Do you have any idea of how difficult this was to read? My brain faded out mid-way through the first paragraph. I think there was something about language changing, and how it is acceptable to let that language change, because... huh?
The language, and all rules regarding it, ought to be conserved for this very reason. If you had written it in a clear and concise manner, a number of readers would have understood your point, even if your point is flawed. I know that I often have to go back and re-read sentences, when they are devoid of proper grammar or punctuation. Please, stop wasting my time, and learn to write.
The point is moot, since the item is a part of MS Office, not the OS. Granted, many use Office, but there is little incentive for most to upgrade. I imagine that they're hoping this inclusion to Office draws interest.
This is what I'm thinking. In business sense, OSX would be one of the biggest writeoffs in history, considering the amount of money that they've put into it (and the number of years). It makes no sense, especially when Apple actually makes money off of it.
In no particular order: Morrowind, Tie Fighter, Full Throttle, Sam & Max Hit the Road, World of Warcraft (still addicted), Neverwinter Nights, Master of Magic, Wolfenstein 3D - Spear of Destiny, Freespace, and the old Gold Box games.
I played Wolf3D - SOD so much that I had memorized all of the anti-pirate question answers. It ran perfectly on a 386-16mhz, too. Tie Fighter took up a lot of my time... I didn't have a joystick or even a soundcard on my 486/33, but eventually got one. I was so happy ever after.
Freespace was just plain amazing. It was the top end of graphics, I think, until hardware T&L showed up.
Morrowind still is awesome, but I'm far too addicted to WoW to actually play anything else (except FFX... mmm)
Same answer for both, they were Pagan traditions originally and used by the Catholic church. I've never really understood why in this day and time it even matters.
I think that a number of Pagan ideals were incorporated into the faith, so that the transition from Paganism to Christianity would be easier. The Catholic Church, at the time, was in the business of mass evangelism, and made allowances to make things easier. Take the promotion of Mary to a prominent role, for instance, it reflects the typical Pagan mother/son god figure. Another is the choice of when Christmas falls, as well as Easter. A lot of these were Pagan holidays that were converted.
There are many denominations in the Church, as a result of these adopted days and rituals, corruption of the Church, and the Church's departure from the teaching of unconditional forgiveness by the death and resurrection of Christ.
But the REALLY big problem was that they had nothing to compete with the communities that built up around other tools and languages. No MSDN. No Jakarta. No CPAN etc etc.
Actually, the problem was that they did nothing to foster a community in the first place. I recognized Borland as a dying company five years ago, when I started doing production work with Delphi. I'd try to look something up online, only to find that my answers were in a different alphabet.
The problem almost all FFXI->WoW converts complain about is that it takes too much effort to get items in FFXI with little gain. Almost all the items in the game worth getting are the results of huge collaborations of team effort (and organizational nightmares). This is the part that seems to separate the average WoW gamer and a true FFXI junkie. The WoW convert detests investing insane amounts of time/effort into the game without quick rewards/satisfaction, while the FFXI junkie will not have it any other way.
Eh? Sure, you can get "ok" items in WoW with a minimal amount of organization, but the best items in the game require one of two things: Massive organization of many people in a very difficult dungeon, or Massive amounts of PvP farming. A 40 man raid is an orgnizational nightmare.
This is solved fairly easily. Make said dragon very very difficult, to the extent that it requires many individuals with some of the best armor on to defeat. The majority of RMTs that I've seen around are decked out in some of the crappiest gear that I've ever encountered. I am unaware of the number of people that they can organize to take the dragon down, but I imagine that it would require more people than they have on at any point in time.
They are games, not real life. The more realistic it is, the less of an escape it is. You can eliminate the problem of camping by instancing the difficult monsters, ala WoW.
The main reason for their applause, is that they want SS reform to be passed when they are in the limelight. If reform is pushed through when the 'pubs are in power, then the 'pubs will be credited with the reform. I really don't care how they fix it, I'm sure one way works just as well as another... and there will be arguments against either. I do care, however, about how soon they move their asses in getting this shit done.
Damn democrats are fucking the future retirement of us all, just for a little fame and glory. It's bull, to me.
I disagree with this from a passive data gathering point of view. The majority of attractive chicks that I've talked to about this have a preference for a guy with a good sense of humor. They even think that small pot-bellies are "cute."
Don't even get me started on the tall overweight dudes that walk around with uber-hawt chicas all the time.
You can look here for the U.S. review of just what "expression" and "speech" are. There is no stated freedom of expression, nor is it safe to assume that there is. Sure, you can bring it before the SC, however, the ruling will depend upon how liberal with the amendment that the judges are.
