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PC as platform references to IBM PC compatible computers and operating systems, but in 1990s "Wintel" combination had such dominance in markets that PC become synonym machines with such combination.

I can see now why MS may have had some problems with upkeep of their old codebase

I agree with Notch's general sentiment ....but I would like to see him say "no " to joining a reputable company that offers you $2 Billion ....somehow I think he would suddenly find the cause of social media gaming more agreeable As his earnings in last year only were over 130 million dollars, I would think that he could over look such offers like which Facebook did, where there was only 500 million dollars of cash and rest was Facebook's stocks that probably came with sale restrictions.

Which would mean that some reason game don't register that your stick's position and I would also say that problem isn't in your controller as you can pass second phase of abortion. Only thing that I can think to suggest you to try is to move stick quickly left and right after your push A and then hold stick to left and see if that helps game to react your action.

PoE is full of chance rolls, as every hit and resistance roll are chance rolls, but they try minimize binary rolls, where there is only possibility of success or failure, especially when it comes to kill or not to kill character. So luck play large part in PoE, but it effects is more widely scaled than typical hit or miss.

Do Randy say "au" and shake his legs, as that is time when prompt so come and you should move stick to other direction?

In last part you first need hold to stick towards left and when prompt comes quickly move stick towards right and hold until prompt and then left again and so on.

In PC version QTE prompts weren't very clear how you actually had to push buttons, which was reason why I failed in scene several times before I understood what I had to do, so maybe there is similar problem in Xbox 360 version. I found this help from http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/651581-south-park-the-stick-of-truth/answers?qid=367371

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In this walk through it seems to work fine https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=NGtq_GfVet8 Link to start of abortion segment https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=NGtq_GfVet8#t=699

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Thanks for clarifying. Do you have any specifics on which types of equipment are currently not compatible? I'm curious as I did read something about the artillery being predominantly Russian and a preponderance of the Russian BUK-M1 air defense systems (which were being replaced by a Norwegian designed system iirc). Artillery uses cannons (like 152 K 89, 152 TELAK 91 and 130 K 54), howitzers (like 122 H 63 and 122 PSH 74) and rocket batteries (like 122 RAKH 89) that use non-NATO caliber ammunition, and some air defense also has some BUK-M1s, but it is currently getting rid of those and new soldiers aren't anymore schooled to use them. Infantry has lot of weapons that use non-NATO ammunition. And I think that T-55Ms, that are used in mine-sweeping or clearance operations are also not compatible. And there is still some BMP-2 s in use, and there is also some MT-LBVs and MT-LBs. And there is probably more that I am not aware.

Yes, I was also going to write about how this is a problem for Sweden as well. For those of you who don't know, Sweden has a rather large military industry compared to it's small size (as recently as 2010 the 7th largest arms exporter while only being 22nd in the list of highest GDP). Being a part of NATO will (I think) put obstacles to selling weapons to certain countries, and in general to the independence of the military industry. The military lobby is a very influential group in Sweden, you can compare it to the pro-Israel lobby in the US. Even if 99% of people don't really care or know anything about the matter, it's a matter of extreme importance to a few very influential people that Sweden has it's own next-generation fighter jet, it's own next-generation stealth submarines et.c.. I can tell for sure that NATO military suppliers such as Lockheed Martin will NOT be happy to have additional competition in their respective fields among NATO countries, and vice versa. My understanding was that Finland and Sweden are capable of joining NATO now - their equipment is up to STANAG requirements, although Finland appeared to have some data technical compatibility issues with NATO systems, that have been solved. (I could be wrong so if you have up to date info suggesting otherwise please let me know.) http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/stockholm/06526.pdf The defense spending requirement (2% is required and Finland is at 1.4%) and the fact that the majority of people in each country are opposed to joining were the real drivers. The 2% restriction is currently met by only 7 of the existing members so it's not a real issue. http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/reports/1999/4/nato%20daalder/reportch3.pdf I'm not sure about the current defense spending in Sweden but I think the real obstacles to Sweden joining are political. Only Finnish peacekeepers, rapid deployment forces, navy and air forces are fully NATO compatible, and they are ones that have practiced in NATO-led practices, main Finnish Defense Force still needs equipment changes to be fully NATO compatible, although Finland has plans to make its whole arsenal STANAG compatible within next decade as it makes working in international environment easier even for non-NATO countries. EDIT: Finnish defense spending is currently 1.5% of GDP and 5.1% of government spending.

