Like any other property. The government can assess what it would be worth if you sold it. easiest might be to base it on revenue generated by that IP in the previous year.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's own Web site links to a study -- also by one of the authors of the "Online Victimization" report -- which found that when all types of abuse are counted, 20% of females experience some type of sexual victimization before adulthood, compared to 2 out of 750 female survey respondents in the "Online Victimization" study who reported sexual abuse by someone they met online.
If you're going to sit there and tear apart the statistics, don't try and make a case using another statistic that is probably just as corrupt. "Sexual victimization" could be a wide range of things and who knows how they've counted it. It could even include things like "did a boy ever whistle at you?".
oh please.. it takes them years to do a sequel, it just means GTA will have expansion packs and stuff packs. You'll be able to buy expansion packs that add new areas and missions to drive around in, and stuff packs will add new outfits, cars, and the guns will have new coloured triggers.
Eee for price depends heavily on how you intend to use it. If you're not going to be using it heavily outside the hotel, the Dell Inspiron 1525 comes in at only $50 (CAD) more than the 8G Eee PC. They still have reasonable battery life, twice the display size, more storage, etc.
On the other hand if you need something ultra light with the most battery life then yes.
I hope that means they'll cut us off. Stop rebroadcasting their TV, distributing their movies and other cultural items to Canada. It would just be horrible if America stopped bombarding us with it 24/7...
Really? Where did I say Americans were worthless? Go back and check, I didn't. People as individuals are not to be confused with the country and how its being run. I simply asked what you had to be proud of lately given all that has gone on. You still can't answer it though can you? There are vague allusions, but you danced around the issue. In fact you gave a very political answer.
I asked honestly because I was very curious. I don't live there, I have limited first hand exposure to the US but see it through the eyes of friends, who aren't exactly proud, and the media. I gave you my view of what I've seen, and instead of answering the question you've gone on the offensive. Twice.
I have no choice but to read a lot of your press. Besides freedom, the main export of the US is itself. You can always dig up those great human interest stories, but as a society I haven't really seen anything worth writing home about in a long time. I also see America through two kinds of friends. Those who have lived their all their lives and those who have gone there to study. Racism seems to be rampant, even if your institutions of "higher learning". That has nothing to do with your current administration. Bush may have done a lot to mess up the country, but society has done a pretty good job on their own. Cops being given a pass on inappropriate behaviour has nothing to do with the current administration. People suing each other over spilled milk happened long before he found his way in to the white house. As a society, America has been viewed as arrogant for a long time. If you weren't aware of that perhaps you need to broaden your horizons.
There is a theory floated about why game developers are so obsessed with the World War 2 genre. Its because that was the last time America had a clear and unambiguous military victory. That was 60 years ago, yet how many times have they picked up arms since then?
I was simply hoping to find out if there was some great societal aspect there which I missed, but apparently there isn't as your two answers have really told me all I need to know.
Never said it was getting better, just said it wasn't getting worse. Would you like to know the difference? When the cops taser someone in the US and its inappropriate, some backroom individual reviews it and rubber stamps it. Any idiot with a brain can see when a cop is acting inappropriately in the US, and its often video taped. Here we have a public inquiry in to it, people don't let it get swept under the rug.
Yes I get a lot through the media, your media. I also have numerous friends in the US, and travel there occasionally for business and so do numerous of my coworkers. My exposure isn't limited to some fourth party tales of the fabled America. You are the one who brought up the fact that despite its recent failings you're still proud. Educate the unwashed masses.
I'm not trying to troll here, but why? America might have once been great, but what's really happened there in the last 10 years, 20 years to be proud of? Scandal after scandal, poor social policy after poor social policy, increasing ignorance and almost xenophobia, patent trolling, enron, cops abusing people (AND nothing being done about), civil liberties washed away, copyright madness, etc, etc. I'm sure there have been the odd medical and scientific advance but I'm not allowed to have a free though about those without paying a royalty to some major company.
