Pushing embryonic stem cells is more about justifying abortion than actual stem cell treatments
That's a stretch, don't you think? Honestly, what group of people are going to have their opinions changed by the legal status of stem cell research? Abortion is one of those issues that if you're against it, there really is no middle ground so I don't really see why any politician would push stem cell research for this reason.
Adult stem cells have shown the best treatment options while embryonic stem cells would have the same issues as organ transplants.
That's not really a fair comparison. Adult stem cell research hasn't been restricted for the last 8 years.
It is more about politics and money at the cost of ethics and good science.
It's funny how you make this statement, after you just made this remark:
Cord blood would likely be as effective as embryonic but does not help the abortion stance
with absolutely no sources or anything to back up this claim. I'm not sure you know what good science is.
It's funny how the most moronic posts are created by AC's, it's like they somehow, deep down, know they are retarded. Yet some part of them feel it's necessary to be a huge dick behind their anonymity.
There is no debate. No DRM is acceptable.
So how exactly are software (and other companies with digital products) are going to make any revenue when everyone can just copy the product without spending a dime? Are you saying all companies should just release shareware and hope that they get enough donations to survive? That's exactly what you are saying, and what you're saying is idiotic.
Bah. I realize now that there's truly no point in even discussing this with you. Good luck in your quest. You're going to need it.
DRM has been a part of software for almost as long as software existed. It is you that has the huge, uphill battle ahead of you.
Both tend to have caps on the order of 160 MB per day, which is fine for WiiWare but not for bigger PC games.
That has to apply to a very small minority of people (especially game players) though,and they are more than welcome to stick to the Wii and avoid Steam all together. I highly doubt Valve is trying to appeal to this type of customer. Hell you could probably break that cap playing WoW for a few hours.
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Why the hell would you go over to your friends house to play a PC game outside the context of a LAN party (where you would be bringing your PC containing the game)? What, you plan to take turns zapping butts while sitting in front of a desk? Lame.
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Valve has pledged to release patches to make them not worthless, but odds are that when Valve goes out of business they won't have the ability to make such a decision.
That is such a ridiculous claim. How the hell would they not have the ability to make that decision? It's not like Valve has absolutely no foresight what so ever. They could release patches way before they give control over their servers are shut any thing down
If the servers shut down and everything just permanently stopped working, you would be pissing of a monumental amount of users in a unprecedented way. I really think it's really in Valve's best interest to not let such a thing happen, regardless if they aren't going to be around afterwards. If by some incredibly small chance the that Valve fails to release a patch to validate the games, I'm sure some 3rd party will find a hack that will render the games playable again.
Why don't we wait until Valve stops releasing chart-topping PC games before we start spreading the FUD, eh?
The GP isn't fucking stupid. He is just pointing out that your "if" won't ever happen. Chrono Trigger is over a decade old. Most people who will be purchasing FF-XIII probably never even heard of Chrono Trigger. And for the most people who have heard of it (like me) probably don't care (also like me).
Have you played DIII and SC2? Do you know what the games will be like when they are released? No? Then stop making assumptions and shut up.
For the record, Blizzard games never brought any thing new to the table. They take established concepts and refine them until the game is fun and balanced. You contradict yourself by saying you were their core audience, and then bash their games which haven't even entered public beta yet.
That doesn't mean shit about WHY people are buying the iPhone. Just because games are popular apps, doesn't mean that people are buying the iPhone for the sole reason to play those games.
Blizzard does not have a clue about customer relations.
Their number of subscribers and customers would lead me to believe otherwise.
There are plenty of websites out there that have all the information you could ever want about WoW, and then some. Besides, Blizzard doesn't need to outsource development of secondary apps to amateur developers, because they have extremely talented developers in house that can do a much better job. Also, you completely ignore the fact that Blizzard provides a scripting language for users to completely customize their GUI (too bad Eve doesn't have this because it's GUI is atrocious). So don't give me this bullshit that Blizzard doesn't work with their customers.
So the goal of video games are to provide fun, or entertain. Are you saying the goal of books and movies are not to have fun? Entertainment can come in many ways. Some people like to be frightened and thrilled for entertainment. Some like to discover and become enlightened. While others, like to put themselves into someone else's shoes. Why do video games have to limit themselves to one method of providing entertainment, while movies and books can provide entertainment in any fashion they please?
And I *highly* doubt anyone out there will be terribly interested in buying and experiencing a real, honest-to-god war simulation.
