Eh, just bring back the King Tiger as a 2007 model, with 5 feet of armor.
Nanobots that eat ammunition would probably also eat cars, refridgerators, and other household appliances. They'd probably eat guns too...which would be bad when the rest of the force showed up.
Any mention of the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombs is tainted with victor's justice. Many top level military men of the time said they felt it was militarily and politically unnecessary, as the Japanese were ready to surrender if they could keep the institution of the emperor.
The presence of a military target in a heavily populated civilian area does NOT justify the use of an imprecise superweapon. I find it extremely hypocritical that the only nation who has ever used a nuclear weapon (or two) is now trying to stop others from getting them, and that they don't understand the rationale of people trying to acquire them when we have a president who is less scrupulous and less intelligent than the only president to have used nuclear weapons in the history of the world.
This is not to say that Ahmadinejad and Kim Jong-Il aren't whackjobs; their people need to rise up. Without western influence or aid. But when your most hated enemy is quietly a nuclear state (in the case of Israel), and the biggest supporter of your enemy is tied for largest nuclear arsenal on earth (and building more, in contravention of multiple non-proliferation treaties), it makes sense that you want at least one as an insurance policy against getting wiped out.
It's still got that Steve Jackson flavored absurdity and dark humor...the image of Pip-Boy blowing people away for "Bloody Mess" fits right in there with Munchkin and INWO. I'm sure we've all heard the rumors that they cut out a lot of that wonderfully twisted comic relief...I hope it's not true, that's the icing on the cake for that game...
I'm stoked as hell for this game, I just hope it can live up to Fallout 2 and not be as constraining as Fallout: Tactics (not to say I didn't like Tactics, but it wasn't an RPG, and wasn't nearly as evilly hilarious as 2).
Well, the reason comedy central can get away with it is because of "safe harbor", which means that everything except pure obscenity (pr0n) can be showed on TV...so that is why they can show "indecent" material (that is, uncensored and glorious) after 10am and before 6am, because of the idea that children will be in bed. I made use of this (despite it being against station policy) when I had a radio show in college. Well, kinda...I just didn't bother editing songs, then my time slot moved earlier and I was sad.
So ultimately, it's "think of the children!" But that's bullshit...kids are fucked up these days. If they didn't have the control-leash on their necks, they might not be tugging so hard against it.
Don't see too many religious right donations to methadone clinics, psych wards, or for birth control...
Then again, my dad does a lot of stuff in prisons...donating more time than money. I'd call him moderate, perhaps slightly conservative. Did they consider to look at how much time (not money) "liberals" give? The religious left I am familiar with are all avid Habitat for Humanity volunteers. Then you've got these preachers of megachurches driving around in Cadillacs when they should be driving a mid 90's Honda. Buddhist monks have that ascetic piety thing down...
My conclusion is that anyone properly versed in Christianity should be donating/volunteering their ass off. And non-religious folks, well, let's get the war machine converted into a peace machine and start doing some good.
That strikes me as criminal, the way that woman was coddled by the system. If someone causes an injury via reckless driving, they should be punished criminally, and if they really pissed you off, you can nail them with a tort for negligence. But that you should bear the cost of court when you obviously did nothing wrong (that insurance thing reeks of bullshit), that is unconscionable. I mean, really...last time I checked, rear-ending someone puts the speed demon at fault...even in a "no-fault" state...that's for stuff like if you swerve to avoid a deer or toddler or something and clip another car.
So what if this woman, since she's apparently not flush enough to cover fees after that Caddy, decides to knock over a couple liquor stores and ends up capping someone, does she get off the hook from armed robbery and aggravated assault/murder, just because she is a fireman's widow? Quite a slippery slope. Same reason I don't believe in cutting people slack for being in the military: despite having given much and deserving some respect, they are not above the law...the law grants specific benefits to veterans and retired cops / firefighters, and that's fine, but they and their survivors are bound by the same legal responsibilities as you and I.
As much as I hate litigation, I think you should sue the city, if you have the means, just to make a point that it's bullshit. Of course, it might be just as easy to simply drop it...odds are you won't be in such a jejune situation again, and the rest of us/.'ers now know to clutch insurance, license, and registration in our dying hands until the police pry them out.
I dunno, 1700 fps for 9mm has to be coming from an SMG or short carbine...never seen that high of velocity from a handgun. If it can stop that, it's good enough for your average cop's daily activities, imho. SWAT would need a little bit more.
100% with you on PS2 / PS controller. Most comfortable (imo), fits both small and large hands well (mine are big, so this is always a problem for me), all buttons are fairly reachable and many button combos are easy.
