Creative is only a perspective of the mind and the majority. I made a funny about 42 being the answer and even my own Anthropology professor didn't get the joke.
Its more funny than creative now.
It shrunk from huge cuts in military spending and other important areas. And MANY of these problems we are dealing with now weren't exactly HELPED by his administration either. Yeah Bush has been enlarging it, but thats not an apples to apples assessment, Bush is dealing with (or at least trying) slightly bigger issues than Clinton had been exposed to:) Funny that you neglect the fact that much of the enlargement is in response to the new 9/11 era. The expansion would just be different as in developing special programs for all the stupid special interest groups.
When did you get the idea that Republicans favor military spending to create jobs for the lower class, maybe I'M missing something? You think thats going to actually create jobs? No. They favor the small business... I don't agree with everything, but they favor supporting capitalism by cutting taxes so those businesses can spend more on internal things (thus creating more jobs, real jobs).
The redistribution of wealth in the broad sense you describe is more akin to economic systems described in Cultural Anthropology.... I'm talking the big creation of social programs. Both sides are guilty; but if you actually read the positions of various politicians in different regions of the two major parties, you'd see the differences. I don't like Conservative's ideas on blending morality and religious faith; its completely against what our forefathers represented.
You know I'd say the same thing about current politicians checking the calendar.... its not the 1950s:) Democrats because they enjoy spreading a minor form of communism (let's help the working class!). And Republicans for those outstanding "conservative" values (with the woman in the home taking care of the kids).
I agree on the bizarre military adventures though; the high command seems to be butting heads with the government... much like the Vietnam war. But you failed to mention that the lefties also voted for it all too; with the same intelligence information presented to the other side (however flawed it might have been); you can't blame that on one side of Congress.
I don't think its time for new rhetoric (at least what I said anyway). This country isn't bad and I really love it; its just got some flaws in it. Flaws that can be fixed, however. But, nicely demonstrated by yourself, we like to shift blame for our problems onto someone without taking at least some responsibility for ourselves.
Yeah because we all know how much better the neo-socialists are on the other end of the spectrum:) Liberals today aren't liberal at all (they are socialists nicely wrapped to be presented to the american public so as not to demonstrate their distant, yet still existing, ties to communism).
True liberals aren't for gun control boys and girls... true liberals emphasize the right to freedom to do what you want with your life without the government getting all up in your koolaid.
Modern "liberals" LOVE big government and taxes that redistribute the wealth to the poorer parts of the public WITHOUT regards to WHY most of the poor public is in their situation. I'm not a Libertarian either. Their platform is not realistic to modern society; in many ways they are just as crazy as the ditch-diggers from the left AND the right.
My BMI is very low and shows me being underweight for my height... which is BS. Maybe for an average american... but my BONE structure; my FRAME is smaller than average; yet I have more muscle mass to help counterbalance it. I'm tall but lean with a small frame. I know people at the same height or even taller that have a similar frame that weigh much less.
Its not hard to fall out of the BMI scale on either end. Bodyfat analysis done with a consistent method (like water displacement) would be a better indicator IMO.
Sadly, there's no such thing as a $16,000 saturn as they lose half their value when driven off the lot (they are among the worst in a company with already poor resale value - GM). I think the only exception is the Saturn Sky... (or should I say Opel Speedster)
Funny. I'm actually related to Daniel Boone through my mother's side. He's a cousin of some sort. Not that distant though. Boone party... hmm I like that heh
You've hit the core of what classical liberalism really is; I refuse to define it as Libertarian because the current party is nothing but a group of crazies in their own right. Modern liberals are actually classical socialists more or less. Its a pity Thomas Jefferson was the founder of the Democratic Party.... his values held NOTHING in common with the modern party.
This is honestly how most of the country feels... moderate libertarian or centrist to the left or right with libertarian influence.
I believe a country should be founded upon one central natural truth. Its liberal in its content and even possibly delusional;but I still stand by it:
People should be free to live their life how they choose; as long as that same right is not taken from someone else, including their descendants.
