Yeah yeah, you have a large SUV. 220 inches long while the Explorer is only 190. Dodge Caravan is 190 and should be compared to the Explorer. While there are longer vans they're fugly so I won't go there. Minivans compare well to small and midsized SUVs though.
It's in most peoples' interest to not smoke, not drive drunk, eat in moderation, not waste water, go to the doctor for periodic checkups, really learn about issues before voting on them, get a college education...but so many people don't do what's in their interest unless they're tricked, scared, or otherwise manipulated.
Since the H2 is so expensive, people buying it can afford doubled gas prices. Sales of Ford Explorers would drop by a much greater percentage. Middle class families would realize a more efficient minivan is as safe or safer, carries equal passengers and cargo, and with snow tires for parts of the country, very competitive.
Oil prices doubling would raise the cost of plastic, so everything from action figures to christmas lights to garbage bags and carpeting would cost more.
No it doesn't, unless the vote buyer is in the polling place. The receipt goes into a locked box just like paper ballots currently do. The current no-tech method is just as succeptable to vote buying according to you.
I like what Nevada is doing with machines from Sequoia. The paper receipt appears behind a plastic window on the machine. After the voter approves it, the paper advances into the machine. All votes end up on an anonymous roll. A vote buyer would have to look over the voters shoulder at which point nothing can be done to make it anonymous. I suppose someone could be counting how many people use a voting booth and look on the paper roll, but presumably that paper roll is never supposed to be looked at unless there's a recall. I'm sure it's supposed to be locked up as soon as the polling place closes.
To make it even more random, the paper could be cut by the machine after each voter and shuffled internally to scramble when the receipt was made.
Every voter gets a paper receipt which will show how they voted. The receipt has a random 10 or 20 digit number which is also recorded electronically. The receipt goes into a box just like paper ballots. The paper receipts can then be randomly compared to the electronic record. Or every single vote can be compared to verify the electronic machine reported the votes correctly.
Yup. He could have bought a Turbo Express, been out $300, and not be able to read the text of the TG-16 games. I loved my Game Gear. Had ten or 15 games that were all great.
which have a range of what was it? a hundred or two miles? even if they are WMD's they don't pose a threat to the USA unless Saddam was going to give them to Al Qaida, and there's no evidence of that.
If a convicted murder serves his time, gets out, and witnesses a crime happen, we should still look into what he says. Hate the messenger, but consider the message. If parts of the message are false, consider the parts which are true.
Propaganda: 2 : the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person 3 : ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause; also : a public action having such an effect
Documentary: 2 : of, relating to, or employing documentation in literature or art; broadly : FACTUAL, OBJECTIVE
F911 isn't objective, but it is factual. It is propaganda and a documentary.
Shadowbane was supposed to have been user created warfare against other humans. I haven't played since summer, but the game hadn't yet accomplished that.
The changes sound as though they're making the higher levels difficult to reach so the game becomes more like Everquest. Since the warfare didn't work like it was supposed to, change the focus to player vs. monsters. If the PVP had worked, leveling quickly would still be appreciated as the real fun I had was against other humans. Getting most players to similar levels makes for a more even battlefield.
I found Grim Fandango very easy to play with a gamepad and much more annoying with a keyboard. Using my thumbs was much more relaxing. Having the action keys all conveniently placed for one thumb was simple.
I don't think each slot machine pull is an independant event. I think they're programmed to toy with the gambler's emotions as they pay out the exact percentage they've been set to. Two jackpots in a row would not be allowed by the programming.
What makes you think I like reading on/. pure conjecture from people like you assuming the worst and offering situations in which the system could fail? Okay maybe you really expected to get an answer to your question from someone who knows what they're talking about. That person would still most likely be working for the competition, or have the appropriate technology background. That person wouldn't be able to tell you what the system does in a failure. That person could only write pages of pure conjecture based on the notion that the designers must not be farking idiots.
A good question is, how do they handle system failures?
If they have any brains at all, a failure disconnects the system from the brakes, seatbelt, and dashboard, except to perhaps alert the driver that the system is not active. If all components aren't reporting normal behavior, the system disconnects. Oh, you wanted a detailed, pages long explanation which would possibly expose trade secrets? Sorry I didn't design the system, but I'm going to assume they aren't total farking idiots.
I didn't flesh out my argument. With cheaper games, people may buy more of them for the GC. That means companies are more likely to release titles for the GC. If people looking for another console see the GC games are cheaper than another console, that may be the deciding factor. As the installed base grows, word of mouth could further increase sales. If the cheaper prices do nothing but create goodwill between Nintendo and gamers, perhaps things will turn out better in 2005 or 2006 when the next-gen systems arrive.
If Sega releases NFL 2K4 for $50 on xbox and PS2, but only $40 on GC, I'd bet there will be many more sales for the GC. If that makes it worthwhile for publishers to produce games for the GC, they will. As long as the GBA is keeping the books in the black, Nintendo can afford to do this in hopes of selling more consoles. Nintendo makes plenty of money from in-house titles anyway.
The cow-body generates more bioelectricity than a 120-volt battery. And over 25,000 BTUs of body heat. Combined with a form of combustion...the humans had found all the energy they would ever need. There are fields, Neo, endless fields...where cow-beings are no longer born. We are grown. For the longest time I wouldn't believe it. And then I saw the fields with my own eyes...watched them liquify the dead...so they could be fed intravenously to the living. And standing there, facing the pure, horrifying precision...I came to realize the the obviousness of the truth. What is the Matrix? Control. The Matrix is a computer-generated dream world...built to keep us under control...in order to change a cow-being...into this. (a battery)
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Yeah yeah, you have a large SUV. 220 inches long while the Explorer is only 190. Dodge Caravan is 190 and should be compared to the Explorer. While there are longer vans they're fugly so I won't go there. Minivans compare well to small and midsized SUVs though.
