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[2012-04-10 15:08:35] - mig: I doubt it. I heard that this was a response to his daughter's hospitalization, and once he slowed down for that it was an easier decision to turn it all off. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-10 15:02:07] - paul: probably, i wonder if there was a vp offer for him in an effor to avoid a brokered convention. - mig
[2012-04-10 14:57:35] - mig: Sadly, I think it means Gingrich gets a minor bump while Romney basically wins the rest of the beauty pagents with low turnouts. -Paul
[2012-04-10 14:56:40] - "ballistic" ... right.
[2012-04-10 14:48:43] - Headline: "Angry ex-girlfriend goes ballistic, rips off man’s scrotum" Sub-headline: "Talk about a ball buster"
[2012-04-10 14:46:17] - paul: chance for paul to get a "surge" or just another sign of Romney's inevitability? - mig
[2012-04-10 14:42:00] - http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/10/politics/campaign-wrap/index.html?hpt=hp_c1 Santorum suspending his campaign. -Paul
[2012-04-10 14:04:52] - Daniel: While Zimmerman supporters would obviously say that Zimmerman feared for his life and was trying to defend himself. So it comes down to which one of them (if either) feared for their life and if there was good reason for it. -Paul
[2012-04-10 14:03:58] - In the Zimmerman case they were interlocked in a bit of a fisticuff struggle. If what Zimmerman's claim that Martin was reaching for his gun was true, then "Stand Your Ground" doesn't even factor into it. The shooting would have been considered legal under the old florida law. - mig
[2012-04-10 14:03:44] - Daniel: Martin supporters would probably say Zimmerman still started it by following Martin and Martin was probably attacking Zimmerman because Martin feared for HIS life. -Paul
[2012-04-10 14:02:44] - Daniel: I have no idea. I'm sure it has to contain some sort of "reasonable fear for their life" thing. I was just thinking that if we found out that Martin HAD attacked Zimmerman, I don't think that clears anything up for most people. -Paul
[2012-04-10 14:01:31] - So, if you had shot someone in self-defense, the burdon was on you to prove that you could not have "escaped" the encounter. - mig
[2012-04-10 14:00:40] - daniel: "Stand your ground" has been harped on a lot by the anti-gun media pundits, but it's really irrelevant to this case. Essentially what it did was remove the requirement of a nebulous "duty to retreat" that was in florida law regarding the legal use of deadly force in self defense. - mig
[2012-04-10 13:56:00] - mig: Fastest 90+ year old ever. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-10 13:54:20] - Its only if a jury decides that you had reason to have fear of your life or something like that I assume? Though I know Flordia has some law that makes it easier to shoot people I don't know all the details of it. -Daniel
[2012-04-10 13:53:14] - Random Aside: "did Zimmerman legitimately fear for his life?" Is him fearing for his life the standard in Florida? I'm just curious if its only his mindset or what others judge his mindset ought to be? For example could a super racist shoot every asian person they saw because they genuinely thought all asians were out to kill them? No right? -Daniel
[2012-04-10 13:42:48] - Xpovos: You don't even have to ignore facts. Sometimes is just comes down to opinions on things (was brain-dead Terry Shiavo alive?) or the state of mind of people (did Zimmerman legitimately fear for his life?). -Paul
[2012-04-10 13:39:11] - http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/mike-wallace-steelers-receiver-confused-mike-wallace-deceased-144138058.html premature condolonces for Steelers WR Mike Wallce on twitter. - mig
[2012-04-10 12:53:09] - Paul: And at this point, though perhaps this is subject to change as time moves on, people have come to a conclusion on their own and will refuse to listen to facts that seem to refute their position. Perception is reality. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-10 12:49:35] - Xpovos: Yeah, if we find out that Martin actually did attack Zimmerman, I suspect that probably won't change a lot of opinions either way, because we will probably never know the true mindset of the people involved. -Paul
[2012-04-10 10:45:19] - Paul: Or that they're interpreted similarly. At the root of these issues does lie a fundamentally difficult question to which reasonable people can come to different answers, but which instills a fever of certitude that "my answer" is the right one, and only acceptable one. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-10 10:44:49] - xpovos: well it depends. The Duke Lacrosse case generated a bit of controversy and it was really heated, but it doesn't seem like there is any lingering angry sentiment that the lacrosse players were found innocent of what they were being accused of. Of course the woman didn't do herself any favors with her behavior afterwords. - mig
[2012-04-10 10:29:41] - Xpovos: Just because the facts are all out there and available, it doesn't mean everybody knows of them or even accepts them. -Paul
[2012-04-10 10:18:22] - The comments are almost all about the Terry Schiavo case. So that's a situation where a controversial case has come to a close, so all the facts are out and we can now reach such a reasonable judgement, right? Apparently not. Perhaps there's more to these controversies than an initial patina of controversial matter. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-10 10:17:05] - I generally urge patience in controversial cases, in order to allow the facts to come out so that a reasonable judgement can be made. Case in point: Zimmerman vs. Martin. But reading an article mig posted elsewhere, and then the comments that follow it... -- Xpovos
[2012-04-10 09:46:44] - a: I only have like 5 shares but I bought them at 100 bucks a share... so I am pleased. Wish I had bought more... ~g
[2012-04-10 09:41:36] - a: Anecdote: A stock analyst was on the radio talking about how his kids were hugely pro-Apple, and he scoffed. So they bought a boatload at $8 per share against his advice. He's retired now. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-10 09:32:21] - apple stock is at 636 per share. why oh why did i sell my 35 shares?!
