I follow the discussion just fine. The GP to my first post asked why so many seem to prefer pollution. The response was about CO2, which isn't the only pollution we generate.
CO2 is not the only factor going green would affect (or effect, or whatever, English is not my native tongue). All kinds of stuff gets dumped in the environment that we could do without.
I'm 22. Legal drinking age here in the Netherlands is 16. I'm asked for my ID on a regular basis when I buy alcohol. Last time the cashier asked to see my ID card and not the cards of the two friends who were with me, who are both 20. They had a nice laugh about that. I don't really mind, but some people could be very offended.
Reverse osmosis handpump to desalinate seawater. Should be in most liferafts. Costs about 100 dollars in any outdoor store, about as large as a paperback.
I only started with PlanetSide when it got free to play for the first levels. I enjoyed it for the most part, but I agree that the Lattice Logic Unit (LLU - the football) seriously degraded the game. And the nodes-in-a-graph base layout really sucked for attacking. But the game had some redeeming features; if you had a base with one feature that was connected to another base (basically, you'd need all bases between them) you'd get that feature too. So you could have a base with a vehicle plant and no shields, or both, or none. Or whatever.
In the few months I've played it I've only been in 2 sieges, one attacking, one defending. The defending one was the most fun. People coming in from all sides, artillery left and right, aircraft flying over. I was an anti aircraft MAX dude. Lots of fun. Assault on the other hand, was worthless. It's just attack the base, die, respawn, repeat. For four hours.
I think having a microwave emitter on kinda gives away your plane nowadays. WW2 had very basic RADAR, if the faction had it at all, so combat was visual. Turning on a microwave today (where combat also happens outside of visual range) is like turning on a big illuminated sign saying "Shoot a RADAR tracking missile up my tailpipe".
Have you worked at a corporation? Yeah, our home boxes boot fast. Corporation boxes pull in all kinds of shit over the LAN, and in a not very efficient manner. 15 minutes is common. I've waited an hour once. Just waiting for all the patches to apply. Luckily it was at a job where I shared my office with my supervisor. He understood. Also, I was paid a normal salary, none of this hourly stuff. So I got a nice cup of coffee and something to read. Making very sure that every one who walked by our office could see I was waiting for my PC to finish work.
Why doesn't that mean he should not be punished?
If I do something in country A that's legal in country A to someone in country B, country B should file for extradition, and if that does not work they're out of luck. Yes, I know it sucks and people can get away with things this way, but do you want to live by the laws of for example China, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan? I don't.
That's not entirely true. We make a distinction between soft and hard drugs. The soft ones are, as you say, tolerated in limited quantities ("gedoogd" in Dutch). For example, you can carry up to 5 gram of weed on your person last time I checked.
Hard drugs like meth are illegal to buy, sell and import, but there are clinics that will legally provide you with a fix free of charge if you're an addict.
Yes, that's right. FREE DRUGS! I can already hear the US Republicans cry SOCIALIST! There's free drugs because the cost on society is less this way. This way they don't have to go around smashing car windows to steal and sell radios to buy the stuff.
I'm in Holland. Normally, my SMSs always get delivered. On high-load occasions though, like New Year, the network is overloaded, and messages get delayed or even dropped. This year I got a text from a friend of mine on the first of February (don't know why it took so long, we even use the same provider) saying "Happy New Year!".
The problem is that people generally don't know that the SMS service does not guarantee delivery. It doesn't even guarantee notice that your message was dropped. It's best-effort, but that's it.
I think multi core processing was easy to implement (it's a block device after all, you can separate it easily if you choose the right mode of operation for your cipher).. They also implemented AES in assembler to speed that up.
Your doctor is probably better at deciding which ailment is actually in need of treatment and which is not. People going to the doc for a cold and demanding antibiotics should be given sugar-pills for everybodies good.
Under this new Dutch ruling, I don't know. I hope they'll make an exception for when the game mechanics allow you to. In the Dutch case, the steal was not done by any programmed means for stealing, but just by putting a knife to someones body part and force them to use in-game give or drop. However, I'm not sure. We certainly have our share of I-don't-understand-the-internet-and-computers, Ted Stevens style judges.
We're not morons. Of course they also tried the assault part of the event. But that's just not very interesting to the media. Dutch news reported (translation mine): "The duo have also been charged with threatening and maltreatment."
On the radio, they quoted the judge as saying that virtual property gives joy, you've worked to earn it and in this case, if one person has it another can't have it (well, the admins could easily clone it, but that's beside the point). So in essence, they said it's a lot like real tangible property.
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I follow the discussion just fine. The GP to my first post asked why so many seem to prefer pollution. The response was about CO2, which isn't the only pollution we generate.
CO2 is not the only factor going green would affect (or effect, or whatever, English is not my native tongue). All kinds of stuff gets dumped in the environment that we could do without.
Yes.
I'm 22. Legal drinking age here in the Netherlands is 16. I'm asked for my ID on a regular basis when I buy alcohol. Last time the cashier asked to see my ID card and not the cards of the two friends who were with me, who are both 20. They had a nice laugh about that. I don't really mind, but some people could be very offended.
