Well let's be honest then: if you assume everyone else is lying, why should anyone be interested in your opinion? You're either paranoid or being disingenuous yourself. It's not a conspiracy, it's a genuine disagreement. Many of us won't be around in 70 years, but we'd still like to hedge our bets to keep our children alive and (at least relatively) safe. "Wait-and-see" with a problem on this scale seems far more risky than proactive improvements to our energy needs which also improve the health of humanity as a result.
Here we go with the usual progression of argument. Not only are the denialists in possession of the TRUTH, they are PERSECUTED for it. The same horrible kind of persecution the average white, anglosaxon protestant is hit with just for being alive, no doubt.
I deleted my minecraftforum account for conversations like these, so all I'm going to add is that my enjoyment of my vanilla SMP server is strong after about half a year. It's okay with me if other folks don't agree fun-factor-wise, but Minecraft will have a very loyal core customer base for many years to come.
I take the approach of temporary defenses when I'm building at night in survival. Extra walls or pits, excess lighting, dirt scaffolding to keep off the ground and get a good view of what I'm working on.
What I like about survival is exactly this - with proper defenses you can focus on your work. But every now and then, you still get half a heart attack when something comes at you out of the night. The heightened focus required for my projects enhances the JUMP I get when I hear an ominous rustle nearby, and that jeopardy keeps me on my toes.
It reminds me of playing King's Quest III when I was 12-13 of all things - knowing the evil wizard Manannan will return soon, navigating up the winding mountain path and hoping I don't fall to my death before the clock runs out and Manannan turns me into a cat. Games that raise my heart rate are the most memorable.
I really don't think so, especially with it coming to the 360. I think it'll be popular on the 360, really. Maybe not the same cult-like reception it gets on the PC, but yeah.
Also fuck survival, that's boring- if you're not playing on a "creative" server then you're-doing-it-wrong, and that's why it's getting boring.
I couldn't disagree more. Creative is extremely boring. Building a great structure with materials you obtained yourself, and while under fire from denizens of the night, is what makes Minecraft fun for me.
There is an alternative theory: That Palin isn't stupid, she just makes a deliberate effort to appear stupid
I'm familiar with this argument. It was made for #43, too. I don't find it credible, although I acknowledge that doesn't make it wrong. There are many kinds of intelligence, of course, but in broad terms there are a few things I look for to indicate intellect, with verbal skills and humor on one end of the spectrum, and absent-minded social obliviousness on the other. I have not observed any of these things in Palin's public discourse.
My impression is of a woman who was "good enough" to help run a very small constituency, but surrounded by oil sharks who use her as a stalking horse. My further impression is that her arrogance and weakly-honed critical sense leave her with the impression that she is significantly more clever and entitled to power that she really is, and ultimately that her manufactured success makes her believe education and intelligence are unimportant for leaders and citizens alike. It's troubling. In a way I almost hope that she really is just a cynical politician. It's easier to unseat someone determined to commit crimes than it is a genuine, forthright fool.
So, just so we're clear, you think that someone who can outmaneuver the corrupt portion of her own party in her home state and take out a large chunk of them, and then go on to lead negotiations with a sovereign country regarding oil transport is monstrously stupid.
I do believe you have got it surrounded, Mr Morden.
I'm sorry if it offends you, and she's certainly been given access to some remarkable opportunities, but I don't consider her among the great minds of our time, no.
Heh. Yep, she's sooo stupid she's made millions of dollars in the last year, and despite holding no public office gets more publicity than the President.
You, on the other hand, have done what exactly?;-)
To be fair, the GP called Mrs. Palin monstrously stupid, not unaccomplished. The two are not mutually exclusive. In many ways, she is the definitive proof.
our citizens need to care about each other in their local communities
That would be great, but it flies in the face of many deeply-rooted inclinations of modern society.
To quote one of the greatest minds of our time, “Oooh, look at me Marge, I'm making people happy! I'm the magical man from Happyland who lives in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane!
Not entirely on-topic, but one of the reasons I dislike the online presence of all "major" news outlets is embodied in that link. Noscript shows *9* different domains trying to ply me (no googles, surprisingly - but facebook is one) with god knows what, and will only serve a blurb without activating some arcane combination thereof (msn.com alone doesn't do it).
What a trivial thing to get annoyed at, but it vexes me. Will 'Do Not Track actually work? Because I can't imagine it will.
Shit, I'm actually going to have to go watch it now. Personally I think ATHF is far more brilliant than South Park from the perspective of a scathing social commentary, and (ironically) speaks more directly to the human condition. As an example, ATHF doesn't require something as bland and obvious as Mr Hankey to provoke a visceral reaction (although they don't shy away from viscera either).
