Yeah the usage of wall was a mistake, and actually makes it much more incorrect than to say "the other car sitting still", and the exact double speed would only really make sense if the cars hit exactly head on. Obviously my example was in a perfect theoretical physics sense using simple vectors;)
Otherwise I'm pretty sure it's a reasonably close value.
They really had a hard time understanding that a compass wouldn't work on the moon or that the radio would be limited to line of sight.
Stuff like this concerns me about individuals, let alone the fact that this sort of logic could be forced upon a crowd. There is a real mentality of 'stuff I don't need to know', or stuff I wouldn't even think about. People just say "of course a compass would work on the moon, the moon has a north and a south", ignoring exactly how a compass actually works. Reminds me of the guy that posted here a while ago about how the real problem they need to address with the space shuttle on re-entry is that it has too much drag, that it isn't aerodynamic enough. Yeah, because the real challenge mission control has always struggled with is the shuttle stalling as it's coming into land, not that it's trying to avoid making a smoking crater as opposed to a proper landing. Or, more concerningly, that an accident at the speed I'm doing, with an oncoming car is like hitting a wall at that, speed, not the combined speeds of both cars because they are in opposite directions. Stuff that I presumed, maybe naively, that most people know just by default.
The professor asked me why I thought that was. The only thing I could come up with was that once you have an optimal solution bringing more people in only increases the chances that you will end up with a sub optimal solution.
Or, in layman's terms, 100 idiots that agree with each other will overrule one smart guy that knows what's going on, because all the idiots work with the logic that the more people that believe in something, the stronger it's case is. Also, that believing in something has any relevance to it's reality at all.
There was a 100% chance that the GP's post making the statistics related joke with an obviously made up stastistic would be followed up by someone making the completely unfunny joke implying that they were making the numbers up, which was actually part of the joke.
See how no one else made that joke? That means it's YOU.
But, I mean it's the Pope, who cares what he actually *said*, right?/sarcasm
We do, which is why you've already got half a dozen people pointing out to you that you clearly skimmed the article and didn't even notice who made the quote you're actually referencing.
Secondly, who amongst the Steam customers cares about DRM? You're buying games through a full blown DRM platform that just happens to have a checkout system integrated into it.
Steam customers caring about DRM seems a little strange to me.
and if they REALLY want to send a message, put their piracy statistics through the roof. Download the game 4 or 5 times.
This is quite possibly the worst suggestion ever. If you're unhappy with the DRM, don't buy the game. The issues with DRM are well known, and if the game sells zero and Ubisoft are already aware of the issues with DRM, someone somewhere will make the connection.
Pirate it 4 or 5 times? Are you serious? I'm not sure how this is 'Interesting'. At least it's not 'Insightful'. 'Idiotic' is more applicable. All this means is that Ubisoft see that the game is highly popular, but that they just need to work on making the DRM tighter to reduce piracy. In fact, one person pirating it 4 or 5 times seperately makes them think they are losing even more money than they are, and would make the DRM work even harder. I don't understand how this thought entered your head and you didn't immediately dismiss it.
If you can't live without the game, buy it, and then download the crack by itself. Gamecopyworld is usually good for this. Even if you've bought it, downloading the whole game just for the crack is self-defeating anyway.
The fanatical, pants-on-head retarded idiots that comprise the core forum using user-base actually having something legitimate to complain about, that is.
the tones are a hit with housewives as well as teenagers.
Ah, the two most well-informed, fad-immune, money-conscious target markets out there. If anything was going to convince me that this wasn't just total bullshit, it would be the take up of this concept by those two groups. I'll take three, please.
Do you really need to play "Assassins Creed 2" continuously with only 5 minutes of downtime every year? If so, I suspect that your Internet connection is the least of your issues.
Why do people insist on dragging out idiotic "oh so you must have no life then" arguments everytime this sort of thing is brought up.
Imagine going to see a movie, you work out a time that suits you, pay in advance, turn up ready to get with the watching, but you're told that you can't watch the movie now, and you'll have to wait until some unspecified time in the future. And to fit with the analogy, it's the only place in town that is showing that movie. Sure, there are other movies you can see, but you were keen on this movie, you've already paid for this movie, and you're irritated as to why you have to be at the mercy of someone else to watch a movie that you've paid for.
