Yet shouldn't a Chinese national who is visiting/living in America have those same rights? They're entitled to the same protections, they pay mostly the same taxes (even on vacation - sales tax and whatnot), and they have to follow the same rules. So why shouldn't they have the same protection?
Except for a couple things. One, they wouldn't bomb an entire American city. The public outlash from blowing up New York would be so high that it would turn from NYC against the military into EVERYONE against the military.
There's like, what, maybe 2,000,000 people in the Armed Services? We outnumber them 174 to 1, and while the American citizens might not have a fighter jet sitting in their garage they certainly have their fair share of firepower.
It really disturbs me that the plots in various movies, video games, and books that would have been considered "out there" or "couldn't happen" are gradually becoming true.
Obvious ones (which I've mentioned in a related post a few weeks ago): V for Vendetta and 1984.
The game's name derives from the mirror-like aesthetic of the city of tall, gleaming skyscrapers and Faith's existence on the fringes of that city along with other dissidents, who have been pushed to the edge.
Though set in a seemingly utopian city environment with low crime, clean streets, and sterile architecture, it is ruled by a totalitarian government regime that conducts unbridled levels of surveillance on citizens.[emphasis added.] In this world of communications monitoring, the only way to deliver confidential information between parties is to employ couriers (called runners) to physically deliver the information.
Granted, it's more likely that drivers, bicycle messengers, etc. would be used in our current era, but I imagine even vehicles will eventually be surveilled and controlled. "We need to be able to watch people in their cars so we know they're driving safely." "We need to be able to remotely shut off cars in case it is stolen or if someone is driving drunk." etc.
I wonder how they'd handle couriers delivering information to circumvent this system.
tl;dr: cute Asian mailwomen will backflip off of walls to get your letter to grandma.
When I'm at conventions with my friends we usually have a laptop or two. Like Hell I'd try to connect to BNET over our hotels free wifi.
I *was* pretty excited about Diablo III. I *was* going to buy it on launch day because I had to have it. So were all of my friends who have played Diablo II with me for years. But I, like many people here and elsewhere, are now actually debating whether or not we want to buy the game from Blizzard.
My money is on this:
1) D3 comes out with no LAN play.
2) Genius nerd comes out with a LAN play patch, tool, etc.
3) Blizzard sues him into oblivion and/or classifies it as a cheat, banning people who have the patch from BNET.
Even Steam has offline mode (after you activate online) and allows LAN play for all of Valve's games. (Create server, connect to server.)
All you [expletive deleted] are gonna pay! You are the ones who are the [expletive deleted]! We're gonna [expletive deleted] your mothers while you watch and cry like little [expletive deleted]! Once we get to Hollywood and find those Miramax [expletive deleted] who are making that movie, we're gonna make 'em eat our [expletive deleted], then [expletive deleted] out our [expletive deleted], then eat their [expletive deleted] which is made up of our [expletive deleted] that we made 'em eat! Then all you [expletive deleted] are next!
I'd be interested in hearing about that too, actually. I probably wouldn't be using it for games anyway and that's the only reason I use XP. (Yes, I know, you can run WINE etc. etc. but it's a moot point.)
...what are the odds of getting a tablet laptop without Vista these days?
This seems pretty sweet, but I'm more interested in taking a tablet out with me rather than sitting behind a desk. I recall tablets hog more RAM than a usual OS, especially with vector graphics, so I shudder to think of trying to run this on a tablet under Vista.
I don't know, after seeing grandma drunkenly sing "Rock The Casbah" you might not want to ever hear that song again for fear of resurrecting suppressed memories.
Let's say you become a math teacher and make $100,000 a year. Okay, not bad.
Now let's say you sign a four year, $1,000,000/year contract for a football team and fulfill it. You've just made about 30-35 years of your salary (counting raises, tenure, bonuses, etc.) in roughly 1/10th of the time it would have taken you. Now you have the financial freedom to take a teaching position wherever you like and not have to worry about the salary.
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If you have a reasonable scientific question, remember that it can always be answered with Technobabble and pseudoscience.
(BTW, Plasma fires.)
Yet shouldn't a Chinese national who is visiting/living in America have those same rights? They're entitled to the same protections, they pay mostly the same taxes (even on vacation - sales tax and whatnot), and they have to follow the same rules. So why shouldn't they have the same protection?
Except for a couple things. One, they wouldn't bomb an entire American city. The public outlash from blowing up New York would be so high that it would turn from NYC against the military into EVERYONE against the military.
There's like, what, maybe 2,000,000 people in the Armed Services? We outnumber them 174 to 1, and while the American citizens might not have a fighter jet sitting in their garage they certainly have their fair share of firepower.
It was less "oooh oooh" banana and more "ooh ooh" -flails hand wildly- "teacher teacher I know I KNOW!" d:
"haircut"?
Three words for you (and people in the States, as well): "Making terrorist threats".
It's been used on people of all ages and colors. Yes, even kids:
* Middle School Kids have been threatened with being put on the Terrorist Watch List.
