True, it's not quite as simple as starving yourself and running ten miles a day, there is a balance of healthy food and reasonable exercise to be reached.
HOWEVER, a successful weight-loss plan BASICALLY boils down to those two things.
EAT LESS. MOVE MORE.
If you wanna get picky...
EAT LESS (of the bad things). MOVE MORE (the right way).
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>Everyone in the game is a hero
Of course. Who wants to play Leo the Newstand Guy?
Normal people are represented by NPCs.
Nobody in Ultima Online wanted to be a goblin foot soldier, did they?
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>Then ones that sound interesting, you read in >detail to get more information.
Interesting enough to comment on, but not interesting enough to read... gotcha.
If you eat less, and move more, you WILL lose weight.
Granted, this doesn't mean "have 11 twinkies instead of 12" and "walk an extra lap around the couch", but the formula is sound if you aren't trying to be ridiculous.
Well, sure, my point was only that just because you can say a few good things about someone or something doesn't mean the bad things aren't true, and vice-versa.
Just because Lucas does good things for the movie industry as a whole doesn't mean his latest efforts haven't blown a bit.
And just because Bill does bad things for the computer industry doesn't mean his company hasn't made some positive contributions.
I think the whole point got lost somewhere in the beginning. Mainly it was amusing to me that you could take the same sentence, change a couple of words that basically have the same place in the shifted context, and suddenly instead of defending a "hero" (Lucas), we're slamming a "villian" (Gates).
>It's not like he's abusing a monopoly position >to prevent you from seeing other movies.
Are you suggesting Bill is keeping you from using other products? So this "linux" thing I keep hearing about is just a myth? "Mac OS X" is just a big conspiracy? You're telling me that BSD isn't only dying, it never existed at all?!
Seriously, MS has definitely done some shady or downright despicable things, but to suggest that they are somehow keeping you from using other products is laughable at best. They might make it less convenient, but there is NOTHING stopping you from installing Linux or *BSD on your PC, or just buying a Mac in the first place.
>The work on Lucas' movies has spawned ILM and >THX, which has made a whole lot of other movies >better.
DirectX, EAX (by way of Creative), consumer-oriented force feedback (iForce, etc)... all have made a whole lot of games better, all have their foundations in Windows. This does not excuse anything.
>You don't really think that Bill does, or ever >did, like making software, do you?
Oh, I believe in the beginning he truly enjoyed programming. He's since lost that.
>Star Wars does have both letterbox and pan-and- >scan releases. So do many movies.
Let's do a quick count of Star Wars releases on video SO FAR, but we'll only worry about VHS (no DVDs yet, and I don't know about various versions on laser):
Pan & Scan versions: Original version Original remastered with THX Special Edition
Letterbox versions: Original version Original remastered with THX Special edition
Now, that's just based on ones I or my friends have purchased (Letterboxed original in THX is the only one I actually kept).
That's SIX releases, three movies each. We'll have at least one more release with the DVD releases when/if/ever.
This doesn't even include anniversary re-releases in the theaters or repackagings of the originals.
>Try to find a "Star Wars fan" that's over 40 >years old.
My dad's a Star Wars fan in his 60's. He may not know all the trivia and doesn't have any merchandise crapola, but he certainly enjoys them and owns them all on video or DVD as available. We've done IV-VI marathons before. At his suggestion.
>I think he's a guy who loves to make movies. >He's not very good at directing or storytelling, >but he's got the resources to keep at it.
I think Bill Gates is a guy who loves to make software. He's not very good at designing or programming, but he's got the resources to keep at it.
>That's not for you to decide. It's property of >Sun. They can do as they see fit with it.
As is the big expensive software referred to in the post I was responding to.
If it's ok for the kid to steal software because he MIGHT someday be in a position to buy more, wouldn't it be ok for me to steal a server because I MIGHT someday be in a position to buy more?
Does it make it okay if I find one sitting in the back of a Sun warehouse somewhere, a poor forgotten system ordered by a now-bankrupt dot com, so that I'm not depriving Sun of income they weren't going to get in the first place?
