited is Africa. Is it already too late to start buying land?
Yeah maybe not. And McDonald's serves a hell of a lot of hamburgers every day, and virtually all of their customers are 100% satisfied (or they get free french fires) but they will never ever get a Michelin star.
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Sounds like they forgot I can do the same thing with the HDMI output on my laptop.
Not for long, if the media companies have their way.
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From TFA: Until 2000, the sea levels rose about 3 millimeters (0.12 inches) a year, but over the last decade they have been rising about 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) annually
So er we're talking a foot of water every 60 years? Sounds almost scary, except when you put it into context. Increases in sea level are not new phenomena. No doubt they were produced by all that fossil fuel consumption 20,000 years ago.
there are simply too many problems related to software piracy to sustain the PC as a viable platform for much longer.
Yet surprisingly indie gamers, seem to be doing OK releasing PC-only games.
Frankly, I would like the "big boys" to stay out of PC gaming. Let them buy the arguments from their accountants that it's just "not worth" developing or porting to the PC (especially when they have switched over most of their production to producing for consoles first). These large corporations are only milking the same concepts they invented or purchased long ago, in endless boring sequels.
The beauty of the PC is that ANYONE with a compiler can write games. By definition, it will always be among the first platforms to receive truly innovative concepts - because the amount of people who CAN write a game for the PC is so much greater. The "barrier to entry" is much lower. You need no specialized equipment or software. Hell Microsoft even gives away "free trials" of its compilers nowadays. All you need is an idea, and the patience to code it.
there is no guarantee whatsoever that i can play today's games in 15 years.
Actually, you can play those games DRM free TODAY. However depending on which country you live in, it might not be legal to do so.
Next time, bring a lawyer along and let the salesman talk to him. Thir reply might change quite a bit.
Yes that will be far cheaper than writing off a $50 or so game.
and im sure they will be just fine because the country is in the hands of its people
Er no, the country is in the hands of Hugo Chavez, not "the people". Power corrupts. Right now there is crap going on that we will only find out about when Chavez is gone. It's always the same, be it Hitler, Stalin, Stroessner, Pinochet, Castro, Somoza, Marcos, Duvalier... how many more examples do you need?
smart enough not to accept a pro-american imperialistic government.
Why is it "either" "or"? How come the only two options you put on the table are "american"-style government (which I agree is far from perfect), or dictatorship? Look around you - there is a whole range of differing government types that aren't American and aren't dictatorships either. Look at Russia for crying out loud. China. Japan. Germany. All of these countries are economic successes, and yet they are not dictatorships.
Talking smack about the USA is only going to get him so far as the standard of living declines.
That won't happen until the oil runs out since he pretty much nationalized all the oil fields. And Venezuela still has oil for the rest of his lifetime at least. So he's going to keep barking like a little Chihuahua. One could argue that he's at least spending part of the revenue on the population through social programs. However he's not addressing the question of what is Venezuela going to do AFTER the oil? What happens when all that income dries up? All the rich or smart people have already left Venezuela. No large corporation is willing to invest a dime there for fear of being nationalized. So without oil, Venezuela turns to mush. Even better - with an oil embargo, Chavez and his false economy are immediately destroyed.
But the world is too desperate for oil to ever impose an embargo. So we're stuck with him for a long, long time.
Funny that you picked ophthalmology. As a physician I can say that it is one of the hardest specialties to get "into" because it requires knowledge of (among other things) - MATH! Yeah all that stuff about optics, it involves lots of math.
As a side note, ophthalmologists do know all about cardiac output and fluid resuscitation volumes because ophthalmology is a branch of surgery... but then again any doctor who can't remember the basic steps of life support needs to have their license taken away. As a tutor of mine used to say - any physician can probably be forgiven for not immediately recognizing and classifying Hamanishi Ueba Tsuji syndrome, but NO physician can be excused for failing to instantly diagnose a heart attack, or for letting a patient die of hypovolemic shock.
Sword of the Samurai. I still play it today, thanks to DOSBox.
Also from Sierra Online - Alien Legacy. It was ahead of its time with excellent (for the day) graphics, a wonderful storyline, challenging, thoughtful game-play and excellent music.
Airbucks - Impressions. I still play it today, despite the bugs.
Castles 2, a fun and witty game.
The US only gives aid to countries who are in extreme need anyway like Haiti.
Yes, it's nice to know that the US ONLY gives aid to countries in extreme need.
It's also nice to know that you probably represent the average US citizen, ie. full of shit. ABS used to mean something here in Canada before "anti-lock braking system" was invented... we're used to your type.
I might have more sympathy for you if you weren't hurting cute, innocent, little puppies while posting!
Considering I've made over 4600 comments, that's a lot of harmed puppies! I am the puppy equivalent of Joseph Stalin...
No but seriously, I like puppies (especially on toast with a bit of marmalade). I have nothing against puppies. I do have something against political correctness and people who try to manipulate others by feigning to be shocked, offended and outraged. Thus the puppy signature. I figured it was the easiest way to piss off any politically correct/pseudo-sensitive people who read my posts.
