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Do Witchcraft Beliefs Halt Economic Progress?
A new study by American University Economics Prof. Boris Gershman reveals high levels of mistrust and erosion of social capital among people in regions worldwide where witchcraft beliefs are present.
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Gabriel Mathy (with Nicolas L. Ziebarth of the University of Iowa), "How Much does Political Uncertainty Matter? The Case of Louisiana Under Huey Long," Journal of Economic History, forthcoming 2017.
Gabriel Mathy, "Stock Volatility, Return Jumps, and Uncertainty Shocks During The Great Depression," Financial history Review, forthcoming 2016.
Boris Gershman, "Witchcraft Beliefs and the Erosion of Social Capital: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa and Beyond," Journal of Development Economics, forthcoming May 2016.
Daniel Kuehn (PhD Student), "Home Production, House Values, and the Great Recession," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, March 2016.
Mary Hansen, "Sources of Credit and the Extent of the Credit Market: A View from Bankruptcy Records, Mississippi 1929-1936," in Enterprising America, William Collins and Robert Margo, eds. NBER/University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Mary Hansen (with Bradley A. Hansen), "The Historian's Craft and Economics," Journal of Institutional Economics, forthcoming 2015.
Mahmud Yesuf (with Randall Bluffstone, Takuro Uehara, Bilisuma Bushie, and Demessie Damite), "Livestock and Private Tree Holdings in Rural Ethiopia: The Effects of Collective Action Institutions, Tenure Security and Market Access," Journal of Development Studies, December 2015.
Mahmud Yesuf and Robert M. Feinberg, "Ambiguity Aversion among Student Subjects: The Role of Probability Interval and Emotional Parameters," Applied Economics Letters, August 2015.
Ralph Sonenshine and Evan Kraft, "Determinants of Financial Service Mergers: An Analysis of Economic and Institutional Factors," Review of Economics and Finance, forthcoming August 2015.
Kara M. Reynolds (with Chad P. Bown), "Trade Flows and Trade Disputes," Review of International Organizations, June 2015.
Robert Lerman (with Volker Rein), "Building a Robust U.S. Work-Based Education and Apprenticeship System at Scale: Can Lessons from Europe Help?" American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, May 2015.
Larry Sawers (with Eileen Stillwaggon), "Rush to Judgment: the STI-Treatment Trials and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa," Journal of the International Aids Society, May 2015.
Robert Lerman (with Arnold Packer), "Youth Apprenticeships: A Hopeful Approach for Improving Outcomes for Baltimore Youth," The Abell Foundation, April 2015.
Xuguang (Simon) Sheng (with Frieder Mokinski and Jingyun Yang), "Measuring Disagreement in Qualitative Expectations," Journal of Forecasting, March 2015.
Xuguang (Simon) Sheng, "Evaluating the Economic Forecasts of FOMC Members," International Journal of Forecasting, January-March 2015.
Robert Feinberg (with Thomas Husted and Florian Szucs), "Does State Antitrust Enforcement Drive Establishment Exit?" Journal of Competition Law & Economics, March 2015.
Robert Feinberg (with PhD Student Daniel Kuehn, Signe-Mary McKernan, Doug Wissoker, and Sisi Zhang), "Explaining Variation in Title Charges: A Study of Five Metropolitan Residential Real Estate Markets," Review of Industrial Organization, March 2015.
Robert Blecker (with Carlos A. Ibarra), "Structural Change, the Real Exchange Rate and the Balance of Payments in Mexico, 1960-2012," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Forthcoming 2015.
Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou, "Socioeconomic Justice and Poverty in Nahj Al-Balagha," International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, 2015.
Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou, "Islamic Finance, Financial Inclusion and Poverty Reduction in MENA" in The Routledge Handbook of Religions and Global Development, 2015.
Boris Gershman, "The Economic Origins of the Evil Eye Belief" Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, February 2015.
Robert Feinberg, "'Exports-at-Risk:' The Effect of Multi-Market Contact in International Trade," Southern Economic Journal, January 2015.
Robert Feinberg, "Pricing of First-Run Movies in Small U.S. Metropolitan Areas: Multimarket Contact and Chain Effects," B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (Topics), January 2015
Gabriel Mathy, "Review of Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters by Walter A. Friedman, 2013" Journal of Economic History, December 2014.
Boris Gershman, "The Two Sides of Envy" Journal of Economic Growth, December 2014.
Mary E. Hansen (with AU Alum Ashley Provencher and Josh Gupta-Kagan), "The Standard of Proof at Adjudication of Abuse or Neglect: Its Influence on Case Outcomes at Key Junctures," Social Work and Social Sciences Review, October 2014.
Jon D. Wisman (with AU Alum Aaron Pacitti), "Ending the Crisis with Guaranteed Employment and Retraining," Journal of Economic Issues, September 2014.
Jon D. Wisman, "The Financial Crisis of 1929 Reexamined: The Role of Soaring Inequality," Review of Political Economy, Summer 2014.
Thomas Husted (with Lawrence Kenny), "The Political Economy of Education Finance: The Case of Texas," Journal of Education Finance, Summer 2014.
Robert Lerman, "Expanding Apprenticeship Opportunities in the United States," The Hamilton Project, June 2014.
Mary E. Hansen (with Bradley Hansen), "The Evolution of Garnishment and Wage Assignment Law in Illinois, 1880-1930." Essays in Economic & Business History, May 2014.
Martha A. Starr, "Gender, added-worker effects, and the 2007–2009 recession: Looking within the household," Review of Economics of the Household, Forthcoming 2014.
Martha A. Starr, "Qualitative and mixed-methods research in economics: Surprising growth, promising future," Journal of Economic Surveys, Forthcoming 2014.
Quartz (9/3/15), "The Hidden Economic Lessons of the Evil Eye"
The New York Times (7/13/15), "Starbucks and Other Corporations to Announce Plan to Curb Unemployment of Young People"
The National Journal (6/20/15),"Teach Vets to Rehab Homes"
Correio Braziliense (6/14/15), "E assim nasceu o mau-olhado" (in Portuguese)
The Peninsula (3/19/15), "Only Half of World's Adults Have Bank Accounts, Region Better"
The Los Angeles Times (1/15/15), "Obama Pushes Paid Sick/Family Leave for Workers"
The Boston Globe (1/4/15), "The Case for the Evil Eye"
CNN (11/4/14), "Is Child Poverty Inevitable?"
