The thing about starlight is that it's primarily reflected light from our own sun and this changes depending on which part of the lunar cycle you're in. I used to live in a small mining town 1500 KM from the nearest city (so its easy to find a place with no artificial light), you'd have times when it was pitch black and other times where you could see for a KM however the contrast was extremely washed out, so whilst you'd spot a person walking you'd have trouble seeing their face. Put simply, you'll have a lot of trouble spotting white lines on black roads.

Try doing your hiking under no moon and see how much light there is.

If this paint works as intended, it will be a godsend for anyone travelling remote roads at night, where I live there are thousands of kilometres of unlit roads.

Somewhere in South London:

Crim 1 orrigh' me ol China, we've half-inched this mugs dog an' bone.
Crim 2 Now we just have to change the IMEI.
Crim 1 But that's illegal my sahn.
Crim 2 You're right guv, better give up then.

This, due to the unique way the BBC is funded, they don't have to cave to advertisers whims.

Above says your name.

Sorry, but this is a complete fallacy perpetuated by people with no idea about how the hospitality industry works. In most countries, taking money for upgrades will get employees fired. In most developing countries, even the allegation of it is enough.

On a recent trip to Vegas for a wedding, 11 people in the group tried this, 11 people failed, 10 of them were told that it never works and they'd get fired if they got caught and handed the money back visibly (cameras watch the staff, not just the punters). Taking tips is one thing, giving out hotel resources in exchange for money is another.

Yes, the normal way of padding your first day sales stats (with 4 months of pre-orders) is so passe, even Apple is doing it.

Cops do have a lot of latitude, even when specifically tasked to traffic (I.E. highway patrol). However if they've decided to ticket you, they're going to ticket you.

So you cant talk your way out of a ticket, but you can talk your way into one. If they've only stopped to caution you, being a smart arse turns that caution into an infraction.

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Even if it did once work, every man and their dog knows about it so it's too well publicised to work.

The best way I know of to get any kind of upgrade is to be friends with someone who can hand them out.

Vice versa, there are genre's that don't get released on consoles (proper simulators) and genre's that get released but continually fail (strategy). Each platform has it's strengths, however in genre's that are on both platforms the PC always has the advantage, better graphics, better controls, faster loading. Play an FPS on PC and you realise how bad console controls are.

I'm an ardent PC gamer, but I'll happily admit that fighting games on PC suck. Games like that are the reason I keep a Wii about the place (and when friends come over, it's easier to get the Wii out) but when I want to play a remotely complex game, I'll go to the PC. So called "hardcore" console gamers deride the Wii as being casual... well no shit, casual is where the console excels and casual games are the exact reason I have a console at all. There's nothing wrong with simple, accessible and fun games. The problem is actually whit the so called "hardcore" that are trying to compete with PC's instead of being consoles.

I don't see the PC entering the console world any time soon. But I can see something like the Steambox killing off the PC wannabe consoles.

It because console makers started trying to make consoles into PC's and failing at it.

Nintendo is still making money hand over fist because the Wii was a console designed to be a console. Simple, accessible, fun games.

Every generation since the Atari has claimed their console was the end of the PC. Every time they've been wrong. PC hardware is constantly improving, consoles pick a point in time and freeze it there. So even when a console manufacture picks the best GPU for their console from the R&D labs, it's superseded by the time the console is even released and it will continue to get further behind the times until the next console is released. This is what Sony did with the PS3, they used a 7800 derived GPU but the 8000 series was released before the PS3. Sony had to pick a 7000 series because the 8000 hadn't even been invented when they had to chose hardware.

And it's not just graphics, if you want to push any envelope or even just access a certain genre (I.E. strategy) you need to go to the PC.

The PS3/Xbox 360 didn't kill the PC, the PS4/Xbox 1 certainly hasn't either. Neither will the next generation.

Quite ironic that PC gaming has remained dominant despite having no real marketing. Speaks to the natural superiority of the PC as a gaming machine.

I agree with all of this, but it's not Civ5's real problem. The real problem is the absolutely retarded AI. The AI doesn't expand (seriously, 1500 AD and China still has 1 city) cant fight a war, wont bother advancing tech very far and the diplomacy system is a complete joke (I've surrounded your last city with battleships and rocket artillery and they wont give me a few gold to go away).

Violence between different ethnic groups.

Is it the Ethnic or the Violent words you're having trouble with.

Not just race, but religion, culture, upbringing. Kind of like the conflict between Irish Catholics and Protestants. Countries like Australia, Sweden and Finland tend not have radically different ethnic groups that are in conflict with one another. If we compare this to a place like Iraq where you have Shiite's, Sunni's and Kurds in constant conflict.

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And thank you.

I spoke about a drinking culture, not alcohol consumption. going out and getting rat-faced is quite socially acceptable so people tend to drink until they're properly drunk, sometimes to the point of binge drinking.

Well if you plan your game based on specifications that were a complete lie, then yes, yes you have an excuse.

The Xbox One and PS3 were overhyped and under delivered. They've handed this generation to the lacklustre Wii U, despite not being a big improvement actually does what Nintendo said it would.

Odd you should mention this. Where I live (Western Australia) cops will be targeting phone users.

The penalty for being on the phone is A$300 and 3 demerit points (accrue 12 demerit points and it's off the road for 3 months). However on public holidays and long weekends we double the amount of demerit points per infraction. So for this coming weekend (Good Friday and Easter) you can expect anyone caught on the phone to get the same fine, but 6 demerit points.