Why not make these sorts of "skills" part of the game.
I always thought that SWG could have used something along those lines, Databases and Systems within the game, which could be hacked by both sides - and I am not talking about whatever that so called "hacking" was which needed to be done in order to take down a base - by a Bio-Engineer? Silly.
The whole concept of Information Security lends itself to the Sci-Fi game, and pulls the player in - in a very real way.
That Diebold machines are used anywhere in this country, after what happened in California, speaks volumes about just how far through the looking glass we are.
Once again, man is looking at this problem from the standpoint of brute strength - ie building a "cable" so strong that it can overcome not only its own weight, but the forces of nature within the atmosphere. Most of such an elevator" would be within the Earth's atmospehere, which is a mechanical bull of a place to be if you are a 150km long cable stretching from the ground all the way into space.
Whatever the answer is, it is going to be a hell of a lot more elegant than the use of nothing but brute tensile strength - like dredging and pumping half of the mass of the planet into space, bringing space to us - now that's elegant.
First, let me say that I have been paying attention to Boortz since the days when his biggest cause was the Noise Abatement policy at the PDK airport in Atlanta, early 90's I guess. Lately though, I sometimes find myself thinking I am listening to Limbaugh. sigh
I have heard him speak about this issue on his radio program.
First is the premise that if teens want adult rights, then with them come adult responsibilites and sentencing guidlines. To me, this begs the question of WHY the State should grant this right in the first place, when it clearly sees a 16 year old as something less than an adult in many other areas. Like voting, alcohol and liability.
A 16 year old kid can't vote, and therefore has no one representing him and his place on the roads he travels on, the usage of which he is taxed for every time he fills up the tank. The Colonists had a term for this curiously unfair situation, but I can't remember what it was.
What if the law were changed to allow children to drive at the age of six? "And remember young man, you will be treated as an adult and will go to big kid prison if you do something stupid!" That sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? I think so too, even for a sixteen year old.
Adolescence is a form of mental illness, this is well documented. We put some of the most deranged people around out on the roads and then complain about how they perform?
Kids don't respond to the threat of possible future punishment nearly as well as they repsond to seeing nothing but good examples all around them. I live in the Atlanta area, like Neal, and this is no laid back putt putt on down the road at your own pace kind of driving scene we are sporting here. It is fast, it is rude and very often - it is amazingly stupid.
What example does a kid learning to drive in Atlanta see? He sees Speed Limit signs every 1/2 mile, and drivers violating that Limit every 11 feet. When John Law comes rolling up from behind, they do slow down, to 75mph, still 20mph over the limit. What does this tell our young Buck about the Law?
Turn signals are entirely optional from what I can tell. I can't imagine the non-use of them being ticketed in this city. It's like speeding, where would they start? Every year, they should just mail a 100.00 ticket to every driver in the Atlanta area.
The only people who seem to obey the speed limit in this town are the elderly and foreigners. Most good people have sense not to scream at elderly drivers, on a good day at least. But the foreigners doing 55 in the right lane are lambasted.
They are following the letter of the Law. The Law in their country might have them stripped to the waist at the head of an exit ramp for all to see. Forced to wear a Mercury hat while enduring the torture of a good caning, they pay the ultimate price for their "heinous alactrity". And that's just for 1kmph over in Singapore.
I'll bet they don't have alot of teen driving problems in Singapore.
We need Traffic Law reform. Nobody likes the Speed Limits, even at these newer, more heinous levels. That much is obvious. If the entire country is speeding, who exactly, in the drippin' gonorhea is being represented when the Speed Limits get set?
We need Drivers License Requirement Reform. I hold a Private Pilot's license, as, again, does Neal (pee shiver). I never did much with my ticket after I got it, I enrolled in Flight School with the hopes of assuaging an hysterical fear of commercial airtravel.
It didn't work.
I did, however, learn one thing: speed is directly proportional to the rate at which "factors" can accelerate you towards your doom. Factors such as experience, weather, equipment and fatigue can converge in the most insidious of ways in the world of aviation. And on the road.
Driver Education should require controlled four point drifts while Jet Li punches your head through the moonroof, not just the cursory glance to make sure that Applicant does indeed have a face. You can't have a Driver's License without a face after all.
Adults, quit bemoaning Teens, you are involved and the cause of most fatal accidents, and yet you aren't excused by your youth.
Assuming that everyone agrees that the current state of affairs is unsustainable, I think we must also realize that people (Americans in particular) are not going to change their attitudes and behavior about energy until they start feeling some pain.
I don't see myself actually constructing and using a solar oven as you mentioned, except as maybe an amusement. Now, raise the price of my electricity or natural gas by a factor of 10 and I will be the first on my block to cook some chili in a cardboard box.
No, I'm not saying that GM or the local Pizza Hut should be priced out of business, but some of the things we waste energy on in our homes is just downright shameful when you consider the cheap price now and the huge cost later.
Give us some incentive to do some of the things cr0sh is mentioning. By us, I mean all of us, not just the progressive thinkers.
It's going to take pain, from the bottom up, to start a sea change.
I find your comment interesting, because I quickly arrived at the same conclusion as yourself. What came to my mind was Boeing's access to, and abuse of, our nations ELINT systems, specifically Echelon.
My guess is that the right corporations can already get whatever imagery they want.
