I'm not arguing that the invasion was just. I'm arguing that the US, Britain, and Spain didn't just wake up one day and decide to invade Iraq.
I didn't say the presence of chemical weapons proves that the war was justified either. I said their presence proves they exist. I didn't really think that was arguable. It is one of my better tautologies.
It's not the amount of space, it's the difference in the spaces between letters. Proportional typefonts don't need the extra space, because their spaces aren't lost in a sea of equally spaced fonts.
When you have monospaced fonts, every character takes up the exact amount of space, including the space bar space. Therefore, a space does not stand out, because it's the same width as everything around it. Making two spaces makes an obvious break in the long string of monospacing.
Seems like many of us use more data now days than voice, so maybe we'll swing back the other way and make iPhone and Android apps that use voice minutes so we don't eat up our data plan!
I have a problem with that wiki entry. They defined "standardized tests" as tests that "all students take the same test under the same conditions". That's far different from "standards-based testing" where tests are written to measure achievement against a standard.
NCLB requires standards-based testing, not standardized testing. The States have every right to standardize their tests, but that isn't the measurement NCLB is looking for. The curriculum clearly outlines the standard (ex. All third grade students will be able to add two-digit numbers), then the test clearly tests that standard (by having two-digit addition questions on the test).
Otherwise, most of the criticism is fair. The first thing that should be done to tighten up the criticism would be a national standard, but the states' rights crowd would go nuts.
No one want sit..besides most movie goers... and pre-teen kids are going to demand it as they get older.
It's hear, it's going to stay, and it will become the norm.
But yeah, lets ignore the numbers and demands and go with your two friends. I mena, what kind of myopic twit would think that thre 2 friends are what determins a trend? "Support the Fair Tax. http://fairtax.org/" ah, I see.
Pre-teen kids will grow up and stop demanding it as they get older. They also stop using MySpace and eventually start using proper English and punctuation as they learn that text-speech makes it impossible to land a job.
Hopefully along the way they learn to proof-read their posts, fix their improper usage of homonyms, fix their spelling, and learn that numbers from one to ten are spelled out, and not written as "2". They also learn that "lets" is actually "let us" so it requires an apostrophe between the last two letters.
The expense and hassle are minor, especially if you already are using the "expensive extra external receivers" for things such as, you know, listening to music.
The biggest "hassle" I find with my surround system and music system coming from the same amp and speakers is switching to 2-channel stereo for music from whatever surround setting it was on while watching television. Music sounds terrible when the majority of the sound is coming from a center channel speaker designed to replicate the quality and spacial location of on-screen dialogue. The surround channels also ruin a good stereo image. I've never been to a concert where part of the band is in front of you and the other part is behind you and to the sides.
HDMI and tos-link cables, combined with modern receivers have drastically cut down on cabling. Nearly ALL stereo speaker cables are essentially one cable with 2 ends that you stick into a speaker post. Not exactly the "hassle" you think.
But "better picture and sound" do make movies better by improving realism. 3D doesn't make the picture or sound better, so it's a gimmick.
When we saw Avatar in 3D at the Imax, I was more impressed with the sound system than the 3D. We also saw Toy Story 3 in 3D there and the movie and sound were so good that I've completely forgotten that the movie was in 3D.
There really aren't that many good movies being made, especially not "arthouse" ones.
I suppose there are no good beers being made, especially not "craft beers"?
While I get your sentiment (pretentiousness always sucks), people who are too good for arthouses, while at the same time pretending to be film lovers, are just demonstrating the opposite extreme (arthouses aren't "good enough"). Arthouse can be something as simple as here in Austin, where we have Alamo Drafthouse...serves food and good beer while being SELECTIVE about the Hollywood films they play. Sure, they had Transformers on a couple screens for a while, but they also keep the lesser grossing good films playing longer than the chain cinemas. They don't play pretentious indy films (except on special screening nights and events), but they still have the feel of an "arthouse".
Simply because of the massive outpouring of shock, rage, and incessant bloody whining from people who can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality and so assume no-one else can either.
DING DING DING!!!! We have a winner!
I haven't seen anyone else say this yet, but most of the people who find these games fun do so because they themselves have never been able to shoot military guns and be in the military. Escapism is fun for many people, whether it's realistic or not. Many others find it fun because they WERE in the military (myself included) and it's what the know. It's a sort of ego-centrism...we all like what we are familiar with.
(caveat: I would still be very careful around current vets and games like 6 Days in Fallujah, based on the advances made in understanding PTSD. I'm a vet of both current conflicts, but also play ModernWarfare2, because I can deal with it. I understand there are others who can't, but that doesn't make them bloody whiners).
In the case of video games using the Russian Bad Guy Theme, they are just mirroring popular culture themes from history, literature, television, and movies. Criticizing video games for stereotyping Russians as the bad guy is about as vapid as criticizing Maxim magazine for portraying women as objects of mens' desires.
North Korea and Iran haven't done anything like that either, but still US demands them to stop developing their defenses.
