Many, many more variables to account for in Starcraft than Chess. Also, Chess is turn-based, while SC is real-time, so obviously there is the potential for your move to be countered before you even finish it. Now, the amount of memorization done for Chess is far greater than for SC, especially if a game goes deep. SC is so much more loose and more open-world than Chess that it doesn't lend itself to memorization of moves like Chess and its rigid structure do.
I watch movies for free all the time over at a friend's house. He rented or bought them, I paid nothing. If he loans me the physical media, is that illegal? I still paid nothing. Now just stretch it a bit further and say he ripped it for the purposes of back up, then loaned me that copy? There isn't a lot of difference in these scenarios, and it proves, that yes, you can legally watch movies for free sometimes.
"The problem is that, as the market shows, most people neither need nor want gigabit or even 100meg. even 50/20 is more than most people will ever use."
And 64kb of ram is all any computer will ever need, too.
I'm not saying we necessarily need more now, or that we can afford it now, but let's not put arbitrary limits on future capacity based on today's experiences or make decisions that impede progreess. It doesn't hold up.
Is it really going to be that hard, or very long, before the warrant is issued anyway? You were arrested, for cripes sake. So, a full search is coming your way, phone lock or no. And, since you are in Canada, I sure hope you have receipts for all those mp3's on your phone.
Why did it take over five years for the patent office to issue the patent? What was Nintendo supposed to do? Wait on their groundbreaking product for an extra four years after completion?
Either way, the process is ridiculous and serves no one but the lawyers, and clogs up our legal system.
How do we know piracy took a chunk of sales from this movie, or any movie, or any song or video game, for that matter? Intellectual property that has been pirated does not directly equal a lost sale. Often, the pirates were not going to pay either way. They were not going to go see this movie, nor buy the cd, nor buy the video game. Did they get to enjoy something for free? Yes. But that is not a direct correlation to lost profits.
No, I couldn't disagree more. This was the ultimate opportunity to use The Cake Is A Lie joke. From now on, the joke is too old, but this one final, perfect, use is not only acceptable, but, I daresay, required.
"The Pie Is A Perjury" will henceforward be the next Internet meme to be bandied about by every would-be BOFH with nothing better to do that spend hours on Slashdot waiting for an opportunity to get his karma back up with a +5 Funny.
Ebert: I find Norbit "Impossible". It should have been devoured by Wasp-18 years ago, but Eddie Murphy's unstable ego has miraculously kept it on Blockbuster shelves and Netflix queues.
While I would give the same advice, let's not forget that ultimately the child's safety comes down to one or two people: the parents. They will be the ones who will suffer the most if something bad happens to their child. So, the OP doesn't trust his school system to get his daughter on the right bus and wants to take extra precautions. I don't blame him for that.
Some of us would react differently, but to each his own. I would probably change school districts. If that isn't an option move to a new town or city. If that isn't an option, go to every school board meeting until everyone is aware how serious you are about your child's safety, and the other children in the district.
Bad things could have happened if the daughter had been dropped off in a completely foreign location and tried to find her own home, or panicked, etc. So maybe this parent isn't so over-the-top in his decision on how to protect his child.
How about the obvious? Sometimes, babies need to eat wherever they are, regardless of social setting. No one NEEDS to have sex at any particular time.
And, I'll add that if you think watching a couple have sex is as equally disconcerting as a mother breastfeeding, you may want to move to the nearest monastery. Nothing there should ever disconcert you.
Wrong. What we have is a case where individual employees, acting out of mere curiosity, looked up private logs about calls. Clearly a breach of trust.
In the Bush/wiretapping issue, we have a government controlled group of employees doing something they were told to do, for the sake of national security (if you don't agree it was for national security, that is fine, but beside the point here).
If you don't agree that this was just a political dig at Bush and the Whitehouse by Taco, explain to me why not? It wasn't part of the original article in anyway, and even the left-leaning liberal news media hasn't gone so far as to draw a connection.
Face it, this was just Taco's personal pecadillo and really had no business being in the article description.
If it was so damn important or relevant, Mr. AC, why wasn't it mentioned in the original article? Or in the original article description?
No, it took the leftist liberal Taco to get a swipe in. He had to take what is a perfectly interesting topic for debate (employee ethics), and turn it into a political swipe at Bush. Unforgivable, and completely ridiculous.
Can we expect anyone who followed a warrantless wiretap from the Bush administration to also be fired then? I mean, they violated our privacy as well.
Do we really need this politicized to have a discussion about the topic at hand? Which is thoughtless employees snooping around where they have access but apparently no ethics or morals. Something not even close to the situation with warrentless wiretapping, and in no way related? Do we really need this, Taco?
