It almost failed catastrophically at least half a dozen times. Here's an interesting article on the guy who, although it's up for some debate, probably prevented world war three single-handedly.
The fundamental principle of MAD assumes rational and informed actors on both sides of the table. At one point we had Khrushchev sitting across from us. At one point they had Reagan.
It's amazing how much of the geek community is completely at a loss for why Apple is so successful. Somehow it's impossible that the user experience they provide is what people want so it must be their marketing.
I recently managed a group of student workers at an IT shop, and it was a real reminder of the "I'm a genius, everyone else is an idiot" phase that most geeks go through (hopefully) early on in their development.
I think this essentially what you're seeing. Someone who has the time and inclination to figure out any UI that comes across their path will never understand people who have different priorities. Clearly, everyone else is an idiot.
We have a distribution - not resource - problem to solve.
We don't have a distribution or a resource problem, we have a starvation problem. This is good news for those of us living in the first world, since distribution and resource problems are most efficiently solved with crateloads of assault rifles.
Not really. Unlike the UK, almost all doctors in America are private practice doctors and not on government salary. The same with hospitals, a mix of private and local/state public hospitals. The health care reform legislation passed is mainly for insurance; the government won't change its control of doctors or which private plans people choose. So the government really isn't in charge of health care, although they've taken a more regulatory role in insurance.
While factual, your post goes against the narrative we're trying to push here. Expect to be modded into oblivion.
I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed. And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.
It's amazing that people still don't realize how important jumping is to game immersion. It's usually the main way you interact with the z axis in a game.
Sola scriptura looks good on paper, but the fact that the Bible supports wildly different interpretations means it is less clear on many important issues than Luther realized.
Exactly. You'd never gather that homosexuality is evil just from reading the thing. You need people to point this out for you.
Can you imagine the political hay some random congresscritter is going to make if they find out that our precious tax dollars are going to fund for... iPads?
I remember Limbaugh going off on a plan to provide homeless people with answering machines a while ago.
Improving infrastructure made sense when the American empire was in an ascendant period. Now that it's on the wane the most profitable course of action is to skim as much cream as we can until it collapses.
Square-Enix is just not in touch with what makes a game good as a game. They have a knack for compelling stories, and they have a solid art-design team, but these aren't enough to make a good game.
I think every one of SE's games has come with a moment when I wondered if any of them actually play video games.
This. An IT professional will do more free work than a doctor or lawyer would ever dream of. Some people have legal problems... everyone has problems with windows.
"But we're picking up the cost of infrastructure - what's in it for us?" I say.
You get to build out on private property without needing to pay market value for the land, OR negotiate with every person whose land you cross.
It's a bit of a red herring, though. There's no good reason for infrastructure to be privately held. "If you build it, they will come" should be the motto of every municipality.
The OP was modded +5 insightful... I have no idea what's going on. Someone must be trying to rebrand the cold war? Very weird behavior, even for the righties.
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JavaScript is a programming language. Just because the code is delivered in source form, it doesn't mean there cannot be security holes.
You're not thinking literally enough. (and just go ahead and ignore my sig for this post)
We might agree that a GUI would fall under copyright law. What, in your mind, is the difference between an API and a GUI?
(Internet disclaimer: I'm not being sarcastic or snide.)
Sounds like it worked like a charm.
It almost failed catastrophically at least half a dozen times. Here's an interesting article on the guy who, although it's up for some debate, probably prevented world war three single-handedly.
The fundamental principle of MAD assumes rational and informed actors on both sides of the table. At one point we had Khrushchev sitting across from us. At one point they had Reagan.
or the guy was immitating "talking on a phone" with a small, boxy object that happened to be in reach
Wasn't the speaker separate from the receiver back then? Miming a phone conversation would have required both hands, if so.
This is fun.
If you can see the bubble it's already too late. This is a lesson people have to continually relearn, for some reason.
It's amazing how much of the geek community is completely at a loss for why Apple is so successful. Somehow it's impossible that the user experience they provide is what people want so it must be their marketing.
I recently managed a group of student workers at an IT shop, and it was a real reminder of the "I'm a genius, everyone else is an idiot" phase that most geeks go through (hopefully) early on in their development.
I think this essentially what you're seeing. Someone who has the time and inclination to figure out any UI that comes across their path will never understand people who have different priorities. Clearly, everyone else is an idiot.
The "Hall of Epeen Fame" plaque? Seems like only a small number of players care about that.
GET IT?
Perl is free.
Anything else you need sharpened while we're grinding this axe?
Why would you care if the author is biased towards one OS or another? The article doesn't have anything to do with Apple.
Just make you grow an annoyingly thin mustache and wear polyester.
We have a distribution - not resource - problem to solve.
We don't have a distribution or a resource problem, we have a starvation problem. This is good news for those of us living in the first world, since distribution and resource problems are most efficiently solved with crateloads of assault rifles.
So what you're saying is that this bomb is perfectly safe?
Not really. Unlike the UK, almost all doctors in America are private practice doctors and not on government salary. The same with hospitals, a mix of private and local/state public hospitals. The health care reform legislation passed is mainly for insurance; the government won't change its control of doctors or which private plans people choose. So the government really isn't in charge of health care, although they've taken a more regulatory role in insurance.
While factual, your post goes against the narrative we're trying to push here. Expect to be modded into oblivion.
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
It's amazing that people still don't realize how important jumping is to game immersion. It's usually the main way you interact with the z axis in a game.
Sola scriptura looks good on paper, but the fact that the Bible supports wildly different interpretations means it is less clear on many important issues than Luther realized.
Exactly. You'd never gather that homosexuality is evil just from reading the thing. You need people to point this out for you.
Can you imagine the political hay some random congresscritter is going to make if they find out that our precious tax dollars are going to fund for ... iPads?
I remember Limbaugh going off on a plan to provide homeless people with answering machines a while ago.
Think about that for a minute.
[...] a la Doctor Tongue.
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Haha, thanks for mentioning him. I always think about that sketch whenever 3D gets mentioned on
Improving infrastructure made sense when the American empire was in an ascendant period. Now that it's on the wane the most profitable course of action is to skim as much cream as we can until it collapses.
Square-Enix is just not in touch with what makes a game good as a game. They have a knack for compelling stories, and they have a solid art-design team, but these aren't enough to make a good game.
I think every one of SE's games has come with a moment when I wondered if any of them actually play video games.
This. An IT professional will do more free work than a doctor or lawyer would ever dream of. Some people have legal problems... everyone has problems with windows.
"But we're picking up the cost of infrastructure - what's in it for us?" I say.
You get to build out on private property without needing to pay market value for the land, OR negotiate with every person whose land you cross.
It's a bit of a red herring, though. There's no good reason for infrastructure to be privately held. "If you build it, they will come" should be the motto of every municipality.
Ooops. The term is older than I thought. It originates with baseball.
Fly that geek flag with pride, man.
The OP was modded +5 insightful... I have no idea what's going on. Someone must be trying to rebrand the cold war? Very weird behavior, even for the righties.