Let's say GTA comes out in the U.S. You live in the UK, but your aunt lives in the U.S. She buys the game for $50 for you as a gift. You rip it into UK's PAL format so your PS2 can play it.
Err, PAL is a video transmission format. You cannot "rip" a game and convert it to output PAL video (which is not the UK's format--it is used all over Europe and in a few other places). You can, however, buy a converter or a TV that will work properly with both NTSC and PAL video.
A free market is a market without coercion. Copyright is a coercive monopoly, and therefore incompatible with a free market.
The problem is that the devs need to get paid. And how do you guarantee that if anyone can copy anything without worrying about the SWAT team breaking down their door? The only way I can think of is by funding development with donations. How many people (besides me) would contribute $20 towards the developement of a game when they may not even be able to try a demo?
The good news is that we could eliminate publishers if we did things that way, because ordinary people would be the main distributors of media. (Torrents, sneakernet, etc.)
According to an old PC Gamer, developers get about $11 of that $50 price tag. Everyting else goes to the publishers and retailers. By eliminating these two middle men, the public would be able to get games for a lot less, provided people were willing to pay in advance.;)
Besides, "pwn" is a misspelling of "own". Being a misspelling, the pronunciation should be that of the original word.
That's what I'm saying! Man, everytime a friend of mine says that he "pawned" someone or that "pawnage" occured, I wanna cut out his tongue with a rusty shoehorn!
How can you call Animal Crossing an RPG? It has absolutely none of the characteristics of an RPG. No levelling, no parties, it doesn't even have a real story! Have you even played the game?
Animal Crossing is a roleplaying game. The characteristics you just listed (save "story") do not make a roleplaying game, and are only popularly associated with the genre because TSR based the rules for Dungeons and Dragons on those of Chainmail, a tabletop miniatures combat game.
Killer 7 is the only game I've ever seen that is consistently being described as "art". Maybe it's crappy, but it's definitely innovative.
A long braid of hair worn hanging down the back of the neck; a pigtail.
Computer Science.
A sequence of stored data or programs awaiting processing.
A data structure from which the first item that can be retrieved is the one stored earliest.
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A signal, such as a word or action, used to prompt another event in a performance, such as an actor's speech or entrance, a change in lighting, or a sound effect.
A reminder or prompting.
A hint or suggestion.
Music.
An extract from the music for another part printed, usually in smaller notes, within a performer's part as a signal to enter after a long rest.
A gesture by a conductor signaling the entrance of a performer or part.
Psychology. A stimulus, either consciously or unconsciously perceived, that elicits or signals a type of behavior.
Try to write down this 'nil' value in Roman numerals, and maybe then you will see why the concept of 'zero' is a very specific concept.
Okay.
IIIIIV VVX XXXXXL LLC
How are those?;)
Wikipedia has the following to say about Romans and the number zero:
Another true zero was used in tables alongside Roman numerals by 525 (first known use by Dionysius Exiguus), but as a word, nulla meaning nothing, not as a symbol. When division produced zero as a remainder, nihil, also meaning nothing, was used. These medieval zeros were used by all future computists (calculators of Easter). An isolated use of their initial, N, was used in a table of Roman numerals by Bede or a colleague about 725, a true zero symbol.
Anyway, you might be expecting too much of a parrot. How old were you when you grasped that you could have zero of something? How large was your brain? This parrot may be nearly thirty years old, but he has a brain the size of a kumquat. If the parrot did indeed make the association between the word 'none' and an absense of something on its own, that's pretty damn impressive.
My argument precludes that, given a suitable alternative without a diminished value, stopping eating meat is the right and logical thing to do.
Show me a suitable alternative that has the same value. And I don't mean a complex vegitarian diet, I mean a meat alternative with the same nutritional and taste value that can be produced for the same cost.
You're mixing the OP's claims up. His point is that animals not as advanced (in the human sense of the word) as we were a few thousand years ago.
The closest competitors we have, apes, are only ocassional tool users. They don't fabricate complex tools, either. It's a cinch that they won't be building permanent dwellings and taking up agriculture any time soon. (Originally, I was going to say "forming governments" instead of "taking up agriculture", but then I realized that forming a government is hardly a sign of intelligence.;)
hey...this really is an accomplishment. This isn't people we're talking about, it's [i]parrots[/i]. Even if they did have the intellectual capacity to grasp "sedenions", they certainly haven't had a high enough level of education.
It appears that they can't quite grasp HTML yet, either.;)
It doesn't matter what word you use to describe a concept. The words 'zero', 'none', 'nil', and 'nothing', and 'null' all describe the same basic concept: nonexistance/emptyness/absense. The parrot could say "Shit!" when asked to count objects that weren't present, and so long he used the word consistently, it would indicate a zero-concept.
