Well PSO does have action, learning boss patterns, dodging stuff, etc, it just had a sloooooow exp curve. Calling it a glorified chatroom isn't really warranted. Most MMOs I've seen do have really dumb combat (usual response by veterans is "play to level X!" but if the early levels aren't fun, why should I expect the developer to be competent enough to make the later ones work?) and you can very well chat while fighting. Try that in one of the action RPGs with online play (Diablo, Hellgate or PSO, none of these are massive IMO) and you get raped three ways to sunday.
Nuclear submarine refers to the propulsion, the ones for deterrence are the SSBNs which carry nuclear missiles. It'd be pointless to send one with missiles to do infiltration jobs, subs without missile launchers are smaller and probably less trouble if they hit a rock and sink.
God has already changed his oppinion during the switch from the old to the new testament. Who's to say a being that can do anything cannot change his oppinion?
if there exist invisible super-beings, then there's no way to tell!
If you define them in a way that prevents telling, that is. There are more ways to detect an entity than mere vision, especially if that entity is supposedly very powerful. We could detect such an entity by its effect on the universe. However the official stance on God seems to be that he's not doing anything lately.
Lack of evidence does not prove nonexistence but it makes it highly likely that assuming existence is a waste of time. Especially when you're arguing there is something that makes no difference but it's absolutely central to your life and should be to everyone else's. You have no reason to even consider the existence of such an entity (nor do you have to consider the existence of invisible monsters under your bed).
AFAIK the pope is basically a representative, his word is no more the word of God than the words of G.W. Bush are the word of the people of the US. He is recognized to be in charge and is assumed to be acting on behalf of God but he's not a puppet that just repeats God's words.
The pope can change the doctrine. Of course Ratze won't do that, after all he spent decades enforcing the doctrine so it's obvious he has no objections towards it.
There was redundancy there. I was talking with a guy from Bahrain when it happened (already suspected a cable problem since I've experienced that with a cross-Atlantic cable already) and he said his ping just went up like mad, he was still able to connect obviously, just with a ping of two seconds.
The difference is that with games a new user interface can allow completely new types of games while MP3s are still the same old song no matter how you press play or skip a song.
Really, less graphics mean better gameplay? I didn't notice that since games got a lot better while their graphics improved too. Controls got better (air control when jumping is a HUGE improvement), gameplay got more varied (once games could actually have levels that were more than just an increased number of enemies), frustrating gameplay got killed off, saves were introduced to allow for games that would last you longer than one sitting and at some point devs even understood that saving doesn't need to be punished, the concept of a story in a game was no longer absurd, etc. Most old games are unintuitive, frustrating and repetitive.
Super Mario Galaxy was reviewed as the best game ever (averaging scores, while it has a lower average than OOT now it was above OOT when it had an equal number of reviews). Yet its graphics are better than any of its predecessors. Mario 64 is crap compared to SMG. Some may miss the exploration but the level design got much better in exchange.
Just wondering... What's the big deal with this whole "showing your papers" fear? What's the problem with being able to tell someone who you are or having a policeman know your name? You already have to identify yourself for loads of things like voting, bank transfers or even logging into your computer (and who'd be so insane as to claim these identifications are unnecessary?). And do you really think a policeman has no way of finding out who you are if you don't carry a piece of paper with your name on it?
A criminal case requires a crime and I don't think you're going to be popular with the police if you keep accusing people of crimes just to get their name.
Yeah, sure, because protectionism is the only reason to have guarantees end when the machine is operated outside of spec. Overclocking can easily result in damage to the chip, why would anyone give a warranty on a chip that's operated at a voltage it's not designed for? Why would anyone guarantee your computer will keep working if you replace the OS with who knows what? If you know what you're doing, fine, continue but don't complain about warranties when it turns out you didn't.
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I'd also like to shout out to Microsoft for improving HTML to suit their needs...
I guess we're all too stupid to understand the Timecube...
Careful with including your childhood into that number, the milk teeth are much weaker than regular teeth.
And? Instead of artificials you're selling them real teeth, where's the big difference?
Well PSO does have action, learning boss patterns, dodging stuff, etc, it just had a sloooooow exp curve. Calling it a glorified chatroom isn't really warranted. Most MMOs I've seen do have really dumb combat (usual response by veterans is "play to level X!" but if the early levels aren't fun, why should I expect the developer to be competent enough to make the later ones work?) and you can very well chat while fighting. Try that in one of the action RPGs with online play (Diablo, Hellgate or PSO, none of these are massive IMO) and you get raped three ways to sunday.
