Nearly all mice used in scientific research are highly imbred mice. Most scientists won't use mice that aren't sister/brother inbred for at least 40 generations.
Why you ask? After that many imbreedings, the mice are 99.9%+ genetically identical so the research is able to be duplicated with different mice from the same strain.
Planescape:Torment really affected me. I was totally immersed in that game while playing because it seemed like all of the elements of the story, from side plots to your companions held clues to the nature of your character. The game world was so well defined that the limits of the engine never became a problem.
Due to my total immersion in the game, I was shocked by the ending. I had played a good character through out and the injustice of the fate of Torment really changed my worldview. I spent several days thinking about the implications of being held responsible for actions that one did not commit and the nature of justice. The central themes of the game are as well established and examined as any book.
Frankly, I haven't noticed the impact that any of the FFs have made on RPGs, mainly because they haven't made much of an impact at all on PC RPGs. Fallout on the other hand has.
Personally, I think that most console RPGs suck because of the very limited freedom the player has. You have to be this character, who has this backstory, who is enemies with this person. PC games (like fallout) allow a degree of freedom that I've yet to see matched in console games.
Why would you want to liquify them? The US military uses rounds that are designed more to wound than to kill. If you kill someone, you cost them one solider, if you wound someone, you cost them soldiers to carry them off the field, soldiers at the aid station to treat them, hospital staff, etc.
I would think they'd much rather injure people in a way that would require a lot of care, but have a low chance of killing them.
I was nodding in agreement up to your last sentance which has to be the stupidest thing I have ever read. I can't think of a single instance of lawmakers addressing an issue where the total number of users could be counted on one hand.
Do we really want new law crafted before 90% of the issues with a new device are known? Imagine they'd taken that approach with aircraft. Back in the early 1900's the rules that made sense would have been something like the maximum number of passengers is 2 and the plane can't fly any faster than 90mph because going any faster would scare the farm animals. Rules like that would have set back progress in aviation years. Lets let the issues reveal themselves and let our (hopefully) wiser future selves handle the issues in 10 years when they become ubiquotus.
Looking at my shelf and I count no less than 15 different books that they don't have listed on their site. In addition 10 modules of which they have no mention. That site isn't as good as it looks.
I strongly disagree. They won't set quotas so that the average user goes over it. They would be better served by rasing the monthly fee at that point. Instead, the quota will hit the average geek user who is using far more than the average amount of bandwidth. Joe Blow doesn't care if they limit the bandwidth to 3 GB a month, they don't use anywhere near that much in the first place.
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WWI _is_ a good example. Mass production of airplanes, trucks, and ships were required for the military effort, prompting a host of long term improvements in all those areas. In addition, radio was begining to be used by forces in the war, which helped fuel the radio boom of the 20s and 30s.
I was thinking more along the lines of having the wrong things to eat. I'm not too knowledgable in this area, but all the various chemicals that get added to our foods may be doing something to our biochemistry that might cause mental illness. Like I said I don't know.
It's interesting to note that mental illness has come to the attention of the media and the public is a big way in the last 10-15 years. With this finding (22% of people are mentally ill), I wonder if this is mearly an artifact of social conditions and dietary problems in today's society, or whether 22% of people all through history have had these kind of mental problems. I don't know, but it would seem to me that people have gotten along fine in the past 2000 years...
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Nearly all mice used in scientific research are highly imbred mice. Most scientists won't use mice that aren't sister/brother inbred for at least 40 generations.
Why you ask? After that many imbreedings, the mice are 99.9%+ genetically identical so the research is able to be duplicated with different mice from the same strain.
Planescape:Torment really affected me. I was totally immersed in that game while playing because it seemed like all of the elements of the story, from side plots to your companions held clues to the nature of your character. The game world was so well defined that the limits of the engine never became a problem.
Due to my total immersion in the game, I was shocked by the ending. I had played a good character through out and the injustice of the fate of Torment really changed my worldview. I spent several days thinking about the implications of being held responsible for actions that one did not commit and the nature of justice. The central themes of the game are as well established and examined as any book.
Your post is wrong and should be outlawed!
I can't think of a worse "cause" to graft onto Christmas Carols than free software. Get a life, will you people.
Frankly, I haven't noticed the impact that any of the FFs have made on RPGs, mainly because they haven't made much of an impact at all on PC RPGs. Fallout on the other hand has.
Personally, I think that most console RPGs suck because of the very limited freedom the player has. You have to be this character, who has this backstory, who is enemies with this person. PC games (like fallout) allow a degree of freedom that I've yet to see matched in console games.
Why would you want to liquify them? The US military uses rounds that are designed more to wound than to kill. If you kill someone, you cost them one solider, if you wound someone, you cost them soldiers to carry them off the field, soldiers at the aid station to treat them, hospital staff, etc.
I would think they'd much rather injure people in a way that would require a lot of care, but have a low chance of killing them.
> It is our duty as citizens to disobey unjust laws and to push them through the judicial system to the Supreme Court.
You first.
When they came for Talking Barbies, I was quiet because I owned only GI Joes.
When they came for the singing trout, I was quiet because I hated singing trout.
When they came for the answering machines, I was quiet because I had a cell phone.
When they came for the AIBOs, there was no one left to speak...
Check this one out. The costumes and the special effects are some of the best I've ever seen!
Really, check it out!
so now Bush et al. is applying acid to our rights? I guess that's why everyone is so pissed off, acid fumes make people irritable.
http://www.wpi.edu/News/Wire/Jan99/nitrogen.html
I was at WPI when it happened. It was quite a running joke around the campus for a long while.
I was nodding in agreement up to your last sentance which has to be the stupidest thing I have ever read. I can't think of a single instance of lawmakers addressing an issue where the total number of users could be counted on one hand.
Do we really want new law crafted before 90% of the issues with a new device are known? Imagine they'd taken that approach with aircraft. Back in the early 1900's the rules that made sense would have been something like the maximum number of passengers is 2 and the plane can't fly any faster than 90mph because going any faster would scare the farm animals. Rules like that would have set back progress in aviation years. Lets let the issues reveal themselves and let our (hopefully) wiser future selves handle the issues in 10 years when they become ubiquotus.
Looking at my shelf and I count no less than 15 different books that they don't have listed on their site. In addition 10 modules of which they have no mention. That site isn't as good as it looks.
Microsoft is just doing this to flush out all the good console hackers so they can hire/enslave them for their X-Box2 project.
I strongly disagree. They won't set quotas so that the average user goes over it. They would be better served by rasing the monthly fee at that point. Instead, the quota will hit the average geek user who is using far more than the average amount of bandwidth. Joe Blow doesn't care if they limit the bandwidth to 3 GB a month, they don't use anywhere near that much in the first place.
WWI _is_ a good example. Mass production of airplanes, trucks, and ships were required for the military effort, prompting a host of long term improvements in all those areas. In addition, radio was begining to be used by forces in the war, which helped fuel the radio boom of the 20s and 30s.
Would you give a guy a foot massage?
>>Dietary problems?
> Like having enough to eat?
I was thinking more along the lines of having the wrong things to eat. I'm not too knowledgable in this area, but all the various chemicals that get added to our foods may be doing something to our biochemistry that might cause mental illness. Like I said I don't know.
It's interesting to note that mental illness has come to the attention of the media and the public is a big way in the last 10-15 years. With this finding (22% of people are mentally ill), I wonder if this is mearly an artifact of social conditions and dietary problems in today's society, or whether 22% of people all through history have had these kind of mental problems. I don't know, but it would seem to me that people have gotten along fine in the past 2000 years...
Didn't Newton die a virgin?