~a[2012-04-10 09:00:38] - g: Our office hours are 0830-1630, so that's probably not good for a before/after timeframe. And it probably would mess up the carpool, yeah, if it were outside of that time too much. Sounds like coming over is a simpler option all around. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-10 08:41:50] - xpovos: I can get there before/after work not during
on Wednesdays... If you want to use it as a reason to come over though thats fine too... What is your usual schedule in terms of hours... Also does that get in the way of your rideshare?~g[2012-04-10 08:15:37] - we could all meet for lunch! i'm a short walk from balston. ~a
[2012-04-10 07:11:09] - g: Yes, it's a (longish ~1mi) walk from my office to the Ballston metro, but there's a shuttlebus. If meeting at Ballston Metro works for you, I can certainly do that. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-09 21:48:40] - xpovos: is that close to ballston? ~g
[2012-04-09 16:01:07] - Xpovos: I suppose, but that just means his concept of social security was only pretty bad instead of very bad, in my opinion. -Paul
[2012-04-09 15:51:10] - g: I work in Arlington, basically at the intersection of 50 and Glebe. However I might be able to lever this into an opportunity to come by for a bit... if only I'd been able to work the baseball game with Paul... -- Xpovos
[2012-04-09 15:49:37] - Paul: I have no reason to doubt Samuelson, he's a pretty straight-guy and he's quoting legitimate sources. It changes my animosity on FDR a bit from him back to his programs, and that makes me feel better, because it's a more responsible position to hold. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-09 15:46:54] - xpovos: excellent, now where do you work? trying to figure out if there is a way for Paul or I to get it from you... ~g
[2012-04-09 15:45:34] - LivingSocial has a 8 day trip to Ireland for 1300. Including round trip airfare, car rental, hotels. The hotels even include Glenlo Abbey for 2 nights! Now if only this was offered a couple months ago. ~g
[2012-04-09 14:34:41] - g: You can borrow mine. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-09 14:24:40] - Xpovos: Well, it sounds like the point of the article is that even FDR would be against what has happened to Social Security. I'm not sure I buy that, though. -Paul
[2012-04-09 14:24:03] - it's interesting to me that alabama doesn't do that badly: http://boostup.org/en/facts/statistics . . . nevada and dc are the odd ones out. in nevada out of four hispanics one does graduate. ~a
[2012-04-09 14:17:09] - does anyone have a DS they dont use much that I could borrow from April 13 - April 22? I seem to have lost mine, which is a ringing endorsement isnt it? ~g
[2012-04-09 14:10:22] - Paul: This one's for you. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/04/09/the_origins_of_entitlement_113768.html Time for some more FDR bashing? -- Xpovos
[2012-04-09 13:59:02] - g: Does it make you feel better that I chose the word for it's similarity, but ability to maintain my meaning? That is: that your semi-confusion is an intended result of my word choice? -- Xpovos
[2012-04-09 13:47:41] - xpovos: but trenches would have been more amusing assuming you were looking at the infograph with a bunch of trenches on it... ~g
[2012-04-09 13:30:25] - g: Same ultimate root. Yay, etymology. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-09 13:26:12] - xpovos: oh I read what I wanted to... I thought you said trenches
~g[2012-04-09 13:25:03] - xpovos: trenches... hehe. also I liked that one ~g
[2012-04-09 13:05:37] - I love and hate these infographic xkcds. They're amazing, but they result in a lot of lost time for me as I dig deeper into various tranches of the base information for the graphic. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-06 15:03:04] - http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/524619_2906597985382_1273503616_32204596_1028214580_n.jpg a navy jet just crashed into some apartments in virginia beach, virginia - aaron
[2012-04-05 15:07:48] - http://i.imgur.com/kjvvF.jpg
[2012-04-05 11:49:43] - he had to go? his planet needed him? ~a
[2012-04-05 11:31:38] - note: shepard died on the way to his home planet - vinnie
[2012-04-05 10:51:35] - http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/122/1222400p1.html Bioware to release some free DLC to help flesh out the ending of ME3? -Paul
[2012-04-04 16:31:41] - mig: I agree, I thought it was amusing that the creator was defending the creepiness factor with information completely contrary to what the app's website says it is about. ~g
[2012-04-04 16:10:32] - it was on ars and/or slashdot a few days ago ... it sounded really creepy. - mig
[2012-04-04 16:03:47] - have you guys heard of the Girls Around Me app? http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-na-nn-girls-around-me-20120404,0,5284353.story ~g
[2012-04-04 15:51:48] - Note that being blown out of proportion does not mean Zimmerman didn't do something unethical, immoral and/or illegal. But, the burden of proof here on the state is properly high. That whole 1000 guilty go free rather than 1 innocent go to jail bit. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-04 15:50:40] - mig: Stop following the white rabbit. Wait for the facts to come out, it'll be saner. You'll be saner. I mean the way I look at it, there are three possibilities; everyone's racist and motivated enough by race to break and ignore the law; the police and AG are incompetent, or unsure of their standing; or they're correctly applying the law and this is blown up. -- X
[2012-04-04 15:43:47] - and with that, this whole thing just gets weirder and weirder ... - mig
[2012-04-04 15:39:35] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/post/nbc-issues-apology-on-zimmerman-tape-screw-up/2012/04/03/gIQA8m5jtS_blog.html nbc apologizes for editing in their reporting of the 911 conversation zimmerman had in a way that made him look like a bigot. - mig
