I don't know if you've seen Sitar Hero? We did Apu playing this 60-button controller and songs like Pour Some Curry On Me - we made this wonderful parody poster and the guys from Harmonix loved it and we sent them 20 copies of the poster.
Warhawk gives you the option to use that 'controller-tilt' thing to steer the airplanes. I played around with that for quite a while and finally just gave up on it. Thumbsticks are so much easier.
I wonder if the controller-tilt feedback sent to the PS3 is not very high quality (as in, game programmers have a hard time converting whatever signals are sent from the controller into game events), or if people just aren't used to playing with it. Any PS3 developers have an opinion?
Your conclusion is correct, although I might clarify that by saying:
The government is allowed to discriminate against anyone. According to Constitutional jurisprudence, there are several "protected classes" of folks such as racial groups, people of a certain national origin, gender, etc.
In order for the government to pass legislation regarding racial groups and persons of a certain national origin, the legislation must be strictly tailored to a compelling government objective, and there must not be a less restrictive method of accomplishing that objective. This standard of judicial review is known as strict scrutiny.
In order to pass legislation regarding (biological) gender, the regulation must involve important governmental interests that are furthered by substantially related means. (intermediate scrutiny)
For other non-protected classes of people, the government can pass whatever regulation it wants so long as it is a rational means to an end that may be legitimately pursued by government. (rational basis) Tall people would fall within this category, and thus the government can do exatctly as you say.
As you can imagine, this get-up creates lots of interesting effects such as: the denial of marriage rights to homosexuals (not a protected class), affirmative action (somehow held to meet the strict scrutiny standard), everything related to Indian law (Indian tribes are a political entity rather than a racial group, and thus Congress has plenary power over them), and a number of other odd results.
For every offensive comment in this thread, there are thousands of fans out there who have nothing but best wishes and support for RJ's friends and family. I never got to meet him in person, but those books have been a meaningful part of my life since middle school (almost 30 now).
I quit WoW after getting all the gladiator gear and being ranked in the top 10% of the first arena season. Basically, once you get to a certain point there is nothing left to accomplish. The only gear upgrades you can get after a certain point are marginal at best, and require a totally disproportionate amount of time to achieve.
The next big game will come up with a way to reduce the effect of gradual leveling, then very difficult end-game, then nothing left to accomplish. WoW will be easy to dethrone because the game itself isn't any fun. All the enjoyment comes from the sense of accomplishment.
PvP battlegrounds were a step in the right direction, but with three tiny maps it gets extremely tedious. If they made up 10-20 more maps with different themes and corresponding objectives, WoW would be an ideal game.
that the RIAA owns the copyrights to the songs in a file-sharing case; that the registration is proper; and that the defendant wasn't authorized to copy or distribute the recordings
It sounds like the only disputed issue is whether RIAA in fact owns the copyrights. This is a question of fact that would vary song-by-song, and a determination that these particular songs belong to RIAA would not prevent the issue from being re-litigated in every other case.
Web pages have become a major functional component of the daily lives of millions of people. Web developers are in a position to make that part of everyone's lives better.
I just know there's a porn joke in there somewhere...
Everyone knows the password is "Joshua"... Just stick to the Chess simulation when you get inside the DoD servers or you could be absconded by the FBI in an unmarked panel van.
I wrote a paper for a university class about 10 years ago that largely reached the same conclusions as this linked article.
Notable scientists throughout history such as Galileo, Darwin, and Bacon were all Christians of some variety and never had a crisis of faith brought on by their work.
From TFA: There's also the suggestion of being able to control your own pack of Rancors, the gigantic beasties that Jabba the Hutt likes to keep under his gaff.
That Activia stuff seems to help with irritable bowel syndrome (which in turn was caused by a $300/month starbucks habit). My wife is a dietitian and recommended I try it out.
Now what we need is probiotic coffee so I can go back to a caffeine-fueled frenzy and finish this project I am working on.
For the other two or three of us old-timers who have no idea what this post is about, I took the liberty to look up the terminology.
Buda: a town in central Texas
Rooster Teeth: a company who puts video-game-related cartoons on the net
Machinima: "We just write scripts and then use videogames to act them out. It's a new style of animation that some people call machinima. It allows to make weekly pieces of animation with a small group of people." --Rooster Teeth website
DISCLAIMER: Yes, I am bored and avoiding my inlaws on Christmas eve.
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computer models of star evolution have difficulty producing black holes more massive than this
Maybe they need to buy more PS3's
You shouldn't be rude to someone who has the balls to work hard at life. There are many things in life worthy of scorn, but that isn't one of them.
I don't know if you've seen Sitar Hero? We did Apu playing this 60-button controller and songs like Pour Some Curry On Me - we made this wonderful parody poster and the guys from Harmonix loved it and we sent them 20 copies of the poster.
Real nerds don't watch TV... These people are just poseurs trying to get in on the anti-fashion bandwagon.
