If you've come up with a way to reuse energy once it's been expended, Dr. Clausius and Lord Kelvin would like to have a word with you about the second law of thermodynamics.
I'll worry about the 2nd law of Thermodynamics once the sun goes out. Until then, we have more energy hitting the earth than human civilization can ever harness.
Mankind is as close to extinction-proof as any large animal can be.
So sayeth the species with the nukes.:P Human innovation is a double-edged sword. Yes, we are the only species on the planet with the ability to attempt to stave off an extinction event. We are also the only species on the planet where the actions and passions of a few dozen can result in the deaths of billions.
I live in Phoenix. What many people fail to realize is by stimulating Solar research and manufacturing for consumers in the Sun Belt, we not only decrease the cost (through both manufacturing improvements and more consumer money flowing into the industry), but we can use this additional capital to improve the efficiency of PV units. These lower-cost, higher efficiency PV cells may then be marketable to cloudier regions.
Keep in mind that the dude who said "Love one another" claimed his Father was the same guy who ordered genocide, infanticide, and rape on numerous occasions. Just sayin'.
I'd say it's time we stand up and demand that our story has to be taught as well. Let's see how much it takes for the school boards to take the pragmatic approach and realize that this would be an impossible feat and it's better to leave religion where it belongs: In the places where the respective religions are worshiped.
Fair enough. Present your evidence for god's existence. After which I will judge it on its merits, and if necessary, alter my world view. Until then, I will continue to be a heathen Atheist.
I've known many pastors from your "local community churches". Your assumption is quite wrong. They believe this crap, too, and are all to willing to push it on their congregations.
Exactly! It's simply amazing the volume of high-margin products that can be manufactured when you have a factory filled with hundreds of twelve-year-olds working 18 hours a day for pennies a week. Let's hear it for 19th century labor laws!
It would have been much better if you could somehow have friend listed people and had the LFG tool look for those people again next time you queued up.
The dungeon changes pissed a whole lot of people off, me included, because for some reason Blizzard seemed to misunderstand what a challenge is. Cata heroics aren't challenging, they are unforgiving. What I mean is if you do everything right, they are easy, if you make a mistake (even a single mistake when it first came out) you wipe. There's no in between. That's not a challenge. That is just having to know or figure out what to do and execute properly. There's not adaptation, reaction, that kind of thing.
I'd agree with you - if you made this post back in February. Running heroics now (with the better gear offered in 4.2) makes them much easier and forgiving. I think Blizzard did it right here. Remember, the heroic Grim Batol released last December will likely still be run 18 months from now, before the next expansion comes out. The core Wrath heroics were a faceroll after Ulduar came out. By the time ICC was released, those heroics were sickeningly easy. Every pull was the same: Tank, AOE. Tank, AOE. Making cata heroics difficult out-of-the gate might give them a little more longevity as "relevant" content when the last Cataclysm content comes out.
. I just wish there was a way to "friend" people you meet there so that you can group with them again.
You can do this with the 4.2 release. Any Battle.net friend you have who is in your faction can be invited to queue for a dungeon, irrespective of what server they are on.
I've always felt that WoW was a gameplay sequel to Diablo 2 using Warcraft lore. Talent trees, Paladin auras, Combo points/finishing moves, socketable items, item sets, boss farming - all introduced in D2.
I hear that. I normally level through running dungeons. My first toon I've levelled from the start since Cata came out is a Disc priest. And the level 30-40 dungeons are now an embarrassing faceroll. Three runs through the Scarlet Monastery, and I spent the whole time smite spamming.
Which "American people"'s policy would they have to abide to, by law?
The one that jacks premiums through the roof every year while cutting service, countermands doctor's wishes, and kicks them to the curb as soon as they get a long-term illness. You know, just like the rest of us.
f things are not going your way, convince enough people to vote the way you want. (Not an easy thing, certainly.)
With enough money, it's all too easy. With enough cash, you can get people to support your agenda even if it's the polar opposite of their own best interests. We now have millions of poor and lower middle class Americans who vehemently believe that labor protections are bad, taxing the rich is "stealing", affordable health care is "socialism", that allowing companies to pillage pension funds how the Free Market is meant to work, and that gutting Medicare and Social Security is "good fiscal policy". Keep in mind that this is the same demographic that needs labor protections, as their jobs are generally easy to offshore, will never ever be rich enough to be taxed for $250,000 in income, could easily be bankrupted by an unforeseen medical expense, and will tend to really need the safety net that social security and medicare provide.
