And this is how Stardock's Impulse client works. You can use it to download/redownload games you've purchased but you don't actually need to run Impulse to play the games. My recent purchase of Demigod was influenced heavily by this (in addition to it being fun).
The only thing you actually need to run the Impulse client for are game updates.
Seventy-year-old people going commando, the business man in the penis pouch, shemales, the list of things I would not want to see goes far beyond the overweight.
You say that as though it's a bad thing!
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I recently purchased Demigod and aside from the look of Impulse I have to say I like it better than Steam.
Unlike Steam, you do not need to be logged in to Impulse (it doesn't even need to be running) to play your games. You only need to log in to patch games.
I realize that Steam has an 'offline' mode but I still find it annoying. You have to start up Steam in order to play anything and if your cached creds get bombed you need an internet connection to re-authenticate. Hassle.
Ha, if my kid ends up being the bully he'll get a royal beat down. I'll have no tolerance for it as I know first hand what being on the receiving end of it is like.
Exactly. You stand up for yourself and somehow you're the bad guy. It even extends to parents, man. The whole "don't stoop to their level" crap.
My wife and I have a son who is one and a half years old and we've already discussed and agreed upon situations like this. When our kid is old enough to understand we're going to reassure him that if he's ever picked on and defends himself we'll defend him all the way. If we get called in to the school because of an 'incident' and it turns out he was only defending himself I don't think the school administration will be too happy when we 100% condone what our kid did.
I realize this may cause problems with him being in that school, but that's something we'll deal with if/when the time comes. I refuse to preach bullshit to my kid about 'stooping to their level'.
I was a complete pussy when I was a kid and got picked on a lot and never once tried standing up for myself. I'm going to constantly ensure my kid that he'll receive no objection from me.
You know, if 'god' is actually like this (elementary, spiteful?) I can see why Lucifer would rebel. Seriously.
I'm reminded of those crazy-ass bastards that are the Westborough Baptist Church. If they're right and they go to the supposed heaven why in the hell would any sane person want to go there with them?
If it's anything like the last place I worked there is a reason for it (although a bad one).
My old department at my old job didn't like us listening to music because people from other departments would walk by and see us listening to music and then go complain to their managers. Why complain? Because their departments didn't allow people to listen to music for whatever reason. Why couldn't they listen to music if we could?
Wow. My wife and I just had a kid a year ago and we didn't experience any of the crap you did. My wife delivered at Sanford (formerly Sioux Valley) which is one of the two large hospitals here in SD.
The hospital offered birthing classes and we decided to go and they showed a bunch of videos and stuff. One of them talked about the different birthing positions and all you have to do is talk to your doctor about which one you want to use. They even had us fill out a sheet that detailed everything so that once the birth process started we wouldn't forget anything. It included preferences for birthing position, drugs, epidural, etc. They also discussed pros/cons of the pain meds/epidural so everyone could make an informed decision.
My wife needed to be induced as she was a week over due and half way through the day she decided to get an epidural because of the pain. However, there was someone in a room next to us that was clearly not using drugs as her screams were quite audible.
Our son was a non-caesarian birth and after our son did manage to come out the only thing they did was clear his nose and weigh him. Immediately after that they returned him to my wife at which point they instructed her to give him a breast feeding. They actually didn't take him away to clean him until after we had been with him for a good 2-3 hours. After that we were with him as much as we wanted, no fish tank required (not even suggested actually).
*shrugs* maybe we just got lucky with having a really good doctor.
I will say though that my state does seem to be in league with the medical industry here. Midwives are actually illegal and is a big issue right now as they are trying to pass legislation to allow it.
I think I see where you're going with this 'choice' bit. Most convincing is the link. After all, if one person claims to have made the choice, it must apply to all!
On a related note, I have a bit of revealing news to share with everyone. I chose to be white. Yep, you heard correctly. Me being white is a choice. Stand up oppressed minorities! You too can choose white.
Ask yourself a simple question: if white were not a choice, why do people say "once you go black, you never go back"? The mask slips just a tad too often, showing that the "it's not a choice" propaganda is pure lies.
Course I do choose black when in the bedroom if you catch my drift. *nudge nudge wink wink*
There are LOTS of fundamentalist Christians in the US and how much terrorism are they responsible for? Compare that to the number of fundamentalist Muslims also in the US who were arrested for terrorism plots. It's nice and PC to add "oh and also Christianity" but it's not very realistic.
Being that Christianity is much older it had a head start on all the violence. Just because it doesn't happen now doesn't mean it never did.
Blender vs the other guys? I dont know, I tried blender for about 30 seconds before giving up and playing around with the student editions of the big-boys stuff.
