now does it have a good game in it? Reminds me of Hostel. Played up to be this gore fest. Excluding some excellent female nudity in the beginning the movie itself was horrible.
What about situations where something is causing inference (material in building/other signals/etc?). At home I have 2 laptops, each one will get different speeds in different rooms (I'm talking about sometimes a 10 - 15 mbps difference).
Then there is the security issue. Yes you can lock down your wireless but since it is wireless someone can sit outside and keep trying over and over vs. if you don;t have it they need physical access.
This isn't saying wireless is bad, just they are factors which will never go away which will always make the decision of wi-fi vs. wired never cut and dry.
I would figure out what happens if you don't want to program games anymore. Will it help you in anything else you want to do? If you have a CS degree (as an example) and don't want to do CS related things, the CS degree still shows that you have skills in logic/math/theories/etc. and can easily be used in other places.
Are you kidding me? MS is doing nothing new. I have had the same issues with cell phone companies/utilities/etc. Hi we are changing XYZ and if you don't like it please leave. Seems most corporations screw people over. I like the one change in my utility bill where arbitration and the whole you can't sue us clause in there.
Look at a cell phone contract sometime. If you leave early you pay a fee, if they company forces you out they pay no fee, etc.
Business 101: Screw your customer and get more money
Sorry disagree with you, Those moves do work and very well. I've brought down more then enough people by some sort of kick to the knee (either to the side buckling the knee causing them to fall) or kicking at downward angle on the muscle to the immediate top and the outside. This isn't in a ring but a real life crap this guy as a knife. Groin kicks drop people fast (unless they are on PCP then forget it...those folks are scary). Palm strikes to the kneck will cause the head to snap back (aka uppercut). Very disorienting. Every move I have used in real life. They work. You just need practice.
"Who's more likely to get hurt by the glass, lava, cement, etc inevitably found where people get into fights? The grappler, controlling the takedown and the fight on the ground, or the non-grappler?"
Either or. The grappler who tries a move and fails and falls. The non grappler thinking floor is soft. Etc. Or better yet the person who grapples and shifts their weight except the floor is slippery and goes down.
"Important lesson learned from BJJ and MMA: Effective striking requires room to strike. Effective grappling doesn't. That's why you see "grapplers" desperately snuggling up to and taking down "strikers" in MMA fights. The strikers will move around and try to avoid the takedown by staying far enough away that they have time to react when the shoot comes."
Except you are comparing the ring to the real world. In the ring you are 100% right, in the real world grappling is dangerous. You may have someone pinned except your back, head, body are all exposed. Easy way to get someone off of another person like that, hit them in the back on the head. Good night. Or do you think the person who is about the kick you will do it from the front?
Again 5 years as a bouncer I've seen the in bar fights, the fights that go to the streets, been in more then I care to admit, etc. Those that grapple end up losing because they forget a real fight is never 1 on 1. There is no honor in a fight, there is only defend and be the one who walks away. If you are grappling my friend (whether still of feet or not) If you leave yourself exposed to me in more ways then you can think of.
Best place to be in a bar fight is back against wall (So no one can get you that way) with the ability to move to either side quickly along the wall. Oh another piece of advice ina street fight a handful of dirt is magic!
The problem with UFC is it is an event designed to favor grapplers from the start. First my background:
Uechi-Ryu Karate (hard style, Japanese)
Kick Boxing
Hwa Rang Do (koren, has your normal stuff + pressure points, grappling, weapons)
5 years as a bouncer
Aikido
And a few other styles I did has my travels took me everywhere..
Grappling in a 1v1 controlled situation is VERY strong. If I faced the grappler the odds are I would lose, why? Because a lot of my moves are fingers to the eyes, strikes to the throat, kicks to knees, groin, palm strikes to the chins to snap the neck, etc. A normal response is well ya you are trying to have 2 guys fight not kill each other. Which is the point.
In a UFC type style competition they don't train to really defend themselves in the same as other styles. The rules are designed to favor those training just to compete in UFC.
As an ex bouncer of 5 years at a college bar (300+ people a night) if you grappled someone in real life you'd be dead. Got on top of someone and their friends WILL club you with bottles, or kick your head, stabbed, etc. I did see one guy grapple someone and see the guys friend pick up a chair and smash.
Grapple someone and land on the shitty floor on glass, cement, etc. you are very likely to hurt yourself also. Grappling also requires some room to mover and shot in. You don't have that in a crowded bar. You don't need room to take your fingers and jab it into someone's throat.
This isn't to put down grappling people. They are very strong, fit, skilled, etc. From my experience in the real world grappling is not what you want to use.