They are on a case-by-case basis, then. This is why public nudity is against the law, and no law governing it will ever be struck down on terms of constitutionality.
...Expression can not be controlled per the 1st amendment.
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Sorry, but the first amendment only covers those things that it explicitly states: Religion, speech, press, peaceful assembly, and communication to the government. Expression is not solely defined by speech, and is thus not covered by the First Amendment.. The U.S. is not Germany, which does have a freedom of expression law.
People under level 30 shouldn't really be in Silithus as it is. They won't be able to view the events at the wall without pulling aggro from mobs that are over 25 levels higher than them (1-hit kill type things). People under level 40 being in the zone is just griefing, and even 40 is a stretch.
Dark energy makes me think back to the "ether" that light used to travel through, back before the stipulation that light was both wave and particle. In other words, I have the sneaking suspicion that it is a kludge, used by impatient physicists to explain something that they don't think they can understand. Eventually, the concept will go away, and we will scoff at these days, as we do at the days of "ether."
The church essentially does what you advocate against the government doing. namely, raising peoples children for them.
Functionally the same, but symmantically different. For one, you are going to meet and know those people whom your children are going to be exposed to. You are going to pay out of your own pocket for your own kid, if expense is involved. You are not leaving your kid in foster homes/gov't daycare, where you have no clue of the environment your child is in. You are not leaving the financial burden on some guy who will never meet your kid, who lives 2000 miles away.
Sorry, but in terms of parenting and community, the smaller the community (congregation or neighborhood), the better. Government should have no say in parenting.
After reading up on the whole thing, McAfee did the funky accounting in the period from 1998 to 2000, and had $50m laying around, "reserved" for when they'd need it to pay the fine. I don't think that McAfee is really going anywhere any time soon.
Future games just have to take a cue from Deus Ex, the first one (not the second one). You could have a repitition of maps, with different figures in different places, the advancement of the main character, and with a good story to bind them all together, these things become a very entertaining item.
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Do you have any idea of how difficult this was to read? My brain faded out mid-way through the first paragraph. I think there was something about language changing, and how it is acceptable to let that language change, because... huh?
The language, and all rules regarding it, ought to be conserved for this very reason. If you had written it in a clear and concise manner, a number of readers would have understood your point, even if your point is flawed. I know that I often have to go back and re-read sentences, when they are devoid of proper grammar or punctuation. Please, stop wasting my time, and learn to write.
The point is moot, since the item is a part of MS Office, not the OS. Granted, many use Office, but there is little incentive for most to upgrade. I imagine that they're hoping this inclusion to Office draws interest.
This is what I'm thinking. In business sense, OSX would be one of the biggest writeoffs in history, considering the amount of money that they've put into it (and the number of years). It makes no sense, especially when Apple actually makes money off of it.
In no particular order: Morrowind, Tie Fighter, Full Throttle, Sam & Max Hit the Road, World of Warcraft (still addicted), Neverwinter Nights, Master of Magic, Wolfenstein 3D - Spear of Destiny, Freespace, and the old Gold Box games.
I played Wolf3D - SOD so much that I had memorized all of the anti-pirate question answers. It ran perfectly on a 386-16mhz, too. Tie Fighter took up a lot of my time... I didn't have a joystick or even a soundcard on my 486/33, but eventually got one. I was so happy ever after.
Freespace was just plain amazing. It was the top end of graphics, I think, until hardware T&L showed up.
Morrowind still is awesome, but I'm far too addicted to WoW to actually play anything else (except FFX... mmm)
Same answer for both, they were Pagan traditions originally and used by the Catholic church. I've never really understood why in this day and time it even matters.
I think that a number of Pagan ideals were incorporated into the faith, so that the transition from Paganism to Christianity would be easier. The Catholic Church, at the time, was in the business of mass evangelism, and made allowances to make things easier. Take the promotion of Mary to a prominent role, for instance, it reflects the typical Pagan mother/son god figure. Another is the choice of when Christmas falls, as well as Easter. A lot of these were Pagan holidays that were converted.
There are many denominations in the Church, as a result of these adopted days and rituals, corruption of the Church, and the Church's departure from the teaching of unconditional forgiveness by the death and resurrection of Christ.
But the REALLY big problem was that they had nothing to compete with the communities that built up around other tools and languages. No MSDN. No Jakarta. No CPAN etc etc.
