Unfortunately, having a good show doesn't really mean you are going to have a successful one. If you have a good show that nobody has heard of, you're not going to be around for very long.
I don't really think this is true. I currently have a Radeon 9800 Pro installed in my computer. Just to give you an idea of about how old it is, I have Rambus RAM installed in my computer. I'm not even sure they make that anymore. It's a 256 card and I don't have much problem playing any of the games I play. I don't remember exactly when I bought the card, but I'm pretty sure it's been at least two or three years.
I'm by no means an expert when it comes to video cards, but who says you have to buy the latest cards to play the latest video games. Suppose when Doom 3 came out, you had a video card that won't really run it very well. Why not buy the $200.00 video card that has been out for maybe a year or so, but will still run Doom 3. Not at the highest settings of course, but still good enough to play the game reliably.
There are what.. 200 million people in the US. Something close to that anyway. Show me that 15% of the people who download music illegally also buy the music legally, and also delete the songs they didn't like once they downloaded them.
I'm certainly not going to argue that it doesn't ever happen. I just don't believe the statement that they are more likely to do it if they download the movies first. I know someone that downloads movies and the only real DVD's they have are the ones they recieved as gifts.
I think this is a very good idea. Not only would it give a sense of closure, but I think it would go along way towards showing your community that while it is sad the world is ending, we care enough about your continued support that we arn't going to just drop you. This would certainly help their reputation and help sales in future games they may publish.
Asheron's Call was also my first MMORPG. I played on Harvestgain for two years. The best thing I think Asheron's Call did that I haven't really seen any other games do is their monthly updates. While World of Warcraft does updates, they are just adding new items, or skills, or something like that. With Asheron's Call, the monthly updates moved the entire storyline of the game along. The whole Martine story arc was by far my favorite. That poor tormented bastard.:)
I don't understand how what you just described doesn't fit into the "harmful" catagory. You said drugs are outlawed because of the crime connected to selling and using them. I would consider that to be something harmful.
You then mention kids smoking and doing other things because of peer pressure, again I would have to think this is considered a harmful thing also. Perhaps it was just bad wording on my part, but I didn't mean to imply that the harm only had to be to the self.
There is a difference between the examples you provided and video games. Alcohol and tobacco are known to be harmful. It is inconclusive whether or not video games actually cause any kind of long term harm.
As far as pornography, maybe it has been shown to be harmful also, or it could just be the culture of America that anything related to sex is automatically a taboo thing. I don't really know enough about the issue to make any kind of reasonable defense for it.
Arrgh! Why why why must we put up with this superstitious mumbo jumbo in government and schools. That kind of crap should only be talked about where it belongs: In church.
I don't think there is anything wrong with teaching religion in school. I do think that it needs to stay out of the science classes though. Teaching religion in a comparitive religion class can be beneficial.
Well, while the paper certainly makes the case that global warming is indeed happening, I think it's still fair to say that we don't know what is causing it.
Yeah, I know. I personally don't have a particular stance when it comes to global warming. I don't know enough about the issue to make any kind of decision on the matter. So, I don't mind showing information from both sides of the debate. I put it up because hopefully other people will read it and add it to their own knowledge base if they don't know about it already.
Even if I did have a stance, I would hope that I wasn't so stubborn, that I wasn't willing to look at data that was contrary to my own point of view.
The article that you linked to seems to suggest that the data about global warming is correct. Each paper shows that because of errors in the way the data was being collected, the temperatures taken were lower than the actual temperature.
The first paper showed that because compensations for the built-in inaccuracies of the radiosondes were not changed when they became better, the reading was lower than it should have been.
The second paper shows that because of friction in the upper atmosphere where the satellites are, their orbits are decaying. These effects were not taken into account, thus the temperature was recorded lower than it really was.
The third paper just mentions that unless all nineteen of the computers they compared had a huge, false underlying assumption, the data was wrong, and not the models themselves.
In the past 450,000 years, there has indeed been a number of dramatic changes in the temperature. Something to note however is that these changes occurded over a very long period of time.
The first major jump appears to happen a little before 325,000 years ago. The temperature was around -8 degrees relative to present climate. If you take the segment from 325,000 years ago to 300,000 years ago, and cut it into five equal segments, I am guessing that the jump probably occured in the space of one of the smaller segments. This would be roughly 5,000 years. So, in 5,000 years, the temperature jumped from about -8 degrees, to what appears to be about 2 maybe 3 degrees. That would equal about.002 degrees per century. That is certainly much less than the.6 degrees over the last century.
Yes, you are right. Instead of directing their efforts to teach about parenting, perhaps it would be better to direct them to improving the public education system in this country.
