Unicorns would stampede the astronaut as he enters the event horizon. There's one problem with the unicorn theory. If I'm right, then either general relativity or quantum mechanics is wrong.
Fairly certain the Space Chipmunks would get him first.
First, it wasn't necessarily the failure of SimCity that caused the job change. Second, the existence of the DRM wasn't the reason SimCity is a disaster.
SimCity is a disaster because of the implementation of the DRM, the PR surrounding the DRM, and then the fact that it's just a completely broken non-simulation.
No, the DRM turned a product launch glitch from a "no patches yet" minor issue into a always-on "NO GAME FOR YOU" utter debacle.
There are ways to have an online capability be semi-optional.
Have only the online servers be used for city-to-city competitions, but single player (just me and my quadrants) run locally.
Have only extra add ons be from the server - and give away free ones - this is what they do at EA Maxis for Sims 3 - if you login you can download new content, from other players, and Gold (pay extra) crafted items - this could be used for extra disaster scenarios, special buildings, etc. You charge for the chrome, like they do in China and South Korea. You can play without Chrome, but most people will pay a small amount for Chrome.
Also, on further consideration, one of the problems with scientific research recently, is the lack of "duplicative" studies.
Seeing results from only one lab of a scientific hypothesis only proves that it deserves further study. To study it, and "prove" it, you need to replicate (duplicate) the study.
We should, in fact, see MORE studies with similar wording and language, in that they should have more than one study test the hypothesis. A study of the same condition should have a high "plagiarism" rate, since in fact it is a DUPLICATE of the original study, and will quote the same objectives, the same core research papers it is studying, and so on.
The LACK of such duplication implies that the science is weak. For examples of weak science, look at the S Korean and Chinese research into cloning. We only had single studies, and they were faked. You need independent labs with different scientists studying something to show that it is in fact Science.
A plagiarism hit rate of only 1 to 1.5 percent is not that high, considering that many research grants are based upon the same core studies, use similar methods (e.g. "We will use a mass spectrometer with 8 plates of xxx"), and refer to prior studies in much the same way.
You call it plagiarism. I call it a good reason to retest your plagiarism software.
A more serious problem is duplication of human subjects in study designs. Many people with rare or recessive genetic problems like to volunteer for research studies, and may show up in samples from different labs, yet be the same person. A good study design accounts for that and validates that subjects (other than twins) are not in fact the same person represented in multiple studies. Same goes for any study with limited population sets that have restrictive conditions, such as longer lived animals.
Not as much of a problem with short-lived animals or cultures, as they tend not to be reused.
Face it, there are no targets they could even reach other than here. Trying to hit Hawaii is too difficult, given how inaccurate they are, Alaska is a waste of time, and Portland is too far away, as is Spokane.
Seattle is the only place they could aim for and then claim a miss as a hit, given that there are so many prime targets within 100 miles of us.
Sim City Classic (Micropolis) works fine on my Linux system and Sim City 2000 works on my XP system.
Have they really added any got to have features to their many updates of the game, or are they just trying to capitalize on a well-known title to rake in more cash?
Well, they finally added some of the more difficult designs I gave them a while back, in this release, but doing wave animations was a bit tricky.
I don't get why you're all upset. Heck, I'm the person who cracked most of the SimCity codes (double hex encoding) back in the day, and contributed all the original design ideas for wind, hydro, ferries, and various other things that popped up later in the game.
They told you, EA did, that they were going to included microtransactions in all their game platforms.
They are doing what they said.
The only good thing is they haven't done it to Sims3. There you can save locally, and upload if you want, but the customer base for that game is perfectly willing to buy "golden" items or things that use SimCash to buy on the Exchange.
It's because SimCity players aren't used to "buying" fancy toys for their cities that you're upset. If I was EA, I would have made certain building types purchaseable for SimCash, and let you buy "monster scenarios", kind of how Sims3 they have you buy "towns" which include extra content like hot air balloons and clothing patterns and kid toys.
Look, do you want to pay $100 a game? Or would you rather pay half that and then pay $10 or $20 extra for "premium" content?
This is why when I ran games, I gave away the game rules and charged for the service of processing them (also shows up in a different area of tax returns, for accounting purposes). Game cost the same in the end.
The problem is that Gigabit Internet (or 1000 Gbps) is not in low demand due to demand, but the market pricing it out of reach of consumers.
We could deliver 1000 Gbps WIRELESS in all major cities for under $10 a month total cost (including marketing, obscene executive salaries and bonuses, excessive profit ratios, etc. that TWC "demands") if we let the FCC move forward with their plans. Within 10 miles of each college or university, as well.
