I don't think anyone has tried an unrated game yet. Considering it works for DVDs it may be worth a try.
However I would assume that if the ESRB keeps abusing its monopoly on ratings like that it's going to get some trouble later on, either publishers rejecting the syystem and forming an alternative or even the govt trying to make a federal agency instead.
They don't even need to track this comment, AFAIK you have to pay as much for an internet-connected computer as for a TV (and you are only charged for the most expensive device in the household).
"I have a movie of you meeting with someone else, mwahaaha!"
With today's terrorist laws that can already be reason enough to get you thoroughly investigated and possibly detained if that "someone else" bore even a passing resemblance to any terrorist on any list.
Yet teen pregnancy rates are higher in the US than Europe so reducing the media access isn't doing much there. I read claims that many US areas have problems with parents who believe that cutting sex ed from the school curriculum prevents teen pregnancy and that those parents seem to think kids will wait until they're married just as long as they never see sex ont he TV.
I know in Germany "not rated" means it can't be sold to minors and may later be banned from advertising (there's no full sales ban unless the Constitutional Court decides to introduce one on the basis that the material in question is a hazard to society itself), does Britain have a full ban for unrated material or just selling it in any venue minors can enter?
The combat balancing was a lot like C&C. Only the resource harvesting and the build system were really changed and they added too many general abilities but the restis very much C&C. You have your MG and rocket infantry, your tanks and commandos, building clearers and artillery, etc.
Probably but the whole console market is probably one huge violation of antitrust law. After all the console manufacturers get to decide who can make games for their consoles and sell the hardware below value and such. I don't think MS is any more or less entitled to do this than Sony or Nintendo. In fact the PS2 should have been enough to get Sony labelled as a monopoly and the Gameboy/DS enough for Nintendo.
I would assume the Sims division is not exclusively dedicated to the Sims games, wouldn't be surprising if that was the name for Wright's division since that guy has named most of his games Sim____.
Football clearly qualifies, you need leg strength, endurance, be good at taking the ball away from another player and of course have a strategy that's better than "let's all rush for the ball". Of course not all sports involve strategy (dash? target shooting?) but physical activity is a common theme among all sports that people would not hesistate to label as such, whether chess, poker or robot battling would actually qualify as sports is disputed, the officials may say so but if you ask a random dude on the street you'll probably hear a "no".
It's retroactive because at the time Mickey Mouse was created the term was shorter yet the new term applies to Mickey Mouse. Usually laws like this apply to works created afterwards, not all works.
Most of the things you mentioned are services, e.g. the insurance hands you money and the doctor performs the operation, a lawyer is just a human interface device for the "service" that is the legal system.
Yes but it still looks like he read the % passing number as the average score in the test. He doesn't know the passing score more than we do yet he seems to make his claims based on the % passing.
Subtracting points for wrong answers is supposed to encourage students to skip a question if they don't know what to say rather than give a wrong answer. If someone gets 48% right from his knowledge he can't spray and pray for the remaining 2%.
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I don't think anyone has tried an unrated game yet. Considering it works for DVDs it may be worth a try.
However I would assume that if the ESRB keeps abusing its monopoly on ratings like that it's going to get some trouble later on, either publishers rejecting the syystem and forming an alternative or even the govt trying to make a federal agency instead.
The RAF lawyers are some of the more freedom-loving politicians and probably less likely to pass anti-terrorist laws.
They don't even need to track this comment, AFAIK you have to pay as much for an internet-connected computer as for a TV (and you are only charged for the most expensive device in the household).
"I have a movie of you meeting with someone else, mwahaaha!"
With today's terrorist laws that can already be reason enough to get you thoroughly investigated and possibly detained if that "someone else" bore even a passing resemblance to any terrorist on any list.
If Tor is truly anonymous, wouldn't the connection data of one node be totally meaningless, anyway?
Actually it's made of three dead salmons and some duct tape but for somplicity's sake most just call it tubes.
Because people wanted just that, the mechanics of an old game with a new set of levels?
The same could be said about Sonic 2, 3 and Knuckles.
I want a three-headed monkey!
Doesn't Australia automatically ban anything that cannot be rated 15?
Yet teen pregnancy rates are higher in the US than Europe so reducing the media access isn't doing much there. I read claims that many US areas have problems with parents who believe that cutting sex ed from the school curriculum prevents teen pregnancy and that those parents seem to think kids will wait until they're married just as long as they never see sex ont he TV.
I know in Germany "not rated" means it can't be sold to minors and may later be banned from advertising (there's no full sales ban unless the Constitutional Court decides to introduce one on the basis that the material in question is a hazard to society itself), does Britain have a full ban for unrated material or just selling it in any venue minors can enter?
Well, it IS on the Wii.
The combat balancing was a lot like C&C. Only the resource harvesting and the build system were really changed and they added too many general abilities but the restis very much C&C. You have your MG and rocket infantry, your tanks and commandos, building clearers and artillery, etc.
Probably but the whole console market is probably one huge violation of antitrust law. After all the console manufacturers get to decide who can make games for their consoles and sell the hardware below value and such. I don't think MS is any more or less entitled to do this than Sony or Nintendo. In fact the PS2 should have been enough to get Sony labelled as a monopoly and the Gameboy/DS enough for Nintendo.
I would assume the Sims division is not exclusively dedicated to the Sims games, wouldn't be surprising if that was the name for Wright's division since that guy has named most of his games Sim____.
Wait, first you complain about no new ideas, then they change the C&C series heavily and you call it offensive?
Football clearly qualifies, you need leg strength, endurance, be good at taking the ball away from another player and of course have a strategy that's better than "let's all rush for the ball". Of course not all sports involve strategy (dash? target shooting?) but physical activity is a common theme among all sports that people would not hesistate to label as such, whether chess, poker or robot battling would actually qualify as sports is disputed, the officials may say so but if you ask a random dude on the street you'll probably hear a "no".
You mean Slaaneshdot.
I would consider that extortion: "Give us money or we'll file lawsuits and drag them out until you're bankrupt, whether you're guilty or innocent".
It's retroactive because at the time Mickey Mouse was created the term was shorter yet the new term applies to Mickey Mouse. Usually laws like this apply to works created afterwards, not all works.
Considering the political profile that guy has he's probably getting some money from some political parties that think he's making good ads for them.
Most of the things you mentioned are services, e.g. the insurance hands you money and the doctor performs the operation, a lawyer is just a human interface device for the "service" that is the legal system.
Yes but it still looks like he read the % passing number as the average score in the test. He doesn't know the passing score more than we do yet he seems to make his claims based on the % passing.
Subtracting points for wrong answers is supposed to encourage students to skip a question if they don't know what to say rather than give a wrong answer. If someone gets 48% right from his knowledge he can't spray and pray for the remaining 2%.