Wow, you tried Blender for a whole 30 seconds? That's certainly an appropriate amount of time to get a handle on things and I commend you for your seriousness in giving it a chance.
Seriously, what a douche statement.
Aside from the distros themselves Blender is my favorite OSS application. I used to work in an animation department as a student and they wouldn't give the students licenses for Lightwave3d so we instead used Blender. This was back in 2004 and I can't even begin to explain the leaps and bounds that Blender has made. It is fast becoming one of the "big-boy" applications.
Perhaps you should make a visit over at the Blender Artist Forums and take a look at some of the finished projects.
Don't bother 'trying' something if you aren't even planning on giving it a fair chance.
taught his son how to shoot at a pretty early age.
I guess I'm confused by this statement. Are you implying this contributed to him going on a rampage? Or is it more of an FYI?
My father taught my brother and I to shoot at a young age as well and it taught us both about gun safety and handling. But he also kept all his guns locked up in a gun case and my brother and I wouldn't go near it without my dad being there.
An operating system emulator is supposed to support apps, not vice-versa.
The list should be titled, "Apps That Wine Officially Supports." And it doesn't look good to have that list be so small.
Well, firstly Wine Is Not an Emulator.
Secondly, wtf are you talking about? The list just started this month, of course it's going to be small. The idea is that it will grow.
Thirdly, the list is composed of applications that specifically state they are compatible with Wine. Not sure why you're insisting it should be titled "Apps That Wine Officially Supports".
Because it's a dangerous hallucinogen! It's like acid, man. Haven't you seen that commercial where the girl's dog starts talking to her and says he wants his friend back?
I pass on grass 'cause I don't want to hurt my dog like that.
Um...I apologize for not adding a/sarcasm tag. Didn't think I needed to. Guess it shows the state our country is in. There are too many people who do believe such things.
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And this is how Stardock's Impulse client works. You can use it to download/redownload games you've purchased but you don't actually need to run Impulse to play the games. My recent purchase of Demigod was influenced heavily by this (in addition to it being fun).
The only thing you actually need to run the Impulse client for are game updates.
Ha, well put.
Seventy-year-old people going commando, the business man in the penis pouch, shemales, the list of things I would not want to see goes far beyond the overweight.
You say that as though it's a bad thing!
Unlike Steam, you do not need to be logged in to Impulse (it doesn't even need to be running) to play your games. You only need to log in to patch games.
I realize that Steam has an 'offline' mode but I still find it annoying. You have to start up Steam in order to play anything and if your cached creds get bombed you need an internet connection to re-authenticate. Hassle.
Ha, if my kid ends up being the bully he'll get a royal beat down. I'll have no tolerance for it as I know first hand what being on the receiving end of it is like.
Exactly. You stand up for yourself and somehow you're the bad guy. It even extends to parents, man. The whole "don't stoop to their level" crap.
My wife and I have a son who is one and a half years old and we've already discussed and agreed upon situations like this. When our kid is old enough to understand we're going to reassure him that if he's ever picked on and defends himself we'll defend him all the way. If we get called in to the school because of an 'incident' and it turns out he was only defending himself I don't think the school administration will be too happy when we 100% condone what our kid did.
I realize this may cause problems with him being in that school, but that's something we'll deal with if/when the time comes. I refuse to preach bullshit to my kid about 'stooping to their level'.
I was a complete pussy when I was a kid and got picked on a lot and never once tried standing up for myself. I'm going to constantly ensure my kid that he'll receive no objection from me.
LEGO Rockband...still Rockband.
You know, if 'god' is actually like this (elementary, spiteful?) I can see why Lucifer would rebel. Seriously.
I'm reminded of those crazy-ass bastards that are the Westborough Baptist Church. If they're right and they go to the supposed heaven why in the hell would any sane person want to go there with them?
If it's anything like the last place I worked there is a reason for it (although a bad one).
My old department at my old job didn't like us listening to music because people from other departments would walk by and see us listening to music and then go complain to their managers. Why complain? Because their departments didn't allow people to listen to music for whatever reason. Why couldn't they listen to music if we could?
He here argues that the purpose of semen is only to be emitted for reproduction
Honest question. Does he then argue that men shouldn't have sex with their wives when they are pregnant? Wasted seeds...
Wow. My wife and I just had a kid a year ago and we didn't experience any of the crap you did. My wife delivered at Sanford (formerly Sioux Valley) which is one of the two large hospitals here in SD.