[2012-04-04 13:58:42] - http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/google-begins-testing-its-augmented-reality-glasses/ Want. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-04 12:19:53] - "During 2007, Andrew performed a series of unpredictable happenings as part of his "One Man Show" tour. Each event began with Andrew improvising on the piano alone on a stage before they frequently evolved into giant parties, with most of the audience dancing on stage with Andrew, themselves playing the piano and singing the lyrics." . . . yeah, that's a concert. ~a
[2012-04-04 12:12:07] - vinnie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_wk#Self-help_and_motivational_performance
- aaron[2012-04-04 10:50:40] - aaron: Screen.deviceXDPI, Screen.deviceYDPI. ~a
[2012-04-04 09:05:46] - vinnie: oh god is that the one with will sasso at the keyboard? i'll have to rewatch it when i get home - aaron
[2012-04-04 09:04:44] - http://www.iruler.net/ how... how does this work - aaron
[2012-04-03 16:47:19] - xpovos: not much context needed, we both just thought it was hilarious when we saw it
- vinnie[2012-04-03 16:43:59] - xpovos: i can see that, possibly, though i still think both kennedy and roberts votes are linked together. - mig
[2012-04-03 16:17:36] - mig: I could see it swinging Roberts, but not Kennedy. For all his flip-floppiness, he's pretty strong on the judiciary being independent and non-political. Roberts is already poised to be sensitive to the political charge, though, which is why it's more likely he'll vote against his true desires to try to form consensus and not have a party-line split. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-03 16:08:00] - vinnie: I think some of the context is lost for me. But it reminded me of this MadTV skit which has been one of my perennial favorites. Sketch TV is such a strange art. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-03 15:38:25] - aaron: finally found this sketch, have tried to find it a couple times in the past and failed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7KiAHfuNrc - vinnie
[2012-04-03 15:23:51] - I was a bit baffled in just how factually incorrect his statement was. If it rules against PPACA, this would hardly be the first time that SCOTUS would be "overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress" (Boumediene v. Bush, Citizens United v. FEC), and it probably won't be the last. - mig
[2012-04-03 15:13:49] - http://news.yahoo.com/combative-obama-warns-supreme-court-health-law-013000355.html anyone think this "warning" will sway Kennedy or Roberts one way or another? - mig
[2012-04-03 15:03:57] - one goh and seung-hui cho were both born in south korea. ok, but wtf: they both lived in fairfax county. ~a
[2012-04-03 10:53:59] - a: this case is reaching higher levels of bizzaro. - mig
[2012-04-03 10:30:07] - a: its cause prostitution and brothels are legal in Ontario, isnt it? ~g
[2012-04-02 17:28:13] - the voice calling for help is not zimmerman ~a
[2012-04-02 14:24:59] - yeah it's remarkably difficult to reconstruct information like that even for data packrats like myself. ~a
[2012-04-02 13:55:42] - a: I wish I had a complete list of my concerts like that. It should be something I can reconstruct, but it seems like it might be too late. I guess I should do what I can and then add as necessary... -- Xpovos
[2012-04-02 11:59:01] - http://aporter.org/me/notes/concerts.txt ~a
[2012-04-02 11:20:31] - mig: Things have changed a lot in 10.5 years. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-02 10:53:04] - xpovos: ah yes, I recall that ear ringing episode. I'll be revisiting it in a few weeks too. - mig
[2012-04-02 09:55:40] - mig: And if you dig deep enough: Rammstein. -- Xpovos
[2012-04-02 09:54:35] - a: aw, right andrew wk... - mig
[2012-04-02 09:25:59] - http://aporter.org/msg/?action=search&search=ears+still+ringing ~a
[2012-04-01 08:26:20] - aaron: Wow. Nice catch. I didn't even spot it in several re-reads. Stupid brain. The amusing thing is that the sentence as written almost works too... -- Xpovos
[2012-03-31 21:52:58] - xpovos: movies have been mimicking the movie industry business model for awhile! but i think i know what you mean - aaron
[2012-03-30 16:29:09] - That's just a flawed business model for anything other than about the ten biggest games of the year. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-30 16:28:40] - Paul: Movies have tried to mimic the movie industry business model, but they picked the worst time to try to do it. Just as the movie model was moving away from the burst sales of the movie theatre to the home DVD market, and then eventually to Netflix and the like, the gaming industry is moving to burst sales as their only real chance at making money. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-30 16:15:26] - Xpovos: So it's hard to pinpoint whether or not any of these (or all of these) have had any appreciable impact on the price of games or the profitability of them. -Paul
[2012-03-30 16:14:51] - Xpovos: I think the problem is that there are so many variables when it comes to how much games cost. Big blockbuster games these days cost a lot more to make than 10 years ago, but they also sell a lot more copies. Pirating games used to be easier, now it's a little harder. The used game market has also fluctuated a bunch. -Paul
[2012-03-30 16:02:09] - http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=15469 Succinctly put. I can't say it as well in twice as many words, and I've tried. Fits our conversation yesterday well too. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-30 15:53:00] - i can't say in mixed company. ~a
[2012-03-30 15:30:05] - a: What's the other ones? -Paul