Actually, the problem was that they did nothing to foster a community in the first place. I recognized Borland as a dying company five years ago, when I started doing production work with Delphi. I'd try to look something up online, only to find that my answers were in a different alphabet.
Well, the children have to come from somewhere! Maybe biology itself is bigoted.
The problem almost all FFXI->WoW converts complain about is that it takes too much effort to get items in FFXI with little gain. Almost all the items in the game worth getting are the results of huge collaborations of team effort (and organizational nightmares). This is the part that seems to separate the average WoW gamer and a true FFXI junkie. The WoW convert detests investing insane amounts of time/effort into the game without quick rewards/satisfaction, while the FFXI junkie will not have it any other way.
Eh? Sure, you can get "ok" items in WoW with a minimal amount of organization, but the best items in the game require one of two things: Massive organization of many people in a very difficult dungeon, or Massive amounts of PvP farming. A 40 man raid is an orgnizational nightmare.
This is solved fairly easily. Make said dragon very very difficult, to the extent that it requires many individuals with some of the best armor on to defeat. The majority of RMTs that I've seen around are decked out in some of the crappiest gear that I've ever encountered. I am unaware of the number of people that they can organize to take the dragon down, but I imagine that it would require more people than they have on at any point in time.
They are games, not real life. The more realistic it is, the less of an escape it is. You can eliminate the problem of camping by instancing the difficult monsters, ala WoW.
That assumes that you're loading one texture at a time.
The main reason for their applause, is that they want SS reform to be passed when they are in the limelight. If reform is pushed through when the 'pubs are in power, then the 'pubs will be credited with the reform. I really don't care how they fix it, I'm sure one way works just as well as another... and there will be arguments against either. I do care, however, about how soon they move their asses in getting this shit done.
Damn democrats are fucking the future retirement of us all, just for a little fame and glory. It's bull, to me.
I do not choose my faith, my faith chooses me.
I disagree with this from a passive data gathering point of view. The majority of attractive chicks that I've talked to about this have a preference for a guy with a good sense of humor. They even think that small pot-bellies are "cute."
Don't even get me started on the tall overweight dudes that walk around with uber-hawt chicas all the time.
I have big plans to rig up a computer *to* my treadmill, so I can maintain my health, and my fix.
The way I've heard it is that words have gender, people have sex.
You can look here for the U.S. review of just what "expression" and "speech" are. There is no stated freedom of expression, nor is it safe to assume that there is. Sure, you can bring it before the SC, however, the ruling will depend upon how liberal with the amendment that the judges are.
They are on a case-by-case basis, then. This is why public nudity is against the law, and no law governing it will ever be struck down on terms of constitutionality.
...Expression can not be controlled per the 1st amendment.
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Sorry, but the first amendment only covers those things that it explicitly states: Religion, speech, press, peaceful assembly, and communication to the government. Expression is not solely defined by speech, and is thus not covered by the First Amendment.. The U.S. is not Germany, which does have a freedom of expression law.
People under level 30 shouldn't really be in Silithus as it is. They won't be able to view the events at the wall without pulling aggro from mobs that are over 25 levels higher than them (1-hit kill type things). People under level 40 being in the zone is just griefing, and even 40 is a stretch.
Dark energy makes me think back to the "ether" that light used to travel through, back before the stipulation that light was both wave and particle. In other words, I have the sneaking suspicion that it is a kludge, used by impatient physicists to explain something that they don't think they can understand. Eventually, the concept will go away, and we will scoff at these days, as we do at the days of "ether."
The church essentially does what you advocate against the government doing. namely, raising peoples children for them.
Functionally the same, but symmantically different. For one, you are going to meet and know those people whom your children are going to be exposed to. You are going to pay out of your own pocket for your own kid, if expense is involved. You are not leaving your kid in foster homes/gov't daycare, where you have no clue of the environment your child is in. You are not leaving the financial burden on some guy who will never meet your kid, who lives 2000 miles away.
Sorry, but in terms of parenting and community, the smaller the community (congregation or neighborhood), the better. Government should have no say in parenting.
After reading up on the whole thing, McAfee did the funky accounting in the period from 1998 to 2000, and had $50m laying around, "reserved" for when they'd need it to pay the fine. I don't think that McAfee is really going anywhere any time soon.
From my experience with iTunes, it is either "free" or $.99. There is very little price differentiation, if any at all.
Future games just have to take a cue from Deus Ex, the first one (not the second one). You could have a repitition of maps, with different figures in different places, the advancement of the main character, and with a good story to bind them all together, these things become a very entertaining item.
Think "Rear Window."