That would make perfect sense in LogicLand. But this is America and if people dealt directly with Nintendo then the lawyers wouldn't make a dime. Won't somebody please think of the poor starving lawyers?
I think they're afraid it encourages and validates these peoples' fucked-up ideas and eventually the will start thinking, "Gee these cartoons are boring... I think it's time I tried the real thing!"
Something doesn't necessarily have to be a binary explosive to be dangerous on a plane. Something as simple as a molotov cocktail could very easily bring a plane down.
The cost of developing next-gen titles is mostly due to the game industry's inefficient development model. Every game company I have ever worked at has re-invented the wheel over and over and over and over and over again for every project. Even if you use middleware for some things which most companies do now, you have to keep re-writing AI and gameplay systems and keep re-creating art assets from scratch. There is very little re-use from my experience. Even multiple divisions within the same company will rarely share code between them. Game companies need to learn how to develop reusable systems with good APIs, and scalable art assets, so that lateral and future products can both leverage them to keep costs down. Good games don't NEED the fastest bestest most-shaderific kickass modern graphics and physics engines to be good. A good filmmaker can take 50 year old equipment and create a masterpiece. In fact, film as a medium hasn't changed much over the years. It's all about content and direction.
You are right. Those other people are wrong. What if Sony just made up fake movie reviews, or music reviews. They have actually done this and gotten in big trouble for it. They invented a fictional movie reviewer and plastered fake quotations (ie "The best film I've seen all year!!!") on their movie posters. TOTALLY 100% WRONG. This is no different. The consumer has a right to know what is an ad and what is not.
Maybe he tattooed all those things he wanted to intentionally forget onto himself so he would know whether or not he actually forgot them after he forgot them.
I think this is a terrible idea. It's very important to have a sense of community with your coworkers. If everyone sort of comes and goes as they please you lose this bond. Flex time is good, but if you take it too far like this things will fall apart. You can't have meetings. You can't find people who know a certain system if you need help. You get very isolated. It's very important to be able to have communication with your coworkers. This new policy won't last long. They should make at least a couple days a week mandatory.
Since you seem pretty closed-minded about the issue I'll merely reiterate my original statement. The bank, not people, owns more houses now than ever before. You are basically renting your house from the bank because that lien they have on your property means they effectively own it, and for a long long time your mortgage payment is mostly interest. Building wealth has nothing to do with renting or owning, and depending on circumstances and numbers both methods are a win or a lose. And since that is the fundamental thing you can't grasp nothing I say past that point is going to matter... Good day, sir.
Sigh. Even taking inflation into account, the renter wins in this case. Incomes rise too. The key is those first 20 years. At the end of 20 years the renter has a $400k head start. Something called "exponential growth" takes care of the rest. You sound like one of these people who have been fed the whole home ownership thing their whole lives and never bothered to run the numbers or keep an open mind, and blindly defend it. I'm not saying that it isn't possible to build wealth by owning a home, or to not build wealth by renting, but all in all, giving the bank $500k is a lousy start in either case...
Get a loan for 2000/mo for 20 years. Rent a place for $1500/mo for 50 years. With the loan you have an asset after 20, with the apartment you have nothing.
If you took that $500/mo difference every month and earned 10% on it for 20 years you would have around $378,000. The other 30 years would cost you $540,000 in rent. But after 30 more years, your initial $378,000 would have returned $7million. So you net around $6.5million.
NOW. Take your 20 year 8% loan. The first 20 years you pay out about $500k in interest, on a $500k property. So after 20 years you broke even. Good job. So after that brilliant investment, you dump your $1500/mo into an investment fund and earn 10%. Not bad. After 30 years you've gained $3.3million. Minus $250k in property taxes, probably another $200k in maintenance and upgrades. I'll say net $3million.
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That would make perfect sense in LogicLand. But this is America and if people dealt directly with Nintendo then the lawyers wouldn't make a dime. Won't somebody please think of the poor starving lawyers?
Like there's any copyright infringement on The Interweb. I don't see how a whole book could fit in those tubes...
And make them watch Miss Conegeniality once a day.
all the people at that call center have the right to vote
Not necessarily. They could be here on work visas with green cards in which case they can't vote.
They are shaped like Lucy Liu's kidney.
