The irrational anger driving at the speed limit generates is really interesting. If people not breaking the law causes intense frustration and feeling of anger in you, something is wrong in you.
I generally cruise about 3-5 mph over the limit, and I generally stay in the right lane, because that makes for smoother traffic. But if, for whatever reason, an idiot gets perturbed because they are stuck behind me for two minutes, and end up being delayed by 5 mph x 120 seconds (slowing their arrival at their destination by about 8 seconds), I don't feel bad at all. It's an opportunity for them to grow, emotionally:)
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And, conversely, IT staff can and do massively impede productive workers... the parts of the company that make money. Perverse security requirements, upgrades that remove functionality, ridiculous delays to get the simplest things done because users aren't permitted to do anything to their pc...
And will often be quite condescending about it as well; after all, they're the wizards. Users are just muggles.
Enemies hiding behind and within the civilians are the target. We would love for them to move out in an empty field where we can just bomb them directly. They don't... so we can either (a) cause corollary damage or (b) give up.
Giving up, of course, would ensure that civilians everywhere are used as defense whenever any conflict crops up. That would be as much a failed policy as "pay off all ransoms" would be.
"Duh" is especially amusing when it follows demonstrably false (and rather ignorant) statements. Ignorant in the sense the Poison Gas weapons are considered weapons of mass destruction by treaty and law. They were the first WMDs, used back in WWI.
Firefox displaying the EULA is pretty ridiculous, since the GPL isn't an EULA. It's as if the Mozilla foundation figured "Microsoft does it. Apple does it. Opera does it. We have to do it!"
Even if they don't have an EULA, and the GPL pretty clearly indicates they can't have a meaningful EULA, they can at least 'pretend' to have a EULA like the 'big boys' do. It's like a corporate inferiority complex. I've been losing a lot of faith in the Mozilla foundation. They're going in the wrong way, emphasizing fluff and bloat.
The court system doesn't decide facts. They are used as an attempt to discover facts. Every company that was found to be a monopoly by the courts was already a monopoly before the courts weighted in.
As an example, I just finished playing it on the Wii; in my opinion, it's the best game for that console.
And yet, in gameplay, it is nearly identical to the SNES version... which is still very playable, today. My kids are playing them in emulators. The Wii version could have it's 3d graphcis swapped out with 2d sprites, and it would be every bit as enjoyable.
I will bet that most games that are trying to push the graphical edge will rarely be replayed twenty years from now, because their primary draw will be meaningless; but a game that would be a great game regardless of what it looked like may end up being a classic.
Just as an approximation, it would leave the moon at just over the moon's escape velocity, slow to nearly zero, then accelerate before hitting to pretty near the Earth's escape velocity. (Seven miles a second, isn't it?)
Right; small children are not rational creatures, and it can be very harmful to treat them like one.
This may be opening a can of worms to mention on Slashdot, but that's why physical punishment is sometimes important. A toddler's life can be saved by a light swat on the butt when they try to wander out in the street. They don't understand reason, but they very much understand the pain/pleasure motivation system that evolution equipped them with.
Who was bitching? If I bought a copy of this magazine, I'm 95% certain I'd just toss it in the trash as well. Along with my light bulbs (regardless of style), batteries, and obsolete computer equipment. I'm just saying that providing a 'proper recycling path' rarely actually fixes anything, it only provides plausible deniability for the manufacturer.
...But the next day it magically created about 800 million as the stock climbed back up. Assuming it recovers back to the previous level, which it should, no money will have been lost. It will simply have moved from poor, knee-jerk investors to smarter investors.
Yeah, it's like defending free speech and having to stick up for Nazis and pedophiles. It's still a worthy cause in the abstract, but the specifics can take some of the wind out of your sails.
In the past, Jap was not considered primarily offensive; however, after the events of World War II, the term became derogatory. br
The Germans don't like "Germs", either. Hey, I didn't know!
Disagree. Sony and Microsoft did no-brainers this gen. Their hardware improvement was incremental, Nintendo's was revolutionary. They went in different directions.
I think the DRM is the major factor that is killing PC gaming. I know, PC gaming has been predicted to die every year for the last ten; but the difference now is that it really seems to be happening.
On my pc now I play emulators, old games (thank you dosbox) and small, independent games. It's sad, but I'm probably going to play only the console version of Fallout III.
Sparky, you *are* a tool, in every sense of the word.
You misunderstand. Look at the words; they really make no sense. "That comment LITERALLY BLEW MY HEAD OFF!" would be just as incorrect.
The 70 cents on a dollar wage discrepancies are largely eliminated once you account for factors such as education/time on job. In fact, I think people are generally lying when they give examples of it. I have never in my life encountered any business that pays a lower wage for a woman who is working the same job, with the same seniority, experience, etc.
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The irrational anger driving at the speed limit generates is really interesting. If people not breaking the law causes intense frustration and feeling of anger in you, something is wrong in you.
:)
I generally cruise about 3-5 mph over the limit, and I generally stay in the right lane, because that makes for smoother traffic. But if, for whatever reason, an idiot gets perturbed because they are stuck behind me for two minutes, and end up being delayed by 5 mph x 120 seconds (slowing their arrival at their destination by about 8 seconds), I don't feel bad at all. It's an opportunity for them to grow, emotionally
And, conversely, IT staff can and do massively impede productive workers... the parts of the company that make money. Perverse security requirements, upgrades that remove functionality, ridiculous delays to get the simplest things done because users aren't permitted to do anything to their pc...
And will often be quite condescending about it as well; after all, they're the wizards. Users are just muggles.
You misunderstand.
Enemies hiding behind and within the civilians are the target. We would love for them to move out in an empty field where we can just bomb them directly. They don't... so we can either (a) cause corollary damage or (b) give up.
