Comment NOOOooo!! (Score 1) 131
I saw John Carpenter's "The Thing" and we all know how this will end with a half-assed prequel!!
I saw John Carpenter's "The Thing" and we all know how this will end with a half-assed prequel!!
He donated to the wrong party.
The plastics you'd use in a 3D printer aren't going to work all that well compared to the plastics they use for example in Glocks. Not to mention you'd still need to machine the trigger assembly, magazine well, safety assembly, fire select, etc.
Would be nice to be able to make custom grips and stocks but that plastic crap (relatively speaking) the 3D printers use isn't worth it. We tried making a test Glock grip (solid even, no magazine well) and a 4 lb weight. Snapped the grip in half easily. Perhaps with some heat treatment or additional additives in the plastic (baking it perhaps) might make the plastic work better but right now, it's too
Once someone figures out how to do a fluro polymer type plastic in a 3D printer then we can get some real utility printing done.
I think you have confused profitable with greed again...
He committed acts that clearly fall in the category of espionage including violating the Diplomatic Bag. I'm surprised he's still alive.
MMOs built an industry on Software as a Subscription. Now they move to the F2P model, it still is at a fundamental level Software as a Service\Subscription.
Sshhh! We're trying to push lifestyles and agendas here people, thinking is not allowed.
The problem is none of the mods are doing any transaction logging needed for catching cheaters. You can easily handles 200k players in 1 location when there are no checks against movement speeds, positional coherence, etc. This is a non-story at best.
Hey lets put this in perspective, remember all the people that were murdered by Christian extremists when Mel Gibson made that Passion of the Christ film? And lets not forget all those that died when the Last Temptation of Christ was released. Don't forget those murdered in the name of Christ when Andrew Loyd Webber released Jesus Christ Superstars and certainly have a moment of peace for those murdered every time South Park, Family Guy, The Simpsons, and Comic Artists featured Jesus. I mean don't you remember the "Dogma" massacres as a result of of that film? When Penny Arcade featured Jesus as Metal don't you remember the number of attempts on their lives?
It's a religion of peace people, lets keep this in perspective. Don't let a small, vocal, organized, group of extremists pain a picture of a religion is evil. I am certain those responsible will be arrested by their fellow Muslims and prosecuted for murder by their fellow Muslims.
Now the question you have to ask, "am I being sarcastic, or playing this comment straight?"
No real space battles would happen at long distances. It would be too easy for counter-measures to be deployed at those ranges. At 1000 miles firing two missiles at opposing ships the counter-measures (either opposing missiles, flack, etc) would have several minutes to intercept and make adjustments. At a million, they'd have hours of making minor ( 1 degree) adjustments to intercept. The exception to this rule would be if laser weapons are involved. With conventional ballistics, not really an option for long range engagement. There is a funny but oddly realistic lecture in Mass Effect about shooting a projectile in space that also explains why long range engagements are not a real option. We're not even getting into gravity, plotting an accurate shot over a milion miles would have to account for every object of significant mass between the origin and target. Impractical at best.
When you were a child you played cowboy and indians or cops and robbers. Eventually the argument broke out "I shot you\no you didn't" and thus the first rules of RPGs was born. The actions were abstracted into semi-random determinations. You got two dice out and the highest roll wins.
Once that was done, like any game objectives were added. Rules were added to support resolving objects. RPGs progressed.
Then we needed a narrative to tie together the objectives and quests were born.
The rest is refinement to those basic cores.
Intellectual Sharecropping
"If we cannot own people, we'll own their thoughts and charge them for the privilege of thinking."
"The chains of bondage can be forged from more then iron and steel."
"Imagination is a dangerous force that allows people to dream of a better world without us."
"The most important factor in tyranny is to ensure a high cost of challenging it."
So this guy engages in espionage, breaks international protocol and violates the confidentiality of the Diplomatic Bag, and people actually expect governments to let him go free? Wikileaks has already cost lives by not consistently redacting names in their publications. As far as I am concerned a rape charges is the least of his worries.
" insane-right-wing Ayn Rand ideologue" and where did that come from? Why exactly is he mentally disturbed?
"...the answer to a personal security question, and information relating to Mobile and Dial-In Authenticators..."
Bluntly now they have an email and an sample of your secret question. Given a question of "What is your Mother's Maiden Name" then script kiddies now have your email address and one of your potential secret question responses. WTF wouldn't you hash the answers....
They now have an email address, your phone number, a secret answer response. Christ all might Activision.... way to fuck up. Now ever script kiddie with that data dump is going to spam every major site with those email address and now with at least one potential secret question response... just wow...
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of money? -- Ayn Rand
