They state that it is also associated with orgasm. I don't think that it is the causing factor, rather it is the biological response for continuation of the species. Impregnation is less likely to happen if the woman does not have an orgasm, so when she does have an orgasm, the body sends messages to the brain that this person is worth sticking with.
This may also give insight into relationship problems. The people have issues, don't have sex, and the oxytocin level drops. The people start distrusting each other, and this leads to even less sex, and even lower levels... and the cycle continues.
Since we're talking about purchasing experiences... I had a different experience altogether. I think that it may have had to do with the fact that I had made an on-line inquiry about the vehicle, and put how much I made a year.
Anyway, I bought a Nissan 350Z, and I had never driven a manual before. I took my boss along to do the test-drive, and they let me go in the car with him, instead of the dealer going along.
The feeling that I had, coming out of the dealership, was that they really wanted the sale. It wasn't one of arrogance, it was more one of "we'll do anything to get you walking out of that door with keys in your hand."
Regardless of the origins (which have nothing to do with homosexuals, thank you very much), the word has come to be derogatory.
I don't think that it is worth pointing out every little peice of speech that comes close to bigotry. In fact, the use of the word isn't a sign of bigotry at all. I would imagine, however, that your interpretation of the usage of the word has deep roots in bigotry.
Whenever I hear someone refer to something other than a human as "gay," I automatically feel/think that whatever it is, is bad. If I hear someone refer to someone else as "gay," I just shrug and think of them as homosexual. I isn't a big deal.
And to address the insults to a subset of people... who honestly gives a shit what I think? Also, who are you to say whether I'm truly insulting them or not? Only I would know my true intentions. Everything else, percieved or not, is just a manifestation of your own insecurities.
I believe that there are different avenues to learn discipline. Homework is possibly the worst avenue, but it is the most available.
I learned discipline through music lessons. The focus of practicing at an instrument is truly one of perfection through repitition. I used music as an emotional outlet as well, which helped temper my outward facing attitude. Schoolwork does not offer that.
There are more avenues as well. One can learn discipline through athletics just as well as through the arts. As one of the other posters stated, discipline, and the repitition required for it, will only come if the individual loves what they are doing. I loved music and hated schoolwork. Others love the martial arts. Others love schoolwork.
People are different. If we stopped applying some arbitrary universal to them, then our general satisfaction would most likely be increased.
I didn't do much of the assigned homework in high school, and I didn't suffer all that much from a lack of education.
The problem with the education system isn't that we have a fear of being branded as Einstein, rather, it is the pragmatic system that we've instilled that was thought up by Dewey. Everyone is different, and they learn in different ways. We can not apply the same method of teaching to a pile of kids, and expect that they all learn the same stuff.
Kids have to be handled on an individual basis. There is also no reason why they can't learn what they need to learn within the span of time that they spend at a school. If we followed a Montissori type system instead of the current one, we wouldn't be having the problems that we have now.
Lastly, school should not invade the home, just like work should not invade the home. Home is for the family, which is a far more educational experience (and a completely different one at that) than school will ever be. I imagine that we'd have fewer psychological problems in general, if people were encouraged to just spend time away from the burden of the world, and spend that time with their families.
I don't know why there can't be isolated pockets in the Star Wars universe either. In fact, it appears as if there is far more Star Wars literature than there is Star Trek.
The main storyline in Star Wars is linear, yes. It is much like the plot twists in our own history. It doesn't stop the story of Wedge Antilles from being fleshed out, or the story of the designers of the death star.
I can't really agree with you, though. The way to do things are documented, but they aren't automatic. Automatic stuff has been in the works for ages, and I'd say that a Suse install mostly works.
Your analogy of Linux to a TR7 is flawed. Once you get Linux up and running, seldomly will you have to do anything to keep it up and running. It will not crash on you, unless you have an actual hardware problem. You don't have the problems with random worms shutting it down, and it doesn't slowly decay until it needs a reboot.
Actually, I see AJAX as an effective way to kill off the casual javascript copy & paste web developer. Sure, they'll be able to still do things like mouse trails, but I'm doubtful that they'll know how to handle something on the order of Google Maps.
Any time that you require a round-trip to the server, you introduce one more peice of complexity to the application. The market created by these new apps will be limited to those who know what they are doing, finally.
I second this. The first thing that popped into my mind was Cheetos. I get enough dirt on the keys, turning my keys orange, and getting a rancid cheesy smell is really quite unacceptable.
