Cool, so you're saying that so long as people aren't on your side it's ok to commit war crimes?
Maybe talk to the Jews who survived auschwitz about that one. Tell them that it's ok their families were gassed because the Jews were on the wrong side of WWII. Maybe tell the families that survived occupied France that it was just to kill off dissidents because France sided with the allies.
Tell the families of Vietnam that their agent orange babies are cool because they sided with the USSR.
It's easy to shrug off war crimes as "necessary" when you're siding with the ones committing the war crimes. War crimes are war crimes, there's no way to dodge the issue. No matter what an aggressor does it's never ok to commit war crimes.
Unfortunately by dismissing it as the "myth of the day" doesn't settle it.
The question is always did we think it up or did we create the myths to explain something we don't understand. Something coming from the sky that doesn't look like a human could be called a demon by primitive societies. We explain it away with science fiction ideas. Maybe there's a 3rd option we haven't thought of yet.
I squarely stand on the side of "I don't know" when it comes to ETs and the like. Not sure if they exist but not willing to dismiss the idea.
Yeh, I saw the parent's comment and laughed too. I can't say I've played many games with people below 25 lately. Sure, you get the odd kid, but the average gamer is closer to 40 than 14. Where you find most of the kids are in free to play titles and on consoles. PC gaming is definitely dominated by the 25+ crowd.
The averages for different countries do vary, but the average age is going up, not going down. We all grew up on these games that are getting rebooted, unfortunately the reboots are generally piles of dogshit that can't even compare with the originals. The churnhouses like EA, Ubisoft & Actiblizzard really don't care if they get a good development team to give reboots the justice they deserve, just how much profit they make.
Pretty much it. It would only be evil if they FORCED you to pay to play the console.
If you look through my previous posts, you can see I am by no means an MS lover, but I won't stand for this bullshit that somehow charging for a service is "evil".
Sure, you can get the service free on PS3 & PC, where's the problem there? Buy a PS3 or PC, MS is not locking you into paying for live unless you bought their product already. People were well aware live was paid for before the Xbox & Xbox360 came out, so either you're just a stupid consumer or you just want to hang it on MS.
The worst thing about these laws is that they aren't logical.
It is akin to charging a bank robber for every note they stole, not for the crime as a whole. Or suing someone for defamation per word.
Sure, Limewire exposed themselves to being sued, but suing per download is just farcical. All this will do is damage brands and end up turning fans against the record companies.
The thing that gets me is that Atlantis is about metaphor rather than reality. I see no difference between a "researcher" and a fundamentalist religious type. Both are interpreting devices used to stir inner dialog as gospel truth.
If anything atlantis was one of the first science fiction tales. Think of how ridiculous it would be if people turned Star Wars into a cult...
Not knowing that murder is illegal will not get you off. Not knowing that speeding is illegal won't get you off a fine. Not knowing that slander can get you sued won't get you off.
I am by no means an MS fanboy, but you're talking bullshit. Xbox division is one of the few areas MS is making money. The 360 made money not long after it was released. Revenue for the Xbox division has been a steady US$8bn for a few years and profits have been far from abysmal (approx US$500m).
I am always amazed at what fanboys come up with, and I'd suspect you are a Sony fanboy.
And I've never been billed for emails or MSN messages myself. I know some carriers try to do this shit with traffic to Facebook & Twitter, but those are usually the lowest of the low plans where you don't actually get any real data, but data to FB & Twitter.
Nokia died as a reputable brand when they kept trying to sell their pieces of junk as smartphones. They wanted in on the iPhone market but really couldn't bring anything other than rehashes of a dumbphone with browsers.
I really think Nokia made a terrible decision throwing everything behind WP7. As was stated by GGP, Nokia has cirrhosis and still visits the pub every night.
You hit the nail on the head, and there's nothing that can be done with the disaster that is corporate intranets.
Having had to support these intranets, you have to install at least 2 browsers to have the machine able to access both the intranet sites for work, and internet sites for work. There's always a big "DO NOT UPGRADE IE" policy in every company I've worked for, the good thing about that though is that there's usually an "INSTALL FIREFOX IF A WEBSITE DOESN"T WORK" policy.
I suppose the knife cuts both ways there. IE6/ActiveX was the worst thing that companies bought into, and it's hurting them still, years later. The biggest problem there is that the IT managers are quite happy to accept their kickbacks from MS to have MS still deployed throughout their company. One would think they'd learn after the first time.
Yeh, I stopped reading at that word and just scrolled down to see a comment like this. Fucking pisses me off when people use "sheeple", a sense of superiority doesn't bode well for any argument.
I can't say I've used ubuntu much myself, I prefer SuSE, arch, Debian, or slackware. Ubuntu has always seemed a bit like Linux with training wheels.
I can't say I saw the article the GP mentioned, but I think people will find that there are those who used Linux before Ubuntu and avoid it, and those who discovered Linux through Ubuntu. Some day the training wheels come off and people try something different.
It's sad when you have to give a basic lesson on how electricity works via a geek website. I wish people would spend a few seconds searching before they decide to reply.
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US doesn't seem to do any of these things. Your military is a parasite that feeds off worthwhile projects.
FYI, Velcro was invented by a Swiss.
If you want zoom, get a real camera.
yeh, because the Israelis never kicked Arabs or Bedouin off their land at all. As has been said, copy/pasta propaganda.
Cool, so you're saying that so long as people aren't on your side it's ok to commit war crimes?
Maybe talk to the Jews who survived auschwitz about that one. Tell them that it's ok their families were gassed because the Jews were on the wrong side of WWII. Maybe tell the families that survived occupied France that it was just to kill off dissidents because France sided with the allies.