[2012-03-30 14:49:56] - for more reasons than one. ~a
[2012-03-30 14:45:14] - a: you will probably want to move to canda now. - mig
[2012-03-30 13:54:14] - Yay, I didn't fuck up my link this time. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-30 13:53:59] - Ron Paul? -- Xpovos
[2012-03-30 13:29:36] - http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/03/30/us/hints-in-courts-questions.html fun factoids. can't do more than just speculate with the data, since the only clear facts are sotomayor likes to ask lots of question in general, and thomas asks none. - mig
[2012-03-30 13:16:25] - Seems like March this year has come in like a lamb and is trying to go out like a lion. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-30 09:08:13] - cute. ~a
[2012-03-30 08:22:58] - http://imgur.com/a/p2JI4/ dad takes one of son's toys with him on business trips, and sends him photos while he's gone - aaron
[2012-03-29 15:13:55] - g/mig: fixed. ~a
[2012-03-29 15:04:04] - looking at the threads its hard to tell... not length of thread based... ~g
[2012-03-29 14:40:16] - http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/milan-fans-massive-pac-man-chasing-barca-ghost-203538247.html wow. that is impressive. - mig
[2012-03-29 14:02:49] - good question. ~a
[2012-03-29 14:01:49] - a: what's the deal with the thread sorting? the thread i created today is showing up below threads that haven't been touched in like years... - mig
[2012-03-29 13:44:42] - a: Um... I guess it depends. You're saying some people aren't going to buy games because they won't be able to resell them? I'm sure there are people out there who will just completely stop buying games, sure, but I think it's a small percentage and I'm guessing those people are mostly people who buy used. -Paul
[2012-03-29 13:24:35] - paul: i noticed you haven't responded to this: educated consumers who know they won't be able to resell the game is less likely to want to buy the game (and vice versa). do you disagree? ~a
[2012-03-29 13:16:42] - Xpovos: Right, which is why I think I know what you were talking about, but I think price is more important for this issue. Adrian mentioned used games driving up the price of games. -Paul
[2012-03-29 13:02:56] - Paul: You're talking about price. I'm talking about value. The two aren't necessarily correlated. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-29 12:54:23] - Xpovos: Buy a Camry today, you can probably sell it for... what? 25% of it's value a couple of years later? I would be surprised if a game like Gears of War 3 was still selling for $20 a few years from now. -Paul
[2012-03-29 12:52:59] - Xpovos: Also, I think I know what you mean, but games don't maintain 100% of their value at all. In fact, almost as soon as a game comes out, it starts losing value pretty quickly. -Paul
[2012-03-29 12:51:48] - a: Most people who do both. -Paul
[2012-03-29 12:33:44] - I *hope* my nes collection hasn't been thrown away by my parents. I will have to check the house next time I visit. - mig
[2012-03-29 12:31:11] - mig: Their success doesn't necessarily imply that the practice is widespread, though. It could be narrow, but deep. As I said, serial game-sellers. Although video games do end up at pawn shops a lot too, and ebay. So it's still fairly broad. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-29 12:28:54] - mig: More anecdotes. I still have my entire NES collection, including the games I absolutely hated. Tops of that list are Rygar and Castlevania 2. Those two are most notable because I played them so much because I hated them. I spent more time on Rygar trying to figure out how to make it good than I ever did on a lot of 'good' titles. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-29 12:26:16] - I don't agree it's a minority. Gamestop's model is predicated on the used game market, and it's doing very well for itself. - mig
[2012-03-29 12:25:08] - xpovos: I'm not a normie either. I tend to hoard my old games out of sentimental value. And the garbage I just end up keeping because usually it's not worth returning. - mig
[2012-03-29 12:24:08] - mig: I've never sold any of my console games, but I recognize I'm not normal and anecdotal at best. That said, I think the serial sellers are probably the true minority, and that a strong percentage are more like me, selling very rarely, if ever. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-29 12:22:34] - a: most console gamers do, yes. - mig
[2012-03-29 12:21:31] - paul: most people? are you sure? i've never sold a game, and tons of people never sell games. ~a
[2012-03-29 12:18:38] - g: "with a car once you have driven it I hope you still want to drive it" for how long? once you have driven it once? maybe. what about a decade? you might not want to drive it any more and now its value has gone down for everybody. ~a
[2012-03-29 12:18:19] - g: But if you've beaten the car (got in a wreck, driven 250,000 miles, cite your own 'end point') not only do you want to sell it, you'll find a very sparse buyer's market. The game, differently, maintains 100% of it's initial value to most customers regardless of your progress on it. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-29 12:03:57] - a: im with paul on the car analogy. With a game once someone has beaten it (probably depends on the type of game) they often dont want to play it anymore, with a car once you have driven it I hope you still want to drive it otherwise you shouldnt have bought it. ~g
[2012-03-29 12:02:01] - a: I disagree. Most people don't sell cars nearly as often as they sell games. -Paul
[2012-03-29 11:44:07] - paul: once you've played a game, the value of it to you goes down. once you've driven a car, the value of it for everybody goes down. in some ways, the used-car market is even worse for replayability.
