Because the streams are a reliable source in and of themselves? BP has been scared and hiding since the beginning. They've all but eliminated any sort of unbiased information about the disaster. That doesn't generally mean things are going well.
Then again, we are not talking about Bobby Joe who lives out on his 40 acre ranch in Idaho and chases off people who stray onto his proppity.
I don't think that you've ever been to a ranch before. 40 acres isn't really a lot of property to be had, especially for ranching. You city folk seem to think that anything greater than a half-acre lot is huge.:P
Predominantly urban? Please! I think making sure that everyone has decent access is far more important than giving city dwellers a few more options and even faster speeds.
Shareware games, like Doom and Quake, were offered for free. They were essentially super long demos. You could purchase the last several episodes and have the complete game. That's fine. That's a great goal. Sadly, it sounds as if the article is talking more about charging a typical retail price for half of a game and then nickel and dimming customer for the final few boss battles.
So in the end, yes, as messed up as it is, it is as much their business as they can legally make it and why I made sure not to live within a mile of another human being.
And that's really what it comes down to, isn't it? Don't live in the city. Don't have visible neighbors. You'll find that life is a lot easier when there aren't a bunch of nosy pricks around, looking for anyway they can to make you miserable.
Unless it directly effects the safety of a neighbor, it is absolutely none of their business. I know it's a hard concept for city folk to comprehend, since they're used to everything being everyone's business.
Moving isn't a problem. You just have to find the right buyer. Neighbors aren't a problem if you don't build your house right up against the road where everyone can see you. People getting hurt while breaking in? Well, I can guarantee you that person would never make it out of the house to complain anyway...
I can guarantee that my PC didn't cost anywhere near your PS3 when they were both new. The difference is that my PC is far more powerful and can still run Linux if I want it to!
I've always found that to be pretty humorous myself. You have all these Halo and Call of Duty fanboys that do nothing but scream about how "hardcore" they. But when it comes right down to it, they're the ones using gimped gamepads to play severely slow-paced, entry-level games. Hehe.:)
Two or three commercials per break is a lot better than I recall having with my old satellite hookup. What always bothered me more than anything else were the in-show ads. Those dumb little things that pop up all along the edges of the screen to advertise something else during the show.
Tattoos only become green smears when cheap ink is used. A lot of know-nothing scratchers use Indian Ink, which always fades into a blue or green tint. If you think that tattoos are lame, that's fine. Your possible reasoning however seems flawed and based entirely upon unskilled, inexpensive applications of the trade.
Most people do not know how to properly apply tattoos. It's a fad nowadays that everyone has jumped on simply because it is "cool" and they might get a television show out of it. Furthermore, a lot of customers don't know how to properly care for their tattoo, either during the healing process or in the long term. Tattoos can look absolutely beautiful, but it largely depends upon the design itself, the skill and experience of the artist, the care that is put into it by the wearer, and also one's personal taste for such things. To say that they "always end up faded and smudged" is ignorance and only accounts for tattoos that were either improperly applied to begin with or were not taken care of afterward. Of course, it doesn't help that you have posers nowadays telling people dumb shit like to immediately smear their fresh tattoos with Neosporin and tightly wrap it with Cling Wrap. A good tattoo should last a lifetime without deteriorating much at all if looked after. About the only thing you can't prevent is stretched and saggy skin. That can be avoided however by carefully choosing the position of the tattoo in the first place.
Actually, I think it'd be a lot more useful to create a.kids domain and give people the walled garden they want.
Heck, I wouldn't be opposed to having a.christ domain either, that way I can filter it out through my firewall and never have to worry about accidentally stumbling upon it!
Well, that shows how much I watch television. It seems to get enough replay on Adult Swim anyway. Having a lot more episodes than Futurama ever had probably helps with that though.
If I recall correctly, King of the Hill aired in that time slot, immediately before The Simpsons, for quite a while. That show is still going strong. Of course, I also tend to think that King of the Hill is probably one of the funniest cartoon comedies, especially as it goes on. It's much more satirical than most and not as over-the-top in its humor or references. It feels more organic and doesn't degrade itself with random bits of "wtf humor" as Family Guy (and most others to some extent) so famously does. To me, Futurama always felt kind of hit or miss. When it's funny it's really funny, but that occasion doesn't often come around.
Star Wars is about as far from real science fiction as the Lord of the Rings. Explaining it all away in technical terms is like trying to put a realistic spin on Sleeping Beauty.
Telling the victims to stand up for themselves works to an extent, but honestly, what kind of society are we living in where that is necessary? What's the point of civilization if not to protect the (physically) weak from the strong?
The weak should not exist. They only exist because of artificial constructs, like our current societies. No one can take power from you... you have to hand it to them.
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing."
But the one thing we can be sure of is that the school system will NOT use their *discipline system* against the people who were bullying him, for years on end. The bullies, or "lads" are the ones to be protected at all costs, while their victims must be driven to the point of going over the edge, and then arrested when they complain, try to defend themselves, or threaten the bullies in turn.
QFT
This is why people shouldn't put up with bullying at all. The moment a class mate pushes you or calls you a name, you should lash out and make sure they and everyone around remember not to mess with you.
The problems being when friends and family members, who blog about every little moment in life, begin including references to you in said blogs. You may do everything in your power to protect your privacy, but it doesn't mean a single thing when you have a friend spreading all of your information around for you.
"So-and-so was at the bar with us last night, man was that fun... check these photos of them!"
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Because the streams are a reliable source in and of themselves? BP has been scared and hiding since the beginning. They've all but eliminated any sort of unbiased information about the disaster. That doesn't generally mean things are going well.
Then again, we are not talking about Bobby Joe who lives out on his 40 acre ranch in Idaho and chases off people who stray onto his proppity.
