Well, it's hard to get a conviction, but when we do, we're damned sure about it.
On a more serious note, the only problem I have with the death penalty is the possibility of a false conviction. I don't think that it is necessarily a bad thing to kill someone who is certain to have committed a crime that warrants it. It gets gray with things like mental illness though.
I've always been a Debian guy. It's just clean, simple, does what it's told, and leaves me alone when it can. I always love it and sing its praises when testing is fresh yet stable. But as time passes and I'm still using stone-age software near testing's transition to stable, I always start looking elsewhere.
True in some regards, but not all games are giant time-wasters.
For example, I got my (long-term) GF to play through all 3 Mass Effect games recently. While a significant time investment for all 3, that series can be an intense, emotional journey. If you let it happen, you can learn a few things about yourself while playing it. She agreed with this, and is glad she played them.
Likewise, for more co-operative gaming, choose something round-based like a strategy game or a shooter. The GF likes hardcore search-and-destroy on CoD (and murders everyone, she's really good), I hate CoD in general. I prefer Battlefield, she refuses to even try it. I'll show her the light one day =P
See, that's the fun part. MMOs being only a grindfest is WoW-crap. DAoC was legit stuff. Though, reading about TES:O has not given me too high of hopes, and WoWhammer blew ass.
Linux Mint impressed me. It's Ubuntu-based, so it still has the training wheels, but it has a sane interface (I prefer Mate to Cinnamon). It's still a little sluggish though.
Personally, I just use Debian. It's grouchy at first and takes a little time to get it how you want it, but after that it stays out of your way.
The youth is surprisingly liberal -- I have no idea what changed, but the younger ones turned their brains on this time (Not to say conservativism is brainless, but blind parroting of religious right ideals are). Moreso than past youth. I actually expect Texas to be a liberal majority in a generation or two.
Perhaps I'm missing something, but is there a downside to the government having everyone's DNA or fingerprints on file?
It's different than being watched all the time. It's not a privacy invasion.
Downloading for personal use is an entirely different ballgame where the laws are ridiculous.
This, however, very directly contributes to loss of sales. This is selling other people's work for personal gain. It's wrong, and it's very rightly illegal.
Hello Mr. Euro and/or Person who has never lived outside of a big city. Many, many job holders in America who don't live in New England or California live quite a distance from their place of work. Living closer is frequently not an option in these more rural areas. Likewise, public transportation is often woefully inadequate or entirely nonexistent.
The vast majority of America's land is actually a pretty low population density with a few high-density cities scattered around.
You kidding? The people upset wanted an in-game model actually shown. They teased the face reveal in at least 3 places, then ended with the crappy 2D image. It was a big let-down.
I don't necessarily think that not knowing how to code on a practical level is really necessary for average Joe, but Mr. Young is definitely on the ball about the general idea. I took Computer Science in High School it was my major for my first year in college. It definitely changed the way that I think about complicated things and go about attempting to solve a problem.
Then again, perhaps it is just certain types of thinkers that are attracted to coding and actually doing it just helps hone this type of reasoning.
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Well, it's hard to get a conviction, but when we do, we're damned sure about it.
On a more serious note, the only problem I have with the death penalty is the possibility of a false conviction. I don't think that it is necessarily a bad thing to kill someone who is certain to have committed a crime that warrants it. It gets gray with things like mental illness though.
I've always been a Debian guy. It's just clean, simple, does what it's told, and leaves me alone when it can. I always love it and sing its praises when testing is fresh yet stable. But as time passes and I'm still using stone-age software near testing's transition to stable, I always start looking elsewhere.
Maybe I need to give Arch another try.
True in some regards, but not all games are giant time-wasters.
For example, I got my (long-term) GF to play through all 3 Mass Effect games recently. While a significant time investment for all 3, that series can be an intense, emotional journey. If you let it happen, you can learn a few things about yourself while playing it. She agreed with this, and is glad she played them.
Likewise, for more co-operative gaming, choose something round-based like a strategy game or a shooter. The GF likes hardcore search-and-destroy on CoD (and murders everyone, she's really good), I hate CoD in general. I prefer Battlefield, she refuses to even try it. I'll show her the light one day =P
I wouldn't build an Ubuntu anything. Too much Unity.
See, that's the fun part. MMOs being only a grindfest is WoW-crap. DAoC was legit stuff. Though, reading about TES:O has not given me too high of hopes, and WoWhammer blew ass.
What evil has Nintendo done to customers?
Not arguing, I'm just uninformed. I though Bethesda and Nintendo where the last bastion of defense for the ethics of major gaming companies.
I can't answer on why they went up to 48, but why they did 48 instead of 50 is obvious:
It's easy to convert down to 24 FPS if need be.
...What state is this?
As much as I enjoy a good old apple bashing, anyone who trust their gps without checking the plausibility of the route is an utter fool.
Are you kiddin'? Maybe 5 or 10 years ago, but these days GPS is quite reliable. I live in BFE and it works well enough.
Well, at least most GPS...
Linux Mint impressed me. It's Ubuntu-based, so it still has the training wheels, but it has a sane interface (I prefer Mate to Cinnamon). It's still a little sluggish though.
Personally, I just use Debian. It's grouchy at first and takes a little time to get it how you want it, but after that it stays out of your way.
I doubt the $50 is from driver QA. It's much more likely because they're not getting the crapware kickbacks that they get with Windows.
Texan here.
The youth is surprisingly liberal -- I have no idea what changed, but the younger ones turned their brains on this time (Not to say conservativism is brainless, but blind parroting of religious right ideals are). Moreso than past youth. I actually expect Texas to be a liberal majority in a generation or two.
I usually overbuild on RAM and CPU and my hardware goes through at least one graphics card upgrade for a gaming rig.
Charlie Mopps? Hey, thanks for the suds!
Well, some of then had software that ran at boot for security (anti-piracy) reasons, but it was gone by the time the game started.
Sorry, I'm out of the loop. What's bad about DDR3?
Perhaps I'm missing something, but is there a downside to the government having everyone's DNA or fingerprints on file? It's different than being watched all the time. It's not a privacy invasion.
I don't really have sympathy for this guy.
Downloading for personal use is an entirely different ballgame where the laws are ridiculous.
This, however, very directly contributes to loss of sales. This is selling other people's work for personal gain. It's wrong, and it's very rightly illegal.
". . .in anticipation of a final exam this evening."
I see the problem in with the other two, but not this one. Enlighten me.
Hello Mr. Euro and/or Person who has never lived outside of a big city. Many, many job holders in America who don't live in New England or California live quite a distance from their place of work. Living closer is frequently not an option in these more rural areas. Likewise, public transportation is often woefully inadequate or entirely nonexistent. The vast majority of America's land is actually a pretty low population density with a few high-density cities scattered around.
You kidding? The people upset wanted an in-game model actually shown. They teased the face reveal in at least 3 places, then ended with the crappy 2D image. It was a big let-down.
Finally, an Omni-Tool!
Debian GNU/Linux is Debian's official name. That's what they want to be called, and Debian's what I run, so I call it that.
I don't necessarily think that not knowing how to code on a practical level is really necessary for average Joe, but Mr. Young is definitely on the ball about the general idea. I took Computer Science in High School it was my major for my first year in college. It definitely changed the way that I think about complicated things and go about attempting to solve a problem.
Then again, perhaps it is just certain types of thinkers that are attracted to coding and actually doing it just helps hone this type of reasoning.