* A student was arrested for "Zombie Fiction" because the story was set at a high school. Not *his* high school, mind you, *a* high school.
* A Chinese student was arrested because he made a map of his school for a video game (probably Counter Strike or a similar FPS)
* Two boys were arrested for talking about shooting up their school, probably jokingly.
I miss the days when there were these petty requirements for things like evidence and probable cause.
Quantum Computing. (Eventually.)
It really disturbs me that the plots in various movies, video games, and books that would have been considered "out there" or "couldn't happen" are gradually becoming true.
Obvious ones (which I've mentioned in a related post a few weeks ago): V for Vendetta and 1984.
Disturbingly accurate: Mirror's Edge. From the Mirror's Edge Wikipedia Article:
The game's name derives from the mirror-like aesthetic of the city of tall, gleaming skyscrapers and Faith's existence on the fringes of that city along with other dissidents, who have been pushed to the edge.
Though set in a seemingly utopian city environment with low crime, clean streets, and sterile architecture, it is ruled by a totalitarian government regime that conducts unbridled levels of surveillance on citizens. [emphasis added.] In this world of communications monitoring, the only way to deliver confidential information between parties is to employ couriers (called runners) to physically deliver the information.
Granted, it's more likely that drivers, bicycle messengers, etc. would be used in our current era, but I imagine even vehicles will eventually be surveilled and controlled. "We need to be able to watch people in their cars so we know they're driving safely." "We need to be able to remotely shut off cars in case it is stolen or if someone is driving drunk." etc.
I wonder how they'd handle couriers delivering information to circumvent this system.
tl;dr: cute Asian mailwomen will backflip off of walls to get your letter to grandma.
Wireless technology? I hope they have something better than WEP.
Then again, we could set up some pretty cool programs. How about every time someone types "Frosty Piss" they slap themselves.
Oooh ooh ooh I finally get to say it!
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!
I'd wager this would be one of the many elements of Inscription.
I'll bet Inscription is basically making stuff like scrolls (so you can sell them without having to actually be there).
When I'm at conventions with my friends we usually have a laptop or two. Like Hell I'd try to connect to BNET over our hotels free wifi.
I *was* pretty excited about Diablo III. I *was* going to buy it on launch day because I had to have it. So were all of my friends who have played Diablo II with me for years. But I, like many people here and elsewhere, are now actually debating whether or not we want to buy the game from Blizzard.
My money is on this:
1) D3 comes out with no LAN play.
2) Genius nerd comes out with a LAN play patch, tool, etc.
3) Blizzard sues him into oblivion and/or classifies it as a cheat, banning people who have the patch from BNET.
Even Steam has offline mode (after you activate online) and allows LAN play for all of Valve's games. (Create server, connect to server.)
I'm guessing you've named your cactus Vlad?
In WW2 they probably did "Baloo" style autopilot, which means they jammed a crowbar between the yoke and the dash.
You could use spam "Super Brain Cleaners - they make you SMARTER!"
They come in .22, .357. and ultra deluxe .50 sizes.
Of course, police keeping the seized assets will NEVER lead to corruption.
Then I'm pretty sure they'd have to answer to the FAA...
...if this can be weaponized? Like a laser that causes people's genes to horribly mutate.
British born, lives in Austrailia
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Also, he's only 3 years older than me (25). What the hell am I doing with my life?
All you [expletive deleted] are gonna pay! You are the ones who are the [expletive deleted]! We're gonna [expletive deleted] your mothers while you watch and cry like little [expletive deleted]! Once we get to Hollywood and find those Miramax [expletive deleted] who are making that movie, we're gonna make 'em eat our [expletive deleted], then [expletive deleted] out our [expletive deleted], then eat their [expletive deleted] which is made up of our [expletive deleted] that we made 'em eat! Then all you [expletive deleted] are next!
Love, Jay and Silent Bob.
I'd be interested in hearing about that too, actually. I probably wouldn't be using it for games anyway and that's the only reason I use XP. (Yes, I know, you can run WINE etc. etc. but it's a moot point.)
...what are the odds of getting a tablet laptop without Vista these days?
This seems pretty sweet, but I'm more interested in taking a tablet out with me rather than sitting behind a desk. I recall tablets hog more RAM than a usual OS, especially with vector graphics, so I shudder to think of trying to run this on a tablet under Vista.
I don't know, after seeing grandma drunkenly sing "Rock The Casbah" you might not want to ever hear that song again for fear of resurrecting suppressed memories.
But as TFS said, a solar flare (like the one in 1859) could do the same thing.
You can't be use diplomacy against nature.
You sure about that?
Let's say you become a math teacher and make $100,000 a year. Okay, not bad.
Now let's say you sign a four year, $1,000,000/year contract for a football team and fulfill it. You've just made about 30-35 years of your salary (counting raises, tenure, bonuses, etc.) in roughly 1/10th of the time it would have taken you. Now you have the financial freedom to take a teaching position wherever you like and not have to worry about the salary.