I bet you at one point, when the film industry was just beginning to take off, someone said "I *highly* doubt anyone out there will be terribly interested in experiencing a realistic, honest-to-god, war movie." If people really weren't interested in violence and conflict, movies like Saving Private Ryan would never had sold.
Actually, I kind of like the idea of the simple 2D top down shooter. Subspace was a blast and Escape Velocity was great too. It's a shame that most developers don't consider older genre's any more. There's so much that can be done with top-down shooters that's still haven't been done. Regardless, it sounds like they aren't really trying to release a strategic game. Although Homeworld was a good game, it is a pretty old game, and I've never heard about their engine being for sale. They could probably do a lot more with latest Unreal engine then anything else.
Seriously, the author of this article is pretty daft. He makes the argument that hardcore games are on the decline because they are selling poorly on the Wii. No shit sherlock. Why would anyone buy a Wii to play hardcore games? Second of all, some of the games he claims are casual can just as well be hardcore games. For example, the "Guitar Hero" genre has developed some of the most hardcore video game players I've ever seen. Just look at the video of all the kids playing these insane songs. Lets not forget people hacking their consoles in order to create their own songs too. And like you said, WoW can be just as hardcore as it is casual.
And one thing is for certain, hardcore gaming isn't going anywhere. All the top sellers on the PS3 and XBox360 are what the author would call "hardcore" games, and if you combine the sales of those consoles, they are outselling the Wii. He says there aren't any hardcore games coming out in the near future. I guess he doesn't really follow what Blizzard is doing at all.
Hardcore video games were never outselling casual games in the first place. Just look at the best selling games of all time:
Instead of getting to retry you should switch bodies with another member of your unit, that would detrivialise things a bit and give a better sense of what death does. Actually I can't believe no war game ever used that idea before..
Maybe because in the grand scheme of things, nothing really has changed? No matter how many times you die, you can always get a new squad or start the game over. I don't think you can really make an argument that "switching consciousness" to other members of the squad makes any thing more realistic, nor gives the player a better insight to what death really means.
Why should society now get freebies? If what society wants is "more for less" then they should stop paying sixty fucking dollars for a video game, or over a hundred dollars for a damn concert ticket.
If you enjoy living in a society with more dangerous criminals on the street because there is no other means for them to get out of their situation, then be my guest and bitch and moan about a progressive tax system. Yes, some people don't know how to spend their money. But I'd rather have them spend government money poorly, then poorly spending the money they got from me after they beat the shit out of me and put a gun to my face.
No. YOU need to grow up and learn to look at the math, instead of jumping to false conclusions. The Cube sold approximately 22 million and the Xbox sold about 23 million. The statistics have an error rate of +/- 2 million, which means the Cube might have sold as many as 24 while the Box might only be 21, due to miscounts on the sales. QED as I stated, "the Cube and Xbox are in a statistical tie for second place". ----- When you get into college and take Stat/Probability 101, you'll better understand. It's equivalent to an election year poll showing McCain is leading Obama 47% to 46% but with an error of +/-2%, and therefore a statistical dead heat.
I'm sorry, man, but the GP is right. You are a huge fanboy. If you are quibbling over possible discrepancies in sales reporting just to say that the Gamecube might have been second, then it's obvious you have some biased opinions. The fact that you care how much a console sold compared to another (seriously, who gives a flying fuck?) shows that you feel like you have to prove that Nintendo is the best thing ever. The GP wasn't even trying to bash Nintendo, he was just saying that it appeals to non-gamers and 3rd party developers are having trouble with the console. Which are simply facts. Just play your games, enjoy them, and let other people enjoy theirs, and shut the hell up.
If the scientists played any Final Fantasy games, they would know that casting "Lightning" on crabs hurts them, and hurts them much more than fire spells....Damn, you can tell when it's late afternoon on Friday when I start making retarded posts like these.
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Have you played an MMO lately? The "community" is usually the worst part of the game...
If you believe this, why do you play MMO's?
Is town too busy? Boom, new set of districts is spawned! They will be probably located on different server too, making players overcrowding non issue.
Yeah, but then not all players exist in the same world, do they? Kind of defeats the purpose having one shard.
Pushing embryonic stem cells is more about justifying abortion than actual stem cell treatments
That's a stretch, don't you think? Honestly, what group of people are going to have their opinions changed by the legal status of stem cell research? Abortion is one of those issues that if you're against it, there really is no middle ground so I don't really see why any politician would push stem cell research for this reason.
