Yet another game made for console and badly ported to a much better platform - the PC
Almost every single game made for console and ported to PC has kept all the lame parts of console UI and taken none of the good parts of PC performance.
The exceptions to that rule can be counted on the fingers of one hand, so don't go thinking that your favorite is one of them - it probably isn't.
Oh, the AI is better at flushing you out now ? Gosh, they've almost reached the performance of Half-Life circa 2004. Congratulations !
No, sorry. Doesn't wash with me. I don't care about the pretty effects or the bullet-time, if a game cannot code its AI as good as something made close to a decade ago, I feel like I'm wasting my time.
As soon as my daughter saw it, she asked me to print it so she could put it up in her room at the boarding school.
She is gleefully expecting the explanation sessions about where the poster came from and how Twilight is so bad it only made the 3rd spot in the Worst Films Ever Made list.
Dear Lord, what have I done ? I have unleashed a monster on the face of this poor Earth !
Oh, and while you're at it, fix the "Report Abuse" link, since if it had worked, instead of blubbering something about a post not being "live", I wouldn't have needed to post this in the first place.
They're already in the line of fire on a daily basis, no need to add to their misery.
Besides, antagonizing them is a really stupid idea. Not only does a soldier have access to way more firepower than any script kiddie will ever get in his wildest dreams, but said soldier also has training that would make a script kiddie drop dead from exhaustion just thinking about it, and a group of well-trained, dedicated and loyal buddies to guard _his_ back while he plans to hit the aforementioned skiddie when the lump of blubber is least expecting it - like 24/7 actually.
So yeah, you want to antagonize the military ? How about hacking into the confidential files of a general-rank guy, instead of targeting the rank and file. I guarantee that you'll get a much quicker reaction that way, and much greater exposure.
Of course, said exposure just might be to the 2500°C blast (number drawn out of thin air) from a smart bomb but hey, you never specified what kind of exposure you wanted, right ?
A contract is a legally binding agreement which none of the two parties can change without consent from the other party.
EULA's today can be (and are) changed on the whim of the company selling you the product. Indeed, every update and upgrade has you "agreeing" to a new EULA (here is this vital upgrade to your product sir, without it you will not be able to benefit from the basic services we actually promised you the first time, but before installing this you will have to agree to give us your daughter). That, in effect, is called extortion. They already have your money, if you don't agree to the new "contract", you can kiss your money goodbye.
All these shenanigans totally empty the EULA of any semblance of credibility in my view.
What I mean is that, when Blizzard shows you Diablo III EN (US) on its download page, it doesn't mean the English version, it means the English version tied to the US region.
I live in France, so the downloader couldn't find its data.
The solution was to change the language of the downloader and choose the EN (GB) version, English tied to the Europe region.
So okay, I get it, it was a region issue with my confusion over the downloader. My bad, apparently, but could someone tell me why Blizzard did not publish this error message on its support page ? And why Blizzard Support itself cannot tell me anything more than to go to its support pages ?
I posted the solution in my support ticket, and added a suggestion that they change their support page to talk about this issue - we'll see how long it takes them to react.
Meanwhile, my download finishes in 3 minutes - gotta go ! :)
Oh, so you have a 24" tablet ? In 1900 x 1200 ? That's cool.
I'd like to know what model it is though, because the biggest current tablets appear to be 10" to 11" (high-end) affaires and the biggest upcoming tablets that are still unannounced (dixit CNet) reach 13".
Wow. I wonder how that will translate in terms of frames/second - or will it ?
I hope Nvidia will be able to produce a proper number of chips for end-users, what with TSMC's backlog and all the rest of the problems. Seems to me like we'll see another sale date come without any product in shop - and no, one card on sale somewhere does not count in my view, either you have properly stocked your retail chain, or you can get stuffed is what I say.
We're not saying it's your fault. Not at all. We're just saying it's your RESPONSIBILITY.
Responsibility is what makes your pseudo-excuses even more lame than they already are. And the fact that someone apparently needs to explain this to you is what makes me believe that you are indeed not fit to run any company, even if it's naught but a bunch a Yahoos.
But don't worry, Mr. Thompson, you're not alone. There are plenty of CEOs like yourself who blame others and say "not my fault !" as soon as something goes wrong while pocketing plenty of dollars in "compensation" for the "heavy responsibilities" of their position.