Every single Christian church I attended from when I was very young until about 18 when I stopped going to church; had the same exact theme. Mind you, it was all Protestant-based of course, but since the Catholic church loves being in the limelight, its not hard to extend the theme to them as well.
The theme being: "Its not my fault, the devil made me do it." Or something about the devil putting a bad thought in your head, etc. How we are all absolved from any responsibility because God and the Devil run everything. It didn't take me long to figure out how bunk this was.
Its one of the many reasons I deplore organized religion. But its funny how they are in the "blame game" as well.
In analysis of my own values; I've come to realize over time that NOTHING is more important than self responsibility. Take responsibility for yourself and accept your failures (and successes!!!). Honesty, courage, etc all fall into this one simple idea. And you'd be surprised at how defiant most Christians are to this idea... they will argue you down tooth and nail./a off his soapbox
Yup, the $10k/unit pitchforks they gave to each member of the standing army really cost them alot...
Seriously though, China doesnt have the GNP to outfit a 2 million man army with adequate supplies unless its old tech. To simply things: Assume an AK47 at government discount costs $150 per unit. Outfit this weapon as your main weapon for all troops (much like the M16 is today; I know there are diff weapons for diff branches, but we are simplifying here). 2 mil x 150 = 300 million dollars. And thats just the weapon. What about clothes? Training? Body armor? Now throw in vehicles like tanks, a navy, an air force with the super-expensive jets (And the research behind them). See where I'm going?
There is a point where you lose effectiveness in your army's power based upon the cost to run it... China may have a standing army of 2 million people... but I'd bet its about the tech level of Iran, if not a little bit better. Going against something like NATO would be a stupid move by the Chinese.
Yeah, a peasant class that is 1 billion of that number... they grow crops but their cream isnt going to get them into any kind of school.:)
Seen any famous Mexican physicists or chemists yet? Nothing against the country; but generally high-levels of peasant classes don't contribute much to the advancement of science. One of the biggest; if not THE biggest reasons we have such an immigration problem. There isnt much of a peasant class at all in the US (not compared to the previously mentioned countries).
You can't use "poverty-level" arguments either because they don't take into account cost of living in various areas. 40k/yr here, where I live, will get you a nice house, car, and a family.:) Do that in New York city and see how far you get.
I agree. Maybe those who are cynics (at best) about humanity's ability to overcome problems just don't feel that way. But usually they are undereducated in human history and evolution in general.
We are where we are because we adapted better. Our culture is our adaptation... our culture essentially is the evolution of humans. We are far advanced of anything before us... even mere language that you take for granted everyday is so vastly complex that even our closest relatives, chimps, etc; cannot even attempt to master it. Sure they can use sign language and use the phonetics to form new ideas (which is a good indicator of intelligence), but after many years of training only. How long does it take a child to start forming complete sentences? Not very long.
Global climate change will be a minor inconveniance for the Western World. I can't say much about the rest because they are still stuck about 500 years behind in social and political development. Their society is still pre-Enlightenment and pre-Scientific Revolution (if you wanted to equate it similarly to western development). Religion dominates much of it; whereas in the Western world it means really nothing anymore.
If it gets bad, we'll still adapt and the problem will be dealt with. Its been that way since the beginning of human history. Its why the Inuit can live up north so well with no genetic differences to adapt them to the cold; and its why tribal societies with no outside interference can exist in the deserts of Africa and the high-altitude plateaus of South America. To the cynics: humanity is FAR more adaptable than you think.
It might even be the best thing to ever happen. Huge government investment into alternative fueling sources like real, usable fusion power; hydrogen fuel cells and their various hybrids, synthetic fossil fuels, etc. Right now no governments are really throwing their weight into these problems... they're still stuck in dealing with funding for stupid social programs, religious absolutists, and idiotic two-party systems (like the US - democrats and republicans both suck in equal amounts).
In the main article here, the author is describing a 40 hour game being too long. I can think of several games off the top of my head that took a good bit more than 40 hours to complete but never lost my attention.
Its because they're GOOD GAMES. Good stories keep attention.