RIIIIIIIIGHT. Because North Korea NEVER invaded South Korea on June 25th, 1950, and of course all the American and South Korean forces they captured and killed were the bad guys. I mean, how dare they stand in front of the North Korean Army and prevent them from marching all the way to Seoul, right?
To me, video games about real human conflicts are more fun than being a Space Marine. It's like how racing simulations are more fun than arcade racers (best attempt at a car analogy).
And what makes you think I'm an American citizen as well? There is a world beyond slashdot, and we are not all american citizens (I happen to be, but I've also lived in England, Egypt and Germany, so I'm hardly the stereotype red-herring you are grasping for).
I wasn't talking about the wikileaks guy, I was responding to the part that I quoted, "what makes someone a traitor for demonstrating how their country fails to obey its own laws..."
I think at that point in the conversation it is clear we were discussing hypotheticals and no longer discussing wikileaks.
I do not believe there would have been any armed conflict without 1441. While it didn't authorize combat operations, it was a very large PR hurdle that needed to be cleared.
If you haven't figured it out by now, I'm in no means advocating that having invaded Iraq was actually the right thing to do. I'm merely stating that UN resolution 1441 was one of the hurdles cleared by what is looking more and more like an overzealous presidency.
The 53 artillery rounds are still proof that Iraq still had WMDs even if they themselves didn't think they did. Those who want to say we made a mistake BECAUSE Iraq didn't really have WMDs are proven wrong. Maybe they didn't have them to the extent our administration exaggerated it to be (well, no maybe about it, but you get my point). However, "accounting error" doesn't make their presence just magically disappear. Then again, the IIS was so covert that even they didn't know they DIDN'T really have a credible NBC capability. The boss was using that possibility as a deterrent against other countries.
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My kid's school differentiates between business apps, development, and design. He has to pick one of the three to be his technology core.
I'm not arguing that the invasion was just. I'm arguing that the US, Britain, and Spain didn't just wake up one day and decide to invade Iraq.
I didn't say the presence of chemical weapons proves that the war was justified either. I said their presence proves they exist. I didn't really think that was arguable. It is one of my better tautologies.
It's not the amount of space, it's the difference in the spaces between letters. Proportional typefonts don't need the extra space, because their spaces aren't lost in a sea of equally spaced fonts.
When you have monospaced fonts, every character takes up the exact amount of space, including the space bar space. Therefore, a space does not stand out, because it's the same width as everything around it. Making two spaces makes an obvious break in the long string of monospacing.
Two spaces are appropriate for typewriters and similar monospaced fonts (Courier, Monaco, Andale Mono, Consolas, Vera, Deja Vu mono)
One space for proportional fonts (Times, Helvetica, almost everything.)
This is the only post that was needed in this entire thread. Double space stems from monospaced typefaces available with early typewriters.
I still do two spaces out of habit. When the font choice I've used makes the extra space obvious, I got back and take them out.
APA writing style recommends one space, but if you choose to do two space (out of old habits, perhaps), you should be consistent.
By the time all voice calls will be VOIP, people will be making apps that let you use the free voice minutes that phones will be giving out.
Seems like many of us use more data now days than voice, so maybe we'll swing back the other way and make iPhone and Android apps that use voice minutes so we don't eat up our data plan!
I have a problem with that wiki entry. They defined "standardized tests" as tests that "all students take the same test under the same conditions". That's far different from "standards-based testing" where tests are written to measure achievement against a standard.
NCLB requires standards-based testing, not standardized testing. The States have every right to standardize their tests, but that isn't the measurement NCLB is looking for. The curriculum clearly outlines the standard (ex. All third grade students will be able to add two-digit numbers), then the test clearly tests that standard (by having two-digit addition questions on the test).
Otherwise, most of the criticism is fair. The first thing that should be done to tighten up the criticism would be a national standard, but the states' rights crowd would go nuts.
No one want sit..besides most movie goers... and pre-teen kids are going to demand it as they get older.
It's hear, it's going to stay, and it will become the norm.
But yeah, lets ignore the numbers and demands and go with your two friends. I mena, what kind of myopic twit would think that thre 2 friends are what determins a trend? "Support the Fair Tax. http://fairtax.org/" ah, I see.
Pre-teen kids will grow up and stop demanding it as they get older. They also stop using MySpace and eventually start using proper English and punctuation as they learn that text-speech makes it impossible to land a job.
Hopefully along the way they learn to proof-read their posts, fix their improper usage of homonyms, fix their spelling, and learn that numbers from one to ten are spelled out, and not written as "2". They also learn that "lets" is actually "let us" so it requires an apostrophe between the last two letters.
The best 3D movie I've seen is Toy Story 3. And I've completely forgotten that it was in 3D until just now.
The expense and hassle are minor, especially if you already are using the "expensive extra external receivers" for things such as, you know, listening to music.
The biggest "hassle" I find with my surround system and music system coming from the same amp and speakers is switching to 2-channel stereo for music from whatever surround setting it was on while watching television. Music sounds terrible when the majority of the sound is coming from a center channel speaker designed to replicate the quality and spacial location of on-screen dialogue. The surround channels also ruin a good stereo image. I've never been to a concert where part of the band is in front of you and the other part is behind you and to the sides.