Actually, it's the CEO who has the balls to step up to the plate and say "my bad, sorry for that, here's my resignation if you wish" who should be applauded for the proper interpretation of the word "responsibility". I'd even cut him some slack - once. And frankly, I find very surprising that there are so few CEOs who have taken this step, when - from what I've heard - they're all trying to position themselves as the unique swan in a sea of ducks.
But hey, what do I know ? I only have what I've actually done on my CV, so I'm clearly not CEO material.
just how poorly journalistic professionalism resists to the modern media, as well as proving in one fell swoop how modern-day "journalists" are a far cry from anything that could bring down a Nixon.
Once upon a time, a journalist was a feared figure who could track down political miscreants and expose their misdeed after careful detective work and with the weight of their paper behind them.
Nowadays, a "journalist" is a moron who copy/pasts from anything that can sell page views and doesn't know the meaning of the word "integrity" any more than a politician does. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule, but they are exceptions, not the norm.
Re: "For gaming the bottleneck is almost always the graphics card"
That used to be true, but nowadays the CPU has loads or more and more complex AI stuff to handle while it sends things to the GPU, so it no longer always works that way.
Case in point : my Supreme Commander game got a lot more fluid when I got my 8-core i7 960, even before I upgraded from my X850 to my Radeon 5870.
I think that, with today's much more complex games, more CPU horsepower is just as important as GPU horsepower.
Unless the programming is done by clueless monkeys, in which case you can throw as many resources you want at it and it'll still run like a dog (ie any version of Microsoft Flight, and that's far from the only example).
"An IP address provides only the location [..] any number of computer devices may be deployed"
Dear Lord, it is true - 2012 is indeed the End Of The World !
Justice has finally woken up to a basic fact concerning the Internet. Next, we'll have newspapers and reporters actually telling the truth, and in November we'll have politicians denouncing their own lies.
Then December rolls in, and when political parties admit that they're only in it for the money, we'll be doomed.
You wish for an explanation on why I think our computer models are wrong ? Fine, here is what I base my opinion on :
This study seems to indicate that glaciers are melting for reasons not directly linked to climate change, due to an as-of-yet unknown glacier melting phenomenon. Since it is not known of yet, it cannot have been implemented in the models.
This study claims that polar ice loss is "incredible", and suitably goes on about how the situation paints a dire picture for future sea levels.
Unfortunately, this paper claims that the sea level rise is nothing new, nor is it adequately explained and the data does not support the coastal apocalypse scenario some people like to bandy about.
Some confusion evidently abounds.
Then you have the field of proxy measurement. As stated in this article, "Instrumental measurements are the gold standard, but there aren't enough of them for truly satisfactory science." That clearly means that we know we cannot adequately measure everything (which I understand), so we choose something we can measure and decide on its validity in pointing to what we want to measure (which I can understand as well).
The unfortunate side-effect of this method is that we base our models on these proxies, and derive multi-billion-dollar policies based on the results of said models, until one fine day we find out, as pointed out in the first article I cited, that our proxy is governed by something we had no knowledge of.
Now let me put one thing straight : I am not disputing the methods, nor am I putting in question the existence of the models. We need the models, we need to simulate and evaluate with what we have, and I am sure that said models are updated as new events arise.
What I do dispute is pissing away billions without knowing what the effect will be, and there is nothing in meteorology today that tells me we know where we are going. So let's cut the hype, lock the zealots in their padded chambers and think rationally in a quiet atmosphere, hmm ?
Then we will be more able to make the right decision, instead of deciding things based on what the most heavily-funded lobby wants to push for.
As much as I hate the AGW fear-mongerers, the zealotism concerning AGW and the endless debates about the validity of someone's references on this matter, I see nothing that makes me believe that this "picture" is all that "reassuring".
Climate, and meteorology in general, is the most complex and the least well-understood branch of science. We have precious little experience (barely a century's worth), and the variables that influence the subject are innumerable, out of our control and, most often, out of our technical ability to measure.
We base our computer models on what we think is representative, then derive conclusions from those models without double-checking the source data. Then our governments go spending billions we don't have (due to our already bloated, loan-based budgets) to enforce measures that may or not have an impact on something we don't really understand.
