I'm not hiding behind a narrow definition because, as I already said, this is not related to race. The only reason why you would want to associate race with culture is to allow yourself to call me a racist.
So, after going on and on about how I am somehow racist for pointing out a racist statement, you make the exact same racist claim? You really haven't done your point much good.
I didn't make any racist statements. I never mentioned race. This has nothing to do with appearance or biology. Perhaps you think otherwise.
I question the accuracy of the netgraph. Where's the benefit in using so little of the available bandwidth? If the server is throttling the speed, that's a different story, but it would seem utterly pointless to restrict the clientside speed.
For the record, I live in Finland, not the US. To my knowledge no here ISP offers a connection with transfer limits, but we have very slow and expensive connections. 27 euros a month for 512/512.
The only true solution to illegal aliens from central America sneaking into US is to make the central Americas better, so that they do not need to illegally immigrate.
So the US is held hostage: come and fix our messed up countries, or we'll flood you with illegals until you collapse. Does this seem acceptable to you? Why would the US even be obligated to rescue Central American countries from their own problems? When the US does intervene somewhere, people complain about World Police and imperialism, and I don't think this would be any different.
if you deport them they will come back.
Doesn't matter. They're illegal aliens for a reason, they should be deported.
if you put up a wall then its bad PR
Who cares? The US has a right to secure its borders and enforce its immigration policies. Anyone who protests that is effectively saying that people have some kind of right to illegally enter the US and live there, which in turn means that the US may as well stop monitoring the border entirely.
Also, bad PR (justified or not) is routine for the US. Anything they do or don't do is always bad PR.
if you go on a giant manhunt to get rid of every illegal alien and every person that helps or hires them then you are just asking for trouble, like witch hunt type thing.
It's not a witch hunt. They're illegally in the country and the government has a right to eject them.
A better question is: what do you do? Since PvE (professions, questing, raiding, dungeons etc.), dueling and Battlegrounds are out of the question, I can only assume that you spend your time griefing other players, which makes you an asshole who should be hit by a truck at full speed.
My connection speed is 50 Kbps. It takes about 30 hours to transfer 5 Gb. If I had this Verizon thingy, I'd be cut off after 30 hours of usage at maximum speed. I assume that online games use all the bandwidth I have, so what if I played Counter-Strike three hours a day? Wouldn't that mean that in just ten days I would reach my transfer limit? In addition to CS I'd of course use bandwidth for web browsing, so I'd reach the cap even sooner. I also download lots of porn, so that's even more bandwidth usage. I'd bust the transfer limit in less than a week, probably.
My math is horrible, but I think my numbers are correct. How does anyone get by with a 5 Gb limit?
To be precise it's not a remake, it's based on the original book by Stanislaw Lem. I've only seen Tarkovsky's version partially, but based on what I saw I prefer Soderbergh's version.
Anyone else like Solaris? Soderbergh's version is one of my favorite films of all time, but it seems to be pretty underrated, with many people finding it boring. Another great scifi film worth mentioning is Ghost in the Shell (and the sequel).
You should read about the Byzantine Empire. Seems like it was pretty advanced. I think WP's entry about Byzantine medicine is particularly interesting.
I have only recently played Far Cry, and I was impressed by the AI. Consider this situation:
A corridor leads to a room. I enter a nearby air vent that also leads there, and suprise my enemies. I stay inside the air vent because it's safer, but one of the soldiers leaves the room. I exit the air vent and wait. Moments later the soldier emerges from the same air vent that I just used.. Had I stayed in the vent he would have probably killed me.
In another situation an enemy soldier travelled a relatively long distance to flank me, going through several rooms, doors and stairways in the process. Their AI is the best I have ever seen, and on realistic difficulty your best option is to stay very far away from them and use sniper tactics.
This may come as a shock to you, but you can't have Crysis level graphics with the amount of game space and detail in GTA IV. But then again, even if it would have Crysis graphics, you would still complain.
They could have done so much more with the PvE side of things. The campaigns themselves are excellent, but there's really nothing to do in the game that isn't directly related to powering yourself up for PvP. Equipment in the game plays a minimal role: there's not much you can carry and it isn't very important, and doesn't considerably strengthen your character. There are also no usable items, and the cool armor suits you can make are more for looks than function. There's really nothing to do in the game except PvP, but if you're into PvP then GW is a pretty solid game, moreso than WoW.
It's puzzling that they put so much effort into the PvE campaigns (cutscenes, voice acting and a linear story in the original GW) even though the PvE portion is little more than a way of leveling up and getting skills for PvP.
I imagine that 20 Gb is sufficient for disposable content like demos and videos.
I noticed the PS3 vs. Xbox 360 value comparison by 1UP, and I can't figure out what they were thinking. If I want to play Advanced Warfighter, R6 Vegas, Gears of War, Halo 3 and Mass Effect, what the hell is the "value" of the PS3? You would think a gaming site would know better, but apparently it's all about the hardware and accessories. The quality of a console is defined first and foremost by its games, the rest is secondary.
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I'm not hiding behind a narrow definition because, as I already said, this is not related to race. The only reason why you would want to associate race with culture is to allow yourself to call me a racist.
I didn't make any racist statements. I never mentioned race. This has nothing to do with appearance or biology. Perhaps you think otherwise.
