a bunch of maps put together in your free time, no matter how awesome, are not likely going to do well against another applicant who has paid experience. "Look at this cool map I made for X game" is not nearly as eye catching on a resume as "Worked on X game, Y game, Z game...." even minor jobs look better when you have been paid for it.
go out, take the shit jobs, and earn your way in with a few titles under your belt... not hobby crafts.
Actually your assumptions are turning around on you... Most forms of Islam are as "non-literal" as most forms of Christianity... Hyper-strict interpretation Islam is as much of a sideline in that faith as it is in Jesus's fanclub.
Violence in the Islamic laws frequently parallel those found in the Old Testament, the basis of both Christianity and Judaism. Are their Muslims that feel that those laws still apply? Yes, of course, but there are also Christians and Jews who feel the same about their old laws (just look at how hard it has been to add GLBT protections to the hate-crime laws). Christians have been using the words of Paul (new testament remember) to condone the beating of women, GLBTs, genocide, murder, rape, theft... hell you name it, they did it. Does that mean that Christianity as a whole is about raping and killing? no, you need to look beyond the petty justifications of power hungry megalomaniacs to see the actual basis of the faith itself.
I would be hard pressed to find a faith that has not had a rule perverted to support violence by someone interested in personal gain...
I am not sure of the etymology of "Muslim"... it is possible the use of the word includes those who act counter to the tennants of the faith. For Christianity however, if one does not act in a Christ-like manner then calling oneself one holds about as much validity as me claiming to be the Queen of England.
I will take a look, while I do that I recommend you research the works by the current 4 Imams of Islam... or the ones before that. There hasn't been an official Imam who has condoned the kinds of actions the South Park boys were warned about in decades
(note: whacked out self proclaimed Imams hold no more validity within Islamthen Fred Phelps does in Christianity).
Christian actually means "Christ like". If you do not behave in a way that is similar to what he said to behave, you are not really Christian. Hence why people like Westboro Baptist and other "anti-whatever" Christian groups are more often Paulians then Christians (though they would never agree to that fact).
Islam, true Islam, is extremely peaceful. However like any large faith, it is often perverted by those who seek to use it to gain political power. A perfect example of this is Paul from the Christian faith. A simple skim over the books he wrote even leaves the most ignorant aware of the fact that he did not follow the teachings of Jesus. His books have been altered even more in the centuries since then to suit the political pressures at the time.. some parts were cut out, some were added in.
Any faith can be abused by those who want to get more money, land, power, opposite (or same) sex... Looking at Muslims who would threaten people with death over their depictions of Mohammad and taking that as the width and breadth of Islam is no more absurd then looking at the actions of Westboro Baptist and their "Got hates Gays" protests at fallen soldiers and thinking they are representative of all Christians.
Enrollment in undergraduate computer science courses is at an all-time high at colleges nationwide. But this trend that's been hailed by the US tech industry has a dark side: a disproportionate number of students taking these courses are caught cheating. More students are caught cheating in introductory computer science courses than in any other course on campus, thanks to automated tools that professors use to detect unauthorized code reuse, excessive collaboration and other forbidden ways of completing homework assignments. Computer science professors say their students are not more dishonest than students in other fields; they're just more likely to get caught because software is available to check for plagiarism. 'The truth is that on every campus, a large proportion of the reported cases of academic dishonesty come from introductory computer science courses, and the reason is totally obvious: we use automated tools to detect plagiarism,' explains Professor Ed Lazowska, chair of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington. 'We compare against other student submissions, and we compare against previous student submissions and against code that may be on the Web. These tools flag suspicious cases, which are then manually examined.'"
no kidding. My husband has a serious cigarette allergy (his throat swells shut and he falls over unable to breathe), more smokers people using e-cigs the better. The lack of all that crap in them greatly reduces his symptoms, and the fact that a far higher % is absorbed by the smoker means that there is less in the air per "cig".
E-cigs have far less second hand smoke, and generally only harm the person using them. If anything, the APA should be trying to get more long term smokers to swap to e-cigs if they are not planning on quiting.
speed bumps also greatly slow down emergency vehicles. If you have ever been in an ambulance going over speed bumps you will curse the name of whoever came up with such a painful idea
taxes and housing are universal, they apply equally to all... Prop 8 picked one group of people to discriminate against and no others.
the govt IS obligated to be equal in their pain-in-the-backside laws... you can't make things harder one one group just because you don't like em. "All men created equal"... so if it was "no one can marry in Cali" that would be ok.
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another reason why a tech union is sounding better and better.
but I'm willing to bet you are not designing a game engine like the parent poster...
a bunch of maps put together in your free time, no matter how awesome, are not likely going to do well against another applicant who has paid experience. "Look at this cool map I made for X game" is not nearly as eye catching on a resume as "Worked on X game, Y game, Z game...." even minor jobs look better when you have been paid for it.
go out, take the shit jobs, and earn your way in with a few titles under your belt... not hobby crafts.
first year c++ course: 600
graduation: ~20.
the coin obsession... never met a landlord yet who wasn't in it for the shines
how many crimes in the old testament are punished by stoning? makes me wonder how there are any rocks left in the middle east.