Well the primary air defense fighter of the Finnish Air Force now is the F-18. The "/A" was omitted for the Finnish designation apparently to underline the fact that it was for defensive operations only, though modernisation packages included the LITENING II targeting pod for target acquisition and prosecution with precision guided munitions. They have also acquired the AIM-120 AMRAAM of which their theoretical opponent has no real answer to (or at least one that is deployed widely) and the AIM-9X Sidewinder, which has HOBS capabilities though I do not know if helmet-mounted cueing systems were included in the deal (in any case, even without it the Bug still has its automatic acquisition modes of the AN/APG-73 to take some advantage of the missile's capabilities). AIM-120 AMRAAM acquisition was put on hold as in tests revealed that their motors had problems to work in cold (-54 degrees of Celsius, which is typical high altitude temperature, especially in winter), I am not sure if they have fixed problem and delivered missiles already or is they still on hold.

Do it Finland, join NATO. You need to ensure that Russia doesn't think they can just annex your country on some false pretense. Russia needs to realize there will be a military consequence for there aspirations around geographical hegemony There would be military consequences even if Finland don't join in NATO, as Finish Defense Forces are well equipped and it has quite large number soldiers to put front of hostile forces and some question if those military consequences would be any higher even if Finland joins in NATO, as NATO has been quite unwilling to do any military actions against Russia whole time that NATO has existed, especially when it comes towards places like Finland that has little strategic value for NATO and has only little amount natural resources that interest NATO countries. And last time Russia (USSR) attacked and tried annex Finland with false pretense end result was that international community put Finland compensate its losses.

As current cabinet has lot of heat from their welfare reform and nuclear plant deal with Rosatom, one can be quite sure that there will not be bill for joining in NATO before next year's parliament elections, which means that, if Russia don't escalate crisis in Ukraine anymore, Finland will not even begin to join in NATO at least before 2020, as constitutional change needs blessing from two parliaments if there isn't 5/6 majority in parliament, that will vote issue to be urgent.

2004 lot of countries that one could say are in Russian perceived sphere of influence more than Finland joined in NATO, like for example Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Biggest obstacle to Finland's joining in NATO is that some of our equipment isn't compatible with requirements of STANAG (Standardization Agreement) and would need to be replaced sooner than planed. Of course joining in NATO could rise political tensions with Russia, which of course could impact our trade and agreements with them, but as Finland is already member of EU and does military cooperation with NATO countries predicted impacts caused by joining in NATO are seen minor. And as by joining in NATO Finland also has high probability that its weapon trade in NATO countries rise, as currently Finnish military contractors can't make offers on most valuable contracts, as they are mostly only for member states and of course as members state Finland would get cheaper contracts on some of its equipment and get some equipment possibly to acquire some equipment that Finland is currently prohibited to buy, which would probably mean that military pending would drop from it current level. So joining to any multinational organization that has some actual economical, political or/and military power is of course more complicate than signing couple papers, especially when joining said organization is against current constitution, which currently state that Finland is nonallied country, but it's not Russia's influence that keeps Finland out of NATO. Elerond I heard that the Finnish army uses reindeers to transport its soldiers and military hardware and this is the main reason you guys can't join NATO as NATO doesn't allow animals to be used in times of war, is this true? Yeah they are part of our polar bear infantry platoon.

2004 lot of countries that one could say are in Russian perceived sphere of influence more than Finland joined in NATO, like for example Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Biggest obstacle to Finland's joining in NATO is that some of our equipment isn't compatible with requirements of STANAG (Standardization Agreement) and would need to be replaced sooner than planed. Of course joining in NATO could rise political tensions with Russia, which of course could impact our trade and agreements with them, but as Finland is already member of EU and does military cooperation with NATO countries predicted impacts caused by joining in NATO are seen minor. And as by joining in NATO Finland also has high probability that its weapon trade in NATO countries rise, as currently Finnish military contractors can't make offers on most valuable contracts, as they are mostly only for member states and of course as members state Finland would get cheaper contracts on some of its equipment and get some equipment possibly to acquire some equipment that Finland is currently prohibited to buy, which would probably mean that military pending would drop from it current level. So joining to any multinational organization that has some actual economical, political or/and military power is of course more complicate than signing couple papers, especially when joining said organization is against current constitution, which currently state that Finland is nonallied country, but it's not Russia's influence that keeps Finland out of NATO.

... I have a feeling that vegetable-flavored ice cream will take off any day now. We should have a Kickstarter. Chili-jalapeno-vanilla Ice cream was actually quite good tasting.

