Yeah, don't. I have Cities XL 2012 which is the exact same game as 2011. And the reviews are that XXL is the exact same game again... The engine crawls and there are a bunch of functional issues. That being said, the size and complexity is welcome. I think there was a lot of potential, but it is killed by a bad engine and a bad interface. Sim City 4 is a great game. My only gripes are autosaving would be nice due to crashing issues and I miss being able to randomly generate terrain... The idea of rigid regions isn't my cup of tea.

I was also shocked at the names of the two different games from two different publishers. That being said, I don't think Cities XL is that terrible of a game. It's just more of a hardcore simulator with some crappy game elements tacked on top. It is plagued by being overly complex and running like shit. But the sheer size and scope of the game is what the next Sim City SHOULD have been. Combine the depth and scale of Cities XL with the fun and usable interface of Sim City and it would have been epic.

Heck I would be happy with a stable version of Sim City 4 without the stupid regions and just standalone cities that can have randomly generated terrain.

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Powerful people in the US have a vested interest in a big government. It's the never ending circle of government cooperation with the rich. The government protects the rich in exchange for lavish "contributions" that bring the politicians into the elite class.

I'm envisioning this going the way of NASCAR and there end up being massive horse pileups to keep the crowd entertained...

Admittedly though, the limits on depth of boreholes on Earth have been due to excessive heat at depth. That wouldn't be an issue drilling through ice.

Yes and when they originally ran the Uverse, it was awesomely fast and awesomely cheap. A year later it was the same speeds and the same crappy prices as TWC was offering...

Is this one of those things that both is and is not a tax depending on what you need for it to be Constitutional?

It would be a working transmission for a radio controlled car maybe... But aside from using the 3d prints to make molds for castings, I don't see what good this does anyone.

What about those with a last name and no first? Teller? First president who won't utter a lie?

It's obviously man made climate change that is the problem with growing grapes and rice in the desert!

But can they be mounted on sharks? That is the real question...

Most states are still "employment at will" which means they either party can terminate the employment at any time for any non-protected reason. Yeah it sucks when you get fired, but you still want to be able to quit for any reason don't you? This is being said by someone who was fired for a bullshit trumped up "safety violation" to avoid getting severance pay.

Why is it that everyone claims Somalia is even remotely Libertarian? Anarchist Paradise would even be a stretch. The closest thing to Libertarianism in the world is Hong Kong if anything. Especially pre-China return to ownership. I'm not claiming Hong Kong is Libertarian, but in the current world, it's the closest thing. A small government that allows a maximum of economic and personal freedom. Singapore would probably be close behind, but they are not so hot on the personal freedom side of things.

Somalia being Libertarian is a bullshit strawman by people who think Libertarians want no government and no laws. That is simply incorrect.

If you need an estimate real bad, you'll get a real bad estimate.

The real problem with "time writing" is that people end up lying on the reports to meet goals or metrics and then the estimates created from that data are useless. Managers want both though. They want accurate estimates AND time tracking that meets productivity goals. Sadly their productivity goals would require robots to meet...

I would be ok with dropping the quarter too. What do I buy that's less than a buck? Nothing... That's what.