Its the problem of parents worldview,in ideal world homeschooling would be the best option for the kids. Besides the kids of creationist parents are likely to go to christian private school which would indoctrinate them more then their parents could.
Its matter of design.WoW is materialistic and dependant on grinding which can be reduced by buying stuff or automating the process by a bot. If your 'virtual utopia' depends on skills only, and those skills cannot be automated or assisted by computer,then you're safe.(e.g. virtual servers of Second Life and skill based games like Go)
Blizzard is fighting what is essentially exploitation of game design.Its profitable and going to be a problem as long as the game exists.
I find the risk of losing my cash substantially lower then risk of random hacker discovering my CC numbers. Think about how much effort/risk is it for a criminal.
Or they purchase stuff online. They don't.They purchase stuff in person even if they select it online(i happen to read reviews and customers feedback before buying e.g. a sound card).
And, since you can often get things for less online than you can via bricks-n-mortar, it is often a money saver. I don't see how cost+shipping is less then cost of product.Many online stores function as bricks and mortar stores too,and buying there in person is much better option.
Unless you're arguing that all the things you can buy online are unnecessary expenditures. Well,i dont see how you could purchase supermarket products online with shipping(if you do,then why you ever get out of home?).
I'm also unfamiliar with any modern store that actually charges more for CC purchases. Stores don't charge more,credit companies charge for use of credit cards.
Beyond which, if you're even vaguely on the ball, credit cards are far more secure than cash. Relyign on my credit card numbers being unhackable by some creep,is liek relying on Internet Explorer to browse the web.
If I leave my credit card someplace, I can make a single phone call and I'm at no financial liability.
The fraudster don't need much time to exploit it.And someone loses money,which meant to be yours/your bank/credit card company.The criminal wins.You encourage crime with this attitude.
If I leave a pile of cash someplace, I can't exactly recover that purchasing power. Only if you a stupid enough person to leave money unattended.
Which, incidentally, makes it easier to track your budget, since you get an itemized list of everything you spent money on, rather than trying to make your own list every time you drop cash on something.
This money trackign is useful if you have very limited resources only. And in real life this just wastes your time. Even online fraud is no problem if you look at your statement every month and verify that the purchases you made are purchases you actually made.
I dont have to worry about the possibility of such crime,because i'm immune.
Not to mention that actually acquiring cash often costs you money in ATM fees, check cashing fees, and/or counter fees at your bank. Unless, of course, your employers pays you in cash which you then stuff in your mattress.
That depends how much you withdraw at once(many small withdrawals are worse then one big),and storing money in your matress is silly.Most people have a safe or box designed for this.
My family never uses them. They are prone to theft(like described article) and cost more then plain cash purchases.Most people who insist on using such a card have a money to watse and need a convinient way to waste it.
Religion and science dont mix. its reason versus faith.Its probably feels good to believe in some God/s and have hopes for afterlife but this can be harmful if it overrides logic and reason.Its better to stop it at start.
If you bring scientific argument s to justify the point evolution never happened,you are not acting from investigative worldview("what happened?") but ("this is what happened and i have the proof in your terms").
MegaDrive/Genesis 6button joystick. Its simple,and very easy to operate(especially when you use millisecond twitch skills). except the mode button:its really badly designed and breaks often.
And for PC: A properly mapped keys on keyboard(with extra short retype delay) would provide the same or better gaming expirience.
The mother ship probaly has hard coutners like scourge or missles with property "appears on target". Its probably to early to speculate but it will be balanced towards release.
While non-ionizing radiation can be harmful,wi-fi is much lower impact then radio/sattelite and TV stations broadcasts. Vibrating and heating molecules of e.g.
water could alter alot of chemical reactions in the human body.The effect will be most pronounced in regions closer to the source. And about sunlight - We are adapted to live under it over periods of thousands of years.(And i don't think cavemen needed sunscreen,unlike the weaklings we become)
Whats more? Your computer is the closest source of EM emissions and you're probably exposed to it all day. The metal panels do not stop all radiation.
Starcraft has the capability of showing 1500 units on screen at once,with some lag(anyone who played evolves maps knows).I suspect it be another Warcraft III with starcraft units.
This is very stupid. Internet anonymity is a core principle which enables online communities. WHat we need is system of reputation: e.g. if you get ignored by 5 players,you get -5 score.if by 10,-10 etc that way player can judge people by their previcious interactions. It needs to be more abuse-proof then simply counting ignores. Auto-ban filters and auto-ignore filters,would be bettter in real-time. Say something stupid,and you're banned/ignored before the message even reaches user screen.
Opera has always been the fastest browser(among graphic capable). Your abstract tests has nothing to do with real world usage where Opera is x2/x5 faster then Firefox. I could wait for site to load in few minutes if it works only in Firefox, (i never use IE) but thats pushing the limit of my patience.No to mention to wait another several minutes each time i start the browser.
I always rename it to wininet.old,it wont plays flash but,will stop programs from reading index.dat and generally increase speed of any internet program. If you need more speed use opera.
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Its the problem of parents worldview,in ideal world homeschooling would be the best option for the kids.
Besides the kids of creationist parents are likely to go to christian private school which would indoctrinate them more then their parents could.
Patenting is incentive to patent hoarding and abusing the patents to make money(by litigation).They slow down technological progress.
Its matter of design.WoW is materialistic and dependant on grinding which can be reduced by buying stuff or automating the process by a bot.
If your 'virtual utopia' depends on skills only,
and those skills cannot be automated or assisted by computer,then you're safe.(e.g. virtual servers of Second Life and skill based games like Go)
Blizzard is fighting what is essentially
exploitation of game design.Its profitable and going to be a problem as long as the game exists.
Their definition of "free market" must be market which megacorporations control without any oversight and small companies have no chance to compete.