Let's keep on measuring, evaluating and improving our understanding, hmm ? It's the only way to learn, and zealots be damned.
Especially since there seems to be some dispute about how glaciers form, which would totally throw into disarray the ice-dating techniques we've been using to derive data about historical climate conditions.
Oh, it's totally off-topic of course, I'm not denying that at all. But mentioning Steam doesn't seem so on-topic to me either. Not that I'm complaining.
If I ask, it is because I am genuinely interested. My Steam library includes over 50 titles, and I've never had any serious issue with any of them at all.
So I am looking forward to your list of defective games, to see if I somehow avoided the bad apples.
"It's weird that 2nd-hand is still allowed because it doesn't work like that in any other software industries"
Yeah, well you're in the entertainment industry, moron. People have been selling their discs and books since the first ones got off the printer. Why should you get special treatment ?
Once again, someone is confusing the ability to impose restriction with the right to do so.
Well that does it for me. I am never buying another Crytek title again. And, for your information Mr. Hojengaard, I don't play pirated games, I buy my games. I don't see how it matters if I buy them second-hand (not that I do, actually).
So we're both going to be happy, Mr. Hojengaard. You're never going to see my money, second-hand or otherwise, and apparently you won't regret it.
According to http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/oceans.htm, the arctic ocean has a surface area of 14,056,000 sq km.
That makes for 28.1 tons per day, if my calculations are correct. However, I'm quite sure that anyone can disprove this result since there is no indication of how the 2 milligrams per square meter figure was reached, so there is no guarantee that my surface area reference is the right one.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how this whole AGW debate has been fueled from the start.
I find it very interesting that, on the first occasion where ICANN is actually trying to demonstrate some proper seriousness about a serious issue, some TLD applicants appear to give very little flying monkeys about the whole thing and just want their new shiny to be available ASAP.
Undoubtedly, Van Gelder will be the first to squeal like mad if his .whatdoicare is undercut by a .couldicareless, and will then hold ICANN responsible for the situation, demanding reparation and truckloads of cash.
But for now, let's just revel in the fact that, for once, ICANN is actually trying to be professional about something, and with full disclosure no less.
I've said it before and I'll say it again : I have had nothing but an excellent experience with Steam in general. It is user-friendly, there are good deals to be found, it is robust and doesn't bother me, and it survives hard disk changes and OS wipes/reinstalls/upgrades without any complaint.
I have tried other platforms and they are almost universally trolling the sewers next to Valve (EA Games, I am looking VERY HARD in your particular direction).
If Valve manages to put out some hardware to go along with its service, I'm willing to consider it favorably. That said, I fail to see just what kind of hardware Valve could put out that would be any kind of use. USB disk storage is already widely available, Valve will not replace my ISP and I already have loads of hardware on my PC for what I need. If it's just a dongle, I will be quite disappointed.
I would really, really like to know which companies have been affected by this issue - so as to make sure I never, ever work with them.
Putting payrolls on a cloud ? There isn't a company I know that would do that. Payroll is the one thing that is even more important and secured than even customer lists or industrial secrets. You never hear of anything coming out of a proper HR department, those people are tombs when it comes to communication.
So, payrolls in the cloud ? Come on, tell me who, I practically dare you to justify that statement.
Personally, I will never forgive them for having crowbar'd Java in the Blu-Ray specs. I was offered a Sony DVD player with HDD and, although I admit it is practical for recording and burning TV shows on DVD, it somehow cannot read or write DVD-RWs (although it says it can in the manual), it sticks a stupid Sony menu on any DVD you burn (which, on some other DVD readers prevents going beyond the first title element) and it takes a whole 90 seconds to start up when you press the bloomin' ON button (even though it's never really OFF in the first place).
This poor experience, plus SONY's documented history of taking large dumps on its customers' rights with sodding DRM schemes and somehow believing that they have the divine right to spy on what I watch and decide in my place if I have the right to watch it has been the drop that maketh the cup overflow.
Sod SONY. I know it'll be hard for those who work there, but I am not buying another SONY product as long as I live.
I might go BluRay one day, but it'll be with a knockoff brand that allows me to view what I put in it and doesn't decide on my rights in my stead.
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Yet another game made for console and badly ported to a much better platform - the PC
Almost every single game made for console and ported to PC has kept all the lame parts of console UI and taken none of the good parts of PC performance.
