Intelligent, sure. Well-meaning or decent, never. He's not only a politician, but one who was able to get elected to the office of United States president. That means that he's a corrupt, self-serving man.
Granted, I'm only 25, but out of all the presidents I can remember, not ONE served the people. Politicians almost always serve themselves, and are not to be trusted until proven trustworthy many times over.
I was exaggerating for the sake of humor. You're correct, of course the real numbers aren't nearly that high. We don't even get normal snowfall every other day. The average winter, we get 2-3 snow storms. The worst I can remember, we had something like 6 or 7.
Maybe in your area. That certainly isn't true in mine, but I also live in Wisconsin, where we know what real snow storms are because we get them every other day.
I didn't say I was cheering them on. In fact, I said the exact opposite, that I'm not entirely sure if they're doing the right thing. I merely have no sympathy for the government in this matter.
And that's the problem our government has brought upon itself. I completely understand the need to keep some things secret; however, by abusing that privilege to cover up things which are only embarassing/illegal/whatever else, the government has decreased our trust in them. Now, we don't trust them to make public the things we need to know, so we sit cheering on folks like Wikileaks, because they may well be uncovering actions our government has taken that we need to be aware of. Yes, of course that's dangerous due to the risk of revealing the wrong things, and I don't know if I entirely condone the actions of Wikileaks as a result. That does not mean, however, that I sympathize with the government on this one. Fuckers brought this on themselves, now they're reaping the consequences. Even if Wikileaks is wrong, that just makes both parties wrong, it doesn't make the US government right.
Fair enough, but there are also companies who won't screw you over. If I ever find myself in that situation, I will personally be looking for another job at one of the companies who won't screw me over. Life's too short to put up with that kind of bullshit, imo.
Not to mention that we're screwed on a more fundamental level because the people are really stupid about politics now. This last election provides a perfect example of that: the Republicans screwed us over, so in 2008 people voted for a lot of Democrats. Then the Democrats screwed us over (shock!), so this year people went out and voted for... a bunch of Republicans. Wait, what?
I mean, it takes a really special level of stupidity to think that option A is going to fix what option B broke, when option A has already failed. The voters in our country apparently have that level of stupidity. After the election this year, I gave up on the democratic process ever working in the US again.
What? I don't know what kind of black magic you're using, but Google Voice on my Android phone needs a phone connection to make/receive calls. It doesn't do VoIP as far as I can tell, so you must have sacrificed many children to the dark gods to get that to work.
That's a pretty apt comparison. Nirvana fucking sucked. I don't like a lot of bands, but I can at least appreciate their talent as musicians. Nirvana is pretty much the only band that I am willing to say outright sucks.
I respect the mark that they left, but really, I hate their music. I have never understood how anyone would want to listen to them, let alone how they have become so earth-shatteringly popular.
Still, props to them for their ability to forge a legacy.
Your logic fails. First, the main aspect of the iPhone that you could claim is an advantage over Android, the harsh policing of the app store, is irrelevant for security. Google can, and has, taken down apps that were insecure. The Android Market can be just as monitored as the iOS app store is. The real advantage is not anything to do with the market, it is the fact that you can install apps that are not from there. I'm sure you'll say "but I don't need that", but that's not true. You don't need it yet. I'm sure you'll feel differently if you ever have the bad luck to start to heavily use an app that Steve Jobs decides offends him in some way, and subsequently gets removed from the app store.
Second, if your reason for having an iPhone includes "I can just wait for iTunes to tell me when there's a new version", that's ridiculous. You can be ignorant of security flaws on Android, as well. Trust me, there's no one that makes you go read up on them on/. (although apparently you would do so anyway, since you read this article). You can just wait for the phone to tell you that there's a new update for the OS available, and install it. Just like the iPhone! Of course, just like the iPhone, if there's a security bug you won't know about it and can be exploited, but if that's really what you want you can get it.
In fairness to Firaxis, I (and I'm not the only one) have never had crashing problems with Civ V. I'm not discounting that some do have a problem, but it's not a universal problem, so it's not unreasonable to say that they didn't see it coming.
