It's worth noting that comic books have, in the majority, completely abandoned the comic code with no ill repercussions. Some comics still have "all ages" or "for mature readers" style warnings, but that's purely at the whim of the publisher. Maybe nobody's noticed because nobody is buying comics anymore, but they're getting away with it so far.
And it's not chaos. Look at one other, massive, unregulated, industry: Books. My 13 year old son can go into Barnes & Noble and buy any book there he wants, shy of some state laws regarding pornography. Why can't other forms of media follow the same pattern?
Any game that generally required a strategy guide to complete is a flawed game. A game that's too difficult to complete without cheating is as bad as a game that provides no challenge.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance supports up to four players and the nunchuck is required for each to play.
Also, that bubble shooting game, whatever it's called... it supports up to eight simultaneous players, and it does so by allowing play with either the nunchuck _or_ the wiimote.
Now that I think about it, I bet Elebits multiplayer requires the nunchucks, also.
I often set off those alarms. I've tried leaving as much behind as possible, leaving phone and watch in the car, but they still catch me walking in and out of the store. Barnes & Noble and Toys-R-Us, especially. I wonder if it's because I have a metal plate surgically installed in my forearm, holding my shattered wrist together?
Is that possible? I can't get even high-power magnets to stick to my arm, so I think the damn thing is non-magnetic.
I will never stop at wondering why little people (surely you're not a zillionaire) will keep at protecting the filthy rich...
Does it boggle your mind that whites can stick up for blacks, or men for women? Maybe there's a more important principle than just fighting over your particular group's slice of the pie.
And I'm caught without mod points. Seriously, Edwards is the exact sort of lawyer that most Slashdot readers rail against in "your rights online" threads. Are we all so knee-jerk that a few magic words uttered by a candidate can wipe out their pernicious history?
3.3 Million iPhones were sold and there are NO more iPhones to be had. Activating all these iPhones is overloading us. (I called the Apple Store in Lake Grove, and still have 8 gig iPhones, but supplies are running out.)
Hmm, I'm skeptical of that number. That would be nearly 1% of the population of the United states. I don't think one in every hundred people [men/women/children] owns an iPhone. I would be surprised if they sold more than a million.
So, I am not sure why your child-like argument bears any weight about what the ACLU should be doing. Join and give them money, or shut your whore mouth about it cuz it's none of your bidness. Hmmkay?
Hmm... and you think I had the child-like argument?
When I hear ppl say that our cops are better or that there are worse jails than in America, I know that I am looking at an idiot. We are no better. It is just that we use to hide it. Now, it is out in the open.
Wow. When I hear somebody say that our cops and jails are as bad as any other place in the world, I know I'm responding to an idiot. Please try to understand there are gradients between "absolutely perfect" and "absolutely flawed."
I would not want to trade our system for something from South America or the Mideast.
I'm not at all opposed to monitoring the police... go for it. When in public, they should be acting at all times like they could be recorded.
But, in a high-crime area, might not the criminals be more of a day-to-day threat? Maybe the cameras could be used to, I don't know, prevent crime? All crime, whether instigated by the police or normal citizens? Focusing on police make it seem like a marketing stunt more than concern for the populace.
People actually worry about this?
As if humans are oh-so-important to the universe that we must ensure our survival by colonizing another planet.
Somehow I think the universe will get along just fine without us. Perhaps even a bit better.
People aren't important to the universe. People are important to other people. I'm a person. I could care less about how well the universe gets along, I care about how people will get along.
Why do you rate an inanimate thing as more important than people? I would scorch a thousand [unoccupied] galaxies to save humanity.
if/when the Democrats win the presidential election and martial law gets declared for the good of the country....[snip]... Tinfoil hat? Maybe. Plausible? That's the problem, it is.
It's not plausible, but spouting insanity this way does tend to make it more likely that the Democrats will lose. It's a good part of what lost the last election for Kerry.
...what is controversial about the new finding is that 'from an external viewer's point it takes an infinite amount of time to form an event horizon and that the clock for the objects falling into the black hole appears to slow down to zero,'
Not to be a smartass, but isn't that a no-brainer? I always figured that was the case. Objects never cross an event horizon (from perspective of the rest of the universe) in the same way nothing ever accelerates to the speed of light. Time/space distortion stops it from happening.
Wanted to reinforce that point. Addressing whether global warming is happening is in the realm of science. Determining what actions will hasten or impede global warming is science.
Deciding whether global warming is good or bad? Not a scientific question. Determining whether (for instance) curtailing economic activity is worth the improved climate? Not a scientific question. Kyoto was not an issue of science, it was a political issue that was merely informed by some science. This is political, and science intruding into politics can sometimes be as detrimental as politics intruding into science (see the Union of Concerned Scientists). The bill of rights has not been proven scientifically.