~a[2012-03-29 11:38:52] - "I guess it's more accurate to say gamestop just gets to keep all $45 to itself" still not true. of the 45, some of it goes to the seller of the game, which was my whole point. the seller of the game gets money, which is the whole point of the used game market. if gamestop gets too big of a profit, the market will correct this. ~a
[2012-03-29 11:24:24] - http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/breyers-unhinged-commerce-clause-ramblings/453011 "If this is the quality of argument the liberals on the court are making to Justice Kennedy, the individual mandate is a goner." - mig
[2012-03-29 11:15:33] - a: The used car market is different, because people don't usually stop needing a car once they've used it. With games, most people no longer need them once they've beaten it. -Paul
[2012-03-29 11:14:38] - a: I'm not sure that's true. Wouldn't used game sales also drive DOWN the price of a new copy, since people can get a used copy for cheaper? Also, even if the stores can sell the original copies for more, I'm not sure that affects how much the game developers make, only how much the stores make. -Paul
[2012-03-29 10:53:09] - ok ok, not pure profit. I guess it's more accurate to say gamestop just gets to keep all $45 to itself, and game developer/publishers get $0 from that sale. - mig
[2012-03-29 10:50:53] - mig: id argue that gamestop paid something for that game so not all of the $45 is profit... Plus they employ people and pay rent on their stores... Not to be too nit-picky. ~g
[2012-03-29 10:45:00] - a: somet of that is true to an extent. But while they receive some secondary benefits from used games, they receive no direct revenue from used games sales, which is why they are complaining. When you pay $45 dollars for a used game, gamestop gets 100% of that sale as pure profit. - mig
[2012-03-29 10:26:27] - paul: "game developers get nothing from used game sales right now" patently false. used game sales drive up the price of the original game. people will pay a higher price for things they can resell. also once they resell the game, they have money they can pump into new games. see the used car market as an obvious example of this. ~a
[2012-03-29 10:06:19] - xpovos: yeah it's a weird debate for me too. I'm very big into the "physical property means I can do whatever i want to it" mentality, so things like Day 1 DLC that's on the disc usually bugs me a lot, even though I understand the economics of why they do such things. - mig
[2012-03-29 09:49:18] - I heard on the radio today that facebook is changing everyone over to timeline view tomorrow... Any thoughts on the matter? ~g
[2012-03-29 09:44:35] - a: 1) Selling used games might be protected, but not sure anything says they have to work. 2) Depends on your perspective. Game developers get nothing from used game sales right now. -Paul
[2012-03-29 09:43:49] - Not just for games, but more 'mainstream' things like ebooks, and increasingly music and movies. You may own a DVD, but already the film content is still 'licensed' (no public showings) and it's going further in that direction as we stream more. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-29 09:42:45] - a: It's all wrapped up in the: are games products or licenses debate. Game companies are doing an excellent job of convincing people they're licenses and making that the de facto status in the marketplace as well, which then will back them up legally. Product vs. license for digital content is pretty much the IP battle of the decade, as I see it. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-29 09:26:48] - you can resale the cds to someone if you want to, but there's no way to transfer the cd key associated with it to another battle.net account, even if you never intend to play the game again. - mig
[2012-03-29 09:26:08] - starcraft 2 already does this in a sense. - mig
[2012-03-29 09:25:49] - a: they cannot prevent the resale of physical media. but I think (though unsure) that there isn't anything that says that they can enact this sort of scheme where the software on the physical media is tied to a psn or xbox live account. - mig
[2012-03-29 09:23:37] - paul: 1. isn't the used game market protected by law? 2. isn't that kind of greedy? as a consumer can't we call "bullshit" and refuse to buy things we can't resell? ~a
[2012-03-29 09:22:57] - a: yeah this is more to kill used games than anything else. - mig
[2012-03-29 08:59:59] - a: I think the point is to eliminate the used game market, not necessarily go after piracy. -Paul
[2012-03-29 08:58:56] - xpovos: Either. I intend to go to the game with my third ticket, so ideally the other two would be people I know, but beggers can't be choosers. -Paul
[2012-03-29 07:21:59] - ME3 ending
[2012-03-29 07:19:20] - daniel: 4/17/12 - mig
[2012-03-29 01:05:43] - ME3 peeps: I beat it last night, got the green ending. I didn't think it was as bad as some online have made it out to be but I can see how none of your choices leading up to it really play in which is a bit of a let down. -Daniel
[2012-03-29 01:04:52] - mig: Nice, there an eta on that? -Daniel
[2012-03-28 21:34:12] - daniel: apparently the enhanced edition of the witcher 2 is going to be available for free to owners of the original game. Wow, CD Projectk is awesome. - mig
