Dragon age : Origins + NO Hero talking = Awesome.
Dragon Age 2 + Hero who talks = Not as good as the original.
SurvivorZero + Shameless plug for a game that only 4 people will play (and 3 of which are the creators) = laaaame.

Yeah, no nets to catch jumpers at US institutions. Or maybe it's because students at US institutions realize that there is no hope for them, since they weren't born wealthy, and the chinese aren't quite so dis-illusioned with their chances.

... or maybe paying someone for the privilege of wasting your time is more depressing than getting paid for it? No matter what, you're comparing apples to oranges... but nice try. You know there's a journal article being reported on that talks about fanbois taking criticism personally when people attack their company of choice?

In the same way that the "full web browsing experience" is available on your iphone AND your computer... but only if your computer does NOT have flash installed.

wait, am I arguing with an AC? *doh!*

You're right, the hundreds of people who think it was an awesome mix of FPS and RPG are wrong, and your single, solitary idea is right. Even after YEARS of existence!

Yes, why would your server need a cheap but massively powerful parallel computing platform?

Good thing X-com is being rebooted (as Xcom) ... in the cheery 1950s.

I'd suggest that the reason you don't want to share your information, is because they'll resent you for telling them how to run their operations, even if it is a better way - can you imagine some guy from china showing up in your office, telling you how to be more efficient, then taking off and saying "Thanks for everything!". It's rude, and it's offensive. It doesn't make you wrong, it just makes everyone feel bad, and realistically your suggestions aren't taken serious even if they're great.

Great argument! ... if you're going over there to do volunteer work for Africans who have money.

... Sure, in real life, you've got a point. But on the internet - the medium we're discussing - when the narcissist bully and his tool kit are rendered impotent and reduced to mildly annoying and ignorable jerks from the lack of anonymity ... you have absolutely no argument.

Unless you're worried about real-life bullies searching you out online ... at which point, I'd propose that it's not an internet problem, and solving your bullying problem by enabling thousands of annoying jerks to become anonymous annoying jerks is a poor tradeoff in everyone's books but yours.

In certain areas of the business world, sure, it's alive and well. In other areas, it favors non-white and non-males. Take, say, teaching or nursing.

... you do realize, that being white is minority status, right?

That's a) a terribly sexist/racist comment, and b) completely misleading.

The entire purpose of the real-ID scheme was to discourage people from acting like jerks. Sure, there will be crazy people acting like jerks.. but there always have been, and always will be. Sticking your head in the sand and ignoring them is the wrong approach. It doesn't work in real life, in part, because we have accountability for our actions.

Blizzard tried to work around this, and require real names to participate on their forums. The GIFT of online interaction proved to be too strong - people revolted, and blizzard was "forced" to re-evaluate it's initiative.

It's so true! Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life!

I see! So, just because you can, doesn't make it logically consistent. I *can* be anti-abortion but pro-womens rights ... just not at the exact same time. I get it! I'm allowed to hold contradictory viewpoints, and I'm allowed to hold opinions that aren't based in fact... I just can't be right at the same time!