I've been collecting GW minis for on and off over the past 12 years. I've never seen what you describe, although maybe things are different in the USA?
In Australia the independent retailers who carry GW products usually have a tiny little section of Warhammer. I've never seen any store carry 60% or more of their floorspace as Warhammer. The prices at these stores are always around 10% cheaper than GW. Warhammer can be purchased cheaper still by ordering from the UK (especially at the moment with currency prices). When ordering from the UK online the GW UK site is a good saving over prices in local stores, however the independent retailers in the UK are cheaper still than the official GW prices. I recommend Maelstrom Games, who are not only cheaper than Games Workshop but carry the full GW range as well as plenty of other brands of minis.
N.B. I'm not affiliated with Maelstrom, just a satisfied customer. I'm also a satisfied customer of the UK GW mail order thanks to a good experience. They sent me 6 blister packs of the wrong model and when I notified them of the mistake they said to keep the incorrect item and promptly sent the correct thing at no charge.
So can downloading a page full of flash ads. If things are going to be slow anyway having the hosts file at least gives you the advantage of being ad free.
The Australian Governor General signs off on every bill which becomes law, so in theory she can veto proposed legislation or send it back to the Senate for ammendment. By convention they don't use their veto powers, however I would hope that if a bill was grossly unconstitutional they would use the veto power.
The parent post is correct about the GG being able to sack the government and call a new election. This has happened once in 108 years of federal Australian politics and is one of the most contentious events in our political history.
I don't think the post was sarcastic. It was cynicism directed at the tabloid press and the sorts of articles they write. I couldn't see anything on Bild.de, but it wouldn't surprise me if tomorrow's headline was critical of the president not "thinking of the children".
Like adults, let us think rationally about each point and consider it on its merits (or lack thereof). I'm not sure if your examples of teasing were condoning the behaviour or just saying that it happens.
They can tease about stupidity.
As long as the stupidity isn't caused by mental illness or a disability I'm fine with this. People ought to be lifelong learners and attempt to improve their intelligence and wisdom.
They can tease about money.
The only teasing about money I've heard is directed at people who have a lot of it. The term for that would be "tall poppy syndrome" i.e. trying to bring them down to everyone elses' level. I think some teasing about money can be justified, e.g. no one likes a tightarse, however I'd draw the line well short of teasing someone about their poverty.
They can tease about weight.
Some adults do this, however I now consider it inappropriate. Body image is a serious issue for a lot of people and one thoughtless comment is enough to trigger all their insecurities. At one time I made joking comment about a friend's weight and he went on a serious health kick for several months after that.
They can tease about accents and behaviour.
This is usually racism. A person's accent is a product of where they are from and therefore their race, (unless they're a 2nd or 3rd generation migrant).
They can tease about looks.
See comment on weight.
They can tease about names.
This gets old quickly for children and is even less amusing for adults. Because your name doesn't change you hear the same old jokes over and over again. If you're going to make a joke about someone's name, I guarantee you're far from the first person to make that joke so just don't bother!
So to conclude, most teasing isn't behaving like a mature adult, and one of your examples of innocent teasing was actually racism.
So the Slashdot summary links to an article in the Huffington Post. And the HuffPo article links to an article in Wired. And the Wired article links to the actual story in the Boston Globe.
I think there's less misdirection than usual. Normally/. would link to some dude's blog which is calling another blog writer an idiot and happens to quote one line from the Huffington Post article. Once you eventually find the article it will be split over ten pages with one paragraph of text on each, surrounded by annoying flash ads.
Some ATMs near my work have removed the cents when you type in the amount you want. You just type in '1' '0' '0' (or however much you want). It makes sense to me, why force people to press two extra 0s when they want money?
Are you posting using telnet? At any rate, your protocol is inefficient. You need to send more data in each packet. It's a waste having a pigeon carry all that header information to only deliver one character of data.
Coming back from Egypt (again) I have to say that it is indeed very fascinating (not only because the Christians pretty much stole most ideas from their pantheon).
Your point about CDs not being able to accurately reproduce a 15 khz tone is moot. I don't know of any instruments which can play a note roughly 5 octaves above middle C. The harmonics on the top string of a violin are the only sound I can think of which might be close to that high, and they tend to sound "unnatural" to our ears anyway.
Actually Modern Warfare 2 isn't banned in Australia. Apparently shooting civilians at an airport isn't evil but setting fire to zombies and cutting undead with chainsaws is.
I don't think using mathematical models from a film for real science is a good idea. The point of the film is to appear realistic, not actually be the same as nature. Another example would be lighting equations used in computer graphics. The aim is to give the illusion of realistic lighting, not actually reproduce reality. It turns out that the actual equations for light fall-off from the physical world don't look as realistic as the ones that are used.
No there isn't. I'm sure nurture (or lack thereof) has a bit to do with "vicious breeds", however no one owns a rottweiler or a pitbull because they're cute and good around children.
Academics in Australia are supposedly going on strike because of the poor conditions you describe in your post. The only difference in Australia is that the pay is reasonable, all your other points about job conditions apply.
What I found most interesting was that there is a law here preventing nation-wide industrial action. What happened was the academic unions at each university individually held meetings and every university individually passed resolutions to take similar action.
I'm not sure how effective the strikes are, as I'm no longer studying.
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I've been collecting GW minis for on and off over the past 12 years. I've never seen what you describe, although maybe things are different in the USA?
