Good idea buying laptops out of a trunk full of them, smart guy. You'd have to be an idiot to look at that situation and not go "these are most likely stolen".
Ah, so, your counter to talk about bribery is about how judges "follow a distinct path (where they choose at the end of said path, just like a bad open-ended game)", and are exceptionally well trained?
Did you forget that judges will meet quite a few people who choose "lawyer" at the end of that path? Also, did you forget that judges will know other people?
This is likely exactly why they aired it censored. Do you think they want to have any potential liability in someone's death, because they didn't act on a known threat?
I'm not saying I agree with what they did. I'm bringing up the probable reason why they did it without Matt and Trey even knowing about it.
There were 18 just involved in 9/11, and one every couple days in Iraq. Considering the Christian world is bigger than the Muslim world, there's a much higher ratio of nutjobs (who are willing to blow themselves up to kill you) to humans in that part of society.
Legal's opinion might matter if CC decided to air an episode with death threats pending on the contents of the episode and one of them was hurt or killed.
When is the last time that a major RTS hasn't had a campaign mode nearly entirely devoted to showing you all of your units and explaining the mechanics and trees? Starcraft and Warcraft 2 had campaigns where the beginning explained these things; the difference in newer games is the general shrinking of the portion afterwords that you have full access to all units.
I know that TBS games can be a bit more detailed and usually only give an overview, but since when is learning their mechanics impossible to do from playing rather than reading?
Even if I did want to read the manual, I wouldn't care if they got rid of the paper manuals in favor of electronic versions; it's the same information whether it's in HTML, PDF or print; one just costs the environment and the company less. There's no disappointment to most people when most people would use the amazing information machine in front of them anyway instead of searching for a manual that's likely not detailed enough to cover the aspect of the game you want to know.
When was the last time you needed a manual for even a complicated game? Neverwinter Nights?
Oh, wait, no, you didn't. We've pretty much all seen that interface before, and had a good idea of what to do with it and the ruleset.
In fact, when's the last time you saw a game with totally unique mechanics that weren't remotely intuitive to anyone who has played a game within the genre before?
Interesting. An international buyout means they have to get through both EU and US regulations...
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Owning the supplier of a chip that's used in nearly every smartphone when you're in the smartphone business is very, very likely to at least raise many red flags with regulators.
Apple has a long history of active and desperately trying to lock down and monopolize markets and market segments and this buyout has the potential of forcing Apple's brand of totalitarian capitalism right into our faces.
Occam's razor doesn't mean that the simplest solution is always the correct one. It only means it's more likely. It also doesn't take into account market factors and all the complexities of corporate war.
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Good idea buying laptops out of a trunk full of them, smart guy. You'd have to be an idiot to look at that situation and not go "these are most likely stolen".
Ah, so, your counter to talk about bribery is about how judges "follow a distinct path (where they choose at the end of said path, just like a bad open-ended game)", and are exceptionally well trained?
Did you forget that judges will meet quite a few people who choose "lawyer" at the end of that path? Also, did you forget that judges will know other people?
It sounds like they still use the amazing information machine rather than paper, regardless as to what direction they pointed it in...
They didn't air it out of fear of getting sued
This is likely exactly why they aired it censored. Do you think they want to have any potential liability in someone's death, because they didn't act on a known threat?
I'm not saying I agree with what they did. I'm bringing up the probable reason why they did it without Matt and Trey even knowing about it.
I think not.
It took them several months to figure this out...wow...
The politician uses a law to force the engineer and mathematician to make the car divide improperly while accelerating?
The unicode bandit strikes again!
Good thing their accountant only needs 2 decimal places most of the time.
but other than a bunch of anonymous phone calls and general harassment I don't see much happening.
Good thing geeks know how to use Google to find radical christian sites, where those people can be given this information....
Christians recognize the writers as authors that knew the guy who was God's son. There's a big difference.
There were 18 just involved in 9/11, and one every couple days in Iraq. Considering the Christian world is bigger than the Muslim world, there's a much higher ratio of nutjobs (who are willing to blow themselves up to kill you) to humans in that part of society.
Legal's opinion might matter if CC decided to air an episode with death threats pending on the contents of the episode and one of them was hurt or killed.
Simpsons fans are older.
No, that would be iKing.
Wow, WOOOSH to the extreme!
Mohammed was in a BEAR COSTUME.
When is the last time that a major RTS hasn't had a campaign mode nearly entirely devoted to showing you all of your units and explaining the mechanics and trees? Starcraft and Warcraft 2 had campaigns where the beginning explained these things; the difference in newer games is the general shrinking of the portion afterwords that you have full access to all units.
I know that TBS games can be a bit more detailed and usually only give an overview, but since when is learning their mechanics impossible to do from playing rather than reading?
Even if I did want to read the manual, I wouldn't care if they got rid of the paper manuals in favor of electronic versions; it's the same information whether it's in HTML, PDF or print; one just costs the environment and the company less. There's no disappointment to most people when most people would use the amazing information machine in front of them anyway instead of searching for a manual that's likely not detailed enough to cover the aspect of the game you want to know.
When was the last time you needed a manual for even a complicated game? Neverwinter Nights?
Oh, wait, no, you didn't. We've pretty much all seen that interface before, and had a good idea of what to do with it and the ruleset.
In fact, when's the last time you saw a game with totally unique mechanics that weren't remotely intuitive to anyone who has played a game within the genre before?
I would gladly sell my soul to M$ if I could just have my consciousness inserted into a mech.
MP3s you buy at other places run just fine on iPods, iPhones and whatnot.
Just to add to your argument: Good luck finding a library of MP3s for sale as extensive as Apple's with no DRM.
Interesting. An international buyout means they have to get through both EU and US regulations...
Owning the supplier of a chip that's used in nearly every smartphone when you're in the smartphone business is very, very likely to at least raise many red flags with regulators.
Apple has a long history of active and desperately trying to lock down and monopolize markets and market segments and this buyout has the potential of forcing Apple's brand of totalitarian capitalism right into our faces.
Just wait until antitrust suits are filed.
If someone has a very strong motive to do something, it makes an exception to occam's razor much more likely.
Seriously. Look at some facts. This company is linked to known astroturfers.
Occam's razor doesn't mean that the simplest solution is always the correct one. It only means it's more likely. It also doesn't take into account market factors and all the complexities of corporate war.