And the end result was... those conversations were protected by law.
When you say "protected by law" do you mean they were found to be protected under the constitution or that protection was legislated? Because the latter case would undermine rather than support your argument.
I'm thinking specifically franchises like Deus Ex and Mass Effect, both of which have gotten worse as they make them controllable with a thumb joystick and four buttons.
You succeed by listening to your customers. One of the reasons the cost of modern games is enormous is the studios think every game has to be a Swiss army knife. Many of his customers, if not most, will be perfectly happy buying games without a MP component, which would save a lot of design, programming, and test time. And if EA thinks they're going to build the next Warcraft from yet another me-too FPS by including an online component they really are on their way out of business.
IMO games have been getting worse in recent years. The interfaces are console crippled and they make design compromises to shoe-horn in MP even when it doesn't make any sense.
As far as Congress is concerned, NASA is there to provide jobs to their constituents. If something science-y happens in the meantime, well, that's great, but it's not the driving motivation.
Bush knew his plan would never actually be implemented. Any plan for NASA that has all the costs back-loaded will never happen, and everyone ought to realize the whole point is a photo op and a few inches of news copy.
I'm no fan of Obama, but for me the one bright spot of his administration has been his stewardship of NASA, which should never have been in the business of LEO operations.
The concern is regardless of the outcome of the rape charges, extradition to Sweden will mean eventual extradition from Sweden to the US. If your goal was to get him to Sweden as the first step in getting him to the US, these charges are a great vehicle for the purpose - they're purely based on accusation with no associated physical evidence. Assuming the Swedes are willing to extradite him to the US, it doesn't matter if the rape case falls apart the minute he sets foot on Swedish soil. Eventually he'll be serving a long, long sentence in the US.
While that's technically true, there's a difference between leaving a country and being deported. When you leave it's your choice where you go next. When you're deported the government typically decides where you go - almost always to the country on your passport. In this case it would be very unusual for him to end up in any country other than Sweden. Even if it's not technically extradition, you'll be hard pressed to find a practical difference.
But that's the point, isn't it? You shouldn't have to be Googling around to get sound working in 2012. I haven't had that problem on a Windows box since before Google existed.
Privately allocating the radio spectrum is only marginally more stupid than privately allocating land
Assumes facts not in evidence. I think "privately allocating land", which most people call private property, is the most efficient and harmonious way to do it. Spectrum is probably the same.
Found that out after I ruined my skateboard bearings as a kid. My brother's board was a dream because he was smart enough to take the bearings out and pack them in actual grease instead of just squirting in WD-40.
These days the only use I can imagine for the stuff is to keep tools from rusting.
I doubt it, the pressure difference isn't that much. However, in zero gravity the propellant isn't going to stay reliably at the top of the can and the oil at the bottom. You might not get full value for your money when the propellant runs out:)
Yep. And sometimes lawyers do refuse to take cases, either because they don't think they can win or because they don't think they can be an effective advocate. Those two things are usually related, of course, but not always.
The Curiosity rover is proof your theory is wrong.
Curiosity hasn't proved anything except that you can have a crazy Rube Goldberg landing scheme that actually works. And the only reason it can do what it's going to do is Mars is a big dusty rock that isn't going to produce any surprises at the macro level.
There are no new consoles because the console market is an oligopoly. If Microsoft comes out with a new console they don't make more money, they just force Sony and Nintendo to produce competitive offerings. A new generation is so expensive none of the console makers are going to bring it out until they have to.
Eventually they'll have to do it, though. Nintendo is pulling the trigger 4Q of this year with the Wii U, and anyway the gap between the consoles and even low end PC graphics cards is so large it's getting to be embarrassing.
How can they quantify accurately the losses for people who purchased legitimate copies and couldn't play? They would have to know how many future sales they're losing by pissing these people off.
For physical things turnover matters a lot. A distributor with access to a larger market will always be able to sell goods more cheaply because the ratio of sales to the money he has tied up in inventory is smaller. I used to work for a logistics company, and for our customers this was the key to making money - in their dream world at the beginning of every day the warehouse is packed to capacity and completely bare by the time the last truck rolls.
This matters the most for things that are expensive and have a relatively short shelf life. Like, say, electronics.
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Now all we need is for someone to build another LHC to replicate the results.
Maybe so, but you can use a radio without taking your eyes off traffic. How many of those cab-hailing apps are the same?
And the end result was... those conversations were protected by law.
When you say "protected by law" do you mean they were found to be protected under the constitution or that protection was legislated? Because the latter case would undermine rather than support your argument.
Really? I can't stand sticky walls.
