...when WoW was raking in over $1 billion a year on its own.
That's not a market. That's one really rare exception.
The PC game market is bigger in money than the console game market...
No, it's not.
You need to ignore quite a lot of the market in order to maintain the position that console games are more popular.
Speaking of that, very few companies are making money in the PC market. That's why virtually all the games involve you being behind the sight of a gun.
Wrong on all counts. In almost all cases, console games have outsold PC games by at least 2:1. The PC gaming market has almost always been a joke, especially today, and that's why the meme about the death of games on the PC is ressurected every year.
At least, they'll be in demand till Apple hears about the 'iPhone-Style' touch and sues them out of existence!
As you lot are so fond of pointing out, "putting the word 'mobile' on it makes it a brand new patent!" So, no, this product is safe. Please stay consistent.
Therefore, based on present knowledge, and our understanding of how big the Universe is, life is most likely fairly common
What that statement is really saying is: "Because we don't really know any better, it could be common." We're still at that "we don't know" phase.
People who argue that we are unique in a very large universe are in essence taking a position which at base is religious, not scientific.
Since I said nothing about religion the only real reason to bring it up is to attempt to discredit me by claiming I believe in creatures I've never seen before. Though funny in this context, it serves no purpose here. Science allows people to attack problems from different perspectives, correct?
I didn't argue that we are unique. What I am talking about is critical thinking. What does a discovery actually mean? Well, let's ask a few questions:
A meteorite loaded with bits of DNA has been discovered. Where did it come from?
Where was it going?
How many are there?
What does it take for it to actually turn into life? Does it have to strike a planet under certain conditions? Does it have to be struck by lightning? Etc.
How many planets did it seed?
Where in the galaxy are these meteorites formed?
For every one of these questions we don't have an answer yet. That'll come when we leave the solar system. In the mean time, we have to leave it blank. We end up chalking it up to a statistic.
Before long we end up saying "well the conditions have to be random enough and the universe is big enough that the odds are really really good!" Which is fine for the purposes of driving the desire to explore, but really it's a measurement of what we don't know.
A.) Does that mean that life here on Earth most likely have been boot-strapped from meteorites?
It could mean that life doesn't just magically sprout up on a planet just because it meets a few criteria about atmosphere, gravity, etc.
B.) Such compounds are so common in the universe that finding them floating in space is trivial? Thus leading to the idea of life being more common than we think.
Uh, no, there's nothing that says it's common. (That could come later, though.) From what we know, or actually from what we DON'T know, it's possible that these meteorites are incredibly rare and that we have the most unique planet in the universe.
We really need to actually find a lifeform somewhere else .
Right, that theory sounds great until we get to implememtation. It's like saying: "Colonizing the galaxy will be great after we construct a warp drive."
The desire for thinner tablets is a Steve Jobs creation...?
When we're talking about Reality Distortion, we are talking about Apple fans, right? Every day we go without tragic Apple news it gets harder and harder to tell.
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...when WoW was raking in over $1 billion a year on its own.
That's not a market. That's one really rare exception.
The PC game market is bigger in money than the console game market...
No, it's not.
You need to ignore quite a lot of the market in order to maintain the position that console games are more popular.
Speaking of that, very few companies are making money in the PC market. That's why virtually all the games involve you being behind the sight of a gun.
Hmm cant tell if trolling or just stupid.
Wrong on all counts. In almost all cases, console games have outsold PC games by at least 2:1. The PC gaming market has almost always been a joke, especially today, and that's why the meme about the death of games on the PC is ressurected every year.
PC gaming was, and still is, more popular than living room console gaming.
No, it's not, and never was.
Sort of. Nintendo got the right idea, there is a growing library of $7 games in their equivalent of the App Store.
That's actually why I bought the 3DS, I wanted a portable version of the Wii Store.
> If the chinese can sell something of Iphone quality for what? a 10th of the cost? Then you have to wonder who the thief is.
You know that it takes more than component costs to get a smartphone off the ground, right?
At least, they'll be in demand till Apple hears about the 'iPhone-Style' touch and sues them out of existence!
As you lot are so fond of pointing out, "putting the word 'mobile' on it makes it a brand new patent!" So, no, this product is safe. Please stay consistent.
It took me an entire week of being 'nuked' several times a day to figure out Win95 was being less stable than usual.
Therefore, based on present knowledge, and our understanding of how big the Universe is, life is most likely fairly common
What that statement is really saying is: "Because we don't really know any better, it could be common." We're still at that "we don't know" phase.
People who argue that we are unique in a very large universe are in essence taking a position which at base is religious, not scientific.
Since I said nothing about religion the only real reason to bring it up is to attempt to discredit me by claiming I believe in creatures I've never seen before. Though funny in this context, it serves no purpose here. Science allows people to attack problems from different perspectives, correct?
I didn't argue that we are unique. What I am talking about is critical thinking. What does a discovery actually mean? Well, let's ask a few questions:
A meteorite loaded with bits of DNA has been discovered. Where did it come from?
Where was it going?
How many are there?
What does it take for it to actually turn into life? Does it have to strike a planet under certain conditions? Does it have to be struck by lightning? Etc.
How many planets did it seed?
Where in the galaxy are these meteorites formed?
For every one of these questions we don't have an answer yet. That'll come when we leave the solar system. In the mean time, we have to leave it blank. We end up chalking it up to a statistic.
Before long we end up saying "well the conditions have to be random enough and the universe is big enough that the odds are really really good!" Which is fine for the purposes of driving the desire to explore, but really it's a measurement of what we don't know.
A.) Does that mean that life here on Earth most likely have been boot-strapped from meteorites?
It could mean that life doesn't just magically sprout up on a planet just because it meets a few criteria about atmosphere, gravity, etc.
B.) Such compounds are so common in the universe that finding them floating in space is trivial? Thus leading to the idea of life being more common than we think.
Uh, no, there's nothing that says it's common. (That could come later, though.) From what we know, or actually from what we DON'T know, it's possible that these meteorites are incredibly rare and that we have the most unique planet in the universe.
We really need to actually find a lifeform somewhere else .
psst... you're on LiveJournal.
... until everybody who joined it discovered they need friends.
We already welcomed YO MAMA!
Just slap a Mountain Dew sticker on it.
Any title that ends with a question
mark is probably FUD. That's why Slashdot's comment section serves ads.
Right, that theory sounds great until we get to implememtation. It's like saying: "Colonizing the galaxy will be great after we construct a warp drive."
Mod points are handed to the ppl who comment a lot. These same people don't read the articles and half the time don't even read the summaries.
You either need to give up the moderation system or have properly trained mods.
The reward isn't 'karma', it's the word Insightful next to people's posts. That alone counts for most of the noise on this site.
Your example of an exploit is a rather important one.
Those sites dont reward certain types of comments.
Insecurity isn't an inevitability.
As long as there is a human at the keyboard, yes, it is.
Was that directed at me? Sorry, I don't understand.
An active, longlasting and noisy boycott targetted to the "artist" him/herself is all You need.
Right, let's get all those millions of 13 year old Bieber fans to join up.
Because we need friends for it to work right!
You really supported his point with that last line.
The desire for thinner tablets is a Steve Jobs creation...?
When we're talking about Reality Distortion, we are talking about Apple fans, right? Every day we go without tragic Apple news it gets harder and harder to tell.