I think the button design is better on gamecube, but it's slightly uncomfortable and small.
Maybe US schools shouldn't teach evolution or methods of birth control, oh wait, that's the plan already.
Sunday school is for Sunday...no ethically conscionable teacher of history can allow such a heinous crime against humankind to be left untold, especially to the youth. Not to mention that it's a huge part of the most significant conflict in the 20th century.
Good...people should know about it. It's absurd to deny what is probably THE most well known genocide (but not the largest) of the 20th century. Guess what: "Deutsche Schuld" didn't just come out of nowhere...
Being fearful of offending a child who believes in something so ludicrous as the illegitimacy of an entire race of people is...beyond words. You go to school to get educated, and the historian trumps the imam or the preacher or the rabbi as far as "how it all went down". Holy men have books, but we have pictures (sickeningly many) of people being executed, the executioners, the killing chambers, walking skeletons with a thin layer of skin...and bold faced scum like Göring admitting to it, but refusing, like everyone else, to call it "crimes against humanity."
Coretta Scott King said: "Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated." Hence the holocaust memorials in Germany and the expression "never again". So for the sake of the millions of victims and for the sake of the perpetrators who said "my God, what have we done?", it's imperative that it be mandatory education.
Well, you can certainly relate then, with having someone control when you eat, sleep, shit, and work (mostly the latter, I'm guessing). Applies more to basic than anything else, I suppose (I haven't been in the military, so I'm merely postulating). It's a voluntary sacrifice you make for the sake of having a disciplined army...but civilians should not be forced into that kind of rigid, Spartan heirarchy of nearly absolute submission to authority, and nor should you once you're out of the armed forces.
Well, I guess I'll have to hold off on "SP3" for even longer than I held off on SP2! And that goddamn "Genuine Advantage" bullshit, which UserFriendly aptly jostled when that came out.
Well, if I can't have transparent government, I sure as hell want ACCOUNTABLE government. I completely agree...Bush Admin wants all the power and none of the checks on that power. In the private sector, we call this "quality control", and it will make or break a company.
Yeah, as opposed to here in the US, where if the cops had that kind of surveillance network, you'd have 15 of them with shotguns and submachine guns on your ass in a heartbeat, because "your nasty habit of smoking cannabis supports terrorism. TERRORISM!!!!"
It's not even the technology, it's the surveillance culture and the available infrastructure. It's having in place the ability to track anyone 24/7. It's being comfortable with submitting to a cavity search at the whim of a police officer. Your day to day life should not be reminiscent of a prison!
Best deterrent against crime is a pistol in the hands of at least 10% of the law-abiding population. Cheaper than hiring camera monkeys to nap while "protecting" you, too.
Now, I'm all for government transparency and accountability, but then again, we have such things as the freaking witness protection program. And I will be money that this leads to people getting whacked.
The same government that brought you FEMA, run by Pony Commander Michael Brown!!!! George "I predicted everything that would happen except I didn't say anything til now" Tenet!!!!! Alberto "I don't recall" Gonzales!!!! Great Communicator 2.0 Donald Rumsfeld!!! Fucking geniuses!
Sooooo, how do I call the authorities when I see two guys setting up an 84mm AT rocket launcher in a window along the parade route while in this jamming zone? Running out and screaming "danger!" would probably net me a chest full of 9mm JHP...I'd prefer the phone.
And when you require more security than the Pope, you know you've got problems...
I release all my music for free, and when I get around to publishing it on discs / online stores, I will only make it available WITHOUT DRM.
I rarely watch TV. I also watch the shows on DVD that I like. I don't listen to the radio, except occasionally the student radio, which has no commercials (but mostly because nobody plays industrial...I suppose I could just listen to streaming radio too...but that's what my vast collection of completely legitimate mp3 files are for). NPR and the local classical station are pretty good about little/no commercials as well. I buy band merch at concerts too...even this past Sunday.
But as usual, the problem is caused by people in it for the money and not for love of the art.
Amen...I'm all out of mod points, but you're already maxed out.
I write music (not too bad for a "non-professional" musician, I'd say...http://www.plasmacrash.com/), but I wish I had the physical skill to play classical organ pieces. If I had infinite time and money, I'd probably go back for music theory too. Cheers to you, sir.
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Eh, just bring back the King Tiger as a 2007 model, with 5 feet of armor.
Nanobots that eat ammunition would probably also eat cars, refridgerators, and other household appliances. They'd probably eat guns too...which would be bad when the rest of the force showed up.
