Anyone else find it amusing that they are so concerned about being offensive to gays, but where is the consideration about being offensive to everyone else? Its one of the great things about America nowdays that the "rights" of the minority are honored at the expense of the majority.
On a side note, I used to know someone named Rei back in the good ol' days when PvP in WoW meant a 24/7 tug of war up in Hillsbrad. Female undead rogue? Man, if this is you then I HATE YOU SO MUCH!!! >: You ganked me so many times I still have nightmares.
Agreed. She claims to have been harrassed so much and people following her to new servers just to insult her. Why announce it to begin with? If you know something is going to be a problem and there is no benifit to it, then go out of your way to do it?
Seems to me that more and more gays/lesbians are looking to start fights just because they can play the discrimination trump card. Heck, not just gays/lesbians but a lot of minorities play that game.
Depends on you. For a general snap shot that happens to have my family, that may be true. On the other hand, your behavior of taking repeated pictures of private property can be reasonable cause for suspicion in and of itself. So the picture taking itself might not be illegal per se, but coupled with other factors it might raise reasonable suspicion.
It looks pretty nice, especially the part about have multi-protocol IM support. Unfortunatly the reviewer forgot to add in that it isnt compatible with vista or 64 bit yet. Hopefully soon.
"PLAYXPERT is built to work with XP and Vista for both 32 and 64 bit systems - however - the 'In-Game Overlay' system is not currently operational for Vista or 64bit systems. The Vista overlay system will be made available via the auto-updater in January 2009 and 64bit support will shortly follow. "
In a public area I wouldnt even think twice about someone like that. If you were sitting across the street from my house behind a tree I would still have a word with ya regardless of if youre trying to hide or not.
Assuming you are a professional photographer with a big camera bag, that is one story. Some dude with a little spy cam trying to hide that he is taking pictures is another.
so now all we have to do is find the public transit system with a bus 912 near a train station that is in streetview! Why, I might as well be using your credit cards right now!
Actually to me that stinks of bad AI. A guy wandering away and coming back to exactly where you are via a different route is fishy as they should loose track of you. Good pathing is not a substitute for real AI. In FEAR with limited path options it makes more sense for flanking, but on a mountain that is just a prescripted action.
If they arent disturbing anyone, why is it a problem? It only is going to effect their own grades. Kind of like the people who yell "hush" in a theater, they are causing more of a disruption than the *problem* itself. How long exactly did the teacher spend on this?
The only exception I see is during tests or something where they could pass answers.
I honestly couldnt care less what facebook or google does with the data about myself that I've given them. I havnt given anymore about myself away than I might in a 10 minute chat with a stranger in school. Its who I am, if you know me you already know most of it. If you dont know my, why are you looking? If your trying to stalk me, be my guest and say hi to my little friend while you're at it (Everyone should have a concealed pistol permit IMO). If you're trying to do some form of identity theft, I dont have anything to steal.
And what I'm saying is that with the rate we are going, the population of the world is going to have to increase several fold before that becomes an issue. I realize it is there, but I dont think other factors limiting human growth are going to come into play first.
I see your point, but the difference is that I consider even construction workers to be shifting to the thinker group. The tools and equipment used now require some degree of proficiency. Granted, it is faster to learn how to drive a backhoe than to write code, but it is still a skill and there is a big difference between the guy that just learned and someone who has more experience.
When I said manual labor, I'm thinking more like digging a ditch with a shovel, virtually anyone can do it. Now we use a backhoe driven by a guy who had to learn it. Not everyone can learn that equally (just take a look at the freeway...)
Really, in the USA there isnt much old fashioned manual labor anymore. Maybe cleaning, movers, and those temporary hire jigs where you call up and get a few guys to do some dirty work on the weekend. Even trucking takes some degree of talent that not everyone can learn.
No it doesnt because along with a the decrease in the need of farm workers there is an increase in farming efficiency. Less land needed to produce the same amount of food. We are still a long long way away from utilizing all available farm land in the world, and if we ever have a population that high, we will have bigger problems.
There isnt really a food shortage *in the world*. There are food shortages in certain *countries*. We have way more than we need here, but since they also have money shortages, it stays here. Thats why I said its a problem of distribution and not production.
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Anyone else find it amusing that they are so concerned about being offensive to gays, but where is the consideration about being offensive to everyone else? Its one of the great things about America nowdays that the "rights" of the minority are honored at the expense of the majority.
On a side note, I used to know someone named Rei back in the good ol' days when PvP in WoW meant a 24/7 tug of war up in Hillsbrad. Female undead rogue? Man, if this is you then I HATE YOU SO MUCH!!! >: You ganked me so many times I still have nightmares.
