If you're against the NSA's widespread illegal domestic wiretapping and surveillance you're a "vandal and social misfit?" And if you applaud it you're a "clever programmer?"
Hackers should not abandon all idealism for the sake of conforming and being respected by authoritarians and authority cocksuckers. At that point you're not a hacker, you're a stooge who's good at programming.
The only games that are peaceful are flight and driving simulators. And even then you can fly your plane into a building or slam a competitor's car into a wall.
In games I'm all about guns, I like the STALKER games where you can mod them etc, lots of fun.
IRL, I don't really care. I live in a decent neighborhood, I don't have to deal with any dangerous animals, I have no need to own them. Firing them at targets isn't that appealing to me. Paintball is much more fun.
That's a long-solved problem, there are tons of 3rd-person and 1st-person action games out there that either don't have guns in them or would be just as fun without them. Some are hyper-violent gore-fests like Prototype.
Playing Mirror's Edge without shooting anyone is freaking hard at some points. Especially the final battles in the upper lobby of the Shard building and the server room. It doesn't seem wrong or out of character though, guns aren't the main weapon in the game, they're only close to necessary in a few big firefights.
Came here to post about the portal gun. It's not a traditional gun, it doesn't shoot projectiles, but it sure is violent (against robots). Tricking them into shooting each other, dropping them from heights, bashing them into each other...the portal gun can definitely be a violent weapon.
No the Republicans were not at fault. The Democrats were at fault for not at least trying to run roughshod over the Republicans when they had the supermajority. Instead they wasted time negotiating and got nothing done. How much they were willing to compromise in those negotiations is irrelevant, negotiation should have been their last resort at that point instead of the starting point.
First Assad gets one from the UN, and now the UK government will get one from a non-profit group! These horrible actions don't go without consequences!
He dragged his feet waiting for Republican agreement on every damn thing until he lost the supermajority. If he didn't the US would have Canada-style universal health care right now.
Spray paint doesn't attract dust. Dust sticks to it before it dries. If you don't clear coat it afterwards, the rough texture will make dust stick to it a bit more easily as well.
And the paint matching problem is why a lot of off-road trucks are painted plain black with plain brush-on metal paint. To fix it, you just paint on more black and it all looks the same. It's a very practical coating but it looks dull and rough and won't attract the ladies.
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I wonder if the information sharing Wikileaks and the recent NSA whistleblowers did was also applauded by the NSA?
If you're against the NSA's widespread illegal domestic wiretapping and surveillance you're a "vandal and social misfit?" And if you applaud it you're a "clever programmer?"
Hackers should not abandon all idealism for the sake of conforming and being respected by authoritarians and authority cocksuckers. At that point you're not a hacker, you're a stooge who's good at programming.
Eggs. Booed off stage. Make it happen.
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Eggs and booed off stage or DEFCON has officially jumped the shark.
Did anyone think this wasn't happening?
Mario, the game where you kill every living creature you run across who isn't already your friend. Very peaceful.
There's something like this in one of the Mario Party games for the Wii. I have a friend who brags that he always wins, LOL!
The only games that are peaceful are flight and driving simulators. And even then you can fly your plane into a building or slam a competitor's car into a wall.
How could orgasms ever be bad? And reproduction past a certain point (maybe 2 kids) is bad right now.
Even then, what about real vs. virtual guns.
In games I'm all about guns, I like the STALKER games where you can mod them etc, lots of fun.
IRL, I don't really care. I live in a decent neighborhood, I don't have to deal with any dangerous animals, I have no need to own them. Firing them at targets isn't that appealing to me. Paintball is much more fun.
Sadly I think there's a little bit of hipsterism surrounding indie games: being indie and obscure itself is praised.
That's a long-solved problem, there are tons of 3rd-person and 1st-person action games out there that either don't have guns in them or would be just as fun without them. Some are hyper-violent gore-fests like Prototype.
You might have stuck with it if you'd chose a form of racing that isn't primarily a spending competition.
Yeah most of the weapons in the DMC series and Prototype aren't guns, and even without them the games would still be very violent.
Playing Mirror's Edge without shooting anyone is freaking hard at some points. Especially the final battles in the upper lobby of the Shard building and the server room. It doesn't seem wrong or out of character though, guns aren't the main weapon in the game, they're only close to necessary in a few big firefights.
Came here to post about the portal gun. It's not a traditional gun, it doesn't shoot projectiles, but it sure is violent (against robots). Tricking them into shooting each other, dropping them from heights, bashing them into each other...the portal gun can definitely be a violent weapon.
No the Republicans were not at fault. The Democrats were at fault for not at least trying to run roughshod over the Republicans when they had the supermajority. Instead they wasted time negotiating and got nothing done. How much they were willing to compromise in those negotiations is irrelevant, negotiation should have been their last resort at that point instead of the starting point.
Even the continent had been pre-tamed by the natives...
Oh not this bullshit again. That was for space-grade solar panels as used on satellites, not all solar cells.
The point is he didn't have to do any of that, he could have passed almost anything with no help from the Republicans. Bringing us full-circle again.
First Assad gets one from the UN, and now the UK government will get one from a non-profit group! These horrible actions don't go without consequences!
He dragged his feet waiting for Republican agreement on every damn thing until he lost the supermajority. If he didn't the US would have Canada-style universal health care right now.
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Have fun with curated computing, developers. Work real hard and your app might be the next big hit! *snicker*
He wasted the first two years with that "bipartisanship" bullshit. He was epically wasteful with his political power and advantage early on.
"I don't see anything wrong with that." - Curunir_wolf on the Pinkertons
Spray paint doesn't attract dust. Dust sticks to it before it dries. If you don't clear coat it afterwards, the rough texture will make dust stick to it a bit more easily as well.
And the paint matching problem is why a lot of off-road trucks are painted plain black with plain brush-on metal paint. To fix it, you just paint on more black and it all looks the same. It's a very practical coating but it looks dull and rough and won't attract the ladies.