Any mention of the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombs is tainted with victor's justice. Many top level military men of the time said they felt it was militarily and politically unnecessary, as the Japanese were ready to surrender if they could keep the institution of the emperor.
The presence of a military target in a heavily populated civilian area does NOT justify the use of an imprecise superweapon. I find it extremely hypocritical that the only nation who has ever used a nuclear weapon (or two) is now trying to stop others from getting them, and that they don't understand the rationale of people trying to acquire them when we have a president who is less scrupulous and less intelligent than the only president to have used nuclear weapons in the history of the world.
This is not to say that Ahmadinejad and Kim Jong-Il aren't whackjobs; their people need to rise up. Without western influence or aid. But when your most hated enemy is quietly a nuclear state (in the case of Israel), and the biggest supporter of your enemy is tied for largest nuclear arsenal on earth (and building more, in contravention of multiple non-proliferation treaties), it makes sense that you want at least one as an insurance policy against getting wiped out.
It's still got that Steve Jackson flavored absurdity and dark humor...the image of Pip-Boy blowing people away for "Bloody Mess" fits right in there with Munchkin and INWO. I'm sure we've all heard the rumors that they cut out a lot of that wonderfully twisted comic relief...I hope it's not true, that's the icing on the cake for that game...
I'm stoked as hell for this game, I just hope it can live up to Fallout 2 and not be as constraining as Fallout: Tactics (not to say I didn't like Tactics, but it wasn't an RPG, and wasn't nearly as evilly hilarious as 2).
Well, the reason comedy central can get away with it is because of "safe harbor", which means that everything except pure obscenity (pr0n) can be showed on TV...so that is why they can show "indecent" material (that is, uncensored and glorious) after 10am and before 6am, because of the idea that children will be in bed. I made use of this (despite it being against station policy) when I had a radio show in college. Well, kinda...I just didn't bother editing songs, then my time slot moved earlier and I was sad.
So ultimately, it's "think of the children!" But that's bullshit...kids are fucked up these days. If they didn't have the control-leash on their necks, they might not be tugging so hard against it.
Don't see too many religious right donations to methadone clinics, psych wards, or for birth control...
Then again, my dad does a lot of stuff in prisons...donating more time than money. I'd call him moderate, perhaps slightly conservative. Did they consider to look at how much time (not money) "liberals" give? The religious left I am familiar with are all avid Habitat for Humanity volunteers. Then you've got these preachers of megachurches driving around in Cadillacs when they should be driving a mid 90's Honda. Buddhist monks have that ascetic piety thing down...
My conclusion is that anyone properly versed in Christianity should be donating/volunteering their ass off. And non-religious folks, well, let's get the war machine converted into a peace machine and start doing some good.
Wow, and I thought Broomfield was bad...
/.'ers now know to clutch insurance, license, and registration in our dying hands until the police pry them out.
That strikes me as criminal, the way that woman was coddled by the system. If someone causes an injury via reckless driving, they should be punished criminally, and if they really pissed you off, you can nail them with a tort for negligence. But that you should bear the cost of court when you obviously did nothing wrong (that insurance thing reeks of bullshit), that is unconscionable. I mean, really...last time I checked, rear-ending someone puts the speed demon at fault...even in a "no-fault" state...that's for stuff like if you swerve to avoid a deer or toddler or something and clip another car.
So what if this woman, since she's apparently not flush enough to cover fees after that Caddy, decides to knock over a couple liquor stores and ends up capping someone, does she get off the hook from armed robbery and aggravated assault/murder, just because she is a fireman's widow? Quite a slippery slope. Same reason I don't believe in cutting people slack for being in the military: despite having given much and deserving some respect, they are not above the law...the law grants specific benefits to veterans and retired cops / firefighters, and that's fine, but they and their survivors are bound by the same legal responsibilities as you and I.
As much as I hate litigation, I think you should sue the city, if you have the means, just to make a point that it's bullshit. Of course, it might be just as easy to simply drop it...odds are you won't be in such a jejune situation again, and the rest of us
Or the RIAA.
I dunno, 1700 fps for 9mm has to be coming from an SMG or short carbine...never seen that high of velocity from a handgun. If it can stop that, it's good enough for your average cop's daily activities, imho. SWAT would need a little bit more.
Tell that to the King Tiger tank...
100% with you on PS2 / PS controller. Most comfortable (imo), fits both small and large hands well (mine are big, so this is always a problem for me), all buttons are fairly reachable and many button combos are easy.
I think the button design is better on gamecube, but it's slightly uncomfortable and small.
Maybe US schools shouldn't teach evolution or methods of birth control, oh wait, that's the plan already.
