Even with all that, it sounds very uninspiring. It's not like it has any intelligence, let alone sentience. Just simple software and primitive robotics. A gimmick. Real AI is what we need.
This reminds me of the Comanche program. They spent an asinine amount of money on it before deciding that UAVs are a better idea. Then there was the OICW program which was also (largely) scrapped. I guess these things are relatively common.
Well, actually, Islam has been at war with the West since its inception. And not just the West, but other parts of the world too (such as India, which is still suffering from terrorism).
If it is to pacify the population while attempting to gain cost recovery then Yes other militaries can do it better. (The Romans for example would of eliminated 10% of regional population for each attack on their personele.)
Wouldn't work. Jihadists don't care if you kill them, since there's nothing more glorious than to become a martyr, and there's an infinite supply of reinforcements anyway.
Of course, there's a slight problem with your view: I don't care that they're black, I don't believe that their skin color or biological properties have anything to do with the subject, and I never suggested that black people shouldn't have weapons because they're black. It's always the raving leftist lunatics who make everything into a racial matter, and then call everyone else racist. How ironic.
Besides, I never came up with the idea or otherwise mentioned it, someone else did. I only said that it makes sense (which it does), but that I don't know how it's supposed to work (ban guns in a state with a lot of black people who commit a lot of crimes?).
Alright, what the fuck? Why is it that I can't even fart in Slashdot's general direction without some extremist leftist fuckwit modding me troll or flamebait in a kneejerk fit of PC hysteria?
Do you think another military would perform better in Iraq? They wouldn't. The US military could be twice as powerful as it is now, and it probably wouldn't make any difference in there. Sure, they could effortlessly reduce Iraq into a pile of rubble and kill everyone, but that's not their goal.
Well, if blacks commit a disproportionate amount of violent crimes, then clearly it makes sense to take away their guns, although I have no idea how this actually works.
Fuck, why don't we just ban the research and development of new things? Why bother with these patent games when it's obvious that the overral goal is to completely prevent anyone from doing anything new?
I'm anticipating a gut-wrenching amount of political correctness and historical distortion in Assassin's Creed. They should have gone with a different setting.
It's all becoming clear to me. I mean, it's so fucking obvious. What do all killers have in common? They all wear pants. If you ban the use of pants, these incidents will stop dead in their tracks. It's pretty easy to see how pants could destabilize someone.
Ban pants, and ban underwear too, just to be safe.
I'm so sorry that not all of us are rolling in cash like you. I'll now go and cut my wrists to repent for the horrible sin of being a cheap asshole.
I may hopefully afford a new television in the next few years, and the absolute maximum price is 1,000 euros (anything higher is fucking stupid anyway). I've never had anything better than a 14" CRT.
I see that some raving leftist lunatic is abusing mod points again. I just love Slashdot.
Legitimacy of the grievance has no bearing on the right of a person to express that grievance.
I mean that if their grievances are not legitimate then why would you address them, or make concessions towards the rioters? Demonstrations, no matter how stupid, are acceptable, but riots are not.
Their grievances aren't necessarily legitimate (leftist anarchists and Muslims will stage a riot over virtually anything, and sometimes even for no reason), and in any case they cannot be allowed to go on a rampage.
Garbage games have always been produced. Angry Nintendo Nerd illustrates some of them. I think people who talk about a drastic decline in story and gameplay are exaggerating. There have been lots of games with outstanding gameplay and story, for all platforms.
Why is aggression made out to be some nigh-unnatural force of evil that corrupts people? Aggression is normal, and the level of aggression produced by playing Quake isn't even remotely enough to send a mentally stable person into a real life killing spree.
It seems that aggression is only bad if video games produce it, otherwise it's a non-issue.
Please stop using the term "next-gen." There is nothing "next-gen" about Oblivion. Why was Morrowind less next-gen? Why was Doom less next-gen than Unreal 3? Oblivion etc. are just normal technological progression, no different from past games.
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WoW players complain because they know what a good camera is.
Yeah, because obviously games consist of nothing but the camera, everything else is irrelevant.
It's not historically wrong, it's a plain fact. Also, I'm sure that Islam has had a fantastic role in Indian culture.
