Exactly, which I agree is a sad state of affairs. When I started playing, no such mods existed. You could find most everything on thottbot already thanks to beta testers, but being told where something is and then finding it is a big big difference from having a bot holding your hand every step of the way. There's very few sections of Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor that I didn't become quite familiar with.
This, quite frankly, is exactly the kind of behavior and attitude that causes the majority of traffic accidents in the US.
Now, I'm not afraid to admit, I drive fast sometimes. But I always try to pay attention and be aware of my surroundings, whether I'm driving slow or fast. The few times I've been caught speeding it's been because I was too intent on watching my surroundings and didn't have my eyes glued to my speedometer (in fact, that's the main reason I hate speed limits - because watching the speedometer to make sure you're not speeding is way too distracting). Frankly, what we really need is a whole lot less emphasis on (mostly) irrelevant things like driving speed, and a lot more emphasis on things like paying attention (Is it safe to slam on your breaks for the dog that ran out in front of you, or is the guy behind you going to rear-end you if you do? Did you even KNOW there was a guy behind you??) and driving *with* the other drivers on the road (hint: driving 5 under the speed limit when everyone else is doing 10 over is more dangerous than if everyone were doing 20 over). I'll also be quick to admit there were times I wasn't paying attention and nearly caused an accident. Each one is a learning experience. I rarely listen to music or do much of anything besides drive on the road now, because it's just too distracting. Even at just 50MPH, things happen so fast that even just a couple seconds of inattention can result in someone's death.
Well, considering that a full-screen browser display on the windshield of your car would be distracting enough to require the car to steer itself, I'm gonna go with the self-steering car as being the closest to reality. Not to mention the fact that there's places where such technology has already been successfully used,on existing highways. Never heard of a full-screen HUD-on-the-windshield web browser though.
That's because quest helper is for vet players who have done 90% of the low-level content umpteen bazillion times and just want to get their alt leveled. And it's just not possible to remember every detail of every quest no matter how many times you do it. But at the same time, there's also no way they're going to be in any way new and interesting, so you just want to get them done as soon as possible. But imagining using it to level my first character, I agree with you 100%. I probably would never have hit 60. Course, now I'm bored with the game anyway. Haven't played for a number of weeks, and my sub runs out in a couple days (I think).
Ok, if we *are* going to call the violation of rights "theft", the only thing really being stolen is the public's right to the use and sharing of information.
See, copyright is actually an agreement between the public and the producer of said copyrighted work. The public agrees to give the producer the privilege to be the only one to distribute said work for a specified, short-term duration. Back when things took days and weeks to print, and months or years to distribute, a copyright duration of 14+14 years made sense. Now, things can be produced in minutes, distributed in hours, and the costs for all of the above have gone down by several orders of magnitude. So we... increase copyright duration?? Sorry, that's backwards. Given the advancements that have been made in production and distribution times and costs, copyright duration now should be what, about 2+2 years at most? And that is what the public is rebelling against. Yes, rights are certainly being violated, but those rights are not the rights of the content producers.
I pay everything with cash. I don't currently have a checking account or a credit card. Even assuming they do have a way to accept EZPass payments in cash, it's easier (and cheaper!) to just throw in a few coins or pay a few bucks than waste the time and the gas driving somewhere to pay monthly in cash.
Plus you can use your EZPass all over the east coast.
That's great, for people who live in those states. Until we have a national system though, we will continue to need toll booths and continue to have drivers using them.
That's the whole point of the electoral college - so neither the heavily populated areas or the rural areas get to "dictate policy". If we used a straight majority of the popular vote wins system, then the heavily populated areas would always carry the vote and "dictate policy". This is the essence of what makes the USA the United States. It's not a democracy, it's a republic. The reason this matters is because we as humans are fairly easily swayed to think a certain way by our peers. There's a huge percentage of the population that will think (and vote) a certain way, merely because everyone around them thinks and votes that way. So what happens when the people in the big cities are thinking and voting in a way that is going to be worse for the country as a whole? And even if it's not necessarily a "good or bad", "better or worse" decision, there's still no reason that the group-think in those areas should be given preferential treatment over the group-think in other less-populated areas.
If you read more than the history you're force-fed during school (and yes, you'll probably have to put some effort into it) you will find out that this is exactly the case. Of course there's a lot more details do it than *just* that, but hey, that's the fun in doing some research and digging out more obscure history. Get to it!:)
He actually has a good point for once. The Civil War really is a case of "history being written by the victors". However, if you do a lot of digging, you can find some things out there that give you a little more perspective on what really happened. Yes, there was a problem with slavery. However, the way the northern states went about getting rid of it was completely wrong. It probably made things worse for everyone (at least short-term) including the slaves than if they'd done nothing. However, something had to be done, and long term, I'd say the slaves and their descendants are better off now than they would have been, but the country as a whole could be in much better shape if it had been dealt with better at the time. The key point though is that because the north dealt with it poorly, they forced the southern states into a position where they could see no solution other than secession, which (as parent pointed out) is what the war was really about. Slavery was the hot-button issue that catalyzed it. Or in other words, the war could probably have been avoided by dealing with slavery in a good way, and we probably would not still be dealing with racism issues now.