The exceptions to that rule can be counted on the fingers of one hand, so don't go thinking that your favorite is one of them - it probably isn't.
Oh, the AI is better at flushing you out now ? Gosh, they've almost reached the performance of Half-Life circa 2004. Congratulations !
No, sorry. Doesn't wash with me. I don't care about the pretty effects or the bullet-time, if a game cannot code its AI as good as something made close to a decade ago, I feel like I'm wasting my time.
Re: Poster?
I second that request.
As soon as my daughter saw it, she asked me to print it so she could put it up in her room at the boarding school.
She is gleefully expecting the explanation sessions about where the poster came from and how Twilight is so bad it only made the 3rd spot in the Worst Films Ever Made list.
Dear Lord, what have I done ? I have unleashed a monster on the face of this poor Earth !
The difference between Diablo III and Modern Warfare whatever
is that people will still be playing Diable III in ten years' time.
Heck, people are still playing Diablo II now.
Re: Uh, moderator ?
Oh, and while you're at it, fix the "Report Abuse" link, since if it had worked, instead of blubbering something about a post not being "live", I wouldn't have needed to post this in the first place.
Uh, moderator ?
Could you please remove the first post which is blatantly in violation of House Rule #5 ?
And then remove the other posts from the same author, as well as this post as well, since it will have no more object.
Thank you.
"receive signals from digital billboards and domestic LED-backlit TVs"
Oh great, like we didn't have enough ad surface already.
Re: Deathwish?
I agree : leave the soldiers alone !
They're already in the line of fire on a daily basis, no need to add to their misery.
Besides, antagonizing them is a really stupid idea. Not only does a soldier have access to way more firepower than any script kiddie will ever get in his wildest dreams, but said soldier also has training that would make a script kiddie drop dead from exhaustion just thinking about it, and a group of well-trained, dedicated and loyal buddies to guard _his_ back while he plans to hit the aforementioned skiddie when the lump of blubber is least expecting it - like 24/7 actually.
So yeah, you want to antagonize the military ? How about hacking into the confidential files of a general-rank guy, instead of targeting the rank and file. I guarantee that you'll get a much quicker reaction that way, and much greater exposure.
Of course, said exposure just might be to the 2500°C blast (number drawn out of thin air) from a smart bomb but hey, you never specified what kind of exposure you wanted, right ?
Grapes ?
Only in space can three grapes push a 68-million ton rock
Re: Brains....
If you're hearing zombies in your ears, it may be a bit late for the "flight" part.
I've just one word for all this
Headache.
So, when he gets out of prison
He's rich ?
As said elsewhere
The OpenOffice developers have, in their majority, left the OpenOffice project and created LibreOffice.
So if you really want an open Office application, you want LibreOffice.
An EULA is NOT a "contract"
A contract is a legally binding agreement which none of the two parties can change without consent from the other party.
EULA's today can be (and are) changed on the whim of the company selling you the product. Indeed, every update and upgrade has you "agreeing" to a new EULA (here is this vital upgrade to your product sir, without it you will not be able to benefit from the basic services we actually promised you the first time, but before installing this you will have to agree to give us your daughter). That, in effect, is called extortion. They already have your money, if you don't agree to the new "contract", you can kiss your money goodbye.
All these shenanigans totally empty the EULA of any semblance of credibility in my view.
I found the cause (and solution)
It was a simple downloader mistake.
What I mean is that, when Blizzard shows you Diablo III EN (US) on its download page, it doesn't mean the English version, it means the English version tied to the US region.
I live in France, so the downloader couldn't find its data.
The solution was to change the language of the downloader and choose the EN (GB) version, English tied to the Europe region.
So okay, I get it, it was a region issue with my confusion over the downloader. My bad, apparently, but could someone tell me why Blizzard did not publish this error message on its support page ? And why Blizzard Support itself cannot tell me anything more than to go to its support pages ?
I posted the solution in my support ticket, and added a suggestion that they change their support page to talk about this issue - we'll see how long it takes them to react.
Meanwhile, my download finishes in 3 minutes - gotta go ! :)
Oh, so you have a 24" tablet ? In 1900 x 1200 ? That's cool.
I'd like to know what model it is though, because the biggest current tablets appear to be 10" to 11" (high-end) affaires and the biggest upcoming tablets that are still unannounced (dixit CNet) reach 13".