The fact that the bird has learned enough human vocabulary to use the correct word is even more impressive. And don't tell me that the bird just learned it by rote. I learned a shitload of things by rote when I was a child, like arithmetic tables and the alphabet, but I still understand them completely.
You need to RTFA. The parrot can look at a tray full of objects and signal when there are zero objects of a given color. You're probably not intending to troll, but posting blatantly incorrect statements has the same effect as trolling.
That's not a good analogy. A better one would be that the neighbors went on vacation and deliberately left the doors unlocked and the alarm system off. On top of that, they set up webcams so that they would know if someone was tresspassing, but they didn't bother to call the police until they got back from their trip.
Also, if you observe you'll see that trolls are oftenthe peole posting full-text in their own name, and will often be trol-modded for it. A bit of googling will evidence every statement I've made
I suppose I've never paid close attention to article text posts, other than reading them if it's convenient. I realize that it is used as a karma-whoring technique, but your choice of targets still seems odd. My karma was maxed a long time ago. I would not be surprised to see a reply such as yours if I had poor karma or very few posts under my belt.
As I said before, the reason I didn't post as an AC was so that more people would RTFA. I just wish people would look at posting history before making judgements. It's the first thing I look at if I smell a troll.
I mostly agree with you. My motto is "drive smarter, not faster", but it includes driving a bit faster when it will mean not having to stop at a light. This is in opposition to the people who drive with their balls instead of their brains. I know you're familiar with their habits.
The freeway is a bit different. Since there are no lights forcing you to stop every block or three, going fast can make a signifigant difference in travel time. (Even five miles per hour over the limit adds up if you can maintain it the whole way.) Of course, I don't exceed the speed limit much unless it's two or three in the morning and there's no traffic at all.;)
Anyone who routinely uses the brake on the motorway/freeway is not a competent driver.
That's exactly what they taught me in driving school. Of course, they also scared me shitless by making me drive a non-roadworthy vehicle on the freeway during rush hour.... o_O
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Let's say GTA comes out in the U.S. You live in the UK, but your aunt lives in the U.S. She buys the game for $50 for you as a gift. You rip it into UK's PAL format so your PS2 can play it.
Err, PAL is a video transmission format. You cannot "rip" a game and convert it to output PAL video (which is not the UK's format--it is used all over Europe and in a few other places). You can, however, buy a converter or a TV that will work properly with both NTSC and PAL video.
A free market is a market without coercion. Copyright is a coercive monopoly, and therefore incompatible with a free market.
;)
The problem is that the devs need to get paid. And how do you guarantee that if anyone can copy anything without worrying about the SWAT team breaking down their door? The only way I can think of is by funding development with donations. How many people (besides me) would contribute $20 towards the developement of a game when they may not even be able to try a demo?
The good news is that we could eliminate publishers if we did things that way, because ordinary people would be the main distributors of media. (Torrents, sneakernet, etc.)
According to an old PC Gamer, developers get about $11 of that $50 price tag. Everyting else goes to the publishers and retailers. By eliminating these two middle men, the public would be able to get games for a lot less, provided people were willing to pay in advance.
Besides, "pwn" is a misspelling of "own". Being a misspelling, the pronunciation should be that of the original word.
That's what I'm saying! Man, everytime a friend of mine says that he "pawned" someone or that "pawnage" occured, I wanna cut out his tongue with a rusty shoehorn!
How can you call Animal Crossing an RPG? It has absolutely none of the characteristics of an RPG. No levelling, no parties, it doesn't even have a real story! Have you even played the game?
Animal Crossing is a roleplaying game. The characteristics you just listed (save "story") do not make a roleplaying game, and are only popularly associated with the genre because TSR based the rules for Dungeons and Dragons on those of Chainmail, a tabletop miniatures combat game.
Killer 7 is the only game I've ever seen that is consistently being described as "art". Maybe it's crappy, but it's definitely innovative.
You must have missed Rez, then.
what gives you the idea to call the way they see things "nerdy precision"?
Envy?
Is that a congressman in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
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I concur. I mean, being a vulcan? What I always wanted.
Okay. You can be the science officer, and I'll be the captain who gets laid by green-skinned alien chicks.
Hopefully this will lead to a more efficient way to produce dihydrogen monoxide.
It just means liberal with spending.
So they're just like our Repubicans and Democrats. Bada bing!
No patents pending, AFAICT; the idea is so obvious that I'd be amazed if anyone could sustain a patent on it.
Obviously you haven't heard of the US Patent and Trademark Orif^H^H^Hffice. >_
Try to write down this 'nil' value in Roman numerals, and maybe then you will see why the concept of 'zero' is a very specific concept.
