Well, I strongly suggest you check out ProCon.org for quotes and stances (which summarizes nicely without flipping between candidates' websites directly). Googling for key phrases has served well to get invited OpEd pieces on the matter, although I have yet to find another good statistical summary.
If you're looking for a bit more "punch line", I suggest checking in next week.
From TFA (the 2nd one, Scott's blog):
Some of you will wonder how reliable a bunch of academics are when it comes to answering real life questions about the economy. You might prefer to know what CEOs think. But remember that CEOs are paid to be advocates for their stockholders, not advocates for voters. Asking CEOs what should be done about the economy is like asking criminals for legal advice. More on that this week.
An economic system. Again, nothing fancy, just set a few resource sources and sinks (even invisible) and let the market forces decide the item prices. WoW does it for the player market, why not the in-game market as well?
Because item farmers will drive prices through the roof, then undercut the in-game sellers for real-world profit.
Allow player actions to affect the world. If I kill all predators from an area I expect the ecology to be ruined. If you donÃ(TM)t want players ruining the ecology, make it difficult to genocide.
As long as it is possible, someone will do it, if only for teh LoLz.
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If you think it's a slashvertisement, I strongly encourage you to tag it as such and Firehose it down.
Already did it myself.
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Exactly. The selection isn't just for optimal traits; given significantly varied theats, it encourages a high mutation rate (as well as fast reproduction).
You do raise a valid point about panspermia theory, oddly enough: escaping life from an extraterrestrial source could actually evolve (or at least perform selection) en route to its final destination. Given sufficient distances to be traveled (and that some of the original life survives), the "hardened" life forms that landed would be more likely to be adaptable to the necessary conditions at the destination.
One serious question to consider is: should we attempt to trigger artificial panspermia? Is it unethical?
From TFA (the 2nd of 2 paragraphs, where the 1st was in TFS):
However, good part is that TringMe is not completely blocked and you can still access TringMe in China by adding tringme.com to your hosts file. If you are Windows user, hosts file is located in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc directory. For Linux users, it is located in/etc directory. We also have other workarounds for our users to access TringMe serivces and we will publish those too if requires. We will try best to let our chinese users âHappy Tringing!!!â(TM)
If you can still use it this way, it's not really blocked.
That's true. But it takes a lot less precision (and money, in the end) to enforce sanctions. Siege warfare was effective then, and it's much more effective now that most economies are strongly tied together on an international level. Why guarantee a loss of life (through conventional combat) when it can be avoided?
The point of warfare isn't just to win - it's to win with minimal losses on both sides.
In the GP's defense, it seems short-sighted and wasteful to focus our attentions on warfare as a global solution rather than more peaceful approaches - when possible. There are ways to stop (organized or structured) violence without additional violence, not the least of which are economic measures (e.g., sanctions, embargo) that can wipe out a country's entire infrastructure and ability to fight (or do much of anything) more effectively than combat.
That said, you're right that there are also situations where this doesn't work. Truly dedicated combatants don't care if you take away their money or trade, although it slows down their ability to get weapons and makes it harder for them to win over support. They will still try to kill you regardless, and will use any means at their disposal.
Cutting all food trade with a rogue nation may kill many through famine. However, dropping bombs on said nation will kill many immediately. I'd say that there's a place for our military and these drones (which, in "civilizing" warfare, are a blessing), but we cannot get so wrapped up in their effectiveness to forget that they're just one of many tools available.
I agree with the poster's sentiment (buried in the meme): using category icons rather than story-related pictures allows for quicker selection at no loss (assuming that you care to RTFA after you RTFS).
Please, please, please go back to category symbols.
Sure, DanceSport (which I'd say is a subset of non-amateur competitive dancing) is an IOC recognized sport, but it is not in the current set of events for the Olympic Games.
Yes, they may add it in the future. I'd argue that they should, if they're keeping Rhythmic Gymnastics.
A kick or punch that makes contact with the opponent's hogu (a trunk protector that functions as a scoring target) scores one point; a kick to the head scores two points. Punches to the head are not allowed. If a competitor is knocked down by a scoring technique and the referee counts, then an additional point is awarded to the opponent.
At the end of three rounds, the competitor with the most points wins the match. If, during the match, one competitor gains a 7-point lead over the other, or if one competitor reaches a total of 12 points, then that competitor is immediately declared the winner and the match ends. In the event of a tie at the end of three rounds, a fourth "sudden death" overtime round will be held to determine the winner, after a 30-second rest period.
