i say it all the time but if lawyers and doctors were professions that legally needed to be provided for free and practitioners could not make a dime out of their practice, i wonder how many would still choose that as their careers? while there ARE lawyers and doctors who truly care, they always seem to be the minority
Wow. That's some of the dumbest shit I've ever read. How many people would do ANY job if they couldn't make a dime doing it? Do janitors clean shitty toilets just to make the world a better place? Do people work at McDonalds because they REALLY DO love to see you smile?
Yes, the vast majority of doctors wouldn't spend 4 years in college, 4 years in medical school, 2-3 years in a residency program (around 3-8 years if you want to specialize in surgery, cardiology, etc) if they weren't PAID WELL for it. And after all that you'll pay literally tens of thousands of dollars each year for malpractice insurance. Obstetricians who have NEVER BEEN SUED have to pay over a hundred thousand dollars a year for malpractice insurance.
Most doctors do care about helping people. And they hate the fact that some insurance company asshole is the one telling them what drugs they can prescribe and what procedures they can perform.
I've only had to organize and strategize OVER ONE HUNDRED players in an all-out battle for control of an entire Continent! This was just one battle in the course of a single evening's play. The scale of battle in Planetside is simply so far and away greater what you would experience in any RPG, that trying to compare them as you are is nothing short of laughable.
The fact that there are 100 people in a PS fight and only 40 people in a WoW raid doesn't mean that strategy isn't just as important in WoW as it is in PS. Does chess require less strategy than PS because you're only playing against one person and you only have 16 pieces?
A high level player will always defeat a lower level one. (Unless the high level player is AFK, of course) So there really isn't much strategy involved.
There isn't much strategy involved in that particular fight. But you can gank people in almost every PvP game, PS included. Eventually though, someone "your own size" will probably show up and skill/strategy suddenly becomes important.
Just show up with your high level players and click the "Attack" button enough times. You'll win. It's all just a matter of the random number generator (dice) and the equations related to your character stats.
You've never played poker, have you? I mean poker at a real table, not online. The cards are always dealt randomly, so you might think that everyone would win an equal number of hands. But play with those same people enough times and you'll realize that 1 person tends to win much more often than others. A game that seems to be DOMINATED by chance actually is won by skill and technique.
You can talk all you want about random number generators and equations, but in reality, they play a relatively minor role in WoW. Give 40 noobs incredibly well equipped, lvl 60 characters and throw them in a tough dungeon. Laugh as they wipe over, and over, and over again. Now, send 40 very good players into the same dungeon with characters equipped with crappy gear. Watch as they own the boss.
You are breaking the slandering law and we have full intention to persue legal action against you web site and the individual who posted the article. This is a warning before more serious actions are taken.
This Galileo system launched by Europe also demonstrates that Europe continues to be technologically competent and that slightly socialistic economic policies have not diminished Europe's ability to compete.
The Europeans should continue to build competitive national projects to demonstrate (1) that they can continue to compete with the USA and (2) that you do not need a huge military budget to spur innovation
Competitive? Innovative? The US launched its first GPS satellite in 1978. Europe launched its first GPS satellite in 2005. Enough said.
Actually, the quantum computer version of DOOM will be at Best Buy within a couple on months.
Unfortunatley, there will be at least an hour of cut scenes taken straight from the movie. And The Rock insisted that no one be allowed to bypass them.
1.) You click on a button on the website.
2.) You enter in "your" phone number.
3.) "Your" phone rings, it then connects you with the company.
This service has only 1 use: revenge. If you want to call a company but don't want your phone number to come up, all you have to do is enter *67 (or something) before you call them. And any company with this service also probably has a 1-800 number, so you wouldn't be charged for the call anyway.
Just like anything else, market forces will dictate when this gets adopted.
The free market is good, but it's not perfect. It can be shortsighted and tends to try to fix problems instead of preventing them.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. A stitch in time saves nine. Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. A rolling stone gathers no moss. There's no sex in the champagne room.
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And my mom says I'm smart! YOU'RE mom said that I'm a great lay!
Yeah, sure, why not?
Never underestimate someone's ability to justify his own actions.
I've been saying the same thing about whiskey for years.
i say it all the time but if lawyers and doctors were professions that legally needed to be provided for free and practitioners could not make a dime out of their practice, i wonder how many would still choose that as their careers? while there ARE lawyers and doctors who truly care, they always seem to be the minority
Wow. That's some of the dumbest shit I've ever read. How many people would do ANY job if they couldn't make a dime doing it? Do janitors clean shitty toilets just to make the world a better place? Do people work at McDonalds because they REALLY DO love to see you smile?
