Incandescently stupid attempt at cloaking the usual climate alarmism in a layer of pseudo-science. And the propagandists who bring us this nonsense have it exactly backward - nuclear power could be the key to minimizing man's negative impact on the environment, if blinkered greens would allow it.
Don't hold your breath waiting for an alternative to Comcast, as they are most likely paying a fee to your building owner for the privilege of being the sole provider of service to your complex. A pittance for Comcast, and a no-brainer incentive to keep competitive build-outs at bay.
Yep, it was pure, unadulterated laissez-faire capitalism that got us into our modern telecoms mess. Not a government subsidy or market-distorting policy to be found. Good thing that our well-informed, honest bureaucrats will wield the fine scalpel of government to make it right, like they did in 1996.
I've had a gaming PC connected to my HDTV for some time now, running both XBMC and Steam. If Valve will just release their 10-foot interface (now we know why they've been working on it), I think I'm all set. A Q9400 and a HD5850, with an SSD underneath, basically runs everything out there at 1080p quite nicely.
Yeah, my first reaction to the headline was "Who gives a shit where the surgeon was born?". I have to wonder how this fact, insignificant with respect to the rest of the story, was promoted to the title. "World Ends Today, Starting With Spain" - who cares where it starts?
It's far more accurate to say that as a result of the 2000 election, hundreds of thousands of people didn't die. Check the figures for Saddam's historical murder rate vs. the civilian casualties during the war and subsequent occupation before you start accusing our leaders or our electorate of killing people. I doubt you'd care to argue that because of the 1940 election, hundreds of thousands of people died, right?
In the upcoming game Fallout: New Vegas, I believe that a heliostat-like death ray is available to the player. Who knew that Real Life: Now Vegas already had this?
Actually, you only need to shell out for one of the $100 adapters if you're planning on using DVI to connect all of your monitors. You can connect 2x DVI and 1xVGA using a $25 passive adapter. VGA is sub-optimal, I know, but that's what I did. I can keep the remaining $75 and put it toward another 5850 card, which will solve the DVI problem and give me CrossFireX performance.
This is exactly what I did, and have not had a tech support headache since. Yes, there's a price premium, but the Mac is a perfect solution for a low-tech user. Anyone who actually needs the advantages of a Windows machine (more software, hardcore gaming, etc.) is probably also technical enough to know not to click on malware sites, to know how to install drivers, etc. For the rest, a simple and safe Mac environment is optimal.
"Possible areas of interest will be topics of the environment, energy conservation, war, social issues, and others." Environment, energy conservation? It's been 20 years since I was in high school, so I'm pretty out of touch with the modern educational climate, but are these topics now the primary lens through which everything else is studied? If so, that's pretty weak.
Adding to the excellent selections already offered:
"Alas, Babylon" by Pat Frank: yes, it's a bit dated, but offers a compelling view of life after a nuclear war, and covers interesting topics of societal breakdown, rediscovery of pre-modern techniques for survival, etc. I think it was pretty popular on high school reading lists during the Cold War.
"Inherit the Stars" by James Hogan: a fascinating portrayal of how the scientific method is applied to understand new discoveries, and a great page-turner to boot
"The Sword of Shannara" by Terry Brooks: infinitely more readable than the Lord of the Rings series from which it borrows heavily, this is an exemplary entry in the fantasy canon. Probably too long a read for a high school class, though.
Nor, I suspect, have we developed the technology to completely exterminate every creature on such a planet so that we can just sweep up the ashes, swallow our iodine pills, and get to work mining these minerals. Looks like we've figured out how to negate all military advantages of remote-controlled destruction and send our men off to be eviscerated by large creatures, though.
When I first heard Cameron say (many years ago now) that he wanted to revisit the sci-fi epic, I was giddy. Then, as details of this project trickled out, I started to have some doubts. Now that I've seen the latest, I'm crestfallen. I have absolutely no interest in a Last of the Mohicans meets The Last Samurai meets Dances With Wolves bit of tedious sermonizing on the topic of colonization or imperialism. Even less so if it's infused with the pacifist, blame-ourselves-for-everything-evil subtext that pervades modern cinema and other media. Perhaps I could overcome my aversion to this type of post-modern drivel if at least I could be treated to an extraordinary visual experience. Even here, it seems that Avatar will not deliver; it looks like cut-scenes from some Pixar/Halo mashup.
I thought (hoped) that Titanic was the exception to an otherwise amazing body of work, but it seems that it was a course change for James Cameron. Bummer.
Exactly. Title should read "Average Seattle Gamer is 35, Fat, and Bummed [Possible Because He Lives In Seattle]". No offense to Seattle, but I would imagine that the climate and its effect on the populace skews this study a bit. Would the same conclusions have been made if the study were conducted in San Diego?