Wish I had points. This is an enormously important medical fact which is unaddressed by any legal concept of majority with which I am familiar. Development of the prefrontal cortex is (generally speaking) not complete until the mid-20s. The brain is physically incomplete for the purposes of judgement until that time. Now I'm not saying no one under 25 should be held to account for poor judgement, but it also strikes me as irrational and unjust to treat teenagers as adults under the law.
Salt may not be highly radioactive, but it does have other health implications. I'd suggest skipping the grain per read item rule. Especially for heavy readers.
It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to see an ISP interpret sharing an open WiFi access point as "reselling" a service (i.e., payment is in goodwill and/or karma rather than cash).
I know you aren't making that argument, but it seems absurd, on its face, that goodwill and karma are legally equivalent to money.
On the other hand, I'd love to buy my groceries with karma and pay my rent with goodwill. Also, by the transitive property, karma and goodwill can be considered speech legally. Now how can we harness the power of karma to elect *critters? On second thought, our system of government would collapse utterly if karma dictated elections.
Hilarious. This story has polarized Slashdot into the "I actually work in IT in a systems administration capacity" camp and the "I tinker with computers as a hobby" camp. The tinkerers are actually taking offense that the "so called experts" won't immediately recognize their superior genius. The experts, for their part, seem used to this crap. Here's the deal, tinkerers: we will respect your mad skillz only after you have demonstrated them several times and jumped through all the proper hoops. Until then, you are just like any other Little User. No insult intended, but this is our job, and our butts on the line, not yours.
Cry me a river. I'm annoyed because even though I'd be one of the first ones up to defend an airliner from someone trying to blow it up, TSA wants to treat me -- and every other law-abiding citizen -- like one of the statistical anomalies who actually *does* want to bring down an airliner. That reaction is so far out of proportion to the scope of the problem that I'm continuously amazed that we are literally throwing billions of dollars at such a farce.
They should have Groping and Non-Groping flights so people can choose the risk profile that they want.
We have paper-or-plastic, smoking or non-smoking, etc. Why not a groping choice?
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..for all of this intense activity. It needs more time to rest between cycles these days.
Just think if the sun went to CFLs.
Well *I* laughed.
honesty being a rarity in this game
Well let's be honest then: if you assume everyone else is lying, why should anyone be interested in your opinion? You're either paranoid or being disingenuous yourself. It's not a conspiracy, it's a genuine disagreement. Many of us won't be around in 70 years, but we'd still like to hedge our bets to keep our children alive and (at least relatively) safe. "Wait-and-see" with a problem on this scale seems far more risky than proactive improvements to our energy needs which also improve the health of humanity as a result.
Here we go with the usual progression of argument. Not only are the denialists in possession of the TRUTH, they are PERSECUTED for it. The same horrible kind of persecution the average white, anglosaxon protestant is hit with just for being alive, no doubt.
Don't be racist. Catholics get persecuted too.
I deleted my minecraftforum account for conversations like these, so all I'm going to add is that my enjoyment of my vanilla SMP server is strong after about half a year. It's okay with me if other folks don't agree fun-factor-wise, but Minecraft will have a very loyal core customer base for many years to come.
I take the approach of temporary defenses when I'm building at night in survival. Extra walls or pits, excess lighting, dirt scaffolding to keep off the ground and get a good view of what I'm working on.
What I like about survival is exactly this - with proper defenses you can focus on your work. But every now and then, you still get half a heart attack when something comes at you out of the night. The heightened focus required for my projects enhances the JUMP I get when I hear an ominous rustle nearby, and that jeopardy keeps me on my toes.
It reminds me of playing King's Quest III when I was 12-13 of all things - knowing the evil wizard Manannan will return soon, navigating up the winding mountain path and hoping I don't fall to my death before the clock runs out and Manannan turns me into a cat. Games that raise my heart rate are the most memorable.
I really don't think so, especially with it coming to the 360. I think it'll be popular on the 360, really. Maybe not the same cult-like reception it gets on the PC, but yeah.
Also fuck survival, that's boring- if you're not playing on a "creative" server then you're-doing-it-wrong, and that's why it's getting boring.
I couldn't disagree more. Creative is extremely boring. Building a great structure with materials you obtained yourself, and while under fire from denizens of the night, is what makes Minecraft fun for me.
If thats true why isn't anyone telling us?
I think someone just did...
ts a wise man who offers a solution.
C2H5OH in H2O is the solution.
What was the problem again?
Hea don't leave out the H6C12O6 and CH3CH2CH2COOCH2CH3
I prefer Splenda.
There is an alternative theory: That Palin isn't stupid, she just makes a deliberate effort to appear stupid
I'm familiar with this argument. It was made for #43, too. I don't find it credible, although I acknowledge that doesn't make it wrong. There are many kinds of intelligence, of course, but in broad terms there are a few things I look for to indicate intellect, with verbal skills and humor on one end of the spectrum, and absent-minded social obliviousness on the other. I have not observed any of these things in Palin's public discourse.
