Hey, here's a novel new idea: How about we start giving credit where credit is due, to the technical genius of people like Woz and Allen, instead of marketing droids like Jobs and Gates and Ballmer?
I live in Florida and I second that about the fancy restaurants. Unless you live in Miami, Tallahasse, Tampa, Jax or Orlando, you will find nothing tht comes anywhere near a fancy sit-down restaurant. As an doughmaker, I'd like to think I've learned a thing or two about restaurants in this state. And even if you are in a big city, any truly fancy restaurant is well out of the average family's price range. Expecting to pay 50 dollars a plate minimum isn't something your average family of four can do.
AL GORE Hi, I'm Al Gore! You may remember me from such Vice-Presidencies as the 45th... And I was critical in securing the funding that made the DARPA project that became the Internet possible.
Hey, man, if you're gonna beat up on me, wait until I get the cast off of my left hand so that I have a fair chance of being able to type a first post without a tyographical error.
Yes, such terms are valid. You are using a service; you abide by the terms of the service provider.
Yes, said companies are allowed to change their Terms of Service in such a way. It's their sandbox. If you don't like their rules, no one is forcing you to use their service.
There is no limit in how far they can go. If you don't like the terms, don't use the service.
And if someone inserted such a 100 dollar a day term into their ToS, and such a ToS was accepted, then you deserve to be ripped off.
Going by that definition, videogames are MORE APTLY called art than a photograph, painting, sculpture, or anything else considered art by the mainstream.
There really should be a latin term for "arguing by looking through the dictionary for a definition that supports your side."
Murder? That would be a very lucky shot with a BB gun, indeed.
But I didn't know for sure that it was a BB Gun. And it wasn't a BB Gun. It was a Pellet Rifle, which is something different. I have been exposed to guns (Army Brat), and it could have been a silenced gun. It was loud, but not as loud as a full report, and in any event, I didn't stop to think about whether it was a BB Gun or not. All I thought was: I've just been shot at. Run.
I understand exactly what you feel about EQ. I loved the 'Old World' game back when you had to get a Druid or a Wizard to port you. I liked that you lost experience when you died, that simply getting from A to B was dangerous, when the whole point of getting to B was that B was dangerous. I liked having to sit in East Commons with a hundred other people hocking my wares. It was fun and community. I miss that.
It's a little like the Judical System the Lunies Developed in absence of actual laws, but not quite. Basically, what would happen is if Party A committed an act that was an affront to Party B, Party B could just attempt to beat the crap out of Party A. If Parties C, D, and E thought Party A had it coming, they wouldn't stop Party B, and might help. On the other hand, if Party A didn't have it coming, Parties C, D, and E might help Party A defend itself.
Now, supposed Party A did something really, really bad. Party B decides to kill Party A. Party B could just up and do it, but instead, to make it 'offical,' would drag Party A to a Judge. Both Parties have to agree to have the Judge selected as their Judge, and pay the Judge to listen, binding themselves to whatever the Judge decides. If the Judge decides Party A should die, then Party B can kill Party A. If either Party doesn't like the judge's decision, then they would fight over it.
Atleast, that's how I remember it. Maybe Mike can come by and help.
I've got an emergency for you. I live three blocks from the University of Flordia, and I work across the street from it at a Pizza Place. One night I was walking home after work. I heard what sounded like a pellet rifle go off, and looked around, and from a large orange and blue apartment building, a two girls were on a balcony with what I assumed was a Pellet Rifle. I kept on walking.
About five seconds later I heard something whiz close enough by my right ear for it to disturb my hair. I ran for cover behind a large pile of dirt and the bulldozer that moved it at the apartment complex accross from said Orange and Blue building that was being renovated, and called 911, telling them I had just been shot at. I also stated thought it was not a firearm, but a BB Gun. About 40 seconds later two police cars pulled up, officers got out, guns drawn, wearing flakk jackets, and proceeded to find the correct apartment and break in. Turns out it was two girls and their boyfriends who bought airrifles at Wal-Mart and got drunk at started shooting them.
They had been shooting at a stop sign (which an officer and I noted was riddled with pot-marks), and claimed that it was an accident they had come so close. However, I was a good fifty feet away from that stop sign when I was shot at, and I didn't hear a ricochet, and anyway, the angle was all wrong for it to be ricochet.
While I decided not to press charges, I think the Police responded very well to what could have been Attempted Murder.
Falun Gong is a rung away from Scientology on the crazy ladder to spiritual enlightenment.
I don't doubt you're right, though I don't really know much about Falun Gong. It doesn't really matter though, since religious repression is religious opression no matter how crazy the religion is. It's funny you mention Scientology though, since they're involved in trying to squelch criticism of their religion through threatening lawsuits against anyone that is critical of them.
That's because Scientology isn't a religion. It's not even a creepy cult. It's a scam to fleece idiots out of their money, and brainwash them in the process, to make it all the easier to fleece them out of more money.
That's one way to look at it - another is to say that more people drive drunk in a car than on a motorcycle. Or you could take a look at the numbers and probably say that more drivers 16 to 18 drive cars rather than motorcycles. There are a lot of possible explinations for the data - and obviously a lot of different scenarios intertwined into one another. I think making cars less safe is an insane idea, and it would kill thousands of more people each year.
I volunteered for this a few years ago when I heard about. Unfortunately I didn't feel like flying half-way across the US to partake. As I recall, it was about a week after the trial was announced and they only had 2 other volunteers.
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Hey, here's a novel new idea: How about we start giving credit where credit is due, to the technical genius of people like Woz and Allen, instead of marketing droids like Jobs and Gates and Ballmer?