Sunday school is for Sunday...no ethically conscionable teacher of history can allow such a heinous crime against humankind to be left untold, especially to the youth. Not to mention that it's a huge part of the most significant conflict in the 20th century.
Good...people should know about it. It's absurd to deny what is probably THE most well known genocide (but not the largest) of the 20th century. Guess what: "Deutsche Schuld" didn't just come out of nowhere...
Being fearful of offending a child who believes in something so ludicrous as the illegitimacy of an entire race of people is...beyond words. You go to school to get educated, and the historian trumps the imam or the preacher or the rabbi as far as "how it all went down". Holy men have books, but we have pictures (sickeningly many) of people being executed, the executioners, the killing chambers, walking skeletons with a thin layer of skin...and bold faced scum like Göring admitting to it, but refusing, like everyone else, to call it "crimes against humanity."
Coretta Scott King said: "Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated." Hence the holocaust memorials in Germany and the expression "never again". So for the sake of the millions of victims and for the sake of the perpetrators who said "my God, what have we done?", it's imperative that it be mandatory education.
Heh, remove the nitrogen from the air and the smokers really WILL kill the rest of us.
I'd rather just encrypt myself, so that anytime someone photographs me, I look like the screen output of a random, old, dusty Nintendo cartridge.
Well, you can certainly relate then, with having someone control when you eat, sleep, shit, and work (mostly the latter, I'm guessing). Applies more to basic than anything else, I suppose (I haven't been in the military, so I'm merely postulating). It's a voluntary sacrifice you make for the sake of having a disciplined army...but civilians should not be forced into that kind of rigid, Spartan heirarchy of nearly absolute submission to authority, and nor should you once you're out of the armed forces.
Why don't they just throw illegal immigrants onto the OFAC's SDN list and ship their asses to Guantanamo? I mean, if this is SUCH a big problem.
Well, I guess I'll have to hold off on "SP3" for even longer than I held off on SP2! And that goddamn "Genuine Advantage" bullshit, which UserFriendly aptly jostled when that came out.
Well, if I can't have transparent government, I sure as hell want ACCOUNTABLE government. I completely agree...Bush Admin wants all the power and none of the checks on that power. In the private sector, we call this "quality control", and it will make or break a company.
Yeah, as opposed to here in the US, where if the cops had that kind of surveillance network, you'd have 15 of them with shotguns and submachine guns on your ass in a heartbeat, because "your nasty habit of smoking cannabis supports terrorism. TERRORISM!!!!"
It's not even the technology, it's the surveillance culture and the available infrastructure. It's having in place the ability to track anyone 24/7. It's being comfortable with submitting to a cavity search at the whim of a police officer. Your day to day life should not be reminiscent of a prison!
Best deterrent against crime is a pistol in the hands of at least 10% of the law-abiding population. Cheaper than hiring camera monkeys to nap while "protecting" you, too.
Well, at least Microsoft has more business options than patent trolling...although I'm not holding my breath for XP service pack 3.
Probably time to see if my synthesizer programs will run under WINE.
I find this to be incredibly irresponsible.
Now, I'm all for government transparency and accountability, but then again, we have such things as the freaking witness protection program. And I will be money that this leads to people getting whacked.
The same government that brought you FEMA, run by Pony Commander Michael Brown!!!! George "I predicted everything that would happen except I didn't say anything til now" Tenet!!!!! Alberto "I don't recall" Gonzales!!!! Great Communicator 2.0 Donald Rumsfeld!!! Fucking geniuses!
Sooooo, how do I call the authorities when I see two guys setting up an 84mm AT rocket launcher in a window along the parade route while in this jamming zone? Running out and screaming "danger!" would probably net me a chest full of 9mm JHP...I'd prefer the phone.
And when you require more security than the Pope, you know you've got problems...
I release all my music for free, and when I get around to publishing it on discs / online stores, I will only make it available WITHOUT DRM.
I rarely watch TV. I also watch the shows on DVD that I like. I don't listen to the radio, except occasionally the student radio, which has no commercials (but mostly because nobody plays industrial...I suppose I could just listen to streaming radio too...but that's what my vast collection of completely legitimate mp3 files are for). NPR and the local classical station are pretty good about little/no commercials as well. I buy band merch at concerts too...even this past Sunday.
But as usual, the problem is caused by people in it for the money and not for love of the art.
Amen...I'm all out of mod points, but you're already maxed out.
I write music (not too bad for a "non-professional" musician, I'd say...http://www.plasmacrash.com/), but I wish I had the physical skill to play classical organ pieces. If I had infinite time and money, I'd probably go back for music theory too. Cheers to you, sir.