Yes, this is an important question for me, too. I currently play Starcraft still, in my home, on my LAN, with about 4 or 5 other people. Sure would be nice to continue this with SC2 for another 10 years or so.:)
JHC, most you of you idiots are just looking for a reason to be pissed off and get your rant up on/. before mommy comes home and kicks you off your own damn computer.
We're talking about Blizzard, here. Blizzard. We're talking about Blizzard!
They have made the best PC games ever, made a lot of money, yes, and have delivered on each and every one of them.
All you morons and haters are just jealous. Why don't you just wait until you have all the facts before trying to beat down the best gaming company ever. We don't know how much it will cost, we don't know how much the game will change from one set in the trilogy to the next, and we don't know what the requirements will be.
Just like you with your whore last night, you are PREMATURE in your/. ejaculations.
While in theory, you are correct, in practice, not so much. People require services to get things done. If they don't have any other choices, they have to go with what they need to these things done. I am talking here about cell-phone service, in general, not texting. Texting is a secondary, mostly unnecessary feature that has turned into an incredibly popular feature because of ease of use, privacy options, etc.
So, when they drive up the prices, just for texting, what would you have us do? Cancel texting...big deal, the Telco doesn't care. Cancel your account? You can't, you are locked into a contract. When the contract is up, try to go with someone else? Guess what, ALL of the Telco's are doing it the same...hello collusion.
Unless you are firefighter stopping in the middle of five-alarm fire, a cop, or an EMT, etc., I don't really think a distraction from work is "dangerous". Just an incendiary word thrown into the title to make people read the article or visit the site. Lame.
Visiting slashdot is now dangerous, too. Luckily, it is only sometimes lame.
For the most part, experience on what I like gleaned from films I've seen(a lot), and reviews that I trust. That doesn't necessarily equate with reviews I agree with. I wish I had a simple formula like 'well, the prequel was good, so this must be too', but it goes against everything I've ever experienced .
DT If this isn't exactly what I said, then I must be losing my mind. "Experience on what I like gleaned from films I've seen". Hmm...sounds an awful lot like basing it on having seen a prequel to me. Not too mention that I even said it didn't mean I was automatically going to enjoy the film, just that it was a good measure to judge by to determine if you want to pay the money to see the next one.
So, basically, you don't do anything differently than I do. Congrats, and thanks for the flame.
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Many, many more variables to account for in Starcraft than Chess. Also, Chess is turn-based, while SC is real-time, so obviously there is the potential for your move to be countered before you even finish it. Now, the amount of memorization done for Chess is far greater than for SC, especially if a game goes deep. SC is so much more loose and more open-world than Chess that it doesn't lend itself to memorization of moves like Chess and its rigid structure do.
I watch movies for free all the time over at a friend's house. He rented or bought them, I paid nothing. If he loans me the physical media, is that illegal? I still paid nothing. Now just stretch it a bit further and say he ripped it for the purposes of back up, then loaned me that copy? There isn't a lot of difference in these scenarios, and it proves, that yes, you can legally watch movies for free sometimes.
And 64kb of ram is all any computer will ever need, too.
I'm not saying we necessarily need more now, or that we can afford it now, but let's not put arbitrary limits on future capacity based on today's experiences or make decisions that impede progreess. It doesn't hold up.
Is it really going to be that hard, or very long, before the warrant is issued anyway? You were arrested, for cripes sake. So, a full search is coming your way, phone lock or no. And, since you are in Canada, I sure hope you have receipts for all those mp3's on your phone.
Haha, Apple must not be a sensible person. :) Go to the 2:40 mark.
Yes, I realize this is a marketing ploy.
Why did it take over five years for the patent office to issue the patent? What was Nintendo supposed to do? Wait on their groundbreaking product for an extra four years after completion? Either way, the process is ridiculous and serves no one but the lawyers, and clogs up our legal system.
If a social media hub is infected with a virus and no one is around to mouse-over it, would it still make Slashdot's front page?
How do we know piracy took a chunk of sales from this movie, or any movie, or any song or video game, for that matter? Intellectual property that has been pirated does not directly equal a lost sale. Often, the pirates were not going to pay either way. They were not going to go see this movie, nor buy the cd, nor buy the video game. Did they get to enjoy something for free? Yes. But that is not a direct correlation to lost profits.
was very cool, but I was really hoping to see the 3d image force-choke the guy holding the controls.
No, I couldn't disagree more. This was the ultimate opportunity to use The Cake Is A Lie joke. From now on, the joke is too old, but this one final, perfect, use is not only acceptable, but, I daresay, required.