Actually your assumptions are turning around on you... Most forms of Islam are as "non-literal" as most forms of Christianity... Hyper-strict interpretation Islam is as much of a sideline in that faith as it is in Jesus's fanclub.
Violence in the Islamic laws frequently parallel those found in the Old Testament, the basis of both Christianity and Judaism. Are their Muslims that feel that those laws still apply? Yes, of course, but there are also Christians and Jews who feel the same about their old laws (just look at how hard it has been to add GLBT protections to the hate-crime laws). Christians have been using the words of Paul (new testament remember) to condone the beating of women, GLBTs, genocide, murder, rape, theft... hell you name it, they did it. Does that mean that Christianity as a whole is about raping and killing? no, you need to look beyond the petty justifications of power hungry megalomaniacs to see the actual basis of the faith itself.
I would be hard pressed to find a faith that has not had a rule perverted to support violence by someone interested in personal gain...
I am not sure of the etymology of "Muslim"... it is possible the use of the word includes those who act counter to the tennants of the faith. For Christianity however, if one does not act in a Christ-like manner then calling oneself one holds about as much validity as me claiming to be the Queen of England.
I will take a look, while I do that I recommend you research the works by the current 4 Imams of Islam... or the ones before that. There hasn't been an official Imam who has condoned the kinds of actions the South Park boys were warned about in decades
(note: whacked out self proclaimed Imams hold no more validity within Islamthen Fred Phelps does in Christianity).
Christian actually means "Christ like". If you do not behave in a way that is similar to what he said to behave, you are not really Christian. Hence why people like Westboro Baptist and other "anti-whatever" Christian groups are more often Paulians then Christians (though they would never agree to that fact).
Islam, true Islam, is extremely peaceful. However like any large faith, it is often perverted by those who seek to use it to gain political power. A perfect example of this is Paul from the Christian faith. A simple skim over the books he wrote even leaves the most ignorant aware of the fact that he did not follow the teachings of Jesus. His books have been altered even more in the centuries since then to suit the political pressures at the time.. some parts were cut out, some were added in.
Any faith can be abused by those who want to get more money, land, power, opposite (or same) sex... Looking at Muslims who would threaten people with death over their depictions of Mohammad and taking that as the width and breadth of Islam is no more absurd then looking at the actions of Westboro Baptist and their "Got hates Gays" protests at fallen soldiers and thinking they are representative of all Christians.
Enrollment in undergraduate computer science courses is at an all-time high at colleges nationwide. But this trend that's been hailed by the US tech industry has a dark side: a disproportionate number of students taking these courses are caught cheating. More students are caught cheating in introductory computer science courses than in any other course on campus, thanks to automated tools that professors use to detect unauthorized code reuse, excessive collaboration and other forbidden ways of completing homework assignments. Computer science professors say their students are not more dishonest than students in other fields; they're just more likely to get caught because software is available to check for plagiarism. 'The truth is that on every campus, a large proportion of the reported cases of academic dishonesty come from introductory computer science courses, and the reason is totally obvious: we use automated tools to detect plagiarism,' explains Professor Ed Lazowska, chair of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington. 'We compare against other student submissions, and we compare against previous student submissions and against code that may be on the Web. These tools flag suspicious cases, which are then manually examined.'"
make it work when the internet goes out?
as I said, my husband's throat will swell shut if he is around too many smokers, even outside.
I think the key word there is "generally".
good point, however I was refering to airborn chemicals.
addiction... while nicotine is not that dangerous on its own, it is still hellishly addictive.
no kidding. My husband has a serious cigarette allergy (his throat swells shut and he falls over unable to breathe), more smokers people using e-cigs the better. The lack of all that crap in them greatly reduces his symptoms, and the fact that a far higher % is absorbed by the smoker means that there is less in the air per "cig".
E-cigs have far less second hand smoke, and generally only harm the person using them. If anything, the APA should be trying to get more long term smokers to swap to e-cigs if they are not planning on quiting.
"YOU! Smile and look happy or you're fired!"
Pay out the nose for our high speed internet! but if you dare use that speed we will lock you up.
It can't get much worse without showing up on MST3K.
if you have seen a 10% raise any time in the last ten years? Gods know I haven't (hell, I'm making less now then I was in 2006).
Up nice and high folks so I can see em!
~Generic IT girl.
I would be more than a little interested in that list too...
because Firetrucks can fly and go right over slow trafic :)
speed bumps also greatly slow down emergency vehicles. If you have ever been in an ambulance going over speed bumps you will curse the name of whoever came up with such a painful idea
taxes and housing are universal, they apply equally to all... Prop 8 picked one group of people to discriminate against and no others.
the govt IS obligated to be equal in their pain-in-the-backside laws... you can't make things harder one one group just because you don't like em. "All men created equal"... so if it was "no one can marry in Cali" that would be ok.