Giving up, of course, would ensure that civilians everywhere are used as defense whenever any conflict crops up. That would be as much a failed policy as "pay off all ransoms" would be.
"Duh" is especially amusing when it follows demonstrably false (and rather ignorant) statements. Ignorant in the sense the Poison Gas weapons are considered weapons of mass destruction by treaty and law. They were the first WMDs, used back in WWI.
So you're saying we have ridiculously low standards for calling her hot since she's not more then 2nd in, maybe, 200,000?
And OUR standards are distorted?
I consider about 1 woman in 3 to be hot... and I wouldn't want to adopt your standards. I would hate to go months between seeing hot women.
Firefox displaying the EULA is pretty ridiculous, since the GPL isn't an EULA. It's as if the Mozilla foundation figured "Microsoft does it. Apple does it. Opera does it. We have to do it!"
Even if they don't have an EULA, and the GPL pretty clearly indicates they can't have a meaningful EULA, they can at least 'pretend' to have a EULA like the 'big boys' do. It's like a corporate inferiority complex. I've been losing a lot of faith in the Mozilla foundation. They're going in the wrong way, emphasizing fluff and bloat.
Plus, awesomebar.
The court system doesn't decide facts. They are used as an attempt to discover facts. Every company that was found to be a monopoly by the courts was already a monopoly before the courts weighted in.
As an example, I just finished playing it on the Wii; in my opinion, it's the best game for that console.
And yet, in gameplay, it is nearly identical to the SNES version... which is still very playable, today. My kids are playing them in emulators. The Wii version could have it's 3d graphcis swapped out with 2d sprites, and it would be every bit as enjoyable.
I will bet that most games that are trying to push the graphical edge will rarely be replayed twenty years from now, because their primary draw will be meaningless; but a game that would be a great game regardless of what it looked like may end up being a classic.
Just as an approximation, it would leave the moon at just over the moon's escape velocity, slow to nearly zero, then accelerate before hitting to pretty near the Earth's escape velocity. (Seven miles a second, isn't it?)
Right; small children are not rational creatures, and it can be very harmful to treat them like one.
This may be opening a can of worms to mention on Slashdot, but that's why physical punishment is sometimes important. A toddler's life can be saved by a light swat on the butt when they try to wander out in the street. They don't understand reason, but they very much understand the pain/pleasure motivation system that evolution equipped them with.
Who was bitching? If I bought a copy of this magazine, I'm 95% certain I'd just toss it in the trash as well. Along with my light bulbs (regardless of style), batteries, and obsolete computer equipment. I'm just saying that providing a 'proper recycling path' rarely actually fixes anything, it only provides plausible deniability for the manufacturer.
...But the next day it magically created about 800 million as the stock climbed back up. Assuming it recovers back to the previous level, which it should, no money will have been lost. It will simply have moved from poor, knee-jerk investors to smarter investors.
http://www.esquire.com/features/recycle-e-ink-cover You will see instructions on proper disposal.
Ok, but I would be surprised if over 5% of the covers disposed of 'properly'.
The more people ignore emotional harm, the less emotional harm there will be.
The inverse holds true, also. The more people are concerned with emotional harm, the more emotional harm will result.
Something things do go away if ignored.
"Harvesting Spice" goes a little further back than DUNE II...
But what you and everybody else has said does kind of eliminate any enthusiasm I had for the game.
Yeah, it's like defending free speech and having to stick up for Nazis and pedophiles. It's still a worthy cause in the abstract, but the specifics can take some of the wind out of your sails.
No, but she IS opposed to sex education
No, she's against certain types of sex education.
contraception (obviously)
Untrue.
unemployment insurance, Social Security, funding for stem cell research, public education, universal health care,
Her stance is not as absolute as you claim, but those are all relatively true. She's got a libertarian streak. A bit like Slashdot?
alternative energy sources.
Untrue. But she (rationally) doesn't expect them to replace oil anytime soon.
She also fired her town's librarian for refusing to allow Palin to ban books.
So her defeated opponent in the election claims. Did you know pretty much all libraries have policies regarding what books they won't stock?
There are reasons to dislike Palin, but don't be so kneejerk about it.
...fish, lumber or gold. These are also things that will eventually disappear...
Well, you got one out of three.
Correct. This is my strategy. On the rare occasion an honest company actually gives you a refund, treat it as found money.
Under the law, he is required to self report and PAY the tax on items purchased this way.
So yes, it is illegal in this context.
The more pertinent questions: Are avoiding taxes in this fashion (a) practical and (b) moral?
The answer is probably yes, to both.
In the past, Jap was not considered primarily offensive; however, after the events of World War II, the term became derogatory.
br The Germans don't like "Germs", either. Hey, I didn't know!
Disagree. Sony and Microsoft did no-brainers this gen. Their hardware improvement was incremental, Nintendo's was revolutionary. They went in different directions.
Maybe in 2-3 years, that will begin to matter to most people. That'll be about when the next gen consoles hit, right?
I think the DRM is the major factor that is killing PC gaming. I know, PC gaming has been predicted to die every year for the last ten; but the difference now is that it really seems to be happening.
On my pc now I play emulators, old games (thank you dosbox) and small, independent games. It's sad, but I'm probably going to play only the console version of Fallout III.
Sparky, you *are* a tool, in every sense of the word.
You misunderstand. Look at the words; they really make no sense. "That comment LITERALLY BLEW MY HEAD OFF!" would be just as incorrect.
The 70 cents on a dollar wage discrepancies are largely eliminated once you account for factors such as education/time on job. In fact, I think people are generally lying when they give examples of it. I have never in my life encountered any business that pays a lower wage for a woman who is working the same job, with the same seniority, experience, etc.