...each and every agricultural zone of the world will have less output, leading to a global famine
It's funny: everyone seems to overlook the fact that there is lots and lots of land that is currently frozen or too cold to farm. The arable land we have right now isn't all the arable land that exists on the planet. Global warming will not only turn some fertile lands into [hot] deserts; it will also turn some [cold] deserts into fertile land.
It's *US*, yes, You and Me, who is responsible for this mess.
You see, it's *US* who have allowed the politicians we have elected to carry out all these bullshits.
I'm really sick and tired of this "blame the victim" mentality. The voting public has been under-educated, manipulated, and deceived by those who are either in or wanting power. Most voters don't even realize that it's happening, or, if they do, they feel powerless to change it (thanks, again, to those in/wanting power).
Stop trying to shift blame from where it really belongs: the people actually trying to enact these treaties and laws against the public's -- and human civilization's -- best interests!
One can waste their time voting and writing all the letters they want, but if history is any example, the only way the United States government is going to change is if the important people in it start dying.
The only coercion stronger than the allure of money and power to a politician is the threat of death.
It's a terrible thing to say, and a horrible thing to contemplate, but we all know it's true. As long as a man is unwilling to use force to defend himself, he will always be at the mercy of those who oppose him.
Programmers do not need to spell correctly, just consistently.
No, programmers need to spell correctly and consistently. I don't want to have to constantly remember to misspell the words making up identifiers because the programmer whose code I'm working on sucked at spelling. Not only that, poor spelling in code (including comments) can easily lead to confusion, also.
This wouldn't be a problem if it were also illegal to distribute binaries without the corresponding source code (which should be law, IMO, given the prevalence of computers and the danger that malicious code can do).
So, no copyright and enforced source code distribution. It's win-win for human civilization.
What I do when returning hardware is write "USED" or "DEFECTIVE" in permanent marker on the item being returned (or in the manual, if writing on the hardware is not possible). Hopefully this will tip off the next person who unknowingly buys the item if the store decides it can get away with just putting it back on the shelf.
Worth noting that WoW's world has been dynamic since 3.0.
That's not really what is meant by "dynamic". A dynamic game world is one in which individual players can globally and permanently affect the objective environment. That is, the things they change are experienced by everyone in a single, objective gamespace.
What WoW does is just "phasing", which effectively acts as adding more maps that are nearly identical to old ones, and players who are out of phase can't interact with one another.
Fact is, you just can't make a good, immersive story about a "hero that stands above the crowd" in an MMO. You have to be one of the masses, and by extension, not really a hero that stands above others. When MMO's pretend it's not so, like TOR and some of the new/remade zones in WoW, it looks silly and breaks immersion in a very bad way.
This is a very interesting point. It doesn't make sense to have the player in a MMO be *the* central character. It would be far less jarring if NPCs in MMOs treated the player as "just one more face in the crowd". It should be up to the player as to whether or not he wants to make a name for himself and become a hero, or stay in the sidelines and do his own thing.
I guess for this sort of gameplay to actually work well, we'll have to wait for the next generation of MMOs (or perhaps the one after that) where the gameworld is dynamic and players will be able to generate content in the game. That's the point when MMOs will truly shine.
She looked unimpressed and said, "I can get all of them free on the internet".... paying anything more than $0 is stupid in their book.
That's a perfectly natural reaction. What's odd is the reverse: paying for an infinite resource. It's like paying someone for a "piece" of fire when you can just put your stick into the flames for free.
I find that people who are against digital sharing seem to have this strange attitude of "if I have to suffer and pay for non-property, then everyone else has to as well!".
Whether anyone likes it or not, the free sharing of digital media -- be it movies, programs, books, whatever -- *is* the unavoidable future of computer technology.
For someone with so much to say about the OWS protestors, you are remarkably misinformed. Stunningly so, in fact. So much so that one has to wonder if you're not a plant (and I don't mean in the vegetative sense).
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As unbelievably stupid as this ruling is, actually seeing the two images side-by-side adds an entirely new dimension to the sheer idiocy.
Heh, yeah, kill the cancer.
Cloud-based voting system? They should have just gone with some internet-based voting system instead.