And, personally, I think the science about global warming is still uncertain enough to make anyone who claims to know it is or isn't happening a zealot. Use some caveats, people. It's not hard to throw out the occasional 'probably' or 'likely' hedge.
I _know_ that this is not likely to be a popular opinion. I _know_ that this is decidedly unpatriotic, but I want to say it anyway:
This just isn't worth it.
While I agree with you, you should probably dispense with the martyrdom. 95% of the readers here agree with you, and I'm sure you knew that when you posted.
More accurate would be to phrase your sentence "Just like everyone else here, I don't think this is worth it."
Will you focus solely on trading currencies? It seems like this opens up other opportunities, such as virtual banking, virtual credit, and so forth. Will there be any trafficking in anything other than gold, such as characters, items, [virtual] labor, etc?
I absolutely agree. I have one son who is a Junior and another that will be a Freshman next year... and the school would be better off if they dragged out and burned every computer they own. For every ounce of extra benefit the computers give them, it gives them a pound of distraction and expense. And I'm skeptical about that ounce of benefit.
"Hey Dad, my friend got a quake server running during English class." "Hey Dad, know any techniques for getting around websense? They're blocking Google Images." "Hey Dad, I got an Imageshack account, 'cause all my friends have one." AAAARRRGH
Wizards filed the patent before Pirates was published. When Pirates was invented is the important date, and if it can be proven to be before the patent filing, it will have status of prior art.
almost 25% of respondents knew of another IT staff member who still had access to sensitive networks even though they'd left the company long ago.
That's absolutely meaningless, and including that as a 'result' means that the pollsters are either ignorant or deceptive.
I bet 95% of slashdot readers know a homosexual. What does that say about the frequency of homosexuality? Pretty much nothing. There's overlap (two responders thinking of the same person) and selection bias (25% know of one case of a terminated employee with access... that might be out of a hundred terminations where rights were appropriately revoked).
I have one son in High School and one in Middle School.
In any subject where time can be spent dwelling on America's failings, believe me, the teachers take advantage of it. Mistreatment of American Indians? Probably spent more time on that than on the Civil War. I feel like I need to remind my kids every so often that the United States has so very wonderful, important, and revolutionary ideas incorporated into it's origin and structure.
Whitewashing history would be just as bad... why is the middle ground so hard to travel?
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It's worth noting that comic books have, in the majority, completely abandoned the comic code with no ill repercussions. Some comics still have "all ages" or "for mature readers" style warnings, but that's purely at the whim of the publisher. Maybe nobody's noticed because nobody is buying comics anymore, but they're getting away with it so far. And it's not chaos. Look at one other, massive, unregulated, industry: Books. My 13 year old son can go into Barnes & Noble and buy any book there he wants, shy of some state laws regarding pornography. Why can't other forms of media follow the same pattern?
Any game that generally required a strategy guide to complete is a flawed game. A game that's too difficult to complete without cheating is as bad as a game that provides no challenge.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance supports up to four players and the nunchuck is required for each to play.
Also, that bubble shooting game, whatever it's called... it supports up to eight simultaneous players, and it does so by allowing play with either the nunchuck _or_ the wiimote.
Now that I think about it, I bet Elebits multiplayer requires the nunchucks, also.
I'm not so sure I want to be hanging around the type of chicks who are interested in horsecock...
Yeah, it's a pain. Sometimes I just want to tell them to stay away!
Is that possible? I can't get even high-power magnets to stick to my arm, so I think the damn thing is non-magnetic.
I will never stop at wondering why little people (surely you're not a zillionaire) will keep at protecting the filthy rich...
Does it boggle your mind that whites can stick up for blacks, or men for women? Maybe there's a more important principle than just fighting over your particular group's slice of the pie.
And I'm caught without mod points. Seriously, Edwards is the exact sort of lawyer that most Slashdot readers rail against in "your rights online" threads. Are we all so knee-jerk that a few magic words uttered by a candidate can wipe out their pernicious history?
3.3 Million iPhones were sold and there are NO more iPhones to be had. Activating all these iPhones is overloading us. (I called the Apple Store in Lake Grove, and still have 8 gig iPhones, but supplies are running out.)
Hmm, I'm skeptical of that number. That would be nearly 1% of the population of the United states. I don't think one in every hundred people [men/women/children] owns an iPhone. I would be surprised if they sold more than a million.
But then, I'm overly skeptical.
I replied "red team pWns"
How do you say that?
So, I am not sure why your child-like argument bears any weight about what the ACLU should be doing. Join and give them money, or shut your whore mouth about it cuz it's none of your bidness. Hmmkay?
Hmm... and you think I had the child-like argument?
When I hear ppl say that our cops are better or that there are worse jails than in America, I know that I am looking at an idiot. We are no better. It is just that we use to hide it. Now, it is out in the open.