I suspected that people like Talon (in the interview) existed, but didn't really believe it. I just find it amazing how weird people can get over a computer game. Isn't it supposed to be fun? I don't quite understand how someone can derive fun from the tension of a militaristic guild... I know that when I log in, I make my fame by chatting and being helpful. Instead of being a part of the best guild, I'd rather be the best player to turn to in need.
Speaking as a WoW "veteran"...
I can say that it is extremely easy to change servers and roll a new character.
I have never had to wait in a queue, and the only time where I experienced prolong downtime was on that one patch day, for which I was reimbursed.
One day out of five months is not bad at all.
Who's to say that neurons operate in the same way as a computer's multiple-add operations? Another little problem is that you'll need additional programming to tell the computer how to emulate the communication and interaction between neurons. I imagine that this would take far more processing power than we could ever achieve.
We may be able to emulate the parts, but you can't just throw the parts together in a heap and expect it to work. The sum of the parts is far more complicated than the parts themselves.
The quests aren't even particularly long or challenging. There are no real equivalents of FFXI's Artifact or Level-Cap quests. While this could be seen as a good thing (let's face it, those quests can be annoying as hell), it does mean you have relatively few chances to spend significant amounts of time grouping with people.
Your problem is that you did not play long enough. Right now, a group of people and I are working on an epic item quest that may never come to fruition. We have to collect items from four different instances, one is an epic drop that can only be recieved from someone who can skin (with special skinning gloves on), the others are relatively uncommon drops. These are all in very high level areas.
The other quests are usually a part of a much longer quest line. "The Battle of Darrowshire" is a good example of this, requiring the completion of many small quests... but giving you a sense of ultimate completion when they are all done.
Your "sight" into the end-game, as far as quests go, is dreadfully nearsighted.
The issue that I was referring to was the personal motivation... and the majority of people are motivated by improving themselves.
I like to play the endgame because of my friends. Being with them is what motivates me, not the set items. I enjoy the work that we do, and the comraderie that we have. I've only gotten one Wildheart item so far, and I imagine that the rest will drop in time.
What I really would like, though, is to be known on the server for being able to do something that no one else can do. It doesn't really matter what that is. At the moment, I guess I'm considered a great healer, but it isn't that hard for someone else to be a great healer.
There has to be an oppurtunity to be famous for something, there has to be something that you can take up to make yourself unique. If that isn't possible, then make it so that you can be one of a select few. The PvP battle armor set appears to be that, being the prize of the PvP ladder and all... but there has to be a non-combatitive way of accomplishing/recieving those same rewards.
That's probably the opinion of the page designer. I'm quite certain that there are a number of Blizzard people that enjoy PvE>PvP. They wouldn't offer PvE if they didn't like it that much.
The real reason why WoW is going to fail is that it is far too easy to reach the top tier playing level, and the endgame has very little meaning. It consists primarily of grinding dungeouns for items, specifically class set items. Once you hit lvl 60, and have all of your set items, it is essentially the end of personal achievement. When all of that, which can be tedious and a cause of mass whining, is done, there is little motivation to continue on... other than helping your friends get their stuff.
So, when everyone has their stuff, there is nothing more. Blizzard is trying to fix this by introducing new stuff via a PvP system. You'll have to put in continuous work to gain the items, then eventually to maintain the status quoue. There is no more to gain past that, except to keep possession.
Blizzard could fix this by raising the level cap, making a separate world where the lvl 60's are like lvl 1's, except with their stuff... and letting them start the grind over again. Levels, spells, and items is what the game is about. Some people choose to party for them, others choose to solo (and will never get everything that way). The end of the game, currently, seems to be a very boring place.
Lastly... there is no way of being unique. Even the toons are limited in scope, but more importantly, the professions that you choose have a finite number of items, and somone else is likely going to be able to do what you do. There is nothing that can set you apart from anyone else. There is nothing to strive for in the venue, to be honest.
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All the world. Though non-windows systems were not affected, the bandwidth sure was.
They state that it is also associated with orgasm. I don't think that it is the causing factor, rather it is the biological response for continuation of the species. Impregnation is less likely to happen if the woman does not have an orgasm, so when she does have an orgasm, the body sends messages to the brain that this person is worth sticking with.
This may also give insight into relationship problems. The people have issues, don't have sex, and the oxytocin level drops. The people start distrusting each other, and this leads to even less sex, and even lower levels... and the cycle continues.