[2012-03-28 19:36:52] - Paul: Looking to dump one, or both? Also, price? -- Xpovos
[2012-03-28 18:33:46] - they should probably allow resale, right? allowing resale still prevents piracy; i dont get it. ~a
[2012-03-28 16:38:00] - I've got two tickets to the Nationals game versus the Reds on April 12th at 1pm (please note that it's the middle of the day on a Thursday). If anybody is interested in going, please let me know. Thanks. -Paul
[2012-03-28 16:34:51] - this is similar to what's been rumored with MS's new console, but there are a lot more details in how it'll work for the new playstation. - mig
[2012-03-28 16:34:07] - bah. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/03/ps3-successor-orbis-rumored-for-late-2013-ties-retail-games-to-online-accounts.ars
[2012-03-28 16:33:54] - arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/03/ps3-successor-orbis-rumored-for-late-2013-ties-retail-games-to-online-accounts.ars Next gen sony console aims to tie retail disc games to a PSN account, allowing only a game to play in "trial" mode if you get it used. - mig
[2012-03-28 16:08:34] - Paul: No, they pretty much all agreed that the law without the individual mandate was a walking corpse. One that Congress likely didn't have the power to reanimate. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-28 16:02:09] - Xpovos: Interesting, I'm hearing different things from news sources I read. Personally, I wonder how the rest of the law can stand if the individual mandate is struck down, but I'm betting the justices feel otherwise. -Paul
[2012-03-28 15:59:19] - xpovos: I can see that happening. With Kennedy though is that his line of questioning seemed to indicate he was deeply troubled by implications of the mandate. But there's plenty of time for him to change his mind one way or the other. I do agree that Roberts and Kennedy are both tied together in how they will vote. - mig
[2012-03-28 15:45:33] - I think Kennedy caves and approves the individual mandate because the alternative is just too hard. And once Kennedy makes the majority, Roberts follows. Unless Breyer votes against the mandate somehow, that would just be nutty. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-28 15:43:22] - Reading some of my favorite SCOTUS blogs, there's a lot of weight leading to my non-severability concerns. The Justices seemed really concerned that if they sent it back, either partially or fully, Congress would be absolutely incapable of fixing it. Even the conservative justices were sounding in favor of judicial activism. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-28 14:59:53] - mig: Actually, it looks like I am wrong. Retired justices can sub in for lower court cases, but not supreme court cases. Apparently there is a proposed law to change that, though. -Paul
[2012-03-28 14:56:56] - paul: so there's a a unofficial temporary line of succession of sorts? that's kind of interesting. - mig
[2012-03-28 14:48:09] - mig: I think there is precedent for previous justices that are still alive (in this case, Sandra Day O'Connor) filling in. -Paul
[2012-03-28 14:44:20] - paul: i suppose that's true, though personally I do think she should have recused herself from this case. Though I wonder, do cases in the court essentially get put on hold if there's an abrupt vacancy like that... - mig
[2012-03-28 14:39:45] - mig: Elana Kagan didn't recuse herself despite it being her job to defend the law before she was on the Supreme Court. -Paul
[2012-03-28 14:38:53] - wouldn't the president appointing justices in the middle of a case involving a law he has a rather large personal stake in the outcome be somewhat problematic? I'd imagine the appointees if confirmed would be under heavy pressure to recuse themselves. - mig
[2012-03-28 14:34:59] - a: Well, Andrew thinks it might go the other way if they strike down the individual mandate. I was confused about what you were saying before, I thought you were talking about shifting things so the law (and mandate) stands. -Paul
[2012-03-28 14:31:57] - it seems like everybody here was agreeing that the law was going to stand, right? the president appointing a supreme that hurts the law doesn't seem likely to happen. ~a
[2012-03-28 14:27:57] - a: Oh, I gotcha. Actually, why wouldn't it work? I feel like Democratic presidents have been generally happier with their appointments than Republican presidents have. -Paul
[2012-03-28 14:22:39] - paul: nah, the president appoints . . . oh . . . right, that probably won't work. ~a
[2012-03-28 14:20:20] - a: Wouldn't Pelican Briefing it up make it 3-4? -Paul
[2012-03-28 14:20:06] - Xpovos: Huh, so we disagree on both counts. -Paul
[2012-03-28 14:05:55] - they just need to pelican brief it up to make this a 4-5 ball game (the other direction). ~a
[2012-03-28 13:23:57] - I think they'll uphold it, probably 6-3, but if they do find the individual mandate unconstitutional, I think they'll force the entire bill to the scrap heap. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-28 13:01:41] - The one definite I can say though, is I feel much better about the chances of the individual mandate getting struck down than I did before this week. - mig