That data is available here.
My daughter's laptop has a 15" screen in 1200 x 1024 format. We bought it for her two years ago.
There are laptops with 17" screens.
I see absolutely zero tablets with 15" screens, not to mention 17".
Seems to me your laptop must be pretty old.
I tried the beta
and bought the full game on the 16th - which I have been trying to install since.
I get an error message "Data required to install this game could not be found" and there doesn't seem to be any solution.
Oh well, at least I'm not bothered by Error 37.
Re: Big Dumb Guys Wife
So, now it's extortion ?
What will be next ? "Upvote me or I'll post something else ?"
3 times the power ?
Wow. I wonder how that will translate in terms of frames/second - or will it ?
I hope Nvidia will be able to produce a proper number of chips for end-users, what with TSMC's backlog and all the rest of the problems. Seems to me like we'll see another sale date come without any product in shop - and no, one card on sale somewhere does not count in my view, either you have properly stocked your retail chain, or you can get stuffed is what I say.
Just to clear things up, Mr. Thompson
We're not saying it's your fault. Not at all. We're just saying it's your RESPONSIBILITY.
Responsibility is what makes your pseudo-excuses even more lame than they already are. And the fact that someone apparently needs to explain this to you is what makes me believe that you are indeed not fit to run any company, even if it's naught but a bunch a Yahoos.
But don't worry, Mr. Thompson, you're not alone. There are plenty of CEOs like yourself who blame others and say "not my fault !" as soon as something goes wrong while pocketing plenty of dollars in "compensation" for the "heavy responsibilities" of their position.
Actually, it's the CEO who has the balls to step up to the plate and say "my bad, sorry for that, here's my resignation if you wish" who should be applauded for the proper interpretation of the word "responsibility". I'd even cut him some slack - once. And frankly, I find very surprising that there are so few CEOs who have taken this step, when - from what I've heard - they're all trying to position themselves as the unique swan in a sea of ducks.
But hey, what do I know ? I only have what I've actually done on my CV, so I'm clearly not CEO material.
The whole incident illustrates ...
just how poorly journalistic professionalism resists to the modern media, as well as proving in one fell swoop how modern-day "journalists" are a far cry from anything that could bring down a Nixon.
Once upon a time, a journalist was a feared figure who could track down political miscreants and expose their misdeed after careful detective work and with the weight of their paper behind them.
Nowadays, a "journalist" is a moron who copy/pasts from anything that can sell page views and doesn't know the meaning of the word "integrity" any more than a politician does. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule, but they are exceptions, not the norm.
Re: "For gaming the bottleneck is almost always the graphics card"
That used to be true, but nowadays the CPU has loads or more and more complex AI stuff to handle while it sends things to the GPU, so it no longer always works that way.
Case in point : my Supreme Commander game got a lot more fluid when I got my 8-core i7 960, even before I upgraded from my X850 to my Radeon 5870.
I think that, with today's much more complex games, more CPU horsepower is just as important as GPU horsepower.
Unless the programming is done by clueless monkeys, in which case you can throw as many resources you want at it and it'll still run like a dog (ie any version of Microsoft Flight, and that's far from the only example).
"An IP address provides only the location [..] any number of computer devices may be deployed"
Dear Lord, it is true - 2012 is indeed the End Of The World !
Justice has finally woken up to a basic fact concerning the Internet. Next, we'll have newspapers and reporters actually telling the truth, and in November we'll have politicians denouncing their own lies.
Then December rolls in, and when political parties admit that they're only in it for the money, we'll be doomed.
Mr. Parker,
You wish for an explanation on why I think our computer models are wrong ? Fine, here is what I base my opinion on :
This study seems to indicate that glaciers are melting for reasons not directly linked to climate change, due to an as-of-yet unknown glacier melting phenomenon. Since it is not known of yet, it cannot have been implemented in the models.
This study claims that polar ice loss is "incredible", and suitably goes on about how the situation paints a dire picture for future sea levels.
Unfortunately, this paper claims that the sea level rise is nothing new, nor is it adequately explained and the data does not support the coastal apocalypse scenario some people like to bandy about.
Some confusion evidently abounds.