This can only mean one thing: He's using Vi to browse the internet!
Well, how boring would it be to have a peaceful and harmless civilization of self-replicating cubes in a TV show?
Nuclear submarine refers to the propulsion, the ones for deterrence are the SSBNs which carry nuclear missiles. It'd be pointless to send one with missiles to do infiltration jobs, subs without missile launchers are smaller and probably less trouble if they hit a rock and sink.
God has already changed his oppinion during the switch from the old to the new testament. Who's to say a being that can do anything cannot change his oppinion?
If that's the definition of art dogs are the most productive artists ever. Stepping into their "works" definitely evokes a response of some kind.
Depends, some countries have laws that prohibit downloading from an "obviously illegal source".
if there exist invisible super-beings, then there's no way to tell!
If you define them in a way that prevents telling, that is. There are more ways to detect an entity than mere vision, especially if that entity is supposedly very powerful. We could detect such an entity by its effect on the universe. However the official stance on God seems to be that he's not doing anything lately.
Lack of evidence does not prove nonexistence but it makes it highly likely that assuming existence is a waste of time. Especially when you're arguing there is something that makes no difference but it's absolutely central to your life and should be to everyone else's. You have no reason to even consider the existence of such an entity (nor do you have to consider the existence of invisible monsters under your bed).
A man who has spent so much time in the tradition of inquiry is not the type who sends people back to "dark ages".
If by inquiry you mean his job as the grand inquisitor, I thought the inquisition was a defining trait of the dark ages?
AFAIK the pope is basically a representative, his word is no more the word of God than the words of G.W. Bush are the word of the people of the US. He is recognized to be in charge and is assumed to be acting on behalf of God but he's not a puppet that just repeats God's words.
The difference is on the Discworld you can actually meet those gods face to face.
The pope can change the doctrine. Of course Ratze won't do that, after all he spent decades enforcing the doctrine so it's obvious he has no objections towards it.
There was redundancy there. I was talking with a guy from Bahrain when it happened (already suspected a cable problem since I've experienced that with a cross-Atlantic cable already) and he said his ping just went up like mad, he was still able to connect obviously, just with a ping of two seconds.
I think annoying is a "feature" in all 3d Marios and SMG seems to have the least of it.
They might have been the same plot-wise but the MB gameplay had very little in common with the SMB games.
The difference is that with games a new user interface can allow completely new types of games while MP3s are still the same old song no matter how you press play or skip a song.
Really, less graphics mean better gameplay? I didn't notice that since games got a lot better while their graphics improved too. Controls got better (air control when jumping is a HUGE improvement), gameplay got more varied (once games could actually have levels that were more than just an increased number of enemies), frustrating gameplay got killed off, saves were introduced to allow for games that would last you longer than one sitting and at some point devs even understood that saving doesn't need to be punished, the concept of a story in a game was no longer absurd, etc. Most old games are unintuitive, frustrating and repetitive.
Super Mario Galaxy was reviewed as the best game ever (averaging scores, while it has a lower average than OOT now it was above OOT when it had an equal number of reviews). Yet its graphics are better than any of its predecessors. Mario 64 is crap compared to SMG. Some may miss the exploration but the level design got much better in exchange.
Just wondering... What's the big deal with this whole "showing your papers" fear? What's the problem with being able to tell someone who you are or having a policeman know your name? You already have to identify yourself for loads of things like voting, bank transfers or even logging into your computer (and who'd be so insane as to claim these identifications are unnecessary?). And do you really think a policeman has no way of finding out who you are if you don't carry a piece of paper with your name on it?
A criminal case requires a crime and I don't think you're going to be popular with the police if you keep accusing people of crimes just to get their name.
B A, not select start.
Yeah, sure, because protectionism is the only reason to have guarantees end when the machine is operated outside of spec. Overclocking can easily result in damage to the chip, why would anyone give a warranty on a chip that's operated at a voltage it's not designed for? Why would anyone guarantee your computer will keep working if you replace the OS with who knows what? If you know what you're doing, fine, continue but don't complain about warranties when it turns out you didn't.