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7501
« on: December 10, 2014, 09:38:48 AM »
No, but I do believe it's in the government's interest to offer student loans at 0%.
Now that's a good idea
Pretty sure that's how it works with the current student finance england shite, although it looked like it adjusts for inflation over the years but the rough idea is that you only pay back when you are earning above a certain threshold without extortionate interest rates.
I reaaaaally should remember this crap, what with having a loan on it myself, but... ehhhh <.<
I like that idea. Adjusting for inflation is fine, especially if they're allowing a fairly long time to start paying it back. To put it in perspective, my student loans started accruing interest the day I took them out.
7502
« on: December 10, 2014, 08:50:24 AM »
Gonna be that guy and say I don't really care.
We all knew the model Destiny was using; instead of a subscription fee you'd be expected to purchase periodic DLC in order to keep up. It's zero surprise at all that part of that paid DLC includes incentives to those that haven't picked it up yet to do so.
I also think game devs are stuck in a corner in terms of pricing: they can't charge more than $60 for the base game, so they find other ways through DLC and subsequently season passes. Was content cut from the base game? Perhaps. Probably, actually. I would've done it. Recognizing the model that Destiny is, and always was going to be, with the understanding that the game itself is unquestionably worth that initial $60 in terms of sheer amount of time spent and the amount of content and support (bitch all you want, but Destiny is fun and has tons of shit to do, regardless of how repetitive it feels at times).
You know who else does this in the economy? Fucking everybody. Car manufacturers withhold luxury features that they no doubt feel are integral to the line; 3D movies cost more; DVD's that include bonus footage or commentaries typically cost more; the list goes on.
Sure, it sucks if you're 13 and $60 is a month or more of allowance. Buying luxury shit like video games sucks when you're 13. Maybe it sucks if you work minimum wage and any new game is 8 hours, a full shift, of pay. Personally, I don't think it's unreasonable for Bungie (or Activision, since they dumped so much money into the franchise) to try to eventually get double the price of the base game for constant support and new content.
7503
« on: December 10, 2014, 08:33:24 AM »
I'm sure I'm biased, but The God Delusion is widely recognized as highly flawed, biased, and sloppy in its arguments. I never finished it because 50 pages in every argument Dawkins made could have been refuted by a 15 year old Sunday School student.
Augustine's City of God is a good foil to the two you've got listed.
7504
« on: December 10, 2014, 07:28:37 AM »
No, but I do believe it's in the government's interest to offer student loans at 0%.
7505
« on: December 10, 2014, 01:30:05 AM »
Likely because I'm extremely adaptive to changing circumstances and very quick at it. Still not challenging enough though.
 Oh baby. Guys, did you hear? This guy's good at video games. Please sir, tell us more about how good at video games you are.
7506
« on: December 09, 2014, 08:58:22 PM »
Not sure why you think you need the chain rule. Just integrate the function, then evaluate it on the interval. The integral is t^4/4, from 0 to x^2.
Should be x^8/4.
7507
« on: December 09, 2014, 08:39:36 PM »
Really good read
http://peachfront.diaryland.com/enderhitlte.html
I'm in my phone right now, but I've torn that article apart before. It's a huge load of crap. Edit: Back on my computer now. tl;dr version: -The first section is some irrelevant jabs at the quality of Ender's Game and Card's writing, which is almost universally praised. -Next he compares Ender to Hitler because Hitler was a third child and so was Ender. Obviously the same, right? Nevermind that 'thirds' are an annoyingly common theme in sci-fi. -Next he talks about some misogyny in Speaker for the Dead by saying Ender was excusing Marcao's abuse of Novinha due to her adultery, when in fact the entire point of his Speaking was to reveal ugly truths to a community that idolized Marcao and refused to see what was happening -Oh and Hitler was 37 when he fell in love and Ender got married at 37, so obviously they're the same -Necessity of genocide: here's the crux of this argument. Ender's genocide, as a metaphor for Hitler's, was excused because he was a kid and it was necessary. And Hitler believed that he was doing good, so it's obviously the same thing...somehow. So here's the thing: Ender is never, ever painted as a hero or a savior. Initially after the battle the governments of Earth vie for his control, but very quickly decide to just try to kill him and all the other kids instead. And later in Speaker for the Dead, he's universally hated and deplored, thanks to a book written about the Formics, by Ender, from a psychic connection to the Hive Queen. Ender doesn't write the book because he wants to be forgiven, he writes it because he fully understands the weight and evil of what he did and knows he'll never be forgiven (though he later is). Despite the shoddy parallels between Hitler and Ender, at the end of the day the Ender series is a condemnation of Ender's actions and a constant reminder of the need to understand the people we claim to hate. A central theme of the series is that hate and war stems from ignorance. And what's most damning is that the author of the article backpedals and acts pissy by admitting he jumped the gun on what Card was intending (his entire article is shit on by Xenocide), but that it's just, like, his opinion, man.