I live in Florida and I second that about the fancy restaurants. Unless you live in Miami, Tallahasse, Tampa, Jax or Orlando, you will find nothing tht comes anywhere near a fancy sit-down restaurant. As an doughmaker, I'd like to think I've learned a thing or two about restaurants in this state. And even if you are in a big city, any truly fancy restaurant is well out of the average family's price range. Expecting to pay 50 dollars a plate minimum isn't something your average family of four can do.
Uh, the Pyramids are housing for the Gods. The Pharoahs were considered Gods Incarnate.
And don't forget the mantra of the inner party, comrades: God is Power.
In three, two, ..., ...
AL GORE Hi, I'm Al Gore! You may remember me from such Vice-Presidencies as the 45th... And I was critical in securing the funding that made the DARPA project that became the Internet possible.
QUEUE CARD GUY: The iPod, sir.
AL GORE: The iPod possible.
Hey, man, if you're gonna beat up on me, wait until I get the cast off of my left hand so that I have a fair chance of being able to type a first post without a tyographical error.
Proving why Developers shouldn't try to do Marketing's Job.
Yes, such terms are valid. You are using a service; you abide by the terms of the service provider.
Yes, said companies are allowed to change their Terms of Service in such a way. It's their sandbox. If you don't like their rules, no one is forcing you to use their service.
There is no limit in how far they can go. If you don't like the terms, don't use the service.
And if someone inserted such a 100 dollar a day term into their ToS, and such a ToS was accepted, then you deserve to be ripped off.
Will Argvmentvm Ab Definitie work for you?
Latinum Bene Scioque Tu Odio.
I know this is Truthday, and Big Brother tells me the Prollies will love this doubleplusalot.
But I didn't know for sure that it was a BB Gun. And it wasn't a BB Gun. It was a Pellet Rifle, which is something different. I have been exposed to guns (Army Brat), and it could have been a silenced gun. It was loud, but not as loud as a full report, and in any event, I didn't stop to think about whether it was a BB Gun or not. All I thought was: I've just been shot at. Run.
<oblig>That's Super Vulcan, fool</oblig>
I understand exactly what you feel about EQ. I loved the 'Old World' game back when you had to get a Druid or a Wizard to port you. I liked that you lost experience when you died, that simply getting from A to B was dangerous, when the whole point of getting to B was that B was dangerous. I liked having to sit in East Commons with a hundred other people hocking my wares. It was fun and community. I miss that.
It's a little like the Judical System the Lunies Developed in absence of actual laws, but not quite. Basically, what would happen is if Party A committed an act that was an affront to Party B, Party B could just attempt to beat the crap out of Party A. If Parties C, D, and E thought Party A had it coming, they wouldn't stop Party B, and might help. On the other hand, if Party A didn't have it coming, Parties C, D, and E might help Party A defend itself.
Now, supposed Party A did something really, really bad. Party B decides to kill Party A. Party B could just up and do it, but instead, to make it 'offical,' would drag Party A to a Judge. Both Parties have to agree to have the Judge selected as their Judge, and pay the Judge to listen, binding themselves to whatever the Judge decides. If the Judge decides Party A should die, then Party B can kill Party A. If either Party doesn't like the judge's decision, then they would fight over it.
Atleast, that's how I remember it. Maybe Mike can come by and help.
I've got an emergency for you. I live three blocks from the University of Flordia, and I work across the street from it at a Pizza Place. One night I was walking home after work. I heard what sounded like a pellet rifle go off, and looked around, and from a large orange and blue apartment building, a two girls were on a balcony with what I assumed was a Pellet Rifle. I kept on walking.
About five seconds later I heard something whiz close enough by my right ear for it to disturb my hair. I ran for cover behind a large pile of dirt and the bulldozer that moved it at the apartment complex accross from said Orange and Blue building that was being renovated, and called 911, telling them I had just been shot at. I also stated thought it was not a firearm, but a BB Gun. About 40 seconds later two police cars pulled up, officers got out, guns drawn, wearing flakk jackets, and proceeded to find the correct apartment and break in. Turns out it was two girls and their boyfriends who bought airrifles at Wal-Mart and got drunk at started shooting them.
They had been shooting at a stop sign (which an officer and I noted was riddled with pot-marks), and claimed that it was an accident they had come so close. However, I was a good fifty feet away from that stop sign when I was shot at, and I didn't hear a ricochet, and anyway, the angle was all wrong for it to be ricochet.
While I decided not to press charges, I think the Police responded very well to what could have been Attempted Murder.
Why would you want to send anyone to Georgia?
If you can't drink your beer warm, you shouldn't be drinking it in the first place.
Sorry, my bosses at Ren-Raku would kill me if I did that.
That's because Scientology isn't a religion. It's not even a creepy cult. It's a scam to fleece idiots out of their money, and brainwash them in the process, to make it all the easier to fleece them out of more money.
Signed, One Pissed Off Cultist.
Marxism isn't a religion. It's a psychological disorder.
I wonder how much MS shelled out for that domain name?
Maybe that's just what we need?
I volunteered for this a few years ago when I heard about. Unfortunately I didn't feel like flying half-way across the US to partake. As I recall, it was about a week after the trial was announced and they only had 2 other volunteers.
There's something wrong with your numbers. Let's see.
Population of the United States: 295,734,134
Population of China: 1,306,313,812
Thirty Percent of Americans Driving SUVS would be 88,720,240.2 people.
Ten Percent of Chinese Driving SUVS would be 130,631,381.2 people.
Methinks you need to rethink your maths.