Xenogears took me over 60 hours to beat all the way through and the many sidequests the first time through. Why? I wasnt using a hint manual the first time; except for labeling all the sidequests and giving me a hook to find them with. I still find Xenogears to be one of the best games of all time. FFVII is another... All of the extra content took me over 70 hours to finish (beating the Ruby and Emerald weapons, etc).
I think my point is, an "overly-long" game can't be defined concretely as a matter of time. It needs to be more abstract as you mentioned; "not bloated, repetitive, or tedious". Most games have some kind of these characteristics. Random battle scenes are an example in Xenogears... but there are factors that will make it worthwhile. For me its all about the story.
Chrono-trigger was a good example of a game that wasnt overly-long and still closed everything great. Took me about 15? hours to beat the first time. Wish there were more modern games like this. I hope FFXII does well... and they don't turn it into some stupid transvestite's heaven like FFX: part 2 was. The whole guys enjoying playing a woman character is kinda creepy; maybe its just me:)
Where'd you pull that number from? Maybe you got that number mixed up with SOCIAL PROGRAMS.
The military hardly gets anything today relatively speaking... along with NASA, etc...
If it were truly a thesis about StarTrek, it'd be on slashdot for a different reason: "for the dumbest thesis paper ever submitted"
It uses StarTrek as a tool of research to examine cultural change; like a form of anthropology. Medical Anthropologists studying for their PhDs don't submit papers on a particular medicine...
First the news media is about to soil it's collective shorts about some Tropical Storm Ernesto which no one seems to know where its going.
And now we see a title in an article about a "Star Trek PhD Thesis"
Isn't this kind of stupid? The paper was NOT about star trek. Star Trek episodes were nothing but a research tool used to access a much deeper level of human culture.
What's next? Someone writes a thesis on psychological and physiological symptoms and causes of game addiction and uses WoW as a study medium? I can see the headlines: "World of Warcraft PhD Thesis roxxors my boxxors"
I believe the fastest gasoline powered vehicle; was a single engined vehicle. This diesel is a twin engine.
Aerodynamics play a HUGE HUGE factor in top speeds. It takes an enormous amount of horsepower just to increase the top speed by a small amount. Same reason why bikes suck so bad on the top end. Their power to weight ratios on paper show ridiculously fast acceleration numbers possible at higher speeds. But in reality; they are beaten by lower power/weight cars for higher speed runs; solely because of aerodynamics.
That and power/weight means much less at higherspeeds. Its more about horsepower and gearing.
Ok I'm talking to much now.
PS. Ever seen a diesel drag racing vid of a semi-fast one? They blow huge columns of thick black smoke.
I hate overused nouns and verbs from completely different disciplines (combustion engines) being applied to something with no relation (microprocessors)
Is the supercharger a twin-screw? Or did Apple pull a Ford and try to get away with the roots-type?
You mean he got FIRED and went to make Daikatana. From what I've heard, read, and been told (by people in the business) that early on (mainly Quake days) that he goofed off and played games all the time and didn't really want to work. I've seen numerous groups of game programmers that state how they don't like working with him
Who cares about his tuning via USB while driving, I never knew of him to be famous for something like that... it was just a Motec ECU setup (John Carmack had one too on his 900hp Ferrari Testerossa and twinturbo F50). You can buy standalones these days that work with MANY cars for under $2000. A Motec setup generally runs quite a bit more than that; but its for race teams mainly (individual O2 and EGT sensors for each cylinder) and it was most likely all that was available back in the late 90s. Though I think Haltech had a few systems out at that point... though with the kind of money Romero and Carmack were throwing around (Carmack traded his Mazda Miata in on a Ferrari 348) I'm sure it was a Motec.
We intercepted no binaries!!!
This is a third party ship!!!
"If this is a third party ship, then WHERE is the spokesman?!?!?"
"Commander, tear this network apart until you've found that emulator, and bring me the clients; I want them ALIVE!"
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I love Tea!!! :D Especially on cold days when my next door neighbor comes over to drink tea with me... yeah her body responds to the cold very well :)
Creative is only a perspective of the mind and the majority. I made a funny about 42 being the answer and even my own Anthropology professor didn't get the joke. Its more funny than creative now.