7508
« on: December 09, 2014, 08:37:50 PM »
Ender's Game is my favorite book series. The movie wasn't great, but that final scene battle was amazing and Asa Butterfield as Ender was absolutely spot-on. The problem with the movie is that so much of the story is in Ender's head, not to mention half of it was some outdated stuff about his siblings taking over politics via the internet.
I could go on for days about Ender's Game. I'm really glad you liked the movie, and I agree that its premise is something much more profound than what you find in typical young adult hero movies. Go read the series. Children of the Mind will demolish your brain.
7509
« on: December 09, 2014, 08:15:29 PM »
Never really understood the antithetical circle jerk of people bragging that the game was easy. Yeah, it's easy once you learn the mechanics. Pyro wipes the floor with literally every enemy and boss in DkS. But you can't deny how well the game challenges you to adapt to new scenarios and punishes you for getting into a routine. I'd say that if you noticed a marked change in difficulty throughout the game, it's because the game succeeded in showing you how to be better.
7510
« on: December 09, 2014, 12:09:39 AM »
Still she was a big disbeliever of any social support and well her books never made sense, the hypocrisy is that she benefited alot from the American Medicare and Social Support when her books actively went against them. If a thief takes money from you, but offers to give you some money back, is it hypocritical to take that money while also denouncing thievery?
Yeah, people always bring this up as a trump card. Social security is your own money, it's not welfare to get paid back the money you're owed.
7511
« on: December 08, 2014, 03:47:46 PM »
Fountainhead was great. I'll check this out when it's released.
7512
« on: December 08, 2014, 03:45:11 PM »
MFW proofs 
7513
« on: December 08, 2014, 09:04:22 AM »
Is it like a cinnamon toast crunch knock off or something?
It's way better than cinnamon toast crunch.
7514
« on: December 07, 2014, 11:34:03 PM »
 THAT'S RIGHT MOTHERFUCKERS French Toast Crunch, the supreme god-tier breakfast cereal is coming back in January. We’ve seen a lot of cereals come and go over the years, but one of the most frequent requests we see is to bring back French Toast Crunch – the little toast-shaped, maple-flavored bites of deliciousness packed into a cereal box.
“I don’t think people understand the lengths I would go to have a box of French Toast Crunch in my life.” – @BeeLH on Twitter
“French Toast Crunch is by far the best cereal ever.” – @Yasmingill on Twitter
“Nothing could fill the hole in my heart where French Toast Crunch used to be.” – @Darth_DURFFFY on Twitter
That’s just a sampling of the French Toast Crunch love we see every day on Twitter. Even more, there has been a petition created and a Facebook group devoted to bringing back the beloved cereal.
So… we’re bringing back French Toast Crunch!
“We have been overwhelmed by the consumer conversations, requests and passion for the cereal to come back,” says Waylon Good, marketing manager for Big G. “We value our fans and are so excited to be able to bring it back for them.”
French Toast Crunch originally debuted on grocery store shelves in late 1995 and was discontinued in 2006. Today, the cereal is back in its original shape from the 1990s.