To play devil's advocate, it really does seem stupid to include Rhythmic Gymnastics in addition to the tried-and-true Artistic Gymnastics, as the demonstration of ability is almost exclusively artistic in nature.
If they have rhythmic gymnastics, they should have professional dance. Seriously.
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PostgreSQL. The rest are for dirty commies.
All of the above.
Well, I strongly suggest you check out ProCon.org for quotes and stances (which summarizes nicely without flipping between candidates' websites directly). Googling for key phrases has served well to get invited OpEd pieces on the matter, although I have yet to find another good statistical summary.
Not just forthcoming, but he justifies them nicely.
Remember, kids: "The Dilbert Principle" can be both fun and scarily accurate.
From TFA (the 2nd one, Scott's blog):
Totally not his fault. That shaman was all Win Omen.
Because item farmers will drive prices through the roof, then undercut the in-game sellers for real-world profit.
As long as it is possible, someone will do it, if only for teh LoLz.
If you think it's a slashvertisement, I strongly encourage you to tag it as such and Firehose it down.
Already did it myself.
I'd like to point you to this review (and this one, and...).
Not acceptable, and yet another mark against this (DRM-infested, over-hyped, mediocre) game.
Exactly. The selection isn't just for optimal traits; given significantly varied theats, it encourages a high mutation rate (as well as fast reproduction).
You do raise a valid point about panspermia theory, oddly enough: escaping life from an extraterrestrial source could actually evolve (or at least perform selection) en route to its final destination. Given sufficient distances to be traveled (and that some of the original life survives), the "hardened" life forms that landed would be more likely to be adaptable to the necessary conditions at the destination.
One serious question to consider is: should we attempt to trigger artificial panspermia? Is it unethical?
In space, no-one can hear you scream...
... in frustration.
If you don't mind a bit of silly in your point-and-click adventuring, then Zack and Wiki works well for the Wii.
Difficulty goes from "intuitive and easy" to "avoid thrown Wiimotes".
If you can still use it this way, it's not really blocked.
You used "et. al [sic]" where you intended "et al." (see here, under "et alii").
Warning: typing "et al." hundreds or thousands of times (as in graduate school) may cause permanent brain damage.
"Informative" may be better, but it certainly defeats "citation needed" for good!
That's true. But it takes a lot less precision (and money, in the end) to enforce sanctions. Siege warfare was effective then, and it's much more effective now that most economies are strongly tied together on an international level. Why guarantee a loss of life (through conventional combat) when it can be avoided?
The point of warfare isn't just to win - it's to win with minimal losses on both sides.
In the GP's defense, it seems short-sighted and wasteful to focus our attentions on warfare as a global solution rather than more peaceful approaches - when possible. There are ways to stop (organized or structured) violence without additional violence, not the least of which are economic measures (e.g., sanctions, embargo) that can wipe out a country's entire infrastructure and ability to fight (or do much of anything) more effectively than combat.
That said, you're right that there are also situations where this doesn't work. Truly dedicated combatants don't care if you take away their money or trade, although it slows down their ability to get weapons and makes it harder for them to win over support. They will still try to kill you regardless, and will use any means at their disposal.
Cutting all food trade with a rogue nation may kill many through famine. However, dropping bombs on said nation will kill many immediately. I'd say that there's a place for our military and these drones (which, in "civilizing" warfare, are a blessing), but we cannot get so wrapped up in their effectiveness to forget that they're just one of many tools available.
I agree with the poster's sentiment (buried in the meme): using category icons rather than story-related pictures allows for quicker selection at no loss (assuming that you care to RTFA after you RTFS).
Please, please, please go back to category symbols.
Wrong.
Sure, DanceSport (which I'd say is a subset of non-amateur competitive dancing) is an IOC recognized sport, but it is not in the current set of events for the Olympic Games.
Yes, they may add it in the future. I'd argue that they should, if they're keeping Rhythmic Gymnastics.
From the above article:
It's already in the Olympics.
Go USA!
To play devil's advocate, it really does seem stupid to include Rhythmic Gymnastics in addition to the tried-and-true Artistic Gymnastics, as the demonstration of ability is almost exclusively artistic in nature.
If they have rhythmic gymnastics, they should have professional dance. Seriously.
That's "offhand".
You are either incorrect,