What's the question though? Thats what should garner the most $$$ = bling
It shrunk from huge cuts in military spending and other important areas. And MANY of these problems we are dealing with now weren't exactly HELPED by his administration either. Yeah Bush has been enlarging it, but thats not an apples to apples assessment, Bush is dealing with (or at least trying) slightly bigger issues than Clinton had been exposed to :) Funny that you neglect the fact that much of the enlargement is in response to the new 9/11 era. The expansion would just be different as in developing special programs for all the stupid special interest groups.
When did you get the idea that Republicans favor military spending to create jobs for the lower class, maybe I'M missing something? You think thats going to actually create jobs? No. They favor the small business... I don't agree with everything, but they favor supporting capitalism by cutting taxes so those businesses can spend more on internal things (thus creating more jobs, real jobs).
The redistribution of wealth in the broad sense you describe is more akin to economic systems described in Cultural Anthropology.... I'm talking the big creation of social programs. Both sides are guilty; but if you actually read the positions of various politicians in different regions of the two major parties, you'd see the differences. I don't like Conservative's ideas on blending morality and religious faith; its completely against what our forefathers represented.
You know I'd say the same thing about current politicians checking the calendar.... its not the 1950s :) Democrats because they enjoy spreading a minor form of communism (let's help the working class!). And Republicans for those outstanding "conservative" values (with the woman in the home taking care of the kids).
I agree on the bizarre military adventures though; the high command seems to be butting heads with the government... much like the Vietnam war. But you failed to mention that the lefties also voted for it all too; with the same intelligence information presented to the other side (however flawed it might have been); you can't blame that on one side of Congress.
I don't think its time for new rhetoric (at least what I said anyway). This country isn't bad and I really love it; its just got some flaws in it. Flaws that can be fixed, however. But, nicely demonstrated by yourself, we like to shift blame for our problems onto someone without taking at least some responsibility for ourselves.
Yeah because we all know how much better the neo-socialists are on the other end of the spectrum :)
Liberals today aren't liberal at all (they are socialists nicely wrapped to be presented to the
american public so as not to demonstrate their distant, yet still existing, ties to communism).
True liberals aren't for gun control boys and girls... true liberals emphasize the right to freedom
to do what you want with your life without the government getting all up in your koolaid.
Modern "liberals" LOVE big government and taxes that redistribute the wealth to the poorer parts of
the public WITHOUT regards to WHY most of the poor public is in their situation. I'm not a Libertarian
either. Their platform is not realistic to modern society; in many ways they are just as crazy
as the ditch-diggers from the left AND the right.
My BMI is very low and shows me being underweight for my height... which is BS. Maybe for an average american... but my BONE structure; my FRAME is smaller than average; yet I have more muscle mass to help counterbalance it. I'm tall but lean with a small frame. I know people at the same height or even taller that have a similar frame that weigh much less.
Its not hard to fall out of the BMI scale on either end. Bodyfat analysis done with a consistent method (like water displacement) would be a better indicator IMO.
Sadly, there's no such thing as a $16,000 saturn as they lose half their value when driven off the lot (they are among the worst in a company with already poor resale value - GM). I think the only exception is the Saturn Sky... (or should I say Opel Speedster)
Funny. I'm actually related to Daniel Boone through my mother's side. He's a cousin of some sort. Not that distant though. Boone party... hmm I like that heh
You've hit the core of what classical liberalism really is; I refuse to define it as Libertarian because the current party is nothing but a group of crazies in their own right. Modern liberals are actually classical socialists more or less. Its a pity Thomas Jefferson was the founder of the Democratic Party.... his values held NOTHING in common with the modern party.
This is honestly how most of the country feels... moderate libertarian or centrist to the left or right with libertarian influence.
I believe a country should be founded upon one central natural truth. Its liberal in its content and even possibly delusional;but I still stand by it:
People should be free to live their life how they choose; as long as that same right is not taken from someone else, including their descendants.
They're using BOOKS too!!! We must burn all books!!! Holy crap we gotta do it fo da cheelrin'
.... at how relevant this is in RELIGION now.