Yeah, and that's all well and good. But I want to see pwnage on the scale of what happened from 1903 to 1943. Or really any 40-year span between 1890 and 1970. Hell, look at what we had for flying machines in 1929. And just 40 years after that, we put a man on the moon. It's now 40 years since that.
Hmm... I think we can improve on the bad car analogy.
It's like getting angry that 100% of the gas stations service only BMW's. But hey, you can still buy something else and use diesel, or an electric car and plug it in every night. What? No, we don't need more diesel stations or places to plug in electric cars. Not many people use them anyway. Now go buy a BMW. Oh, and don't forget to make sure you have an extra BMW license for every person in your family who wants to use it.
...or it might just be the culmination of current transport technology. Unfortunately, corporations are no longer willing to take big risks for big rewards. Take the 747 scenario 40 years ago with its doubts and move it to today, and it probably would never happen. It's impossible to predict what technology we might see right now if the innovative spirit from 1900-1955 had carried through from 1956-2009.
That's a very silly argument. But then, the whole discussion at this point is mostly silly. We don't have anywhere near the necessary data to prove or disprove either evolution or intelligent design. The problem though is that intelligent design can *never* be proved or disproved. Why? Because intelligent design assumes an all-powerful creator that has designed all kinds of intricate systems and things to very exact specifications. But if this designer/creator can do that... he/she can literally do *anything*... including building everything to look and behave exactly as though it had came about by evolution. In fact, if a being with such power exists, he could even continuously change anything and everything (including our own memories). It's a scary thought. And that ultimately I believe is why people are so polarized on the issue.
Yeah, speaking of which I had to tell a poor sot today that it's not worth upgrading his memory because it uses Rambus. Heck, for the cost of adding 512 MB he could buy a whole new computer. If they'd used DDR from the start, he could probably be rockin' 1GB RAM now, and be good to go for at least a few more months.
It also does not include anyone who is not eligible for unemployment, for any reason. (Such as being unemployed for longer than the unemployment period + extension.)
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Exactly, which I agree is a sad state of affairs. When I started playing, no such mods existed. You could find most everything on thottbot already thanks to beta testers, but being told where something is and then finding it is a big big difference from having a bot holding your hand every step of the way. There's very few sections of Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor that I didn't become quite familiar with.
This, quite frankly, is exactly the kind of behavior and attitude that causes the majority of traffic accidents in the US.
Now, I'm not afraid to admit, I drive fast sometimes. But I always try to pay attention and be aware of my surroundings, whether I'm driving slow or fast. The few times I've been caught speeding it's been because I was too intent on watching my surroundings and didn't have my eyes glued to my speedometer (in fact, that's the main reason I hate speed limits - because watching the speedometer to make sure you're not speeding is way too distracting). Frankly, what we really need is a whole lot less emphasis on (mostly) irrelevant things like driving speed, and a lot more emphasis on things like paying attention (Is it safe to slam on your breaks for the dog that ran out in front of you, or is the guy behind you going to rear-end you if you do? Did you even KNOW there was a guy behind you??) and driving *with* the other drivers on the road (hint: driving 5 under the speed limit when everyone else is doing 10 over is more dangerous than if everyone were doing 20 over). I'll also be quick to admit there were times I wasn't paying attention and nearly caused an accident. Each one is a learning experience. I rarely listen to music or do much of anything besides drive on the road now, because it's just too distracting. Even at just 50MPH, things happen so fast that even just a couple seconds of inattention can result in someone's death.
Yo dawg, I heard you like to browse, so I put a browser in your browser so you can browse while you browse.
FTFY.
Well, considering that a full-screen browser display on the windshield of your car would be distracting enough to require the car to steer itself, I'm gonna go with the self-steering car as being the closest to reality. Not to mention the fact that there's places where such technology has already been successfully used, on existing highways. Never heard of a full-screen HUD-on-the-windshield web browser though.
So, you were implying what exactly?
That's because quest helper is for vet players who have done 90% of the low-level content umpteen bazillion times and just want to get their alt leveled. And it's just not possible to remember every detail of every quest no matter how many times you do it. But at the same time, there's also no way they're going to be in any way new and interesting, so you just want to get them done as soon as possible. But imagining using it to level my first character, I agree with you 100%. I probably would never have hit 60. Course, now I'm bored with the game anyway. Haven't played for a number of weeks, and my sub runs out in a couple days (I think).
Thankfully, Dove is not soap so I guess we have nothing to worry about.
You're wrong. I mean, look at Zed, he's bored to death.
You killed Zeddy!!
You bastards!
Ok, if we *are* going to call the violation of rights "theft", the only thing really being stolen is the public's right to the use and sharing of information.
