The problem is that they will try to explain it with their "science". All they will do is just form their science around their interpretation and not the other way around.
That is why there is a museum that says dinosaurs existed with man and the Earth is only 5,000 years old.
A cop gets a higher than usual blip on his Geiger counter and pulls over a guy...
Then the OP fails to mention anything about what happened next. Still asks if there was legality over it....
Hell yeah there is legality over it. If rad detectors are detecting higher than normal levels of radiation, wouldn't you want to know if the person was just getting chemo or planning to make a dirty bomb? Obviously the guy had a legitimate and verifiable explanation for his nuclear glow. Also there wouldn't be any charges drawn since the guy was going through a medical treatment and no malicious intent was involved.
I don't have to RTFA to know that this wasn't worth being a "News for Nerds" article other than for the science or a "Cool Story, Bro" story.
It is called "Tinfoil Hat Moon Battery". The guy (in his own words) is not a doctor, dietitian, or a scientist...
Basically: He is making stuff up and pushing off paranoid opinion and trying to push it off as "scientific" fact.
I read his "blog" (resisting the urge to rage here...) and he wrong about a lot of things. I have been Insulin Dependent since I was a baby and it had nothing to do with my diet or life choices. Yet he wants to blame diet and a plethora of BS for my condition NEVERMIND THE FACT my diabetes is a direct result of genetics. Also, its hard for a 10-month old to know what a choice is, let alone make one.
I hope he gets sued and jailed for his stupidity and paranoid BS.
The real icing on this cake is that Sony made Kazuo "Riiidge Racer!" Hirai the CEO.
That's right. The same guy who thought the name "PlayStation 3" would convince gamers to spend $599 on a product that wouldn't play PS2 games yet mysteriously play PS1 games. The same guy who thought people would buy this console for all reasons except games.The same guy who thought "Cell Processing" would be the wave of the fut..LOLOLOL Sorry. I can't say that with a straight face.
However, look at all the good he has done! He showed the world that Sony has ABSOLUTELY NO security!
Or no concerns about its customers...
Or think that the entire customer base is either idiots or "evil" crooks out to steal everything from everyone...
Or that the only thing stopping the world knowing your credit card information is Norton Antivirus that had it's last update back in 2002...
Or selling a "game" system for a major profit lost in hopes people will spend $600 on the future ID Theft Machine...
Or taking it's sweet time to get the PSN back up...
Or ignoring customers' demands for it to have an alternate OS...
Or prosecuting somebody who figured out how to jailbreak it and give customers what they want...
Or demanding and obtaining the IP addresses of anybody who watched any of the guy's videos or went to his website...
Or forcing updates that strip users of pesky things like the right to sue in a class action lawsuit....
Yeah... Sony picked a real winner for trying to stop Sony from losing money.
So a company that makes games for Apple Istuff and Android says consoles are dying?
Why am I not surprised?
Of course console games are dying to him. They have to because that is the only way he can prop up the market he is in. If he came out and said that things were hunky dory with consoles then people would probably think he is high.
Bottom line: This guy is shooting off an opinion and a biased one at that.
If the particles and radiation would cook the ship's passengers: Simply make internal shielding to protect the passengers.
If the particles and radiation didn't cook the passengers like a microwave potato, but would fry things around while slowing down: Simply have the vessels begin slowing down a safe distance from its destination.
...Coming from Twisted Metal's creator. So all games should be like his? Just run around and blow stuff up in a clown car?
Sounds to me he is mad because his last games were crap and expects the next Twisted Metal game not to be crap (Which it will be).
I do agree to an extent that games need to veer away from being built around a story. The Final Fantasy series is notable for this problem. Ever since FF7, the game has slowly decayed as far as playing and has become "Battle - CGI Cutscene - Battle - CGI Cutscene - Lather - Rinse - Repeat". However games like TM have little incentive to play through it. An average gamer can probably do everything in TM in one day or two and it will find it's way to Gamestop within that week. That's not gameplay. That is lazy development. Considering that David Jaffe is head deep in Sony's rectum, it only makes his words seem more ridiculous.
The biggest load of crap was when he mentioned Gameplay. Any game designer can tell you they dislike that word. Why? There isn't a clear definition nor is there a concrete form for it. It makes the game fun? Not everybody finds TM fun. Not everybody finds Halo fun. Not everybody finds Star Wars fun. The word is ambiguous and has so many definitions that there isn't a unanimous agreement.
To me: Either David Jaffe is trolling in order to hype up the next TM game (which won't work), or he has needs to get his head out of Sony's rectum before he asphyxiates himself.
