Can you point me towards good information for/against climate change so I can make an educated decision?
I've tried to research, but there's just so much bad information and highly opinionated emotional stuff that I can't find any good information. Then again, I haven't tried terribly hard either+)
But you strike me as someone who could set me in the right direction.
East of Nevada - a place for theists who want things like pro-life
Why does every always assume that the only pro-lifers are religious types?
I do recognize certain cases that warrant abortion, but I think that abortion for birth control is immoral and violates the human rights of the fetus. I am agnostic.
Crap like this lets me know this bill is absolutely going to pass and ruin the internet. That, in turn, means I'm going to have to shoot a few people. That is very inconvenient for me.
Keep arguing over who has the best package management system over there in Anachronia, the magical land where anachronisms like rpm, apt, fax machines and mounted letter carriers haven't been replaced by ports/portage/paludis and e-mail yet.:P
Last time I tried portage, I spent more time resolving circular dependencies then I did compiling KDE. And that's saying something.
"Today in California, another earthquake was starting, when Hulk Hogan gave it an Atomic Leg-Drop, called it 'Brother' and pointed at it menacingly until it ran away crying".
Do some DAoC. There are big storied questlines, but for me, the majority of the experience is just the backstory and lore of each realm, and feeling like a part of it. The leveling is a bit of a grind, but they're about to release a major patch to make the game MUCH more newbie-friendly. But the game is not PvE-centric. necessary gear items are attainable both through PvE or PvP.
The purpose is the RvR, which is 3-faction PvP. There are no pre-arranged scenarios, it is all open world. Whatever the odds are, those are the odds: there are no handicaps. The PvP is very tactical, and skill matters more than gear (though gear does matter). PvE is simple, you can reach max level in a day or two doing quests in the battlegrounds. Likewise, you can actually level from PvP in the battlegrounds.
The PvP is highly engaging in and of itself, but if you're looking to further your realm, you can assist in capturing keeps from the enemy and defending your own.
It just turned 10 years old this week, and it shows a bit. The game started as an MUD and a graphical client was added later (during the game's development), so it's very different from modern MMOs. It is often considered to have the best PvP of an MMO to date. It's truly a gem though. There's a two-week free trial. If you are interested, shoot me an email, I can show you the ropes.
I use a very mouse-oriented keyboard style that helps much in games with text-chat and mouse control.
I use my left hand like normal touch typing. But for me right hand, everything is done with the index finger. I have no idea what my WPM is. My buddy is a very proficient touch-typist, and I'm not as fast as him, but I am faster than most people I know. I'm never wanting for more speed. I can type about as fast as I can think of what to type.
The purpose here being that I can quickly take my hand off the mouse and not have to worry about repositioning my right hand, I just fling it over and get going.
However, as nice as that is for games and message boards, it limits my effectiveness when using word processors or coding. I can type using the traditional home rows, but I have to explicitly restrain my index finger, and as a result type very slowly =\
First off, the 5th grader isn't going to understand the different in income. As long as the engineer and the athlete both bring in enough money for cookies and video games, it's the same to them.
What you are describing is a kindergardener or slow first grader. 5th graders comprehend fairly complicated material. Cookies and video games my ass, my brother was in fifth grade last year (myself being in my last year of college), and we discussed many things in a level of detail that I sadly think is superior to a good portion of the adults that I talk to.
I'd be willing to say that by fifth grade a person is well capable of adult logic and thoughts, they just tend to lack maturity and experience.
Basically my entire extended family has moved from AT&T to Sprint across the last 6 months or so. I can imagine that others have done so and will continue to do so. AT&T continues to find every possible way to piss off their customers.
Then they released the expansion and introduced unkillable bone dancers, castable endurance buff, and some left-axe buffs that completely ruined realm balance beyond hope of repair.
Yes they did, and yes Mythic sucks. But they've done a lot of work since then, though, and realm balance is much better. Though, live servers are a different beast than the game was back in those days. I'd suggest the freeshard Uthgard for an old player such as yourself. It's like DAoC from 2003. They stripped all the expansion content except for those classes you hate, but those classes are castrated and not a threat.
Try DAoC. It's very old school, but imho that is something to brag about, as modern games all feel like WoW. The leveling grind is partically non-existent at the moment, as you can level extremely fast from a set of repeatable quests in the Battlegrounds from 10-40 (level cap is 50). You can fight enemy players near your level at any level, or level safely in PvE only areas for your Realm. It's not particularly time-consuming to gear out a character, and the RvR is very good. Having 3 factions is an absolute necessity for fun team-based PvP, as two can temporarily team up if the numbers are skewed heavily one way.
It's not perfect, the UI is rough and old, but the PvP is considerably more rewarding to players that like to learn and improve.
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I have a problem with this. You are suggesting that the mere location of the baby determines its status as a human.
Because all technology that's 4 years old is utterly useless, right?
Of course you did. Mother Nature is the personification of nature and thus a proper noun.
Can you point me towards good information for/against climate change so I can make an educated decision?
I've tried to research, but there's just so much bad information and highly opinionated emotional stuff that I can't find any good information. Then again, I haven't tried terribly hard either+)
But you strike me as someone who could set me in the right direction.
East of Nevada - a place for theists who want things like pro-life
Why does every always assume that the only pro-lifers are religious types?
I do recognize certain cases that warrant abortion, but I think that abortion for birth control is immoral and violates the human rights of the fetus. I am agnostic.
Also: http://www.godlessprolifers.org/home.html
This is upsetting me.
