I mean, the models and puppets Lucasfilm comes up with are heads and tails better than any of the 3D stuff we've been seeing. You can watch stuff like Star Wars Ep 4-6 and see how much better the models look compared to the Ep 1-3 3D effects. You can look at episodes of Star Trek TNG and see how well those models worked in conjunction with 3D effects. Yeah, on the older stuff you can see the model frame splice edges, but today it is trivial to get rid of that and make it all look seamless. GO BACK TO USING MODELS.
Only for major major updates, and it wasn't a pain in the ass. You unplugged the chip and stuck the new one in. Back then it was pretty common for users to hack their Amigas anyways, so it wasn't that big of a deal to open her up and swap it in. The pain the ass was expanding the chip memory by soldering lines to a new socket. I was 12 when I had to do this for my Amiga 500. Worked fine.
AMC has been hitting home runs as much as HBO lately. You look over at SyFy and they greenlight stupid movies like MegaMonster vs MegaAnimal, Mosquitranasaur, and other stupid inane movies that no one will ever watch. They've been doing this for years, just throwing money away. I'm sure budding directors are happy to cut their teeth on this stuff, but for the actual viewers, and the sponsors that bring in money it is painfully obvious no one wants to see any of them. They used to have amazing shows like Farscape, Lexx, and now SGU.
Everything AMC has been putting out has been really great. I especially love The Killing and The Walking Dead.
I think the argument is that back then, those were top of the line laptops. The ones they are getting today are not top of the line laptops.
The specs may be the same, but the court should recognize that equivalent should be associated with cost as well as specs. The laptop of old was meant to run games of that day, the new laptops should run games of this day. If one laptop cost $2k, the new one should at the very least run $2k today.
Where do you people work that you can actually TALK to someone? These days people have their faces buried in their smartphones 24/7 sending LOLS and Youtubes to each other. I mean, this goes beyond even work. It goes to bars, camping etc. No one actually talks to each other anymore.
Very little of it has anything to do with people being "lazy". EULAs are so long and convoluted that even most lawyer types still have no idea what they are agreeing to. The same will go for this sticker, people wont have any idea how much tracking information is being given out. Some would take "could be" meaning none, etc.
This really isn't a solution to the problem. The solution would be to come up with many regulations to slap down on companies since the competition is doing it as well.
I don't think I know a single person who likes the 3D movies anymore, let alone those stupid 3D TVs. The last thing we wanted to see was a 3D console. Yeah, you don't need glasses, but it still gives you a headache, and it doesn't do anything for the games at all. It looks neat for the first 10 seconds then you just want to stab your eyes out with a fork.
I buy have bought nearly every console Nintendo put out since the NES days, I have them all tucked away. I will not be buying a 3DS. The 3D fad is done and gone. Come up with something else.
Multiplayer roguelikes have been around since roguelikes first appeared.... Use a vt100 terminal and log into the unix server and check them out. I used to play online with my buds back in 91, and they were pretty well advanced back then.
Roguelikes no not need to be turn based. The online versions of nethack, rogue, etc have all been real-time, and they've been around for decades this way.
Also, Diablo does have a permadead mode, it's called hardcore, and is VERY popular.
The games are very similar. Diablo is basically a commercial roguelike.
However, Unions are becoming a rising force within China. As the workers get a taste of what the rest of the world is about, they will demand better wages, safer conditions, five day work weeks.. Basically, China will transform just like the rest of the first world countries have. Cheap labor will only last so long, if the government will not help its workers, the workers will do it themselves. When that happens expect to see companies like Apple start to look for other countries to put their factories in. Eventually they may just lead right on back to the USA as the loopholes of cheap labor will have all been used up. It is the cycle of the markets.
No one is going to move out of the country. This is an often repeated scare tactic, which will never happen. The fact is, it would raise their costs too much to the point people would simply stop buying product. Could you imagine if Amazon moved all their warehouses to anywhere else? People get angry as it is if their next day shipping item takes two days from the next state over. Could you imagine if they moved them all to Mexico or Canada and you tack on an extra week? Let alone the extra charges? They would go under.
