It looks like this article is only referring to console sales. What about the PC industry? One would think that it's sales increased, what with the release of WoW, EQ2, HL2, and Doom 3. Those are just the major one off the top of my head. I'm sure there are lots more.
Odds are that any lifeform that is adapted to live on Mars will pretty much die immediately on earth, unless contained in an area that has a Mars-like climate. I wouldn't be too worried.
The one day I don't have mod points... That was very well written, sir, and I'm glad that there is at least one other Christian (I'm inferring based on what you wrote) on here who can take a joke without going ballistic and damning everyone to hell (blatant exaggeration).
To answer your question, Valve is its own separate entity and makes deals with distributors to publish it's products. Valve had a deal with Sierra to publish the first HL, and since then Sierra has been acquired by Vivendi. Vivendi will now publish HL2, and I would guess that the Sierra logo will no longer be on it. So no worries, HL2 will still be in stores.
Although you may have intended your comment as funny, I didn't read it as such. Vivendi is a publisher, not a development studio. If Vivendi went the way of the dodo, there would be tons of publishers looking to pick up Blizzard in the fallout. Although it's not good for stability, it probably would not be the end of Blizzard.
I don't think this will work, and let me tell you why. First off, let me preface this by saying that my wife is a soon-to-be pharmacologist, so while I may not have any firsthand knowledge of this, she knows what she is talking about.
1) The cost of research for pharmacology is infinitely (no not literally) more expensive than it is for computer science. In most research for CS you just have to pay for cost of equipment (basic computers typically costing a hell of a lot less than the specialized machines used in development of medicine) and the salary of the researcher. A lot of CS research can be done by one person. For pharmacology you have the cost of equipment (or even the USE of it, sometimes they have to rent time on more uncommon machines; this happens in CS as well, but not nearly as often since it's mainly for the processing power) as well as the cost of the researcher AND his/her assistants. It's almost impossible to do good research in medicine by one's self because of...
2) It takes freaking forever. The number of steps required to find out if a proposed theory for a molecule even has a chance for working is phenomenal. My wife has spent the past few months trying to see if a certain molecule will bond with an AIDS neutralizer. Mind you, this is just the first step. Even if this step does work (which they don't know yet) they don't know if this molecule will a) bond with the aids virus b) will it bond long enough to neutralize? c) if it does bond, will the neutralizing agent be able to reach the virus? or will it be blocked by the bonding molecule? And the list goes on. No pharmacologist who does this for a living is going to volunteer even MORE time out of their lives for no pay. So we'll pay them right?
3) Funding. Right now almost all pharmacology is financed by companies that already have patents or by third party investors. These people invest money into these projects because they expect a profit as return. Yes, I'm sure they also care for the well-being of others, but they do need to recover their costs if a drug succeeds. A vast majority of projects fail, which is why a lot of specialized medicines cost so much. These companies need to stay alive in order to do more research. And don't even talk to me about Federalizing the research. That would be pretty much the dumbest thing ever.
I'm sure there are holes in my argument, but hopefully this will at least provide food for thought and further discussion. Basically, I just don't see it happening.
Did you ever think that NuclearVision is not the one controlling the release date of Codename Gordon? My bet is that the game has been done for a long time and Valve is holding them back so they can flood the market with all things Half-Life related come release time (HL2, HL on Source engine, Codename Gordon, CS on Source engine). I dunno, seems pretty smart to me.
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Did anyone else read the summary title as NVIDIA's nForce Professional and Cyan's Worlds? No more Uru for me...
No kidding?
It looks like this article is only referring to console sales. What about the PC industry? One would think that it's sales increased, what with the release of WoW, EQ2, HL2, and Doom 3. Those are just the major one off the top of my head. I'm sure there are lots more.
You smell like dead bunnies.
Odds are that any lifeform that is adapted to live on Mars will pretty much die immediately on earth, unless contained in an area that has a Mars-like climate. I wouldn't be too worried.
I was under the impression the "unexplained power boost" was due to the fact that the Martian day is longer at this time of year.
Anyone remember spending hours upon hours hacking at DOS configs to get your old games to load just right?
Ah, moving the TSR drivers into upper memory using memmaker.exe; those were good times. *sniff*
Which brings to mind a question: who the hell is funding this?!?