The National Journal (10/17/14), "What Would an Ebola Travel Ban Actually Look Like?"
The Baltimore Sun (10/3/14), "Trade Deals Worsen Immigration Pressures"
The Huffington Post (9/24/14), "Exploding Inequality is Threatening Our Democracy"
The Wall Street Journal (9/12/14), "Skills Gap Bumps Up Against Vocational Taboo"
Fortune (9/4/14), "Fast-Food Worker Strikes: After Two Years, is There Anything to Show?"
A new study by American University Economics Prof. Boris Gershman reveals high levels of mistrust and erosion of social capital among people in regions worldwide where witchcraft beliefs are present.
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However, nice visuals and good acting are old hat for Bad Robot Trek films, but what's been missing is a script that isn't dumber than a box of hammers. Well, encased construction tools can take heart in the fact that they get the top dumb spot once again, as the script by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung is actually good!
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One of Kang's officers tortures Chekov until Kirk gives in and agrees to call the ship. Kang urges Kirk not to try anything crazy, and Kirk says he'll beam them on board—once there, no tricks. Kang fails his saving throw versus "clever wordplay" and agrees. Kirk orders Spock to beam everyone up in a wide field, but also covertly signals him. Scotty beams the landing party up, but holds everyone not in the party in the transporter buffer until Johnson can summon two more security guards. Kang and his people materialize and are taken prisoner. Kirk also beams the remaining survivors off of Kang's disabled ship, including his wife and science officer, Mara. Mara expects them to be tortured, but Kirk surprises them by confining them to the crew lounge and ordering the food synthesizers to be programmed to suit their needs. (Given what we found out about Klingon food in TNG's "A Matter of Honor" and beyond, it's probably for the best that we didn't get a lunch scene.)
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If you're a fan of Warcraft and you want to learn more about this world or your favourite characters, that's the book for you. Probably the best Warcraft novel I've ever read. If you're new to this universe, I think this is a good place to start. Cycle of Hatred does a nice job in introducing you to the world, characters and previous events.Racial conflict is the only deeper theme of this book, besides that it is a short, simple and enjoyable story. Longtime fans of Warcraft will find familiar characters and places, newcomers - a fun story about magic and demons. I enjoyed the style and narration of Mr. DeCandido, I didn't find the book boring. It's definitely worth checking out.
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Nothing in this story makes any damn sense. The Mad Hatter only seems to steal seven hundred hat boxes so that Batman can know he's at large again. He goes to all the trouble to steal the Hatfield Ruby, even though it turns out to be a fake. He sprays Batman's cowl with radioactive spray, which somehow only affects the cowl and not the cape (because that's still blue). Why does Batman make the world think he's dead? What purpose does it serve? It's obviously nothing more than an annoyance to him, based on how he responds to Harriet's mourning, so why even do it in the first place? Also, why are the skeletons only wearing underwear, capes, and masks? Where's the rest of the costumes? After making a point of making it clear that Batman has no spare cowls, we then discover that he has two—one in the Batmobile (which goes on the skeleton) and one under the cowl he's currently wearing. But wait, if he was wearing it under the contaminated cowl, wouldn't it be contaminated, too, that being, y'know, how radiation works? Also shouldn't Batman and Robin know more about radiation than they do, what with there being an atomic reactor in the Batcave?
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This script would have benefitted greatly by aping the structure of another third-season love-story-in-an-hour episode about a planetary collision, to wit, "The Paradise Syndrome." (This despite the latter episode being inferior to this one.) The episode would have worked far better by taking more story time in the hour, giving McCoy and Natira's relationship a chance to grow the way Kirk's and Miramanee's did, and have the Enterprise's efforts to get Yonada back on course take a certain amount of time and effort.
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Anyway, the dialogue in this novel is kind of 'Shakespearean', if you get what I mean. The plot itself was entertaining enough. It's just a usual kind of plot where Thor is super headstrong and wants to be DA BEST and Loki is of course always angry and scheming, so he sets plans in motion to get his brother all kinds of fucked up.It's a very typical Loki vs. Aesir type story. Long story short, if you really love Thor comics and want something quick and easy to read for like a long bus ride or whatever, then pick this up. Might even be a good book for middle school kids who are getting into superheroes!
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The mess hall scene when Uhura sings along with Spock's Vulcan lyre playing is Exhibit B in the evidence that Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman did not pull the Spock-Uhura romance out of their asses for the 2009 Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness. I can see the pair of them rewatching the original series and getting to this scene.KURTZMAN (not a Trek fan, pauses after Uhura's done singing): So, those two are fucking, right?ORCI (a longtime Trek fan): Of course not. What are you, nuts? Spock would never...KURTZMAN: Seriously? They're totally fucking. I mean, it's 1966, so they can only show much, but still. Watch the scene again.ORCI (yanks the remote out of Kurtzman's hands and rewinds, then watches the scene again): Holy shit, they totally are!
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It's not all bad. Spring Byington is a delight as Spaghetti, Michael Rennie brings a certain charm to the Sandman, and the story is generally well populated with capable women, much more so than we usually see in a show that tends to embrace the sexism of its period with both arms. But overall, the story is a mess. It's unclear what Catwoman brings to the table that necessitates the team-up. If the Sandman's plan is to marry Spaghetti, why bother taking pictures of her ledger? Why set up Batman trying to gain Catwoman's cooperation if they don't need it and will just arrest her in any case?
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As I have mentioned in previous reviews of this author's works, chief among Keith's many strengths is his ability to bring characters alive and make them seem like real people. Although A Good Day To Die is obviously a work of fiction, it seems real as one reads mainly owing to the vivid character development.
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A rescue mission is planned with the added bonus of help from the Tok'ra and Master Bra'tac making this an action packed episode. There were clever back stories informing the reader about the System Lord Kali and how she fit into the many Goa'uld leaders, as well as enough background on the lead characters for first time readers to feel involved, but not too much to bore dedicated fans of the TV series.