Hi AC, I was wondering when someone who is too cowardly to sign up would attack my post. Glad you didn't disappoint me! I watch TV. The difference is I am not addicted to TV. If someone goes nuts because they HAVE to watch a show and will imply [stealing it/copyright infringement/whatever you call it] even when they are several other options [wait for it on dvd/watch it over the air/don't watch it] then they have a problem.
How sad is it to have a topic on Slashdot where the poor person can get their TV show fix and must get advice?
Seriously it's a TV show and that's it. It's a sad state to be in when missing a TV show causes such issues (I have seen it so much in real life, I missed this show or this sports event and people get VERY angry).
The bigger question is why are you so addicted to a show? Folks it's only a TV show
Amen. Right now I am 8 weeks into a 24 week contract. I do on avg. 1 hour of work a day. They hired me to do A,B,C,D. When I started I wasn't allowed to work on B,C, and D because the person who was paying for me said it wasn't their project and it was their money. Hmmm politics. Project A got delayed by 2 months so things I should have worked on when I started won't happen till late Sept.
In the beginning I asked for more work every day and would either get a be patient or crap work (please proof read this, wtf). Then I only asked twice a week, same answer, same grunt work. Example please make sure 5 people review a manual and give feedback. Glad I got my masters for this
Now I don't care. I don't ask. I surf 7 hours a day (Slashdot, news, stocks, LinkedIn, etc) and look for jobs during the day. My boss does comment the work I do is outstanding so when I have work I do it well.
Do I feel bad? Not one bit. I turned down another gig for this one and then got screwed here. So the 7 hours a day they pay me to surf is the opportunity cost to me for having accepted this job.
How come they never do a study showing how a boss or company wastes the employees time?
So I assume the US banned gambling in other countries via the net because the govt wasn't getting a piece? Is that the bottom line? Or is there another reason?
Come on you know you NEED cable and HD and everything else they sell. I've come to the realization that nothing on TV is worth what is being charged. I just dropped all my HBOs, Showtimes, digital cable, boxes, etc. for plain old standard cable (76 channels at a rip off price of $50).
The funny thing is the lady on the phone kept saying she didn't understand why I didn't want all this great stuff.
Can't argue with you at all. I was watching the south park episode last night when the kids have to decide between the giant douche and the turd sandwich. It's what it has all come down to now a days. You have to be super rich to run, and if you are super rich you can not possibly represent the middle class or poor.
Elections will now boil down to : which lobbying group behind the candidates do I like/hate the least. lol
So because one side did it, it justifies the other side doing it? Please.
Free speech zones, cant wear shirts, hire people to protect against the protesters, make people remove shirts to see if they have anything underneath someone might not like, etc. goes against what this country was founded on.
You can't be president and say you are protecting free speech at a rally, when at the rally you have people arrested for wearing a shirt with a red cross through your name.
And now I have to type this paragraph because of all the bush trolls. When kerry did the plus unbutton your shirt to make sure you don't have another bad shirt underneath disgusted me just as much.
The ones that think that this is ok disgust me. You say we must prevent the next attack, we must save innocent lives. News flash for you we are all going to die. Another news flash for you in America you are thousands of times more likely to kill yourself because of your poor eating, poor lifestyle, no exercise habits then you are by a terrorist.
Yet we will sacrifice your rights and others to be protected from the slim chance of dying via terrorist but if anyone then wants to stop you from eating bad, banning smoking, forcing you to exercise you will scream bloody murder.
Why will you give up your basic fundamental rights to "feel protected from the bad guys" with barely a chance of it every happening but will kick and scream if we want to remove the cigarette and big mac from peoples mouth that kills 1+ million a year?
I'm not sure if your statement is true or false (that you can't sell your vote) but what difference does it make? Forcing someone through violence (physical, mental, whatever) is illegal. However it is my vote I can do what I want with it.
You aren't actually trading anything. You say I will use my legal vote to do A if you do B. There is no way to enforce it just a gentleman's agreement.
But let us say it is illegal. Then how could anyone ever vote. Voting is basically a trade is it not? The politician offers to do the things if you vote for them. Sounds like a trade to me.
So if you can't "trade" votes, IMHO, you can't have a democratic voting process.
Interesting. I heard there is a patch coming out soon for the 360 to improve draw distances and imporve the graphics. I wonder if this will be fix? Or an option to saw would you like to impove everything then let us install x amount of stuff on the HD.
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now does it have a good game in it? Reminds me of Hostel. Played up to be this gore fest. Excluding some excellent female nudity in the beginning the movie itself was horrible.
What about situations where something is causing inference (material in building/other signals/etc?). At home I have 2 laptops, each one will get different speeds in different rooms (I'm talking about sometimes a 10 - 15 mbps difference).
Then there is the security issue. Yes you can lock down your wireless but since it is wireless someone can sit outside and keep trying over and over vs. if you don;t have it they need physical access.