Yes, the vast majority of doctors wouldn't spend 4 years in college, 4 years in medical school, 2-3 years in a residency program (around 3-8 years if you want to specialize in surgery, cardiology, etc) if they weren't PAID WELL for it. And after all that you'll pay literally tens of thousands of dollars each year for malpractice insurance. Obstetricians who have NEVER BEEN SUED have to pay over a hundred thousand dollars a year for malpractice insurance.
Most doctors do care about helping people. And they hate the fact that some insurance company asshole is the one telling them what drugs they can prescribe and what procedures they can perform.
I know what you're thinking: the golden age of robotic tentacle rape has finally arrived.
But trust me, you don't want to go down that path.
Robotic tentacle rape causes more problems than it solves.
I've only had to organize and strategize OVER ONE HUNDRED players in an all-out battle for control of an entire Continent! This was just one battle in the course of a single evening's play. The scale of battle in Planetside is simply so far and away greater what you would experience in any RPG, that trying to compare them as you are is nothing short of laughable.
The fact that there are 100 people in a PS fight and only 40 people in a WoW raid doesn't mean that strategy isn't just as important in WoW as it is in PS. Does chess require less strategy than PS because you're only playing against one person and you only have 16 pieces?
A high level player will always defeat a lower level one. (Unless the high level player is AFK, of course) So there really isn't much strategy involved.
There isn't much strategy involved in that particular fight. But you can gank people in almost every PvP game, PS included. Eventually though, someone "your own size" will probably show up and skill/strategy suddenly becomes important.
Just show up with your high level players and click the "Attack" button enough times. You'll win. It's all just a matter of the random number generator (dice) and the equations related to your character stats.
You've never played poker, have you? I mean poker at a real table, not online. The cards are always dealt randomly, so you might think that everyone would win an equal number of hands. But play with those same people enough times and you'll realize that 1 person tends to win much more often than others. A game that seems to be DOMINATED by chance actually is won by skill and technique.
You can talk all you want about random number generators and equations, but in reality, they play a relatively minor role in WoW. Give 40 noobs incredibly well equipped, lvl 60 characters and throw them in a tough dungeon. Laugh as they wipe over, and over, and over again. Now, send 40 very good players into the same dungeon with characters equipped with crappy gear. Watch as they own the boss.
You are breaking the slandering law and we have full intention to persue legal action against you web site and the individual who posted the article. This is a warning before more serious actions are taken.
Sincerely,
Fantasia Studios
And there's a new SA legal threat!
The word is poncy, and is a British slang word roughly meaning pretentious.
The word is "Fonzie" and is an American slang word roughly meaning "Arthur Fonzarelli."
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This is going to turn into the same type of fight with 'natural' diamonds vs 'artificial' diamonds.
I heard one of those DeBeers people say "A diamond isn't a symbol of your eternal love if it was made in a lab last week."
Of couse he's full of shit, but I had to give him credit, that was one hell of an answer.
This Galileo system launched by Europe also demonstrates that Europe continues to be technologically competent and that slightly socialistic economic policies have not diminished Europe's ability to compete.
The Europeans should continue to build competitive national projects to demonstrate (1) that they can continue to compete with the USA and (2) that you do not need a huge military budget to spur innovation
Competitive? Innovative? The US launched its first GPS satellite in 1978. Europe launched its first GPS satellite in 2005. Enough said.
Actually, the quantum computer version of DOOM will be at Best Buy within a couple on months.
Unfortunatley, there will be at least an hour of cut scenes taken straight from the movie. And The Rock insisted that no one be allowed to bypass them.
To the good name of "dentist"!
No worries. I have dispatched the Cavity Creeps to kick his ass.
You don't fuck with dentists. They have drills.
Just to see if I have this right...
1.) You click on a button on the website.
2.) You enter in "your" phone number.
3.) "Your" phone rings, it then connects you with the company.
This service has only 1 use: revenge. If you want to call a company but don't want your phone number to come up, all you have to do is enter *67 (or something) before you call them. And any company with this service also probably has a 1-800 number, so you wouldn't be charged for the call anyway.
This is a terrible, terrible idea.
Just like anything else, market forces will dictate when this gets adopted.
The free market is good, but it's not perfect. It can be shortsighted and tends to try to fix problems instead of preventing them.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. A stitch in time saves nine. Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. A rolling stone gathers no moss. There's no sex in the champagne room.