My impression is of a woman who was "good enough" to help run a very small constituency, but surrounded by oil sharks who use her as a stalking horse. My further impression is that her arrogance and weakly-honed critical sense leave her with the impression that she is significantly more clever and entitled to power that she really is, and ultimately that her manufactured success makes her believe education and intelligence are unimportant for leaders and citizens alike. It's troubling. In a way I almost hope that she really is just a cynical politician. It's easier to unseat someone determined to commit crimes than it is a genuine, forthright fool.
So, just so we're clear, you think that someone who can outmaneuver the corrupt portion of her own party in her home state and take out a large chunk of them, and then go on to lead negotiations with a sovereign country regarding oil transport is monstrously stupid.
I do believe you have got it surrounded, Mr Morden.
I'm sorry if it offends you, and she's certainly been given access to some remarkable opportunities, but I don't consider her among the great minds of our time, no.
Those emails are also in the Great Tree-Killing data-dump.
We hope.
if Palin is a distraction, exactly what or whom is she distracting from?
An empty field, and the distant sound of crickets.
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Heh. Yep, she's sooo stupid she's made millions of dollars in the last year, and despite holding no public office gets more publicity than the President.
You, on the other hand, have done what exactly? ;-)
To be fair, the GP called Mrs. Palin monstrously stupid, not unaccomplished. The two are not mutually exclusive. In many ways, she is the definitive proof.
our citizens need to care about each other in their local communities
That would be great, but it flies in the face of many deeply-rooted inclinations of modern society.
To quote one of the greatest minds of our time, “Oooh, look at me Marge, I'm making people happy! I'm the magical man from Happyland who lives in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane!
By the way I was being sarcastic...”
I can't tell if this is being spearheaded by MSNBC or not, but their story has a lot of information about it.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43281157/ns/politics-more_politics/
Not entirely on-topic, but one of the reasons I dislike the online presence of all "major" news outlets is embodied in that link. Noscript shows *9* different domains trying to ply me (no googles, surprisingly - but facebook is one) with god knows what, and will only serve a blurb without activating some arcane combination thereof (msn.com alone doesn't do it).
What a trivial thing to get annoyed at, but it vexes me. Will 'Do Not Track actually work? Because I can't imagine it will.
Shit, I'm actually going to have to go watch it now. Personally I think ATHF is far more brilliant than South Park from the perspective of a scathing social commentary, and (ironically) speaks more directly to the human condition. As an example, ATHF doesn't require something as bland and obvious as Mr Hankey to provoke a visceral reaction (although they don't shy away from viscera either).
ask a 60 year old and they'll probably tell you around about 40.
ask a 90 year old and you'll get an even higher age.
Ask a neurobiologist, and you'll invariably get an age greater than 18. The topic is a little less subjective than you imply.
Nothing changes physically...
Looky here.. It's very physical
Wish I had points. This is an enormously important medical fact which is unaddressed by any legal concept of majority with which I am familiar. Development of the prefrontal cortex is (generally speaking) not complete until the mid-20s. The brain is physically incomplete for the purposes of judgement until that time. Now I'm not saying no one under 25 should be held to account for poor judgement, but it also strikes me as irrational and unjust to treat teenagers as adults under the law.
Salt may not be highly radioactive, but it does have other health implications. I'd suggest skipping the grain per read item rule. Especially for heavy readers.
How much for just the summaries?
It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to see an ISP interpret sharing an open WiFi access point as "reselling" a service (i.e., payment is in goodwill and/or karma rather than cash).
I know you aren't making that argument, but it seems absurd, on its face, that goodwill and karma are legally equivalent to money.
On the other hand, I'd love to buy my groceries with karma and pay my rent with goodwill. Also, by the transitive property, karma and goodwill can be considered speech legally. Now how can we harness the power of karma to elect *critters? On second thought, our system of government would collapse utterly if karma dictated elections.
Hilarious. This story has polarized Slashdot into the "I actually work in IT in a systems administration capacity" camp and the "I tinker with computers as a hobby" camp. The tinkerers are actually taking offense that the "so called experts" won't immediately recognize their superior genius. The experts, for their part, seem used to this crap. Here's the deal, tinkerers: we will respect your mad skillz only after you have demonstrated them several times and jumped through all the proper hoops. Until then, you are just like any other Little User. No insult intended, but this is our job, and our butts on the line, not yours.
Now if only that worked on my family...
Bloody peasant.
They should have Groping and Non-Groping flights so people can choose the risk profile that they want.
We have paper-or-plastic, smoking or non-smoking, etc. Why not a groping choice?
I do all my groping cross-country these days.