It just takes one kind of alien (or human for that matter) willing to conquer the universe to start a war. Even if there are millions of docile civilizations out there, one warmongering civ would mean war and if those docile civs are so docile that they don't have internal fights either the warmongering kind would probably win because they are adapted for warfare.
Perhaps they just assume a bell curve and that we're probably not on the high end of that, the more advanced a species the more likely we would be to encounter it (since it would expand more) or at least that's what we think.
It is because it uses your OS monopoly to forego the steps where the user has to find out that the browser exists, decide that he wants it and then install it.
Because most people don't know abouzt browsers and just use the default one which happens to be horribly broken, forcing web designers to code something really weird just to make it display for most users?
You can be forced to unbundle but MS would be screwed if they had to ship an OS without any browser since it's not easy to get a browser without a browser, forcing them to pick between no browser or competing browsers is fair IMO.
Yeah but lasers are pretty close to the holy grail of anti-air, they have almost zero delay to impact so the target doesn't get a chance to deploy any countermeasures or launch any weapons at the laser station. If a larger group of planes went over such a laser you could destroy a few of them before they've even determined your location.
How many people who believe that dying for their cause is the best they can do are actually in a position to acquire and launch a nuclear weapon? The fanatics are grunts, they don't do complicated things like that. The leaders? If Bin-Laden truly believed suicide was guaranteed heaven, do you think he would act as a leader instead of going for an attack himself? Telling grunts that they go to heaven is standard motivational speech, the crusades taught the same thing but you didn't see the pope grabbing a sword and going down to Jerusalem or Hassan i-Sabbah grabbing a knife and doing assassinations himself. The leaders know they're talking bullshit, they just indoctrinate the grunts to get followers who don't ask questions.
The non-state actors probably won't possess the means to launch an ICBM, they'll probably go for ground-based delivery (suitcase or maybe a truck) which won't show up on your antinuke's radar.
What about using a similarily powerful laser to just shoot the plane out of the sky? I'm not sure a 12000 lbs laser fits into a stealth bomber or if it can be fired without being detectable long enough that AA lasers roast your 2 billion dollar aircraft.
Anti-nukes are not a stabilizer, they destroy the doctrine of MAD by allowing one side to use a nuclear strike without fear of retaliation. The only logical response for a country with nukes but no antinukes is to launch the nukes NOW and eliminate the antinuke country before it turns into a onesided nuclear war. Once both sides have antinukes the nuclear threat is neutralized and a conventional war becomes much more likely since neither country will face the risk of being annihilated by a nuclear strike. Without nukes the cold war wouldn't have stayed cold, nukes just make sure there is no possible gain in a war.
Also wasn't the biggest problem with antinukes to actually target the warheads? A modern ICBM doesn't come down in one piece, there's a crapton of warheads, decoys and other debries up there and missing one warhead means the attack is successful.
I don't see much wrong with digital controls, the only reason I might want an analog stick is to have more than 8 directions and with the mouse I can rotate them easily. The hate for platforming is mostly that the platform has to be below your viewpoint for you to stand on it instead of seeing it in your view and having a character that lands on it. Metroid Prime worked in part because the platforms simply had a unified distance so you just had to run and jump to make it, no depth perception necessary.
I thought the same when I read Gamespot's "Bioshock zaps VGAs" headline except I considered VGA to be a shorthand for any kind of graphics hardware in that context.
A quick google got me this page which shows a disassembled Wiimote. The only wires in there are a pair connecting the rumble motor, the rest is traces on the PCB. No analog sticks either, those are only on the Wiimote addons which probably won't go flying as easily.
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Just apply liberal amounts of doublethink.
he insisted the cavemen had it right when they just left the old, infirm, etc. to die outside in the snow
AFAIK even very early cavemen didn't do that, there's evidence of cavemen taking care of the crippled and elderly.
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It just takes one kind of alien (or human for that matter) willing to conquer the universe to start a war. Even if there are millions of docile civilizations out there, one warmongering civ would mean war and if those docile civs are so docile that they don't have internal fights either the warmongering kind would probably win because they are adapted for warfare.