HDMI and tos-link cables, combined with modern receivers have drastically cut down on cabling. Nearly ALL stereo speaker cables are essentially one cable with 2 ends that you stick into a speaker post. Not exactly the "hassle" you think.
That's what I said when they wanted to add sound to pictures! Heresy, I say, heresy!
Next thing you know, they'll want all the pictures with that no-good technicolor!
"3D movies" and "diminishing returns".
But "better picture and sound" do make movies better by improving realism. 3D doesn't make the picture or sound better, so it's a gimmick.
When we saw Avatar in 3D at the Imax, I was more impressed with the sound system than the 3D. We also saw Toy Story 3 in 3D there and the movie and sound were so good that I've completely forgotten that the movie was in 3D.
There really aren't that many good movies being made, especially not "arthouse" ones.
I suppose there are no good beers being made, especially not "craft beers"?
While I get your sentiment (pretentiousness always sucks), people who are too good for arthouses, while at the same time pretending to be film lovers, are just demonstrating the opposite extreme (arthouses aren't "good enough"). Arthouse can be something as simple as here in Austin, where we have Alamo Drafthouse...serves food and good beer while being SELECTIVE about the Hollywood films they play. Sure, they had Transformers on a couple screens for a while, but they also keep the lesser grossing good films playing longer than the chain cinemas. They don't play pretentious indy films (except on special screening nights and events), but they still have the feel of an "arthouse".
Regards,
~stu
3D movies are the 2011 version of the dot.com bust. Fortunately the bubble will burst much quicker and with much less fanfare.
the ability for a game developer to accurately gauge the morality of such a conflict is limited at best.
And such an ability has zero relevance to the requirements of game development.
It's my job as a media consumer to gauge morality of a situation. I don't particularly like being told what to believe.
Simply because of the massive outpouring of shock, rage, and incessant bloody whining from people who can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality and so assume no-one else can either.
DING DING DING!!!! We have a winner!
I haven't seen anyone else say this yet, but most of the people who find these games fun do so because they themselves have never been able to shoot military guns and be in the military. Escapism is fun for many people, whether it's realistic or not. Many others find it fun because they WERE in the military (myself included) and it's what the know. It's a sort of ego-centrism...we all like what we are familiar with.
(caveat: I would still be very careful around current vets and games like 6 Days in Fallujah, based on the advances made in understanding PTSD. I'm a vet of both current conflicts, but also play ModernWarfare2, because I can deal with it. I understand there are others who can't, but that doesn't make them bloody whiners).
The difference is that movies can show that war is hell. Games, by definition, have to make war fun.
Die, reload last saved game, die again, reload last saved, die again, lower difficulty to easy, reload last save, die again...That's not a lot of fun.
In the case of video games using the Russian Bad Guy Theme, they are just mirroring popular culture themes from history, literature, television, and movies. Criticizing video games for stereotyping Russians as the bad guy is about as vapid as criticizing Maxim magazine for portraying women as objects of mens' desires.
North Korea and Iran haven't done anything like that either, but still US demands them to stop developing their defenses.
RIIIIIIIIGHT. Because North Korea NEVER invaded South Korea on June 25th, 1950, and of course all the American and South Korean forces they captured and killed were the bad guys. I mean, how dare they stand in front of the North Korean Army and prevent them from marching all the way to Seoul, right?
To me, video games about real human conflicts are more fun than being a Space Marine. It's like how racing simulations are more fun than arcade racers (best attempt at a car analogy).
And what makes you think I'm an American citizen as well? There is a world beyond slashdot, and we are not all american citizens (I happen to be, but I've also lived in England, Egypt and Germany, so I'm hardly the stereotype red-herring you are grasping for).
I wasn't talking about the wikileaks guy, I was responding to the part that I quoted, "what makes someone a traitor for demonstrating how their country fails to obey its own laws..."
I think at that point in the conversation it is clear we were discussing hypotheticals and no longer discussing wikileaks.
I do not believe there would have been any armed conflict without 1441. While it didn't authorize combat operations, it was a very large PR hurdle that needed to be cleared.
If you haven't figured it out by now, I'm in no means advocating that having invaded Iraq was actually the right thing to do. I'm merely stating that UN resolution 1441 was one of the hurdles cleared by what is looking more and more like an overzealous presidency.
The 53 artillery rounds are still proof that Iraq still had WMDs even if they themselves didn't think they did. Those who want to say we made a mistake BECAUSE Iraq didn't really have WMDs are proven wrong. Maybe they didn't have them to the extent our administration exaggerated it to be (well, no maybe about it, but you get my point). However, "accounting error" doesn't make their presence just magically disappear. Then again, the IIS was so covert that even they didn't know they DIDN'T really have a credible NBC capability. The boss was using that possibility as a deterrent against other countries.
Yes but you are getting higher skilled troops who spend their time deployed.
The only real savings in redeployment is cutting out all the contractors.