Let me guess, they have children of their own? Some people seem to blend out (some parts of) reality or shut down some logic processing parts in their brains when they become parent.
No, my mom was really relaxed in that aspect compared to other moms (and that was back in the 70's, long before the rise of antibacterial dish liquid). When I decided to play in the dirt, I played in the dirt. When other moms nearly panicked because I poked around in some dead wood and ate the worms or whatever was in there, my mom said "what, the birds eat that all the time, can't be bad for my son!".
It's not new that our immune system has to be trained to work well. And only some kind of idiot doesn't make the link that keeping the kids away from every source of infection must result in an inferior immune system. Where's the news here?
You think in the right direction. The big corps are already too powerful to be in the hand of greedy human-looking assholes. But the bad things that would happen when guys like the billionaires in Russia and other godfathers of crime could plan for centuries would make the things that happen today look like perfect harmony.
I wonder what effect such an immortality treatment would have on religions, especially those who sell themselves with a promise of an eternal afterlife.
That's a little bit shortsighted. Even if it wouldn't have disastrous effects on human society (like the immortals becoming so rich and powerful that the mortals are mere slaves), it would put evolution of mankind to a stop. It would be much better to treat only special people like science or art geniuses and the Ghandis of this world. And not anyone with a greed for wealth or power.
In think we should not have immortality treatments before we a) have learned to live in peace together and b) are colonizing space effectively enough that there is no risk of overpopulation.
... yeah, until you start to fear the beer, because you realize that all that beer is slowly destroying you. Some people quit before that point, some do it at that point, and some do never quit. Which group do you belong to?
asking the ISPs instead of the hosters to do it, would be like asking the public transport companies and those who run the roads to enforce age checks before carrying people to porn shops and bars.
See, some people don't want to carry around two mobiles. And if you don't have to make outgoing calls themselves, it is a good pragmatic solution to use the own device for being called and to access mail and calendar.
I've been wondering since years why the big cellphone companies don't offer solutions for that problem. You should expect that today most "business" cellphones have two SIM slots, and that there are several devices where you can switch between a work and a private environment. The first is available, but only at places like Chinavision, not from companies like Nokia or SE. And I have not yet seen the latter anywhere.
I don't remember two versions. The one I played was likely the second, as I remember needing to find an ID card that you can walk in the view of the guards. And I bombing Hitler was the mission, yes.
Yeah, you're right with your first paragraph. A better C64 game to compare would be "Mission Impossible" or "The Last Ninja", which also could hardly be finished within 13 hours even for seasoned gamers.
LOL, I remember the times where I slept about the same amounts to have more time to play.
Oh, and I remember countless hours of Tetris and later Blockout (played in 3x3x18, simple block set, start at lvl 9; I always had the offer that anyone who made it into my highscore list would immediately get a crate of beer from me, bot noone even tried after seeing my scores).:-)
What I think the game industry lacks is good game designers and giving them the freedom they need to get their ideas into a game. Instead they become more and more like the movie industry, where they sacrifice about everything only to hit a broader audience. Just imagine how great Star Wars Ep. I-III could have been without the "make it a move for the whole family" bullshit some idiot must have came up with, which resulted in those movies being only worth watching for the special effects.
Where did the games like "Tetris" or "Lemmings", with a simple, but fascinating idea, that keeps you countless hours playing, go? I have not seen such a thing in the last ten years or so. And the last time when I saw a game that was really a completely new idea for a video game, was somewhen around 1990 (+/- some years).
Being familiar with "Pirates!" wouldn't enable you to finish it in even 24 hours. I became so familiar to the game, that I usually needed only one of the four parts of a treasure map to find the hidden treasure. I was so good at fighting, that I could attack a 280 man war galleon with 8 people in a pinnace and win it. Even then it would have taken me at least several days to complete. Modern games seem to lack that kind of complexity very often.
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Let me guess, they have children of their own? Some people seem to blend out (some parts of) reality or shut down some logic processing parts in their brains when they become parent.
Hm. I gotta download that vid asap. :-)
Oh, was there some urine in his sex vid? I have just looked shortly over it before deleting it.
No, my mom was really relaxed in that aspect compared to other moms (and that was back in the 70's, long before the rise of antibacterial dish liquid). When I decided to play in the dirt, I played in the dirt. When other moms nearly panicked because I poked around in some dead wood and ate the worms or whatever was in there, my mom said "what, the birds eat that all the time, can't be bad for my son!".