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I'll worry about the 2nd law of Thermodynamics once the sun goes out. Until then, we have more energy hitting the earth than human civilization can ever harness.
Then you obviously haven't looked very hard...
So sayeth the species with the nukes. :P Human innovation is a double-edged sword. Yes, we are the only species on the planet with the ability to attempt to stave off an extinction event. We are also the only species on the planet where the actions and passions of a few dozen can result in the deaths of billions.
FYI: For the hat to be effective, the shiny part of the tinfoil must be worn on the outside.
I live in Phoenix. What many people fail to realize is by stimulating Solar research and manufacturing for consumers in the Sun Belt, we not only decrease the cost (through both manufacturing improvements and more consumer money flowing into the industry), but we can use this additional capital to improve the efficiency of PV units. These lower-cost, higher efficiency PV cells may then be marketable to cloudier regions.
Keep in mind that the dude who said "Love one another" claimed his Father was the same guy who ordered genocide, infanticide, and rape on numerous occasions. Just sayin'.
Is $27 million enough?
It's been done before...
Fair enough. Present your evidence for god's existence. After which I will judge it on its merits, and if necessary, alter my world view. Until then, I will continue to be a heathen Atheist.
I've known many pastors from your "local community churches". Your assumption is quite wrong. They believe this crap, too, and are all to willing to push it on their congregations.
Exactly! It's simply amazing the volume of high-margin products that can be manufactured when you have a factory filled with hundreds of twelve-year-olds working 18 hours a day for pennies a week. Let's hear it for 19th century labor laws!
Then you remain stuck with the problem Blizzard didn't fix until Wrath: Only about 10% of your playerbase gets to see end-game content.
You can now do that in 4.2.
A link to your Heroic Ragnaros kill achievement would be nice...
I'd agree with you - if you made this post back in February. Running heroics now (with the better gear offered in 4.2) makes them much easier and forgiving. I think Blizzard did it right here. Remember, the heroic Grim Batol released last December will likely still be run 18 months from now, before the next expansion comes out. The core Wrath heroics were a faceroll after Ulduar came out. By the time ICC was released, those heroics were sickeningly easy. Every pull was the same: Tank, AOE. Tank, AOE. Making cata heroics difficult out-of-the gate might give them a little more longevity as "relevant" content when the last Cataclysm content comes out.
You can do this with the 4.2 release. Any Battle.net friend you have who is in your faction can be invited to queue for a dungeon, irrespective of what server they are on.
And you're surprised that you don't enjoy an MMORPG?
I've always felt that WoW was a gameplay sequel to Diablo 2 using Warcraft lore. Talent trees, Paladin auras, Combo points/finishing moves, socketable items, item sets, boss farming - all introduced in D2.
I hear that. I normally level through running dungeons. My first toon I've levelled from the start since Cata came out is a Disc priest. And the level 30-40 dungeons are now an embarrassing faceroll. Three runs through the Scarlet Monastery, and I spent the whole time smite spamming.
You had to post this on a day where I had no mod points. :(
You lost all credibility to this discussion at "post flood".
The one that jacks premiums through the roof every year while cutting service, countermands doctor's wishes, and kicks them to the curb as soon as they get a long-term illness. You know, just like the rest of us.
None of the Founding Fathers envisioned a negro President, either. Just sayin'.
With enough money, it's all too easy. With enough cash, you can get people to support your agenda even if it's the polar opposite of their own best interests. We now have millions of poor and lower middle class Americans who vehemently believe that labor protections are bad, taxing the rich is "stealing", affordable health care is "socialism", that allowing companies to pillage pension funds how the Free Market is meant to work, and that gutting Medicare and Social Security is "good fiscal policy". Keep in mind that this is the same demographic that needs labor protections, as their jobs are generally easy to offshore, will never ever be rich enough to be taxed for $250,000 in income, could easily be bankrupted by an unforeseen medical expense, and will tend to really need the safety net that social security and medicare provide.