Then you have the field of proxy measurement. As stated in this article, "Instrumental measurements are the gold standard, but there aren't enough of them for truly satisfactory science." That clearly means that we know we cannot adequately measure everything (which I understand), so we choose something we can measure and decide on its validity in pointing to what we want to measure (which I can understand as well).
The unfortunate side-effect of this method is that we base our models on these proxies, and derive multi-billion-dollar policies based on the results of said models, until one fine day we find out, as pointed out in the first article I cited, that our proxy is governed by something we had no knowledge of.
Now let me put one thing straight : I am not disputing the methods, nor am I putting in question the existence of the models. We need the models, we need to simulate and evaluate with what we have, and I am sure that said models are updated as new events arise.
What I do dispute is pissing away billions without knowing what the effect will be, and there is nothing in meteorology today that tells me we know where we are going. So let's cut the hype, lock the zealots in their padded chambers and think rationally in a quiet atmosphere, hmm ?
Then we will be more able to make the right decision, instead of deciding things based on what the most heavily-funded lobby wants to push for.
That is all.
Hey, Third Point !
I have an accounting diploma AND a computer science diploma !
So, when do I start ?
Re: "The first time that the Microsoft offering causes a little hassle, people try the alternatives"
If only that were true.
"this comparatively reassuring picture"
As much as I hate the AGW fear-mongerers, the zealotism concerning AGW and the endless debates about the validity of someone's references on this matter, I see nothing that makes me believe that this "picture" is all that "reassuring".
Climate, and meteorology in general, is the most complex and the least well-understood branch of science. We have precious little experience (barely a century's worth), and the variables that influence the subject are innumerable, out of our control and, most often, out of our technical ability to measure.
We base our computer models on what we think is representative, then derive conclusions from those models without double-checking the source data. Then our governments go spending billions we don't have (due to our already bloated, loan-based budgets) to enforce measures that may or not have an impact on something we don't really understand.
Let's keep on measuring, evaluating and improving our understanding, hmm ? It's the only way to learn, and zealots be damned.
Especially since there seems to be some dispute about how glaciers form, which would totally throw into disarray the ice-dating techniques we've been using to derive data about historical climate conditions.
Oh come on !
He's a CEO - lying is what he's PAID to do.
Re: "the first poster was being sarcastic in response to previous comments"
Um, if he was the first poster then there were no previous comments, right ?
Unless you're referring to comments from a previous article that discussed the same trial, but logically you should have worded that differently.
Re: Christ on an AT-AT
I'm willing to pray to see that !
Re: Yes, I can list them.
Oh, it's totally off-topic of course, I'm not denying that at all. But mentioning Steam doesn't seem so on-topic to me either. Not that I'm complaining.
If I ask, it is because I am genuinely interested. My Steam library includes over 50 titles, and I've never had any serious issue with any of them at all.
So I am looking forward to your list of defective games, to see if I somehow avoided the bad apples.
"ACTA has not been fully successful in this respect"
What a brilliant understatement !
Why does that remind of Yes Minister ?
I wonder.
I was coerced into joining
My ex-boss told me to join since all employees of the firm were on the network.
Join I did, and set all parameters to the most privacy-respecting settings I could.
As a result, I did get a few interesting links, but I never got any spam from the site.
That said, I would gladly remove my profile, but now I am linked to a few people I have genuine respect for, so I can't bring myself to do so.
Yet.
Really
As long as he does his research on dead bodies, I don't see how he can conclude anything.
No kidding !
"It's weird that 2nd-hand is still allowed because it doesn't work like that in any other software industries"
Yeah, well you're in the entertainment industry, moron. People have been selling their discs and books since the first ones got off the printer. Why should you get special treatment ?
Once again, someone is confusing the ability to impose restriction with the right to do so.
Well that does it for me. I am never buying another Crytek title again. And, for your information Mr. Hojengaard, I don't play pirated games, I buy my games. I don't see how it matters if I buy them second-hand (not that I do, actually).
So we're both going to be happy, Mr. Hojengaard. You're never going to see my money, second-hand or otherwise, and apparently you won't regret it.
Neither will I.
You bought defective games on Steam ?
Could you list them ?
Because that never happened to me.
So, how much gas per day ?
According to http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/oceans.htm, the arctic ocean has a surface area of 14,056,000 sq km.
