I buy no Xboxes, and no games. Now they're making no money from me, and getting stuck with inventory.
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Wait, the PS3 is an exciting purchase? The PS2 was awesome right out of the starting gate. The PS3 wasn't. The PS2 console is still enjoyable for the same reasons it was enjoyable when it started: you could still play PS1 games, so you could have a reasonably large game library right from the start, it had a DVD player (not quite as exciting now, but it really helped the PS2), and it had a reasonable price point. The Wii has and had the best price point on the block. The DVD player is a moot point these days, and no one cares enough about HD-DVD or Blu-ray yet. The Wiimote is fun, and allows new styles of video game (video game bowling has never before been even remotely enjoyable). And with the online shop, you can buy those old games you used to love.
I was a huge PS2 fanboy. I wrote essays on it in high school when it was the hot new thing. I still play it. But, I do not see myself getting a PS3. Ever.
Given the choice, I'd rather have open access to the cameras. If the material being recorded by these cameras is 'public', then let members of the public view it. We should use technology to make a level playing field. Armed guards may be more obvious, but open cameras are more useful.
Don't forget that this encourages people to play their games in lots of different places, to see what changes. I have a feeling we're about to see a lot more DSes roaming the streets, and increased awareness of their product can only help Nintendo. This is truly some kick-ass stealth marketing.
Google's got plenty of fiber, and this spectrum could easily be pushed into service serving streaming video. This is actually starting to look like Google is planning to use the spectrum instead of just leasing it for gigabucks.
Actually, every step towards freedom gives someone else a tool to hurt you. Every step away from freedom takes away one of your tools to defend yourself. See also: Germany.
They will keep records (of the fact that some collage kids took a trip up to Montreal to go drinking) for 40 years... This is the way you should have read it.
Actually, they can be as anti-competitive as they want until they start beating the iPod. Antitrust legislation keeps monopolies from artificially keeping competitors out.
There are plenty of places out there that do data recovery, and some of them can retrieve quite a lot of data from hard drives that have been through house fires and the like. If your fire doesn't leave the platters in a molten pool of metal, it's not good enough.
At will means you will have a job as long as you don't piss off anyone who has the authority to fire you. Most people don't get fired because they're bad at their jobs, they get fired because they're bad at dealing with their coworkers/bosses.
How about doctors? My grandfather was recently diagnosed with cancer that, while operable, will likely kill him if not removed. $350/hr is a bargain when the other option is a funeral.
Apparently the anonymous post while logged in killed my moderation anyways.
The Bible is not a scientific source of information. At best it could be considered a history, but histories with any corroborating evidence are considered suspect as far as real information goes. God created humans above the animals is therefore not an effective statement. I will admit that at a similar level of technology, humans were demonstrating a level of awareness by creating art that we have not seen yet from chimpanzees.
Now, my reading of the Bible shows plenty of occasions where God decided to hose us. The Tower of Babel comes to mind most readily, where humans were working together, so God caused us to be stricken with a multitude of languages to limit our ability. Sodom and Gomorrah show that when we're screwing up, God generally isn't satisfied with sitting on the sidelines. Now, I suppose that it's easy to point to the fact that those cities were dens of evil that needed to be cleansed, but turning Lot's wife into a pillar of salt for daring to look back upon the destruction? That seems more than a little unnecessary. How about when Moses went to bring the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt. Every time Moses went to talk to the Pharaoh, God hardened the Pharaoh's heart, and sadly was forced to keep playing with his plagues. When He was done, the Pharaoh was more than happy to let Moses leave. But then for some reason, and I can only imagine a little divine inspiration helped with this one, the Hebrews found themselves being chased by the Egyptian army. This could only end with a mass drowning of the same people who've already been plagued by locusts, darkness, murder of first-borns, rain of frogs, and a bunch of other stuff. At the beginning, sure, but it doesn't take all that long for it to turn into kicking them when they're down.
Kind and benevolent would not be the first words I would use to describe the Christian God.
