In the post-Vietnam era any losses are not acceptable; the American public refuses to accept that a war does cost lives. From the military point of view something that'll lead to more soldiers being saved, thus less negative PR, is extremely valuable.
And by your thinking we should stip away virtually all technology since most of it has been a result of military research. Lets start with the internet - the money used to develop it (I'm really not sure of the amount though) could have sent millions (if not more) of letters. Why it would be so much more practical to have stamps for everyone instead of spending money researching this silly system of computers talking to each other!
Ok, so you save X amount of lives today for that money, when 2X lives could have been saved at this moment if you put that money somewhere else. A year from now you've saved 1.5X, ten years from now you've saved 5X and as time goes on more lives are saved because of that $51 million... then if a conventional war was ever to break out how many thousands, if not millions, of lives would it save?
America in the post-revolution period was actually set up with taxes that went to different churches. The Founders advocated no national one (along with national religion) because they felt it was the responsiblity for the states (which had taxes for churches and an official church). Without looking it up I think the last state to get rid of its official church was ~1830-1840
So if 932 peer reviewed scientific papers say that global warming is happening and humans are causing it, and there's 932 articles written by crackpots and industry lobbyists saying the opposite, the media treat this as being two equivlanet sides of an issue. It makes good copy, but it's incredibly desceptive.
On the numbers you gave it only means that 410 were sure that it was happening and the other 522 weren't... which means the null hypothesis still holds true for the majority of journals. Since you're going off the idea that the null hypothesis is that Global Warming is 1. Not happening and 2. Man made, it'd give more credance to no global warming. Of course, thats just going off the data that you gave.
So... for that last statement, it should be that there's 410 saying that global warming is happening and humans are causing it, and there's 522 that did not say explictly say humans were causing it and it was happening.
Also a second thought - did the people doing the survey group both occurance and man made together? What question was asked? Was the issues of global warming being man made brought up as completely caused by man or that there was also a natural occurrance that was being pushed more by man?
Even more interesting, those who are open minded have a larger tendency to become religious.
McCullough, M. E., Tsang, J., and Brion, S. (2003). Personality Traits in Adolescence as Predictors of Religiousness in Early Adulthood: Findings From the Terman Longitudinal Study. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 29: 980-991.
Its actually amazing to me how nice it is having a US Passport - immirgration and customs just goes by so much faster (this comes from being a Singaporean citizen when I was younger).
The only problem - if the national government decides they want to have it, then the national government'll get it. They'd do so either using the Supreme Court... or it'd go the way that the drinking age went (withholding funding from any state that doesn't come around).
What about games like Galactic Civilzations II? Sure, it isn't the highest grossing game ever, but its an indie game which outsold the publisher/developers goal within a week of being released, not to mention it made it to the top of Walmart's sales charts for games and to the charts of nearly every other retailer out there.
Whats the definition of a 'hit' game anyways? Besides the Napoleon reference The article only talks about how much money is spent on games, not if they make money or anythin gelse, doesn't that get to the whole problem we're having now of games just looking good but (most) playing like crap?
Thats bull. Take for instance China (Xining - the capital of Qinghai province), the GDP of an individual was $800... while its a little higher than $2 a day, its not much, and people in that city enjoy clean water, well-built houses, and electricity.
The American-centric attitude that people have really just makes me sick. Try going to a different country before making all these claims about how we're treating other people so badly - they have the option to take that job or not, and the people that have those jobs are happy they have them (yes, I know people in that situation... and I myself am an immirgrant to the United States).
"will not be eligible for technical support, and the user's warranty will be voided."
Does that mean Microsoft is actually respecting the owner's right to own the console unlike they did with the Xbox? I'm fine with companies saying that its no longer covered by them if you tinker with it, but when they attempt to go beyond that line (ie: claiming DCMA violations, claiming the owner has no right to do what they want with their console) its gone way too far.
They did say that there would be more announcements coming in the future and that they haven't revealed all the secrets of the controller yet. We'll see what else they have.
