Pirates remove negative value, therefore, adding value in the process.
I, too, am willing to throw a few bucks to the pirates.
For example, where I live (certain EU country) the game "Dark Souls" is not available for purchase with legal means (not in a brick and mortar shop, and if I buy it online, the e-shops lile Steam detect that my paypal account is based in that forbidden EU country, and my payment is not processed).
The only way I can buy that game legally is if I pay a friend abroad, and he gifts the game to me via Steam.
Or I can pirate, which is what I've done in the meantime, because I have noone trustworthy (who is also able of gifting Steam games) to ask.
I am considering sending ~50-100 bucks to From software directly, because this is the first game that I consider playable (for more than 100 hours of good-quality experience) in the last decade. Would I get a functional game from them in the process ? Doubtful. This is a case where a publisher, when I tell it to shut the fuck up and take my money, says to me "GTFO retard".
Well, there is no such perspective regarding internet in many asian and european countries, so I think if we reach that point, America will become a barren wasteland, where every person who could be considered "thinking" has emigrated to greener (freer) pastures.
This is just one of the many nails in the coffin-of-US in the making.
Actually, this could make possible a rifle mentioned by Vernor Vinge in "The Peace War":
Point and no click interface, in which, you just film your would be victims, and then, jump out and point at them in fast sweeping motions, upon which the rifle recognises your attackers (by image recognition) and fires at them full auto (when your barrel crosses them in the calculated trajectory of a bullet, all in realtime) with minimal lag, resulting in 1 bullet - 1 hit pretty much.
What is interesting here is that there are perceivable differences (sharp black/white patern vs. blurred) between 60 and 120 fps here, and my monitor is 60Hz.
You mean, like, Mowgli ? Running around, furiously eating and fucking (provided a Mowgless).
Now see, there are these things called "finesse" "erudition" "skill". They are impossible to attain without society, without mentors - well, at least, in the form of books, but do you think unattended humans would control theis chaotic natures for long enough to settle down and read ?
And no, forced indoctrination would not work, for it produces robots, people with no ambition.
Face it - generation ships are unattainable with current breed of humans, unless we find a 100% reliable way to give birth to little Buddhas.
Human interaction and inspirational figures in your life are more important that you may realise.
and genuinely interesting and inventive mechanics, play Demon Souls and/or Dark Souls. They are not even that hard, they just reward your betterment as a player. (Certain type of player required).
I have, in my quite modern machine, that runs most every game full speed @ max settings, 4x4 sticks 1866 MHz RAM. This is a huge overkill for everything, most people settle for 8 GB and that is with a healthy safety margin.
If the company is getting rid of 4GB sticks (one stick is enough for a normal-range desktop system to function properly on modern desktop OS. throw in a second 4GB if you want to overkill stuff), what are they replacing it with ?
Also, DDR3 RAM is modern and current, and in wide use, not some legacy abomination.
Is this article from the future or just a subtle troll ?
In worst case, you cn list it @ 10 bucks a stick on ebay (going price ~14-15 per stick) and make $5K FAST.
Haha, I would wager that electric stove would last over a single millennium, which at max of about 2 KW and is pretty luminous in modern settings, and puts out sufficient light to read (and burn your book and nose simultaneously).
Needless to point this out, but surely you understand that a dollar costing 120 yen is a stronger dollar compared to a weaker yen, long ago;
-- versus a dollar costing 80 yen signifies a much, much cheaper (weaker) dollar costing less yen, less of more valuable yen, now, as compared to a dollar ?
Yen is pretty much fluctuating at an all time high, but that only includes a gimped dollar, whose real worth is much lower than "enforced" by certain banking apparatus.
What ? Where are the "drop the barometer, calculate the drop time, factor in the atmospheric resistance (usually not significant at that scale), and, if you know (have as tool in your head) local planetary gravity as expressed in meters per second per second and a time measurement device (your hearbeats are pretty standard, just correct them to seconds with a fraction), you pretty much have the height, in meters".
Enjoy being exploited by your gods, oh I mean, your government. Because you cannot, absolutely cannot, sacrifice an ounce of your fat to destroy and remake your government, for you would experience pain and discomfort, and those things have gone out of fashion since forever !
"virtually unlimited power, money, and time" bullshit.
Your government ain't no gods man.
It is you who became weak and complacent, and you mind has grown weak and averse to change and discomfort.
In fact, a certain character in anime "One Piece", Red-Hair Shanks said, "The price of freedom is responsibility for your actions", and that is a superset of this vigilance thing you americans are so fond of. When in fact, you cannot blame other people and remain free.
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But why ? You say it as if you'd be proud of the fact.
This is bad, and YOU as an American (saying hypothetically, I do not know if you are American) created this society that treats people like dirt.
Either change stuff by commiting to action (stop speaking), or move to asia or something, where girls still love men and piracy is standard.
Value can be either negative or positive.
Pirates remove negative value, therefore, adding value in the process.
I, too, am willing to throw a few bucks to the pirates.
For example, where I live (certain EU country) the game "Dark Souls" is not available for purchase with legal means (not in a brick and mortar shop, and if I buy it online, the e-shops lile Steam detect that my paypal account is based in that forbidden EU country, and my payment is not processed).
The only way I can buy that game legally is if I pay a friend abroad, and he gifts the game to me via Steam.
Or I can pirate, which is what I've done in the meantime, because I have noone trustworthy (who is also able of gifting Steam games) to ask.