Perhaps they just assume a bell curve and that we're probably not on the high end of that, the more advanced a species the more likely we would be to encounter it (since it would expand more) or at least that's what we think.
How come MS didn't buy the court when they were being sued over the Media Player?
It is because it uses your OS monopoly to forego the steps where the user has to find out that the browser exists, decide that he wants it and then install it.
Because most people don't know abouzt browsers and just use the default one which happens to be horribly broken, forcing web designers to code something really weird just to make it display for most users?
You can be forced to unbundle but MS would be screwed if they had to ship an OS without any browser since it's not easy to get a browser without a browser, forcing them to pick between no browser or competing browsers is fair IMO.
Yeah but lasers are pretty close to the holy grail of anti-air, they have almost zero delay to impact so the target doesn't get a chance to deploy any countermeasures or launch any weapons at the laser station. If a larger group of planes went over such a laser you could destroy a few of them before they've even determined your location.
How many people who believe that dying for their cause is the best they can do are actually in a position to acquire and launch a nuclear weapon? The fanatics are grunts, they don't do complicated things like that. The leaders? If Bin-Laden truly believed suicide was guaranteed heaven, do you think he would act as a leader instead of going for an attack himself? Telling grunts that they go to heaven is standard motivational speech, the crusades taught the same thing but you didn't see the pope grabbing a sword and going down to Jerusalem or Hassan i-Sabbah grabbing a knife and doing assassinations himself. The leaders know they're talking bullshit, they just indoctrinate the grunts to get followers who don't ask questions.
The non-state actors probably won't possess the means to launch an ICBM, they'll probably go for ground-based delivery (suitcase or maybe a truck) which won't show up on your antinuke's radar.
No, you just want to avoid a one-sided nuclear war being waged AGAINST you. If the missiles hit someone else that's not your problem anymore.
What about using a similarily powerful laser to just shoot the plane out of the sky? I'm not sure a 12000 lbs laser fits into a stealth bomber or if it can be fired without being detectable long enough that AA lasers roast your 2 billion dollar aircraft.
Pfft, in a democracy the administration is disposable. Just elect a new one, there's enough people lining up for the job.
Anti-nukes are not a stabilizer, they destroy the doctrine of MAD by allowing one side to use a nuclear strike without fear of retaliation. The only logical response for a country with nukes but no antinukes is to launch the nukes NOW and eliminate the antinuke country before it turns into a onesided nuclear war. Once both sides have antinukes the nuclear threat is neutralized and a conventional war becomes much more likely since neither country will face the risk of being annihilated by a nuclear strike. Without nukes the cold war wouldn't have stayed cold, nukes just make sure there is no possible gain in a war.
Also wasn't the biggest problem with antinukes to actually target the warheads? A modern ICBM doesn't come down in one piece, there's a crapton of warheads, decoys and other debries up there and missing one warhead means the attack is successful.
Think of it as a recoilless cannon. At 12000 lbs you could probably mount a lot of firepower on the plane instead.
Dunno, I didn't have many problems with platforming outside of Half-Life IIRC, may just have been the Half-Life movement physics.
I don't see much wrong with digital controls, the only reason I might want an analog stick is to have more than 8 directions and with the mouse I can rotate them easily. The hate for platforming is mostly that the platform has to be below your viewpoint for you to stand on it instead of seeing it in your view and having a character that lands on it. Metroid Prime worked in part because the platforms simply had a unified distance so you just had to run and jump to make it, no depth perception necessary.
Where does that leave Bob?
It does affect reaction times which can mean life or death in an FPS.
I thought the same when I read Gamespot's "Bioshock zaps VGAs" headline except I considered VGA to be a shorthand for any kind of graphics hardware in that context.
I thought it automatically snaps up to reserve price once your maximum bid is higher than that? Maybe the reserve was higher than you thought?
Not just that, it can play Britney's entire discography SIMULTANEOUSLY. My 5 1/4" drive can only play punk rock.
A quick google got me this page which shows a disassembled Wiimote. The only wires in there are a pair connecting the rumble motor, the rest is traces on the PCB. No analog sticks either, those are only on the Wiimote addons which probably won't go flying as easily.