;)
Okay.
IIIIIV
VVX
XXXXXL
LLC
How are those?
Wikipedia has the following to say about Romans and the number zero:
Another true zero was used in tables alongside Roman numerals by 525 (first known use by Dionysius Exiguus), but as a word, nulla meaning nothing, not as a symbol. When division produced zero as a remainder, nihil, also meaning nothing, was used. These medieval zeros were used by all future computists (calculators of Easter). An isolated use of their initial, N, was used in a table of Roman numerals by Bede or a colleague about 725, a true zero symbol.
Anyway, you might be expecting too much of a parrot. How old were you when you grasped that you could have zero of something? How large was your brain? This parrot may be nearly thirty years old, but he has a brain the size of a kumquat. If the parrot did indeed make the association between the word 'none' and an absense of something on its own, that's pretty damn impressive.
Screw cost and nutritional value! If those soy/tofu things are not as tasty as a steak, I'm not changing!
;)
Which is why I said "the same nutritional and taste value".
Soy milk *is* pretty tasty. That's the only milk I drink now.
Flavored or unflavored? I've been told that the "plain" stuff is overly sweet.
20 years ago, women weren't allowed to vote - now they are considered equal.
Do you think in 20 years time, animals could get the vote? They are also human beings...
Welcome, Time Traveller, to the year two-thousand and five!
My argument precludes that, given a suitable alternative without a diminished value, stopping eating meat is the right and logical thing to do.
Show me a suitable alternative that has the same value. And I don't mean a complex vegitarian diet, I mean a meat alternative with the same nutritional and taste value that can be produced for the same cost.
You're mixing the OP's claims up. His point is that animals not as advanced (in the human sense of the word) as we were a few thousand years ago.
;)
The closest competitors we have, apes, are only ocassional tool users. They don't fabricate complex tools, either. It's a cinch that they won't be building permanent dwellings and taking up agriculture any time soon. (Originally, I was going to say "forming governments" instead of "taking up agriculture", but then I realized that forming a government is hardly a sign of intelligence.
hey...this really is an accomplishment. This isn't people we're talking about, it's [i]parrots[/i]. Even if they did have the intellectual capacity to grasp "sedenions", they certainly haven't had a high enough level of education.
;)
It appears that they can't quite grasp HTML yet, either.
It doesn't matter what word you use to describe a concept. The words 'zero', 'none', 'nil', and 'nothing', and 'null' all describe the same basic concept: nonexistance/emptyness/absense. The parrot could say "Shit!" when asked to count objects that weren't present, and so long he used the word consistently, it would indicate a zero-concept.
The fact that the bird has learned enough human vocabulary to use the correct word is even more impressive. And don't tell me that the bird just learned it by rote. I learned a shitload of things by rote when I was a child, like arithmetic tables and the alphabet, but I still understand them completely.
So the parrot can signal when the tray is empty.
You need to RTFA. The parrot can look at a tray full of objects and signal when there are zero objects of a given color. You're probably not intending to troll, but posting blatantly incorrect statements has the same effect as trolling.
You forgot the sheep. It gets lonely out in the woods.
That's not a good analogy. A better one would be that the neighbors went on vacation and deliberately left the doors unlocked and the alarm system off. On top of that, they set up webcams so that they would know if someone was tresspassing, but they didn't bother to call the police until they got back from their trip.
If I had mod points, you'd get 'em.
Also, if you observe you'll see that trolls are oftenthe peole posting full-text in their own name, and will often be trol-modded for it. A bit of googling will evidence every statement I've made
I suppose I've never paid close attention to article text posts, other than reading them if it's convenient. I realize that it is used as a karma-whoring technique, but your choice of targets still seems odd. My karma was maxed a long time ago. I would not be surprised to see a reply such as yours if I had poor karma or very few posts under my belt.
As I said before, the reason I didn't post as an AC was so that more people would RTFA. I just wish people would look at posting history before making judgements. It's the first thing I look at if I smell a troll.
I mostly agree with you. My motto is "drive smarter, not faster", but it includes driving a bit faster when it will mean not having to stop at a light. This is in opposition to the people who drive with their balls instead of their brains. I know you're familiar with their habits.
;)
The freeway is a bit different. Since there are no lights forcing you to stop every block or three, going fast can make a signifigant difference in travel time. (Even five miles per hour over the limit adds up if you can maintain it the whole way.) Of course, I don't exceed the speed limit much unless it's two or three in the morning and there's no traffic at all.
Anyone who routinely uses the brake on the motorway/freeway is not a competent driver.
That's exactly what they taught me in driving school. Of course, they also scared me shitless by making me drive a non-roadworthy vehicle on the freeway during rush hour.... o_O