Adult stem cells have shown the best treatment options while embryonic stem cells would have the same issues as organ transplants.
That's not really a fair comparison. Adult stem cell research hasn't been restricted for the last 8 years.
It is more about politics and money at the cost of ethics and good science.
It's funny how you make this statement, after you just made this remark:
Cord blood would likely be as effective as embryonic but does not help the abortion stance
with absolutely no sources or anything to back up this claim. I'm not sure you know what good science is.
It's funny how the most moronic posts are created by AC's, it's like they somehow, deep down, know they are retarded. Yet some part of them feel it's necessary to be a huge dick behind their anonymity.
There is no debate. No DRM is acceptable.
So how exactly are software (and other companies with digital products) are going to make any revenue when everyone can just copy the product without spending a dime? Are you saying all companies should just release shareware and hope that they get enough donations to survive? That's exactly what you are saying, and what you're saying is idiotic.
Bah. I realize now that there's truly no point in even discussing this with you. Good luck in your quest. You're going to need it.
DRM has been a part of software for almost as long as software existed. It is you that has the huge, uphill battle ahead of you.
Both tend to have caps on the order of 160 MB per day, which is fine for WiiWare but not for bigger PC games.
That has to apply to a very small minority of people (especially game players) though ,and they are more than welcome to stick to the Wii and avoid Steam all together. I highly doubt Valve is trying to appeal to this type of customer. Hell you could probably break that cap playing WoW for a few hours.
Why the hell would you go over to your friends house to play a PC game outside the context of a LAN party (where you would be bringing your PC containing the game)? What, you plan to take turns zapping butts while sitting in front of a desk? Lame.
Valve has pledged to release patches to make them not worthless, but odds are that when Valve goes out of business they won't have the ability to make such a decision.
That is such a ridiculous claim. How the hell would they not have the ability to make that decision? It's not like Valve has absolutely no foresight what so ever. They could release patches way before they give control over their servers are shut any thing down
If the servers shut down and everything just permanently stopped working, you would be pissing of a monumental amount of users in a unprecedented way. I really think it's really in Valve's best interest to not let such a thing happen, regardless if they aren't going to be around afterwards. If by some incredibly small chance the that Valve fails to release a patch to validate the games, I'm sure some 3rd party will find a hack that will render the games playable again.
Why don't we wait until Valve stops releasing chart-topping PC games before we start spreading the FUD, eh?
The GP isn't fucking stupid. He is just pointing out that your "if" won't ever happen. Chrono Trigger is over a decade old. Most people who will be purchasing FF-XIII probably never even heard of Chrono Trigger. And for the most people who have heard of it (like me) probably don't care (also like me).
Ummm, no he didn't.
You would stand a good chance against most players 7 years ago. Now? Not so much. I think the acronym APM didn't even exist 7 years ago.
Have you played DIII and SC2? Do you know what the games will be like when they are released? No? Then stop making assumptions and shut up.
For the record, Blizzard games never brought any thing new to the table. They take established concepts and refine them until the game is fun and balanced. You contradict yourself by saying you were their core audience, and then bash their games which haven't even entered public beta yet.
That doesn't mean shit about WHY people are buying the iPhone. Just because games are popular apps, doesn't mean that people are buying the iPhone for the sole reason to play those games.
Blizzard does not have a clue about customer relations.
Their number of subscribers and customers would lead me to believe otherwise.
There are plenty of websites out there that have all the information you could ever want about WoW, and then some. Besides, Blizzard doesn't need to outsource development of secondary apps to amateur developers, because they have extremely talented developers in house that can do a much better job. Also, you completely ignore the fact that Blizzard provides a scripting language for users to completely customize their GUI (too bad Eve doesn't have this because it's GUI is atrocious). So don't give me this bullshit that Blizzard doesn't work with their customers.
So the goal of video games are to provide fun, or entertain. Are you saying the goal of books and movies are not to have fun? Entertainment can come in many ways. Some people like to be frightened and thrilled for entertainment. Some like to discover and become enlightened. While others, like to put themselves into someone else's shoes. Why do video games have to limit themselves to one method of providing entertainment, while movies and books can provide entertainment in any fashion they please?
And I *highly* doubt anyone out there will be terribly interested in buying and experiencing a real, honest-to-god war simulation.