The sooner we, as a society, recognize this, the sooner the next great leap in human civilization can occur. .
It's funny: everyone seems to overlook the fact that there is lots and lots of land that is currently frozen or too cold to farm. The arable land we have right now isn't all the arable land that exists on the planet. Global warming will not only turn some fertile lands into [hot] deserts; it will also turn some [cold] deserts into fertile land.
It would be interesting to see the responses on Slashdot if the title of the submission were "Global Climate Continues Its Self-Correcting Trend"
I'm really sick and tired of this "blame the victim" mentality. The voting public has been under-educated, manipulated, and deceived by those who are either in or wanting power. Most voters don't even realize that it's happening, or, if they do, they feel powerless to change it (thanks, again, to those in/wanting power).
Stop trying to shift blame from where it really belongs: the people actually trying to enact these treaties and laws against the public's -- and human civilization's -- best interests!
Are there any representatives out there who are for ending copyright altogether? Those are the reps we should be supporting.
There is no place for copyright in the future of human society.
You know things are bad when we start talking about the DMCA in a positive sense with respect to newly proposed legislation.
One can waste their time voting and writing all the letters they want, but if history is any example, the only way the United States government is going to change is if the important people in it start dying.
The only coercion stronger than the allure of money and power to a politician is the threat of death.
It's a terrible thing to say, and a horrible thing to contemplate, but we all know it's true. As long as a man is unwilling to use force to defend himself, he will always be at the mercy of those who oppose him.
His party won a majority government with something like the votes of 23% or 24% of eligible voters.
No, programmers need to spell correctly and consistently. I don't want to have to constantly remember to misspell the words making up identifiers because the programmer whose code I'm working on sucked at spelling. Not only that, poor spelling in code (including comments) can easily lead to confusion, also.
This wouldn't be a problem if it were also illegal to distribute binaries without the corresponding source code (which should be law, IMO, given the prevalence of computers and the danger that malicious code can do).
So, no copyright and enforced source code distribution. It's win-win for human civilization.
If Ron Paul ever did manage to get elected, he'd be assassinated by his political enemies faster than you could say "Huey Long"
Well, at least for the first month...
Being third in a three competitor market is "market-leading" now?
Thanks Dos Equis guy!
Wow. This is even dumber than the gold plated fiber optic cables I've seen for sale.
But then how will I know which carrots will have their transmission blow after five years?
What I do when returning hardware is write "USED" or "DEFECTIVE" in permanent marker on the item being returned (or in the manual, if writing on the hardware is not possible). Hopefully this will tip off the next person who unknowingly buys the item if the store decides it can get away with just putting it back on the shelf.
That's not really what is meant by "dynamic". A dynamic game world is one in which individual players can globally and permanently affect the objective environment. That is, the things they change are experienced by everyone in a single, objective gamespace.
What WoW does is just "phasing", which effectively acts as adding more maps that are nearly identical to old ones, and players who are out of phase can't interact with one another.
This is a very interesting point. It doesn't make sense to have the player in a MMO be *the* central character. It would be far less jarring if NPCs in MMOs treated the player as "just one more face in the crowd". It should be up to the player as to whether or not he wants to make a name for himself and become a hero, or stay in the sidelines and do his own thing.
I guess for this sort of gameplay to actually work well, we'll have to wait for the next generation of MMOs (or perhaps the one after that) where the gameworld is dynamic and players will be able to generate content in the game. That's the point when MMOs will truly shine.
Oh, have the studio's finally gotten around to setting up a site where you can pay what you feel a movie was worth via Paypal or credit card?
That's a perfectly natural reaction. What's odd is the reverse: paying for an infinite resource. It's like paying someone for a "piece" of fire when you can just put your stick into the flames for free.
I find that people who are against digital sharing seem to have this strange attitude of "if I have to suffer and pay for non-property, then everyone else has to as well!".
Whether anyone likes it or not, the free sharing of digital media -- be it movies, programs, books, whatever -- *is* the unavoidable future of computer technology.
For someone with so much to say about the OWS protestors, you are remarkably misinformed. Stunningly so, in fact. So much so that one has to wonder if you're not a plant (and I don't mean in the vegetative sense).