Oh, yeah, totally we should have stopped that. Everyone loves us when we interfere. Hey, is it the United States or France that wants to (or could) keep Turkey out of the EU (god forbid all those poor Muslims get freedom of movement)?
It's not just France that doesn't want Turkey in the EU. Maybe us Europeans just don't want freedom of movement for people who riot over a cartoon.
None of the countries that 'Bush and friends' have attacked had the capability to strike America back. Russia has the capability to drop a dozen nukes on every major American city.
I think you're over-estimating the size of the 'hardcore FPS-playing upgrading-computer-every-two-weeks parents-basement' lobby. That niche gets smaller every day, these days it's gameplay that sells.
You're fine with the concept of having no privacy even in your own home? What the hell is sacred anymore? Maybe before long we'll all have to go and live in dungeons just to stop the corporations/governments spying on us.
Seriously, if you can't even evade surveillance in your own home, then society has failed, and it's time to knock it all down and start again.
The same reason you can't take photographs in changing rooms or high-security facilities, even though you can't see what's going on. I don't see why so many of you have a problem understand this. Oh wait, it's Google, and anything they do is acceptable, even if it involves taking pictures in people's houses. If Microsoft had done this you'd all be screaming murder.
You realize that most MMOGs including WoW, the most successful MMOG ever, has every single thing that you mentioned? Have you ever played a MMOG before?
If it hasn't improved on previous games in its genre, then why bother making it? This is just a less-polished version of WoW with different character names.
The only way to stop this is to not be a target. Don't do stuff to others you wouldn't like done to you. Listen. Talk to folks so they don't have to blow up stuff you like to get your attention.
So what did the people in the World Trade Centre do to Osama Bin Laden? Did he make any attempt to get their attention to talk to them?
you're still not focusing on the disease, and that's fundamental inequality and slavery in this world.
Wasn't Osama Bin Laden incredibly rich? I don't think he was a slave either. Terrorists aren't blowing up buildings because they're poor and enslaved, they're generally pretty well off, they're doing it because they're psycopathic scum, and the only cure is to either kill them all or inprison them.
Casual gamers generally don't buy game consoles. Think about it. You have to buy the console, which cost hundreds of dollars, and then the games are $50-60 each. On the other hand, the PC that most people already have is probably capable of playing the few games a casual gamer would be interested in and the games cost a lot less.
The PC doesn't have the casual games that are released for consoles. In fact it barely has any games at all these days. I don't see wii-sport being released for the PC, never mind the controller.
It's sort of like a camera on a phone - Even if you did have one, you wouldn't use one unless it was an extreme condition because it's a piece of shit and not what the company/product does best.
You seem to be unaware of the widespread use of camera phones.
Ebooks will never compete on ease of use or price. A reader costs hundreds, a book cost a few pounds. If you leave a newspaper on the bus it costs 50p. If your ebook reader is stolen or broken, you're out of pocket.
I think ebooks will always be the domain of a subset of rich nerds.
It reminds me of the time I was on here arguing with a guy who said files would be easier to compress if they were converted to Chinese characters first, because then the file would be shorter.
But Chinese characters would take up far more bits than roman letters, and there would be no patterns so it would be impossible to compress.
Sorry but this isn't the 2nd century BC where all you needed to go to war was to pick up a spear and put a helmet on. Amateur 'pickup' armies don't work, and will be easily destroyed by a full-time professional army.
Yes, (chance_of_breaking) * (cost_of_replacement) You're forced to get car insurance by law, but you're not forced to insure your ipod. Medical insurance may be worth it, but medical care when you have a disease or a serious injury is incredibly important and expensive. If you break your ipod, it will cost you a few hundred and if you can't afford it, then it doesn't really matter anyway. Not even comparable.
I worked out that with mobile phone insurance, you need to lose your phone every year for it to be worthwhile.
If you will, Google's _real_ secret sauce isn't even one of good engineering, it's one of good management. And that'll be hard to steal because most PHBs try to just pretend it doesn't exist.
I'm pretty sure that Google's 'secret sauce' is a decent search algorithm combined with a user-friendly interface. Users don't give a shit about Google's management, and most companies are successful despite treating their workers like shit.
Do you want to type that into every single site you visit? I agree with the sentiment above, search engines don't have the entrenchment that software does. It's very easy for people to switch, and Google could come crashing down overnight.
You get two channels, both of which are full of repeats, crappy soaps, and auction programmes. You don't need a licence to listen to their radio stations, which are pretty much half a dozen songs played over and over again. From next year they won't even have the FA Cup or England games. I think the BBC has had its day.
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Congratulations, you've been emasculated by the Germans.
None of the countries that 'Bush and friends' have attacked had the capability to strike America back. Russia has the capability to drop a dozen nukes on every major American city.
I think you're over-estimating the size of the 'hardcore FPS-playing upgrading-computer-every-two-weeks parents-basement' lobby. That niche gets smaller every day, these days it's gameplay that sells.
I've figured it out now anyway, got it from 2.13 to 3.2.
Overclocking isn't exactly easy. When I try to overclock my core 2 duo it just doesn't start up. It's not something anyone can do.
You're fine with the concept of having no privacy even in your own home? What the hell is sacred anymore? Maybe before long we'll all have to go and live in dungeons just to stop the corporations/governments spying on us.
Seriously, if you can't even evade surveillance in your own home, then society has failed, and it's time to knock it all down and start again.
The same reason you can't take photographs in changing rooms or high-security facilities, even though you can't see what's going on. I don't see why so many of you have a problem understand this. Oh wait, it's Google, and anything they do is acceptable, even if it involves taking pictures in people's houses. If Microsoft had done this you'd all be screaming murder.
Ebooks will never compete on ease of use or price. A reader costs hundreds, a book cost a few pounds. If you leave a newspaper on the bus it costs 50p. If your ebook reader is stolen or broken, you're out of pocket.
I think ebooks will always be the domain of a subset of rich nerds.
God forbid people might want a more comfortable existence and more personal space. We're humans not battery hens.
How well did the inferior-trained and equipped Iraqi army manage to prevent their country being invaded?
Sorry but this isn't the 2nd century BC where all you needed to go to war was to pick up a spear and put a helmet on. Amateur 'pickup' armies don't work, and will be easily destroyed by a full-time professional army.
Do you want to type that into every single site you visit? I agree with the sentiment above, search engines don't have the entrenchment that software does. It's very easy for people to switch, and Google could come crashing down overnight.
You get two channels, both of which are full of repeats, crappy soaps, and auction programmes. You don't need a licence to listen to their radio stations, which are pretty much half a dozen songs played over and over again. From next year they won't even have the FA Cup or England games. I think the BBC has had its day.
Ask Tony Martin how peaceful it is in the countryside.