I live in a part of the country with frequent storms. Its a big issue. Loss happens often enough also precautionary disconnects. We try and unplug expensive electronics to they don't get damaged by power surges. Yes we have surge protectors, they're relatively expensive and only so effective so this is easier.

I have a rule. I play games for fun. If you make me play my game when I don't want to it stops being fun and starts being homework.

I don't think s/he's referring to an exploit. The consequences are permanent but progress isn't lost when the game gets shut off. I've never played xcom but state of decay has a similar system of frequent autosaves and no going back..

You enjoy this feature in any game with quicksave functionality simply by keeping your finger off the f5 button. Why is it necessary to enforce it on every player?

I absolutely hate how removing timely saves is becoming a popular way of artificially making the game more challenging (which it doesn't, it just gets more frustrating).

True, but they fill different roles. I was just pointing out that the B-2

an aircraft carrier full of F-16's

Do you think this might lead to the eventual criminalization of animal slaughter? I wonder if/hope it might.

Imagine, technology could enable guilt-free cannibalism.

Tying a dead body to your truck and shooting people in the back for their shoes is psychotic behavior.

I think of it the other way. I'd like to think I wouldn't murder a little girl for the benefit of the species but when I think about how desperate I'd be to end the horror of a post apocalyptic world I don't know what I'd do.

Yep. Good people like Ellie....

In the universe presented to us, it's more than just 'some'

The fact that atrocities occur in an area should not be used as an excuse to condemn everyone in it to death. Imagine a nuke was going to hit Flint, Michigan (one of the most violent cities in America) would you be okay sentencing 500,000 men, women, and children to death just because they live in a craphole?

Yes.

I know (broadstrokes) the background of the picture. Its South Korea and the Koreans in U.S. Army uniforms are KATUSA's. I understand that the two militaries work closely together. I just think of all the beautiful hi-res images of the US military floating around this was an odd choice.

Strange to see a picture mostly Koreans used in an article about the U.S. Military.

That is quite possibly one of the top 5 if not the most ridiculous requests I've ever heard. You're having a debate on an internet forum, which you had a major hand in initiating and now you're indignant that someone would use the internet to criticize you? Would you really prefer he trace your ip and buy a plane…

I certainly don't like thinking if its about the government forcibly inspecting and rearranging my reproductive organs.

He's a member of a terrorist organization while the other two are enlisted in national militaries. As far as I know, al queda has never issued a class a uniform.