Oh, and randomly a car flies through the cinema screen, and lands on a viewer, because with a car involved somewhere this analogy just wouldn't feel right. And DRM KILLS PEOPLE.
(Also, if you really want to get the point, just imagine if this applied to TV. If your ability to watch your favourite TV channel was dictated by the uptime of the network station in order for you to be able to view stuff OH WAIT IT IS, that's probably why they go to insane lengths to ensure that the downtime is virtually zero. Except maybe at the start when it was a new tech, which is... what this is like. Huh. And it's not like TV is really that important anyway. Or games, really. Go read a book or something, sheesh. Fuck, fuck, fuck, all this is doing is making your point seem more valid. Delete this paragraph before posting, moron.)
(Test Drive Unlimited is the poster boy for a good game ruined by DLC for me. I was really looking forward to that game until I found out that most progress was made by paying your way through).
I don't understand how you have to 'pay your way through' in TDU. Admittedly the DLC packs have some very fast cars, but no one wants new car packs with the... OH WOW is that REALLY the '08 Ford Festiva? Fantastic!
[1: General][Paganritual]:-- Are you tired of those exciting guilds with interesting projects and complicated [1: General][Paganritual]:-- and thought-provoking problems? Get sick of teaming up with like-minded nerds [1: General][Paganritual]:-- who want to talk about sci-fi, gaming, or combinations of the two? Wouldn't you [1: General][Paganritual]:-- rather drop that low-level, challenging C++ code and move on up to the heroic [1: General][Paganritual]:-- Visual Basic level? Code accounting software for minimum spec PCs with a [1: General][Paganritual]:-- bunch of career programmers who don't even have a proper home email address? [1: General][Paganritual]:-- My new guild {3021 - NO CURR3NT R3C0RD} is for you. In fact, even if this [1: General][Paganritual]:-- doesn't interest you, can I offer people 25g for a guild sig? Maybe more, on like [1: General][Paganritual]:-- a weekly basis if you just leave your character in the guild for a while? Because [1: General][Paganritual]:-- I'm all alone here. I mean, this room is full of people... but I'm so alone [1: General][Paganritual]:--... so very alone...
Love them or hate them, cats are clearly the key to unlocking the secrets of the universe. Even down to the tiniest quantum particles, some sort of force acts on everything in the universe, apparently except cats. Every other atom in the entire realm of existence can be herded together via some sort of force; work out how to herd cats and the creator of the universe will halt everything, present himself before you and speaking in his booming, majestic voice :
Holy shit I'm so glad you posted this. I seriously thought I was going insane or something. I swear USB ports are like some sort of reverse quantum setup where you can only make the connectors stay still by directly observing them, otherwise they actively move themselves to align the wrong way every fucking time.
Far Cry 2 was similar to Borderlands. Supposedly a PC optimized version but the FOV was insane, like you had your nose pressed against the screen, the save spots in safe houses weren't removed, even though the PC version had full quick-save-anywhere options, and the generally control had that sluggish mouse accelerated feel until you tweaked it. Mouse acceleration in a PC port is a sure sign that you're in trouble.
And lets face it, game play wise Far Cry 2 wasn't exactly in PC territory either. Compare the open world of Stalker with the open world of Far Cry 2. FC2 at times felt like a sick joke at the expense of the gamer.
the tribesmen ran around in panic, shot crude arrows at the helicopter, and tried to shoo it away.
what if the odd sightings of 'unidentified flying objects' here and there, and all the ridicule or stampede that accompanies with them is something similar to the event above
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Yeah the usage of wall was a mistake, and actually makes it much more incorrect than to say "the other car sitting still", and the exact double speed would only really make sense if the cars hit exactly head on. Obviously my example was in a perfect theoretical physics sense using simple vectors ;)
Otherwise I'm pretty sure it's a reasonably close value.
They really had a hard time understanding that a compass wouldn't work on the moon or that the radio would be limited to line of sight.