Even with all that, it sounds very uninspiring. It's not like it has any intelligence, let alone sentience. Just simple software and primitive robotics. A gimmick. Real AI is what we need.
This reminds me of the Comanche program. They spent an asinine amount of money on it before deciding that UAVs are a better idea. Then there was the OICW program which was also (largely) scrapped. I guess these things are relatively common.
Well, actually, Islam has been at war with the West since its inception. And not just the West, but other parts of the world too (such as India, which is still suffering from terrorism).
Wouldn't work. Jihadists don't care if you kill them, since there's nothing more glorious than to become a martyr, and there's an infinite supply of reinforcements anyway.
Of course, there's a slight problem with your view: I don't care that they're black, I don't believe that their skin color or biological properties have anything to do with the subject, and I never suggested that black people shouldn't have weapons because they're black. It's always the raving leftist lunatics who make everything into a racial matter, and then call everyone else racist. How ironic.
Besides, I never came up with the idea or otherwise mentioned it, someone else did. I only said that it makes sense (which it does), but that I don't know how it's supposed to work (ban guns in a state with a lot of black people who commit a lot of crimes?).
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Huh? That made no sense at all. None whatsoever.
How exactly am I a bigot? Please explain in detail.
Alright, what the fuck? Why is it that I can't even fart in Slashdot's general direction without some extremist leftist fuckwit modding me troll or flamebait in a kneejerk fit of PC hysteria?
Do you think another military would perform better in Iraq? They wouldn't. The US military could be twice as powerful as it is now, and it probably wouldn't make any difference in there. Sure, they could effortlessly reduce Iraq into a pile of rubble and kill everyone, but that's not their goal.
If you watch Army of Darkness, you can see just how much of an advantage a simple chemistry textbook can give you.
Well, if blacks commit a disproportionate amount of violent crimes, then clearly it makes sense to take away their guns, although I have no idea how this actually works.
Fuck, why don't we just ban the research and development of new things? Why bother with these patent games when it's obvious that the overral goal is to completely prevent anyone from doing anything new?
I'm anticipating a gut-wrenching amount of political correctness and historical distortion in Assassin's Creed. They should have gone with a different setting.
It's all becoming clear to me. I mean, it's so fucking obvious. What do all killers have in common? They all wear pants. If you ban the use of pants, these incidents will stop dead in their tracks. It's pretty easy to see how pants could destabilize someone.
Ban pants, and ban underwear too, just to be safe.
The point is that the OP accused people of simply being cheap by saving $100, as if $100 is small money (or "a few lousy bucks") to everyone.
I'm so sorry that not all of us are rolling in cash like you. I'll now go and cut my wrists to repent for the horrible sin of being a cheap asshole.
I may hopefully afford a new television in the next few years, and the absolute maximum price is 1,000 euros (anything higher is fucking stupid anyway). I've never had anything better than a 14" CRT.
I mean that if their grievances are not legitimate then why would you address them, or make concessions towards the rioters? Demonstrations, no matter how stupid, are acceptable, but riots are not.
Their grievances aren't necessarily legitimate (leftist anarchists and Muslims will stage a riot over virtually anything, and sometimes even for no reason), and in any case they cannot be allowed to go on a rampage.
Garbage games have always been produced. Angry Nintendo Nerd illustrates some of them. I think people who talk about a drastic decline in story and gameplay are exaggerating. There have been lots of games with outstanding gameplay and story, for all platforms.
It matters because Wikipedia is not Blogspot or Livejournal, and filling up WP with garbage is not cool.
Why is aggression made out to be some nigh-unnatural force of evil that corrupts people? Aggression is normal, and the level of aggression produced by playing Quake isn't even remotely enough to send a mentally stable person into a real life killing spree.
It seems that aggression is only bad if video games produce it, otherwise it's a non-issue.
Please stop using the term "next-gen." There is nothing "next-gen" about Oblivion. Why was Morrowind less next-gen? Why was Doom less next-gen than Unreal 3? Oblivion etc. are just normal technological progression, no different from past games.
I'm fucking sick of these buzz words.
God, I hope he doesn't name his son Sephiroth.