Its only after you spend 1000+ hours looking at a dwarf's ass that you begin to realize that the Internet is surprisingly lacking in homo-dwarf-erotica.
Unfortunately the release of the Lord of the Rings movies on dvd and the general ease of photo-manipulation with Photoshop or the GIMP has changed that.
I remember I was explaining the Chess event from Karazhan one night to two guildmates who had never played it before. I was rambling on and eventually said "Did either of you play Archon back in the mid-80s or so? Sort of similar in the battle-chess vibe." There was an uncomfortable pause and one of them said "Uhh... I was -born- in 1989." Yeah, ok.
In games with much less mature players (WoW comes to mind awfully fast for some reason...) the amount of weird treatment towards female toons is higher. I haven't noticed it being nearly as much in EQ2 as it was in EQ1 or WoW. There aren't too many people that start throwing equipment at female toons anymore, and most people know that there is a large percentage chance that a female toon is being played by a guy.
I think this is very dependent on your realm and the type of realm you play on. I've noticed the exact opposite when I play WoW on my RP realm. It's RP-style, so people seem to be aware there's probably a lot of gender-bending going on already.
In fact you do. Your first amendment rights CAN'T be curtailed. There are certain situations that fall under "criminal intent" such as the much bally-hooed yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater,
Then here's where our fundamental disagreement is. I think we agree on most points, but I do feel that wearing a sweatshirt that looks like a bomb is akin to yelling "Fire" in a theater. I find most "9/11 changes everything, we have to clamp down on everything" arguments are ridiculous. I actively support EFF and the ACLU. I felt warrantless wiretapping and other illegal domestic surveillance was.. uh, unwarranted. I thought the Boston ATHF incident was a stupid overreaction, and I have often repeated the usually-overused "Those who would sacrifice liberty for security, deserve neither" Franklin catchphrase. But when you wear something like that to an airport and you REFUSE to answer airport staff questions about it, that's about as suspicious behavior as you can get without without actually shouting "I have a bomb and a list of demands.."
So much of this could have been avoided if she had not stupidly decided to ignore airport personnel.
How many people don't know where they are? Or where they're going?
Me. Very often. In fact any time I'm going to a place I've never been to before.
And if I ABSOLUTELY had to have directions, I probably would have printed out a Google map beforehand.
I'd rather not have to read a map while driving. Or have to pull over to read said map because it's not safe to do both at once. Or to have to angle the car in a strange way through a quiet residential neighborhood at night so my headlights shine upon a very small, poorly-placed road sign. Or wonder if that road I just passed that had no name sign was the road I was supposed to turn on. Or get frustrated because the road's name was recently changed but the online map hadn't gotten the new name yet.
All of these happened to me on one trip a few weeks ago..
Sure maybe a real car GPS is better. But where am I supposed to install it in my old car that I'm going be junking in a year or two anyway? Why not have a not-quite-as-good gps on my phone instead?
Freedom of speech: These rights include symbolic language and actions (like her shirt)
You don't have the freedom to wear devices that look like they could be bombs in an airport. Sorry, you just don't.
Freedom of Assembly: She was meeting with her friend in a public space and was detained
Thanks to the first non-freedom, this one is null and void. If you're legally detained, then your 'freedom of assembly' isn't being illegally curtailed.
Freedom from unlawful search and seizure: she was arrested and had her person and belongings searched
Again, this was not unlawful and no court in the country would rule it so. If you suspect someone of wearing anything close to a bomb at an airport... yes, you detain them.
Freedom from malicious prosecution: Even after it was determined that the authorities made a mistake, instead of saying "sorry" and letting her go they charged her and made her post bail. She will get off on the charges, but not until she has spent thousands on legal fees that she will be unable to recoup.
While what she did was stupid, I don't think it really requires serious charges.
A president of yours said even said "The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself".
and he was wrong, those were different times, simpler and more innocent.
No, he was right but only in the context in which his words were spoken. He was talking about an economic slump that could only be broken by optimism, as the pessimistic cautious hold over money stretched out the depression.
In an economic sense, Roosevelt was absolutely right, but it's a mistake to extend his speech to cover all situations the country faced.
To someone who is mired in electronics on a daily basis, a circuit board doesn't "look like a bomb" but it actually looks like homework, or a radio, or a motherboard, or something else.
I imagine that most components inside of real bombs look the same way. There's nothing inherently 'evil' about bomb parts, they're just everyday materials that are fit together for horrifying results.
That said, cut your losses, shake hands, tell her not to do it again, and move on. Personally I'm sick of the rampant stupidity that seems to have infected the world "post 9-11" and this is a prime example of it.
I totally agree. She should have known better than to wear something like that to an airport and not to stop and answer questions (from any airport personnel) when asked. Two series lapses in judgment I'm sure she won't make again.
Yes, I know that's not what you meant. I thought Boston totally overreacted to the Mooninite thing. But in this case the blame is actually being placed on who it should have been -- the girl at the airport.
two Russian airliners were brought down on the same day in 2004 with explosives suspected to have been hidden in the bras of two female passengers.
Are we now going to shoot anyone who wears a bra to the airport?
Shoot? Hopefully not. It might be a good idea to confiscate all bras at the airport though.
You know, that's sortof a cool shirt. However I would also hope that none of my family members would be STUPID enough to wear that to an airport. Worse still was the boneheaded decision of the MIT "performance artist."
If studios had addressed this in 2001 we, as "consumers", would be much better off.
I disagree. I get the feeling that consumers in general came up with their own solution that is better than anything the studios would have come out with.
There's even an in-joke for this located early on in the Fellowship of the Ring. I think it's when Bilbo gives his speech at the birthday party, and the hobbit audience becomes restless, worried that it was going to turn into another of his boring poems or songs.