Agreed. She claims to have been harrassed so much and people following her to new servers just to insult her. Why announce it to begin with? If you know something is going to be a problem and there is no benifit to it, then go out of your way to do it?
Seems to me that more and more gays/lesbians are looking to start fights just because they can play the discrimination trump card. Heck, not just gays/lesbians but a lot of minorities play that game.
Who wants to reproduce with the pimply faced kid in gym class?
Depends on you. For a general snap shot that happens to have my family, that may be true. On the other hand, your behavior of taking repeated pictures of private property can be reasonable cause for suspicion in and of itself. So the picture taking itself might not be illegal per se, but coupled with other factors it might raise reasonable suspicion.
If im receving them then I have the ability to block/ignore them. Still doesnt affect me.
It looks pretty nice, especially the part about have multi-protocol IM support. Unfortunatly the reviewer forgot to add in that it isnt compatible with vista or 64 bit yet. Hopefully soon.
"PLAYXPERT is built to work with XP and Vista for both 32 and 64 bit systems - however - the 'In-Game Overlay' system is not currently operational for Vista or 64bit systems. The Vista overlay system will be made available via the auto-updater in January 2009 and 64bit support will shortly follow. "
In a public area I wouldnt even think twice about someone like that. If you were sitting across the street from my house behind a tree I would still have a word with ya regardless of if youre trying to hide or not.
but since taking a picture could help it be rebuilt in the same form, couldnt that be "making it accesible"? Better not get the RIAA on this...
Assuming you are a professional photographer with a big camera bag, that is one story. Some dude with a little spy cam trying to hide that he is taking pictures is another.
so now all we have to do is find the public transit system with a bus 912 near a train station that is in streetview! Why, I might as well be using your credit cards right now!
Google is high traffic. Google Maps less so. Google maps streetview even less so. Google maps streetview, 54 nowhere street California much much less.
And what if you are in the country and there isnt anything to mark it as a private driveway rather than a side street? Pretty common where I live.
lol, that isnt flamebait. Its the simple truth.
Hey, I'm with you. I hated high school. It was a complete waste of my time, but others texting in class would have hardly been much of a difference.
Actually to me that stinks of bad AI. A guy wandering away and coming back to exactly where you are via a different route is fishy as they should loose track of you. Good pathing is not a substitute for real AI. In FEAR with limited path options it makes more sense for flanking, but on a mountain that is just a prescripted action.
They have money. You don't.
If they arent disturbing anyone, why is it a problem? It only is going to effect their own grades. Kind of like the people who yell "hush" in a theater, they are causing more of a disruption than the *problem* itself. How long exactly did the teacher spend on this?
The only exception I see is during tests or something where they could pass answers.
This has been hashed a million times. Steam is good. Offline mode works like a charm.
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I would go that far. It was good AI, but not the best. IMO it was about par with HL2.
I honestly couldnt care less what facebook or google does with the data about myself that I've given them. I havnt given anymore about myself away than I might in a 10 minute chat with a stranger in school. Its who I am, if you know me you already know most of it. If you dont know my, why are you looking? If your trying to stalk me, be my guest and say hi to my little friend while you're at it (Everyone should have a concealed pistol permit IMO). If you're trying to do some form of identity theft, I dont have anything to steal.
How many of them are marked as official?
And what I'm saying is that with the rate we are going, the population of the world is going to have to increase several fold before that becomes an issue. I realize it is there, but I dont think other factors limiting human growth are going to come into play first.
I see your point, but the difference is that I consider even construction workers to be shifting to the thinker group. The tools and equipment used now require some degree of proficiency. Granted, it is faster to learn how to drive a backhoe than to write code, but it is still a skill and there is a big difference between the guy that just learned and someone who has more experience.
When I said manual labor, I'm thinking more like digging a ditch with a shovel, virtually anyone can do it. Now we use a backhoe driven by a guy who had to learn it. Not everyone can learn that equally (just take a look at the freeway...)
Really, in the USA there isnt much old fashioned manual labor anymore. Maybe cleaning, movers, and those temporary hire jigs where you call up and get a few guys to do some dirty work on the weekend. Even trucking takes some degree of talent that not everyone can learn.
No it doesnt because along with a the decrease in the need of farm workers there is an increase in farming efficiency. Less land needed to produce the same amount of food. We are still a long long way away from utilizing all available farm land in the world, and if we ever have a population that high, we will have bigger problems.
There isnt really a food shortage *in the world*. There are food shortages in certain *countries*. We have way more than we need here, but since they also have money shortages, it stays here. Thats why I said its a problem of distribution and not production.