"The Pie Is A Perjury" will henceforward be the next Internet meme to be bandied about by every would-be BOFH with nothing better to do that spend hours on Slashdot waiting for an opportunity to get his karma back up with a +5 Funny.
Good day.
You guys cn lugh ll you wnt, but I hve letter missing from my keybord, nd it mkes life quite difficult, you insensitive clods!
In English please Baxter! You know I don't speak gibberish. I'm Ron Burgundy?
Ebert: I find Norbit "Impossible". It should have been devoured by Wasp-18 years ago, but Eddie Murphy's unstable ego has miraculously kept it on Blockbuster shelves and Netflix queues.
While I would give the same advice, let's not forget that ultimately the child's safety comes down to one or two people: the parents. They will be the ones who will suffer the most if something bad happens to their child. So, the OP doesn't trust his school system to get his daughter on the right bus and wants to take extra precautions. I don't blame him for that. Some of us would react differently, but to each his own. I would probably change school districts. If that isn't an option move to a new town or city. If that isn't an option, go to every school board meeting until everyone is aware how serious you are about your child's safety, and the other children in the district. Bad things could have happened if the daughter had been dropped off in a completely foreign location and tried to find her own home, or panicked, etc. So maybe this parent isn't so over-the-top in his decision on how to protect his child.
How about the obvious? Sometimes, babies need to eat wherever they are, regardless of social setting. No one NEEDS to have sex at any particular time. And, I'll add that if you think watching a couple have sex is as equally disconcerting as a mother breastfeeding, you may want to move to the nearest monastery. Nothing there should ever disconcert you.
Wrong. What we have is a case where individual employees, acting out of mere curiosity, looked up private logs about calls. Clearly a breach of trust.
In the Bush/wiretapping issue, we have a government controlled group of employees doing something they were told to do, for the sake of national security (if you don't agree it was for national security, that is fine, but beside the point here).
If you don't agree that this was just a political dig at Bush and the Whitehouse by Taco, explain to me why not? It wasn't part of the original article in anyway, and even the left-leaning liberal news media hasn't gone so far as to draw a connection.
Face it, this was just Taco's personal pecadillo and really had no business being in the article description.
If it was so damn important or relevant, Mr. AC, why wasn't it mentioned in the original article? Or in the original article description?
No, it took the leftist liberal Taco to get a swipe in. He had to take what is a perfectly interesting topic for debate (employee ethics), and turn it into a political swipe at Bush. Unforgivable, and completely ridiculous.
Can we expect anyone who followed a warrantless wiretap from the Bush administration to also be fired then? I mean, they violated our privacy as well.
Do we really need this politicized to have a discussion about the topic at hand? Which is thoughtless employees snooping around where they have access but apparently no ethics or morals. Something not even close to the situation with warrentless wiretapping, and in no way related? Do we really need this, Taco?
Yes, this is an important question for me, too. I currently play Starcraft still, in my home, on my LAN, with about 4 or 5 other people. Sure would be nice to continue this with SC2 for another 10 years or so. :)
How can I be jealous of that? Or are a 12 year old with parental abuse problems?
When you learn to speak English, AND stop posting anonymously, I'll respond to you.
We're talking about Blizzard, here. Blizzard. We're talking about Blizzard!
They have made the best PC games ever, made a lot of money, yes, and have delivered on each and every one of them.
All you morons and haters are just jealous. Why don't you just wait until you have all the facts before trying to beat down the best gaming company ever. We don't know how much it will cost, we don't know how much the game will change from one set in the trilogy to the next, and we don't know what the requirements will be.
Just like you with your whore last night, you are PREMATURE in your /. ejaculations.
While in theory, you are correct, in practice, not so much. People require services to get things done. If they don't have any other choices, they have to go with what they need to these things done. I am talking here about cell-phone service, in general, not texting. Texting is a secondary, mostly unnecessary feature that has turned into an incredibly popular feature because of ease of use, privacy options, etc.
So, when they drive up the prices, just for texting, what would you have us do? Cancel texting...big deal, the Telco doesn't care. Cancel your account? You can't, you are locked into a contract. When the contract is up, try to go with someone else? Guess what, ALL of the Telco's are doing it the same...hello collusion.
Unless you are firefighter stopping in the middle of five-alarm fire, a cop, or an EMT, etc., I don't really think a distraction from work is "dangerous". Just an incendiary word thrown into the title to make people read the article or visit the site. Lame.
Visiting slashdot is now dangerous, too. Luckily, it is only sometimes lame.
What is the air-speed velocity of a laden avian pig? What do you mean? African or European?