Yes, the game is isometric - Which is pretty much one of the biggest hooks that snagged all us filthy backer types. Graphics and lighting, from what we've seen, are shaping up to be superb. I know DA2 is bad enough lol I don't mind much about graphic actually as long as it is not like Arcanum in which too pain to see. Anyway, the game is still in developement isn't it, then i wish you guys good luck. I will seek out this game if God will the camera will be like that of arcanum but the graphics will be much more clean... just look at some screenshots. So there is no 360 degree rotation? I think there will be some problem with that, especially when want to position your team mates. In DA:O we can rotate the camera and so we can micromanage our party members Example, AoE spells, with rotating camera we can position our spells where we want to execute them. If can't rotate the camera, it will be like Diablo, you can't attack enemies off screen, but enemies can attack you off screen Game's camera is not locked on your party or any of your characters, which mean that you can always move camera to see enemies that are off screen. And as maps are designed isometric projection in mind, which means that buildings and obstacles are designed so that they don't block players line of sight or if they do they will become transparent if any character goes behind them, so that you can have unobstructed view on battlefield.

NATO has been open to Swedish entry since about the end of the Cold War. Even before that though, there have been significant ties and (secret) military cooperation. I don't think that Sweden will enter NATO any time soon, though. It's honestly more likely that Finland joins NATO. What is likely though is a significant military rearmament in Eastern and Northern Europe. Additionally, I think we will see Central Asian nations drifting further away from Russia and closer to China and Turkey. I was referring to several news items that followed on the heels of Russian action in Ukraine, claiming that Sweden considered to revise its previous position on Nato membership. As for Finland, I am not familiar with situation there, but I suspect that it might be more complicated case like with any other state in Russia sphere of influence and further NATO enlargement. I doubt this action will have a significant direct effect on the current trend of Russian power in Central Asia one way or another. ( unlike the adverse effect on relations with Europe, or intervention in Syria effect on middle eastern countries). Btw this arena is one of the concerns of "westren" policy makers, that to harsh sanctions might disturb the balance of powers, leading Russia toward China. In Finland NATO membership has been on table from founding days of NATO, as then USSR and now Russia had/have quite aggressive foreign politic and Russians have long history to invade to lands of Finland, which is why many people see that membership in NATO would give Finland extra protection against possible future aggression or at least make invading Finland less sensible thing to do. But on other hand Russia is Finland neighbour which Finland also has as long history of trade and cooperation as it has history of aggression from Russia, and Finland don't have best history with NATO countries either, as we have been in war with several of them, although only UK has ever attacked us (during Crimean war), I think. And in second world war, USA and UK (and some other NATO countries) gave their support for USSR and put heavy sanctions for Finland. Which why Finland is quite reluctant to join any military alliances. Of course there is also discussion how NATO membership will effect Finland's military spending and do Finland need to take part in NATO operations when it's a member. Although now it looks like that Russian's actions in Crimean may have given enough support for NATO membership that first time of history constitutional majority of Finland's parliament could support joining in NATO. On the other hand Cabinet of Finland is currently very indecisive (in all subjects, not only this), which probably means that current Crimean crisis will be over and new parliament have elected before there is even first version of bill written about subject.

As I said game IPs time to time changes ownership over time, and problem was in company's ability to sue, not in that they will win in court, as ability to sue opens possibility to molest law and court system to extort people to pay them small compensation instead going in court that with high probability cost more for person even if s/he wins. And I also said that I think probability is very low that any publisher or game IP holder start using such method. And that deal with Paradox is excellent news. But point in my post was that games in Steam are never wholly DRM-free, why in my opinion one should not advertise them as so, even if difference is very small. And people should support stores that actually offer DRM-free products and ask publishers put their games in those stores if it's technically possible.

In GOG you get download installer after purchase and you don't need any client programs, accounts to use said installer, which means that it is DRM-free, where in Steam you need Steam client and account to install game, which means that they have control over how you can use your digital product after purchase, which mean that it isn't DRM-free. GOG's store front that allow you to download those DRM-free installers uses accounts to check if what games person on site owns and can download and all new purchases are tied to that account, so it's way to control digital content after purchase and therefore is DRM, but one that don't restrict how you can use your purchased digital product, but one that controls your opportunity to re-download digital content that you have purchased. Gamegate uses downloader installers that you can use for limited time without need to give it your account details, which means that it's way to control digital content after purchase, which means that it isn't DRM-free.

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