/a off his soapbox
Every single Christian church I attended from when I was very young until about 18 when I stopped going to church; had the same exact theme. Mind you, it was all Protestant-based of course, but since the Catholic church loves being in the limelight, its not hard to extend the theme to them as well.
The theme being: "Its not my fault, the devil made me do it." Or something about the devil putting a bad thought in your head, etc. How we are all absolved from any responsibility because God and the Devil run everything. It didn't take me long to figure out how bunk this was.
Its one of the many reasons I deplore organized religion. But its funny how they are in the "blame game" as well.
In analysis of my own values; I've come to realize over time that NOTHING is more important than self responsibility. Take responsibility for yourself and accept your failures (and successes!!!). Honesty, courage, etc all fall into this one simple idea. And you'd be surprised at how defiant most Christians are to this idea... they will argue you down tooth and nail.
Yup, the $10k/unit pitchforks they gave to each member of the standing army really cost them alot... Seriously though, China doesnt have the GNP to outfit a 2 million man army with adequate supplies unless its old tech. To simply things: Assume an AK47 at government discount costs $150 per unit. Outfit this weapon as your main weapon for all troops (much like the M16 is today; I know there are diff weapons for diff branches, but we are simplifying here). 2 mil x 150 = 300 million dollars. And thats just the weapon. What about clothes? Training? Body armor? Now throw in vehicles like tanks, a navy, an air force with the super-expensive jets (And the research behind them). See where I'm going? There is a point where you lose effectiveness in your army's power based upon the cost to run it... China may have a standing army of 2 million people... but I'd bet its about the tech level of Iran, if not a little bit better. Going against something like NATO would be a stupid move by the Chinese.
Yeah, a peasant class that is 1 billion of that number... they grow crops but their cream isnt going to get them into any kind of school. :)
Seen any famous Mexican physicists or chemists yet? Nothing against the country; but generally high-levels of peasant classes don't contribute much to the advancement of science. One of the biggest; if not THE biggest reasons we have such an immigration problem. There isnt much of a peasant class at all in the US (not compared to the previously mentioned countries).
You can't use "poverty-level" arguments either because they don't take into account cost of living in various areas. 40k/yr here, where I live, will get you a nice house, car, and a family. :) Do that in New York city and see how far you get.
I agree. Maybe those who are cynics (at best) about humanity's ability to overcome problems just don't feel that way. But usually they are undereducated in human history and evolution in general.
We are where we are because we adapted better. Our culture is our adaptation... our culture essentially is the evolution of humans. We are far advanced of anything before us... even mere language that you take for granted everyday is so vastly complex that even our closest relatives, chimps, etc; cannot even attempt to master it. Sure they can use sign language and use the phonetics to form new ideas (which is a good indicator of intelligence), but after many years of training only. How long does it take a child to start forming complete sentences? Not very long.
Global climate change will be a minor inconveniance for the Western World. I can't say much about the rest because they are still stuck about 500 years behind in social and political development. Their society is still pre-Enlightenment and pre-Scientific Revolution (if you wanted to equate it similarly to western development). Religion dominates much of it; whereas in the Western world it means really nothing anymore.
If it gets bad, we'll still adapt and the problem will be dealt with. Its been that way since the beginning of human history. Its why the Inuit can live up north so well with no genetic differences to adapt them to the cold; and its why tribal societies with no outside interference can exist in the deserts of Africa and the high-altitude plateaus of South America. To the cynics: humanity is FAR more adaptable than you think.
It might even be the best thing to ever happen. Huge government investment into alternative fueling sources like real, usable fusion power; hydrogen fuel cells and their various hybrids, synthetic fossil fuels, etc. Right now no governments are really throwing their weight into these problems... they're still stuck in dealing with funding for stupid social programs, religious absolutists, and idiotic two-party systems (like the US - democrats and republicans both suck in equal amounts).
In the main article here, the author is describing a 40 hour game being too long. I can think of several games off the top of my head that took a good bit more than 40 hours to complete but never lost my attention.
:)
Its because they're GOOD GAMES. Good stories keep attention.