It depends. Are any of the cyberattacks going to shut down power grids? If so, are there any hospitals on those power grids? Cyberattacks can kill too.
Do Wiis feature regional encoding that would cause problems with Australian Wiis playing American Wii games? Because otherwise you could make a killing on E-Bay.
IBM doesn't expect to get a trillion dollars. They expect Shentech to suddenly close shop. And they expect to be able to point fingers at Shentech if some batteries with the IBM logo suddenly burst into flames. This is an admirable job of covering their ass whilst smiting counterfeiters. A perfect play from Big Blue.
The U.S. as a nation has existed for a little over 200 years. The various Native American tribes had no interest in permanently altering the land. England, on the other hand, stretches way back to 1066. Of course they'll have a lot more really cool landmarks. Europe has castles, because they were once a viable means of defense, and were constructed in such a way that they last pretty much forever. If you're looking for recent European landmarks, you'll find the Eiffel Tower, the London Eye, a bunch of sites that are notable mostly because of WWI and WWII, and that's about it. Europe has inherited its rich culture, America just hasn't had the time, and now it may never get the chance to build its own.
Now, don't get me wrong. I have the utmost appreciation for Europe's rich heritage. But we're the historical equivalent of the nouveau riche. The only thing that will put us on an even footing is more time, and blaming the current crop of Americans for that is useless, and only causes more strife. Feel free to keep insulting us individually, though, and for things that we deserve. Nationalism shouldn't excuse stupidity.
If you have to specify a healthy adult, nurture is certainly a controlling factor. Nature might well be also, but nurture must be there if upbringing can affect it. As a case study, look at how many abusive husbands had fathers who were abusive husbands. You learn what you see.
True, but I assumed that we'd get lots of extraneous movement from buzzards and lizards and shadows and the like. There's probably a partial fix at least, but I'm not planning on actually implementing this thing.
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I buy no Xboxes, and no games. Now they're making no money from me, and getting stuck with inventory.
Wait, the PS3 is an exciting purchase? The PS2 was awesome right out of the starting gate. The PS3 wasn't. The PS2 console is still enjoyable for the same reasons it was enjoyable when it started: you could still play PS1 games, so you could have a reasonably large game library right from the start, it had a DVD player (not quite as exciting now, but it really helped the PS2), and it had a reasonable price point. The Wii has and had the best price point on the block. The DVD player is a moot point these days, and no one cares enough about HD-DVD or Blu-ray yet. The Wiimote is fun, and allows new styles of video game (video game bowling has never before been even remotely enjoyable). And with the online shop, you can buy those old games you used to love.
I was a huge PS2 fanboy. I wrote essays on it in high school when it was the hot new thing. I still play it. But, I do not see myself getting a PS3. Ever.
Given the choice, I'd rather have open access to the cameras. If the material being recorded by these cameras is 'public', then let members of the public view it. We should use technology to make a level playing field. Armed guards may be more obvious, but open cameras are more useful.
Don't forget that this encourages people to play their games in lots of different places, to see what changes. I have a feeling we're about to see a lot more DSes roaming the streets, and increased awareness of their product can only help Nintendo. This is truly some kick-ass stealth marketing.
Google's got plenty of fiber, and this spectrum could easily be pushed into service serving streaming video. This is actually starting to look like Google is planning to use the spectrum instead of just leasing it for gigabucks.
With great power comes great responsibility. With absolute power comes no responsibility at all.
Google TV will be online, and it already started when they bought YouTube.
Hey, I didn't see Ogg Vorbis on the list. I demand Linux equality!
Give him a break, at least he didn't use a '$' even once.
Or weather. Or errors by people other than the pilot, which can include traffic controllers and other pilots.
Actually, every step towards freedom gives someone else a tool to hurt you. Every step away from freedom takes away one of your tools to defend yourself. See also: Germany.
Show me the turtle I'm competing with, and I'm pretty sure I'll live longer than it does, by whatever means.
Actually, they can be as anti-competitive as they want until they start beating the iPod. Antitrust legislation keeps monopolies from artificially keeping competitors out.
