I think you may be using a different definition of GaaS than mine. My definition includes a regular fee to play or a subscription as a continuous revenue generation from the product. From your replies I don’t think your definition does. That leaves me more confused about your definition.
What is your definition of Games-as-a-Service?
I don’t. I’m asking by applying what we know of physics in our universe, and assuming the same physics work in others (a big assumption I know). As in, I’m asking if my application is correct.
If our universe exists inside a black hole, does that mean it would be potentially subject to collapse if “parent” black hole loses matter converted to energy and lost to the “parent universe” via Hawking radiation? Would this be our “big crunch”?
Hard disagree -before it went Free to Play, Team Fortress 2 was a shining example of GaaS!
How was TF2 (pre-FTP) a GaaS? I bought it in the Orange Box for a one-time cost. Where is the as-a-service component to that business model you’re citing?
Palestinian scholarship students with places at Irish universities and processed visas remain trapped in Gaza as the Irish government refuses to evacuate Palestinians who aren’t on “official government scholarships”.
At least 20—but possibly up to 40—Palestinian students have been accepted to Irish universities with full tuition and accommodation waivers. The Irish embassy in Tel Aviv has confirmed their visa applications meet all requirements for approval.
They are however still in Gaza. The Department of Foreign Affairs has said, “Those students who have not been awarded a government scholarship do not meet the current criteria for assistance,” in a response health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill forwarded to student advocates.
What are the scholarships these students have that are not “official government scholarships”? The article doesn’t explain. Are these scholarships from private organizations or individuals?
Oh I agree with your assessment, but its completely self serving on Spacey’s part. He doesn’t actually care about what happened to the Epstein victims. He’s just using this as an opportunity to say “See? I’m not as bad as them. I’m on your side. Look how much they suck. See how much we have in common?”
Turns out he was a CEO and that was his secretary (tail as old as time).
The infidelity is one thing but no need to insult her over her older age. /s
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Ooooorrrrrrr…I could buy physical media, and rip my own permanent copy, which never expires, andwhose cost is a one time purchase.
How do you know what to buy? There are all kinds of shows I watch (before knowing anything about them) that aren’t worth buying.
I’m on my 4th read through of the wheel of time
Do you actually read all the way through? I’m not sure I could take reading that much of Faile again. She made me nearly write off Perrin because of how much time he spent on her.
Is it? I doubt Subway’s Jared Fogle was ever with Epstein, but I don’t really need Jared’s opinion on Epstein.
I wasn’t a fan of the show but I do find it interesting the range on the main actor (Dan Stevens).
David from Legion:
Mathew Crawley from Downton Abby:
…but, just because we’ve gotten ahead of trouble and found solutions thus far, doesn’t mean that an unintended bit of code, or hardware fault, or lack of imagination can’t cause consequences further down the road.
Absolutely true.
I guess my thought is that the benefits of our rapid growth outweigh the consequences of forgotten technology. I’ll admit though, I’m not unbiased. I have a vested interest. I do very well professionally being the bridge of some older technologies to modern ones myself.
That’s like saying the express purpose of hunting isn’t to kill something, it’s to acquire meat.
If you’re hunting to eat, the express purpose of hunting is to acquire meat. If you’re hunting for sport, then you may not care about the meat the express purpose would be the desire to the kill or the resulting trophy.
You can’t “produce” cool air, you can only move heat.
You’re focusing on the mechanism. The definition of “express purpose” is focusing on the result.
I’d heard so much about Rand and the “genius” of Atlas Shrugged so I sat down read it. The only thing 3 dimensional about the book was when it was closed and sitting on my table.
I’m glad to have read it just so I understand how shallow the arguments are of those that raise it as an ideal to aspire to.
There are a lot of ifs in my examples. It may never happen and we’ll get the advantage of all the ideas that are able to be made reality through accessibility. However, it’s better to think about it now rather than contend with the eventually all at once when a catastrophe occurs. You’re right that doom and gloom isn’t helpful, but I don’t think the broader idea is without merit.
There are some actual real-life examples that match your theoreticals, but the piece missing is the scale of consequences. What has generally occurred is that the fallout from the old thing failing wasn’t that big of a deal, or that a modern solution could be designed and built completely replacing the legacy solution even without full understanding of it.
A really really small example of this if from my old 1980s Commodore 64 computer. At the time it used a very revolutionary sound chip to make music and sound effects. It was called the SID chip. Here’s one of the them constructed in 1987.
It combined digital technologies (which are still used today) with analog technologies (that nobody makes anymore in the same way). Sadly, these chips also have a habit of dying over time because of how they were originally manufactured. With the supply of these continuously shrinking there were efforts to come up with a modern replacement. Keep in mind these are hobbyists. What they came up with was this:
This is essentially a whole Raspberry Pi computer that fits in the same socket in the 1980s Commodore 64 that accepts the input music instructions from the computer and runs custom written software to produce the same desired output the legacy digital/analog SID chip built in 1982. The computing power in this modern replacement SID chip replacement is more than 30x that of the entire Commodore 64 from the 80s! It could be considered overkill to use so much computing power where the original didn’t, but again, compute is dirt cheap today. This new part isn’t expensive either. Its about $35 to buy.
This is what I think will happen when our legacy systems finally die without the knowledge to service or maintain them. Modern engineers using modern technologies will replace them providing the same function.
… (inside a building, which is still in the borders).
…but may be hard to argue it meets the other clause of “in the atmosphere”. Yes, there is air in the building, but unless the building isn’t well sealed (which it would be generally well sealed to keep the cold in) then the cold isn’t expressly being released into the atmosphere.
The “have to” is the side effect though. The “express purpose” is still to produce cool inside air.
I’m not that poster, but I made the same mistake when reading the headline.