Xenogears took me over 60 hours to beat all the way through and the many sidequests the first time through. Why? I wasnt using a hint manual the first time; except for labeling all the sidequests and giving me a hook to find them with. I still find Xenogears to be one of the best games of all time. FFVII is another... All of the extra content took me over 70 hours to finish (beating the Ruby and Emerald weapons, etc).
I think my point is, an "overly-long" game can't be defined concretely as a matter of time. It needs to be more abstract as you mentioned; "not bloated, repetitive, or tedious". Most games have some kind of these characteristics. Random battle scenes are an example in Xenogears... but there are factors that will make it worthwhile. For me its all about the story.
Chrono-trigger was a good example of a game that wasnt overly-long and still closed everything great. Took me about 15? hours to beat the first time. Wish there were more modern games like this. I hope FFXII does well... and they don't turn it into some stupid transvestite's heaven like FFX: part 2 was. The whole guys enjoying playing a woman character is kinda creepy; maybe its just me
who needs condoms when you're sterile? :D :P
Where'd you pull that number from? Maybe you got that number mixed up with SOCIAL PROGRAMS. The military hardly gets anything today relatively speaking... along with NASA, etc...
If it were truly a thesis about StarTrek, it'd be on slashdot for a different reason: "for the dumbest thesis paper ever submitted" It uses StarTrek as a tool of research to examine cultural change; like a form of anthropology. Medical Anthropologists studying for their PhDs don't submit papers on a particular medicine...
Put me on the review board; I'll make sure you get your doctorate!
Man even /. is getting sensationalized.
First the news media is about to soil it's collective shorts about some Tropical Storm Ernesto which no one seems to know where its going.
And now we see a title in an article about a "Star Trek PhD Thesis"
Isn't this kind of stupid? The paper was NOT about star trek. Star Trek episodes were nothing but a research tool used to access a much deeper level of human culture.
What's next? Someone writes a thesis on psychological and physiological symptoms and causes of game addiction and uses WoW as a study medium? I can see the headlines: "World of Warcraft PhD Thesis roxxors my boxxors"
I believe the fastest gasoline powered vehicle; was a single engined vehicle. This diesel is a twin engine. Aerodynamics play a HUGE HUGE factor in top speeds. It takes an enormous amount of horsepower just to increase the top speed by a small amount. Same reason why bikes suck so bad on the top end. Their power to weight ratios on paper show ridiculously fast acceleration numbers possible at higher speeds. But in reality; they are beaten by lower power/weight cars for higher speed runs; solely because of aerodynamics. That and power/weight means much less at higherspeeds. Its more about horsepower and gearing. Ok I'm talking to much now. PS. Ever seen a diesel drag racing vid of a semi-fast one? They blow huge columns of thick black smoke.
"Woodcrest is a supercharged Core 2 chip"
I hate overused nouns and verbs from completely different disciplines (combustion engines) being applied to something with no relation (microprocessors)
Is the supercharger a twin-screw? Or did Apple pull a Ford and try to get away with the roots-type?
You mean he got FIRED and went to make Daikatana. From what I've heard, read, and been told (by people in the business) that early on (mainly Quake days) that he goofed off and played games all the time and didn't really want to work. I've seen numerous groups of game programmers that state how they don't like working with him Who cares about his tuning via USB while driving, I never knew of him to be famous for something like that... it was just a Motec ECU setup (John Carmack had one too on his 900hp Ferrari Testerossa and twinturbo F50). You can buy standalones these days that work with MANY cars for under $2000. A Motec setup generally runs quite a bit more than that; but its for race teams mainly (individual O2 and EGT sensors for each cylinder) and it was most likely all that was available back in the late 90s. Though I think Haltech had a few systems out at that point... though with the kind of money Romero and Carmack were throwing around (Carmack traded his Mazda Miata in on a Ferrari 348) I'm sure it was a Motec.
We intercepted no binaries!!! This is a third party ship!!! "If this is a third party ship, then WHERE is the spokesman?!?!?" "Commander, tear this network apart until you've found that emulator, and bring me the clients; I want them ALIVE!"