Tell the families of Vietnam that their agent orange babies are cool because they sided with the USSR.
It's easy to shrug off war crimes as "necessary" when you're siding with the ones committing the war crimes. War crimes are war crimes, there's no way to dodge the issue. No matter what an aggressor does it's never ok to commit war crimes.
Unfortunately by dismissing it as the "myth of the day" doesn't settle it.
The question is always did we think it up or did we create the myths to explain something we don't understand. Something coming from the sky that doesn't look like a human could be called a demon by primitive societies. We explain it away with science fiction ideas. Maybe there's a 3rd option we haven't thought of yet.
I squarely stand on the side of "I don't know" when it comes to ETs and the like. Not sure if they exist but not willing to dismiss the idea.
As a Chrome user I agree 100%. Mozilla got their shit together and stopped producing bloatware (Navigator, Communicator, etc) which split the market.
If it wasn't for Mozilla I don't think Chrome would exist.
Yeh, I saw the parent's comment and laughed too. I can't say I've played many games with people below 25 lately. Sure, you get the odd kid, but the average gamer is closer to 40 than 14. Where you find most of the kids are in free to play titles and on consoles. PC gaming is definitely dominated by the 25+ crowd.
The averages for different countries do vary, but the average age is going up, not going down. We all grew up on these games that are getting rebooted, unfortunately the reboots are generally piles of dogshit that can't even compare with the originals. The churnhouses like EA, Ubisoft & Actiblizzard really don't care if they get a good development team to give reboots the justice they deserve, just how much profit they make.
Pretty much it. It would only be evil if they FORCED you to pay to play the console.
If you look through my previous posts, you can see I am by no means an MS lover, but I won't stand for this bullshit that somehow charging for a service is "evil".
Sure, you can get the service free on PS3 & PC, where's the problem there? Buy a PS3 or PC, MS is not locking you into paying for live unless you bought their product already. People were well aware live was paid for before the Xbox & Xbox360 came out, so either you're just a stupid consumer or you just want to hang it on MS.
Anyway, back on topic. Sony is evil.
more like you forgot to tick anon and are now justifying your fail joke.
The worst thing about these laws is that they aren't logical.
It is akin to charging a bank robber for every note they stole, not for the crime as a whole. Or suing someone for defamation per word.
Sure, Limewire exposed themselves to being sued, but suing per download is just farcical. All this will do is damage brands and end up turning fans against the record companies.
The thing that gets me is that Atlantis is about metaphor rather than reality. I see no difference between a "researcher" and a fundamentalist religious type. Both are interpreting devices used to stir inner dialog as gospel truth.
If anything atlantis was one of the first science fiction tales. Think of how ridiculous it would be if people turned Star Wars into a cult...
War Games was great.
Worst scene(s) IMO is every scene from Swordfish. 2 hours of fail I can't get back. Die Hard 4 was pretty fail too, fucking fail terminology.
Ignorance is no excuse in the eyes of the law.
Not knowing that murder is illegal will not get you off. Not knowing that speeding is illegal won't get you off a fine. Not knowing that slander can get you sued won't get you off.
Your comment is as redundant as the article.
How much is that in ciders?
I am by no means an MS fanboy, but you're talking bullshit. Xbox division is one of the few areas MS is making money. The 360 made money not long after it was released. Revenue for the Xbox division has been a steady US$8bn for a few years and profits have been far from abysmal (approx US$500m).
I am always amazed at what fanboys come up with, and I'd suspect you are a Sony fanboy.
And I've never been billed for emails or MSN messages myself. I know some carriers try to do this shit with traffic to Facebook & Twitter, but those are usually the lowest of the low plans where you don't actually get any real data, but data to FB & Twitter.
Reading the article, that's all I could think of. Bravo!
Sorry, I have to call bullshit here.
Nokia died as a reputable brand when they kept trying to sell their pieces of junk as smartphones. They wanted in on the iPhone market but really couldn't bring anything other than rehashes of a dumbphone with browsers.
I really think Nokia made a terrible decision throwing everything behind WP7. As was stated by GGP, Nokia has cirrhosis and still visits the pub every night.
Agreed, now get off my lawn!
You hit the nail on the head, and there's nothing that can be done with the disaster that is corporate intranets.
Having had to support these intranets, you have to install at least 2 browsers to have the machine able to access both the intranet sites for work, and internet sites for work. There's always a big "DO NOT UPGRADE IE" policy in every company I've worked for, the good thing about that though is that there's usually an "INSTALL FIREFOX IF A WEBSITE DOESN"T WORK" policy.
I suppose the knife cuts both ways there. IE6/ActiveX was the worst thing that companies bought into, and it's hurting them still, years later. The biggest problem there is that the IT managers are quite happy to accept their kickbacks from MS to have MS still deployed throughout their company. One would think they'd learn after the first time.
even us mexicans don't drink VB...
Now Coopers, that's an aussie beer to be proud of.
I'm not sure if you can read.
$200 000.
Not $200.
Yeh, I stopped reading at that word and just scrolled down to see a comment like this. Fucking pisses me off when people use "sheeple", a sense of superiority doesn't bode well for any argument.
I can't say I've used ubuntu much myself, I prefer SuSE, arch, Debian, or slackware. Ubuntu has always seemed a bit like Linux with training wheels.
I can't say I saw the article the GP mentioned, but I think people will find that there are those who used Linux before Ubuntu and avoid it, and those who discovered Linux through Ubuntu. Some day the training wheels come off and people try something different.
It's sad when you have to give a basic lesson on how electricity works via a geek website. I wish people would spend a few seconds searching before they decide to reply.