The hospital offered birthing classes and we decided to go and they showed a bunch of videos and stuff. One of them talked about the different birthing positions and all you have to do is talk to your doctor about which one you want to use. They even had us fill out a sheet that detailed everything so that once the birth process started we wouldn't forget anything. It included preferences for birthing position, drugs, epidural, etc. They also discussed pros/cons of the pain meds/epidural so everyone could make an informed decision.
My wife needed to be induced as she was a week over due and half way through the day she decided to get an epidural because of the pain. However, there was someone in a room next to us that was clearly not using drugs as her screams were quite audible.
Our son was a non-caesarian birth and after our son did manage to come out the only thing they did was clear his nose and weigh him. Immediately after that they returned him to my wife at which point they instructed her to give him a breast feeding. They actually didn't take him away to clean him until after we had been with him for a good 2-3 hours. After that we were with him as much as we wanted, no fish tank required (not even suggested actually).
*shrugs* maybe we just got lucky with having a really good doctor.
I will say though that my state does seem to be in league with the medical industry here. Midwives are actually illegal and is a big issue right now as they are trying to pass legislation to allow it.
Take that Colbert! America's assburg isn't such a bad place now, is it?
Disclaimer: Technically I live 30mi north of America's assburg. Maybe that's why I'm happy.
I'm a burger flipper, a tire guy, a mechanic, a professional, or a housewife and I just want the stuff to work.
Please, seek help.
I think I see where you're going with this 'choice' bit. Most convincing is the link. After all, if one person claims to have made the choice, it must apply to all!
On a related note, I have a bit of revealing news to share with everyone. I chose to be white. Yep, you heard correctly. Me being white is a choice. Stand up oppressed minorities! You too can choose white.
Ask yourself a simple question: if white were not a choice, why do people say "once you go black, you never go back"? The mask slips just a tad too often, showing that the "it's not a choice" propaganda is pure lies.
Course I do choose black when in the bedroom if you catch my drift. *nudge nudge wink wink*
There are LOTS of fundamentalist Christians in the US and how much terrorism are they responsible for? Compare that to the number of fundamentalist Muslims also in the US who were arrested for terrorism plots. It's nice and PC to add "oh and also Christianity" but it's not very realistic.
Being that Christianity is much older it had a head start on all the violence. Just because it doesn't happen now doesn't mean it never did.
Blender vs the other guys? I dont know, I tried blender for about 30 seconds before giving up and playing around with the student editions of the big-boys stuff.
Wow, you tried Blender for a whole 30 seconds? That's certainly an appropriate amount of time to get a handle on things and I commend you for your seriousness in giving it a chance.
Seriously, what a douche statement.
Aside from the distros themselves Blender is my favorite OSS application. I used to work in an animation department as a student and they wouldn't give the students licenses for Lightwave3d so we instead used Blender. This was back in 2004 and I can't even begin to explain the leaps and bounds that Blender has made. It is fast becoming one of the "big-boy" applications.
Perhaps you should make a visit over at the Blender Artist Forums and take a look at some of the finished projects.
Don't bother 'trying' something if you aren't even planning on giving it a fair chance.
simply blurred their houses. Then the burglars wouldn't have known what to do!
taught his son how to shoot at a pretty early age.
I guess I'm confused by this statement. Are you implying this contributed to him going on a rampage? Or is it more of an FYI?
My father taught my brother and I to shoot at a young age as well and it taught us both about gun safety and handling. But he also kept all his guns locked up in a gun case and my brother and I wouldn't go near it without my dad being there.
*sigh*
Or is that Toyota still funny Japanese engineering that falls apart?
Um...what?
Unfortunately for the vast majority, yes.
An operating system emulator is supposed to support apps, not vice-versa.
The list should be titled, "Apps That Wine Officially Supports." And it doesn't look good to have that list be so small.
Well, firstly Wine Is Not an Emulator.
Secondly, wtf are you talking about? The list just started this month, of course it's going to be small. The idea is that it will grow.
Thirdly, the list is composed of applications that specifically state they are compatible with Wine. Not sure why you're insisting it should be titled "Apps That Wine Officially Supports".
Because it's a dangerous hallucinogen! It's like acid, man. Haven't you seen that commercial where the girl's dog starts talking to her and says he wants his friend back?
I pass on grass 'cause I don't want to hurt my dog like that.
Um...I apologize for not adding a /sarcasm tag. Didn't think I needed to. Guess it shows the state our country is in. There are too many people who do believe such things.
This isn't like politics, where voting for a third party is a wasted vote.
Why do people say that? How is voting for someone you don't want to win not wasting your vote?
Using this logic anyone who voted for McCain wasted their vote as it was painfully obvious Obama was going to win.
Bit off-topic I know, but hearing people say that drives me crazy.