Stuff like this concerns me about individuals, let alone the fact that this sort of logic could be forced upon a crowd. There is a real mentality of 'stuff I don't need to know', or stuff I wouldn't even think about. People just say "of course a compass would work on the moon, the moon has a north and a south", ignoring exactly how a compass actually works. Reminds me of the guy that posted here a while ago about how the real problem they need to address with the space shuttle on re-entry is that it has too much drag, that it isn't aerodynamic enough. Yeah, because the real challenge mission control has always struggled with is the shuttle stalling as it's coming into land, not that it's trying to avoid making a smoking crater as opposed to a proper landing. Or, more concerningly, that an accident at the speed I'm doing, with an oncoming car is like hitting a wall at that, speed, not the combined speeds of both cars because they are in opposite directions. Stuff that I presumed, maybe naively, that most people know just by default.
The professor asked me why I thought that was. The only thing I could come up with was that once you have an optimal solution bringing more people in only increases the chances that you will end up with a sub optimal solution.
Or, in layman's terms, 100 idiots that agree with each other will overrule one smart guy that knows what's going on, because all the idiots work with the logic that the more people that believe in something, the stronger it's case is. Also, that believing in something has any relevance to it's reality at all.
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Bacon.
I kill people for a living.
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He or she is making highly educated guesses
I believe that this is, in fact, the point. Of doctors, that is.
There was a 100% chance that the GP's post making the statistics related joke with an obviously made up stastistic would be followed up by someone making the completely unfunny joke implying that they were making the numbers up, which was actually part of the joke.
See how no one else made that joke? That means it's YOU.
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Did anyone actually read the article?
Apparently not you.
But, I mean it's the Pope, who cares what he actually *said*, right? /sarcasm
We do, which is why you've already got half a dozen people pointing out to you that you clearly skimmed the article and didn't even notice who made the quote you're actually referencing.
PS3:
Advantages: Trusts the user.
Disadvantages: Lots of cheating.
Hang on I don't get it why is there so much strong DRM nowadays?
Steam requires them to remove it
Firstly, this is utterly wrong.
Secondly, who amongst the Steam customers cares about DRM? You're buying games through a full blown DRM platform that just happens to have a checkout system integrated into it.
Steam customers caring about DRM seems a little strange to me.
and if they REALLY want to send a message, put their piracy statistics through the roof. Download the game 4 or 5 times.
This is quite possibly the worst suggestion ever. If you're unhappy with the DRM, don't buy the game. The issues with DRM are well known, and if the game sells zero and Ubisoft are already aware of the issues with DRM, someone somewhere will make the connection.
Pirate it 4 or 5 times? Are you serious? I'm not sure how this is 'Interesting'. At least it's not 'Insightful'. 'Idiotic' is more applicable. All this means is that Ubisoft see that the game is highly popular, but that they just need to work on making the DRM tighter to reduce piracy. In fact, one person pirating it 4 or 5 times seperately makes them think they are losing even more money than they are, and would make the DRM work even harder. I don't understand how this thought entered your head and you didn't immediately dismiss it.
If you can't live without the game, buy it, and then download the crack by itself. Gamecopyworld is usually good for this. Even if you've bought it, downloading the whole game just for the crack is self-defeating anyway.
That's because it's end goal is to land on the runway, not embed itself a few hundred feet into it.
The fanatical, pants-on-head retarded idiots that comprise the core forum using user-base actually having something legitimate to complain about, that is.
the tones are a hit with housewives as well as teenagers.
Ah, the two most well-informed, fad-immune, money-conscious target markets out there. If anything was going to convince me that this wasn't just total bullshit, it would be the take up of this concept by those two groups. I'll take three, please.
Do you really need to play "Assassins Creed 2" continuously with only 5 minutes of downtime every year? If so, I suspect that your Internet connection is the least of your issues.
Why do people insist on dragging out idiotic "oh so you must have no life then" arguments everytime this sort of thing is brought up.