[2012-03-28 12:51:32] - The mandate really hinges on whether their really is any weight to the tough questions Robers and Kennedy were asking of the government in defense of the mandate. It's still tough to know how they'll ultimately stand on it a couple months from now. If they reached a decision tomorrow i'd be more comfortable saying ithe mandate is definitely going down. - mig
[2012-03-28 12:46:29] - haven't been following much about the case, but seems unlikely the entire law would be struck down - vinnie
[2012-03-28 12:44:02] - mig: I say 5-4 for striking down the individual mandate, and 6-3 against tossing out the whole law. In order words: the individual mandate gets struck down, but the rest of the law remains. -Paul
[2012-03-28 12:40:41] - Judging from what happened yesterday, I think it's 50/50 the mandate will go down. It's probably very unlikely they'll strike down the whole law from what i've been reading so far. - mig
[2012-03-28 12:38:19] - So, anybody want to make predictions on how the SCOTUS will come down on the individual mandate and whether it's severable from Obamacare? -Paul
[2012-03-28 12:27:56] - http://reason.com/assets/mc/_external/2012_03/is-this-what-tennessee-legisla.jpg can't we all just get along? - mig
[2012-03-28 12:10:30] - Aaron: Yeah, I guess I can see that. -Paul
[2012-03-28 11:59:10] - paul: i think so, particularly when he ended the cold war while keeping both russia and america in the dark? that action in itself really embodied the whole "protecting people from themselves" kind of liberal mindset imho - aaron
[2012-03-28 11:42:55] - aaron: Hmmm, I guess. Does that make Ozymandias a characterization of a liberal mindset, then? -Paul
[2012-03-28 11:34:32] - paul: i think it fits better if you think of him as a characterization of a conservative/libertarian who might typically follow ayn rand's ideals,, and not necessarily a direct charicterization of ayn rand's philosophies in themselves. because you're right i don't think there's a direct correlation between "The Fountainhead" and anything rorshach does - aaron
[2012-03-28 11:30:07] - and i think ayn rand's followers typical have similar views, being against things like centralized police/government which they view as corrupt, and thinking that the smaller/more localized something is, the better... belief/trust/empowerment of the self, and not much beyond that - aaron
[2012-03-28 11:28:21] - paul: that one took me awhile, but when i think about rorshach's mindset, i think it was one of those, "oh, the whole city is corrupt and you can't trust in anybody but yourself, and self-empowerment and individual vigilanteism is the only guaranteed solution". i can't really back that up with anything concrete, but it's how i remember his character - aaron
[2012-03-28 11:10:24] - mig: I was thinking maybe because Rand was big on individualism and Rorschach kinda represented that in terms of being a counter-point to Ozymandias (I hope everybody here doesn't mind the end getting potentially spoiled). -Paul
[2012-03-28 11:05:56] - paul: yeah i'm not sure what exactly the connection is there. The only thing I can think of he's supposed to represnet the supposed follies of a privatized police force maybe? That's the only thing I can think of that can relate. - mig
[2012-03-28 10:45:42] - Aaron: Although I don't quite see the connection between Rorschach and Rand, to be honest. -Paul
[2012-03-28 10:41:44] - aaron: I did really enjoy Atlas Shrugged, and agreed with a decent amount of the philosophy, and also thought Rorschach was my favorite Watchmen character and the one I rooted for the most. -Paul
[2012-03-28 10:41:00] - aaron: "Alan Moore has mentioned that he wrote Rorschach as everything that is wrong with Ayn Rand's philosophy" That's interesting, because while I don't consider myself an adherent of Objectivism or necessarily a big supporter of everything Rorschach does... -Paul
[2012-03-28 10:37:44] - http://www.reddit.com/r/philosophy/comments/rgtfu/concerning_the_film_watchmen/c45rbu9 philosophical analysis of the ethics of watchmen. spoilers, if you haven't seen the movie/read the comic - aaron
[2012-03-28 09:54:40] - a: Are you planning frisbee this weekend? -Paul
[2012-03-28 09:32:48] - My link refers to the NBP reward and my feeling that they want to kill Zimmerman for shooting Trayvon Martin. ~g
[2012-03-28 09:32:02] - a: http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/26/justice/florida-teen-shooting-bounty/index.html?iref=allsearch sorry for the belated response... ~g
[2012-03-27 17:21:12] - http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/26/justice/florida-teen-shooting/index.html here's one source. i don't know if there's documented evidence that zimmerman was physically assaulted, or eyewitness accounts, but i assume they're withholding that for the trial - aaron
[2012-03-27 17:17:32] - g: i've heard that a police report stated that zimmerman had bruises/abrasions and stuff from being in a scuffle, and there's some reports from the neighbors that zimmerman may have called out for help before shooting trayvon. so i imagine it's not as one-sided as the initial media reports made it sound - aaron
[2012-03-27 17:02:44] - g: Yes, but that's probably because I was sitting next to you when we saw it on CNN.