Also, I somehow doubt all the high paid board of directors and execs want to live in Mexico, China, or India.
Are probably pooping their pants right now. All their monthly limits trying to put Netflix and Hulu out of business. Once this takes off and becomes the norm, most TV will be over IP. AESOMESMERIOJFRIHBFUHFFF
My only experience of PsyOps was a reality based "COMBAT MISSIONS" show years ago where they put 20ish guys into two groups and had them do competitions. The groups consisted of Navy Seals, Rangers, Red Berets, SWAT, NYPD, and all other sorts of groups. They were put through courses that tested tactics on taking over occupied buildings and such, and even hand to hand combat with each other. The teams slowly voted people out and it came down to the best person.
Anyways, one person, Scott Helvenston, a Navy Seal, annoyed everyone. So much so that after the first day everyone on the other team was pissed at him. They went up against him in hand to hand and lost, they fumbled, with so much rage. He would berate them, laugh at them. The producers had to step in and tell him to tone it down. It was pissing them off to the point where the other team couldn't think straight and they didn't want to be on the program anymore. His explanation?
PsyOps.
He explained that his training in PsyOps was getting his team wins. His entire effort was to piss the other team off and cause them to not think properly. Blind them with rage and lose. It worked. He was eventually told to stop anyways because it made for bad TV. They all agreed that his techniques were definitely working as advertised. It was pretty amazing to watch.
Scott Helvenston was eventually killed in Iraq acting as a private contractor. He was one of the people who were strung up in the 2004 Fallujah ambush that shook the world. I feel bad knowing what he went through, he was really an exception person.
Why not? The internet was initially created by our military, of which the tax payers of this country fund. The Internet is the tax payers medium, and our reps should be the ones listening to us. If businesses want to play on our property, they need to follow our rules. It's pretty simple. If they don't want an open internet, they can go ahead and spend money developing their own private network, get ISPs to start allowing people onto it.
You need to do some research. The only high speed rail the USA has is the Acela line, which is run by Amtrak. It brings in an absolute *ton* of money. It is full all the time, self sustaining, and brings major profits to the states it runs through. The cost of getting this type of line through the entire USA is negligible for the amount of money (and jobs) it would bring to each of the states. While not as fast as those in Europe and Japan, it is being upgraded to those speeds and will allow for more passengers (and profit). There is zero credibility to any claims made that high speed rail in the USA would be unprofitable, rarely used, and a money drain. The only example we have is the Amtrak Acela line, and it is huge success in every aspect.
The movie industry is pushing this so hard so normal 2D will go away and films can't be leaked anymore.
Satellite TV from the early 80s predates all.
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How was Microsoft awarded any or all of them from mid to late 90s when they were already being done through Satellite TV boxes in the early 80s, maybe even late 70s?
A lot of people seem to think hiring contractors is a way to save money, when it is exactly the opposite. When companies look for ways to save money, contractors are the first to go. Why? Because the position contractors work, will be getting paid the same. Not less. This is before their company tacks on their profits for the business itself. Then tacks on more costs to cover that employees benefits. They are never hired for less, because the set wage has already been set over decades of these jobs being done. You use contracts for short-term jobs that allow you flexibility in hours and time. Actual positions are much much cheaper to be hired directly.
It has become one of the best real time 4X games created because of the heavy community involvement with the devs. The game even has a built-in IRC client where the devs hang out and help their players, take suggestions, and basically improve the game in almost real-time. I'm not related to them, but I felt the need to point out that there are always exceptions, and this game is a strong case for it. The love these guys have put into their game is beyond anything I've seen to date, and the game itself is (IMO) a masterpiece.