But TWC wants to charge a premium for this, while people in China, South Korea, Vietnam, most of the EU, and even Canada pay MUCH MUCH LESS for it.
There's your problem. They want to charge (and when you add in their service charges and fees and get beyond their 3 month teaser rates, this is the price) HUNDREDS of dollars a month for something that should cost $10-$20 a month.
At $10 to $20 a month, demand exists. Basic demand/supply curve. They've priced it too high.
I have to ask myself, since the biochemists are limited to biochemical knowledge at the time of technology release, how this will work with Circular RNA, or all the other forms of RNA such as microRNA, miRNA, mRNA, siRNA, and so on.
Just in the past five years, so much has changed that a true understanding of proper DNA regulation, while better than before, is a moving target.
It's like building a solar house while unaware that we can now 3D print biofilm shaped solar windows that power the house, have algae digestation of household wastes used to run fuel cell power plants, and use green walls and other methods to achieve Platinum LEEDS levels of efficiency.
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Unicorns would stampede the astronaut as he enters the event horizon. There's one problem with the unicorn theory. If I'm right, then either general relativity or quantum mechanics is wrong.
Fairly certain the Space Chipmunks would get him first.
Shock at being in a black hole in the first place.
Shock at the radiation that blasted away her face plate.
Shock that we were able to afford to get her that far from Earth, when we're shutting down airports right now.
And then her body would be torn asunder.
So... where's the analysis showing the list of ultimate beneficiaries that are being exposed? And specifically which ones are people in office?
Every time the Greek government was given a list by the IMF head LaGrande, it would go missing within the day, never to be found.
Same thing here.
Guillotines are cheaper, and far more effective, as is automatic unclaimed asset forfeiture.
What austerity?
There's your missing taxes.
Now send some drones and repurpose the DEA to go after them pronto.
I have a secure Win 7 PC and a secure Wi-fi b/g/n - if they want to browse, they're welcome to use the coffee shops at the end of the block.
Besides, visitors shouldn't be staying indoors.
We're a Police State Superpower.
There's a difference.
A better comparison would be to switching from Diablo II to III or Warcraft to WoW.
You can move from single player to always-on multi-player, but you have to do it well.
(not disagreeing)
First, it wasn't necessarily the failure of SimCity that caused the job change. Second, the existence of the DRM wasn't the reason SimCity is a disaster.
SimCity is a disaster because of the implementation of the DRM, the PR surrounding the DRM, and then the fact that it's just a completely broken non-simulation.
No, the DRM turned a product launch glitch from a "no patches yet" minor issue into a always-on "NO GAME FOR YOU" utter debacle.
There are ways to have an online capability be semi-optional.
Have only the online servers be used for city-to-city competitions, but single player (just me and my quadrants) run locally.
Have only extra add ons be from the server - and give away free ones - this is what they do at EA Maxis for Sims 3 - if you login you can download new content, from other players, and Gold (pay extra) crafted items - this could be used for extra disaster scenarios, special buildings, etc. You charge for the chrome, like they do in China and South Korea. You can play without Chrome, but most people will pay a small amount for Chrome.
Also, we're nerds here. What's a good NFL game in the first place?
Any one the Patriots lose in. Oh, you meant a video game.
I'd try FIFA 13, it's actually pretty good. I got to play an advance copy when they had an EA van on University Ave here in Seattle.
I offer my services as CEO. I might fail, but I'd be willing to do it at half the price.
See, that is the problem. If they pay less for you, you must be worth less.
You need to say you'll work for only 10 percent more than the outgoing CEO did.
Insane Executive Search Committees think that way. They're really really really really stupid.
Well, I for one welcome our FIRED and DISGRACED DRM-enabled always-on EA gaming overlords.
Next time, don't cross the time streams.
There, problem solved, no jail time or actual real fine.
Self-directed cars are nature's way of saying "Let the hacker crash me for fun".
Oh, but we're not supposed to talk about that fact.
The image on modern versions of cell phones is reportedly good enough to fool almost all such scanners.
Sad, really.
We should make a game of it. The winner gets to destroy Mars.
Oh.
Wait.
Nope, they reduced health care costs. To zero.
Zero sum game.
Ancient Mars decided to go down the Austerity path, and thus life never progressed and never got out of the dinosaur age.
Also, on further consideration, one of the problems with scientific research recently, is the lack of "duplicative" studies.