Wow. When I hear somebody say that our cops and jails are as bad as any other place in the world, I know I'm responding to an idiot. Please try to understand there are gradients between "absolutely perfect" and "absolutely flawed."
I would not want to trade our system for something from South America or the Mideast.
I'm not at all opposed to monitoring the police... go for it. When in public, they should be acting at all times like they could be recorded.
But, in a high-crime area, might not the criminals be more of a day-to-day threat? Maybe the cameras could be used to, I don't know, prevent crime? All crime, whether instigated by the police or normal citizens? Focusing on police make it seem like a marketing stunt more than concern for the populace.
People actually worry about this? As if humans are oh-so-important to the universe that we must ensure our survival by colonizing another planet. Somehow I think the universe will get along just fine without us. Perhaps even a bit better.
People aren't important to the universe. People are important to other people. I'm a person. I could care less about how well the universe gets along, I care about how people will get along.
Why do you rate an inanimate thing as more important than people? I would scorch a thousand [unoccupied] galaxies to save humanity.
if/when the Democrats win the presidential election and martial law gets declared for the good of the country. ...[snip]... Tinfoil hat? Maybe. Plausible? That's the problem, it is.
It's not plausible, but spouting insanity this way does tend to make it more likely that the Democrats will lose. It's a good part of what lost the last election for Kerry.
Not to be a smartass, but isn't that a no-brainer? I always figured that was the case. Objects never cross an event horizon (from perspective of the rest of the universe) in the same way nothing ever accelerates to the speed of light. Time/space distortion stops it from happening.
At first glance, I thought the headline was about the "raising of a RANDroid army."
I thought "Finally!" and was ready to grab my Objectivist Concordance and start marching.
Is it bad? That's not a scientific question.
Wanted to reinforce that point. Addressing whether global warming is happening is in the realm of science. Determining what actions will hasten or impede global warming is science.
Deciding whether global warming is good or bad? Not a scientific question. Determining whether (for instance) curtailing economic activity is worth the improved climate? Not a scientific question. Kyoto was not an issue of science, it was a political issue that was merely informed by some science. This is political, and science intruding into politics can sometimes be as detrimental as politics intruding into science (see the Union of Concerned Scientists). The bill of rights has not been proven scientifically.
And, personally, I think the science about global warming is still uncertain enough to make anyone who claims to know it is or isn't happening a zealot. Use some caveats, people. It's not hard to throw out the occasional 'probably' or 'likely' hedge.
I _know_ that this is not likely to be a popular opinion. I _know_ that this is decidedly unpatriotic, but I want to say it anyway:
This just isn't worth it.
While I agree with you, you should probably dispense with the martyrdom. 95% of the readers here agree with you, and I'm sure you knew that when you posted.
More accurate would be to phrase your sentence "Just like everyone else here, I don't think this is worth it."
Will you focus solely on trading currencies? It seems like this opens up other opportunities, such as virtual banking, virtual credit, and so forth. Will there be any trafficking in anything other than gold, such as characters, items, [virtual] labor, etc?
I absolutely agree. I have one son who is a Junior and another that will be a Freshman next year... and the school would be better off if they dragged out and burned every computer they own. For every ounce of extra benefit the computers give them, it gives them a pound of distraction and expense. And I'm skeptical about that ounce of benefit.
"Hey Dad, my friend got a quake server running during English class." "Hey Dad, know any techniques for getting around websense? They're blocking Google Images." "Hey Dad, I got an Imageshack account, 'cause all my friends have one." AAAARRRGH
I don't believe you know that for sure.
Wizards filed the patent before Pirates was published. When Pirates was invented is the important date, and if it can be proven to be before the patent filing, it will have status of prior art.
almost 25% of respondents knew of another IT staff member who still had access to sensitive networks even though they'd left the company long ago.
That's absolutely meaningless, and including that as a 'result' means that the pollsters are either ignorant or deceptive.
I bet 95% of slashdot readers know a homosexual. What does that say about the frequency of homosexuality? Pretty much nothing. There's overlap (two responders thinking of the same person) and selection bias (25% know of one case of a terminated employee with access... that might be out of a hundred terminations where rights were appropriately revoked).
I have one son in High School and one in Middle School.
In any subject where time can be spent dwelling on America's failings, believe me, the teachers take advantage of it. Mistreatment of American Indians? Probably spent more time on that than on the Civil War. I feel like I need to remind my kids every so often that the United States has so very wonderful, important, and revolutionary ideas incorporated into it's origin and structure.
Whitewashing history would be just as bad... why is the middle ground so hard to travel?
A is B. While A is not B, I still want A to be B. LALALALALALA.
...That will work, but nobody will like. Dispense with anonymity, use people's full names. The most civil forum I post on uses this rule.