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I mean, the models and puppets Lucasfilm comes up with are heads and tails better than any of the 3D stuff we've been seeing. You can watch stuff like Star Wars Ep 4-6 and see how much better the models look compared to the Ep 1-3 3D effects. You can look at episodes of Star Trek TNG and see how well those models worked in conjunction with 3D effects. Yeah, on the older stuff you can see the model frame splice edges, but today it is trivial to get rid of that and make it all look seamless. GO BACK TO USING MODELS.
Only for major major updates, and it wasn't a pain in the ass. You unplugged the chip and stuck the new one in. Back then it was pretty common for users to hack their Amigas anyways, so it wasn't that big of a deal to open her up and swap it in. The pain the ass was expanding the chip memory by soldering lines to a new socket. I was 12 when I had to do this for my Amiga 500. Worked fine.
AMC has been hitting home runs as much as HBO lately. You look over at SyFy and they greenlight stupid movies like MegaMonster vs MegaAnimal, Mosquitranasaur, and other stupid inane movies that no one will ever watch. They've been doing this for years, just throwing money away. I'm sure budding directors are happy to cut their teeth on this stuff, but for the actual viewers, and the sponsors that bring in money it is painfully obvious no one wants to see any of them. They used to have amazing shows like Farscape, Lexx, and now SGU.
Everything AMC has been putting out has been really great. I especially love The Killing and The Walking Dead.
Buy lots of coaxial cable and a bunch of BNC connectors.
Anyone that trips on the cable and knocks the connector off their PC, fire them.
I think the argument is that back then, those were top of the line laptops. The ones they are getting today are not top of the line laptops.
The specs may be the same, but the court should recognize that equivalent should be associated with cost as well as specs. The laptop of old was meant to run games of that day, the new laptops should run games of this day. If one laptop cost $2k, the new one should at the very least run $2k today.
Where do you people work that you can actually TALK to someone? These days people have their faces buried in their smartphones 24/7 sending LOLS and Youtubes to each other. I mean, this goes beyond even work. It goes to bars, camping etc. No one actually talks to each other anymore.
Very little of it has anything to do with people being "lazy". EULAs are so long and convoluted that even most lawyer types still have no idea what they are agreeing to. The same will go for this sticker, people wont have any idea how much tracking information is being given out. Some would take "could be" meaning none, etc.
This really isn't a solution to the problem. The solution would be to come up with many regulations to slap down on companies since the competition is doing it as well.
I don't think I know a single person who likes the 3D movies anymore, let alone those stupid 3D TVs. The last thing we wanted to see was a 3D console. Yeah, you don't need glasses, but it still gives you a headache, and it doesn't do anything for the games at all. It looks neat for the first 10 seconds then you just want to stab your eyes out with a fork.
I buy have bought nearly every console Nintendo put out since the NES days, I have them all tucked away. I will not be buying a 3DS. The 3D fad is done and gone. Come up with something else.
Multiplayer roguelikes have been around since roguelikes first appeared.... Use a vt100 terminal and log into the unix server and check them out. I used to play online with my buds back in 91, and they were pretty well advanced back then.
Roguelikes no not need to be turn based. The online versions of nethack, rogue, etc have all been real-time, and they've been around for decades this way.
Also, Diablo does have a permadead mode, it's called hardcore, and is VERY popular.
The games are very similar. Diablo is basically a commercial roguelike.
However, Unions are becoming a rising force within China. As the workers get a taste of what the rest of the world is about, they will demand better wages, safer conditions, five day work weeks.. Basically, China will transform just like the rest of the first world countries have. Cheap labor will only last so long, if the government will not help its workers, the workers will do it themselves. When that happens expect to see companies like Apple start to look for other countries to put their factories in. Eventually they may just lead right on back to the USA as the loopholes of cheap labor will have all been used up. It is the cycle of the markets.
No one is going to move out of the country. This is an often repeated scare tactic, which will never happen. The fact is, it would raise their costs too much to the point people would simply stop buying product. Could you imagine if Amazon moved all their warehouses to anywhere else? People get angry as it is if their next day shipping item takes two days from the next state over. Could you imagine if they moved them all to Mexico or Canada and you tack on an extra week? Let alone the extra charges? They would go under.