There are plenty of places out there that do data recovery, and some of them can retrieve quite a lot of data from hard drives that have been through house fires and the like. If your fire doesn't leave the platters in a molten pool of metal, it's not good enough.
At will means you will have a job as long as you don't piss off anyone who has the authority to fire you. Most people don't get fired because they're bad at their jobs, they get fired because they're bad at dealing with their coworkers/bosses.
How about doctors? My grandfather was recently diagnosed with cancer that, while operable, will likely kill him if not removed. $350/hr is a bargain when the other option is a funeral.
Edit: histories without corroborating evidence are suspect.
Apparently the anonymous post while logged in killed my moderation anyways.
The Bible is not a scientific source of information. At best it could be considered a history, but histories with any corroborating evidence are considered suspect as far as real information goes. God created humans above the animals is therefore not an effective statement. I will admit that at a similar level of technology, humans were demonstrating a level of awareness by creating art that we have not seen yet from chimpanzees.
Now, my reading of the Bible shows plenty of occasions where God decided to hose us. The Tower of Babel comes to mind most readily, where humans were working together, so God caused us to be stricken with a multitude of languages to limit our ability. Sodom and Gomorrah show that when we're screwing up, God generally isn't satisfied with sitting on the sidelines. Now, I suppose that it's easy to point to the fact that those cities were dens of evil that needed to be cleansed, but turning Lot's wife into a pillar of salt for daring to look back upon the destruction? That seems more than a little unnecessary. How about when Moses went to bring the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt. Every time Moses went to talk to the Pharaoh, God hardened the Pharaoh's heart, and sadly was forced to keep playing with his plagues. When He was done, the Pharaoh was more than happy to let Moses leave. But then for some reason, and I can only imagine a little divine inspiration helped with this one, the Hebrews found themselves being chased by the Egyptian army. This could only end with a mass drowning of the same people who've already been plagued by locusts, darkness, murder of first-borns, rain of frogs, and a bunch of other stuff. At the beginning, sure, but it doesn't take all that long for it to turn into kicking them when they're down.
Kind and benevolent would not be the first words I would use to describe the Christian God.
It depends. Are any of the cyberattacks going to shut down power grids? If so, are there any hospitals on those power grids? Cyberattacks can kill too.
Do Wiis feature regional encoding that would cause problems with Australian Wiis playing American Wii games? Because otherwise you could make a killing on E-Bay.
IBM doesn't expect to get a trillion dollars. They expect Shentech to suddenly close shop. And they expect to be able to point fingers at Shentech if some batteries with the IBM logo suddenly burst into flames. This is an admirable job of covering their ass whilst smiting counterfeiters. A perfect play from Big Blue.
The U.S. as a nation has existed for a little over 200 years. The various Native American tribes had no interest in permanently altering the land. England, on the other hand, stretches way back to 1066. Of course they'll have a lot more really cool landmarks. Europe has castles, because they were once a viable means of defense, and were constructed in such a way that they last pretty much forever. If you're looking for recent European landmarks, you'll find the Eiffel Tower, the London Eye, a bunch of sites that are notable mostly because of WWI and WWII, and that's about it. Europe has inherited its rich culture, America just hasn't had the time, and now it may never get the chance to build its own.
Now, don't get me wrong. I have the utmost appreciation for Europe's rich heritage. But we're the historical equivalent of the nouveau riche. The only thing that will put us on an even footing is more time, and blaming the current crop of Americans for that is useless, and only causes more strife. Feel free to keep insulting us individually, though, and for things that we deserve. Nationalism shouldn't excuse stupidity.
If you have to specify a healthy adult, nurture is certainly a controlling factor. Nature might well be also, but nurture must be there if upbringing can affect it. As a case study, look at how many abusive husbands had fathers who were abusive husbands. You learn what you see.
True, but I assumed that we'd get lots of extraneous movement from buzzards and lizards and shadows and the like. There's probably a partial fix at least, but I'm not planning on actually implementing this thing.