God, I hope they make Office / .NET integration better. In its current form, it sucks major ass.
Since we're talking about purchasing experiences... I had a different experience altogether. I think that it may have had to do with the fact that I had made an on-line inquiry about the vehicle, and put how much I made a year.
Anyway, I bought a Nissan 350Z, and I had never driven a manual before. I took my boss along to do the test-drive, and they let me go in the car with him, instead of the dealer going along.
The feeling that I had, coming out of the dealership, was that they really wanted the sale. It wasn't one of arrogance, it was more one of "we'll do anything to get you walking out of that door with keys in your hand."
It annoyed MS devs so much that they created a filesystem enumeration to take the directories' names' places instead.
Regardless of the origins (which have nothing to do with homosexuals, thank you very much), the word has come to be derogatory.
I don't think that it is worth pointing out every little peice of speech that comes close to bigotry. In fact, the use of the word isn't a sign of bigotry at all. I would imagine, however, that your interpretation of the usage of the word has deep roots in bigotry.
Whenever I hear someone refer to something other than a human as "gay," I automatically feel/think that whatever it is, is bad. If I hear someone refer to someone else as "gay," I just shrug and think of them as homosexual. I isn't a big deal.
And to address the insults to a subset of people... who honestly gives a shit what I think? Also, who are you to say whether I'm truly insulting them or not? Only I would know my true intentions. Everything else, percieved or not, is just a manifestation of your own insecurities.
Give a man a fish, he owes you one fish.
Teach a man to fish, you give up your monopoly on fisheries.
Give a man a fish, he owes you one fish.
Teach many men to fish, you create healthy competition, and collect on fishing IP licensing.
I believe that there are different avenues to learn discipline. Homework is possibly the worst avenue, but it is the most available.
I learned discipline through music lessons. The focus of practicing at an instrument is truly one of perfection through repitition. I used music as an emotional outlet as well, which helped temper my outward facing attitude. Schoolwork does not offer that.
There are more avenues as well. One can learn discipline through athletics just as well as through the arts. As one of the other posters stated, discipline, and the repitition required for it, will only come if the individual loves what they are doing. I loved music and hated schoolwork. Others love the martial arts. Others love schoolwork.
People are different. If we stopped applying some arbitrary universal to them, then our general satisfaction would most likely be increased.
I didn't do much of the assigned homework in high school, and I didn't suffer all that much from a lack of education.
The problem with the education system isn't that we have a fear of being branded as Einstein, rather, it is the pragmatic system that we've instilled that was thought up by Dewey. Everyone is different, and they learn in different ways. We can not apply the same method of teaching to a pile of kids, and expect that they all learn the same stuff.
Kids have to be handled on an individual basis. There is also no reason why they can't learn what they need to learn within the span of time that they spend at a school. If we followed a Montissori type system instead of the current one, we wouldn't be having the problems that we have now.
Lastly, school should not invade the home, just like work should not invade the home. Home is for the family, which is a far more educational experience (and a completely different one at that) than school will ever be. I imagine that we'd have fewer psychological problems in general, if people were encouraged to just spend time away from the burden of the world, and spend that time with their families.
It has turned into a derogatory term, and has been for a number of years. I suggest that you get over it and get on with your life.
I don't know why there can't be isolated pockets in the Star Wars universe either. In fact, it appears as if there is far more Star Wars literature than there is Star Trek.
The main storyline in Star Wars is linear, yes. It is much like the plot twists in our own history. It doesn't stop the story of Wedge Antilles from being fleshed out, or the story of the designers of the death star.
I can't really agree with you, though. The way to do things are documented, but they aren't automatic. Automatic stuff has been in the works for ages, and I'd say that a Suse install mostly works.
Your analogy of Linux to a TR7 is flawed. Once you get Linux up and running, seldomly will you have to do anything to keep it up and running. It will not crash on you, unless you have an actual hardware problem. You don't have the problems with random worms shutting it down, and it doesn't slowly decay until it needs a reboot.
The whole point is language independance, not platform independance.
The current problem at my work is the mindset of "We have someone to blame for it breaking."
So, instead of having flexibility, security, and stability... we have to pay $100/hr to call a pile of Indians for MS support.
Yes.
Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters.
That second part encompasses any discussion relevant to "mattering." This includes functioning as a support number.
Actually, I see AJAX as an effective way to kill off the casual javascript copy & paste web developer. Sure, they'll be able to still do things like mouse trails, but I'm doubtful that they'll know how to handle something on the order of Google Maps.