Reverse osmosis handpump to desalinate seawater. Should be in most liferafts. Costs about 100 dollars in any outdoor store, about as large as a paperback.
I only started with PlanetSide when it got free to play for the first levels. I enjoyed it for the most part, but I agree that the Lattice Logic Unit (LLU - the football) seriously degraded the game. And the nodes-in-a-graph base layout really sucked for attacking. But the game had some redeeming features; if you had a base with one feature that was connected to another base (basically, you'd need all bases between them) you'd get that feature too. So you could have a base with a vehicle plant and no shields, or both, or none. Or whatever.
In the few months I've played it I've only been in 2 sieges, one attacking, one defending. The defending one was the most fun. People coming in from all sides, artillery left and right, aircraft flying over. I was an anti aircraft MAX dude. Lots of fun. Assault on the other hand, was worthless. It's just attack the base, die, respawn, repeat. For four hours.
Probably 2,4GHz, because it cooks water really nicely. That's also why kitchen microwave ovens use it.
I think having a microwave emitter on kinda gives away your plane nowadays. WW2 had very basic RADAR, if the faction had it at all, so combat was visual. Turning on a microwave today (where combat also happens outside of visual range) is like turning on a big illuminated sign saying "Shoot a RADAR tracking missile up my tailpipe".
Have you worked at a corporation? Yeah, our home boxes boot fast. Corporation boxes pull in all kinds of shit over the LAN, and in a not very efficient manner. 15 minutes is common. I've waited an hour once. Just waiting for all the patches to apply. Luckily it was at a job where I shared my office with my supervisor. He understood. Also, I was paid a normal salary, none of this hourly stuff. So I got a nice cup of coffee and something to read. Making very sure that every one who walked by our office could see I was waiting for my PC to finish work.
Why doesn't that mean he should not be punished? If I do something in country A that's legal in country A to someone in country B, country B should file for extradition, and if that does not work they're out of luck. Yes, I know it sucks and people can get away with things this way, but do you want to live by the laws of for example China, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan? I don't.
Of course it's slow. A fortnight is 14 days, and a furlong is 1/8th of a mile. Going some 200 meters in 14 days is slow.
Flex time. Come in between 7 and 9 am, and leave 8 + your break time hours later.
That's not entirely true. We make a distinction between soft and hard drugs. The soft ones are, as you say, tolerated in limited quantities ("gedoogd" in Dutch). For example, you can carry up to 5 gram of weed on your person last time I checked.
Hard drugs like meth are illegal to buy, sell and import, but there are clinics that will legally provide you with a fix free of charge if you're an addict.
Yes, that's right. FREE DRUGS! I can already hear the US Republicans cry SOCIALIST! There's free drugs because the cost on society is less this way. This way they don't have to go around smashing car windows to steal and sell radios to buy the stuff.
I'm in Holland. Normally, my SMSs always get delivered. On high-load occasions though, like New Year, the network is overloaded, and messages get delayed or even dropped. This year I got a text from a friend of mine on the first of February (don't know why it took so long, we even use the same provider) saying "Happy New Year!".
The problem is that people generally don't know that the SMS service does not guarantee delivery. It doesn't even guarantee notice that your message was dropped. It's best-effort, but that's it.
My 2 year old Cowon iAudio G3 would like a word with you.
They cost 8 euros over here, last time I looked.
Maybe they got to 1% by using multiple cores?
I think multi core processing was easy to implement (it's a block device after all, you can separate it easily if you choose the right mode of operation for your cipher).. They also implemented AES in assembler to speed that up.
I misread what you said. It makes sense now. Sorry. :)
If you don't use the Mac's performance, then why get a new laptop? You can save even more money that way.
Your doctor is probably better at deciding which ailment is actually in need of treatment and which is not. People going to the doc for a cold and demanding antibiotics should be given sugar-pills for everybodies good.
You don't have to run Steam at startup. And you can exit the program if you're not using any Steam apps.
Basically, I had the same qualms about it, but now I quite like it. It stays out of my way and keeps a lot of my game updates centralized.
Under this new Dutch ruling, I don't know. I hope they'll make an exception for when the game mechanics allow you to. In the Dutch case, the steal was not done by any programmed means for stealing, but just by putting a knife to someones body part and force them to use in-game give or drop. However, I'm not sure. We certainly have our share of I-don't-understand-the-internet-and-computers, Ted Stevens style judges.
We're not morons. Of course they also tried the assault part of the event. But that's just not very interesting to the media. Dutch news reported (translation mine): "The duo have also been charged with threatening and maltreatment."
We have, but that's not news-worthy. The stealing virtual goods (regardless of how I feel about it) is the new part that is being reported.
I'm not sure whether the Dutch also charged the kids with assault
"We" did. But the emphasis in the media is on the virtual goods part, because it is setting a precedent.
On the radio, they quoted the judge as saying that virtual property gives joy, you've worked to earn it and in this case, if one person has it another can't have it (well, the admins could easily clone it, but that's beside the point). So in essence, they said it's a lot like real tangible property.