OK, yes, valid point there. I've heard about Capcom doing something like that... and I think X-Com did, too, didn't it? The hairstyles?
Neither of those were game-breakers, though (no pun intended). The specific cases I had in mind were Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3, both of which had DLC releases on Day 1 for reasons I'm inclined to believe were justified.
Seriously, if bicyclists want to flout the law -- and I speak as one of them -- then let them suffer the consequences. And if they survive, maybe they'll be more careful the next time they're rolling toward that red light.
By his own reasoning, Rep Ed Orcutt needs to lower his CO2 production by keeping his mouth shut. He would do both the planet and his colleagues a favor.
Perhaps by inserting his own head into his anus he would be prevented from expelling methane, CO2 and consuming oxygen, at the same time.
... he says, as if Orcutt's head isn't already so far up his ass he needs a window on his abdomen to see where he's going...
The problem is when they purposely remove content from a finished game to make it DLC that is available on the game's release date or a week or two later.
That would mean pushing back the release date on the game itself and pushing up the price. Is that something you think a lot of gamers would be OK with?
However when Valve does it, it is A-OK but when EA does it they are OMGWTFEVIL!!!!111.
Because people don't have a sense of perspective. Origin is kinda shit right now -- it has more outages than Steam's service on any given day, and it's inconvenient to have both Origin and Steam loaded in memory -- but it's really not that big a deal. There's more important shit out there to worry about.
Sounds better than the current malarky of putting the data on the disk and charging me an unlock code for material that should have been in the damn game to begin with.
But who decides whether something "should have been in"?
I have way more expensive hobbies than DLC'd video games, but I don't pay money for people to put virtual items in my virtual backpack by flipping some bits on a server.
So you don't pay for Internet access, then?
I get what you're saying, but DLC's just not a big deal to me. If I want the extra content, I'll pay for it; if not, I won't. I'm more concerned with DRM, which has been known to actually fuck up people's systems.
but come on, the slashtarts deserve to know every detail of how the US Government implements policy
I think GP is referring to Bradley's conversations after the fact, basically confessing to the act. If CDs with this information had just anonymously shown up at the doors of NBC, the New York Times, etc., would the government in fact have a case?
... and an F-16 is no replacement for a reaper when it comes to long duration reconnaissance, or operating in areas were the loss or capture of a pilot is politically unacceptable. They are different planes for different missions.
Oh, absolutely. The things are more fuel-efficient than hybrid cars, and you can swap out pilots mid-flight. Need a Reaper in place over a target 24/7 for three days? Probably doable. Try that with an F-16.
Oh, and also, you'd never live to see the completion of the object because time dilation caused by the mass of the singularity would cause all motion near the event horizon to slow to a virtual stop, as seen by an observer at a reasonably safe distance.
If I were to build a disc with its inner ring located near (but not inside) the event horizon of this black hole, and an outer ring located a few million kilometers away, at what speed would the outer section of the disc spin? What would happen along that outer edge?
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Tesla is getting the shaft.
To be fair, the original Tesla got pretty well fucked, too.
It is a TV show. They fake lots of stuff. They test cars, then report on that in a very subjective way. Anyone can see that.
If people didn't believe what they saw on TV by default, Fox News would be out of business.
OK, yes, valid point there. I've heard about Capcom doing something like that ... and I think X-Com did, too, didn't it? The hairstyles?
Neither of those were game-breakers, though (no pun intended). The specific cases I had in mind were Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3, both of which had DLC releases on Day 1 for reasons I'm inclined to believe were justified.
Well, then, that's on them. (No pun intended.)
Seriously, if bicyclists want to flout the law -- and I speak as one of them -- then let them suffer the consequences. And if they survive, maybe they'll be more careful the next time they're rolling toward that red light.
By his own reasoning, Rep Ed Orcutt needs to lower his CO2 production by keeping his mouth shut. He would do both the planet and his colleagues a favor.
Perhaps by inserting his own head into his anus he would be prevented from expelling methane, CO2 and consuming oxygen, at the same time.
... he says, as if Orcutt's head isn't already so far up his ass he needs a window on his abdomen to see where he's going ...
The problem is when they purposely remove content from a finished game to make it DLC that is available on the game's release date or a week or two later.
That would mean pushing back the release date on the game itself and pushing up the price. Is that something you think a lot of gamers would be OK with?
However when Valve does it, it is A-OK but when EA does it they are OMGWTFEVIL!!!!111.
Because people don't have a sense of perspective. Origin is kinda shit right now -- it has more outages than Steam's service on any given day, and it's inconvenient to have both Origin and Steam loaded in memory -- but it's really not that big a deal. There's more important shit out there to worry about.
Sounds better than the current malarky of putting the data on the disk and charging me an unlock code for material that should have been in the damn game to begin with.
But who decides whether something "should have been in"?
I have way more expensive hobbies than DLC'd video games, but I don't pay money for people to put virtual items in my virtual backpack by flipping some bits on a server.
So you don't pay for Internet access, then?
I get what you're saying, but DLC's just not a big deal to me. If I want the extra content, I'll pay for it; if not, I won't. I'm more concerned with DRM, which has been known to actually fuck up people's systems.
From having talked to UAV pilots, I'm pretty sure they can stay up longer than that.
Comcast has a bandwidth cap (250 GB), but they haven't actually enforced it in about a year and a half.
but come on, the slashtarts deserve to know every detail of how the US Government implements policy
I think GP is referring to Bradley's conversations after the fact, basically confessing to the act. If CDs with this information had just anonymously shown up at the doors of NBC, the New York Times, etc., would the government in fact have a case?
OK. So, who's the "enemy"? Is it Julian Assange? Al-Qaida? The American public?
Oh, for fuck's sake. It was "put in" by both sides -- that's why it's called a compromise.
Does TWC not offer business-class service in your area?
... and an F-16 is no replacement for a reaper when it comes to long duration reconnaissance, or operating in areas were the loss or capture of a pilot is politically unacceptable. They are different planes for different missions.
Oh, absolutely. The things are more fuel-efficient than hybrid cars, and you can swap out pilots mid-flight. Need a Reaper in place over a target 24/7 for three days? Probably doable. Try that with an F-16.
Ah, thanks for the catch. I totally missed that part, and I wondered why the figure seemed so ... well, inflated.
The MQ-9's a pretty awesome piece of hardware for what it does, but it's no replacement for an F-16 in contested airspace.
I wasn't sure about that figure, so I went to look on the Reaper's fact sheet.
They're actually $53 million apiece. You could buy four F-16s with that.
I'm going to go cry in a corner now.
Oh, and also, you'd never live to see the completion of the object because time dilation caused by the mass of the singularity would cause all motion near the event horizon to slow to a virtual stop, as seen by an observer at a reasonably safe distance.
So, kind of like a government contract, then?
If I were to build a disc with its inner ring located near (but not inside) the event horizon of this black hole, and an outer ring located a few million kilometers away, at what speed would the outer section of the disc spin? What would happen along that outer edge?
They are obviously made of strawberries and unicorns.
I can't prove they're not, so it must be true! </sarcasm>
Probably so folks wouldn't think it was a typo, e.g., iron iron.
I have my doubts that such a thing is even physically possible...
I live in Colorado's 5th District. I assure you, it's possible.
About as effective as the We The People petition site.
Possibly less, depending on the Congressman.
Not sure, since I'm not an engineer. But that's how much it was designed to handle, so I imagine that would be a sustained 18 G's.