Too many generations have been raised to not ask questions. The autonomic reflex to ask questions (even about the inane) is annoying to those who think they know everything, but it's a Good Thing(tm) for our culture. ...
Real life isn't WoW um, okay.
and the primary resource is never the quest text anyways. Seeking out an independent source like Thott is the correct course. i never read the quest text, either. i wonder if there's an independent source i can look up?
Do you even play WoW? you'd be surprised at how many thanks i've gotten for answering a query with a direct quote from the quest text. you might even be surprised at how many people have gotten mad at me for directing them to thottbot, except you're probably asleep by now.
to recap: iraq was hitler. iran is hitler. anyone who speaks provocatively against the US and its allies is hitler.
so, we better kill them before they do something totally evil, like hitler did. most importantly, do it in the name of democracy, social equality, and freedom!
hitler.
i like beating up 7-year-old hitlers. SHOCK AND AWE, BABY!
Too many generations have been raised to read the quest text. The autonomic reflex to ignore simple directions (and use common sense) is annoying to those who are literate, but it's a Good Thing(tm) for our culture. wait, what?
what a technological marvel! i wonder if these guys have also come up with a toothbrush with only one bristle, and a comb with a single tooth.
In the meantime, Ratiatum has promised an updated version of Privatunes which will be able to anonymize several files at a time and will be available on Mac and Linux. wow, i can't wait to see how many textboxes they'll be able to fit on a screen!
you see that hole in the middle of the cd, where there's nothing but clear plastic? the media i use now fits in that hole, has much greater storage capacity than cd-roms, and doesn't make my computer sound like a 747. its storage capacity will catch up to dvds sometime this year, and maybe even hd-dvds in a few more years. plus, it's rewritable, so i don't need to have a hundred.
if content delivery is solved by high speed internet, i have no doubts that content storage and transportability will be solved by flash memory. i don't think performance will be an issue.
If you want to get a jump on what SHOULD be included in the documents to be released, check out this document on CIA run Mind Control programs: make me!
well, not only are they distributing the same product in a different medium, but they are also distributing a new product containing the photograph:
"The Complete National Geographic" was powered by copyrighted software programs and included -- in addition to the magazine reproductions -- an animated montage of photos set to music and a Kodak commercial.
and, incidentally, national geographic got to extend its own copyright protections:
The National Geographic registered a separate, and new, copyright for the CD-ROM set in 1997.
this ruling is a boon to corporations, and maybe even to consumers. but, it doesn't seem to be helping artists.
no, credit is newspeak for "can handle money responsibly." if you have several credit cards, use them, and pay them off in full each month, then you can end up with no debt and no finance charges. but, by using credit cards, you are building up a history of responsible handing of money. there is absolutely no reason why you shouldn't be doing this. (well, there is one, but i'm assuming that you aren't bad at handling money)
in a similar vein, if you don't own a car, don't plan to drive, etc, get a driver's license anyways.
well, isn't autosomal dna testing also just a comparison between two dna samples? on one hand, if the dna sample isn't available, there's nothing to compare. on the other hand, if the person is still alive, you can just fly over and talk to him. is there anything in between?
let's look at the different ways to get gold in world of warcraft without buying it from gold farmers:
kill the same types of monsters over and over, for hours and days and weeks, then pick up gold and sell loot for whatever the market will bear.
ride around in a zone for hours and days and weeks, looking for herbs to pick and ore to mine, then sell for whatever the market will bear.
sit in the auction house all day, looking for good deals which you can turn around and sell for more.
get lucky and find a rare and highly sought after item, which you can turn around and sell for whatever the market will bear.
scam or steal gold/items from other players.
utilize a combination of the above methods in order to learn how to make a highly sought after crafted-item, which you can sell for whatever the market will bear.
be a part of a guild that is far advanced in terms of pve raid progression, and thus is able to run easier raid content and sell the drops for whatever the market will bear.
hmmm... did i miss anything? so far, i don't see anything here that requires skill beyond that of a 12 year-old. that is what you meant by meritocracy, right? what i do see is that it requires you to have the temperament to do the same thing over and over for weeks and weeks. in the mmo world, this is what is called grinding.
but, wait.. there's another common thread among the methods above... i can't quite... what is it...? yes! it's greed.
(sure, hard work and greed may be virtues in a capitalistic society, but this is just a game, and when you're finished, you end up with no material rewards.)
are you even listening to yourself? you have become that which you seek to destroy.
no, scientists don't need your help in not looking at all possible points of view. it's the opposite of what science is all about.
no, scientists don't need your special bullshit filter as a shortcut to peer review. it may surprise you to know that scientists are pretty smart people who know how to cut through bullshit. well, now you know.
no, scientists don't need your armies of thugs roaming the streets with knives and clubs. it's like fighting cancer with cancer.
