It isn't but if the backup is gone your original still works. It would take two simultaneous fires to take down both the backup site AND your office to destroy the data, even more if you have multiple off-site backups (say, tapes in a warehouse somewhere).
I don't think it's idealistic, if the populace of a country is pissed off enough they'll just wipe the govt out. Propaganda and indoctrination are effective means to prevent people from ever getting pissed off enough. Offering distractions works well, too. More people care about the next round of Big Brother than the USAPATRIOT Act.
A statement of intention would be great, especially if judges were allowed/forced to take them into account when interpreting laws so no law would be used for something it wasn't meant for (remember the DMCA abuse?). OTOH they'd probably get marketers or lawyers to write those and the result would be useless to everyone.
Yes but clicking doesn't cost anything so the user is less likely to decide "I'll do that later". I don't think I'm alone in taking a day or two to decide whether to buy something I see. Clicking an ad is nothing you need to deliberate about because if it turns out the result isn't worth it you close the tab and forget about it.
No, the publisher pays 10$, the mediator gets 2$, the publisher gets 1$ and cancels the 10$ transaction. Therefore he didn't pay 10$ and the advertiser is stuck with both the 2$ ad bill and the chargeback fees from the credit card company.
The complaints here say that the only way to reinstall Windows on a Dell (unless you have a separate Windows version) is using the recovery CDs they give you and those reinstalll all the crap.
The standard capitalist response to any complaints is "take your business elsewhere". Of course that's going to help. Yes. You could go to... like... um...
The standard Apple fanboy response to anything is "get a Mac". Yes, because paying 660€ for a bottom-of-the-barrel computer is competitive...
The only answer I've seen is building your own PC. Mainboards come with manuals that guide you through every step of building the PC. There isn't much you can do wrong. Okay, you can pick incompatible components but that's something you should ask the clerk about. In a proper computer store the clerk will be able to give you a proper answer.
The next problem is the price of a standalone version of Windows*. Something like 250€. No wonder everyone's pirating that. Why is there such a huge cost difference between a standalone and an OEM version? Does MS conspire with computer manufacturers to make sure that building your own rig is too expensive? Of course there's Linux but if you were going to install Linux you wouldn't complain about the bundled crap anyway. I think in the case of Linux it's still cheaper to build your own PC since you don't pay for the final assembly and you don't pay for OEM software.
*= This has to be taken into account for a Mac as well. I don't think Apple is a certified Microsoft OEM.
Yes but a decent router includes a firewall so the "no firewall" statement would be false. Put a WinXP box in the DMZ of your router and see how long it lasts.
The action of waving my arms around or shaking hands or even swaying back and forth just appears to be as another style of button mashing to me.
The act of writing a great book is button mashing as well. Writing a book isn't mindless and neither is using the Wii controller. You don't just randomly shake it around, you point where you want it to point, you swing the way you want it to swing, etc. If you think all this will do is to replace button presses with gestures then you're thinking too much about how to adapt current gameplay to a different controller rather than designing gameplay for that controller.
Free movement of an object in the player's hand would allow us to get rid of the use button, instead of selecting a stick from your inventory, going close to the lever base and pressing use to use the stick as a lever would be replaced with selecting the stick from your inventory, going to the lever base and sticking it in there yourself, subsequently using it as the lever. This would also require the player to solve a puzzzle by thinking rather than going to each hotspot and trying to use each item in his inventory. Did you never have a moment in a game where you think you've got the solution, pull out the item, press use and the character does something entirely different from what you had in mind?
Yeah, the screen could show your avatar hold, I dunno, a trout instead of the controller. There's also the option to use the nunchaku but then you only get herings.
Yes but once they have eliminated all competitors they'll leave it at 2.5 implemented laws plus proprietary extensions until an opensource competitor threatens their stranglehold on the market.
A much more effective way would be to join one of the government branches, legislative or judicative (not sure the executive can do much in that field). Become a judge and make sure the laws are adhered to (especially that new laws adhere to the rlesset by earlier, superceding laws), become a politician and prevent stupid laws from being passed in first place.
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1. Paleoclimatology. If we needed witnesses we'd never have known there was such a thing as an ice age.
2. Temperature and weather records exist.
As a kid I was constantly either horrified or disgusted by Nickelodeon, it would take quite something for an episode to be unsuitble for THAT network.
It isn't but if the backup is gone your original still works. It would take two simultaneous fires to take down both the backup site AND your office to destroy the data, even more if you have multiple off-site backups (say, tapes in a warehouse somewhere).
The prices are only exorbitant for Macs, PC components usually cost the same as they do in the US.
I don't think it's idealistic, if the populace of a country is pissed off enough they'll just wipe the govt out. Propaganda and indoctrination are effective means to prevent people from ever getting pissed off enough. Offering distractions works well, too. More people care about the next round of Big Brother than the USAPATRIOT Act.