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On the other hand, that Shakespearean bent is a big source of the story's charm. Maurice Evans does a delightful job of delivering the Elizabethan-era quotes that are part and parcel of his dialogue effortlessly and perfectly. (He does far better than Adam West, whose mannered pseudo-British affect when he quotes the Bard is actively painful to listen to.) In addition, Paul Smith's delightfully over-the-top Hughesian take on Knab is a delight, from his constant harping on his many monopolies to his phone call interruptions during the Monopoly game with Puzzler.
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How Water Scarcity From Climate Change Could Jack Up Europe's Power Prices
As of now, 91 percent of Europe's electricity is produced from those three sources, and nuclear and fossil fuel plants are the continents single biggest consumer of water — accounting for 43 percent of all surface water withdrawal. Given that reliance, it's an open question how well the power industry can continue to function in climate changes' new realities.
The researchers focused on 29 European countries, developing a model of river flow and water temperatures using observed data from 1971 to 2000. They then plugged in the projected climate changes produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). That gave them projections for European river flows and water temperatures for 2031 to 2060. Using other projections of future capacity, cost, and demand from the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity, they then looked at how those changes would affect energy production from hydropower plants, nuclear plants, and fossil fuel plants.
The conclusion is that over half of the countries studied will see some amount of price increase, with the big hits in the summer, and mainly for central and southern Europe. Slovenia saw an 12 to 15 percent increase in the model; Bulgaria a 21 to 23 percent increase; and Romania a 31 to 32 percent increase. Countries like Ireland, Denmark, and the U.K. will escaped unscathed, and Norway and Sweden actually saw a price drop. But for the most part, a hike in costs would be the order of the day:
To explain, climate change threatens to reduce river flows, aquifers, and other sources of fresh water thanks to melting glaciers and less reliable rainfall. As a result, the study found a decrease in river flow of 13 to 15 percent for Southern Europe in the 2031-2060 time period (relative to 1971-2000) while places like Spain, Italy and Greece dropped as much as 20 percent. That was offset by an increase of 3 to 5 percent in river flow for Northern Europe. Water temperature increases, again thanks to global warming, were much more evenly distributed, usually around 0.6 to 0.8 degrees Celsius — though some central European areas got over one degree Celsius.
Breaking down the effects on power generation, northern countries — Norway, Sweden, etc. — saw an overall increase of 8 percent for hydropower capacities, while southern countries — Greece, France, Spain, Bulgaria, Serbia, etc. — saw an overall decrease of 15 percent. For the continent as a whole, it's a decrease of 4 to 5 percent. For nuclear and fossil fuel power plants, around half of Europe looks like it'll escape essentially unscathed, especially the north. But reductions ranged from 5 percent all the way to 21 percent in other areas, with the the biggest reductions in some southern European countries. The hits were, again, substantially worse in the summer. But the study also determined that adapting with better cooling technology and more advanced fuels could take a lot of the edge off.
Widening the view to the global level, a study released in January by The International Energy Agency concluded that annual water consumption for energy production will likely double by 2035 — from 66 billion cubic meters now to 135 billion. And along with climate change, population growth will also be straining water supplies: the United Nations projects that by 2025, 1.8 billion people will live in regions with severe water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world's population could be living under water-stressed conditions. So there will be less available fresh water for human consumption, plus strained and costlier energy supplies. Europe is just one corner of the global challenge.
HT: Bloomberg
11 Responses to How Water Scarcity From Climate Change Could Jack Up Europe's Power Prices
The last time we had a drought in CA, I suggested that all the restaurants serve Coors instead of water. After all, that imported water from Colorado.
Bad idea in many ways, not the least of which is the fact that Colorado is also drought prone and the shipment would push a lot of ghg's into the air.
I just wonder what other lame brain ideas we will really try to do, Pipeline water from Minnesota to Texas to aid in the refining of Canadian crude?
And the desalination plants do not work very well without electricity.
You mean like the totally lame brain idea of catching the rain and using it sparingly, only for essential purposes? ME
I hope all those nukes have automatic sensors and off switches for water temperature and availability, ME
"Europe is just one corner of the global challenge."
That's for sure. Take a gander at the online U.S. Drought Monitor. Most of the Western states, including California, are smothered by "sever" to "extreme" to "exceptional" drought. Because the drought is driven by global warming, there is no reason to think it will let up for, say, the next 1,000 years or so.
Pretty soon, energy and food production will be fighting for the same scarce to non-existent resource. Scary.
Yes, and mulching your vegetable garden and edible landscape and using gray water while you're at it.
They already are here Philip. After about 3 rounds so far, food is slightly ahead on points but there are many rounds to go, ME
Water is the elixir of life – Leonardo da vinci.
In the coming decade water and energy play a very crucial role at a global level. Not only coal power plants even Solar PV major plants need water to clean the panels from dust. Already DESERTEC in the Sahara has faced this problem. This calls for choosing Solar PV Projects in areas other than deserts when the sites are available. After all Sun shines for most of the time in Sunbelt regions. Why only select desert regions?
Dr.A.Jagadeesh Nellore(AP),India
After the DOE report this week, and this one, I checked on Lake Mead.
The power pool at Lake Mead is 1,055 feet. At 1,054 feet the turbines stop spinning.
The current lake level is 1,105 feet.
How about a pipeline from Sichuan to California?
More proof that we must divest from fossil fuels as rapidly as possible; as a major drain on our economy and environment.


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"This is not a freak show"
A new exhibit at South Street Seaport in NYC features cadavers in various educational, unfreak-like poses.
Have you ever wanted to see a fat woman quartered? Then this is the exhibit for you!
"People go away fascinated by what they've seen, and they're better educated about their bodies," says Dr. Glover, an anatomy professor who penned the exhibits' explanatory pieces, which warn audiences of the dangers of obesity, steroid use, inactivity, and maybe being a Chinese prisoner on death row.
You will also get an idea of what you'd look like if you were a deboned Chinese cadaver (and/or executed prisoner, as the anti-cadaver-as-art "human rights" mutterings go) forced to lock hands with your own skeleton and dance a jig.
