This is why games like Go and Chess pale in comparison to more modern games that rely upon language and some amount of randomness. Both Chess and Go are incredibly boring (to me, of course) and more recent games, especially euro-style board games offer much more in types of complexity and more importantly, fun.
I'd love to see a computer regularly beat a human being in a game of Magic the Gathering, block-constructed. Won't happen.
The answer is a simple one, which sites like Daily Kos use, which is to require a delay after you make an account before you post. You can create an account, but you must wait three days before posting. This tends to discourage all but the most hardcore trolls.
They do exist, but by and large they are much smaller countries, and in many ways their current existence is predicated on an understanding that the US will come to their aid militarily.
We live in a mostly peaceful era, despite all the horrible things occurring. the age of nation-on-nation violence is largely over, and that is due primarily to the fact that the US, with its massive military, will not hesitate to use violence to support its allies in times of great need.
Actually, the Soviets were able to waltz into Eastern Europe largely because of material support the US provided. And also because Hitler had put huge amounts of material in the west to counter the western Allies large numbers, thus making it easier for the Soviets to enter the east.
The Soviets only started really advancing westwards after the onset of Operation Bagration in late June, '44...and that happened only after D-Day. Before that the Soviets were flailing about in the east, losing millions.
I have no problem with ads...IF they don't make it difficult for me to use my computer. I have installed an adblock program on my iPhone because I was getting pages reloaded all the time because of some ads not loading correctly. As soon as I installed the adblock app, that problem went away.
It's very simple...if ads didn't muck with my viewing experience, I wouldn't have installed a blocker.
...while at the same time watching websites that provide you free content only because they can afford to do so because of their advertising revenue ALSO go to Hell on the fast track.
What? So if my business is, say, making people unable to turn their TVs on, the people in the TV industry should just "adapt" to people being unable to use their product?
Adblock plus is literally in the process of destroying the business of online advertising. Whether or not this is a good or bad thing is beside the point; why would a group of advertisers want to have anything to do with them?
Actually, moron, it's a reason to ban guns. Less guns means less gun violence. I'm tired of living in a country where idiots continually respond to gun violence by saying "We need more guns."
We don't need 250 million guns. We need less guns. I'm happy the cops here have guns; it's pretty clear I have less to fear from them than I do from the civilians who commit literally hundreds of mass shootings every year.
Well, as a devout evangelical atheist, you are quite incorrect.
Technically, the term atheist means, of course, a lack of a belief in a theistic power, or a god.
But this is commonly called "weak atheism."
Not only do I not believe in god, but I also believe, as an affirmative statement, that god does not exist. Now, I could be wrong, but that's what I believe. I'm not something other than an atheist...I'm not some sort of super-atheist...I'm just an atheist. If you want to call me a "strong atheist" to distinguish me from a weak atheist, by all means do so. But I'm still an atheist.
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This is why games like Go and Chess pale in comparison to more modern games that rely upon language and some amount of randomness. Both Chess and Go are incredibly boring (to me, of course) and more recent games, especially euro-style board games offer much more in types of complexity and more importantly, fun.
I'd love to see a computer regularly beat a human being in a game of Magic the Gathering, block-constructed. Won't happen.
The answer is a simple one, which sites like Daily Kos use, which is to require a delay after you make an account before you post. You can create an account, but you must wait three days before posting. This tends to discourage all but the most hardcore trolls.
I accept your thanks knowing that, had the US not intervened, you'd be speaking either German or Russian.
You're welcome/
Perhaps because the US does not believe that Cyprus is illegally occupied?
Superman killed many times in the comics. I'm sure you knew this, though.
They do exist, but by and large they are much smaller countries, and in many ways their current existence is predicated on an understanding that the US will come to their aid militarily.
We live in a mostly peaceful era, despite all the horrible things occurring. the age of nation-on-nation violence is largely over, and that is due primarily to the fact that the US, with its massive military, will not hesitate to use violence to support its allies in times of great need.
That includes you, European.
While amusingly jingoistic, this is accurate.
Actually, the Soviets were able to waltz into Eastern Europe largely because of material support the US provided. And also because Hitler had put huge amounts of material in the west to counter the western Allies large numbers, thus making it easier for the Soviets to enter the east.
The Soviets only started really advancing westwards after the onset of Operation Bagration in late June, '44...and that happened only after D-Day. Before that the Soviets were flailing about in the east, losing millions.
I have no problem with ads...IF they don't make it difficult for me to use my computer. I have installed an adblock program on my iPhone because I was getting pages reloaded all the time because of some ads not loading correctly. As soon as I installed the adblock app, that problem went away.
It's very simple...if ads didn't muck with my viewing experience, I wouldn't have installed a blocker.
...while at the same time watching websites that provide you free content only because they can afford to do so because of their advertising revenue ALSO go to Hell on the fast track.
What? So if my business is, say, making people unable to turn their TVs on, the people in the TV industry should just "adapt" to people being unable to use their product?
Adblock plus is literally in the process of destroying the business of online advertising. Whether or not this is a good or bad thing is beside the point; why would a group of advertisers want to have anything to do with them?
He really does screw over Job pretty badly. But that''s just one dude and his family.
There's a very good reason why you would design a bridge to collapse.
Read the first one here:
http://www.s-anand.net/blog/ca...
I must be the only person in the universe that actually likes that scene with Jabba added in.
i see what you did there
Ah, I see you support criminals who steal from innocent people. Well done.
Cheese. It's cheese.
Less guns means less gun violence.
Actually, moron, it's a reason to ban guns. Less guns means less gun violence. I'm tired of living in a country where idiots continually respond to gun violence by saying "We need more guns."
We don't need 250 million guns. We need less guns. I'm happy the cops here have guns; it's pretty clear I have less to fear from them than I do from the civilians who commit literally hundreds of mass shootings every year.
Ban guns.
Well, as a devout evangelical atheist, you are quite incorrect.
Technically, the term atheist means, of course, a lack of a belief in a theistic power, or a god.
But this is commonly called "weak atheism."
Not only do I not believe in god, but I also believe, as an affirmative statement, that god does not exist. Now, I could be wrong, but that's what I believe. I'm not something other than an atheist...I'm not some sort of super-atheist...I'm just an atheist. If you want to call me a "strong atheist" to distinguish me from a weak atheist, by all means do so. But I'm still an atheist.
Nonsense!
Also, the level of pedantry in this thread is truly breathtaking.
This is pedantry and geekiness of the highest order. If there was an Academy Award for pedantry, this thread would win hands down.
I was going to do that, but ended up playing D&D instead.
Yes these exist; I have one.