When I was a teenager I used to think it would be cool to move to the states. Wages were so much higher, a better climate, etc. Now I have to fly there occasionally for work, and I dread it.
You do realize you're on the internet right? I know it requires a couple extra clicks, but its not really that hard to find information on how gaming in North America is vastly different from that in places like Korea and Japan. In both countries youth are very much social gamers (and at least in Korea people are just way more social anyway).
Koreans have the PC Rooms, which shouldn't be in danger of being wiped out as computers have been available in the home for a long time now and if they were going to be replaced by that it would have likely happened. Japanese have long been in love with the arcade. The difference between the Wii and the playstation is that the Wii is more of a social platform than the rest. I'm sure the arcade will still have an appeal for larger groups, but if you're regularly spending time as a group with just 3 or 4 people the Wii is a good replacement here.
But have we really tried it? It seems all great revolutions in the past involve a little murder.. while we try to hold on to high ideals and set standards, sometimes the old ways are the best.
"The truth of the matter is Linux was originally developed to abandon the idea that beauty and "hand-holding" was necessary to create a great operating system and it became somewhat of a counter-culture."
There is a difference between great (as in good) and great (as in popular). The two are not always synonymous. The world is full of examples where the best, or good choice wasn't alway the popular choice due to a number of circumstances. Linux needs to find a way to be both if it wants to become dominant.
if anyone in the computing industry doesn't have a Microsoft fixation, you should probably stay away from them. You never know what MS will do next and given their market share that isn't exactly something you want to be oblivious to.
A good writer and director can turn a mediocre plot in to something enjoyable. Even a cliche plot (which video games are often prone to) can be shored up with good character development and other well done things to turn it in to a good film. I'm not talking oscar winning, but something people would recommend to their non-gaming friends (with conviction)
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They're both blue...
Ron paul 2008!!! digg me down haters!!!
Like any other property. The government can assess what it would be worth if you sold it. easiest might be to base it on revenue generated by that IP in the previous year.
If you're going to sit there and tear apart the statistics, don't try and make a case using another statistic that is probably just as corrupt. "Sexual victimization" could be a wide range of things and who knows how they've counted it. It could even include things like "did a boy ever whistle at you?".
I guess you weren't aware that South Koreans only pay 3% income tax....
oh please.. it takes them years to do a sequel, it just means GTA will have expansion packs and stuff packs. You'll be able to buy expansion packs that add new areas and missions to drive around in, and stuff packs will add new outfits, cars, and the guns will have new coloured triggers.
Eee for price depends heavily on how you intend to use it. If you're not going to be using it heavily outside the hotel, the Dell Inspiron 1525 comes in at only $50 (CAD) more than the 8G Eee PC. They still have reasonable battery life, twice the display size, more storage, etc.
On the other hand if you need something ultra light with the most battery life then yes.
give him some credit. At least he eliminated the websites that weren't on the internet.
I hope that means they'll cut us off. Stop rebroadcasting their TV, distributing their movies and other cultural items to Canada. It would just be horrible if America stopped bombarding us with it 24/7...
Really? Where did I say Americans were worthless? Go back and check, I didn't. People as individuals are not to be confused with the country and how its being run. I simply asked what you had to be proud of lately given all that has gone on. You still can't answer it though can you? There are vague allusions, but you danced around the issue. In fact you gave a very political answer.
I asked honestly because I was very curious. I don't live there, I have limited first hand exposure to the US but see it through the eyes of friends, who aren't exactly proud, and the media. I gave you my view of what I've seen, and instead of answering the question you've gone on the offensive. Twice.
I have no choice but to read a lot of your press. Besides freedom, the main export of the US is itself. You can always dig up those great human interest stories, but as a society I haven't really seen anything worth writing home about in a long time. I also see America through two kinds of friends. Those who have lived their all their lives and those who have gone there to study. Racism seems to be rampant, even if your institutions of "higher learning". That has nothing to do with your current administration. Bush may have done a lot to mess up the country, but society has done a pretty good job on their own. Cops being given a pass on inappropriate behaviour has nothing to do with the current administration. People suing each other over spilled milk happened long before he found his way in to the white house. As a society, America has been viewed as arrogant for a long time. If you weren't aware of that perhaps you need to broaden your horizons.