That makes for 28.1 tons per day, if my calculations are correct. However, I'm quite sure that anyone can disprove this result since there is no indication of how the 2 milligrams per square meter figure was reached, so there is no guarantee that my surface area reference is the right one.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how this whole AGW debate has been fueled from the start.
So, Van Gelder doesn't care about proper analysis
I find it very interesting that, on the first occasion where ICANN is actually trying to demonstrate some proper seriousness about a serious issue, some TLD applicants appear to give very little flying monkeys about the whole thing and just want their new shiny to be available ASAP.
Undoubtedly, Van Gelder will be the first to squeal like mad if his .whatdoicare is undercut by a .couldicareless, and will then hold ICANN responsible for the situation, demanding reparation and truckloads of cash.
But for now, let's just revel in the fact that, for once, ICANN is actually trying to be professional about something, and with full disclosure no less.
About bloody time, too.
You'll notice because the chocolate-deprived women will also be frantic, screeching and totally hyper-stressed.
In these conditions, the only comfort you'll give will be that of a scratching pad for cats.
I wish you lots of fun.
Indeed, I think the gist of the sentence means that, going forward, we need 21st Century fraud.
Undoubtedly the greatest regret of satire sites all over the Internet.
I've said it before and I'll say it again : I have had nothing but an excellent experience with Steam in general. It is user-friendly, there are good deals to be found, it is robust and doesn't bother me, and it survives hard disk changes and OS wipes/reinstalls/upgrades without any complaint.
I have tried other platforms and they are almost universally trolling the sewers next to Valve (EA Games, I am looking VERY HARD in your particular direction).
If Valve manages to put out some hardware to go along with its service, I'm willing to consider it favorably. That said, I fail to see just what kind of hardware Valve could put out that would be any kind of use. USB disk storage is already widely available, Valve will not replace my ISP and I already have loads of hardware on my PC for what I need. If it's just a dongle, I will be quite disappointed.
Hey, at least I'm a SMARTarse ! :)
Uh, please ?
I f a COURT wants to talk to you, you'll find a police officer (or three) at your door and the court WILL talk to you.
The Court doesn't need to waste time fiddling with popup messages on a PC.
Re: Where's my cut?
You ARE the cut.
One question
I would really, really like to know which companies have been affected by this issue - so as to make sure I never, ever work with them.
Putting payrolls on a cloud ? There isn't a company I know that would do that. Payroll is the one thing that is even more important and secured than even customer lists or industrial secrets. You never hear of anything coming out of a proper HR department, those people are tombs when it comes to communication.
So, payrolls in the cloud ? Come on, tell me who, I practically dare you to justify that statement.
What I cannot understand
Why oh why do scientists not simply buy a web site address and "publish" themselves ?
It's not rocket science, and Google will find them soon enough (with a tiny effort).
Amen to that !
Personally, I will never forgive them for having crowbar'd Java in the Blu-Ray specs. I was offered a Sony DVD player with HDD and, although I admit it is practical for recording and burning TV shows on DVD, it somehow cannot read or write DVD-RWs (although it says it can in the manual), it sticks a stupid Sony menu on any DVD you burn (which, on some other DVD readers prevents going beyond the first title element) and it takes a whole 90 seconds to start up when you press the bloomin' ON button (even though it's never really OFF in the first place).
This poor experience, plus SONY's documented history of taking large dumps on its customers' rights with sodding DRM schemes and somehow believing that they have the divine right to spy on what I watch and decide in my place if I have the right to watch it has been the drop that maketh the cup overflow.
Sod SONY. I know it'll be hard for those who work there, but I am not buying another SONY product as long as I live.
I might go BluRay one day, but it'll be with a knockoff brand that allows me to view what I put in it and doesn't decide on my rights in my stead.
Just a heads-up
If I'm not mistaken, 13% of the mass of our friendly local star is nothing less than over 400 billion times the mass of our lowly planet.
And our Sun is rather smallish as far as stars are concerned.
Oh, and our galaxy alone contains 400 billion of the things.
Thank you for your time, you may now go and blow your mind mulling over all this :)
"[Google] feels it is unfair it is held responsible for advertisers' actions"
Google needs to shut up and put up. A dead tree publication could never pull that off, why should Google be allowed to ?
"experts in the dark arts"
Looks like a job for Mad-Eye Moody and his Aurors, then.
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