I'd be interested to hear how these dimensions (weight, age, happiness) would score if the extremely broad category of 'gamer' were broken down along favorite genre or at least along the core/casual/MMO subgroups. Are mostly-FPS players more or less content with their lives than MMO players or Peggle addicts? Do their predilections for certain types of games correlate to other life patterns which could better account for their relative happiness or physical health? For my part, I'm 35, in good shape, and very happy with my life. Games have been my major entertainment activity for my entire life, and I follow the industry like mad when I'm not playing. I'm right in the center of the age and interest demographic; why am I not overweight and depressed? Because I have other interests. I would imagine that sports gamers are more likely to engage in physical activity when they don't have a gamepad in their hands, and it would be interesting to know if serious WoW players are seeking community because they have poor social lives, or are rather embracing community because they're naturally more happy and social people. This broad-brush study, and its similarly broad-brush conclusions, aren't particularly enlightening or interesting, but the subject certainly is.
Thank you and your group for your excellent work. I can't wait to hear your take on this, one of the best game soundtracks of all time. Any time you folks want to do a Castlevania collection, please go right...
If you have an emotional attachment to any technology to the point that you vehemently attack its alternatives and passionately extol its superiority, be it a piece of metal and plastic or a collection of lines of source code, you seriously need to re-evaluate your life. Optimally, you need to end it.
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Steve Jobs is so monumentally important to Apple not because of his business acumen, but simply because of his cult of personality upon which Apple has based its business. Jeff Immelt was able to successfully transition GE's management from the extremely competent Jack Welsh because customers don't buy GE products based upon hype, image, and a desire to be 'cool'. Without Jobs' impressive ability to whip fanboys [who seem to think he came up with the ideas for the iProducts by himself???] and digiterati into a fever pitch, Apple would have to compete on features and value, which would be catastrophic to their business. Hence the very understandable concern about his health.
All students should be instructed in basic logic and reason at the earliest age possible. Truth tables, syllogisms, reasoned argument, boolean operators, the works. These concepts are not particularly challenging if taught early, and are the foundation of critical thought that would greatly aid the pursuit of other knowledge. I am constantly amazed by the inability of the average person to make a coherent, internally consistent argument (cf. any Internet forum). A student armed with a command of logic and reason is prepared to get the most out of his formal education, to effectively self-educate, and to make better decisions (buying, voting, etc.) in life. You fix this, you fix everything, for a comparably small investment. Other solutions offered here require a large overhaul of educational systems or a sea change in familial responsibility, neither of which is practical.
With statements like:
"Like so many other challenges faced by the Bush administration, the response to the growing digital divide has been to redefine success and prematurely declare victory. "
and:
"The current plan is to auction off this valuable resource to the cellphone companies to cover the cost of the war and tax cuts."
we see that this guy has an axe to grind, which greatly dimininshes the credibilty of his message, by undermining any semblance of objectivity. The US broadband situation is a mess, but I'm doubtful that the causes of and solution to the problems are so easily distilled into this simplistic offering as our author would have us believe. It would be nice to hear from an adult on this complex, and very important topic.
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Nuclear power has nothing to do with the topic? The dawn of the nuclear age is the topic. Perhaps I am alone in seeing the irony in the story.
Incandescently stupid attempt at cloaking the usual climate alarmism in a layer of pseudo-science. And the propagandists who bring us this nonsense have it exactly backward - nuclear power could be the key to minimizing man's negative impact on the environment, if blinkered greens would allow it.
Don't hold your breath waiting for an alternative to Comcast, as they are most likely paying a fee to your building owner for the privilege of being the sole provider of service to your complex. A pittance for Comcast, and a no-brainer incentive to keep competitive build-outs at bay.
Yep, it was pure, unadulterated laissez-faire capitalism that got us into our modern telecoms mess. Not a government subsidy or market-distorting policy to be found. Good thing that our well-informed, honest bureaucrats will wield the fine scalpel of government to make it right, like they did in 1996.
... with Microsoft aspiring to become one as well. And?
I've had a gaming PC connected to my HDTV for some time now, running both XBMC and Steam. If Valve will just release their 10-foot interface (now we know why they've been working on it), I think I'm all set. A Q9400 and a HD5850, with an SSD underneath, basically runs everything out there at 1080p quite nicely.
Yeah, my first reaction to the headline was "Who gives a shit where the surgeon was born?". I have to wonder how this fact, insignificant with respect to the rest of the story, was promoted to the title. "World Ends Today, Starting With Spain" - who cares where it starts?
Reality has a decidedly left-leaning bias.
As does smug, self-congratulatory solipsism.
It's far more accurate to say that as a result of the 2000 election, hundreds of thousands of people didn't die. Check the figures for Saddam's historical murder rate vs. the civilian casualties during the war and subsequent occupation before you start accusing our leaders or our electorate of killing people. I doubt you'd care to argue that because of the 1940 election, hundreds of thousands of people died, right?
In the upcoming game Fallout: New Vegas, I believe that a heliostat-like death ray is available to the player. Who knew that Real Life: Now Vegas already had this?
Actually, you only need to shell out for one of the $100 adapters if you're planning on using DVI to connect all of your monitors. You can connect 2x DVI and 1xVGA using a $25 passive adapter. VGA is sub-optimal, I know, but that's what I did. I can keep the remaining $75 and put it toward another 5850 card, which will solve the DVI problem and give me CrossFireX performance.