I bet you at one point, when the film industry was just beginning to take off, someone said "I *highly* doubt anyone out there will be terribly interested in experiencing a realistic, honest-to-god, war movie." If people really weren't interested in violence and conflict, movies like Saving Private Ryan would never had sold.
Actually, I kind of like the idea of the simple 2D top down shooter. Subspace was a blast and Escape Velocity was great too. It's a shame that most developers don't consider older genre's any more. There's so much that can be done with top-down shooters that's still haven't been done. Regardless, it sounds like they aren't really trying to release a strategic game. Although Homeworld was a good game, it is a pretty old game, and I've never heard about their engine being for sale. They could probably do a lot more with latest Unreal engine then anything else.
If PCs are only for single player and online multiplayer, what would the kids I'm babysitting do while waiting their turn?
Easy. They could watch you play. As a child, I watched my brother play video games for countless hours, and I loved it!
Seriously, the author of this article is pretty daft. He makes the argument that hardcore games are on the decline because they are selling poorly on the Wii. No shit sherlock. Why would anyone buy a Wii to play hardcore games? Second of all, some of the games he claims are casual can just as well be hardcore games. For example, the "Guitar Hero" genre has developed some of the most hardcore video game players I've ever seen. Just look at the video of all the kids playing these insane songs. Lets not forget people hacking their consoles in order to create their own songs too. And like you said, WoW can be just as hardcore as it is casual.
And one thing is for certain, hardcore gaming isn't going anywhere. All the top sellers on the PS3 and XBox360 are what the author would call "hardcore" games, and if you combine the sales of those consoles, they are outselling the Wii. He says there aren't any hardcore games coming out in the near future. I guess he doesn't really follow what Blizzard is doing at all.
Hardcore video games were never outselling casual games in the first place. Just look at the best selling games of all time:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games
The list is dominated by casual games that have been released in the past. There is no decline of hardcore gaming.
Everything is hard when you have a beautiful naked women next to you eh?
Well, at least one thing is.
Instead of getting to retry you should switch bodies with another member of your unit, that would detrivialise things a bit and give a better sense of what death does. Actually I can't believe no war game ever used that idea before..
Maybe because in the grand scheme of things, nothing really has changed? No matter how many times you die, you can always get a new squad or start the game over. I don't think you can really make an argument that "switching consciousness" to other members of the squad makes any thing more realistic, nor gives the player a better insight to what death really means.
Who decided to mod this post informative, when its off-topic, flamebait, and trollish all at the same time?
Okay, Bill Gates... just calm down.
Why should society now get freebies? If what society wants is "more for less" then they should stop paying sixty fucking dollars for a video game, or over a hundred dollars for a damn concert ticket.
If you enjoy living in a society with more dangerous criminals on the street because there is no other means for them to get out of their situation, then be my guest and bitch and moan about a progressive tax system. Yes, some people don't know how to spend their money. But I'd rather have them spend government money poorly, then poorly spending the money they got from me after they beat the shit out of me and put a gun to my face.
No. YOU need to grow up and learn to look at the math, instead of jumping to false conclusions. The Cube sold approximately 22 million and the Xbox sold about 23 million. The statistics have an error rate of +/- 2 million, which means the Cube might have sold as many as 24 while the Box might only be 21, due to miscounts on the sales. QED as I stated, "the Cube and Xbox are in a statistical tie for second place". ----- When you get into college and take Stat/Probability 101, you'll better understand. It's equivalent to an election year poll showing McCain is leading Obama 47% to 46% but with an error of +/-2%, and therefore a statistical dead heat.
I'm sorry, man, but the GP is right. You are a huge fanboy. If you are quibbling over possible discrepancies in sales reporting just to say that the Gamecube might have been second, then it's obvious you have some biased opinions. The fact that you care how much a console sold compared to another (seriously, who gives a flying fuck?) shows that you feel like you have to prove that Nintendo is the best thing ever. The GP wasn't even trying to bash Nintendo, he was just saying that it appeals to non-gamers and 3rd party developers are having trouble with the console. Which are simply facts. Just play your games, enjoy them, and let other people enjoy theirs, and shut the hell up.
If the scientists played any Final Fantasy games, they would know that casting "Lightning" on crabs hurts them, and hurts them much more than fire spells. ...Damn, you can tell when it's late afternoon on Friday when I start making retarded posts like these.
Consider, the dairy cow felt really good while being milked to make the delicious butter I'm gonna slather over the crab.
You know those aren't penises at the end of the udder, right?