Or if you were a "sprinter whose flayed muscles fly around him like slices of prosciutto." (a tragically common problem with Chinese athletes)
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Set to rematch Josh Hill for the title, WSOF bantamweight champion Marlon Moraes is fine with giving the challenger a new shot. And, seeing evolution on both sides, the Brazilian predicts the end result will be a happy crowd.
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Director: Rod Fontana
Company: Sticky Video
Cast: Platinum (I), Mo Azz, Nina Desire, Genger, Lil Ass, Pebbles, Lola Lane
Critical Rating: AA 1/2
Genre: Pro-Am
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The second vignette is the best, where a female police officer books a guilty law-breaker. Obviously, the perpetrator is guilty because she's a minority and this is Los Angeles and Rod Fontana is striving for authenticity in his depiction of the gritty underbelly of the City of Angels. He does an even better job playing a watch officer in this overcrowded jail. Just like the Rampart Police Scandal Rod makes decisions that are in his best interest. He tells the arresting black female officer, "You get credit for the collar," and then he tells the busty perpetrator, "and, you don't have to pay the fine." Then she works out her community service right there on the desk.


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2013-12-08 Bill Roberts
We remember Bill Roberts, a Captain of the Gordon Valley Volunteer Fire Department; warm and loving, always ready to lend a helping hand. You will be greatly missed.
Dec 8, 2013
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Mother's Day weekend in Wisconsin
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May 15, 2012
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2012 Sly Little FayRay
Born March 27, 2006, she came to live with us on March 12, 2012. A bit overweight at 39 pounds, but Sadie Sweet Pea is a great personal trainer!
10/2012 Update - Fay has lost 15 pounds - I need to post new pictures!
Mar 13, 2012
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A Great-Great Day!
Caitlin, Angelina, Catie, Marcello, and Gina met me at The Jungle in Concord. Angelina and Marcello are my Great-Great Niece and Nephew!!
20110823 Jungle w/Kids
Aug 23, 2011
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Family Reunion early 90's D.C.
Last time we all were together
Jul 27, 2011
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2011 Spring
Mar 1, 2011
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Bobs 60th BD Party
To surprise Bob, we held his 60th birthday party early - Sept 4th. This also allowed relatives and friends from far away to come over the 3-day weekend. Karl & Deb hosted the affair in "the Barn" and it was a lovely (if a bit warm) evening.
BTW: His birthday is Sept 22nd.
Sep 4, 2010
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Aug 21, 2010
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Angelina & Caitlin's Birthday - Kristina Visit
Angelina turns 1, Caitlin turns 20. Jensen family gathering at Kim's when Kristina came out to visit.
Jul 29, 2010
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Glimpses of the West 1899
This album was hand-made by Edward Newcomb Hardwick, it is believed as a gift for his wife Jean. One picture is labeled as Oct. 12, 1899. The picture illumination, text, and drawings are all done by hand.
Photos: 18
Koda Gems - Sept 1, 1900
This tiny "Koda Gems" album was in my grandfather's belongings. It shows Grandma "Ga" Agnes Mills visiting the young Hardwick family in their new home at 1350 East 25th St. in Oakland. Children playing and laughing - scenes we don't often see from September 1, 1900. The children are Agnes, Edward, and baby Blake. David wasn't born yet. Mom is Jean Trail (Mills) and Dad is Edward Newcomb Hardwick.
Jul 26, 2010
Photos: 15
Postal Cards Album - Hardwick/Mills Family 1899-1948
This album spans approximately 60 years of the Hardwick and Mills families. Agnes signed her name in the cover in 1905 at the age of 13 when she may have started this as a post card album, but is pictured as a child of about 6 on page 3.
Jul 19, 2010
Mills - Hardwick Family 1899-1948
Agnes Smith Mills -> daughters Jean Trail and Henrietta Elizabeth. Jean's children: Agnes Marie (died ~14), Edward Mills, Blake Payson. (Fourth child David Newcomb "Nick" not pictured). Agnes' son -> Blake David Mills Sr. Other people TBD.
Jun 16, 2010
Photos: 32
Remembering Anne & Elby
I met Anne & Elby in 1991 on an Earthwatch Project on Maria Island, Tasmania. We shared a room in an old penitentiary - Elby and I toe-to-toe on the bottom bunks, and Anne overhead - and shared many laughs too. After the project, we toured Tassie together. During the years I worked in Denver, Elby would pick me up and we'd all have dinner together almost weekly. I have no pictures from these times, but the rest are from my visits over the years since. Anne used to say I was like her little sister, but on my last visit, she called me her daughter. I loved them both very much. The last time I saw Anne was on Valentine's Day 2009 - as I was leaving, she was dancing in the driveway in the new-falling snow. How fitting.
Jul 26, 2009
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Sadie Sweet Pea is no longer a puppy, although she can still run like one! She looks like a DOG now and loves to run in the hills at home. She's just now big enough to jump on the bed and she thinks that's QUITE wonderful. Her best friend is Jasper, a German Pointer and she thinks she's as big as all the hunting dogs.
Aug 30, 2008
Alaska with Mom
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Jul 8, 2008
Photos: 151
20080425 Sadie
Sadie at 13 weeks. She knows the names of her toys, Comes when she feels like it and likes to run like a crazy dog. She's also afraid of cows, but she did growl and use a Big Girl bark at them.
Apr 26, 2008
Photos: 14
Baha'i Friends & Sadie Week 3
At Feast, the Friends "dogpiled" on the couch to watch the video from National and someone said, "we should take a picture"..so I did! Later took pictures of the rest of the crowd.
Then on Saturday, Dottie, Sadie, and I went to Taylor's Refresher in St. Helena where we ate great food and every kid within a 3 block radius played with Sadie. Back at the Vet's Home, Sadie relaxed on the grass and Dottie's friends, ? and Pat Gillette, came to visit. It was a long day for Sadie, but she was back to playing in no time!
