Not true.  You can design mazes where the follow the wall strategy leads back to the entrance.  Hell, Phantasy Star designed it’s later dungeons that way so you couldn’t follow that strategy.

Personally, I saw a decline as early as X3; the stage design was clearly on the downturn from that point forward.  And I always found X4 clunky from a gameplay perspective.  Both were still solid games, but it was clear things were going downhill.

Yep.  The second book outright stated that at least Isla Sorna was powered by Geothermal energy, so it’s implied Isla Nublar would be the same.

Except it’s been proven over the past 50 years, in a number of countries, that higher wages lead to more jobs being created.

To people who knew the source material, the ending was predictable, with the only real question being who would live.

There are currently no Constitutional protections for discrimination based on political beliefs.  Congress is free to pass a law making political parties protected if they so choose.

The point of the TIE fighter was to have a lot of them. In the old EU, production costs are the main reason it was chosen over the X-Wing by the Imperials.

Counter-point: How is the US any different from the EU in that regard? Every one of your arguments can be applied to individual states in the US.

Disagree. Hydrogen solves most of the problems that electric vehicles currently have. It’s probably the best alternative to gasoline.

The problem is “false detection”. If you have a system that is too sensitive, then you have a car that breaks to a stop every time a stray leaf blows in front of the car. This is a problem in all radar based systems, and they all have to mitigate this to some extent.

Ronald Reagan showed it was OK to run massive deficits; doing so is more politically acceptable then either raising taxes or decreasing services. Of course, you can only do that for so long before things fall apart (See Greece and Italy for reference).

Congrats, you’ve summed up every economic system ever. Those at the top benefit from increased wealth, and the costs get passed to everyone else.

Dark Matter is becoming what Aether was at the start of the 20th century, this mystical thing that is necessary for the math to work. Turns out, the math was wrong. Can’t help but wonder if the same happens this go around...

Hail Dome!

Which is why warrants exist.

Putin’s been doing this for a very long time. Georgia, Hungary, Ukraine, and Poland are all basically back in his sphere of influence. He’s been indirectly aiding far right parties in Europe that are de-stabilizing the EU. And of course, the US elections.

Trump is trying to bully everyone into doing what he wants. What he doesn’t understand is that he’s not the dominant player in the room. What worries me most is how he will respond to the coming response.

The root problem is that NY made the conscious decision to not fix the system in one go. Rather then shut down an entire line for a year or two to get it fixed up, they take it down for a few hours each day, stretching out the work for years [decades]. And by the time they finish, the original fixes need to be fixed…

You forgot the /s tag.

Not much better at my workplace; we’re worse since we have to follow DSS (or whoever now that Trump basically killed it off) requirements.