In Australia the independent retailers who carry GW products usually have a tiny little section of Warhammer. I've never seen any store carry 60% or more of their floorspace as Warhammer. The prices at these stores are always around 10% cheaper than GW. Warhammer can be purchased cheaper still by ordering from the UK (especially at the moment with currency prices). When ordering from the UK online the GW UK site is a good saving over prices in local stores, however the independent retailers in the UK are cheaper still than the official GW prices. I recommend Maelstrom Games, who are not only cheaper than Games Workshop but carry the full GW range as well as plenty of other brands of minis.
N.B. I'm not affiliated with Maelstrom, just a satisfied customer. I'm also a satisfied customer of the UK GW mail order thanks to a good experience. They sent me 6 blister packs of the wrong model and when I notified them of the mistake they said to keep the incorrect item and promptly sent the correct thing at no charge.
So can downloading a page full of flash ads. If things are going to be slow anyway having the hosts file at least gives you the advantage of being ad free.
The Australian Governor General signs off on every bill which becomes law, so in theory she can veto proposed legislation or send it back to the Senate for ammendment. By convention they don't use their veto powers, however I would hope that if a bill was grossly unconstitutional they would use the veto power.
The parent post is correct about the GG being able to sack the government and call a new election. This has happened once in 108 years of federal Australian politics and is one of the most contentious events in our political history.
I don't think the post was sarcastic. It was cynicism directed at the tabloid press and the sorts of articles they write. I couldn't see anything on Bild.de, but it wouldn't surprise me if tomorrow's headline was critical of the president not "thinking of the children".
Whisky, Tango, Foxtrot? Great idea for a date! Much more romantic than buying her flowers.
RTFA - The image was on a blog and the blog hosting company was a subsidiary of google.
Like adults, let us think rationally about each point and consider it on its merits (or lack thereof). I'm not sure if your examples of teasing were condoning the behaviour or just saying that it happens.
As long as the stupidity isn't caused by mental illness or a disability I'm fine with this. People ought to be lifelong learners and attempt to improve their intelligence and wisdom.
The only teasing about money I've heard is directed at people who have a lot of it. The term for that would be "tall poppy syndrome" i.e. trying to bring them down to everyone elses' level. I think some teasing about money can be justified, e.g. no one likes a tightarse, however I'd draw the line well short of teasing someone about their poverty.
Some adults do this, however I now consider it inappropriate. Body image is a serious issue for a lot of people and one thoughtless comment is enough to trigger all their insecurities. At one time I made joking comment about a friend's weight and he went on a serious health kick for several months after that.
This is usually racism. A person's accent is a product of where they are from and therefore their race, (unless they're a 2nd or 3rd generation migrant).
See comment on weight.
This gets old quickly for children and is even less amusing for adults. Because your name doesn't change you hear the same old jokes over and over again. If you're going to make a joke about someone's name, I guarantee you're far from the first person to make that joke so just don't bother!
So to conclude, most teasing isn't behaving like a mature adult, and one of your examples of innocent teasing was actually racism.
I think there's less misdirection than usual. Normally /. would link to some dude's blog which is calling another blog writer an idiot and happens to quote one line from the Huffington Post article. Once you eventually find the article it will be split over ten pages with one paragraph of text on each, surrounded by annoying flash ads.
Some ATMs near my work have removed the cents when you type in the amount you want. You just type in '1' '0' '0' (or however much you want). It makes sense to me, why force people to press two extra 0s when they want money?
You do know that you can use more than one of a unit don't you? For example if 1cm isn't big enough you could use 2cm or even 3cm.
Use a non-breaking space character then, instead of a regular space.
Thank you for using the phrase "begging the question" correctly.
Are you posting using telnet? At any rate, your protocol is inefficient. You need to send more data in each packet. It's a waste having a pigeon carry all that header information to only deliver one character of data.
The parent post is full of lies. Do you really think Americans are so credulous that they'd believe your phony translations?
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How is replacing a theocracy with a secular police state an improvement?
I'm not saying all of China is a police state, but Tibet is run like one.
Given the state of some library books I've borrowed, I think you're wrong on the lack of note jotting.
The ancient Greeks, who made rhetoric an art form, liked repetition. Repeating things adds emphasis.
Your point about CDs not being able to accurately reproduce a 15 khz tone is moot. I don't know of any instruments which can play a note roughly 5 octaves above middle C. The harmonics on the top string of a violin are the only sound I can think of which might be close to that high, and they tend to sound "unnatural" to our ears anyway.
Actually Modern Warfare 2 isn't banned in Australia. Apparently shooting civilians at an airport isn't evil but setting fire to zombies and cutting undead with chainsaws is.
I don't think using mathematical models from a film for real science is a good idea. The point of the film is to appear realistic, not actually be the same as nature. Another example would be lighting equations used in computer graphics. The aim is to give the illusion of realistic lighting, not actually reproduce reality. It turns out that the actual equations for light fall-off from the physical world don't look as realistic as the ones that are used.
No there isn't. I'm sure nurture (or lack thereof) has a bit to do with "vicious breeds", however no one owns a rottweiler or a pitbull because they're cute and good around children.
Academics in Australia are supposedly going on strike because of the poor conditions you describe in your post. The only difference in Australia is that the pay is reasonable, all your other points about job conditions apply.
What I found most interesting was that there is a law here preventing nation-wide industrial action. What happened was the academic unions at each university individually held meetings and every university individually passed resolutions to take similar action.
I'm not sure how effective the strikes are, as I'm no longer studying.