Apr 7, 2008
Photos: 17
2008 Wildflower Picnic & Sadie's Ears Go UP!
We had great weather and a lot of fun at our 9th annual Wildflower Picnic. I think we got a picture of everyone who came to the picnic, except for Judie Doherty and Floyd Smith. It was great to have Bill & Will back to the Mainland, and Steve & Maria who we have missed at the picnic the last few years. Lots of 4-legged friends came too. An impromptu version of "Baha'i Bingo" helped to mix everyone up. Sadie looked tiny among all her new Big Friends and was totally exhausted - both of her ears went up this week and her nose got more pointy.
Apr 5, 2008
Photos: 33
Sadie Sweet Pea Comes Home!
We brought her home on Baha'i New Year (NawRuz) and it was a long traumatic day.. a car ride from Susanville to Truckee - from Truckee to the Vet (and a shot which made her squeal); then finally home. We have come to appreciate nap time! She's about 12 inches long and 6 pounds of attitude.
Mar 21, 2008
Surprise Party for Linda's 70th
We pulled it off! My sister Linda was really surprised! (Son) Rich and Denise distracted her while Dave escorted Eddie, John, Jessica, Holly, Kelley, Mark, Bob, and Dee in behind her.
Dec 29, 2007
Photos: 42
Bains Holiday Party 2007
Guess-A-Gift lives on!?!?
Dec 15, 2007
Katie's Kitchen Masterpiece
Katie Minor, our dear friend and "Niece", painted this wonderful wisteria in our kitchen. Long live purple!!
Dec 12, 2007
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China 2007
Went with Eddie, Bev, Katie and 135 of our closest friends to China Oct 17-Nov 1
Oct 18, 2007
Photos: 467
Went to Tromso Norway (above the arctic circle) to implement our software and train our customer Lufttransport. They are a utility aviation operator and air ambulance with both fixed and rotor-wing craft. I was there from Aug 26th to Sep 8th 2007 and fortunate enough to get a chance to fly with LT to the far north end of Norway. There are far too many dark pictures of Norway in twilight and blinding sun; I only deleted the really awful ones. LT: Please let me know if I spelled any names wrong..I'll apologize now...Sorry!
Aug 25, 2007
Integral Mini Reunion
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I'm an amateur art supporter from Eastern Europe. My favourite type of art is traditional. Not only do I try to experiment with the media I've managed to get used to, but also I try other techniques I have never used before. My favourites among all are pencil art and pastel painting.
I'm not an art school student. My affinity to art dates back from when I was 10. That is when my main media was soft pastel. I sticked to it for another few years, and after that I switched to pen drawings, due to creating them being comfortable when drawing during classes. That is also my "gryphon" period in art, as I used to draw them all the time in that technique. In summer 2007 I again switched my main media, this time to pencils.
I've finished a computer-technology-mathematics class in senior high school, and gaining high notes at the matura exam, aswell as at the entrance exams which consisted of drawing solids and interiors, I've successfully become an architecture and urbanism student.
In my university time period I again changed my main media, this time to ink & watercolours.
In 02.2015 I've also become an engineer of architecture. I still continue my education aiming for a master engineer title.
After finishing it, I decided to connect my future with improving my knowledge in this area, later focusing on landscape architecture and interior design. However, studying an art direction, such as painting or traditional printmarking would still interest me very much.
There are a few things I truly love and always stick to: Art, in any of its forms, knowledge, as I strive to learn more each day and expand my knowledge in many different fields, and giving happiness to people around me. This is why I rarely ask for anything in return from the people I help.
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It is no secret that Ubisoft is obsessed with fighting PC piracy, even at the cost of harassing their own fans with always-online DRM systems; and now they've gone all the way to cancelling the PC version of "I Am Alive" just out of fear from piracy.
"We've heard loud and clear that PC gamers are bitching about there being no version for them," said I Am Alive creative director, Stanislas Mettra. "But are these people just making noise just because there's no version or because it's a game they actually want to play? Would they buy it if we made it?"
Mettra conceded that the effort needed to port the game to PC is minimal, but he argued that rampant PC piracy still makes it an unworthy investment.
"It's hard because there's so much piracy and so few people are paying for PC games that we have to precisely weigh it up against the cost of making it," he said. "Perhaps it will only take 12 guys three months to port the game to PC, it's not a massive cost but it's still a cost. If only 50,000 people buy the game then it's not worth it."
Ubisoft is perhaps the only PC developer that still uses DRM solutions that require constant internet connection despite the fact that they have been cracked and that hackers have made a habit of attacking its servers to stop legitimate customers from playing at launch.
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The Method: pirate -> like -> BUY!! or if dislike -> u know it..
Very good debate we have here from both sides gentlemen. True pirates are everywhere, and ubisoft did make very shitty games of late. Man.. i remember FarCry, PoP:WW, and other timeless ubi titles, but now.. nothing worth buying from them in my opinion.
PC user myself, seen all the hype so i tried a pirated version of Skyrim, didnt like the 1st 15 minutes of it so i deleted it from my hard-drive. Before all of you call me a stupid passive agressive hipocrate, think, piracy saved me cash i would have wasted coz i didnt know RPG wasnt my cup of tea. I still love the Witcher 2 tho:D:D:D ;
Same method there too, pirate -> like -> BUY!!!!!!
Real Me
I totally agree with u. If prices were 50% cheaper then I would not download the pirated game I would buy it instead. They make billions and that is not enough ?? They are using the same game engines since the crappy consoles arrived and its "hard" for them to change the character models and levels?-yeah right.. When PC was the main platform things evolved every 6 months not every 10 years They slowed the pace to the max and they UP-ed the Greed factor to the max Todays game-developers are lazy just like the damn politicians
I just bought a whole lot of games throu steam
I just bought a whole lot of games throu steam last week and not one was a ubisoft game. WHY?! Well for one there wasn't anything they made I wanted. For TWO it's because I'm boycotting them for the always online drm BS. Apparently I can forgive EA for the money making used game market destroying BS there doing. BUT always online BS is a no go and I will never buy that game. Even if I pirate it and like it. I will never buy it. NEVER.
Piracy and wasting money
They talk about piracy , (example of a game) Strong Hold 3 , how many people went to buy that game and wasted their money , people spent their money on that game cause the previous games where excellent , this is an example of why people do piracy.Genrally if i play a good pirated game i go out and buy the original (cause there are no demos,hence people turn to piracy,is one of the reasons).