The problem with your guidelines is that companies like Best Buy prey on the one thing most/.ers here fail to comprehend: Technological Illiteracy. Best Buy isn't interested in selling the top of the line products or having exclusive things. All they want is to take advantage of people that are upgrading their Pre-2000 computer for a new POS9001 with the extended warranty... Which will be needed because the POS9004 will be out next month and the 9001 model will break down a week into using it. So they do what they do in order to make a fast sale to people who have no idea what they are getting into as far as quality or don't realize that 90+% of computer problems can be solved with a Google search. (or no Windows on the PC to begin with for those Apple/Linux zealots here). This also holds true to Radio Shack and any other big box store like Wal Mart.
A great example is how Best Buy was hoping people would be dumb enough to spend over a thousand dollars for a HDMI cable. If you knew absolute shit about electronics or were not a/.er, you may fall for their trap because of how they hype it up and make it sound like you will get better quality picture/sound. Another example, and why Circuit City failed, is how Circuit City tried to charge people ~$30 to get backwards compatibility on their new XBox 360. (Yes it is a YTMND, but the advertisement is 100% legit)
While what you are saying is true, it would be very difficult for Best Buy to do this. To them: It is more cost effective to have some kid in HS to work on a PC for $60/hr or an extra $30 at point of sale than to hire a professional who may want more than minimum wage to work on junk... To which, the pro may not in good conscience sell.
Essentially the RIAA and MPAA are trying to put out a big, massive forest fire using nothing but a water gun. Not a Super Soaker mind you. One of those old school ones you can get for a dollar.
When that fails, which it will, they are going to try to urinate on the massive fire to put it out...
I am sure hackers can hack the Iowa Caucuses. All they need is a chisel and hammer. They can hack away at the stones they use as computers all day long!
See, the first thing you got to realize is that the general color of space, the basic color to describe space, in layman's color terms is its all black....
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The problem is that they will try to explain it with their "science". All they will do is just form their science around their interpretation and not the other way around.
That is why there is a museum that says dinosaurs existed with man and the Earth is only 5,000 years old.
A cop gets a higher than usual blip on his Geiger counter and pulls over a guy...
Then the OP fails to mention anything about what happened next. Still asks if there was legality over it....
Hell yeah there is legality over it. If rad detectors are detecting higher than normal levels of radiation, wouldn't you want to know if the person was just getting chemo or planning to make a dirty bomb? Obviously the guy had a legitimate and verifiable explanation for his nuclear glow. Also there wouldn't be any charges drawn since the guy was going through a medical treatment and no malicious intent was involved.
I don't have to RTFA to know that this wasn't worth being a "News for Nerds" article other than for the science or a "Cool Story, Bro" story.
This will not end well...
If they deliver games this way I won't have to worry about how good/bad the game is... My interest will be elsewhere.
It is called "Tinfoil Hat Moon Battery". The guy (in his own words) is not a doctor, dietitian, or a scientist...
Basically: He is making stuff up and pushing off paranoid opinion and trying to push it off as "scientific" fact.
I read his "blog" (resisting the urge to rage here...) and he wrong about a lot of things. I have been Insulin Dependent since I was a baby and it had nothing to do with my diet or life choices. Yet he wants to blame diet and a plethora of BS for my condition NEVERMIND THE FACT my diabetes is a direct result of genetics. Also, its hard for a 10-month old to know what a choice is, let alone make one.
I hope he gets sued and jailed for his stupidity and paranoid BS.
Because the cake is a lie.
...for "an idiot".
Hope his 15 seconds of fame was worth being on sex offender lists and No Fly lists for life.
to loosen up a few dollars to the space program.
...and this is bad because ???
The real icing on this cake is that Sony made Kazuo "Riiidge Racer!" Hirai the CEO.
That's right. The same guy who thought the name "PlayStation 3" would convince gamers to spend $599 on a product that wouldn't play PS2 games yet mysteriously play PS1 games. The same guy who thought people would buy this console for all reasons except games.The same guy who thought "Cell Processing" would be the wave of the fut..LOLOLOL Sorry. I can't say that with a straight face.
However, look at all the good he has done! He showed the world that Sony has ABSOLUTELY NO security!
Or no concerns about its customers...
Or think that the entire customer base is either idiots or "evil" crooks out to steal everything from everyone...
Or that the only thing stopping the world knowing your credit card information is Norton Antivirus that had it's last update back in 2002...
Or selling a "game" system for a major profit lost in hopes people will spend $600 on the future ID Theft Machine...
Or taking it's sweet time to get the PSN back up...
Or ignoring customers' demands for it to have an alternate OS...
Or prosecuting somebody who figured out how to jailbreak it and give customers what they want...
Or demanding and obtaining the IP addresses of anybody who watched any of the guy's videos or went to his website...