It's in most peoples' interest to not smoke, not drive drunk, eat in moderation, not waste water, go to the doctor for periodic checkups, really learn about issues before voting on them, get a college education...but so many people don't do what's in their interest unless they're tricked, scared, or otherwise manipulated.
Since the H2 is so expensive, people buying it can afford doubled gas prices. Sales of Ford Explorers would drop by a much greater percentage. Middle class families would realize a more efficient minivan is as safe or safer, carries equal passengers and cargo, and with snow tires for parts of the country, very competitive.
Oil prices doubling would raise the cost of plastic, so everything from action figures to christmas lights to garbage bags and carpeting would cost more.
No it doesn't, unless the vote buyer is in the polling place. The receipt goes into a locked box just like paper ballots currently do. The current no-tech method is just as succeptable to vote buying according to you.
I like what Nevada is doing with machines from Sequoia. The paper receipt appears behind a plastic window on the machine. After the voter approves it, the paper advances into the machine. All votes end up on an anonymous roll. A vote buyer would have to look over the voters shoulder at which point nothing can be done to make it anonymous. I suppose someone could be counting how many people use a voting booth and look on the paper roll, but presumably that paper roll is never supposed to be looked at unless there's a recall. I'm sure it's supposed to be locked up as soon as the polling place closes.
To make it even more random, the paper could be cut by the machine after each voter and shuffled internally to scramble when the receipt was made.
Every voter gets a paper receipt which will show how they voted. The receipt has a random 10 or 20 digit number which is also recorded electronically. The receipt goes into a box just like paper ballots. The paper receipts can then be randomly compared to the electronic record. Or every single vote can be compared to verify the electronic machine reported the votes correctly.
Yup. He could have bought a Turbo Express, been out $300, and not be able to read the text of the TG-16 games. I loved my Game Gear. Had ten or 15 games that were all great.
which have a range of what was it? a hundred or two miles? even if they are WMD's they don't pose a threat to the USA unless Saddam was going to give them to Al Qaida, and there's no evidence of that.
If a convicted murder serves his time, gets out, and witnesses a crime happen, we should still look into what he says. Hate the messenger, but consider the message. If parts of the message are false, consider the parts which are true.
Propaganda:
2 : the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person
3 : ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause; also : a public action having such an effect
Documentary:
2 : of, relating to, or employing documentation in literature or art; broadly : FACTUAL, OBJECTIVE
F911 isn't objective, but it is factual. It is propaganda and a documentary.
Shadowbane was supposed to have been user created warfare against other humans. I haven't played since summer, but the game hadn't yet accomplished that.
The changes sound as though they're making the higher levels difficult to reach so the game becomes more like Everquest. Since the warfare didn't work like it was supposed to, change the focus to player vs. monsters. If the PVP had worked, leveling quickly would still be appreciated as the real fun I had was against other humans. Getting most players to similar levels makes for a more even battlefield.
I found Grim Fandango very easy to play with a gamepad and much more annoying with a keyboard. Using my thumbs was much more relaxing. Having the action keys all conveniently placed for one thumb was simple.
I don't think each slot machine pull is an independant event. I think they're programmed to toy with the gambler's emotions as they pay out the exact percentage they've been set to. Two jackpots in a row would not be allowed by the programming.
What makes you think I like reading on /. pure conjecture from people like you assuming the worst and offering situations in which the system could fail? Okay maybe you really expected to get an answer to your question from someone who knows what they're talking about. That person would still most likely be working for the competition, or have the appropriate technology background. That person wouldn't be able to tell you what the system does in a failure. That person could only write pages of pure conjecture based on the notion that the designers must not be farking idiots.
A good question is, how do they handle system failures?
If they have any brains at all, a failure disconnects the system from the brakes, seatbelt, and dashboard, except to perhaps alert the driver that the system is not active. If all components aren't reporting normal behavior, the system disconnects. Oh, you wanted a detailed, pages long explanation which would possibly expose trade secrets? Sorry I didn't design the system, but I'm going to assume they aren't total farking idiots.
I didn't flesh out my argument. With cheaper games, people may buy more of them for the GC. That means companies are more likely to release titles for the GC. If people looking for another console see the GC games are cheaper than another console, that may be the deciding factor. As the installed base grows, word of mouth could further increase sales. If the cheaper prices do nothing but create goodwill between Nintendo and gamers, perhaps things will turn out better in 2005 or 2006 when the next-gen systems arrive.
If Sega releases NFL 2K4 for $50 on xbox and PS2, but only $40 on GC, I'd bet there will be many more sales for the GC. If that makes it worthwhile for publishers to produce games for the GC, they will. As long as the GBA is keeping the books in the black, Nintendo can afford to do this in hopes of selling more consoles. Nintendo makes plenty of money from in-house titles anyway.
The cow-body generates more bioelectricity than a 120-volt battery. And over 25,000 BTUs of body heat. Combined with a form of combustion...the humans had found all the energy they would ever need. There are fields, Neo, endless fields...where cow-beings are no longer born. We are grown. For the longest time I wouldn't believe it. And then I saw the fields with my own eyes...watched them liquify the dead...so they could be fed intravenously to the living. And standing there, facing the pure, horrifying precision...I came to realize the the obviousness of the truth. What is the Matrix? Control. The Matrix is a computer-generated dream world...built to keep us under control...in order to change a cow-being...into this. (a battery)
Tell me how bad the drivers are in Amsterdam and I'll tell you who is more stoned.