This is exactly what I did, and have not had a tech support headache since. Yes, there's a price premium, but the Mac is a perfect solution for a low-tech user. Anyone who actually needs the advantages of a Windows machine (more software, hardcore gaming, etc.) is probably also technical enough to know not to click on malware sites, to know how to install drivers, etc. For the rest, a simple and safe Mac environment is optimal.
Adding to the excellent selections already offered:
Ever since the Amiga OS popularized multitasking, everybody thinks they can do it.
Naked? Better be early Elvis then, not late Elvis.
Nor, I suspect, have we developed the technology to completely exterminate every creature on such a planet so that we can just sweep up the ashes, swallow our iodine pills, and get to work mining these minerals. Looks like we've figured out how to negate all military advantages of remote-controlled destruction and send our men off to be eviscerated by large creatures, though.
When I first heard Cameron say (many years ago now) that he wanted to revisit the sci-fi epic, I was giddy. Then, as details of this project trickled out, I started to have some doubts. Now that I've seen the latest, I'm crestfallen. I have absolutely no interest in a Last of the Mohicans meets The Last Samurai meets Dances With Wolves bit of tedious sermonizing on the topic of colonization or imperialism. Even less so if it's infused with the pacifist, blame-ourselves-for-everything-evil subtext that pervades modern cinema and other media. Perhaps I could overcome my aversion to this type of post-modern drivel if at least I could be treated to an extraordinary visual experience. Even here, it seems that Avatar will not deliver; it looks like cut-scenes from some Pixar/Halo mashup. I thought (hoped) that Titanic was the exception to an otherwise amazing body of work, but it seems that it was a course change for James Cameron. Bummer.
Exactly. Title should read "Average Seattle Gamer is 35, Fat, and Bummed [Possible Because He Lives In Seattle]". No offense to Seattle, but I would imagine that the climate and its effect on the populace skews this study a bit. Would the same conclusions have been made if the study were conducted in San Diego?
I'd be interested to hear how these dimensions (weight, age, happiness) would score if the extremely broad category of 'gamer' were broken down along favorite genre or at least along the core/casual/MMO subgroups. Are mostly-FPS players more or less content with their lives than MMO players or Peggle addicts? Do their predilections for certain types of games correlate to other life patterns which could better account for their relative happiness or physical health? For my part, I'm 35, in good shape, and very happy with my life. Games have been my major entertainment activity for my entire life, and I follow the industry like mad when I'm not playing. I'm right in the center of the age and interest demographic; why am I not overweight and depressed? Because I have other interests. I would imagine that sports gamers are more likely to engage in physical activity when they don't have a gamepad in their hands, and it would be interesting to know if serious WoW players are seeking community because they have poor social lives, or are rather embracing community because they're naturally more happy and social people. This broad-brush study, and its similarly broad-brush conclusions, aren't particularly enlightening or interesting, but the subject certainly is.
Thank you and your group for your excellent work. I can't wait to hear your take on this, one of the best game soundtracks of all time. Any time you folks want to do a Castlevania collection, please go right ...
You should read some Herman Kahn, if you haven't already. Especially "On Thermonuclear War".
If you have an emotional attachment to any technology to the point that you vehemently attack its alternatives and passionately extol its superiority, be it a piece of metal and plastic or a collection of lines of source code, you seriously need to re-evaluate your life. Optimally, you need to end it.
Steve Jobs is so monumentally important to Apple not because of his business acumen, but simply because of his cult of personality upon which Apple has based its business. Jeff Immelt was able to successfully transition GE's management from the extremely competent Jack Welsh because customers don't buy GE products based upon hype, image, and a desire to be 'cool'. Without Jobs' impressive ability to whip fanboys [who seem to think he came up with the ideas for the iProducts by himself???] and digiterati into a fever pitch, Apple would have to compete on features and value, which would be catastrophic to their business. Hence the very understandable concern about his health.
All students should be instructed in basic logic and reason at the earliest age possible. Truth tables, syllogisms, reasoned argument, boolean operators, the works. These concepts are not particularly challenging if taught early, and are the foundation of critical thought that would greatly aid the pursuit of other knowledge. I am constantly amazed by the inability of the average person to make a coherent, internally consistent argument (cf. any Internet forum). A student armed with a command of logic and reason is prepared to get the most out of his formal education, to effectively self-educate, and to make better decisions (buying, voting, etc.) in life. You fix this, you fix everything, for a comparably small investment. Other solutions offered here require a large overhaul of educational systems or a sea change in familial responsibility, neither of which is practical.
With statements like: "Like so many other challenges faced by the Bush administration, the response to the growing digital divide has been to redefine success and prematurely declare victory. " and: "The current plan is to auction off this valuable resource to the cellphone companies to cover the cost of the war and tax cuts." we see that this guy has an axe to grind, which greatly dimininshes the credibilty of his message, by undermining any semblance of objectivity. The US broadband situation is a mess, but I'm doubtful that the causes of and solution to the problems are so easily distilled into this simplistic offering as our author would have us believe. It would be nice to hear from an adult on this complex, and very important topic.