>So, yes, she got money for her stupidity, but >because McD's sold her coffee that was that hot, >so hot as to cause severe burns, wich is above >what a resonable person would expect for their >hot beverage temp, that are also culpable.
Uh, yeah, I believe that's pretty much what I said. I never said McDonald's was not wrong - but I believe this woman was rewarded far above and beyond her medical bills for BEING A MORON.
Let's go over it again.
Take a paper or styrofoam cup. Fill it with anything you like. Put a stiff plastic lid on it. Pinch it between your knees, squeezing the sides.
Now, what will happen when you remove the lid?
Do you deserve hundreds of thousands of dollars if you don't know?
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Don't most mail readers have a "delete" function?
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>"A user number in the THIRTEEN THOUSANDS?!?!
>Everyone will think I'm a freaking n00b!"
THIRTEEN thousands?
Freakin' n00b.
-l
>And what kind of horsepower do you need to pull
>two towers anyway?
It's all about having the proper henchman.
-l
>kids are not stupid
You sure about that?
Seen the way they dress these days?
Pull your damn pants up, then tell me you're not stupid. Nobody wants to see your fuckin boxers.
-l
Ok, I'll be second.
Mine's lower, though.
True, it's not quite as simple as starving yourself and running ten miles a day, there is a balance of healthy food and reasonable exercise to be reached.
HOWEVER, a successful weight-loss plan BASICALLY boils down to those two things.
EAT LESS. MOVE MORE.
If you wanna get picky...
EAT LESS (of the bad things). MOVE MORE (the right way).
-l
>Everyone in the game is a hero
Of course. Who wants to play Leo the Newstand Guy?
Normal people are represented by NPCs.
Nobody in Ultima Online wanted to be a goblin foot soldier, did they?
-l
>Then ones that sound interesting, you read in
>detail to get more information.
Interesting enough to comment on, but not interesting enough to read... gotcha.
-l
>Do you trust Microsoft enough to give them the
>key to all of your personal information?
Do you trust ANY company enough to give them the key to all of your personal information?
-l
>Ever hear of Plan9 OS?
Ever hear of reading the article?
>Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Solaris on
>version 9 or something?
"Solaris 7", "Solaris 8", and "Solaris 9" are actually 2.7, 2.8, and 2.9 respectively.
To add confusion, internally it's SunOS 5.x.
-l
>burn more calories than you intake
Or, as one guy I know simplified it:
EAT LESS. MOVE MORE.
Guaranteed to work for anyone.
If you eat less, and move more, you WILL lose weight.
Granted, this doesn't mean "have 11 twinkies instead of 12" and "walk an extra lap around the couch", but the formula is sound if you aren't trying to be ridiculous.
-l
>Who is Eisenstien?
Made movies. Dead now.
-l
I may have a five-digit ID, but it's a palindrome, so that makes it ok.
-l
>the Bill/lucas comparison falls a little flat.
Well, sure, my point was only that just because you can say a few good things about someone or something doesn't mean the bad things aren't true, and vice-versa.
Just because Lucas does good things for the movie industry as a whole doesn't mean his latest efforts haven't blown a bit.
And just because Bill does bad things for the computer industry doesn't mean his company hasn't made some positive contributions.
I think the whole point got lost somewhere in the beginning. Mainly it was amusing to me that you could take the same sentence, change a couple of words that basically have the same place in the shifted context, and suddenly instead of defending a "hero" (Lucas), we're slamming a "villian" (Gates).
-l
>Bill is certainly keeping OEMs from installing
.doc formats is already legendary.
>other OSes.
>Various other things like purposely
>breaking
Sure. But this keeps you from installing something else how?
How does your inability to buy a Gateway running Linux keep you from installing it yourself?
-l
>It's not like he's abusing a monopoly position
>to prevent you from seeing other movies.
Are you suggesting Bill is keeping you from using other products? So this "linux" thing I keep hearing about is just a myth? "Mac OS X" is just a big conspiracy? You're telling me that BSD isn't only dying, it never existed at all?!
Seriously, MS has definitely done some shady or downright despicable things, but to suggest that they are somehow keeping you from using other products is laughable at best. They might make it less convenient, but there is NOTHING stopping you from installing Linux or *BSD on your PC, or just buying a Mac in the first place.