Or forcing updates that strip users of pesky things like the right to sue in a class action lawsuit....
Yeah... Sony picked a real winner for trying to stop Sony from losing money.
Craigslist == Den of Thieves. 'Nuff said.
So a company that makes games for Apple Istuff and Android says consoles are dying?
Why am I not surprised?
Of course console games are dying to him. They have to because that is the only way he can prop up the market he is in. If he came out and said that things were hunky dory with consoles then people would probably think he is high.
Bottom line: This guy is shooting off an opinion and a biased one at that.
Here is a very quick comparison:
PS3 and 360 have multiple hit games. Too many to list. Compared to Apple TVs.... ???
Need I say more?
...that Global warming is a hoax!
If the particles and radiation would cook the ship's passengers: Simply make internal shielding to protect the passengers.
If the particles and radiation didn't cook the passengers like a microwave potato, but would fry things around while slowing down: Simply have the vessels begin slowing down a safe distance from its destination.
...And if you are a regular contributor to Slashdot, that won't be a problem:
They don't have Girlfriends, much less kids!
Because it is funny? Because the Animal Rights whackos got owned ala Terminator style?
...Coming from Twisted Metal's creator. So all games should be like his? Just run around and blow stuff up in a clown car?
Sounds to me he is mad because his last games were crap and expects the next Twisted Metal game not to be crap (Which it will be).
I do agree to an extent that games need to veer away from being built around a story. The Final Fantasy series is notable for this problem. Ever since FF7, the game has slowly decayed as far as playing and has become "Battle - CGI Cutscene - Battle - CGI Cutscene - Lather - Rinse - Repeat". However games like TM have little incentive to play through it. An average gamer can probably do everything in TM in one day or two and it will find it's way to Gamestop within that week. That's not gameplay. That is lazy development. Considering that David Jaffe is head deep in Sony's rectum, it only makes his words seem more ridiculous.
The biggest load of crap was when he mentioned Gameplay. Any game designer can tell you they dislike that word. Why? There isn't a clear definition nor is there a concrete form for it. It makes the game fun? Not everybody finds TM fun. Not everybody finds Halo fun. Not everybody finds Star Wars fun. The word is ambiguous and has so many definitions that there isn't a unanimous agreement.
To me: Either David Jaffe is trolling in order to hype up the next TM game (which won't work), or he has needs to get his head out of Sony's rectum before he asphyxiates himself.
..but it is nice to dream.
/.ers here fail to comprehend: Technological Illiteracy. Best Buy isn't interested in selling the top of the line products or having exclusive things. All they want is to take advantage of people that are upgrading their Pre-2000 computer for a new POS9001 with the extended warranty... Which will be needed because the POS9004 will be out next month and the 9001 model will break down a week into using it. So they do what they do in order to make a fast sale to people who have no idea what they are getting into as far as quality or don't realize that 90+% of computer problems can be solved with a Google search. (or no Windows on the PC to begin with for those Apple/Linux zealots here). This also holds true to Radio Shack and any other big box store like Wal Mart.
/.er, you may fall for their trap because of how they hype it up and make it sound like you will get better quality picture/sound. Another example, and why Circuit City failed, is how Circuit City tried to charge people ~$30 to get backwards compatibility on their new XBox 360. (Yes it is a YTMND, but the advertisement is 100% legit)
The problem with your guidelines is that companies like Best Buy prey on the one thing most
A great example is how Best Buy was hoping people would be dumb enough to spend over a thousand dollars for a HDMI cable. If you knew absolute shit about electronics or were not a
While what you are saying is true, it would be very difficult for Best Buy to do this. To them: It is more cost effective to have some kid in HS to work on a PC for $60/hr or an extra $30 at point of sale than to hire a professional who may want more than minimum wage to work on junk... To which, the pro may not in good conscience sell.
Essentially the RIAA and MPAA are trying to put out a big, massive forest fire using nothing but a water gun. Not a Super Soaker mind you. One of those old school ones you can get for a dollar.
When that fails, which it will, they are going to try to urinate on the massive fire to put it out...
...Something good came out of the GOP.
Damnit you beat me to it!
But come on... We all had fun with the high price tag!
I'll bid $1
I am sure hackers can hack the Iowa Caucuses. All they need is a chisel and hammer. They can hack away at the stones they use as computers all day long!
No it is just grit. Five spots of grit.
See, the first thing you got to realize is that the general color of space, the basic color to describe space, in layman's color terms is its all black....
I don't use torrents and have 0 illegal downloads. All my music, movies, and software is 100% legally paid for...
...So, they try anything: Not only will they be heavily disappointed, but will be at the receiving end of a nice counter-suit as well!