This isn't saying wireless is bad, just they are factors which will never go away which will always make the decision of wi-fi vs. wired never cut and dry.
I would figure out what happens if you don't want to program games anymore. Will it help you in anything else you want to do? If you have a CS degree (as an example) and don't want to do CS related things, the CS degree still shows that you have skills in logic/math/theories/etc. and can easily be used in other places.
So you are saying they are now at the same level as MS? Nice...
Are you kidding me? MS is doing nothing new. I have had the same issues with cell phone companies/utilities/etc. Hi we are changing XYZ and if you don't like it please leave. Seems most corporations screw people over. I like the one change in my utility bill where arbitration and the whole you can't sue us clause in there.
Look at a cell phone contract sometime. If you leave early you pay a fee, if they company forces you out they pay no fee, etc.
Business 101: Screw your customer and get more money
I need major therapy and a healthier outlook on sexual fantasies....
The church asking sony to apologize for doing something bad
;-)
I'm still waiting for the church's apology for everything bad thing it has done
I dunno when I see Bill O'reily's blog I want to lick it all over like a lolly pop....
I just threw up...
Sorry disagree with you, Those moves do work and very well. I've brought down more then enough people by some sort of kick to the knee (either to the side buckling the knee causing them to fall) or kicking at downward angle on the muscle to the immediate top and the outside. This isn't in a ring but a real life crap this guy as a knife. Groin kicks drop people fast (unless they are on PCP then forget it...those folks are scary). Palm strikes to the kneck will cause the head to snap back (aka uppercut). Very disorienting. Every move I have used in real life. They work. You just need practice.
"Who's more likely to get hurt by the glass, lava, cement, etc inevitably found where people get into fights? The grappler, controlling the takedown and the fight on the ground, or the non-grappler?"
Either or. The grappler who tries a move and fails and falls. The non grappler thinking floor is soft. Etc. Or better yet the person who grapples and shifts their weight except the floor is slippery and goes down.
"Important lesson learned from BJJ and MMA: Effective striking requires room to strike. Effective grappling doesn't. That's why you see "grapplers" desperately snuggling up to and taking down "strikers" in MMA fights. The strikers will move around and try to avoid the takedown by staying far enough away that they have time to react when the shoot comes."
Except you are comparing the ring to the real world. In the ring you are 100% right, in the real world grappling is dangerous. You may have someone pinned except your back, head, body are all exposed. Easy way to get someone off of another person like that, hit them in the back on the head. Good night. Or do you think the person who is about the kick you will do it from the front?
Again 5 years as a bouncer I've seen the in bar fights, the fights that go to the streets, been in more then I care to admit, etc. Those that grapple end up losing because they forget a real fight is never 1 on 1. There is no honor in a fight, there is only defend and be the one who walks away. If you are grappling my friend (whether still of feet or not) If you leave yourself exposed to me in more ways then you can think of.
Best place to be in a bar fight is back against wall (So no one can get you that way) with the ability to move to either side quickly along the wall. Oh another piece of advice ina street fight a handful of dirt is magic!
The problem with UFC is it is an event designed to favor grapplers from the start. First my background:
Uechi-Ryu Karate (hard style, Japanese)
Kick Boxing
Hwa Rang Do (koren, has your normal stuff + pressure points, grappling, weapons)
5 years as a bouncer
Aikido
And a few other styles I did has my travels took me everywhere..
Grappling in a 1v1 controlled situation is VERY strong. If I faced the grappler the odds are I would lose, why? Because a lot of my moves are fingers to the eyes, strikes to the throat, kicks to knees, groin, palm strikes to the chins to snap the neck, etc. A normal response is well ya you are trying to have 2 guys fight not kill each other. Which is the point.
In a UFC type style competition they don't train to really defend themselves in the same as other styles. The rules are designed to favor those training just to compete in UFC.
As an ex bouncer of 5 years at a college bar (300+ people a night) if you grappled someone in real life you'd be dead. Got on top of someone and their friends WILL club you with bottles, or kick your head, stabbed, etc. I did see one guy grapple someone and see the guys friend pick up a chair and smash.
Grapple someone and land on the shitty floor on glass, cement, etc. you are very likely to hurt yourself also. Grappling also requires some room to mover and shot in. You don't have that in a crowded bar. You don't need room to take your fingers and jab it into someone's throat.
This isn't to put down grappling people. They are very strong, fit, skilled, etc. From my experience in the real world grappling is not what you want to use.
Hi AC, I was wondering when someone who is too cowardly to sign up would attack my post. Glad you didn't disappoint me! I watch TV. The difference is I am not addicted to TV. If someone goes nuts because they HAVE to watch a show and will imply [stealing it/copyright infringement/whatever you call it] even when they are several other options [wait for it on dvd/watch it over the air/don't watch it] then they have a problem.