Saying that Vista is going to cause 'headaches' because the old login software isn't compatiable with it is sort of redundant isn't it? Since Vista is a new architecture and is abandoning GINA for CTP why would anyone expect the programs written for GINA to work?
The more interesting question (imho) is why Microsoft abandoning GINA since "the company had started talking about it at its Professional Developers Conference last September."
Yeah... it really bugs me how people make these sweeping statements about the people in China and how they plan to change everything without recognizing what the real issues are. When I was there the only thing that bugged me was that my personal domain was firewalled (but not my host).
Odd, you're having a problem with Gmail? Back in August it was still working (at least in Beijing/Xi'an/Xining)
No program is going to lead to a mass movement of people looking to circumventing the firewall. From TFA:
One is that many people in a place like China are not even aware they're being censored, says Geist. Even if they are, he predicts, few will make the attempt to get around it. Qiang notes that even young urban males, the greatest beneficiaries of China's economic boom, are reluctant to rock the boat and risk their wealth.
Beyond that, the vast majority of users in China do not own their own computers - they spend their time in internet cafes... which means they're even less likely to have the proxy program. While its a huge topic outside of China, in China itself its not an issue at all.
The only way to tear down the Great Firewall of China is for the regime to collapse.
Historically the United States has always had a two party system. While multiple parties have existed... they have never been able to recieve a large enough body to be considered a major party. When a new party rises one of the old parties dissolves (Whigs -> Republicans in the 1850s).
The problem isn't the two party system but the amount of power that the federal government currently has. Prior to World War II and FDR's sweeping 'reforms' which gave the federal government enough power to ditate its will to the states (when was the last time you heard about states' rights?) a large amount of the role of government was determined by the states, meaning that it was confined to a smaller area where the people in power could be held more responsible and also tried to do what was best for their area (though statesmanship died with the Compromise of 1850).
If people are making such a big deal about the IRS being able to tax MMORPGs... why not apply those same rules to games like Monopoly? The players gain 'goods' through play - and unlike MMORPGs they actually have a physical presence.
Constantly saying that the IRS is going to tax in-game transactions is just scaremongering. You can consider it taxiable income once its converted into real-world cash and thats what would be seen as the transaction. Saying that any changing hands or acquisition of anything which can be considered a good would place such things like Monopoly under that area.
Controllers have always impacted the way people play games - the gamepad revolutionized games (all of those games we had on the original NES and since then aren't practical to play on paddles), the top triggers added to that (allowing for greater control in games), the analog stick greatly added (and became pretty much required for 3d games)... If you want to take another example - take the DDR games... would they be possible without their special controller?
I've had to do a format and reinstall exactly once... for some reason Windows lost the ability to open anything - every file association was completely wiped out with the OS refusing to open a single program, run a single program, or even open a window. Every file became of the unknown variety, and navigation through the file system was impossible (since nothing would open... even folders were unknown). Being limited to a dialup connection where I was fixing the computer and not having access to any second computer which I could put the drive into I opted to reinstall over the current Windows install (thus leaving it on the same partition so the data would still be there).
When it comes down to spyware that just doesn't want to get knocked out... I'm more of the type that'll sit there for hours plsying with the system until I finally beat it...
Morale of the story? Never try to use Norton (apparently the system hosed itself when Norton was installing...)
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True, but its also valid that terrorists have given the American government justification for making privacy closer to extinction.
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin
In the post-Vietnam era any losses are not acceptable; the American public refuses to accept that a war does cost lives. From the military point of view something that'll lead to more soldiers being saved, thus less negative PR, is extremely valuable.
Ok, so you save X amount of lives today for that money, when 2X lives could have been saved at this moment if you put that money somewhere else. A year from now you've saved 1.5X, ten years from now you've saved 5X and as time goes on more lives are saved because of that $51 million... then if a conventional war was ever to break out how many thousands, if not millions, of lives would it save?
That's only on the end user's part - Haeleth's getting at the developer angle.
America in the post-revolution period was actually set up with taxes that went to different churches. The Founders advocated no national one (along with national religion) because they felt it was the responsiblity for the states (which had taxes for churches and an official church). Without looking it up I think the last state to get rid of its official church was ~1830-1840
So... for that last statement, it should be that there's 410 saying that global warming is happening and humans are causing it, and there's 522 that did not say explictly say humans were causing it and it was happening.