-Paul[2012-03-27 17:00:28] - link? ~a
[2012-03-27 16:54:10] - have you guys seen the information about Trayvon Martin? And the New Black Panthers group offering a 10K bounty on the guy who shot him? ~g
[2012-03-27 16:53:20] - aaron: so your solution is for Stacey to make a hateful tweet against a white person so that he can prove he wasnt being racist? sounds good to me. ~g
[2012-03-27 16:51:18] - paul: this is the problem when you just make one spontaneous hateful tweet! if you make, say, 100 different ones, the likelihood of a pattern emerging decreases (unless they're actually racially motivated!) - aaron
[2012-03-27 16:32:34] - g: I wasn't really being sarcastic, I think that's part of why his comment was considered racist, and that is part of why he is being jailed for 56 days. -Paul
[2012-03-27 16:20:18] - Words with Friends (me and a priest). Ricer, darkie, jisms, twice, clam, crab, tits, merde. Then Words with Friends crashed my phone. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-27 16:12:08] - the internet is serious business. ~a
[2012-03-27 15:53:50] - a: for some reason, maybe cause I read your comment before the article I thought you were serious. ~g
[2012-03-27 15:35:47] - g: yes. ~a
[2012-03-27 15:33:31] - paul: I am assuming you are sarcastic, noting race does not mean that Stacey's post was motivated by race... ~g
[2012-03-27 15:29:56] - g: "Muamba is black, while Stacey is white" -Paul
[2012-03-27 15:28:58] - a: are you joking? I didnt see where anything was racist.... ~g
[2012-03-27 15:04:42] - mig: what he said was very racist. 56 days isn't nearly long enough for such an offensive tweet. ~a
[2012-03-27 14:48:15] - ah. imo, i don't mind the html standard for defining guis. android, for comparison, has an xml standard to define the organization of the gui that doesn't look much differently from the forms we use in html. ~a
[2012-03-27 14:47:34] - http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/british-student-jailed-over-a-tweet/ 21 year old brit sentenced to 56 days in jail for an offensive tweet. - mig
[2012-03-27 14:42:31] - a: That's a good question. Some sort of standards compliant java most likely, but defining those standards would be a PITA. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-27 14:36:45] - deprecated in favor of what? ~a
[2012-03-27 14:29:38] - mig: I didn't malform it, check. But it was still stupid/silly on my part. Given how HTML has progressed, I'm surprised forms aren't depricated now. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-27 14:14:51] - xpovos: '?' is used for for form 'get' submissions, so technically the url was not malformed, you just submitted an empty form to that url. - mig
[2012-03-27 13:49:59] - ah yes, i see; it still loaded though! ~a
[2012-03-27 13:47:58] - Aw, I malformed my link with an unintentional ? -- Xpovos
[2012-03-27 13:46:50] - a: http://webspace.webring.com/people/kz/zenskye.geo/anime/eps13e.jpg? -- Xpovos
[2012-03-27 13:46:05] - also, hehe look where i was 0 hours ago!
~a[2012-03-27 13:44:31] - i'm trying to envision a cotton candy hammer ~a
[2012-03-27 13:38:09] - xpovos: I bet the toddlers would have FUN breaking that one! ~g
[2012-03-27 12:58:16] - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303816504577307340343548520.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories PPACA SCOUTS oral arguments day 2: kennedy appears troubled by the mandate. - mig
[2012-03-27 12:52:05] - g: Then I need a cheap new headset, and this one is not that. If it's what I can google, it's $212 before Goldbox discount. Ouch. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-27 12:41:09] - xpovos: toddlers are inventive it would be hard for anyone to toddler proof anything. ~g
[2012-03-27 12:37:33] - g: I totally do need a new headset... preferably one that's toddler-proof, if such a thing exists. -- Xpovos
[2012-03-27 12:36:27] - oh I lied, it has privacy walls so you can create up to 3 rooms. ~g
[2012-03-27 12:35:56] - almost my kind of tent... Needs room dividers. http://www.amazon.com/Coleman-17-Foot-10-Foot-8-Person-Modified/dp/B000W7BHJY?t=slicinc-20&tag=slicinc-20 (and you can get 20 bucks off easily.) ~g
[2012-03-27 12:33:33] - xpovos: true, but last I played dungeon defenders with you a new headset was in order... ~g
[2012-03-27 11:51:47] - g: That makes me sad, despite a video game sale all day, it looks like nothing worthwhile will actually be on sale. Maybe the headset, but that's not a video game... -- Xpovos
[2012-03-27 11:11:37] - Amazon's goldbox deals today are all video games... not sure if any of you guys care. ~g
[2012-03-27 11:10:03] - paul: also I think that is more like I ask a question and you get really into nitty/gritty details that are too detailed for me. Its like I am asking for the 10,000 ft view and you are telling me about the anthill. ~g
[2012-03-27 11:04:16] - paul: its not usually something that you are super excited about... and its not that mean to say some of your links are boring to me... I dont really care to read your politics links
~g[2012-03-27 11:02:55] - paul:
ouch. ~a[2012-03-27 10:59:30] - a: Re: "daaaaaaaamn". That's not the half of it. Sometimes I'll be right in the middle of a sentence, excitedly explaining something that interests me, when she tells me, "I really don't care, so stop talking"
-Paul[2012-03-27 10:58:15] - a: Sure, and I think we've reached this conclusion before. We also have different priorities. Just like I think a baseball game is worth DC inconvenience, you might not think coming to my place to watch a baseball game would be worth it even though you don't consider it inconvenient. -Paul
[2012-03-27 10:51:40] - daaaaaaaamn. ~a
[2012-03-27 10:49:45] - paul: sometimes I am too busy, and some of your links bore me. ~g
[2012-03-27 10:44:20] - paul: "I will go into DC if I feel like the event is worth the inconvenience" that's cool i guess. my opinion of the inconvenience is different from your opinion: i wouldn't even label it an inconvenience. just like i wouldn't label driving to your house an inconvenience even though it takes more time. ~a
[2012-03-27 10:39:06] - g: You should read all my links because they are all interesting.
-Paul[2012-03-27 10:37:00] - paul: haha, this is why I should read your links... ~g
[2012-03-27 10:36:31] - hmm sounds like prostitution was already legal in Ontario but now brothels are too. ~g
[2012-03-27 10:36:13] - g: It's not what you think, no relation to the magazine. It was an atheist rally. -Paul
[2012-03-27 10:35:39] - I'm much more likely to consider going to a Ron Paul rally or the Reason Rally or even an Occupy Whatever event if it's not in DC, just like I would probably go to baseball/basketball games a lot more often if those stadiums weren't in DC. -Paul
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