Part of the usefulness of a weapon is its ability to do its job on command, and not randomly. Ordnance from a century ago can still go BOOM, but it won't go BOOM when it's needed. Detonators in particular become highly unstable, and that's why a good lot of ordnance (landmines, shells) has removable detonators (other than changing the fuse setting). Seriously, how retarded are you? Did your parents have any offspring that survived?
Nerve gas has a very short shelf life. Explosives deteriorate as well, especially detonators. That's why some war is always needed to use them up before they expire. Fortunately, it has been found that modern conflict use ammo at ungodly levels so our shelves are always stocked with fresh, shiny bottles o'boom.
"I want all games to be completely open ended, unscripted, nearly unlimited in scope, with perfect physics, and human-level intelligence to all NPCs; everything you done to simplify any of those is a cliche."
No problem: step out in the real world and punch someone in the face. Things will get really exciting, really fast, and with top-of-the-line graphics and sound. It will be a totally immersive experience, you won't believe your eyes - at least while they're still working. Bring a baseball bat for extra excitement. Wield a fake gun for a death-by-cop sequence that will blow you away, literally.
It was invented by Disney during WW2 to help train soldiers to fight nazis. yes, they were trained by cartoons.
And where would the problem be? Cartoons, comic strips and games are a quick and effective way to impart information and make people remember it, far more than forcing them through a boring lecture that would cause most of them to lose concentration. We still use simple audiovisuals to convey concepts and ideas, because it works. Of course, how 'orrible must that have sounded to effete, sophisticated self-proclaimed intellectuals who would never fire a rifle out of their "moral repulsion" for violence and who were too busy practising a German accent and researching their genealogy for Nordic ancestry, just in case.
Then, if they're smart, they'll simply destroy the planes on the ground via preemptive strike (if they can) or sabotage, or kill the pilots. Same with drones, it's one thing to take out goathumpers and another one to take on an industrial nation that can actively jam your links and, if determined enough, take out the drone operators themselves through assassination. I imagine the best weapons in the US arsenal might well be "cease and desist" letters to anyone threatening to make those expensive weapons systems useless...
In fact I wish somebody of authority creates a policy that all school assignments, all thesis, all research be published as Wikipedia edits. Wikipedia will become the new library of Alexandria.
If by that you mean it's going to be the next Big Book Bonfire, you're probably right.
By all means try it. Let's see how far you go. Come on, I dare you. I double dare you, internet masturbatory tough guy. Leave your dreams of self-aggrandizement and try reality. What are you afraid of? Hunh. Oh, I see, all talk and no walk. What a shame.
Hi, unemployed, indebted computer geek. Just met the girl you lusted about for years (and who had a restraining order filed against you) and her wealthy aerospace engineer husband. She says the sex is amazing, thank you for asking. Seriously, shouldn't you move on instead of projecting your rage and (justified) feelings of impotence on others?
Why, do you need a cellphone to take a picture or video? There are plenty of cheap, covert cameras around disguised as watches, keyfobs, pens, glasses, whatever. If I'm determined to take a picture, I'll take a picture. You cannot stop me. What about you? Do you depend on your cellphone? Do you have no intiative at all? Are you a defeatist loserboy nerd? Beat yourself up, I cannot be bothered.
You see, there's an easy and elegant solution to this: kill all the geeks. Bury them alive in a mountain of dung, then set it on fire. It will be a good start, even if a little smelly.
Bigger than the blackout? The burnout. Burn down your workplace, destroy the equipment that makes it work, destroy the financial records. You need enough people for this to be effective but you must be willing to destroy your lifestyle forever in order to make Big Money's pillars to shake. Imagine Wall Street, burning. The offices, burning. The buildings, burning. The accountants, burning...
Sell the recording to a contact in the press. Good luck for their lawyers to sue them, and the press will have to protect you as their source. More damage and some quick, sure monetary gain instead of a lawsuit that may go nowhere or take ages and drain away your assets.
Evil usually triumphs unless good takes a gun, shoots evil twice in the chest and one in the head, decapitates its still twitching corpse and buries the remains separatedly in quicklime.
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Part of the usefulness of a weapon is its ability to do its job on command, and not randomly. Ordnance from a century ago can still go BOOM, but it won't go BOOM when it's needed. Detonators in particular become highly unstable, and that's why a good lot of ordnance (landmines, shells) has removable detonators (other than changing the fuse setting). Seriously, how retarded are you? Did your parents have any offspring that survived?
Like, landmines and nerve gas.
Nerve gas has a very short shelf life. Explosives deteriorate as well, especially detonators. That's why some war is always needed to use them up before they expire. Fortunately, it has been found that modern conflict use ammo at ungodly levels so our shelves are always stocked with fresh, shiny bottles o'boom.
