Maybe not, but the Hindenburg disaster killed off zeppelin travel. The crash of Concorde flight 4590 ended Concorde travel. The fatal accident of an autonomous vehicle could kill off autonomous vehicle transport.
On Trello!
When I first heard of Foldit I really hoped that something would come of it. I thought that if their models were correct that it could be a great tool, and it looks like it is.
Personally I think Mike Action is blind, and doing him self a disservice.
I think we're currently in a second golden age of video games. Loads of people seem to forget about all the crap that used to get produced decades ago, people were freer to make what they liked and most people generally made shit. The ratio of good games to bad is so much better now than it ever was.
But that is not going to stop people ignoring what is around them and looking to the past with rose-tinted glasses.
Yes! Lets all change our name to Vorokrytin P. Winterbuttocks.
Stuff like this: http://dilbert.com/fast/2010-10-24/
and this: http://dilbert.com/fast/2009-02-05/
and about a hundred others.
But that is just it! It's the big international duct tape conglomerates that are pushing this technology!
Heh, this was the first thing I thought of.
I agree with all your criticisms. They're the reasons why if I have a choice between a steam only game and an xbox version of that game I'll get the xbox version so my wife and I can have separated achievements, progress, saves (in some cases), friends etc.
Your solution is a great one too. I'd love it if Valve introduced something like that.
Through peer pressure & succumbing to advertising, too many consumers have lost their minds & backbones these days - I actually think it is quite a "sick" society we have when people are prepared to queue overnight for a new gadget or game, especially when in other parts of the world people queue for food in order to avoid starvation.
So, I assume to alleviate the suffering of others you spend all your extra time and money on those who are not getting the essentials of life? No? Then you ARE the society you're complaining about.
It is fun. It's one of my favourite additions to gaming in a long time.
You should try the demo. You'll get a complete taste of it (if the game runs on your hardware).
Patents aren't always welcome by inventors. The Brompton folding bike isn't patented because they don't want people to copy their design.
The patent is a weird concept... in defining in technical detail what your patent is, you’re effectively just giving it away.
- Will Butler-Adams
I would have thought that if Thorium reactors had so much going for them someone would have had one going by now.
With this kind of thinking no one would do anything. And even if it has been tried before, that doesn't mean that we can't try again.
"May your future be limited only by your dreams." -- Christa McAuliffe