I keep having to remind myself that the issue of violence in youths is incredibly exaggerated. As many people have pointed out, and can be found here, and here, crime rates among all age groups have actually be declining for the past decade.
I stumbled across this and thought it was rather interesting. The article mentions a study by Richard Lindzen that was published in the March 2001 edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. That study can be found here.
I looked over the actual study but must admit that most of it is to technical for me. So, I will just have to trust the article that it isn't leading me astray.
It basically is summerized that the earth may be able to open up a "vent" that can release enough heat back into space to counter any effect that increased greenhouse gases may cause. High cirrus clouds are able to trap radiation and keep it from going back into space, thus heating the earth. When the temperature rises, the "vent" opens up and lets enough radiation back into space to cool it back down.
Sure, I will still discuss the facts and the information. I would also like to discuss things that are not quite as clear cut. If I am misunderstanding what you are implying, let me know.
I'm still interested in the solar output graphs as well as all the other information that people have provided. I just don't always have time to get to everything at once, so it may take me a few days to give any kind of response. I want to make sure that my remarks are at least somewhat thought out.
It seems like what you are trying to suggest is that all the scientists have some nefarious reason for making it seem like humans are causing global warming. What reason could they possibly have to do this?
Due to the amount of people that are currently involved in this, I would think that if there really was stronger evidence to suggest something else, it would be fairly well known.
It doesn't really matter whether or not violent video games lead to aggression. It is not the governments job to be the parent to the nations children.
Games have a clearly marked label on them that tells what age they are appropriate for. I understand that once kids reach a certain age, they cannot be watched all the time. However, if parents get involved with what their kids are doing, support their children in a loving environment, and show the necessary dicipline when required, then ninty-nine percent of the time, any influence that a video game may have will be cancelled out.
If Hillary Clinton, and Jack Thompson, and every other person out there who feels the need to point fingers at the video game industry really want to accomplish something, then they should direct their efforts to educating the public on what it takes to be a parent, instead of wasting taxpayer money on useless legislation.
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Unfortunately, having a good show doesn't really mean you are going to have a successful one. If you have a good show that nobody has heard of, you're not going to be around for very long.
Yeah, it was pretty expensive at the time. I don't remember the exact figure though. I'm thinking $300.00 perhaps.
I don't really think this is true. I currently have a Radeon 9800 Pro installed in my computer. Just to give you an idea of about how old it is, I have Rambus RAM installed in my computer. I'm not even sure they make that anymore. It's a 256 card and I don't have much problem playing any of the games I play. I don't remember exactly when I bought the card, but I'm pretty sure it's been at least two or three years.
I'm by no means an expert when it comes to video cards, but who says you have to buy the latest cards to play the latest video games. Suppose when Doom 3 came out, you had a video card that won't really run it very well. Why not buy the $200.00 video card that has been out for maybe a year or so, but will still run Doom 3. Not at the highest settings of course, but still good enough to play the game reliably.
There are what.. 200 million people in the US. Something close to that anyway. Show me that 15% of the people who download music illegally also buy the music legally, and also delete the songs they didn't like once they downloaded them.
Personal testimoney isn't good enough. It does not show you are the norm, rather than the exception.
I'm certainly not going to argue that it doesn't ever happen. I just don't believe the statement that they are more likely to do it if they download the movies first. I know someone that downloads movies and the only real DVD's they have are the ones they recieved as gifts.
I think this is a very good idea. Not only would it give a sense of closure, but I think it would go along way towards showing your community that while it is sad the world is ending, we care enough about your continued support that we arn't going to just drop you. This would certainly help their reputation and help sales in future games they may publish.
Asheron's Call was also my first MMORPG. I played on Harvestgain for two years. The best thing I think Asheron's Call did that I haven't really seen any other games do is their monthly updates. While World of Warcraft does updates, they are just adding new items, or skills, or something like that. With Asheron's Call, the monthly updates moved the entire storyline of the game along. The whole Martine story arc was by far my favorite. That poor tormented bastard. :)
Do you have anything to support the claim that people are more willing to buy a DVD if they have already downloaded it?
I don't understand how what you just described doesn't fit into the "harmful" catagory. You said drugs are outlawed because of the crime connected to selling and using them. I would consider that to be something harmful.
You then mention kids smoking and doing other things because of peer pressure, again I would have to think this is considered a harmful thing also. Perhaps it was just bad wording on my part, but I didn't mean to imply that the harm only had to be to the self.
There is a difference between the examples you provided and video games. Alcohol and tobacco are known to be harmful. It is inconclusive whether or not video games actually cause any kind of long term harm.