People who are so dedicated
People who are so dedicated to console and bash pc are retards. How much do you think the next gen console will cost? ps3 was 600 when it first came out. I can guarentee the next one will be 800. You can buy a sweet gaming rig for 500. Theres so much more you can do with a pc. Having the eye infinity is nice. Directx 11 yah not a huge deal but a pc can handle ANY ps3 based game and then some if it was ported properly.
OH and back to the original topic, I refuse to spend $60 on a pc game that ive never been able to try out previously and just take gamer sites words for that it's a good game. They need to release game demos again.
Alot of the new games don't hold there excitement very long.
The console market has saturated the PC market or what we should say is made it cheaper, to remove consoles entirely out of the picture will only sky rocket costs of games on a PC. I hate consoles too but reality is it could be worse. I say let the babies have their bottles, desktop computers were never designed for morons anyway.
the problem
the problem might be that many gamers don't have a lot of money to be spending on games. if we made a lot more money, we would be purchasing more titles. the fact that games cost $60 a piece and I am in debt with a minimum wage job doesn't help. I haven't been downloading any games, but even If I made good money and wasn't in debt, games at $60 a piece mean that in reality we are only able to purchase like 10 or 20 percent of the games that we want to play. I have purchased two full-priced games in the last year, before that, I bought Battlefield Bad Company 2 for $8 on a steam sale and put 400 hours in. I have wanted to play or at least see many new games that have come out but the money factor is just not there. The companies seem to bitch about some people downloading a game when they wouldn't have been able to purchase it to begin with. If someone does download it, they experience it, become fans, show their friends, develop ideas for the series, and will eventually come to buy the game along with supporting the franchise and producers. This is just what I think...and it is open for debate. - Doug Rochford
Lucky bastard
It seems like everywhere else in the world is cheaper than here. Do you know how much a popular release cost in NZ? $100-130. Our market is shit, our food in through the roof, our rent is high $300 Up per week, our adult starting wage, unqualified, is $12,75-13,75 per hour. You bastards really don't know how lucky you are having so much market competing with each other to keep prices down.
No prob Ubi.
we warned u Ubisoft
Last year 10's of thousands of people formed blogs petitions about UBISOFTS always on DRM. We as a collective warned them if they didn't drop that crap in their next game, we legit buyers of their software would pirate their next software and email them when we have done so. I'm pretty sure they received thousands of emails as soon as their latest drm always on game came out. To bad UbiSoft, we hold the money, you screw us over, we will screw you over and shove and extra boot in your ass to teach you a lesson. I guess that boot in your ass hurt cuz your now wanting to exit the pc market. Good. Get the Phuck outta dodge bitches because no self respecting PC gamer really gives 2 tosses about your PC titles.
what if you didnt get paid
what if you didnt get paid for what you do, would you still work there? Jesus people get a fucking clue. Everyone person on here thinks they have some great understanding on corp greed. When you all greedy bitches yourselves. They really just need to make a law to where the ISP blocks all those sites.
I think you're missing the
I think you're missing the point some people are trying to make. Generally they're not saying that they deserve copies of Ubisoft's games for free, they're saying that even if they weren't being pirated they still wouldn't sell because they aren't any good. Some games still have huge sales, and if piracy was really killing PC games, that wouldn't be true. It's one thing to not get paid for doing my job, it's another to really suck at my job but still expect people to buy my products when they have the option not too. You see? It's not that the games are being pirated, but the fact that Ubisoft is trying to blame piracy for poor sales. Also, the Government doesn't, and never should, have that power, they cannot be trusted with it. I'm not kidding, they're not responsible enough.
Thats not what they are
Thats not what they are saying man, they are saying is that they cant make sales because of people stealing copys of of there products through torrents. And how can you make your statment like that it makes no since. If the game was really that poor then why even bother to take up the drive space with even a torrented game thats "poor". And people have abused the use of the internet by doing all this illegel downloading so yes the goverment should intervene. People have been spoiled with the idea of getting shit for free now. So some how in your fucked up head you think you have the right to do what your doing.
Wow, that's sad.
Wow, I'm about to ask you the same thing, what the hell are you talking about? At no point did I attempt to justify piracy. My comment also wasn't talking about Ubisoft and what they were saying, but the people commenting on this article. What I said was that people commenting are saying that the games aren't selling because they aren't any good, not because of piracy. True, some people may download a game and not buy it, but that's because the game costs 50 or 60 dollars and hard drive space can be freed up by deleting it, it's not really the same, besides, even if someone isn't willing to pay money for something it isn't the same as if they think they can get if for free. So some people may pirate a game if they don't think it's worth the money, or just because, but many other people will wait until it's cheaper or just not buy it. But the fact is that many great games still sell millions of copies and if piracy were so rampant I don't see how that can be true. In other words a better game will sell more copies, so if they want to sell more, they have to make better games and not institute DRM, that just causes people problems, which drives them to piracy where they don't have to deal with DRM. The reason I said the government shouldn't have that power is because he was talking about forcing ISPs to block certian websites, and since neither they, nor, in many cases, the people running the servers the website is on, are responsible, they don't have the right, nor should they have the right, to stop them from linking to the site. The people running the site are already doing something illegal so the government can already get them for piracy. Also, at no point did I say I have ever pirated anything, so I'm not sure what it is that I think I have the right to do in my "fucked up head". Learn to read properly and then comment like you got some fucking "since".
They hate piracy because we
They hate piracy because we people get to see if there software is worth paying actual money for .fact is most are not those that are make a mint!! i love there attitude give pc owners a crappy port and expect good sales yeah right no self respecting pc owner is going to buy a port let alone a bad port wich seems to happen more and more
oh and by the way thumbs up to sega and capcom who on a whole give really fast optimised versions of there games
Truthfully I haven't bought
Truthfully I haven't bought too many Ubisoft games in the past, but the instant I heard they were using Constant Connections DRM for AC2 I decided I would never buy another game from them until they had some sense and dropped it. The main issue I had with DRM getting in the way of my gaming was with Steam. I finally have high-speed internet now, but for years I was stuck with 56k because of my geographic location. Numerous games I bought, that used Steam, wouldn't install because it had trouble verifying files over the internet, then they would take forever to patch, which I had to do so I could play them, and half of the time I would lose huge chunks of the patches the next time I started up Steam. I looked on the internet and found programs to install, patch, and crack Steam games without having to use steam and never went back. It's funny, but the more developers try to use DRM to stop piracy, the more trouble they cause for legitimate gamers, and they drive more of them to piracy so they don't have to deal with it, which causes them to create more strict, and troublesome, DRM. It's a sad circle, but one that would be preventable if they would just pay attention, and use some common sense.