I am considering sending ~50-100 bucks to From software directly, because this is the first game that I consider playable (for more than 100 hours of good-quality experience) in the last decade. Would I get a functional game from them in the process ? Doubtful. This is a case where a publisher, when I tell it to shut the fuck up and take my money, says to me "GTFO retard".
Thank you, Mr. Publisher.
Well, there is no such perspective regarding internet in many asian and european countries, so I think if we reach that point, America will become a barren wasteland, where every person who could be considered "thinking" has emigrated to greener (freer) pastures.
This is just one of the many nails in the coffin-of-US in the making.
Dude, of course I was being mildly sarcastic in my ineptness.
If you peddle arms to gullible internet investors you are likely to get sewed or even arrested. Depends on the arms off course.
"Smoother peddling of new crank physics"
Actually, this could make possible a rifle mentioned by Vernor Vinge in "The Peace War":
Point and no click interface, in which, you just film your would be victims, and then, jump out and point at them in fast sweeping motions, upon which the rifle recognises your attackers (by image recognition) and fires at them full auto (when your barrel crosses them in the calculated trajectory of a bullet, all in realtime) with minimal lag, resulting in 1 bullet - 1 hit pretty much.
Still ways to go for this one I think.
Not particularly..
But more like electromagneticaly.
What is interesting here is that there are perceivable differences (sharp black/white patern vs. blurred) between 60 and 120 fps here, and my monitor is 60Hz.
Is there some hackery going on ?
IIYAMA E2080HSD here.
> and voila! Adam and Eve.
You mean, like, Mowgli ? Running around, furiously eating and fucking (provided a Mowgless).
Now see, there are these things called "finesse" "erudition" "skill". They are impossible to attain without society, without mentors - well, at least, in the form of books, but do you think unattended humans would control theis chaotic natures for long enough to settle down and read ?
And no, forced indoctrination would not work, for it produces robots, people with no ambition.
Face it - generation ships are unattainable with current breed of humans, unless we find a 100% reliable way to give birth to little Buddhas.
Human interaction and inspirational figures in your life are more important that you may realise.
You forgot the most important one: "when you hang a roll of toilet paper, does it face...." !
and genuinely interesting and inventive mechanics, play Demon Souls and/or Dark Souls. They are not even that hard, they just reward your betterment as a player.
(Certain type of player required).
You can thank me later.
What did the company exchange it for ?
I have, in my quite modern machine, that runs most every game full speed @ max settings, 4x4 sticks 1866 MHz RAM. This is a huge overkill for everything, most people settle for 8 GB and that is with a healthy safety margin.
If the company is getting rid of 4GB sticks (one stick is enough for a normal-range desktop system to function properly on modern desktop OS. throw in a second 4GB if you want to overkill stuff), what are they replacing it with ?
Also, DDR3 RAM is modern and current, and in wide use, not some legacy abomination.
Is this article from the future or just a subtle troll ?
In worst case, you cn list it @ 10 bucks a stick on ebay (going price ~14-15 per stick) and make $5K FAST.
> So what's warming the solar system?
Furious wanking.
I used to loot the vending machines, but then ...
That's what I get for not reading all replies ..
Haha, I would wager that electric stove would last over a single millennium, which at max of about 2 KW and is pretty luminous in modern settings, and puts out sufficient light to read (and burn your book and nose simultaneously).
Of course if I misunderstood your meaning, sorry.
I tend to rattle my fingers at the slightest provocation.
Needless to point this out, but surely you understand that a dollar costing 120 yen is a stronger dollar compared to a weaker yen, long ago;
-- versus a dollar costing 80 yen signifies a much, much cheaper (weaker) dollar costing less yen, less of more valuable yen, now, as compared to a dollar ?
Yen is pretty much fluctuating at an all time high, but that only includes a gimped dollar, whose real worth is much lower than "enforced" by certain banking apparatus.
What ? Where are the "drop the barometer, calculate the drop time, factor in the atmospheric resistance (usually not significant at that scale), and, if you know (have as tool in your head) local planetary gravity as expressed in meters per second per second and a time measurement device (your hearbeats are pretty standard, just correct them to seconds with a fraction), you pretty much have the height, in meters".
Or so I would think.
Dude, this is not about silkroad, but an other site. Find out what it is yourself.
BTC is as much fake money as you are a fake person.
You are, after all, just some letters on screen.
You are not insightful, but rather, submissive.
Enjoy being anally raped, o submissive one.
Enjoy being exploited by your gods, oh I mean, your government. Because you cannot, absolutely cannot, sacrifice an ounce of your fat to destroy and remake your government, for you would experience pain and discomfort, and those things have gone out of fashion since forever !
"virtually unlimited power, money, and time" bullshit.
Your government ain't no gods man.
It is you who became weak and complacent, and you mind has grown weak and averse to change and discomfort.
And for that, you will pay later in life.
> Mass Effect is one of the best written and most detailed stores I've ever come across in a computer game.
Do you take into account Planescape: Torment, and, to a lesser extent, Fallout 1 & 2 ?
Both made by a company that propelled the now-Bioware to its greatness, Black Isle.
Oh how far have we fallen.
In fact, a certain character in anime "One Piece", Red-Hair Shanks said, "The price of freedom is responsibility for your actions", and that is a superset of this vigilance thing you americans are so fond of. When in fact, you cannot blame other people and remain free.
Status quo is all your fault.