Imagine going to see a movie, you work out a time that suits you, pay in advance, turn up ready to get with the watching, but you're told that you can't watch the movie now, and you'll have to wait until some unspecified time in the future. And to fit with the analogy, it's the only place in town that is showing that movie. Sure, there are other movies you can see, but you were keen on this movie, you've already paid for this movie, and you're irritated as to why you have to be at the mercy of someone else to watch a movie that you've paid for.
Oh, and randomly a car flies through the cinema screen, and lands on a viewer, because with a car involved somewhere this analogy just wouldn't feel right. And DRM KILLS PEOPLE.
(Also, if you really want to get the point, just imagine if this applied to TV. If your ability to watch your favourite TV channel was dictated by the uptime of the network station in order for you to be able to view stuff OH WAIT IT IS, that's probably why they go to insane lengths to ensure that the downtime is virtually zero. Except maybe at the start when it was a new tech, which is ... what this is like. Huh. And it's not like TV is really that important anyway. Or games, really. Go read a book or something, sheesh. Fuck, fuck, fuck, all this is doing is making your point seem more valid. Delete this paragraph before posting, moron.)
(Test Drive Unlimited is the poster boy for a good game ruined by DLC for me. I was really looking forward to that game until I found out that most progress was made by paying your way through).
I don't understand how you have to 'pay your way through' in TDU. Admittedly the DLC packs have some very fast cars, but no one wants new car packs with the ... OH WOW is that REALLY the '08 Ford Festiva? Fantastic!
Initial titles on sale are Breakout ... Super Breakout ...
(and Photoshop)
You're right, it's changed it from being able to work out what someone is saying by simply watching their lips move to ... err ...
[1: General][Paganritual]:-- Are you tired of those exciting guilds with interesting projects and complicated ... but I'm so alone ... so very alone ...
[1: General][Paganritual]:-- and thought-provoking problems? Get sick of teaming up with like-minded nerds
[1: General][Paganritual]:-- who want to talk about sci-fi, gaming, or combinations of the two? Wouldn't you
[1: General][Paganritual]:-- rather drop that low-level, challenging C++ code and move on up to the heroic
[1: General][Paganritual]:-- Visual Basic level? Code accounting software for minimum spec PCs with a
[1: General][Paganritual]:-- bunch of career programmers who don't even have a proper home email address?
[1: General][Paganritual]:-- My new guild {3021 - NO CURR3NT R3C0RD} is for you. In fact, even if this
[1: General][Paganritual]:-- doesn't interest you, can I offer people 25g for a guild sig? Maybe more, on like
[1: General][Paganritual]:-- a weekly basis if you just leave your character in the guild for a while? Because
[1: General][Paganritual]:-- I'm all alone here. I mean, this room is full of people
[1: General][Paganritual]:--
Love them or hate them, cats are clearly the key to unlocking the secrets of the universe. Even down to the tiniest quantum particles, some sort of force acts on everything in the universe, apparently except cats. Every other atom in the entire realm of existence can be herded together via some sort of force; work out how to herd cats and the creator of the universe will halt everything, present himself before you and speaking in his booming, majestic voice :
"How the FUCK did you manage that?"
... but the truth?
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Holy shit I'm so glad you posted this. I seriously thought I was going insane or something. I swear USB ports are like some sort of reverse quantum setup where you can only make the connectors stay still by directly observing them, otherwise they actively move themselves to align the wrong way every fucking time.
Far Cry 2 was similar to Borderlands. Supposedly a PC optimized version but the FOV was insane, like you had your nose pressed against the screen, the save spots in safe houses weren't removed, even though the PC version had full quick-save-anywhere options, and the generally control had that sluggish mouse accelerated feel until you tweaked it. Mouse acceleration in a PC port is a sure sign that you're in trouble.
And lets face it, game play wise Far Cry 2 wasn't exactly in PC territory either. Compare the open world of Stalker with the open world of Far Cry 2. FC2 at times felt like a sick joke at the expense of the gamer.
the tribesmen ran around in panic, shot crude arrows at the helicopter, and tried to shoo it away.
what if the odd sightings of 'unidentified flying objects' here and there, and all the ridicule or stampede that accompanies with them is something similar to the event above
Now that is freaky.