The idea of losing points for a guess is usually found with easily-scored multiple-choice tests where you can achieve a good degree of a score by guesswork. It's almost never found with a question of the type "answer this question; show your work" where the number of possible guesses is infinite and the chance of a successful guess is not only low, but will reduce your score since you didn't show the methodology.
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Unfortunately the release of the Lord of the Rings movies on dvd and the general ease of photo-manipulation with Photoshop or the GIMP has changed that.
Tauren...
I remember I was explaining the Chess event from Karazhan one night to two guildmates who had never played it before. I was rambling on and eventually said "Did either of you play Archon back in the mid-80s or so? Sort of similar in the battle-chess vibe." There was an uncomfortable pause and one of them said "Uhh... I was -born- in 1989." Yeah, ok.
I think this is very dependent on your realm and the type of realm you play on. I've noticed the exact opposite when I play WoW on my RP realm. It's RP-style, so people seem to be aware there's probably a lot of gender-bending going on already.
Tell that to the INS!
Please, no car analogies. They don't work!
The question is: do you need to flash the bios and load a different one to install Linux?
Then here's where our fundamental disagreement is. I think we agree on most points, but I do feel that wearing a sweatshirt that looks like a bomb is akin to yelling "Fire" in a theater. I find most "9/11 changes everything, we have to clamp down on everything" arguments are ridiculous. I actively support EFF and the ACLU. I felt warrantless wiretapping and other illegal domestic surveillance was.. uh, unwarranted. I thought the Boston ATHF incident was a stupid overreaction, and I have often repeated the usually-overused "Those who would sacrifice liberty for security, deserve neither" Franklin catchphrase. But when you wear something like that to an airport and you REFUSE to answer airport staff questions about it, that's about as suspicious behavior as you can get without without actually shouting "I have a bomb and a list of demands.."
So much of this could have been avoided if she had not stupidly decided to ignore airport personnel.
Me. Very often. In fact any time I'm going to a place I've never been to before.
And if I ABSOLUTELY had to have directions, I probably would have printed out a Google map beforehand.
I'd rather not have to read a map while driving. Or have to pull over to read said map because it's not safe to do both at once. Or to have to angle the car in a strange way through a quiet residential neighborhood at night so my headlights shine upon a very small, poorly-placed road sign. Or wonder if that road I just passed that had no name sign was the road I was supposed to turn on. Or get frustrated because the road's name was recently changed but the online map hadn't gotten the new name yet.
All of these happened to me on one trip a few weeks ago..
Sure maybe a real car GPS is better. But where am I supposed to install it in my old car that I'm going be junking in a year or two anyway? Why not have a not-quite-as-good gps on my phone instead?
Be careful there... you could end up overusing periods like I do...
And what if she doesn't answer the airport staff?
You don't have the freedom to wear devices that look like they could be bombs in an airport. Sorry, you just don't.
Freedom of Assembly: She was meeting with her friend in a public space and was detained
Thanks to the first non-freedom, this one is null and void. If you're legally detained, then your 'freedom of assembly' isn't being illegally curtailed.
Freedom from unlawful search and seizure: she was arrested and had her person and belongings searched
Again, this was not unlawful and no court in the country would rule it so. If you suspect someone of wearing anything close to a bomb at an airport... yes, you detain them.
Freedom from malicious prosecution: Even after it was determined that the authorities made a mistake, instead of saying "sorry" and letting her go they charged her and made her post bail. She will get off on the charges, but not until she has spent thousands on legal fees that she will be unable to recoup.
While what she did was stupid, I don't think it really requires serious charges.
Because the enemies are imaginary and airports are no targets, right?
and he was wrong, those were different times, simpler and more innocent.
No, he was right but only in the context in which his words were spoken. He was talking about an economic slump that could only be broken by optimism, as the pessimistic cautious hold over money stretched out the depression.
In an economic sense, Roosevelt was absolutely right, but it's a mistake to extend his speech to cover all situations the country faced.
I imagine that most components inside of real bombs look the same way. There's nothing inherently 'evil' about bomb parts, they're just everyday materials that are fit together for horrifying results.
I totally agree. She should have known better than to wear something like that to an airport and not to stop and answer questions (from any airport personnel) when asked. Two series lapses in judgment I'm sure she won't make again.
Yes, I know that's not what you meant. I thought Boston totally overreacted to the Mooninite thing. But in this case the blame is actually being placed on who it should have been -- the girl at the airport.
Shoot? Hopefully not. It might be a good idea to confiscate all bras at the airport though.
You know, that's sortof a cool shirt. However I would also hope that none of my family members would be STUPID enough to wear that to an airport. Worse still was the boneheaded decision of the MIT "performance artist."
The people who are going to be disappointed are the ones who were hoping for something better than this.
People hoping for progression from the industry instead of regression.
I disagree. I get the feeling that consumers in general came up with their own solution that is better than anything the studios would have come out with.
Those people would have been online already, just not using as much bandwidth. ISPs greatly prefer that customers pay for the service but not use it.
There's even an in-joke for this located early on in the Fellowship of the Ring. I think it's when Bilbo gives his speech at the birthday party, and the hobbit audience becomes restless, worried that it was going to turn into another of his boring poems or songs.
Not a contract, totally unenforceable. They can say "you agree by opening this box" as much as they want. I don't agree, and I'll open it anyway.
I don't think I've ever read a post that so deserved its +5 moderation. Assuming it's all true, well done sir.
The idea of losing points for a guess is usually found with easily-scored multiple-choice tests where you can achieve a good degree of a score by guesswork. It's almost never found with a question of the type "answer this question; show your work" where the number of possible guesses is infinite and the chance of a successful guess is not only low, but will reduce your score since you didn't show the methodology.