Crap like this lets me know this bill is absolutely going to pass and ruin the internet. That, in turn, means I'm going to have to shoot a few people. That is very inconvenient for me.
Getting rid of copyright would mean that the GPL wouldn't need to exist anymore.
I thought nuclear was good? Aside from the meltdowns and failures, anyway.
At least, does nuclear not use any hydrocarbons?
I RTFS and all I can think is "I have never heard the word 'e-tailer' before, but I already hate it."
Keep arguing over who has the best package management system over there in Anachronia, the magical land where anachronisms like rpm, apt, fax machines and mounted letter carriers haven't been replaced by ports/portage/paludis and e-mail yet. :P
Last time I tried portage, I spent more time resolving circular dependencies then I did compiling KDE. And that's saying something.
I've never been able to figure out why Ubuntu is so popular. It has always felt a bit annoying distro to use, especially with sudo and apt.
Sudo, yes. But, APT? You're bitching about APT? You're a moron.
I consider scams evil.
SumatraPDF. I never install acrobat: it's a festering pile of cholesterol.
What are some better ones? I'm a young'un and this is all that I'm familiar with.
You realize we're comparing this to Perl, right?
...Does anyone prevent natural disasters?
"Today in California, another earthquake was starting, when Hulk Hogan gave it an Atomic Leg-Drop, called it 'Brother' and pointed at it menacingly until it ran away crying".
Do some DAoC. There are big storied questlines, but for me, the majority of the experience is just the backstory and lore of each realm, and feeling like a part of it. The leveling is a bit of a grind, but they're about to release a major patch to make the game MUCH more newbie-friendly. But the game is not PvE-centric. necessary gear items are attainable both through PvE or PvP.
The purpose is the RvR, which is 3-faction PvP. There are no pre-arranged scenarios, it is all open world. Whatever the odds are, those are the odds: there are no handicaps. The PvP is very tactical, and skill matters more than gear (though gear does matter). PvE is simple, you can reach max level in a day or two doing quests in the battlegrounds. Likewise, you can actually level from PvP in the battlegrounds.
The PvP is highly engaging in and of itself, but if you're looking to further your realm, you can assist in capturing keeps from the enemy and defending your own.
It just turned 10 years old this week, and it shows a bit. The game started as an MUD and a graphical client was added later (during the game's development), so it's very different from modern MMOs. It is often considered to have the best PvP of an MMO to date. It's truly a gem though. There's a two-week free trial. If you are interested, shoot me an email, I can show you the ropes.
Here's one of the more recent trailers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th-yov-jENM
After all... You did decide to reply to a minor point, blow it out of proportion and in a very asshole-like way.
Racism is not a minor point, it's a serious, likely-career ending mar on one's reputation. (Spoken from the perspective of a US citizen)
/. comment, but thought I'd add in that it's a serious allegation anyway.
Not that something like that would happen from a
I use a very mouse-oriented keyboard style that helps much in games with text-chat and mouse control.
I use my left hand like normal touch typing. But for me right hand, everything is done with the index finger. I have no idea what my WPM is. My buddy is a very proficient touch-typist, and I'm not as fast as him, but I am faster than most people I know. I'm never wanting for more speed. I can type about as fast as I can think of what to type.
The purpose here being that I can quickly take my hand off the mouse and not have to worry about repositioning my right hand, I just fling it over and get going.
However, as nice as that is for games and message boards, it limits my effectiveness when using word processors or coding. I can type using the traditional home rows, but I have to explicitly restrain my index finger, and as a result type very slowly =\
Can you still carry a battering ram in your back pocket? :)
Nope, but you can carry the materials and create it where it is needed +D
First off, the 5th grader isn't going to understand the different in income. As long as the engineer and the athlete both bring in enough money for cookies and video games, it's the same to them.
What you are describing is a kindergardener or slow first grader. 5th graders comprehend fairly complicated material. Cookies and video games my ass, my brother was in fifth grade last year (myself being in my last year of college), and we discussed many things in a level of detail that I sadly think is superior to a good portion of the adults that I talk to.
I'd be willing to say that by fifth grade a person is well capable of adult logic and thoughts, they just tend to lack maturity and experience.
Basically my entire extended family has moved from AT&T to Sprint across the last 6 months or so. I can imagine that others have done so and will continue to do so. AT&T continues to find every possible way to piss off their customers.
Then they released the expansion and introduced unkillable bone dancers, castable endurance buff, and some left-axe buffs that completely ruined realm balance beyond hope of repair.
Yes they did, and yes Mythic sucks. But they've done a lot of work since then, though, and realm balance is much better. Though, live servers are a different beast than the game was back in those days. I'd suggest the freeshard Uthgard for an old player such as yourself. It's like DAoC from 2003. They stripped all the expansion content except for those classes you hate, but those classes are castrated and not a threat.
Try DAoC. It's very old school, but imho that is something to brag about, as modern games all feel like WoW. The leveling grind is partically non-existent at the moment, as you can level extremely fast from a set of repeatable quests in the Battlegrounds from 10-40 (level cap is 50). You can fight enemy players near your level at any level, or level safely in PvE only areas for your Realm. It's not particularly time-consuming to gear out a character, and the RvR is very good. Having 3 factions is an absolute necessity for fun team-based PvP, as two can temporarily team up if the numbers are skewed heavily one way.
It's not perfect, the UI is rough and old, but the PvP is considerably more rewarding to players that like to learn and improve.
I guess we don't know how to use colons.
Where would a colon be useful in that sentence?