Warhawk gives you the option to use that 'controller-tilt' thing to steer the airplanes. I played around with that for quite a while and finally just gave up on it. Thumbsticks are so much easier.
I wonder if the controller-tilt feedback sent to the PS3 is not very high quality (as in, game programmers have a hard time converting whatever signals are sent from the controller into game events), or if people just aren't used to playing with it. Any PS3 developers have an opinion?
Your conclusion is correct, although I might clarify that by saying:
The government is allowed to discriminate against anyone. According to Constitutional jurisprudence, there are several "protected classes" of folks such as racial groups, people of a certain national origin, gender, etc.
In order for the government to pass legislation regarding racial groups and persons of a certain national origin, the legislation must be strictly tailored to a compelling government objective, and there must not be a less restrictive method of accomplishing that objective. This standard of judicial review is known as strict scrutiny.
In order to pass legislation regarding (biological) gender, the regulation must involve important governmental interests that are furthered by substantially related means. (intermediate scrutiny)
For other non-protected classes of people, the government can pass whatever regulation it wants so long as it is a rational means to an end that may be legitimately pursued by government. (rational basis) Tall people would fall within this category, and thus the government can do exatctly as you say.
As you can imagine, this get-up creates lots of interesting effects such as: the denial of marriage rights to homosexuals (not a protected class), affirmative action (somehow held to meet the strict scrutiny standard), everything related to Indian law (Indian tribes are a political entity rather than a racial group, and thus Congress has plenary power over them), and a number of other odd results.
For every offensive comment in this thread, there are thousands of fans out there who have nothing but best wishes and support for RJ's friends and family. I never got to meet him in person, but those books have been a meaningful part of my life since middle school (almost 30 now).
I quit WoW after getting all the gladiator gear and being ranked in the top 10% of the first arena season. Basically, once you get to a certain point there is nothing left to accomplish. The only gear upgrades you can get after a certain point are marginal at best, and require a totally disproportionate amount of time to achieve.
The next big game will come up with a way to reduce the effect of gradual leveling, then very difficult end-game, then nothing left to accomplish. WoW will be easy to dethrone because the game itself isn't any fun. All the enjoyment comes from the sense of accomplishment.
PvP battlegrounds were a step in the right direction, but with three tiny maps it gets extremely tedious. If they made up 10-20 more maps with different themes and corresponding objectives, WoW would be an ideal game.
Eve's main "innovation" as an MMO: it takes three years to become a force to be reckoned with, REGARDLESS of how much you play.
Does anyone have any experience with the Guildhall? It's a game school / computer science-ish program at SMU, a reputable university in Dallas.
http://guildhall.smu.edu/about/program.htm
Maybe that would be a good solution to your dilemma, although the tuition bill looks a little hefty.
that the RIAA owns the copyrights to the songs in a file-sharing case; that the registration is proper; and that the defendant wasn't authorized to copy or distribute the recordings
It sounds like the only disputed issue is whether RIAA in fact owns the copyrights. This is a question of fact that would vary song-by-song, and a determination that these particular songs belong to RIAA would not prevent the issue from being re-litigated in every other case.
Web pages have become a major functional component of the daily lives of millions of people. Web developers are in a position to make that part of everyone's lives better.
I just know there's a porn joke in there somewhere...
Everyone knows the password is "Joshua"... Just stick to the Chess simulation when you get inside the DoD servers or you could be absconded by the FBI in an unmarked panel van.
Historians of science typically believe that the conflict between religion and science was created and politicized relatively recently by Andrew Dickson White.
I wrote a paper for a university class about 10 years ago that largely reached the same conclusions as this linked article.
Notable scientists throughout history such as Galileo, Darwin, and Bacon were all Christians of some variety and never had a crisis of faith brought on by their work.
From TFA: There's also the suggestion of being able to control your own pack of Rancors, the gigantic beasties that Jabba the Hutt likes to keep under his gaff.
Take heart, fellow Creature Handlers!
That Activia stuff seems to help with irritable bowel syndrome (which in turn was caused by a $300/month starbucks habit). My wife is a dietitian and recommended I try it out.
Now what we need is probiotic coffee so I can go back to a caffeine-fueled frenzy and finish this project I am working on.
I want to see the flying penis client
You're going to hunt women in a jungle?
Sealand could get some rather large offers, due to recent advances in the field of wireless power.
Email should be just text, period.
In my day email was dashes and dots, and we liked it that way.
For the other two or three of us old-timers who have no idea what this post is about, I took the liberty to look up the terminology.
Buda: a town in central Texas
Rooster Teeth: a company who puts video-game-related cartoons on the net
Machinima: "We just write scripts and then use videogames to act them out. It's a new style of animation that some people call machinima. It allows to make weekly pieces of animation with a small group of people." --Rooster Teeth website
DISCLAIMER: Yes, I am bored and avoiding my inlaws on Christmas eve.
They can put a crew up in space, but in order to watch a clip of the landing you have to download the newest RealPlayer...
I hear membership is booming.
Curses, my link didn't work
Does it look like this?