I find the risk of losing my cash substantially lower then risk of random hacker discovering my CC numbers.
Think about how much effort/risk is it for a criminal.
Or they purchase stuff online.
They don't.They purchase stuff in person even if they select it online(i happen to read reviews and customers feedback before buying e.g. a sound card).
And, since you can often get things for less online than you can via bricks-n-mortar, it is often a money saver.
I don't see how cost+shipping is less then cost of product.Many online stores function as bricks and mortar stores too,and buying there in person is much better option.
Unless you're arguing that all the things you can buy online are unnecessary expenditures.
Well,i dont see how you could purchase
supermarket products online with shipping(if you do,then why you ever get out of home?).
I'm also unfamiliar with any modern store that actually charges more for CC purchases.
Stores don't charge more,credit companies charge for use of credit cards.
Beyond which, if you're even vaguely on the ball, credit cards are far more secure than cash.
Relyign on my credit card numbers being unhackable by some creep,is liek relying on Internet Explorer to browse the web.
If I leave my credit card someplace, I can make a single phone call and I'm at no financial liability.
The fraudster don't need much time to exploit it.And someone loses money,which meant to be yours/your bank/credit card company.The criminal wins.You encourage crime with this attitude.
If I leave a pile of cash someplace, I can't exactly recover that purchasing power.
Only if you a stupid enough person to leave money unattended.
Which, incidentally, makes it easier to track your budget, since you get an itemized list of everything you spent money on, rather than trying to make your own list every time you drop cash on something.
This money trackign is useful if you have very limited resources only.
And in real life this just wastes your time.
Even online fraud is no problem if you look at your statement every month and verify that the purchases you made are purchases you actually made.
I dont have to worry about the possibility of such crime,because i'm immune.
Not to mention that actually acquiring cash often costs you money in ATM fees, check cashing fees, and/or counter fees at your bank. Unless, of course, your employers pays you in cash which you then stuff in your mattress.
That depends how much you withdraw at once(many small withdrawals are worse then one big),and storing money in your matress is silly.Most people have a safe or box designed for this.
My family never uses them.
They are prone to theft(like described article) and cost more then plain cash purchases.Most people who insist on
using such a card have a money to watse and need a convinient way to waste it.
Religion and science dont mix.
its reason versus faith.Its probably feels good to believe in some God/s and have hopes for afterlife but this can be harmful if it overrides logic and reason.Its better to stop it at start.
If you bring scientific argument s to justify the point evolution never happened,you are not acting from investigative worldview("what happened?") but ("this is what happened and i have the proof in your terms").
MegaDrive/Genesis 6button joystick.
Its simple,and very easy to operate(especially when you use millisecond twitch skills).
except the mode button:its really badly designed and breaks often.
And for PC:
A properly mapped keys on keyboard(with extra short retype delay) would provide the same or better gaming expirience.
It often(almost always) occurs that the lone innovator doesn't have the means,money or skills to implement/develop his invention/idea.
1.Games for people who want to have fun.
2.Games for people who want to have challenge.(e.g. Skill based games)
Bith tyopes have some fun,and some challenge but game focuses on something singular.
The mother ship probaly has hard coutners like scourge or missles with property "appears on target".
Its probably to early to speculate but it will be balanced towards release.
The only luck factor is 70% chance of hitting targets on higher ground and
i think it should be removed to have
chess-like determinism.
While non-ionizing radiation can be harmful,wi-fi is much lower impact then radio/sattelite and TV stations broadcasts.
Vibrating and heating molecules of e.g.
water could alter alot of chemical reactions in the human body.The effect will be most pronounced in regions closer to the source.
And about sunlight - We are adapted to live under it over periods of thousands of years.(And i don't think cavemen needed sunscreen,unlike
the weaklings we become)
Whats more? Your computer is the closest source of EM emissions and
you're probably exposed to it all day.
The metal panels do not stop all radiation.
Yeah,that map is right.For comparison article on Mudkip and Cytoplasm.
Starcraft has the capability of showing 1500 units on screen at once,with some lag(anyone who played evolves maps knows).I suspect it be another Warcraft III with starcraft units.
This is not abuse-proof.What if griefers create throwaway characters,just to accumulate those points and spend them.
This is very stupid. ,-10 etc that way player can judge people by their previcious interactions.
Internet anonymity is a core principle which enables online communities.
WHat we need is system of reputation:
e.g. if you get ignored by 5 players,you get -5 score.if by 10
It needs to be more abuse-proof then simply counting ignores.
Auto-ban filters and auto-ignore filters,would be bettter in real-time.
Say something stupid,and you're banned/ignored before the message even reaches user screen.
They need that money to feed starving RIAA executives.
I wouldn't be so sure about 9/11 in your place.There was coverup of evidence.
Opera has always been the fastest browser(among graphic capable).
Your abstract tests has nothing to do with real world usage where Opera is
x2/x5 faster then Firefox.
I could wait for site to load in few minutes if it works only in Firefox,
(i never use IE) but thats pushing the limit of my patience.No to mention to wait another several minutes each time i start the browser.
I challenge you to time the time from
when you click on url http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess
and the time page in loaded in Firefox completely.(copy the url & close firefox windows,then start firefox and paste the url.)
Then do the same with opera.
I always rename it to wininet.old,it wont plays flash but,will stop programs from reading index.dat and generally increase speed of any internet program.
If you need more speed use opera.
How about StarCraft?
Opening theory works both ways,so the best you can get is a draw.
All clearly winning lines "winning"
will either be refuted or avoided.
Website is computer which contains information created by users or owner, avaialable for browsing through computer network.One computer can host several websites,given the capacity.
A message board is a website that allows
a structured text discussion to take place,where users of the website post
information using a handle for their identity.