>The work on Lucas' movies has spawned ILM and
>THX, which has made a whole lot of other movies
>better.
DirectX, EAX (by way of Creative), consumer-oriented force feedback (iForce, etc)... all have made a whole lot of games better, all have their foundations in Windows. This does not excuse anything.
>You don't really think that Bill does, or ever
>did, like making software, do you?
Oh, I believe in the beginning he truly enjoyed programming. He's since lost that.
-l
>>"You seem to be forgetting that it is your
>>precious Empire that slaughtered millions in
>>the destruction of Alderaan."
>How many people were onboard the first Death
>Star, the second?
Is there a difference between blowing up a shopping mall full of women and children and blowing up an aircraft carrier under construction?
-l
>Star Wars does have both letterbox and pan-and-
>scan releases. So do many movies.
Let's do a quick count of Star Wars releases on video SO FAR, but we'll only worry about VHS (no DVDs yet, and I don't know about various versions on laser):
Pan & Scan versions:
Original version
Original remastered with THX
Special Edition
Letterbox versions:
Original version
Original remastered with THX
Special edition
Now, that's just based on ones I or my friends have purchased (Letterboxed original in THX is the only one I actually kept).
That's SIX releases, three movies each. We'll have at least one more release with the DVD releases when/if/ever.
This doesn't even include anniversary re-releases in the theaters or repackagings of the originals.
>Try to find a "Star Wars fan" that's over 40
>years old.
My dad's a Star Wars fan in his 60's. He may not know all the trivia and doesn't have any merchandise crapola, but he certainly enjoys them and owns them all on video or DVD as available. We've done IV-VI marathons before. At his suggestion.
>I think he's a guy who loves to make movies.
>He's not very good at directing or storytelling,
>but he's got the resources to keep at it.
I think Bill Gates is a guy who loves to make software. He's not very good at designing or programming, but he's got the resources to keep at it.
Does that make it ok to make crap?
-l
>See, the fan is mounted on the big block of
>metal-alloy and blows air up through the spiral
>heat releasing fins.
>They have the same basic design, except the fan
>is mounted on the fins, not the base of the
>heatsink.
Huh?
I've never seen a heatsink and fan combo that had the fan mounted UNDER the heatsink, as you describe here...
Nor do the ones shown on Thermaltake's website...
-l
>That's not for you to decide. It's property of
>Sun. They can do as they see fit with it.
As is the big expensive software referred to in the post I was responding to.
If it's ok for the kid to steal software because he MIGHT someday be in a position to buy more, wouldn't it be ok for me to steal a server because I MIGHT someday be in a position to buy more?
Does it make it okay if I find one sitting in the back of a Sun warehouse somewhere, a poor forgotten system ordered by a now-bankrupt dot com, so that I'm not depriving Sun of income they weren't going to get in the first place?
-l
>The stuff the kid already knows. Whether it was
>learned legaly or not is besides the point.
I'd like to learn enterprise-class Solaris administration.
Someday I might be in charge of specifying hardware and software purchases for a major corporation.
Please tell me where I can pick up my E10k guilt-free.
-l
>So, yes, she got money for her stupidity, but
>because McD's sold her coffee that was that hot,
>so hot as to cause severe burns, wich is above
>what a resonable person would expect for their
>hot beverage temp, that are also culpable.
Uh, yeah, I believe that's pretty much what I said. I never said McDonald's was not wrong - but I believe this woman was rewarded far above and beyond her medical bills for BEING A MORON.
Let's go over it again.
Take a paper or styrofoam cup. Fill it with anything you like. Put a stiff plastic lid on it. Pinch it between your knees, squeezing the sides.
Now, what will happen when you remove the lid?
Do you deserve hundreds of thousands of dollars if you don't know?
-l
This being the same lady that spilled the coffee when she put a styrofoam cup between her knees, squeezed to hold, and took the lid off?
Who over the age of 8 doesn't know what happens when you do that?
While McDonald's is not in the clear here, this lady got a ton of money for hurting herself by being an IDIOT.
-l
>Your sister, lyle, is an idiot.
My sister's name isn't Lyle...
-l