I think they're afraid it encourages and validates these peoples' fucked-up ideas and eventually the will start thinking, "Gee these cartoons are boring... I think it's time I tried the real thing!"
I have a solution, but it involves midgets, whipped cream, and a tazer gun. Email me for info.
Something doesn't necessarily have to be a binary explosive to be dangerous on a plane. Something as simple as a molotov cocktail could very easily bring a plane down.
The cost of developing next-gen titles is mostly due to the game industry's inefficient development model. Every game company I have ever worked at has re-invented the wheel over and over and over and over and over again for every project. Even if you use middleware for some things which most companies do now, you have to keep re-writing AI and gameplay systems and keep re-creating art assets from scratch. There is very little re-use from my experience. Even multiple divisions within the same company will rarely share code between them. Game companies need to learn how to develop reusable systems with good APIs, and scalable art assets, so that lateral and future products can both leverage them to keep costs down. Good games don't NEED the fastest bestest most-shaderific kickass modern graphics and physics engines to be good. A good filmmaker can take 50 year old equipment and create a masterpiece. In fact, film as a medium hasn't changed much over the years. It's all about content and direction.
The New Testament supercedes the Old Testament. There were many many many things in the old jewish tradition that Jesus was opposed to.
You are right. Those other people are wrong. What if Sony just made up fake movie reviews, or music reviews. They have actually done this and gotten in big trouble for it. They invented a fictional movie reviewer and plastered fake quotations (ie "The best film I've seen all year!!!") on their movie posters. TOTALLY 100% WRONG. This is no different. The consumer has a right to know what is an ad and what is not.
I don't see any of the tubes
You keep using that term. I do not think it means what you think it means...
I've heard that dihydrogen monoxide can store tons of energy.
People do not necessarily file lawsuits based on logical thought.
Maybe he tattooed all those things he wanted to intentionally forget onto himself so he would know whether or not he actually forgot them after he forgot them.
What happens if you have deja vu of a false deja vu memory from virtual reality?
I think this is a terrible idea. It's very important to have a sense of community with your coworkers. If everyone sort of comes and goes as they please you lose this bond. Flex time is good, but if you take it too far like this things will fall apart. You can't have meetings. You can't find people who know a certain system if you need help. You get very isolated. It's very important to be able to have communication with your coworkers. This new policy won't last long. They should make at least a couple days a week mandatory.
This has been done already, just with really really really big desktops.
Since you seem pretty closed-minded about the issue I'll merely reiterate my original statement. The bank, not people, owns more houses now than ever before. You are basically renting your house from the bank because that lien they have on your property means they effectively own it, and for a long long time your mortgage payment is mostly interest. Building wealth has nothing to do with renting or owning, and depending on circumstances and numbers both methods are a win or a lose. And since that is the fundamental thing you can't grasp nothing I say past that point is going to matter... Good day, sir.
Sigh. Even taking inflation into account, the renter wins in this case. Incomes rise too. The key is those first 20 years. At the end of 20 years the renter has a $400k head start. Something called "exponential growth" takes care of the rest. You sound like one of these people who have been fed the whole home ownership thing their whole lives and never bothered to run the numbers or keep an open mind, and blindly defend it. I'm not saying that it isn't possible to build wealth by owning a home, or to not build wealth by renting, but all in all, giving the bank $500k is a lousy start in either case...
Yeah I don't mind waiting for online games. I honestly don't even care about that. I have my PC for good online gaming anyway....
Get a loan for 2000/mo for 20 years. Rent a place for $1500/mo for 50 years. With the loan you have an asset after 20, with the apartment you have nothing.
If you took that $500/mo difference every month and earned 10% on it for 20 years you would have around $378,000. The other 30 years would cost you $540,000 in rent. But after 30 more years, your initial $378,000 would have returned $7million. So you net around $6.5million.
NOW. Take your 20 year 8% loan. The first 20 years you pay out about $500k in interest, on a $500k property. So after 20 years you broke even. Good job. So after that brilliant investment, you dump your $1500/mo into an investment fund and earn 10%. Not bad. After 30 years you've gained $3.3million. Minus $250k in property taxes, probably another $200k in maintenance and upgrades. I'll say net $3million.
You buy cars as investments don't you?
But, I agree, let's send someone up to take a look and find out.
Did you just volunteer?
What if I paid out $400k-$500k in interest over 20 years?