Devotees know that the cereal remained in production in Canada, but only a lucky few would score a box of the coveted Canadian French Toast Crunch and the shipping fees were often steep.
But no more! You can find French Toast Crunch at select supermarkets and retailers beginning now, with nationwide distribution by the end of January 2015.
If you can’t find it on grocery store shelves, be sure to make a request to your local store to carry it.
Share the news that #FrenchToastCrunchIsBack! Per the rules: What belongs in the Serious Board?
News articles relating to science, technology, medicine, politics, the military and other issues do, news articles about celebrities generally do not. This is about innovation in science and technology, as well as international cereal politics. Until now, you could only get FTC by buying it from Canada. FTC is not a celebrity, it is a cereal. I think it's clear that this thread belongs in Serious.
7515
« on: December 07, 2014, 11:13:09 PM »
 Hanging out with Milton Friedman over in the fourth quadrant. Not crazy about that test though. Spoiler Interesting how close Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are... 
7516
« on: December 07, 2014, 10:28:26 PM »
SmashU is awesome. Who do you play as?
7517
« on: December 07, 2014, 10:21:56 PM »
The original point has been addressed: the attack on Pearl Harbor was most definitely provoked.
You've failed to justify the claim that economic sanctions are tantamount to provocation of war. It's perfectly logical for America to cut off trade with a hostile nation actively fighting America's allies, and Japan surely anticipated that. In addition, it's obvious that the instigation of war wasn't an attempt to renew trade with America. Regardless, that was hardly the point of my original post.
7518
« on: December 07, 2014, 10:07:36 PM »
It's incredibly short-sighted to think supplying Japan's war effort would have been good for the U.S. Imperial Japan's expansion throughout the region and alignment with the Axis currently decimating America's European allies was absolutely counter to American prosperity, and it would have been a huge slap in the face to continue war-profiteering from our allies' deaths. What did you think would have happened once Germany steamrolled through Europe and Japan conquered Asia? That Japan would thank them for the steel and oil and go on their merry way?
War logistics and supplying relies on neutrality. So, yes, even if America's allies were getting massacred by weapons made from steel imported from the US, it would still be profitable for America to keep exporting resources to both sides. Horrible? Of course. Profiting off human suffering? Most definitely. Pragmatic? Absolutely.
Japan was never in any way powerful enough to really defeat America. Even if the US had kept supplying them throughout the war and Japan turned on them at the end, it still would never have ended favorably for Japan. Also, the concept of Germany getting past Russia is a laughable one indeed.
So then Germany conquers Europe, Japan conquers Asia, Russia conquers Germany's Europe and Japan sides with them, then both converge on America. Obviously it would have been profitable to continue selling to Japan, but thankfully FDR had a stronger ethical backbone than a desire for profit. The point still stands that economic sanctions aren't justification for the attack.
7519
« on: December 07, 2014, 10:04:05 PM »
OP, you should investigate the effect of power or authority on bias in young adults or teenagers.
For instance, when a person is given measurable power over another person or community, how does that power influence their tendency to be outspoken in their beliefs and their subsequent treatment of dissenters? You can look at prisons, student government, or maybe even certain online forums. I think that would be very interesting.
7520
« on: December 07, 2014, 09:56:08 PM »
Why did this get moved? This is a legitimate topic that's now going to die in the Flood.
Because the serious forum isn't exactly a place to just throw any thread that one wants "serious" discussion on. It's mainly reserved for controversial, religious, political threads - and news articles related to those topics, along with sciences, arts, etc.
If the OP has a problem with future responses, he's welcome to let us know.
It's very annoying to see legitimately academic discussions thrown into the cesspool of the Flood.
7521
« on: December 07, 2014, 09:53:16 PM »
Pearl Harbor was an unprovoked act of war against America.
No, they were provoked by America withholding oil and steel from the Japanese. It was either go to war or collapse from lack of resources.
I'm a little confused how you think going to war is a solution to the problem of America withholding resources. Japan was actively fighting against their allies, and America had zero obligation to continue trade with them.