Do they even pay attention to
Do they even pay attention to the fact that Xbox games are pirated more frequently then any other platform out there, or the fact that PS3/Xbox games are always leaked 2-3 weeks ahead of schedule and that PC pirates usually don't get the game until 2-7 days after the release. Also that most games actually sell more on the PC then Xbox or PS3, yes combined PS3 and Xbox all most always sell more, but how is it fair to compare one against two.
Do you even realize the
Check any warez site, that is
dont be ridiculous
sir. dont you realize that xbox 360 games were leaked early, and that they are on warez sites and torrent site as many as pc games? tell me, we got pirates of for example NFS the run, for pc, ps3 and xbox. they were pirated, yes? but do pc got uncharted? gears of war? now, this come to a fact that though many games are multiplatform, many more games are NOT on pc.
therefore, how can u say pc games were pirated more than console? when the amount of console game is far more greater than pc?
moot is good
very funny. like all the comments here.
xbox 360's is king of leaked / early games.
MW3 , Gears 3, were out earlier on pirate sites.
even Ubi's AC Revelations is out earlier than
the release date. Ps3 is also jailbreaked.
piracy is everywhere. if they think pc is the
mother of piracy, then they have a shallow mind,
and not suitable to be a game developer.
very funny. like all the
very funny. like all the comments here.
xbox 360's is king of leaked / early games.
MW3 , Gears 3, were out earlier on pirate sites.
even Ubi's AC Revelations is out earlier than
the release date. Ps3 is also jailbreaked.
piracy is everywhere. if they think pc is the
mother of piracy, then they have a shallow mind,
and not suitable to be a game developer.
Well I pirate ubisoft game, but I pirate them on consoles (360 in my case) as they are available quicker and tend to work where as ubisofts pc games tend to be bug ridden.
I used to buy ubisoft games but have been hit with DRM issues, it happened several times and I had enough. I was a paying customer yet I had to put up with an inferior product, their DRM broke to many things, didnt work thus making it so I couldnt play and a few times I had to get a pirate copy to just play. So I decided to hell with it if I have to pirate it anyway then I will do that first time on their games from now on.
I spend a lot of money on steam and other legitimate sources but I will not put up with DRM it only punishes the paying customer as the pirates have ripped it out, if im going to get treated like a thief anyway then I may well pirate it.
So lets do some quick math here
50 000 sold copies x let's say 49$ = 2 450 000$
12 people at let's say an average of 75 000$ working for 3 months to port the game = 225 000$.
let's add some side costs and bring the amount up to an investment of 750 000$.
2 450 000$ - 750 000$ = 1 700 000$ profit for 3 months work.
Am i totally on the left field with the numbers or are these people's greedyness more of a problem then the actual piracy issue?
Definitely Greedy
12 poeple? have you ever been
12 poeple? have you ever been to a gaming studio? lol I work at EA Games in Orlando has a character 3D modeler and texture artist and we have over 300 people here, we did have more before they laid off over a 1000 people from the company as a whole. My guess is people steal are going to destroy the very thing you love to do in you down time, and put me and alot of people out of work.
except that the example in
u got a good point there.
Further more its not even as much about profit as it is about keeping ur clients happy. What that dick is saying is " f u legit clients and fans, we blame piracy, return value not worth our time" - f u 2 ubi.
I hope the game fails on directing/gameplay/value part ;) Wouldnt be hard to imagine that with such a dick statement made by director
Mod Chips for Consoles
f you UBISOFT
bought HOMM6 from ubi(60usd) and 2 months later still waiting for a patch for the game to be PLAYABLE. what the fuck. it didnt even start when i bought it conflicting with that DRM crap gamelauncher just because i installed HAWK demo before. Same way you locked me out of legit ASSASSINS CREED 2. Ubisoft, i payed for ur games time and time again. NEVER again! Why should i throw away 60usd and be left with pain in the ass nonworking experience 50% of time, other 50% of time DRM assfuck.
For some reason VALVE can do it, BLIZZARD can do it. What the fuck is ur problem? Take that DRM and stick it up ur ass. While at it, try complete ur stupid games before you launch them, otherwise ur just skinning the clients and calling them theives.
Only ones they should blame
Only ones they should blame are themselves, Ubisoft has talent and I credit them for that but this obsession with piracy and always online drm is just making them look pathetic. Face it ubisoft, piracy is everywhere not just pc, I don't think they are aware of the large amount on consoles. Unlike pc's where you have multiple types of piracy, on consoles it's much narrow thus easier to pirate.
Recently released games such as Skyrim and CoDMW3 have gained massive profit and still were pirated even before day 1. They don't have always online drm which in the end makes customers more encouraged to buy.
I don't like steam personally but I still bought skyrim simply because steam's drm isn't intrusive.
At ubisoft: remove the always online crap and your sales will be better.
Far too common to hear this. Pirating is in all sense wrong, but back in the days when i wasn't almost close to my 30's like i am now, i use to pirate. I was too young to buy a game, and if i could buy it, it would take me weeks to even months before i could even buy one. So i turned to torrents and my life was engulfed with 100's of games. Back then i thought the games looked more shitty because of the fact it was a download but in reality it was because most of them were shitty games. I don't pirate anymore, but piracy won't even die, and if they want not make games for the best platform out today then thats there own fault. You can make dated DX9 games that look like the last game that came out in 2005 or you can step up with the big dogs and make an amazing DX11 game that can look almost ultra realistic. In all regards I'm happy we still have a few dev's that make PC games that are actually awesome. Oh and about there DRM, they can shove that stupid software shit up there ass. No one likes DRM especially us PC gamers. UBISOFT, grow up, and get your act together. Delays, delays, and now no more games. You guys suck, I saw the latest video on Rainbow six, what year did those horrible graphics come out, 2005? Yea most likely, you guys need to get with the time you old farts. Just my opinion. Bye.