By window, I assume you mean pinhole.
The one day I don't have mod points... That was very well written, sir, and I'm glad that there is at least one other Christian (I'm inferring based on what you wrote) on here who can take a joke without going ballistic and damning everyone to hell (blatant exaggeration).
So I guess by the same rationale that because of Full Throttle all bikers are bad.
Day of the Tentacle: Weird green and purple blobs are evil and want to take over the world
Leisure Suit Larry: men only care about sex (ok, maybe they're right...)
Grand Theft Auto: It's totally ok to kill a hooker as long as no cop sees you do it.
Worms: Worms are bad creature and I should use wind direction and missle bomb loft to kill them in the most efficent manner.
UT: Other people are only good for cannon fodder
I'm glad someone else came to the same logical conclusions!
To answer your question, Valve is its own separate entity and makes deals with distributors to publish it's products. Valve had a deal with Sierra to publish the first HL, and since then Sierra has been acquired by Vivendi. Vivendi will now publish HL2, and I would guess that the Sierra logo will no longer be on it. So no worries, HL2 will still be in stores.
Although you may have intended your comment as funny, I didn't read it as such. Vivendi is a publisher, not a development studio. If Vivendi went the way of the dodo, there would be tons of publishers looking to pick up Blizzard in the fallout. Although it's not good for stability, it probably would not be the end of Blizzard.
perhaps a heavily armed guard is needed?
:-)
I can see it now... the little postman walking from door to door flanked by two massive guys with BFGs.
I don't think this will work, and let me tell you why. First off, let me preface this by saying that my wife is a soon-to-be pharmacologist, so while I may not have any firsthand knowledge of this, she knows what she is talking about.
1) The cost of research for pharmacology is infinitely (no not literally) more expensive than it is for computer science. In most research for CS you just have to pay for cost of equipment (basic computers typically costing a hell of a lot less than the specialized machines used in development of medicine) and the salary of the researcher. A lot of CS research can be done by one person. For pharmacology you have the cost of equipment (or even the USE of it, sometimes they have to rent time on more uncommon machines; this happens in CS as well, but not nearly as often since it's mainly for the processing power) as well as the cost of the researcher AND his/her assistants. It's almost impossible to do good research in medicine by one's self because of...
2) It takes freaking forever. The number of steps required to find out if a proposed theory for a molecule even has a chance for working is phenomenal. My wife has spent the past few months trying to see if a certain molecule will bond with an AIDS neutralizer. Mind you, this is just the first step. Even if this step does work (which they don't know yet) they don't know if this molecule will a) bond with the aids virus b) will it bond long enough to neutralize? c) if it does bond, will the neutralizing agent be able to reach the virus? or will it be blocked by the bonding molecule? And the list goes on. No pharmacologist who does this for a living is going to volunteer even MORE time out of their lives for no pay. So we'll pay them right?
3) Funding. Right now almost all pharmacology is financed by companies that already have patents or by third party investors. These people invest money into these projects because they expect a profit as return. Yes, I'm sure they also care for the well-being of others, but they do need to recover their costs if a drug succeeds. A vast majority of projects fail, which is why a lot of specialized medicines cost so much. These companies need to stay alive in order to do more research. And don't even talk to me about Federalizing the research. That would be pretty much the dumbest thing ever.
I'm sure there are holes in my argument, but hopefully this will at least provide food for thought and further discussion. Basically, I just don't see it happening.
Yes, MacOS can even interface with alien technologies and introduce a virus into the alien technologies
Funny...you'd think Windows would be the platform of choice for this particular endeavor...
God help this man when it comes time to upgrade...
Groundhog Day had a plot?
Not in Spanish.
Did you ever think that NuclearVision is not the one controlling the release date of Codename Gordon? My bet is that the game has been done for a long time and Valve is holding them back so they can flood the market with all things Half-Life related come release time (HL2, HL on Source engine, Codename Gordon, CS on Source engine). I dunno, seems pretty smart to me.
That would be Yoshi.
Probably the same way you did... Google it. :-)
Wow someone takes their Cussler a little too seriously. It's fiction dude!
It's also a joke. Laugh!
Actually, a PC version is slated for release.
Or a coconut...