However I really wouldn't hurt a single puppy. In fact I had one fall asleep on my lap last weekend and he complained (without waking up) when I put him in his basket after an hour or so on my lap. My wife thought it was very cute to hear this puppy "grumbling" over being so "mistreated" as to be taken off my lap and covered with a blanket. But shhh! Don't tell anyone :)
This is not a democracy. Good feedback, good data, are welcome. But we are not voting on design decisions.'"
This is where you fork. End of story. kthxbai
Watch a company battle itself. It's actually pretty entertaining.
No. Not when I'm paying for it because they're doing it through the court system - a system that tells me I have to wait 2 years for my case because of the backlog of cases. A system whose original intention was to prevent the little guy from being screwed by the strong but has turned out to be too expensive for the average citizen. It's not funny at all.
I remember in the late 90's as the internet exploded into the mainstream, there was constant hype about "internet enabled" televisions - televisions that would allow you to "surf the net" via your remote control.
While this discussion centers more on the use of a specific OS on a TV, I think that market forces have already shown that people are willing to have their televisions and computers SEPARATE. Especially in the era of $500 laptops and, well, $1000+ televisions (if you want them). I don't think that "running Windows" is suddenly going to turn everything upside down. The consumer has already decided - asking again will just get you the same answer. It's sort of like the family car car that runs on railroad tracks - there was something the manufacturer just didn't get...
OK, how many retail workers do you know that have to pay $60k plus per annum in liability insurance premiums, and are regularly targeted for multi-million dollar lawsuits?
Short version: you are full of shit and your arguments make no sense. Go troll elsewhere, little boy. Men are talking.
in fact if you're a physician I'm sure you've run into some.
No comment, because everyone eventually makes mistakes including myself. No one is perfect, yet somehow society demands perfection from its doctors. Fat chance.
However a real (substitute the word competent if you prefer) physician would ALWAYS give a trauma patient the benefit of the doubt when receiving a phone call saying that the patient has "fallen 3 feet and can't/won't get up". NO (competent) physician would say "oh, it doesn't matter it's not that high it can wait". Every physician would suspect some sort of life threatening condition first - to be RULED OUT - and then work towards diagnosing more benign problems. I fail to understand how a committee which includes (competent) physicians would expect a telephone operator following a script no more sophisticated than one used in an Indian call center to be able to take correct medical decisions when the same physicians would be hesitant to take the same decision on the phone - out of concern for a fellow human being or perhaps out of concern of being held professionally liable and literally having their "asses sued off".
I suspect that this has more to do with limited funding, limited resources and decisions based upon (incomplete) statistics. However one has to think about governments taxing a percentage of income (income tax), a percentage of every single transaction (sales tax/VAT), and any number of other creative direct and indirect taxes being unable to provide sufficient funds for life-saving services and yet somehow being able to fund any number of dead-end pet programs (commonly known as "pork") and unnecessary bureaucracy. I'm sure it exists in the UK too.
The summary sounds like "we underestimated how dangerous a medium distance fall can be
Obviously the committee didn't include anyone with medical training. I am a physician and we know that even falling your own height can produce life-threatening injuries. But of course why should a government committee do anything as mundane as seek professional medical advice?
Sorry, I don't buy that christian original sin bullshit.
Way to miss the point. I don't buy that crap either - I'm an atheist. However everyone has lied, or stolen something, or done something illegal at SOME point in their life. EVERYONE. The day that "authority" is capable of strictly enforcing the law on everyone everywhere and at all times is the day we lose our humanity and truly become nothing but disposable cogs in society's machinery. Because sooner or later everyone can and will be rounded up, it will then only be a matter of convenience to whoever is in charge as to when to do it.
Everyone is truly guilty of SOMETHING. That's just human nature.
This headline would be under Current events, right?
Nah. Any idiot can watch the movies and believe himself to be a nerd nowadays. However real nerds know all about Tom Bombadil...
One single card that absolutely verifies who you are AND accesses all your finances. What a wonderful idea! What could possibly go wrong?
Fortunately instead of a manufacturing based industry, the US will concentrate on enforcing the concept of "intellectual property" with tough new laws to keep that nation ahead of everyone else in the technology race, while outsourcing the manufacturing to cheaper offshore locations. It's a perfect system.
Er, hang on, guys - where are you going?
History repeats itself. Why the hell should American raw materials be shipped all the way to Jolly Old England to be taxed and manufactured into finished goods that are shipped all the way back to the US, for a huge mark up (and more taxes)? Not so fun when you're on the other end, is it?
I guess the last region to be exploited is Africa. Is it already too late to start buying land?
Windows Update.
And stop clicking "Yes" to everything.
That's all you need.
anecdote + anecdote does not equal data Note the positions of Buick ( a GM brand ) - and the positions of the Japanese makes you mention http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/porsche-tops-in-dependability-study/
Yeah maybe not. And McDonald's serves a hell of a lot of hamburgers every day, and virtually all of their customers are 100% satisfied (or they get free french fires) but they will never ever get a Michelin star.
Sounds like they forgot I can do the same thing with the HDMI output on my laptop.
Not for long, if the media companies have their way.