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#1 LongZhiZi
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If that was the review for the original Bioshock, I'd say they finally got it right. But I haven't played Infinite, so I can't judge that game.

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#2 LongZhiZi
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That's definitely good news since my 360 controller may need to be replaced in the somewhat near future. Though it'd be great if they got the touchpad working with it.
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[QUOTE="The-Apostle"]Republicans need to just let ObamaCare fail and then point and laugh while saying "I told you so." The Republicans would dominate for years after that. >_>mulalatum
And if it doesnt?

If it doesn't, 2+2 now equals 5. That which is mathematically impossible will not happen.
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#4 LongZhiZi
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[QUOTE="Master_Live"][QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

and speaking of hundreds of thousands losing their jobs get a load of this.

"It's one of the cruel paradoxes of the government shutdown: The politicians who are most responsible for the chaos will still get paid. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of federal workers either get sent home or see their paychecks delayed."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/10/01/congress-gets-paid-during-a-shutdown-while-staffers-dont-heres-why/

what a joke.

Riverwolf007

Old news buddy, again, how are Republicans ignoring the Constitution?

article 6 of the constitution requires that we honor our debts.

obstructing the govenment causes us to default.

they are also required to uphold the laws of the land.

 

 

All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.


so now you tell me?

is the constitution near and dear to their hearts ot are they just full of shyt?

You may want to learn what you quoted actually means and how it totally differs from what you think it means.
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[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"] Correct, but some companies can't choose to do BOTH, so obviously they go for the 90%.FelipeInside

They can't go for the remaining 10% of revenue after getting the 90%? Something sounds off here. Why can't they do one after the other?

Like I said, budget and timeframes. You think a company that is releasing the game on multiple consoles and then on PC where they get 90% revenue is going to waste time after porting it to the remaining 10% for some extra low cash? Probably not, they move onto their next projects.

Or they could make the PC version use OpenGL from the get-go and be able to rather easily hit 100% of the market in one fell swoop. No porting is necessary. I still think 20% is where a seismic shift would happen. I'm basing that on how when IE held less than 80% of the marketshare, there was a colossal shift to making webpages that follow open standards (and therefore could render on any browser properly).
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I agree, but I wonder what the actual impact of putting games on Linux (since that's a very recent development) has been. If Valve can push the numbers closer to 20% of all sales coming form OSX and Linux, then I think it'll be too big of a market for the big publishers to ignore.
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I don't think it'll last long, but I'd be thrilled to be pleasantly surprised and see this drag out for a good long while.
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[QUOTE="LongZhiZi"][QUOTE="BranKetra"]The future of the United States credit rating also concerns me. If the government shutdown commences, no bill to raise the debt ceiling can be passed during that time.BranKetra
Credit worthiness is not necessarily determined by whether the debt ceiling is raised. Would you really say someone who has $10,000 in credit card debt and gets an additional credit card is now MORE credit-worthy? Likewise, when interest rates go back up (and they will, unless you think the Fed can defy the laws of math), the US credit rating is likely to be downgraded anyway, even if the debt ceiling is raised right now without any argument.

As I understand that situation, Standards & Poor's downgraded the United States credit rating in 2011 because the government needed to both raise the debt ceiling and develop a credible plan to overcome the nation's long-term debt. The United States credit rating was also downgraded because dysfunctional policymaking due to brinksmanship. In other words, credit worthiness is determined by whether the debt ceiling is raised. That the US credit rating is likely to be downgraded because of the current state of things does little to comfort me.

You yourself said that it was two things that caused the downgrade and then by the end, you claim its only the first one. Unfortunately, it's the latter that's doing the US in. Try to boil this down to you loaning money to a friend. Your friend makes $2,000 a month but spends $3000 every month. He wants to borrow $500 from you. Which would be more comforting to you in assuring you that you'd get your money back- that he reduces his expenses below his monthly income or that he is also applying for an additional $1000 line of credit? The US got downgraded because it has absolutely no ability to get its finances in order. And that's the sad part of this current showdown- neither side is really demanding a path (credible or otherwise) to fixing the situation. The Democrats just want business as usual (going off a cliff financially) while the Republicans aren't even on topic, and that's coming from a guy who thinks Obamacare should be immediately repealed. That's why this whole situation is a joke. But as I said, the government's credit rating is going to get downgraded in the near future, even if there had been a continuing resolution and no fight about it. If interest rates get back to anywhere near historical norms, the interest on the debt will grow so much that I don't see how a downgrade couldn't happen.
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[QUOTE="Fightingfan"][QUOTE="Person0"][QUOTE="BranKetra"] Global stock markets declined, but many businesses were aware of the situation and did not panic. AA+ is excellent, but further downgrading can result in difficulties for large institutional investing which require highly-rated securities. There are many other issues which would come from downgrading such as the United States government defaulting which is my point.

The U.S can't really default since we control the supply of American dollars and all our debt is in American Dollars.

New currency?

If international creditors rallied behind a new currency (whether already existing or a truly new currency) to be the international standard, it'd be game over for US at that point. However, to steal someone's explanation of the situation- the US dollar is hooker with crabs. The rest (Euro, Yen, Yuan, etc) are the hookers with AIDS. So that doesn't seem likely in the near term.
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The future of the United States credit rating also concerns me. If the government shutdown commences, no bill to raise the debt ceiling can be passed during that time.BranKetra
Credit worthiness is not necessarily determined by whether the debt ceiling is raised. Would you really say someone who has $10,000 in credit card debt and gets an additional credit card is now MORE credit-worthy? Likewise, when interest rates go back up (and they will, unless you think the Fed can defy the laws of math), the US credit rating is likely to be downgraded anyway, even if the debt ceiling is raised right now without any argument.