"I want all games to be completely open ended, unscripted, nearly unlimited in scope, with perfect physics, and human-level intelligence to all NPCs; everything you done to simplify any of those is a cliche."
No problem: step out in the real world and punch someone in the face. Things will get really exciting, really fast, and with top-of-the-line graphics and sound. It will be a totally immersive experience, you won't believe your eyes - at least while they're still working. Bring a baseball bat for extra excitement. Wield a fake gun for a death-by-cop sequence that will blow you away, literally.
No. You call him Jack Bauer.
If enough people manage to read through all of that drivel, maybe they won't be so keen on putting on the Reich.
If you don't smuggle drugs you're a terrorist, citizen. Remember, winners use drugs.
Don't dream it, be it.
What advantage is there to releasing a serial killer form prison and shooting everyone?
Movie rights.
It was invented by Disney during WW2 to help train soldiers to fight nazis. yes, they were trained by cartoons.
And where would the problem be? Cartoons, comic strips and games are a quick and effective way to impart information and make people remember it, far more than forcing them through a boring lecture that would cause most of them to lose concentration. We still use simple audiovisuals to convey concepts and ideas, because it works. Of course, how 'orrible must that have sounded to effete, sophisticated self-proclaimed intellectuals who would never fire a rifle out of their "moral repulsion" for violence and who were too busy practising a German accent and researching their genealogy for Nordic ancestry, just in case.
Ask not what Slashdot can do for you, but what you can do for Slashdot.
Kill it out of mercy?
Schadenfreude?
Gesundheit.
Not enough. You have failed for the last time. Try to hold on to what little honour you may have left, and commit suicide NOW.
Then, if they're smart, they'll simply destroy the planes on the ground via preemptive strike (if they can) or sabotage, or kill the pilots. Same with drones, it's one thing to take out goathumpers and another one to take on an industrial nation that can actively jam your links and, if determined enough, take out the drone operators themselves through assassination. I imagine the best weapons in the US arsenal might well be "cease and desist" letters to anyone threatening to make those expensive weapons systems useless...
Nothing new. Read about it on a French science magazine from the late '70s. Allez chier sur votre figure vous-mêmes, je n'ai pas de temps à gaspiller.
In fact I wish somebody of authority creates a policy that all school assignments, all thesis, all research be published as Wikipedia edits. Wikipedia will become the new library of Alexandria.
If by that you mean it's going to be the next Big Book Bonfire, you're probably right.
By all means try it. Let's see how far you go. Come on, I dare you. I double dare you, internet masturbatory tough guy. Leave your dreams of self-aggrandizement and try reality. What are you afraid of? Hunh. Oh, I see, all talk and no walk. What a shame.
Hi, unemployed, indebted computer geek. Just met the girl you lusted about for years (and who had a restraining order filed against you) and her wealthy aerospace engineer husband. She says the sex is amazing, thank you for asking. Seriously, shouldn't you move on instead of projecting your rage and (justified) feelings of impotence on others?
Is it illegal someone to shut the sheriff ? Always.
No. Shutting the sheriff is not illegal. Slamming it might be, though, and the jury is out about locking him.
HR Person: Please provide your login credentials for Facebook.
ME: How's your kid?
HR Person: What?
ME: Such a nice kid. Aren't you worried about him straying from the school grounds? It's a terrible world out there, you know.
Why, do you need a cellphone to take a picture or video? There are plenty of cheap, covert cameras around disguised as watches, keyfobs, pens, glasses, whatever. If I'm determined to take a picture, I'll take a picture. You cannot stop me. What about you? Do you depend on your cellphone? Do you have no intiative at all? Are you a defeatist loserboy nerd? Beat yourself up, I cannot be bothered.
You see, there's an easy and elegant solution to this: kill all the geeks. Bury them alive in a mountain of dung, then set it on fire. It will be a good start, even if a little smelly.
Bigger than the blackout? The burnout. Burn down your workplace, destroy the equipment that makes it work, destroy the financial records. You need enough people for this to be effective but you must be willing to destroy your lifestyle forever in order to make Big Money's pillars to shake. Imagine Wall Street, burning. The offices, burning. The buildings, burning. The accountants, burning...
You have a gun and a dog. A gun I don't care about because you can't use it in Europe.
Yes, you can use a gun in some European countries. The ones who do not believe their citizens are replaceable, of course.
Sell the recording to a contact in the press. Good luck for their lawyers to sue them, and the press will have to protect you as their source. More damage and some quick, sure monetary gain instead of a lawsuit that may go nowhere or take ages and drain away your assets.
Evil usually triumphs unless good takes a gun, shoots evil twice in the chest and one in the head, decapitates its still twitching corpse and buries the remains separatedly in quicklime.