See, copyright is actually an agreement between the public and the producer of said copyrighted work. The public agrees to give the producer the privilege to be the only one to distribute said work for a specified, short-term duration. Back when things took days and weeks to print, and months or years to distribute, a copyright duration of 14+14 years made sense. Now, things can be produced in minutes, distributed in hours, and the costs for all of the above have gone down by several orders of magnitude. So we... increase copyright duration?? Sorry, that's backwards. Given the advancements that have been made in production and distribution times and costs, copyright duration now should be what, about 2+2 years at most? And that is what the public is rebelling against. Yes, rights are certainly being violated, but those rights are not the rights of the content producers.
I pay everything with cash. I don't currently have a checking account or a credit card. Even assuming they do have a way to accept EZPass payments in cash, it's easier (and cheaper!) to just throw in a few coins or pay a few bucks than waste the time and the gas driving somewhere to pay monthly in cash.
Plus you can use your EZPass all over the east coast.
That's great, for people who live in those states. Until we have a national system though, we will continue to need toll booths and continue to have drivers using them.
That's the whole point of the electoral college - so neither the heavily populated areas or the rural areas get to "dictate policy". If we used a straight majority of the popular vote wins system, then the heavily populated areas would always carry the vote and "dictate policy". This is the essence of what makes the USA the United States. It's not a democracy, it's a republic. The reason this matters is because we as humans are fairly easily swayed to think a certain way by our peers. There's a huge percentage of the population that will think (and vote) a certain way, merely because everyone around them thinks and votes that way. So what happens when the people in the big cities are thinking and voting in a way that is going to be worse for the country as a whole? And even if it's not necessarily a "good or bad", "better or worse" decision, there's still no reason that the group-think in those areas should be given preferential treatment over the group-think in other less-populated areas.
If you read more than the history you're force-fed during school (and yes, you'll probably have to put some effort into it) you will find out that this is exactly the case. Of course there's a lot more details do it than *just* that, but hey, that's the fun in doing some research and digging out more obscure history. Get to it! :)
He actually has a good point for once. The Civil War really is a case of "history being written by the victors". However, if you do a lot of digging, you can find some things out there that give you a little more perspective on what really happened. Yes, there was a problem with slavery. However, the way the northern states went about getting rid of it was completely wrong. It probably made things worse for everyone (at least short-term) including the slaves than if they'd done nothing. However, something had to be done, and long term, I'd say the slaves and their descendants are better off now than they would have been, but the country as a whole could be in much better shape if it had been dealt with better at the time. The key point though is that because the north dealt with it poorly, they forced the southern states into a position where they could see no solution other than secession, which (as parent pointed out) is what the war was really about. Slavery was the hot-button issue that catalyzed it. Or in other words, the war could probably have been avoided by dealing with slavery in a good way, and we probably would not still be dealing with racism issues now.
Yeah, and that's all well and good. But I want to see pwnage on the scale of what happened from 1903 to 1943. Or really any 40-year span between 1890 and 1970. Hell, look at what we had for flying machines in 1929. And just 40 years after that, we put a man on the moon. It's now 40 years since that.
Hmm... I think we can improve on the bad car analogy.
It's like getting angry that 100% of the gas stations service only BMW's. But hey, you can still buy something else and use diesel, or an electric car and plug it in every night. What? No, we don't need more diesel stations or places to plug in electric cars. Not many people use them anyway. Now go buy a BMW. Oh, and don't forget to make sure you have an extra BMW license for every person in your family who wants to use it.
Redundant? On the second post?
You must be new here.
(That, btw, could be modded insightful, funny, redundant, or offtopic. So it will probably end up with +2 informative.)
Yeah, I was going to post that if no one else did. I'm looking at the summary, and all I really see is a giant WTF?! plastered over it.
...or it might just be the culmination of current transport technology. Unfortunately, corporations are no longer willing to take big risks for big rewards. Take the 747 scenario 40 years ago with its doubts and move it to today, and it probably would never happen. It's impossible to predict what technology we might see right now if the innovative spirit from 1900-1955 had carried through from 1956-2009.
Amazing, I guess... but it's also sad.
Mall cops use Segways you insensitive clod!
(The funny thing is, they really DO, around here.)
That's a very silly argument. But then, the whole discussion at this point is mostly silly. We don't have anywhere near the necessary data to prove or disprove either evolution or intelligent design. The problem though is that intelligent design can *never* be proved or disproved. Why? Because intelligent design assumes an all-powerful creator that has designed all kinds of intricate systems and things to very exact specifications. But if this designer/creator can do that... he/she can literally do *anything*... including building everything to look and behave exactly as though it had came about by evolution. In fact, if a being with such power exists, he could even continuously change anything and everything (including our own memories). It's a scary thought. And that ultimately I believe is why people are so polarized on the issue.
Yeah, speaking of which I had to tell a poor sot today that it's not worth upgrading his memory because it uses Rambus. Heck, for the cost of adding 512 MB he could buy a whole new computer. If they'd used DDR from the start, he could probably be rockin' 1GB RAM now, and be good to go for at least a few more months.
It also does not include anyone who is not eligible for unemployment, for any reason. (Such as being unemployed for longer than the unemployment period + extension.)