Any time that you require a round-trip to the server, you introduce one more peice of complexity to the application. The market created by these new apps will be limited to those who know what they are doing, finally.
I second this. The first thing that popped into my mind was Cheetos. I get enough dirt on the keys, turning my keys orange, and getting a rancid cheesy smell is really quite unacceptable.
It eats the Cheetos with the chopsticks.
I suspected that people like Talon (in the interview) existed, but didn't really believe it. I just find it amazing how weird people can get over a computer game. Isn't it supposed to be fun? I don't quite understand how someone can derive fun from the tension of a militaristic guild... I know that when I log in, I make my fame by chatting and being helpful. Instead of being a part of the best guild, I'd rather be the best player to turn to in need.
Oh well. Different strokes for different folks.
They wouldn't be "competing" if Microsoft didn't have this insane need to be like the zerg, and invade markets that it previously left alone.
Speaking as a WoW "veteran"... I can say that it is extremely easy to change servers and roll a new character. I have never had to wait in a queue, and the only time where I experienced prolong downtime was on that one patch day, for which I was reimbursed. One day out of five months is not bad at all.
Who's to say that neurons operate in the same way as a computer's multiple-add operations? Another little problem is that you'll need additional programming to tell the computer how to emulate the communication and interaction between neurons. I imagine that this would take far more processing power than we could ever achieve.
We may be able to emulate the parts, but you can't just throw the parts together in a heap and expect it to work. The sum of the parts is far more complicated than the parts themselves.
The quests aren't even particularly long or challenging. There are no real equivalents of FFXI's Artifact or Level-Cap quests. While this could be seen as a good thing (let's face it, those quests can be annoying as hell), it does mean you have relatively few chances to spend significant amounts of time grouping with people.
Your problem is that you did not play long enough. Right now, a group of people and I are working on an epic item quest that may never come to fruition. We have to collect items from four different instances, one is an epic drop that can only be recieved from someone who can skin (with special skinning gloves on), the others are relatively uncommon drops. These are all in very high level areas.
The other quests are usually a part of a much longer quest line. "The Battle of Darrowshire" is a good example of this, requiring the completion of many small quests... but giving you a sense of ultimate completion when they are all done.
Your "sight" into the end-game, as far as quests go, is dreadfully nearsighted.
The issue that I was referring to was the personal motivation... and the majority of people are motivated by improving themselves.
I like to play the endgame because of my friends. Being with them is what motivates me, not the set items. I enjoy the work that we do, and the comraderie that we have. I've only gotten one Wildheart item so far, and I imagine that the rest will drop in time.
What I really would like, though, is to be known on the server for being able to do something that no one else can do. It doesn't really matter what that is. At the moment, I guess I'm considered a great healer, but it isn't that hard for someone else to be a great healer.
There has to be an oppurtunity to be famous for something, there has to be something that you can take up to make yourself unique. If that isn't possible, then make it so that you can be one of a select few. The PvP battle armor set appears to be that, being the prize of the PvP ladder and all... but there has to be a non-combatitive way of accomplishing/recieving those same rewards.
Meh.
That's probably the opinion of the page designer. I'm quite certain that there are a number of Blizzard people that enjoy PvE>PvP. They wouldn't offer PvE if they didn't like it that much.
The real reason why WoW is going to fail is that it is far too easy to reach the top tier playing level, and the endgame has very little meaning. It consists primarily of grinding dungeouns for items, specifically class set items. Once you hit lvl 60, and have all of your set items, it is essentially the end of personal achievement. When all of that, which can be tedious and a cause of mass whining, is done, there is little motivation to continue on... other than helping your friends get their stuff.
So, when everyone has their stuff, there is nothing more. Blizzard is trying to fix this by introducing new stuff via a PvP system. You'll have to put in continuous work to gain the items, then eventually to maintain the status quoue. There is no more to gain past that, except to keep possession.
Blizzard could fix this by raising the level cap, making a separate world where the lvl 60's are like lvl 1's, except with their stuff... and letting them start the grind over again. Levels, spells, and items is what the game is about. Some people choose to party for them, others choose to solo (and will never get everything that way). The end of the game, currently, seems to be a very boring place.
Lastly... there is no way of being unique. Even the toons are limited in scope, but more importantly, the professions that you choose have a finite number of items, and somone else is likely going to be able to do what you do. There is nothing that can set you apart from anyone else. There is nothing to strive for in the venue, to be honest.