You'll also probably never had a date in your life too..
Hey, even Zappa sang about the Golden Shower, there are more girls who like that out there than you imagine!
It's not new that our immune system has to be trained to work well. And only some kind of idiot doesn't make the link that keeping the kids away from every source of infection must result in an inferior immune system. Where's the news here?
You think in the right direction. The big corps are already too powerful to be in the hand of greedy human-looking assholes. But the bad things that would happen when guys like the billionaires in Russia and other godfathers of crime could plan for centuries would make the things that happen today look like perfect harmony.
I wonder what effect such an immortality treatment would have on religions, especially those who sell themselves with a promise of an eternal afterlife.
That's a little bit shortsighted. Even if it wouldn't have disastrous effects on human society (like the immortals becoming so rich and powerful that the mortals are mere slaves), it would put evolution of mankind to a stop. It would be much better to treat only special people like science or art geniuses and the Ghandis of this world. And not anyone with a greed for wealth or power.
In think we should not have immortality treatments before we a) have learned to live in peace together and b) are colonizing space effectively enough that there is no risk of overpopulation.
Maybe he owns one of these.
Maybe he owns one of these.
Maybe he owns one of these.
Maybe he owns one of these.
... yeah, until you start to fear the beer, because you realize that all that beer is slowly destroying you. Some people quit before that point, some do it at that point, and some do never quit. Which group do you belong to?
And when they turned to stone if exposed to sunlight.
asking the ISPs instead of the hosters to do it, would be like asking the public transport companies and those who run the roads to enforce age checks before carrying people to porn shops and bars.
I don't need one actually, thank you. But there were times when I had wished that my SE T610 or later my iPhone would take two SIM cards.
Strange friends you've got there. Mine wouldn't teach me the lesson that I shouldn't trust them. Or what else did that asshole have in mind?
See, some people don't want to carry around two mobiles. And if you don't have to make outgoing calls themselves, it is a good pragmatic solution to use the own device for being called and to access mail and calendar.
I've been wondering since years why the big cellphone companies don't offer solutions for that problem. You should expect that today most "business" cellphones have two SIM slots, and that there are several devices where you can switch between a work and a private environment. The first is available, but only at places like Chinavision, not from companies like Nokia or SE. And I have not yet seen the latter anywhere.
C'm on, people, this cannot be a serious question!
Thanks, I will give some of them a look when my desktop machine is fixed.
Looks interesting. I'll give it a look if my desktop machine is fixed. Thanks!
I don't remember two versions. The one I played was likely the second, as I remember needing to find an ID card that you can walk in the view of the guards. And I bombing Hitler was the mission, yes.
Yeah, you're right with your first paragraph. A better C64 game to compare would be "Mission Impossible" or "The Last Ninja", which also could hardly be finished within 13 hours even for seasoned gamers.
LOL, I remember the times where I slept about the same amounts to have more time to play.
Oh, and I remember countless hours of Tetris and later Blockout (played in 3x3x18, simple block set, start at lvl 9; I always had the offer that anyone who made it into my highscore list would immediately get a crate of beer from me, bot noone even tried after seeing my scores). :-)
What I think the game industry lacks is good game designers and giving them the freedom they need to get their ideas into a game. Instead they become more and more like the movie industry, where they sacrifice about everything only to hit a broader audience. Just imagine how great Star Wars Ep. I-III could have been without the "make it a move for the whole family" bullshit some idiot must have came up with, which resulted in those movies being only worth watching for the special effects.
Where did the games like "Tetris" or "Lemmings", with a simple, but fascinating idea, that keeps you countless hours playing, go? I have not seen such a thing in the last ten years or so. And the last time when I saw a game that was really a completely new idea for a video game, was somewhen around 1990 (+/- some years).
You were rather late on your C64 (or jumped through time) then. There are some years between those two Wolfensteins. :-)
And the tile shooter, there were so many of them, I only remember Breakout, Krakout and Arkanoid. But they are much older than Wolf3D, IIRC.
Being familiar with "Pirates!" wouldn't enable you to finish it in even 24 hours. I became so familiar to the game, that I usually needed only one of the four parts of a treasure map to find the hidden treasure. I was so good at fighting, that I could attack a 280 man war galleon with 8 people in a pinnace and win it. Even then it would have taken me at least several days to complete. Modern games seem to lack that kind of complexity very often.