I'm thinking specifically franchises like Deus Ex and Mass Effect, both of which have gotten worse as they make them controllable with a thumb joystick and four buttons.
You succeed by listening to your customers. One of the reasons the cost of modern games is enormous is the studios think every game has to be a Swiss army knife. Many of his customers, if not most, will be perfectly happy buying games without a MP component, which would save a lot of design, programming, and test time. And if EA thinks they're going to build the next Warcraft from yet another me-too FPS by including an online component they really are on their way out of business.
IMO games have been getting worse in recent years. The interfaces are console crippled and they make design compromises to shoe-horn in MP even when it doesn't make any sense.
And yet if you drop a match in a coffee can full of diesel it will gutter out without lighting the fuel.
As far as Congress is concerned, NASA is there to provide jobs to their constituents. If something science-y happens in the meantime, well, that's great, but it's not the driving motivation.
Bush knew his plan would never actually be implemented. Any plan for NASA that has all the costs back-loaded will never happen, and everyone ought to realize the whole point is a photo op and a few inches of news copy.
I'm no fan of Obama, but for me the one bright spot of his administration has been his stewardship of NASA, which should never have been in the business of LEO operations.
The concern is regardless of the outcome of the rape charges, extradition to Sweden will mean eventual extradition from Sweden to the US. If your goal was to get him to Sweden as the first step in getting him to the US, these charges are a great vehicle for the purpose - they're purely based on accusation with no associated physical evidence. Assuming the Swedes are willing to extradite him to the US, it doesn't matter if the rape case falls apart the minute he sets foot on Swedish soil. Eventually he'll be serving a long, long sentence in the US.
While that's technically true, there's a difference between leaving a country and being deported. When you leave it's your choice where you go next. When you're deported the government typically decides where you go - almost always to the country on your passport. In this case it would be very unusual for him to end up in any country other than Sweden. Even if it's not technically extradition, you'll be hard pressed to find a practical difference.
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But that's the point, isn't it? You shouldn't have to be Googling around to get sound working in 2012. I haven't had that problem on a Windows box since before Google existed.
Privately allocating the radio spectrum is only marginally more stupid than privately allocating land
Assumes facts not in evidence. I think "privately allocating land", which most people call private property, is the most efficient and harmonious way to do it. Spectrum is probably the same.
Found that out after I ruined my skateboard bearings as a kid. My brother's board was a dream because he was smart enough to take the bearings out and pack them in actual grease instead of just squirting in WD-40.
These days the only use I can imagine for the stuff is to keep tools from rusting.
I doubt it, the pressure difference isn't that much. However, in zero gravity the propellant isn't going to stay reliably at the top of the can and the oil at the bottom. You might not get full value for your money when the propellant runs out :)
Yep. And sometimes lawyers do refuse to take cases, either because they don't think they can win or because they don't think they can be an effective advocate. Those two things are usually related, of course, but not always.
Art or not art I don't care. What I'm looking for in an operating system is a tool, not art.
Reminds me of Bill Gates' prediction about how much memory everyone would need in their computers.
I wish people would stop repeating this. Gates never said it.
The Curiosity rover is proof your theory is wrong.
Curiosity hasn't proved anything except that you can have a crazy Rube Goldberg landing scheme that actually works. And the only reason it can do what it's going to do is Mars is a big dusty rock that isn't going to produce any surprises at the macro level.
Yes, history has proven when there's a profit motive we're willing to explore and colonize distant places where we can live off the land.
It's going to be hundreds of years before we colonize mars.
There are no new consoles because the console market is an oligopoly. If Microsoft comes out with a new console they don't make more money, they just force Sony and Nintendo to produce competitive offerings. A new generation is so expensive none of the console makers are going to bring it out until they have to.
Eventually they'll have to do it, though. Nintendo is pulling the trigger 4Q of this year with the Wii U, and anyway the gap between the consoles and even low end PC graphics cards is so large it's getting to be embarrassing.
Yeah, now if only they would take that model and make a decent game.
How can they quantify accurately the losses for people who purchased legitimate copies and couldn't play? They would have to know how many future sales they're losing by pissing these people off.
That's pretty bad.
For physical things turnover matters a lot. A distributor with access to a larger market will always be able to sell goods more cheaply because the ratio of sales to the money he has tied up in inventory is smaller. I used to work for a logistics company, and for our customers this was the key to making money - in their dream world at the beginning of every day the warehouse is packed to capacity and completely bare by the time the last truck rolls.
This matters the most for things that are expensive and have a relatively short shelf life. Like, say, electronics.