Ignoring fire and brimstone, let's get back to the broader and real issue at hand. Bad game or bad content for purchase are not really the issues either. The fact is if we had more honest reviews floating around this would be a no brainer. The truth is we as gamers have been sold out countless times by these fan fiction writers who like to pretend they are writing a game review. In my personal experience, Red Dead Redemption was pretty much the worst multiplayer experience I have had in a while. It however managed to have a lot of good reviews. A more recent example of abuse of a good name is COD Black Ops. This is a good example of how to take something that wasn't terribly and just twist it into a hellish house of mirrors reflecting on a shadow of it's former self.
Simply because you don't agree with the reviews for Red Dead Redemption doesn't make them dishonest. Lots of users I've seen online have loved the multiplayer, so the reviews obviously aren't very far off the mark.
I mean, I hated Mario 64. I think that turning a well-crafted 2D platformer into 3D was the worst decision a game company has ever made. Does that mean I should accuse all the people who have ever given it a positive review of being liars?
You're right, I didn't read carefully enough. However, I would not wager that local laws have the same restriction. I also think it's only a matter of time until a federal law is in place.
Also, for some people, politics is like their religion, so that law may apply.;)
The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA) contains a number of prohibitions, known as prohibited personnel practices, which are designed to promote overall fairness in federal personnel actions. 5 U.S.C. 2302. The CSRA prohibits any employee who has authority to take certain personnel actions from discriminating for or against employees or applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age or disability. It also provides that certain personnel actions can not be based on attributes or conduct that do not adversely affect employee performance, such as marital status and political affiliation.
Note: Many states and municipalities also have enacted protections against discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation, status as a parent, marital status and political affiliation. For information, please contact the EEOC District Office nearest you.
So, based upon this, not only does federal law prohibit discrimination upon political matters, but various local laws do as well.
That's not what he means, though. He means that companies can't sell individual employees to each other (well, sports teams can with their players, who are technically employees, so I guess there's that). A merger/etc is different.
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Right. Or you could wait a whole 15 fucking days, and not be a douchebag leeching off the work of artists.
I understand this complaint when it's a length of time spanning months or years, but two weeks is hardly unreasonable.
Intelligent, sure. Well-meaning or decent, never. He's not only a politician, but one who was able to get elected to the office of United States president. That means that he's a corrupt, self-serving man.
Granted, I'm only 25, but out of all the presidents I can remember, not ONE served the people. Politicians almost always serve themselves, and are not to be trusted until proven trustworthy many times over.
I was exaggerating for the sake of humor. You're correct, of course the real numbers aren't nearly that high. We don't even get normal snowfall every other day. The average winter, we get 2-3 snow storms. The worst I can remember, we had something like 6 or 7.
Maybe in your area. That certainly isn't true in mine, but I also live in Wisconsin, where we know what real snow storms are because we get them every other day.
I'm sorry, but what the fuck does that have to do with anything? You're picking a fight where there is none.
I didn't say I was cheering them on. In fact, I said the exact opposite, that I'm not entirely sure if they're doing the right thing. I merely have no sympathy for the government in this matter.
And that's the problem our government has brought upon itself. I completely understand the need to keep some things secret; however, by abusing that privilege to cover up things which are only embarassing/illegal/whatever else, the government has decreased our trust in them. Now, we don't trust them to make public the things we need to know, so we sit cheering on folks like Wikileaks, because they may well be uncovering actions our government has taken that we need to be aware of. Yes, of course that's dangerous due to the risk of revealing the wrong things, and I don't know if I entirely condone the actions of Wikileaks as a result. That does not mean, however, that I sympathize with the government on this one. Fuckers brought this on themselves, now they're reaping the consequences. Even if Wikileaks is wrong, that just makes both parties wrong, it doesn't make the US government right.
We already admitted that Europe isn't the center of the world.
Well yeah, dude. Texas is.
Fair enough, but there are also companies who won't screw you over. If I ever find myself in that situation, I will personally be looking for another job at one of the companies who won't screw me over. Life's too short to put up with that kind of bullshit, imo.
If reading work email while not at work is part of your job, it's on them to provide you with the tools necessary.
Not to mention that we're screwed on a more fundamental level because the people are really stupid about politics now. This last election provides a perfect example of that: the Republicans screwed us over, so in 2008 people voted for a lot of Democrats. Then the Democrats screwed us over (shock!), so this year people went out and voted for... a bunch of Republicans. Wait, what?