When you've got the first type of person, there really is no point in taking them seriously - they're only interested in pushing their political agenda, not in advancing the state of scientific knowledge. Although you run the risk of occasionally ignoring a "visionary"-type, if you don't identify the politically-motivated hucksters & make sure they are ignored, then the REAL science will get drowned in a tidal wave of ideological bullshit. no, i don't think so. identifying politically motivated hucksters & making sure they are ignored doesn't appear to be related to the scientific method in any way. maybe they only teach that step in kentucky?
in fact, it sounds suspiciously political. if you want to use a political on filter your scientific news, you should at least admit that it has nothing to do with science and everything to do with politics. maybe you just don't have enough spare cycles to go through all the science? that's understandable.. but, i wonder where the extra cycles will come from when you decide you want to recycle some of your consumer electronics toys, or when one day you're faced with major economic and lifestyle changes.
if you don't have people who are willing and able to question it, then the quality of your science will suffer. if you have people on the pro side yelling and swearing at people on the con side, and trying to silence any critics, then how is it any different than groupthink?
i often hear the accusation that people on the anti-global warming side don't understand the science of the global warming argument, but i have some doubts about whether people on the pro-global warming side really understand it, either. i wonder how many people can actually wrap their minds around the science, both the pro- and the anti- arguments, and how many just agreed with al gore.
i'm not trying to spread fud, or take an anti-global warming position. i just like to stir up trouble. when i buy something from amazon, i like to see some negative reviews, too.
well, let's take a look at how your argument goes:
The government needs money to provide everything that it provides how is it going to get money?
It doesn't need a one-time influx of cash haha what? when would this influx happen? in 1788? when a person is born/dies? once a year?
it needs a regular influx of cash. Obviously. and, to get a regular influx of cash, as opposed to a one-time influx of cash
we have this compromise system based on taxation at the time of transactions. while not a strictly continuous stream of income,
It approximates, roughly, a constant income stream to the government and, to get the best approximation, we need
single taxation
double taxation!
Triple taxation!
Quadruple taxation!
And on and on but, remember: the reason why we have this kind of taxation is because
obviously, a one-time influx of cash into the government just won't cut it. well, there you have it. the reason for a fuel tax isn't to pay for roads, but so that we can support infinituple taxation.
assuming there's no mechanism already in place to log ip addresses, can torrentspy be compelled to write programs to accomplish this? and, what kind of precedence does this set for any kind of service provider that uses a computer?
a quick look through this article's comments should clue you in to the real reason for fuel taxes: to pay for roads. so, you didn't need to make up some bs about how a trickle of payments adding up to X somehow ends up totaling more than a single payment of X. fiat currency issues aside, it's like saying that twenty dollar bills have freshness dates, or that savings accounts have rates of decay. obviously.
i don't care about whatever beef you might have with libertarians, but if you wanted to add something to this discussion that was uniquely your own, you shouldn't have tried for something that's completely absurd, followed by "obviously." you could have said something about how taxing this way allows for more flexibility in who to tax, where to spend the tax money, and how to pay for unexpected needs. or, you could have contrasted the convenience of being double- or triple-taxed at the pump, with the complex and tedious process of paying the tax directly as a special fuel supplier/receiver.
This notion of "double" or "triple" taxation somehow being unfair belies a complete misunderstanding of the process. John has a personal business that makes widgets. Sam buys a widget from him. Sam pays taxes -- single taxation. Now John pays taxes on his business -- there's double taxation! Now John gets paid by his business, but the government gets a cut. Triple taxation! Now Sam buys something with his income. Quadruple taxation! And on and on it goes. Why? Because, obviously, a one-time influx of cash into the government just won't cut it. wow, what a horrible explanation. i hope you weren't serious.
Sir Paul changed the company who market his music. He didn't like the way that EMI were too hide-bound and stuck in their traditional ways. He thinks that his new company is more forward looking and he is, for the time being, content with his choice. Where is the problem? i don't quite understand his position on this. emi is offering drm-free music, and is soon going to offer beatles mp3s. it's being bought by terra firma, which realizes that "the global music industry is undergoing significant change," and wants emi to "accelerate the development of its digital and online strategy to fully exploit this long-term growth opportunity."
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these were manufactured in china, remember? how do you know they aren't made out of untreated sewage and industrial waste?
to recap: iraq was hitler. iran is hitler. anyone who speaks provocatively against the US and its allies is hitler.
so, we better kill them before they do something totally evil, like hitler did. most importantly, do it in the name of democracy, social equality, and freedom!
hitler.
i like beating up 7-year-old hitlers. SHOCK AND AWE, BABY!
hitler hitler.