Don't they have cameras on most freeways? You'd think they got have a computer analyze the video to determine car speed, traffic, etc.
How sad is it to have a topic on Slashdot where the poor person can get their TV show fix and must get advice?
Seriously it's a TV show and that's it. It's a sad state to be in when missing a TV show causes such issues (I have seen it so much in real life, I missed this show or this sports event and people get VERY angry).
The bigger question is why are you so addicted to a show? Folks it's only a TV show
Ooooooooooooo you used logic and common sense in your first post....you're gonna get modded flamebait...ooooooo
In other news man who can not watch a TV show does NOT die of cancer.....
Amen. Right now I am 8 weeks into a 24 week contract. I do on avg. 1 hour of work a day. They hired me to do A,B,C,D. When I started I wasn't allowed to work on B,C, and D because the person who was paying for me said it wasn't their project and it was their money. Hmmm politics. Project A got delayed by 2 months so things I should have worked on when I started won't happen till late Sept.
In the beginning I asked for more work every day and would either get a be patient or crap work (please proof read this, wtf). Then I only asked twice a week, same answer, same grunt work. Example please make sure 5 people review a manual and give feedback. Glad I got my masters for this
Now I don't care. I don't ask. I surf 7 hours a day (Slashdot, news, stocks, LinkedIn, etc) and look for jobs during the day. My boss does comment the work I do is outstanding so when I have work I do it well.
Do I feel bad? Not one bit. I turned down another gig for this one and then got screwed here. So the 7 hours a day they pay me to surf is the opportunity cost to me for having accepted this job.
How come they never do a study showing how a boss or company wastes the employees time?
Ya but the channels I do watch require cable (comedy central, sci fi, cnn). So not quite out of the woods with cable (but getting very close)
So I assume the US banned gambling in other countries via the net because the govt wasn't getting a piece? Is that the bottom line? Or is there another reason?
Come on you know you NEED cable and HD and everything else they sell. I've come to the realization that nothing on TV is worth what is being charged. I just dropped all my HBOs, Showtimes, digital cable, boxes, etc. for plain old standard cable (76 channels at a rip off price of $50).
The funny thing is the lady on the phone kept saying she didn't understand why I didn't want all this great stuff.
Can't argue with you at all. I was watching the south park episode last night when the kids have to decide between the giant douche and the turd sandwich. It's what it has all come down to now a days. You have to be super rich to run, and if you are super rich you can not possibly represent the middle class or poor.
Elections will now boil down to : which lobbying group behind the candidates do I like/hate the least. lol
So because one side did it, it justifies the other side doing it? Please.
Free speech zones, cant wear shirts, hire people to protect against the protesters, make people remove shirts to see if they have anything underneath someone might not like, etc. goes against what this country was founded on.
You can't be president and say you are protecting free speech at a rally, when at the rally you have people arrested for wearing a shirt with a red cross through your name.
And now I have to type this paragraph because of all the bush trolls. When kerry did the plus unbutton your shirt to make sure you don't have another bad shirt underneath disgusted me just as much.
The ones that think that this is ok disgust me. You say we must prevent the next attack, we must save innocent lives. News flash for you we are all going to die. Another news flash for you in America you are thousands of times more likely to kill yourself because of your poor eating, poor lifestyle, no exercise habits then you are by a terrorist.
Yet we will sacrifice your rights and others to be protected from the slim chance of dying via terrorist but if anyone then wants to stop you from eating bad, banning smoking, forcing you to exercise you will scream bloody murder.
Why will you give up your basic fundamental rights to "feel protected from the bad guys" with barely a chance of it every happening but will kick and scream if we want to remove the cigarette and big mac from peoples mouth that kills 1+ million a year?
I'm not sure if your statement is true or false (that you can't sell your vote) but what difference does it make? Forcing someone through violence (physical, mental, whatever) is illegal. However it is my vote I can do what I want with it.
You aren't actually trading anything. You say I will use my legal vote to do A if you do B. There is no way to enforce it just a gentleman's agreement.
But let us say it is illegal. Then how could anyone ever vote. Voting is basically a trade is it not? The politician offers to do the things if you vote for them. Sounds like a trade to me.
So if you can't "trade" votes, IMHO, you can't have a democratic voting process.
Interesting. I heard there is a patch coming out soon for the 360 to improve draw distances and imporve the graphics. I wonder if this will be fix? Or an option to saw would you like to impove everything then let us install x amount of stuff on the HD.
Well patches for one...
Download demos. In the 360 world they are tons to download, I can't speak of the Ps3 but I assume it also has lots of demos to try.
Movies, music, etc.
so dont buy the xbox adapter. Many 3rd party solutions for like 40 bucks.