How is this different than every other programming language I've ever encountered?
And doesn't writing javascript in, say, Arabic, just make it inaccessible to 99% of the people who like look at your code?
This makes perfect sense because of course the part of shooters that people are most interested in accurate simulations of is the part where you suffer excruciating pain and spend months in the hospital recuperating.
If you want total realism, every time you buy a copy of Modern Warfare 2, it should self destruct after you are killed the first time, forcing you to go out and buy another, bringing home the terrrible cost of war. Yeah, right...
The jury system was great back when the most complicated thing they had to make judgements on was whether or not a stolen horse had an altered brand - and they all worked with horses.
Today we are asking 12 average joes to make life and death decisions about evidence that even highly trained people would find difficult to follow. The Enron finances, DNA evidence, whether or not some highly technical piece of code is "obvious". This is why juries ignore mountains of technical evidence in favour of bullshit like "If the glove don't fit, you must acquit".
I don't know what the solution is, but I do know I don't want Tom, Dick and Harry sitting in judgement on my patent lawsuit.
Listen, mutual funds a mugs game. You want to get in on the real investing. Open Source is where it's at. I'm managing a lot of peoples' money in the Open Source derivatives market, but I like you so I'll squeeze you in. Minimum investment is $100,000 but I've delivered consistent 20% returns to my clients over the last decade, as these complicated 1000 page spreadsheets will show.
Really, if you aren't inversting in Open Source, you might as well be lighting your money on fire.
Jumping through technical hoops aside, it takes less than 20 minutes to install Ubuntu on a PC (including the apps I want). I don't think I've ever completed a Windows install in less than 1 hour (just the OS, no apps). I find that difference alone compelling.
I've installed (and ditched) Ubuntu on my laptop 3 times. You're right, it took about 20 mins to install. It then took most of 3 days to try and get my wireless working. In the end, it never did recognize my wireless card and I happily spent about 30 min reinstalling XP, which worked perfectly.
I wish someone would ban undesireable games in North America.
Would have stopped me from suffering through Battlecruiser 3000 AD and Daikatana back in the day.
1) the vietnamese kept POWs for decades after the war
Really? Decades? Gosh, that is a long time. The war ended in 1975, so you have some evidence that Vietnam kept POWs until at least 1995? Really? Evidence?
I think the comments above me have adequately covered what an asinine concept it is to be pissed off that someone would have the audacity to take you up on your offer of using their free software, for free.
I think some of this relates to the attitude of some developers that "business" is a bad thing, and therefore if businesses are using your open source software, they are somehow screwing you over.
Glad to see most people here understand that to be ridiculous.
My name is Maybelle Mongumbo. I am a dead Nigerian widow with access to millions of dollars worth of bearer bonds and gold coins. I have spoken to god personally, and he assured me you were the person to help me transfer this money to the afterlife. First, I need you to send me you SS number, full name, birthdate, PIN, bank account information, and your mother's maiden name.
Very true. I've been playing on and off since the game came out an I don't have any characters above 50. Mostly cause I have alt-itis and tend to play in short spurts.
I'll give Ubuntu another try. I've fired it up with the livecd on three different distros, then immediately ditched it because it didn't detect my wifi card.
... if a ridiculously large amount of money shows up unexpectedly in your bank account, rushing out to spend it wildly before the mistake can be caught is not actually the smartest of the available options. The authorities look disapprovingly on such activities.
It is one of the foundations of freedom of speech and democracy, allowing citizens to voice their concerns and opinions without fear of prosecution or ridicule.
When did freedom from ridicule become a right? If you say something ridiculous, expect to be ridiculed for it. Kind of like now.
What the hell kind of idiot question is that? You don't have a problem with superheroes shooting unarmed pregnant women, but you don't want to see them fucking? You sir are a sick puppy.
Anyone have any advice on a good local anesthetic, type of kitchen knife to use, and the rating of fishing line I can use to close the incision? I'm too cheap to consult a doctor, but you guys know about this stuff right?
This is perhaps the dumbest thing the NRA ever said.
An armed society is not, in fact, a polite society but rather it is a frightened society. People don't become more polite because you have a gun. They become afraid that you'll shoot them for cutting them off in traffic.
The ridiculous difference in violent crime rates between the US (lots of guns and very high violent crime) and everywhere else in the western world (few guns and much much less violent crime) suggests the exact opposite of your theory.
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How is this different than every other programming language I've ever encountered? And doesn't writing javascript in, say, Arabic, just make it inaccessible to 99% of the people who like look at your code?
Ya, like all those people who went to jail after those banks crashed the economy. Oh, wait...
This makes perfect sense because of course the part of shooters that people are most interested in accurate simulations of is the part where you suffer excruciating pain and spend months in the hospital recuperating. If you want total realism, every time you buy a copy of Modern Warfare 2, it should self destruct after you are killed the first time, forcing you to go out and buy another, bringing home the terrrible cost of war. Yeah, right...
He's lucky he doesn't live in a universe where "electromagnetism" is everywhere, all the time. Oh, wait...