I question the accuracy of the netgraph. Where's the benefit in using so little of the available bandwidth? If the server is throttling the speed, that's a different story, but it would seem utterly pointless to restrict the clientside speed.
For the record, I live in Finland, not the US. To my knowledge no here ISP offers a connection with transfer limits, but we have very slow and expensive connections. 27 euros a month for 512/512.
What about the American Civil War? Oh snap!
No, fighting wars doesn't mean that your country is a tool of the Anti-Christ. Everyone fights wars, the US and Europe included.
So the US is held hostage: come and fix our messed up countries, or we'll flood you with illegals until you collapse. Does this seem acceptable to you? Why would the US even be obligated to rescue Central American countries from their own problems? When the US does intervene somewhere, people complain about World Police and imperialism, and I don't think this would be any different.
Doesn't matter. They're illegal aliens for a reason, they should be deported.
Who cares? The US has a right to secure its borders and enforce its immigration policies. Anyone who protests that is effectively saying that people have some kind of right to illegally enter the US and live there, which in turn means that the US may as well stop monitoring the border entirely.
Also, bad PR (justified or not) is routine for the US. Anything they do or don't do is always bad PR.
It's not a witch hunt. They're illegally in the country and the government has a right to eject them.
A better question is: what do you do? Since PvE (professions, questing, raiding, dungeons etc.), dueling and Battlegrounds are out of the question, I can only assume that you spend your time griefing other players, which makes you an asshole who should be hit by a truck at full speed.
Correct me if I'm wrong though.
My connection speed is 50 Kbps. It takes about 30 hours to transfer 5 Gb. If I had this Verizon thingy, I'd be cut off after 30 hours of usage at maximum speed. I assume that online games use all the bandwidth I have, so what if I played Counter-Strike three hours a day? Wouldn't that mean that in just ten days I would reach my transfer limit? In addition to CS I'd of course use bandwidth for web browsing, so I'd reach the cap even sooner. I also download lots of porn, so that's even more bandwidth usage. I'd bust the transfer limit in less than a week, probably.
My math is horrible, but I think my numbers are correct. How does anyone get by with a 5 Gb limit?
To be precise it's not a remake, it's based on the original book by Stanislaw Lem. I've only seen Tarkovsky's version partially, but based on what I saw I prefer Soderbergh's version.
Anyone else like Solaris? Soderbergh's version is one of my favorite films of all time, but it seems to be pretty underrated, with many people finding it boring. Another great scifi film worth mentioning is Ghost in the Shell (and the sequel).
You should read about the Byzantine Empire. Seems like it was pretty advanced. I think WP's entry about Byzantine medicine is particularly interesting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_ages
I have only recently played Far Cry, and I was impressed by the AI. Consider this situation:
A corridor leads to a room. I enter a nearby air vent that also leads there, and suprise my enemies. I stay inside the air vent because it's safer, but one of the soldiers leaves the room. I exit the air vent and wait. Moments later the soldier emerges from the same air vent that I just used.. Had I stayed in the vent he would have probably killed me.
In another situation an enemy soldier travelled a relatively long distance to flank me, going through several rooms, doors and stairways in the process. Their AI is the best I have ever seen, and on realistic difficulty your best option is to stay very far away from them and use sniper tactics.
You should immediately unplug your computer and throw it out the window. You wouldn't want to support the Global Scientific Conspiracy, would you?
QFT! It's not like evolution is science or anything!
On a more serious note, just what exactly are you doing on Slashdot?
I wish people would stop propagating the myth of the "dark ages."
So are you saying that the poll is inaccurate? If 48% of Americans reject evolution, does it matter that the country is highly diverse?
Considering that I've barely kept any tabs on the development of Crysis, it's pretty far-fetched to call me a fanboy.
And my point is proven.
Well, clearly I should refrain from playing those games because Mr. Anonymous Coward on Slashdot disapproves of them.
This may come as a shock to you, but you can't have Crysis level graphics with the amount of game space and detail in GTA IV. But then again, even if it would have Crysis graphics, you would still complain.
Suppose I want to play Gears of War, Mass Effect, Halo 3, Dead Rising or Lost Planet? How will I do that with my PC?
The Roomba is protected, the Roomba has gone down the stairs.
They could have done so much more with the PvE side of things. The campaigns themselves are excellent, but there's really nothing to do in the game that isn't directly related to powering yourself up for PvP. Equipment in the game plays a minimal role: there's not much you can carry and it isn't very important, and doesn't considerably strengthen your character. There are also no usable items, and the cool armor suits you can make are more for looks than function. There's really nothing to do in the game except PvP, but if you're into PvP then GW is a pretty solid game, moreso than WoW.
It's puzzling that they put so much effort into the PvE campaigns (cutscenes, voice acting and a linear story in the original GW) even though the PvE portion is little more than a way of leveling up and getting skills for PvP.
I imagine that 20 Gb is sufficient for disposable content like demos and videos.
I noticed the PS3 vs. Xbox 360 value comparison by 1UP, and I can't figure out what they were thinking. If I want to play Advanced Warfighter, R6 Vegas, Gears of War, Halo 3 and Mass Effect, what the hell is the "value" of the PS3? You would think a gaming site would know better, but apparently it's all about the hardware and accessories. The quality of a console is defined first and foremost by its games, the rest is secondary.
That's assuming that you don't go for a drive, beat someone up or vomit on the sidewalk.