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Why not make these sorts of "skills" part of the game.
I always thought that SWG could have used something along those lines, Databases and Systems within the game, which could be hacked by both sides - and I am not talking about whatever that so called "hacking" was which needed to be done in order to take down a base - by a Bio-Engineer? Silly.
The whole concept of Information Security lends itself to the Sci-Fi game, and pulls the player in - in a very real way.
Embrace it, don't fight it devs.
That Diebold machines are used anywhere in this country, after what happened in California, speaks volumes about just how far through the looking glass we are.
Once again, man is looking at this problem from the standpoint of brute strength - ie building a "cable" so strong that it can overcome not only its own weight, but the forces of nature within the atmosphere. Most of such an elevator" would be within the Earth's atmospehere, which is a mechanical bull of a place to be if you are a 150km long cable stretching from the ground all the way into space.
Whatever the answer is, it is going to be a hell of a lot more elegant than the use of nothing but brute tensile strength - like dredging and pumping half of the mass of the planet into space, bringing space to us - now that's elegant.
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First, let me say that I have been paying attention to Boortz since the days when his biggest cause was the Noise Abatement policy at the PDK airport in Atlanta, early 90's I guess. Lately though, I sometimes find myself thinking I am listening to Limbaugh. sigh I have heard him speak about this issue on his radio program. First is the premise that if teens want adult rights, then with them come adult responsibilites and sentencing guidlines. To me, this begs the question of WHY the State should grant this right in the first place, when it clearly sees a 16 year old as something less than an adult in many other areas. Like voting, alcohol and liability. A 16 year old kid can't vote, and therefore has no one representing him and his place on the roads he travels on, the usage of which he is taxed for every time he fills up the tank. The Colonists had a term for this curiously unfair situation, but I can't remember what it was. What if the law were changed to allow children to drive at the age of six? "And remember young man, you will be treated as an adult and will go to big kid prison if you do something stupid!" That sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? I think so too, even for a sixteen year old. Adolescence is a form of mental illness, this is well documented. We put some of the most deranged people around out on the roads and then complain about how they perform? Kids don't respond to the threat of possible future punishment nearly as well as they repsond to seeing nothing but good examples all around them. I live in the Atlanta area, like Neal, and this is no laid back putt putt on down the road at your own pace kind of driving scene we are sporting here. It is fast, it is rude and very often - it is amazingly stupid. What example does a kid learning to drive in Atlanta see? He sees Speed Limit signs every 1/2 mile, and drivers violating that Limit every 11 feet. When John Law comes rolling up from behind, they do slow down, to 75mph, still 20mph over the limit. What does this tell our young Buck about the Law? Turn signals are entirely optional from what I can tell. I can't imagine the non-use of them being ticketed in this city. It's like speeding, where would they start? Every year, they should just mail a 100.00 ticket to every driver in the Atlanta area. The only people who seem to obey the speed limit in this town are the elderly and foreigners. Most good people have sense not to scream at elderly drivers, on a good day at least. But the foreigners doing 55 in the right lane are lambasted. They are following the letter of the Law. The Law in their country might have them stripped to the waist at the head of an exit ramp for all to see. Forced to wear a Mercury hat while enduring the torture of a good caning, they pay the ultimate price for their "heinous alactrity". And that's just for 1kmph over in Singapore. I'll bet they don't have alot of teen driving problems in Singapore. We need Traffic Law reform. Nobody likes the Speed Limits, even at these newer, more heinous levels. That much is obvious. If the entire country is speeding, who exactly, in the drippin' gonorhea is being represented when the Speed Limits get set? We need Drivers License Requirement Reform. I hold a Private Pilot's license, as, again, does Neal (pee shiver). I never did much with my ticket after I got it, I enrolled in Flight School with the hopes of assuaging an hysterical fear of commercial airtravel. It didn't work. I did, however, learn one thing: speed is directly proportional to the rate at which "factors" can accelerate you towards your doom. Factors such as experience, weather, equipment and fatigue can converge in the most insidious of ways in the world of aviation. And on the road. Driver Education should require controlled four point drifts while Jet Li punches your head through the moonroof, not just the cursory glance to make sure that Applicant does indeed have a face. You can't have a Driver's License without a face after all. Adults, quit bemoaning Teens, you are involved and the cause of most fatal accidents, and yet you aren't excused by your youth.
Assuming that everyone agrees that the current state of affairs is unsustainable, I think we must also realize that people (Americans in particular) are not going to change their attitudes and behavior about energy until they start feeling some pain. I don't see myself actually constructing and using a solar oven as you mentioned, except as maybe an amusement. Now, raise the price of my electricity or natural gas by a factor of 10 and I will be the first on my block to cook some chili in a cardboard box. No, I'm not saying that GM or the local Pizza Hut should be priced out of business, but some of the things we waste energy on in our homes is just downright shameful when you consider the cheap price now and the huge cost later. Give us some incentive to do some of the things cr0sh is mentioning. By us, I mean all of us, not just the progressive thinkers. It's going to take pain, from the bottom up, to start a sea change.
I find your comment interesting, because I quickly arrived at the same conclusion as yourself. What came to my mind was Boeing's access to, and abuse of, our nations ELINT systems, specifically Echelon. My guess is that the right corporations can already get whatever imagery they want.