Also, I somehow doubt all the high paid board of directors and execs want to live in Mexico, China, or India.
The tax on a car would be just as much as the cost if your scenario came true. It simply would not work.
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Are probably pooping their pants right now. All their monthly limits trying to put Netflix and Hulu out of business. Once this takes off and becomes the norm, most TV will be over IP. AESOMESMERIOJFRIHBFUHFFF
I would only send 10 copies out and then delay another 10, etc etc.. Leave it so the game is so scarce that it's one huge delay even at release.
It needed to be said.
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My only experience of PsyOps was a reality based "COMBAT MISSIONS" show years ago where they put 20ish guys into two groups and had them do competitions. The groups consisted of Navy Seals, Rangers, Red Berets, SWAT, NYPD, and all other sorts of groups. They were put through courses that tested tactics on taking over occupied buildings and such, and even hand to hand combat with each other. The teams slowly voted people out and it came down to the best person.
Anyways, one person, Scott Helvenston, a Navy Seal, annoyed everyone. So much so that after the first day everyone on the other team was pissed at him. They went up against him in hand to hand and lost, they fumbled, with so much rage. He would berate them, laugh at them. The producers had to step in and tell him to tone it down. It was pissing them off to the point where the other team couldn't think straight and they didn't want to be on the program anymore. His explanation?
PsyOps.
He explained that his training in PsyOps was getting his team wins. His entire effort was to piss the other team off and cause them to not think properly. Blind them with rage and lose. It worked. He was eventually told to stop anyways because it made for bad TV. They all agreed that his techniques were definitely working as advertised. It was pretty amazing to watch.
Scott Helvenston was eventually killed in Iraq acting as a private contractor. He was one of the people who were strung up in the 2004 Fallujah ambush that shook the world. I feel bad knowing what he went through, he was really an exception person.
Why not? The internet was initially created by our military, of which the tax payers of this country fund. The Internet is the tax payers medium, and our reps should be the ones listening to us. If businesses want to play on our property, they need to follow our rules. It's pretty simple. If they don't want an open internet, they can go ahead and spend money developing their own private network, get ISPs to start allowing people onto it.
You need to do some research. The only high speed rail the USA has is the Acela line, which is run by Amtrak. It brings in an absolute *ton* of money. It is full all the time, self sustaining, and brings major profits to the states it runs through. The cost of getting this type of line through the entire USA is negligible for the amount of money (and jobs) it would bring to each of the states. While not as fast as those in Europe and Japan, it is being upgraded to those speeds and will allow for more passengers (and profit). There is zero credibility to any claims made that high speed rail in the USA would be unprofitable, rarely used, and a money drain. The only example we have is the Amtrak Acela line, and it is huge success in every aspect.
The movie industry is pushing this so hard so normal 2D will go away and films can't be leaked anymore.
How was Microsoft awarded any or all of them from mid to late 90s when they were already being done through Satellite TV boxes in the early 80s, maybe even late 70s?
A lot of people seem to think hiring contractors is a way to save money, when it is exactly the opposite. When companies look for ways to save money, contractors are the first to go. Why? Because the position contractors work, will be getting paid the same. Not less. This is before their company tacks on their profits for the business itself. Then tacks on more costs to cover that employees benefits. They are never hired for less, because the set wage has already been set over decades of these jobs being done. You use contracts for short-term jobs that allow you flexibility in hours and time. Actual positions are much much cheaper to be hired directly.
Where are you getting your numbers from? Of all the things to cut, education doesn't even appear on the radar.
It has become one of the best real time 4X games created because of the heavy community involvement with the devs. The game even has a built-in IRC client where the devs hang out and help their players, take suggestions, and basically improve the game in almost real-time. I'm not related to them, but I felt the need to point out that there are always exceptions, and this game is a strong case for it. The love these guys have put into their game is beyond anything I've seen to date, and the game itself is (IMO) a masterpiece.