The jury system was great back when the most complicated thing they had to make judgements on was whether or not a stolen horse had an altered brand - and they all worked with horses.
Today we are asking 12 average joes to make life and death decisions about evidence that even highly trained people would find difficult to follow. The Enron finances, DNA evidence, whether or not some highly technical piece of code is "obvious". This is why juries ignore mountains of technical evidence in favour of bullshit like "If the glove don't fit, you must acquit".
I don't know what the solution is, but I do know I don't want Tom, Dick and Harry sitting in judgement on my patent lawsuit.
Just to be clear, he spent $1000 in 4 years 8 months, not in one year. Even better!
Drones who sell stuff are prone to lie about their products? HAS THE PRESIDENT BEEN TOLD?
Listen, mutual funds a mugs game. You want to get in on the real investing. Open Source is where it's at. I'm managing a lot of peoples' money in the Open Source derivatives market, but I like you so I'll squeeze you in. Minimum investment is $100,000 but I've delivered consistent 20% returns to my clients over the last decade, as these complicated 1000 page spreadsheets will show. Really, if you aren't inversting in Open Source, you might as well be lighting your money on fire.
Jumping through technical hoops aside, it takes less than 20 minutes to install Ubuntu on a PC (including the apps I want). I don't think I've ever completed a Windows install in less than 1 hour (just the OS, no apps). I find that difference alone compelling.
I've installed (and ditched) Ubuntu on my laptop 3 times. You're right, it took about 20 mins to install. It then took most of 3 days to try and get my wireless working. In the end, it never did recognize my wireless card and I happily spent about 30 min reinstalling XP, which worked perfectly.
Really? Turning sea water into jet fuel is more complicated than it looks? Cause from here it looks pretty freaking complicated.
I wish someone would ban undesireable games in North America. Would have stopped me from suffering through Battlecruiser 3000 AD and Daikatana back in the day.
1) the vietnamese kept POWs for decades after the war
Really? Decades? Gosh, that is a long time. The war ended in 1975, so you have some evidence that Vietnam kept POWs until at least 1995? Really? Evidence?
I didn't think so.
You've been drinking the MIA/POW koolaid.
Or tell them to go fuck themselves.
I've been unemployed for extended periods of time (years)
Gee, I wonder why
He's probably one of those persecuted types. Not his fault really, his personality disorder is likely genetic.
Gee, they didn't even wait until the discussion thread to invoke the Nazis. Isn't that an automatic epic fail?
I think the comments above me have adequately covered what an asinine concept it is to be pissed off that someone would have the audacity to take you up on your offer of using their free software, for free.
I think some of this relates to the attitude of some developers that "business" is a bad thing, and therefore if businesses are using your open source software, they are somehow screwing you over.
Glad to see most people here understand that to be ridiculous.
Hello,
My name is Maybelle Mongumbo. I am a dead Nigerian widow with access to millions of dollars worth of bearer bonds and gold coins. I have spoken to god personally, and he assured me you were the person to help me transfer this money to the afterlife. First, I need you to send me you SS number, full name, birthdate, PIN, bank account information, and your mother's maiden name.
God bless you.
Very true. I've been playing on and off since the game came out an I don't have any characters above 50. Mostly cause I have alt-itis and tend to play in short spurts.
I'll give Ubuntu another try. I've fired it up with the livecd on three different distros, then immediately ditched it because it didn't detect my wifi card.
Why would a user try to install MS Windows programs in Linux (unless that program actually has a Linux version)?
Congratulations on missing the point completely.
... if a ridiculously large amount of money shows up unexpectedly in your bank account, rushing out to spend it wildly before the mistake can be caught is not actually the smartest of the available options. The authorities look disapprovingly on such activities.
Which means that this decision decided to ignore the issue of rather or not one can commit sex crimes against one's self.
If I didn't commit sex crimes against myself, no one would, and then where would I be?
It is one of the foundations of freedom of speech and democracy, allowing citizens to voice their concerns and opinions without fear of prosecution or ridicule.
When did freedom from ridicule become a right? If you say something ridiculous, expect to be ridiculed for it. Kind of like now.
Why are superheroes fucking?
Um, cause fucking is fun?
What the hell kind of idiot question is that? You don't have a problem with superheroes shooting unarmed pregnant women, but you don't want to see them fucking? You sir are a sick puppy.
Anyone have any advice on a good local anesthetic, type of kitchen knife to use, and the rating of fishing line I can use to close the incision? I'm too cheap to consult a doctor, but you guys know about this stuff right?
"An armed society is a polite society."
This is perhaps the dumbest thing the NRA ever said.
An armed society is not, in fact, a polite society but rather it is a frightened society. People don't become more polite because you have a gun. They become afraid that you'll shoot them for cutting them off in traffic.
The ridiculous difference in violent crime rates between the US (lots of guns and very high violent crime) and everywhere else in the western world (few guns and much much less violent crime) suggests the exact opposite of your theory.