I mean, it takes a really special level of stupidity to think that option A is going to fix what option B broke, when option A has already failed. The voters in our country apparently have that level of stupidity. After the election this year, I gave up on the democratic process ever working in the US again.
At the risk of ruining the joke... the joke is based on the uncertainty factor of quantum physics. Hence why he "isn't sure".
Whoosh!
This goes way beyond the potential for censorship (though that is, indeed, egregious). What about the violation of due process?
What? I don't know what kind of black magic you're using, but Google Voice on my Android phone needs a phone connection to make/receive calls. It doesn't do VoIP as far as I can tell, so you must have sacrificed many children to the dark gods to get that to work.
That's a pretty apt comparison. Nirvana fucking sucked. I don't like a lot of bands, but I can at least appreciate their talent as musicians. Nirvana is pretty much the only band that I am willing to say outright sucks.
I respect the mark that they left, but really, I hate their music. I have never understood how anyone would want to listen to them, let alone how they have become so earth-shatteringly popular.
Still, props to them for their ability to forge a legacy.
Your logic fails. First, the main aspect of the iPhone that you could claim is an advantage over Android, the harsh policing of the app store, is irrelevant for security. Google can, and has, taken down apps that were insecure. The Android Market can be just as monitored as the iOS app store is. The real advantage is not anything to do with the market, it is the fact that you can install apps that are not from there. I'm sure you'll say "but I don't need that", but that's not true. You don't need it yet. I'm sure you'll feel differently if you ever have the bad luck to start to heavily use an app that Steve Jobs decides offends him in some way, and subsequently gets removed from the app store.
Second, if your reason for having an iPhone includes "I can just wait for iTunes to tell me when there's a new version", that's ridiculous. You can be ignorant of security flaws on Android, as well. Trust me, there's no one that makes you go read up on them on /. (although apparently you would do so anyway, since you read this article). You can just wait for the phone to tell you that there's a new update for the OS available, and install it. Just like the iPhone! Of course, just like the iPhone, if there's a security bug you won't know about it and can be exploited, but if that's really what you want you can get it.
No they didn't. I get carded all the time when I buy M-rated games there.
Yes, but that's not two variants of micro USB, that's mini USB and micro USB. Those are not the same.
In fairness to Firaxis, I (and I'm not the only one) have never had crashing problems with Civ V. I'm not discounting that some do have a problem, but it's not a universal problem, so it's not unreasonable to say that they didn't see it coming.
Ignoring fire and brimstone, let's get back to the broader and real issue at hand. Bad game or bad content for purchase are not really the issues either. The fact is if we had more honest reviews floating around this would be a no brainer. The truth is we as gamers have been sold out countless times by these fan fiction writers who like to pretend they are writing a game review. In my personal experience, Red Dead Redemption was pretty much the worst multiplayer experience I have had in a while. It however managed to have a lot of good reviews. A more recent example of abuse of a good name is COD Black Ops. This is a good example of how to take something that wasn't terribly and just twist it into a hellish house of mirrors reflecting on a shadow of it's former self.
Simply because you don't agree with the reviews for Red Dead Redemption doesn't make them dishonest. Lots of users I've seen online have loved the multiplayer, so the reviews obviously aren't very far off the mark.
I mean, I hated Mario 64. I think that turning a well-crafted 2D platformer into 3D was the worst decision a game company has ever made. Does that mean I should accuse all the people who have ever given it a positive review of being liars?
You're right, I didn't read carefully enough. However, I would not wager that local laws have the same restriction. I also think it's only a matter of time until a federal law is in place.
Also, for some people, politics is like their religion, so that law may apply. ;)
The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA) contains a number of prohibitions, known as prohibited personnel practices, which are designed to promote overall fairness in federal personnel actions. 5 U.S.C. 2302. The CSRA prohibits any employee who has authority to take certain personnel actions from discriminating for or against employees or applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age or disability. It also provides that certain personnel actions can not be based on attributes or conduct that do not adversely affect employee performance, such as marital status and political affiliation.
Note: Many states and municipalities also have enacted protections against discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation, status as a parent, marital status and political affiliation. For information, please contact the EEOC District Office nearest you.
So, based upon this, not only does federal law prohibit discrimination upon political matters, but various local laws do as well.
That's not what he means, though. He means that companies can't sell individual employees to each other (well, sports teams can with their players, who are technically employees, so I guess there's that). A merger/etc is different.