Too many generations have been raised to read the quest text. The autonomic reflex to ignore simple directions (and use common sense) is annoying to those who are literate, but it's a Good Thing(tm) for our culture. wait, what?
so, what part of the riaa isn't middle-men?
a sponge the size of texas.
i was just trying to be funny. i failed. : (
here and here are where i actually go when i want to know if i can buy a cd. too bad the link from wikipedia to that huge list at riaa.com is broken.
you see that hole in the middle of the cd, where there's nothing but clear plastic? the media i use now fits in that hole, has much greater storage capacity than cd-roms, and doesn't make my computer sound like a 747. its storage capacity will catch up to dvds sometime this year, and maybe even hd-dvds in a few more years. plus, it's rewritable, so i don't need to have a hundred.
if content delivery is solved by high speed internet, i have no doubts that content storage and transportability will be solved by flash memory. i don't think performance will be an issue.
oh, shut up. everybody knows who the music companies are that make up the riaa. well, sort of...
well, not only are they distributing the same product in a different medium, but they are also distributing a new product containing the photograph:
"The Complete National Geographic" was powered by copyrighted software programs and included -- in addition to the magazine reproductions -- an animated montage of photos set to music and a Kodak commercial.and, incidentally, national geographic got to extend its own copyright protections:
The National Geographic registered a separate, and new, copyright for the CD-ROM set in 1997.this ruling is a boon to corporations, and maybe even to consumers. but, it doesn't seem to be helping artists.
no, credit is newspeak for "can handle money responsibly." if you have several credit cards, use them, and pay them off in full each month, then you can end up with no debt and no finance charges. but, by using credit cards, you are building up a history of responsible handing of money. there is absolutely no reason why you shouldn't be doing this. (well, there is one, but i'm assuming that you aren't bad at handling money)
in a similar vein, if you don't own a car, don't plan to drive, etc, get a driver's license anyways.
i am an artiste!
well, isn't autosomal dna testing also just a comparison between two dna samples? on one hand, if the dna sample isn't available, there's nothing to compare. on the other hand, if the person is still alive, you can just fly over and talk to him. is there anything in between?
hmmm... did i miss anything? so far, i don't see anything here that requires skill beyond that of a 12 year-old. that is what you meant by meritocracy, right? what i do see is that it requires you to have the temperament to do the same thing over and over for weeks and weeks. in the mmo world, this is what is called grinding.
but, wait.. there's another common thread among the methods above... i can't quite... what is it...? yes! it's greed.
(sure, hard work and greed may be virtues in a capitalistic society, but this is just a game, and when you're finished, you end up with no material rewards.)
are you even listening to yourself? you have become that which you seek to destroy.
no, scientists don't need your help in not looking at all possible points of view. it's the opposite of what science is all about.
no, scientists don't need your special bullshit filter as a shortcut to peer review. it may surprise you to know that scientists are pretty smart people who know how to cut through bullshit. well, now you know.
no, scientists don't need your armies of thugs roaming the streets with knives and clubs. it's like fighting cancer with cancer.
in fact, it sounds suspiciously political. if you want to use a political on filter your scientific news, you should at least admit that it has nothing to do with science and everything to do with politics. maybe you just don't have enough spare cycles to go through all the science? that's understandable.. but, i wonder where the extra cycles will come from when you decide you want to recycle some of your consumer electronics toys, or when one day you're faced with major economic and lifestyle changes.
if you don't have people who are willing and able to question it, then the quality of your science will suffer. if you have people on the pro side yelling and swearing at people on the con side, and trying to silence any critics, then how is it any different than groupthink?
i often hear the accusation that people on the anti-global warming side don't understand the science of the global warming argument, but i have some doubts about whether people on the pro-global warming side really understand it, either. i wonder how many people can actually wrap their minds around the science, both the pro- and the anti- arguments, and how many just agreed with al gore.
i'm not trying to spread fud, or take an anti-global warming position. i just like to stir up trouble. when i buy something from amazon, i like to see some negative reviews, too.
assuming there's no mechanism already in place to log ip addresses, can torrentspy be compelled to write programs to accomplish this? and, what kind of precedence does this set for any kind of service provider that uses a computer?
a quick look through this article's comments should clue you in to the real reason for fuel taxes: to pay for roads. so, you didn't need to make up some bs about how a trickle of payments adding up to X somehow ends up totaling more than a single payment of X. fiat currency issues aside, it's like saying that twenty dollar bills have freshness dates, or that savings accounts have rates of decay. obviously.
i don't care about whatever beef you might have with libertarians, but if you wanted to add something to this discussion that was uniquely your own, you shouldn't have tried for something that's completely absurd, followed by "obviously." you could have said something about how taxing this way allows for more flexibility in who to tax, where to spend the tax money, and how to pay for unexpected needs. or, you could have contrasted the convenience of being double- or triple-taxed at the pump, with the complex and tedious process of paying the tax directly as a special fuel supplier/receiver.
and, paul is ditching emi. why?
when will it be okay to buy emi, again?