As far as pornography, maybe it has been shown to be harmful also, or it could just be the culture of America that anything related to sex is automatically a taboo thing. I don't really know enough about the issue to make any kind of reasonable defense for it.
Well, if you're a believer of Aubrey De Grey, then we may be around when that satellite gets back.
Arrgh! Why why why must we put up with this superstitious mumbo jumbo in government and schools. That kind of crap should only be talked about where it belongs: In church.
I don't think there is anything wrong with teaching religion in school. I do think that it needs to stay out of the science classes though. Teaching religion in a comparitive religion class can be beneficial.
Well, while the paper certainly makes the case that global warming is indeed happening, I think it's still fair to say that we don't know what is causing it.
Yeah, I know. I personally don't have a particular stance when it comes to global warming. I don't know enough about the issue to make any kind of decision on the matter. So, I don't mind showing information from both sides of the debate. I put it up because hopefully other people will read it and add it to their own knowledge base if they don't know about it already.
Even if I did have a stance, I would hope that I wasn't so stubborn, that I wasn't willing to look at data that was contrary to my own point of view.
The article that you linked to seems to suggest that the data about global warming is correct. Each paper shows that because of errors in the way the data was being collected, the temperatures taken were lower than the actual temperature.
The first paper showed that because compensations for the built-in inaccuracies of the radiosondes were not changed when they became better, the reading was lower than it should have been.
The second paper shows that because of friction in the upper atmosphere where the satellites are, their orbits are decaying. These effects were not taken into account, thus the temperature was recorded lower than it really was.
The third paper just mentions that unless all nineteen of the computers they compared had a huge, false underlying assumption, the data was wrong, and not the models themselves.
In the past 450,000 years, there has indeed been a number of dramatic changes in the temperature. Something to note however is that these changes occurded over a very long period of time.
.002 degrees per century. That is certainly much less than the .6 degrees over the last century.
The first major jump appears to happen a little before 325,000 years ago. The temperature was around -8 degrees relative to present climate. If you take the segment from 325,000 years ago to 300,000 years ago, and cut it into five equal segments, I am guessing that the jump probably occured in the space of one of the smaller segments. This would be roughly 5,000 years. So, in 5,000 years, the temperature jumped from about -8 degrees, to what appears to be about 2 maybe 3 degrees. That would equal about
This might help to give you a better understanding of where all that energy goes. Hope it helps.
Yes, you are right. Instead of directing their efforts to teach about parenting, perhaps it would be better to direct them to improving the public education system in this country.
I keep having to remind myself that the issue of violence in youths is incredibly exaggerated. As many people have pointed out, and can be found here, and here, crime rates among all age groups have actually be declining for the past decade.
I stumbled across this and thought it was rather interesting. The article mentions a study by Richard Lindzen that was published in the March 2001 edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. That study can be found here.
I looked over the actual study but must admit that most of it is to technical for me. So, I will just have to trust the article that it isn't leading me astray.
It basically is summerized that the earth may be able to open up a "vent" that can release enough heat back into space to counter any effect that increased greenhouse gases may cause. High cirrus clouds are able to trap radiation and keep it from going back into space, thus heating the earth. When the temperature rises, the "vent" opens up and lets enough radiation back into space to cool it back down.
Sure, I will still discuss the facts and the information. I would also like to discuss things that are not quite as clear cut. If I am misunderstanding what you are implying, let me know.
I'm still interested in the solar output graphs as well as all the other information that people have provided. I just don't always have time to get to everything at once, so it may take me a few days to give any kind of response. I want to make sure that my remarks are at least somewhat thought out.
It seems like what you are trying to suggest is that all the scientists have some nefarious reason for making it seem like humans are causing global warming. What reason could they possibly have to do this?
Due to the amount of people that are currently involved in this, I would think that if there really was stronger evidence to suggest something else, it would be fairly well known.
It doesn't really matter whether or not violent video games lead to aggression. It is not the governments job to be the parent to the nations children.
Games have a clearly marked label on them that tells what age they are appropriate for. I understand that once kids reach a certain age, they cannot be watched all the time. However, if parents get involved with what their kids are doing, support their children in a loving environment, and show the necessary dicipline when required, then ninty-nine percent of the time, any influence that a video game may have will be cancelled out.
If Hillary Clinton, and Jack Thompson, and every other person out there who feels the need to point fingers at the video game industry really want to accomplish something, then they should direct their efforts to educating the public on what it takes to be a parent, instead of wasting taxpayer money on useless legislation.
Do you remember the Mutant League games for Sega? I was kind of hoping something like that would come out once EA bought the NFL license.