I don't think that you've ever been to a ranch before. 40 acres isn't really a lot of property to be had, especially for ranching. You city folk seem to think that anything greater than a half-acre lot is huge. :P
Predominantly urban? Please! I think making sure that everyone has decent access is far more important than giving city dwellers a few more options and even faster speeds.
The oil tycoons running the world aren't uncaring beasts, huh? Wake the fuck up!
Shareware games, like Doom and Quake, were offered for free. They were essentially super long demos. You could purchase the last several episodes and have the complete game. That's fine. That's a great goal. Sadly, it sounds as if the article is talking more about charging a typical retail price for half of a game and then nickel and dimming customer for the final few boss battles.
So in the end, yes, as messed up as it is, it is as much their business as they can legally make it and why I made sure not to live within a mile of another human being.
And that's really what it comes down to, isn't it? Don't live in the city. Don't have visible neighbors. You'll find that life is a lot easier when there aren't a bunch of nosy pricks around, looking for anyway they can to make you miserable.
Unless it directly effects the safety of a neighbor, it is absolutely none of their business. I know it's a hard concept for city folk to comprehend, since they're used to everything being everyone's business.
Moving isn't a problem. You just have to find the right buyer. Neighbors aren't a problem if you don't build your house right up against the road where everyone can see you. People getting hurt while breaking in? Well, I can guarantee you that person would never make it out of the house to complain anyway...
Or bypass the permit altogether and do it under the table. It's really no one's business what you build on your property.
I can guarantee that my PC didn't cost anywhere near your PS3 when they were both new. The difference is that my PC is far more powerful and can still run Linux if I want it to!
I've always found that to be pretty humorous myself. You have all these Halo and Call of Duty fanboys that do nothing but scream about how "hardcore" they. But when it comes right down to it, they're the ones using gimped gamepads to play severely slow-paced, entry-level games. Hehe. :)
The answer to a question.
Two or three commercials per break is a lot better than I recall having with my old satellite hookup. What always bothered me more than anything else were the in-show ads. Those dumb little things that pop up all along the edges of the screen to advertise something else during the show.
Even my GF who frankly thinks games are a waste of time ended up hooked on Farmville and that treasure hunting game they have on FB.
She thinks that games are a waste of time, but makes an exception for Farmville of all things?!
Tattoos only become green smears when cheap ink is used. A lot of know-nothing scratchers use Indian Ink, which always fades into a blue or green tint. If you think that tattoos are lame, that's fine. Your possible reasoning however seems flawed and based entirely upon unskilled, inexpensive applications of the trade.
Hm... You know what, I think I'd be okay with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle tattoo. Thanks for the advice!
Most people do not know how to properly apply tattoos. It's a fad nowadays that everyone has jumped on simply because it is "cool" and they might get a television show out of it. Furthermore, a lot of customers don't know how to properly care for their tattoo, either during the healing process or in the long term. Tattoos can look absolutely beautiful, but it largely depends upon the design itself, the skill and experience of the artist, the care that is put into it by the wearer, and also one's personal taste for such things. To say that they "always end up faded and smudged" is ignorance and only accounts for tattoos that were either improperly applied to begin with or were not taken care of afterward. Of course, it doesn't help that you have posers nowadays telling people dumb shit like to immediately smear their fresh tattoos with Neosporin and tightly wrap it with Cling Wrap. A good tattoo should last a lifetime without deteriorating much at all if looked after. About the only thing you can't prevent is stretched and saggy skin. That can be avoided however by carefully choosing the position of the tattoo in the first place.
Actually, I think it'd be a lot more useful to create a .kids domain and give people the walled garden they want.
Heck, I wouldn't be opposed to having a .christ domain either, that way I can filter it out through my firewall and never have to worry about accidentally stumbling upon it!
Well, that shows how much I watch television. It seems to get enough replay on Adult Swim anyway. Having a lot more episodes than Futurama ever had probably helps with that though.
If I recall correctly, King of the Hill aired in that time slot, immediately before The Simpsons, for quite a while. That show is still going strong. Of course, I also tend to think that King of the Hill is probably one of the funniest cartoon comedies, especially as it goes on. It's much more satirical than most and not as over-the-top in its humor or references. It feels more organic and doesn't degrade itself with random bits of "wtf humor" as Family Guy (and most others to some extent) so famously does. To me, Futurama always felt kind of hit or miss. When it's funny it's really funny, but that occasion doesn't often come around.
Star Wars is about as far from real science fiction as the Lord of the Rings. Explaining it all away in technical terms is like trying to put a realistic spin on Sleeping Beauty.
Telling the victims to stand up for themselves works to an extent, but honestly, what kind of society are we living in where that is necessary? What's the point of civilization if not to protect the (physically) weak from the strong?
The weak should not exist. They only exist because of artificial constructs, like our current societies. No one can take power from you... you have to hand it to them.
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing."
--Conan, The Tower of the Elephant
But the one thing we can be sure of is that the school system will NOT use their *discipline system* against the people who were bullying him, for years on end. The bullies, or "lads" are the ones to be protected at all costs, while their victims must be driven to the point of going over the edge, and then arrested when they complain, try to defend themselves, or threaten the bullies in turn.
QFT
This is why people shouldn't put up with bullying at all. The moment a class mate pushes you or calls you a name, you should lash out and make sure they and everyone around remember not to mess with you.
The problems being when friends and family members, who blog about every little moment in life, begin including references to you in said blogs. You may do everything in your power to protect your privacy, but it doesn't mean a single thing when you have a friend spreading all of your information around for you.
"So-and-so was at the bar with us last night, man was that fun... check these photos of them!"
Remember kids, the ghost of J. Edgar Hoover is watching everything you do ...
Yeah, but just think of all the sexy lingerie he's wearing under those ugly men's clothing while he watches!