There is a theory floated about why game developers are so obsessed with the World War 2 genre. Its because that was the last time America had a clear and unambiguous military victory. That was 60 years ago, yet how many times have they picked up arms since then?
I was simply hoping to find out if there was some great societal aspect there which I missed, but apparently there isn't as your two answers have really told me all I need to know.
we really need to be able to mod stuff +1 fucking brilliant..
Never said it was getting better, just said it wasn't getting worse. Would you like to know the difference?
When the cops taser someone in the US and its inappropriate, some backroom individual reviews it and rubber stamps it. Any idiot with a brain can see when a cop is acting inappropriately in the US, and its often video taped. Here we have a public inquiry in to it, people don't let it get swept under the rug.
Yes I get a lot through the media, your media.
I also have numerous friends in the US, and travel there occasionally for business and so do numerous of my coworkers. My exposure isn't limited to some fourth party tales of the fabled America. You are the one who brought up the fact that despite its recent failings you're still proud. Educate the unwashed masses.
I can see how tear gas and tasering generates less press..
"I'm still proud of my country"
I'm not trying to troll here, but why?
America might have once been great, but what's really happened there in the last 10 years, 20 years to be proud of? Scandal after scandal, poor social policy after poor social policy, increasing ignorance and almost xenophobia, patent trolling, enron, cops abusing people (AND nothing being done about), civil liberties washed away, copyright madness, etc, etc. I'm sure there have been the odd medical and scientific advance but I'm not allowed to have a free though about those without paying a royalty to some major company.
When I was a teenager I used to think it would be cool to move to the states. Wages were so much higher, a better climate, etc.
Now I have to fly there occasionally for work, and I dread it.
Bravo, thousands before you have made the same point, anyone down there going to do anything about it?
You do realize you're on the internet right? I know it requires a couple extra clicks, but its not really that hard to find information on how gaming in North America is vastly different from that in places like Korea and Japan. In both countries youth are very much social gamers (and at least in Korea people are just way more social anyway).
Koreans have the PC Rooms, which shouldn't be in danger of being wiped out as computers have been available in the home for a long time now and if they were going to be replaced by that it would have likely happened. Japanese have long been in love with the arcade. The difference between the Wii and the playstation is that the Wii is more of a social platform than the rest. I'm sure the arcade will still have an appeal for larger groups, but if you're regularly spending time as a group with just 3 or 4 people the Wii is a good replacement here.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/shuttering
"To furnish or close with shutters: locked the doors and shuttered the windows."
Sometimes when businesses are closed, they do just that.
But have we really tried it? It seems all great revolutions in the past involve a little murder..
while we try to hold on to high ideals and set standards, sometimes the old ways are the best.
"The truth of the matter is Linux was originally developed to abandon the idea that beauty and "hand-holding" was necessary to create a great operating system and it became somewhat of a counter-culture."
There is a difference between great (as in good) and great (as in popular). The two are not always synonymous. The world is full of examples where the best, or good choice wasn't alway the popular choice due to a number of circumstances. Linux needs to find a way to be both if it wants to become dominant.
it's a shame they only seemed to make two..
if anyone in the computing industry doesn't have a Microsoft fixation, you should probably stay away from them. You never know what MS will do next and given their market share that isn't exactly something you want to be oblivious to.
Yes but I grew up in the country... perhaps we could splice the two to create some kind of ultimate sticky hybrid..
Is it still a 56" TV if there is a 1/2 inch strip of tape or something around the edge of the screen?
God invented duct tape for a reason.
A good writer and director can turn a mediocre plot in to something enjoyable. Even a cliche plot (which video games are often prone to) can be shored up with good character development and other well done things to turn it in to a good film. I'm not talking oscar winning, but something people would recommend to their non-gaming friends (with conviction)