The Mac Mini costs 630€:
1.5GHz Intel Core
512MB RAM
60GB HDD
Combo-drive (CD writer, DVD reader)
No 3d card
Cheapass PC 275€:
3000+ AMD mobility
512MB RAM
80GB HDD
Combo-drive (CD writer, DVD reader)
No 3d card
Now of course these aren't completely equivalent because I can't be bothered to look for a PC that has EXACTLY those specs but they are close enough.
A statement of intention would be great, especially if judges were allowed/forced to take them into account when interpreting laws so no law would be used for something it wasn't meant for (remember the DMCA abuse?). OTOH they'd probably get marketers or lawyers to write those and the result would be useless to everyone.
Yes but clicking doesn't cost anything so the user is less likely to decide "I'll do that later". I don't think I'm alone in taking a day or two to decide whether to buy something I see. Clicking an ad is nothing you need to deliberate about because if it turns out the result isn't worth it you close the tab and forget about it.
No, the publisher pays 10$, the mediator gets 2$, the publisher gets 1$ and cancels the 10$ transaction. Therefore he didn't pay 10$ and the advertiser is stuck with both the 2$ ad bill and the chargeback fees from the credit card company.
The complaints here say that the only way to reinstall Windows on a Dell (unless you have a separate Windows version) is using the recovery CDs they give you and those reinstalll all the crap.
The standard capitalist response to any complaints is "take your business elsewhere". Of course that's going to help. Yes. You could go to... like... um...
The standard Apple fanboy response to anything is "get a Mac". Yes, because paying 660€ for a bottom-of-the-barrel computer is competitive...
The only answer I've seen is building your own PC. Mainboards come with manuals that guide you through every step of building the PC. There isn't much you can do wrong. Okay, you can pick incompatible components but that's something you should ask the clerk about. In a proper computer store the clerk will be able to give you a proper answer.
The next problem is the price of a standalone version of Windows*. Something like 250€. No wonder everyone's pirating that. Why is there such a huge cost difference between a standalone and an OEM version? Does MS conspire with computer manufacturers to make sure that building your own rig is too expensive? Of course there's Linux but if you were going to install Linux you wouldn't complain about the bundled crap anyway. I think in the case of Linux it's still cheaper to build your own PC since you don't pay for the final assembly and you don't pay for OEM software.
*= This has to be taken into account for a Mac as well. I don't think Apple is a certified Microsoft OEM.
The Flying Spaghetti Monster did no such thing!
Yeah, in turn they charge like 2-3 times as much as most other manufacturers.
Of course a virus wouldn't need to do a clean uninstall, just killing a few processes and corrupting the binaries.
Yes but a decent router includes a firewall so the "no firewall" statement would be false. Put a WinXP box in the DMZ of your router and see how long it lasts.
You're making the assumption that Germany isn't overrun by immigrants. I think other countries avoid that with stricter immigration policies.
I'd assume AT&T would be the only internet provider there as well.
The action of waving my arms around or shaking hands or even swaying back and forth just appears to be as another style of button mashing to me.
The act of writing a great book is button mashing as well. Writing a book isn't mindless and neither is using the Wii controller. You don't just randomly shake it around, you point where you want it to point, you swing the way you want it to swing, etc. If you think all this will do is to replace button presses with gestures then you're thinking too much about how to adapt current gameplay to a different controller rather than designing gameplay for that controller.
Free movement of an object in the player's hand would allow us to get rid of the use button, instead of selecting a stick from your inventory, going close to the lever base and pressing use to use the stick as a lever would be replaced with selecting the stick from your inventory, going to the lever base and sticking it in there yourself, subsequently using it as the lever. This would also require the player to solve a puzzzle by thinking rather than going to each hotspot and trying to use each item in his inventory. Did you never have a moment in a game where you think you've got the solution, pull out the item, press use and the character does something entirely different from what you had in mind?
That's why the Wii has no HD support, so you don't need to risk your expensive hardware if you don't want to miss out on anything.
Yeah, the screen could show your avatar hold, I dunno, a trout instead of the controller. There's also the option to use the nunchaku but then you only get herings.
Yes but once they have eliminated all competitors they'll leave it at 2.5 implemented laws plus proprietary extensions until an opensource competitor threatens their stranglehold on the market.
No but it can accurately calculate your power bill.
A much more effective way would be to join one of the government branches, legislative or judicative (not sure the executive can do much in that field). Become a judge and make sure the laws are adhered to (especially that new laws adhere to the rlesset by earlier, superceding laws), become a politician and prevent stupid laws from being passed in first place.
forces the sale of ethanol within a few years
What exactly does that mean? That you can't have alcoholic beverages aging for more than a set number of years?
I think we'd have to hope for Microsoft to act if we want another Battletech MMO attempt. Micropayments are right up their alley.