Seeing results from only one lab of a scientific hypothesis only proves that it deserves further study. To study it, and "prove" it, you need to replicate (duplicate) the study.
We should, in fact, see MORE studies with similar wording and language, in that they should have more than one study test the hypothesis. A study of the same condition should have a high "plagiarism" rate, since in fact it is a DUPLICATE of the original study, and will quote the same objectives, the same core research papers it is studying, and so on.
The LACK of such duplication implies that the science is weak. For examples of weak science, look at the S Korean and Chinese research into cloning. We only had single studies, and they were faked. You need independent labs with different scientists studying something to show that it is in fact Science.
A plagiarism hit rate of only 1 to 1.5 percent is not that high, considering that many research grants are based upon the same core studies, use similar methods (e.g. "We will use a mass spectrometer with 8 plates of xxx"), and refer to prior studies in much the same way.
You call it plagiarism. I call it a good reason to retest your plagiarism software.
A more serious problem is duplication of human subjects in study designs. Many people with rare or recessive genetic problems like to volunteer for research studies, and may show up in samples from different labs, yet be the same person. A good study design accounts for that and validates that subjects (other than twins) are not in fact the same person represented in multiple studies. Same goes for any study with limited population sets that have restrictive conditions, such as longer lived animals.
Not as much of a problem with short-lived animals or cultures, as they tend not to be reused.
Face it, there are no targets they could even reach other than here. Trying to hit Hawaii is too difficult, given how inaccurate they are, Alaska is a waste of time, and Portland is too far away, as is Spokane.
Seattle is the only place they could aim for and then claim a miss as a hit, given that there are so many prime targets within 100 miles of us.
Sim City Classic (Micropolis) works fine on my Linux system and Sim City 2000 works on my XP system.
Have they really added any got to have features to their many updates of the game, or are they just trying to capitalize on a well-known title to rake in more cash?
Well, they finally added some of the more difficult designs I gave them a while back, in this release, but doing wave animations was a bit tricky.
But most of the tech was added in SimCity2000.
I don't get why you're all upset. Heck, I'm the person who cracked most of the SimCity codes (double hex encoding) back in the day, and contributed all the original design ideas for wind, hydro, ferries, and various other things that popped up later in the game.
They told you, EA did, that they were going to included microtransactions in all their game platforms.
They are doing what they said.
The only good thing is they haven't done it to Sims3. There you can save locally, and upload if you want, but the customer base for that game is perfectly willing to buy "golden" items or things that use SimCash to buy on the Exchange.
It's because SimCity players aren't used to "buying" fancy toys for their cities that you're upset. If I was EA, I would have made certain building types purchaseable for SimCash, and let you buy "monster scenarios", kind of how Sims3 they have you buy "towns" which include extra content like hot air balloons and clothing patterns and kid toys.
Look, do you want to pay $100 a game? Or would you rather pay half that and then pay $10 or $20 extra for "premium" content?
This is why when I ran games, I gave away the game rules and charged for the service of processing them (also shows up in a different area of tax returns, for accounting purposes). Game cost the same in the end.
The problem is that Gigabit Internet (or 1000 Gbps) is not in low demand due to demand, but the market pricing it out of reach of consumers.
We could deliver 1000 Gbps WIRELESS in all major cities for under $10 a month total cost (including marketing, obscene executive salaries and bonuses, excessive profit ratios, etc. that TWC "demands") if we let the FCC move forward with their plans. Within 10 miles of each college or university, as well.
But TWC wants to charge a premium for this, while people in China, South Korea, Vietnam, most of the EU, and even Canada pay MUCH MUCH LESS for it.
There's your problem. They want to charge (and when you add in their service charges and fees and get beyond their 3 month teaser rates, this is the price) HUNDREDS of dollars a month for something that should cost $10-$20 a month.
At $10 to $20 a month, demand exists. Basic demand/supply curve. They've priced it too high.
I have to ask myself, since the biochemists are limited to biochemical knowledge at the time of technology release, how this will work with Circular RNA, or all the other forms of RNA such as microRNA, miRNA, mRNA, siRNA, and so on.
Just in the past five years, so much has changed that a true understanding of proper DNA regulation, while better than before, is a moving target.
It's like building a solar house while unaware that we can now 3D print biofilm shaped solar windows that power the house, have algae digestation of household wastes used to run fuel cell power plants, and use green walls and other methods to achieve Platinum LEEDS levels of efficiency.
That only works if you're behind a FireFox FriendlyFirewall on FollowFriday.