Also a second thought - did the people doing the survey group both occurance and man made together? What question was asked? Was the issues of global warming being man made brought up as completely caused by man or that there was also a natural occurrance that was being pushed more by man?
McCullough, M. E., Tsang, J., and Brion, S. (2003). Personality Traits in Adolescence as Predictors of Religiousness in Early Adulthood: Findings From the Terman Longitudinal Study. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 29: 980-991.
Its actually amazing to me how nice it is having a US Passport - immirgration and customs just goes by so much faster (this comes from being a Singaporean citizen when I was younger).
The only problem - if the national government decides they want to have it, then the national government'll get it. They'd do so either using the Supreme Court... or it'd go the way that the drinking age went (withholding funding from any state that doesn't come around).
Whats the definition of a 'hit' game anyways? Besides the Napoleon reference The article only talks about how much money is spent on games, not if they make money or anythin gelse, doesn't that get to the whole problem we're having now of games just looking good but (most) playing like crap?
The American-centric attitude that people have really just makes me sick. Try going to a different country before making all these claims about how we're treating other people so badly - they have the option to take that job or not, and the people that have those jobs are happy they have them (yes, I know people in that situation... and I myself am an immirgrant to the United States).
Lucas won't bother suing - all he needs is to slashdot the server!
Does that mean Microsoft is actually respecting the owner's right to own the console unlike they did with the Xbox? I'm fine with companies saying that its no longer covered by them if you tinker with it, but when they attempt to go beyond that line (ie: claiming DCMA violations, claiming the owner has no right to do what they want with their console) its gone way too far.
Based on that analogy wouldn't the only console anyone would want to buy be the Wii considering that the whole point of video games is to be fun...?
They did say that there would be more announcements coming in the future and that they haven't revealed all the secrets of the controller yet. We'll see what else they have.
The more interesting question (imho) is why Microsoft abandoning GINA since "the company had started talking about it at its Professional Developers Conference last September."
Odd, you're having a problem with Gmail? Back in August it was still working (at least in Beijing/Xi'an/Xining)
One is that many people in a place like China are not even aware they're being censored, says Geist. Even if they are, he predicts, few will make the attempt to get around it. Qiang notes that even young urban males, the greatest beneficiaries of China's economic boom, are reluctant to rock the boat and risk their wealth.
Beyond that, the vast majority of users in China do not own their own computers - they spend their time in internet cafes... which means they're even less likely to have the proxy program. While its a huge topic outside of China, in China itself its not an issue at all.
The only way to tear down the Great Firewall of China is for the regime to collapse.
The problem isn't the two party system but the amount of power that the federal government currently has. Prior to World War II and FDR's sweeping 'reforms' which gave the federal government enough power to ditate its will to the states (when was the last time you heard about states' rights?) a large amount of the role of government was determined by the states, meaning that it was confined to a smaller area where the people in power could be held more responsible and also tried to do what was best for their area (though statesmanship died with the Compromise of 1850).
Constantly saying that the IRS is going to tax in-game transactions is just scaremongering. You can consider it taxiable income once its converted into real-world cash and thats what would be seen as the transaction. Saying that any changing hands or acquisition of anything which can be considered a good would place such things like Monopoly under that area.
Vista will be out in 2007... doesn't an increased in spending by Microsoft reflect marketing they'd have for a new OS?
Controllers have always impacted the way people play games - the gamepad revolutionized games (all of those games we had on the original NES and since then aren't practical to play on paddles), the top triggers added to that (allowing for greater control in games), the analog stick greatly added (and became pretty much required for 3d games)... If you want to take another example - take the DDR games... would they be possible without their special controller?
Sadly, its starforced...
When it comes down to spyware that just doesn't want to get knocked out... I'm more of the type that'll sit there for hours plsying with the system until I finally beat it...
Morale of the story? Never try to use Norton (apparently the system hosed itself when Norton was installing...)