His point was that the only factor we changed is that the interaction is now noticed by humans. The claim here does sound a lot like someone thought "observer" means a sentient being. If you don't put a detector in the photon's path and the photon hits the wall instead the photon's wave still collapses (or a universe is selected, depending on how you see it). The story makes it sound like there's a difference between the photon's impact being "observed" by the wall and by some scientists reading the detector's output. If that was not the claim then our measurement of the dark matter wouldn't have an effect because the planet would still be hit by that radiation and still cause it to be "observed", just by an inanimate surface instead of the self-proclaimed king of creation.
They had a contract. The supplier failed to follow it. Breach of contract is handled like this, I doubt the contract had anything about "just return it and go elsewhere" in it (also I'm not sure govt spending can be redirected as easily as that, remember that there's the whole lowest bidder thing to go through). Even if, that would cause additional costs for the govt because of the additional work to get another machine made. If a store sells you a product that's not what you told them you want that's fraud, if a supplier sells you something that's not what the contract specified that's breach of contract.
That and rerouting cables could change signal latencies which could change the system's behaviour, especially if the system is designed to be vulnerable to such changes.
Perjury is lying under oath or under penalty of perjury. While you cannot put others under penalty without their consent you declared yourself that you do this under penalty of perjury which is pretty much the same as giving an oath. I'm not sure there's any law preventing you from putting yourself under an oath when you choose to do so.
Pointing out a few horrible games doesn't prove anything, I could find you three horrible games for any platform but that doesn't mean there aren't better games.
I don't think the Wii version is specifically designed for the system, it's just a port of the PS2 version. While it's possible that this doesn't suck the likelyhood is very, VERY low.
Nintendo may not have the respect of the hard core gamer, and doesn't deserve it, IMHO, after rehashing the same IP over and over again and focusing on children
That must be a very soft hardcore gamer you're thinking of, my definition of hardcore includes the ability to overlook superficialities if the game is good, someone who plays the games to look cool instead of the gameplay is not part of the hard core of gaming. Reviews rank Super Mario Galaxy as the second best game of all time (currently, of course that'll change as more reviews get added but it's a really strong start) so that'd have to be a strong aversion against sequels (which apparently isn't an issue when the IP that gets sequelled involves blood and gore, eh?) and colorful games.
Must be your specific store, here all stores have already dissolved their XBox sections and only keep the 360. The Wii gets at least as much as the 360, in some places more.
FFCC wasn't much fun in singleplayer because of the repetition (not just the levels, many enemies require fighting in patterns and those patterns get repetitive) and because it had its complexity in the wrong spots (crafting, anyone?). I expect they have learned from this though and the next bunch of games won't have these issues.
Obviously in place right now, wouldn't be easy to post on Slashdot with no internet connection. Or do you think the US laid all those lines and paid for all those routers and servers in his country? The internet is as big as it is because there's parts of it all over the world.
Technically everyone's on a per MB plan because most ISPs have a limit that they'll disconnect you for going over, even if the plan is supposedly unlimited and the figure is not publicly known.
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A hominid that lives below bridges, most likely.
His point was that the only factor we changed is that the interaction is now noticed by humans. The claim here does sound a lot like someone thought "observer" means a sentient being. If you don't put a detector in the photon's path and the photon hits the wall instead the photon's wave still collapses (or a universe is selected, depending on how you see it). The story makes it sound like there's a difference between the photon's impact being "observed" by the wall and by some scientists reading the detector's output. If that was not the claim then our measurement of the dark matter wouldn't have an effect because the planet would still be hit by that radiation and still cause it to be "observed", just by an inanimate surface instead of the self-proclaimed king of creation.
Same way you would from an 18 year old?
They had a contract. The supplier failed to follow it. Breach of contract is handled like this, I doubt the contract had anything about "just return it and go elsewhere" in it (also I'm not sure govt spending can be redirected as easily as that, remember that there's the whole lowest bidder thing to go through). Even if, that would cause additional costs for the govt because of the additional work to get another machine made. If a store sells you a product that's not what you told them you want that's fraud, if a supplier sells you something that's not what the contract specified that's breach of contract.
That and rerouting cables could change signal latencies which could change the system's behaviour, especially if the system is designed to be vulnerable to such changes.
Noone has tried it, the console makers might accept another rating system as well.
Perjury is lying under oath or under penalty of perjury. While you cannot put others under penalty without their consent you declared yourself that you do this under penalty of perjury which is pretty much the same as giving an oath. I'm not sure there's any law preventing you from putting yourself under an oath when you choose to do so.
No idea but I assume sending a letter with the words "under penalty of perjury" puts you under that penalty, no matter what other laws there are.
Considering this is Japan, it's probably more like the big brother raping the little sister in ways human anatomy shouldn't allow.
They probably get that three times a day. Not going to get much laughs out of that anymore.
If I recall the DMCA letter correctly you have to assure under penalty of perjury that you are or represent the copyright holder.
Pointing out a few horrible games doesn't prove anything, I could find you three horrible games for any platform but that doesn't mean there aren't better games.
What makes you think that gamers don't buy the Wii?
You know that the DS got over that some time ago?
I don't think the Wii version is specifically designed for the system, it's just a port of the PS2 version. While it's possible that this doesn't suck the likelyhood is very, VERY low.
Yeah, kinda makes predictions impossible. Not that it stops people from trying.
Just like most of us here on Slashdot don't know (without the assistance of a search engine) who won the 1982 Super Bowl.
True, I never cared much for bowling.
Yes but errors always happen.
Nintendo may not have the respect of the hard core gamer, and doesn't deserve it, IMHO, after rehashing the same IP over and over again and focusing on children
That must be a very soft hardcore gamer you're thinking of, my definition of hardcore includes the ability to overlook superficialities if the game is good, someone who plays the games to look cool instead of the gameplay is not part of the hard core of gaming. Reviews rank Super Mario Galaxy as the second best game of all time (currently, of course that'll change as more reviews get added but it's a really strong start) so that'd have to be a strong aversion against sequels (which apparently isn't an issue when the IP that gets sequelled involves blood and gore, eh?) and colorful games.
Must be your specific store, here all stores have already dissolved their XBox sections and only keep the 360. The Wii gets at least as much as the 360, in some places more.
FFCC wasn't much fun in singleplayer because of the repetition (not just the levels, many enemies require fighting in patterns and those patterns get repetitive) and because it had its complexity in the wrong spots (crafting, anyone?). I expect they have learned from this though and the next bunch of games won't have these issues.
So, where's your internet?
Obviously in place right now, wouldn't be easy to post on Slashdot with no internet connection. Or do you think the US laid all those lines and paid for all those routers and servers in his country? The internet is as big as it is because there's parts of it all over the world.
The US, where showing the unpleasant parts of human anatomy gets you in jail...
Mass exodus? How so? Who'd even know about the deal as long as the govt doesn't run out screaming "YAY WE HAVE ALL WOW CUSTOMER DATA!"?
Technically everyone's on a per MB plan because most ISPs have a limit that they'll disconnect you for going over, even if the plan is supposedly unlimited and the figure is not publicly known.