Giving Japan resources to continue their war would have been exactly in America's best interest. They were getting paid to keep Japan fighting, and therefore run low on steel and oil and thus need to pay more to get more steel and oil. Couple that with how America's allies were doing the same, and America was doing pretty good. Withholding those two resources was about the stupidest thing the US could have done, as they not only cut off a huge source of money, they got Japan good and pissed enough to send in an air fleet.
It's incredibly short-sighted to think supplying Japan's war effort would have been good for the U.S. Imperial Japan's expansion throughout the region and alignment with the Axis currently decimating America's European allies was absolutely counter to American prosperity, and it would have been a huge slap in the face to continue war-profiteering from our allies' deaths. What did you think would have happened once Germany steamrolled through Europe and Japan conquered Asia? That Japan would thank them for the steel and oil and go on their merry way?
7522
« on: December 07, 2014, 09:46:18 PM »
Why did this get moved? This is a legitimate topic that's now going to die in the Flood.
7523
« on: December 07, 2014, 09:40:27 PM »
Pearl Harbor was an unprovoked act of war against America.
No, they were provoked by America withholding oil and steel from the Japanese. It was either go to war or collapse from lack of resources.
I'm a little confused how you think going to war is a solution to the problem of America withholding resources. Japan was actively fighting against their allies, and America had zero obligation to continue trade with them.
7524
« on: December 07, 2014, 09:32:32 PM »
Pearl Harbor was an unprovoked act of war against America.
The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were terrible, but from a utilitarian/military perspective it saved millions of lives from both fronts and abruptly ended the war. Nor was the attack an unprovoked surprise attack; they were told well in advance what was going to happen, and they chose to ignore those warnings. Twice.
I know you're just a troll, but this is still worth saying for those that might actually believe what you're saying.
I'm not trolling. If you'd read any of the other comments in this thread you'd have realized that already.
It wasn't unprovoked.
No, I mean you're a troll, in general. Maybe you're sincere with this thread; it doesn't really matter, because you've nullified any credibility in yourself. Although whether intentional or not, this thread is an extension of your trolling. You're bringing up a highly controversial issue on a day of mourning, with zero support for your claims. The attack on Pearl Harbor was unprovoked? Please, explain to me how you think economic sanctions are tantamount to a surprise attack on an isolationist country. Japan wasn't entitled to the oil America owned, and America wasn't responsible for continuing trade with a country whose actions were completely contrary to the benefit of America's allies. Whether FDR was baiting Japan is irrelevant; economic sanctions aren't justification for slaughter.
7525
« on: December 07, 2014, 09:05:00 PM »
Prisoners do in fact work to pay for their prison fees.
7526
« on: December 07, 2014, 09:03:40 PM »
Pearl Harbor was an unprovoked act of war against America.
The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were terrible, but from a utilitarian/military perspective it saved millions of lives from both fronts and abruptly ended the war. Nor was the attack an unprovoked surprise attack; they were told well in advance what was going to happen, and they chose to ignore those warnings. Twice.
I know you're just a troll, but this is still worth saying for those that might actually believe what you're saying.
7527
« on: December 07, 2014, 05:10:57 PM »
The Stanford Prison Experiment probably isn't a good example to use since it was an extremely flawed and biased experiment. Everyone was behaving normally until they were told by the researchers to put on certain roles.
7528
« on: December 07, 2014, 03:54:37 PM »
A few gripes with this game: The ship went from being in space to skimming the surface in about 4 seconds, and so far I've yet to see a modern game that actually portrays space movement correctly. Asteroids does a better job of spaceflight than this game. 
7529
« on: December 07, 2014, 03:21:31 PM »
I like the symmetry of the original cover. I think it better reflects the themes of the game,
7530
« on: December 07, 2014, 02:35:15 PM »
There are a few good ones but overall I think he really didn't break out of the generic sci-fi trend that he picked up towards the end of Halo.
The gunplay is easily the most fun I've had in a long time.
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