Bad and mediocre games =
Bad and mediocre games = piracy. Nobody in their right mind will buy a Ubisoft game these days without pirating it first to see if it's playable, because everyone knows that Ubi has switched to the conveyor belt equivalent of game design. Their only successful franchise currently is Ass Ass Creed and even that won't last long. Of course they're too embarrassed to admit that quality is the real issue, not piracy.
This I Am Alive game looks like it's going to be a short, mediocre 60$ title for the konsole kiddies, so PC gamers are not missing out on anything good.
Since Ubi started using that draconian DRM software, I've sworn to never buy a Ubi game unless it's really really really good. I don't think that'll happen any time soon :)
Dead Island for PC???
All I need to say here is... Dead Island for PC.
I actually pre-ordered that mess, thinking it would be a well developed PC game like Left4Dead 1/2 was.
Companies blow off PC gamers like we're a joke. Piracy is all we have to make sure we have a good product that is worth our $$. We can't rent a game from Redbox to test it out. Pre-ordering is a joke, you know it's going to have bugs. It's sad when people just play through the bugs and say "It's not that bad" Well it should be a final product that is worth $50 and bug free. $50 is a lot of money to be tossing around these days, we demand quality products!
If developers spent more time
If developers spent more time making sure that people got quality, as near as bug free as possible games, and a better experience, then i doubt piracy would be as much of an issue as they make out. ------------------- Developers have blamed piracy for years but they think it's perfectly ok to palm off their wares in a bugged up state and rely on the internet as a backup to correct issues that should have been dealt with before a game is even shipped. Also, what they don't say is how sales of games are at an all time high. --------------------- The real issue is that people are beginning to wise up to there practices of shelling out 2 or 3 top quality titles around the Christmas holiday period and during the previous months knocking out utter rubbish to top up their revenues until the big titles come out. --- And when we get those top quality titles, we can almost guarantee that there will be some major bug that limits our ability to get the best out of a game. Especially when those issues revolve around DRM crippling your ability to even read discs in some cases. ------------ If they think that cancelling this game on PC is going to make any difference then i think they need to look again. --- Anyone will tell you that they can easily get their hands on whatever game they are planning for Xbox360 and, if like me, you never ever connect your 360 to the net then you can play pirated games at any time. --- Does that mean Ubisoft will abandon development for the 360 too? --- Doubtful. -------------------- Wasn't one of Ubisofts development studio heads quoted as saying that pirates offer a better experience when installing and using pirated software? --- i know a developer from a well known studio did but can't be sure if it was someone from Ubisoft. ---- Anyway, whoever the developer was that said it, maybe Ubisoft and other developers should take note and make our overall experience better. -------------- Don't blame the pirates, blame yourselves.
Oh, i forgot to add,
Oh, i forgot to add, developers/publishers should also make games much cheaper than they are today. ------ If i go onto Steam or Origin i have a choice of games i can buy and it's quick and simple and i get to download the game at the point of purchase. ---- That's great you may think. But, what if i was able to buy the same game from Play.com or Amazon for instance at a price which can be as much as £10 cheaper? and all i have to do is patiently wait a day or two for it to be delivered? ----- That is another example of why people get pissed off and decide to pirate instead. ----- developers/publishers want it all handed to them on a plate so they can satisfy their needs for wealth and look after their shareholders but when they fuck up and people complain the first thing they do is ignore us. And worse still, game crippling bugs which they must have known about prior to release take weeks before any acknowledgement of the issue being worked is announced. And they wonder why people opt to pirate games before deciding to purchase, if they do? ----------- Everything that Ubisoft is complaining about is their own doing at some measure. Ok, i agree, there are those who will pirate a game and not even want to pay for it regardless of how cheap the game is to buy, but with that being said, the cheaper a game is the more it will sell and that's a fact. ---- Play fair with your customers and your customers will play fair with you.
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ubi should ask why piracy
ubi should ask why piracy overtaken the pc games. its drm and other protection again and its is annoying. so what did ubi expect? shut off the copyprotection shit.
the real buyer are always the dumb heads at last.
same with EA´s nu ORIGIN shit. it an corollary and solution using copys instead original.
they should start to think about it.
What in the fuck did you just
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA a
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA a console comparable graphically to a PC you are retarded my friend and know nothing about computers. you probably also buy shitty 100 dollar graphics cards and have a shitty 100 dollar monitor and expect to be able to max out all your graphical settings in game. go look at some screen shots of xbox or ps3 compared to a PC game a good graphics card of the latest ATI or Nvidia generation runs double to tripple even quadruple the textures an xbox or ps3 does this makes a big difference. i cant tell you how many times i have hooked up my laptop running a gtx 560 Nvidia graphics card through HDMI on a good HDTV and wowed the shit out of my console brethren because yes it does look that much better.
Shitty $100 video card?
A $100 video card will do the job pretty well actually. I only paid $190 CDN for my Radeon 4850 512MB about 3 years ago when it was the newest gen' & it'll kick the shit out've any console that's for sure. It runs everything just fine w/a decent amount of AA & AF @ 1280x1024. HD is only 1080 so really, if this card were still available new it would cost no more than $100 that's for sure & it is about all that's needed now, but I think more memory may be in order soon. Also I still run XP so DX9 is as far as I go, DX11 effects would probably tax the card more. Falout 3 looked & ran way better on my comp' than on my friends Shitbox 360 & that's because my 3 year old comp' is the better machine, in every way, hands down.
Its a bad idea to water down
Its a bad idea to water down your product when it is struggling against piracy. People will always buy a good game, this is a fact. My examples are PC only games like Total War and Starcraft 1/2. So now that we know that PC is a safe place to make good games, it is only logical to say their problem lies withing themselves.
I also have to bring up games like Demigod and other that were great games that suffered from piracy, just to be fair. But a certain amount of piracy is unavoidable on PC and Consoles, your profits will reflect your games quality... For the most part anyways... :S


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