"I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
Doesn't get more clear than that. There's no double talk, no misleading, no "taken out of context." He said that, and what he said is joked about because obviously the internet as we know it was not created by Al Gore. "I took the initiative in helping to bring forth the commercialism of the Internet" would be far more accurate. And yes, I read what Al Gore actually said.
Isn't that just the same as -1, Troll? Oh, your trolls aren't psychotic? You apparently haven't played Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion. Of course, they are also a tad suicidal and prone to depression.
Well let's see. First there's the fact that we had intelligence information that proved that Bin Laden was involved in the first WTC attack in 93. Second, the fact that Bin Laden was quoted as having said on numerous occasions that he wanted to see the towers fall. Third, a quick examination of the flights all involved in 9/11 revealed the names of people all linked to Bin Laden. A cross examination of those names within the next few hours revealed that they all attended this flight school. Gee, wierd coinkidink, don'tcha think? So the FBI does some digging over the next few days, finds out that a few of the people attending the school don't care about learning how to land, only want to know how to fly the airplane once it is in the air. Doesn't take a genius to figure this one out. Granted, this isn't enough to stand up in court, but it's enough for us to make a (what appeared later to be very accurate) educated guess that Bin Laden was involved, and of course we know where the hell Bin Laden is, because Clinton launched cruise missiles at aspirin plants thinking he was going to hit Al Qaeda instead.
Yeah because we know that the impact of an airplane flying as fast as it was going had no effect on the structural integrity of the core. I especially loved how they compared two fires burning to that of the WTC, but failed to mention that neither was impacted by anything with the amount of force that the airliner that hit the WTC did. Sounds like it's more a case of the guy was fired for conducting piss poor experimentation with the intent of proving his own theory rather than finding the truth.
What you are referring to is sub plots within an overall story arc, not many different arcs. They are all vying for the same thing, but have different methods of trying to get there. But again you miss my primary point: in your common MMO today, there is no end game. Yeah, there are missions that culminate potentially in some end boss battle, but after that, the game continues as if you haven't done anything. Persistent gameplay would result in some finality eventually, or it would just become mundane. I'd much rather play an MMO that was episodic than most of what we have today. Once the story arc completes, another new story starts. Think like a comic book or multi-part movie series.
Have the Harmony 880 and find that the physical buttons to the sides of the LCD are far superior for usability IMO. Being able to feel where the buttons are (there is a distinct ridge-like feeling when you move your finger from one button to another that is adjacent) make the remote easy to use when the lights are dimmed (common when watching DVD movies or a movie on TV).
Unfortunately, having resets leads to boring and uninspired gameplay over the long run. What would be a much better idea, IMO, is to have a story arc, but the only issue with that is the game has to end at some point or you get to the point where you are so weary of grinding towards a goal that seems to keep just out of reach (I'll call this the Gilligan's Island Paradox) that finally you just give up and quit. With something that had a story arc where the players actually effect the story, it would require a finality in order to be truly entertaining, and then perhaps sequel stories could keep the game going.
Why was this modded insightful? From someone that lives in Mobile, AL (formerly of Pensacola), that went through Ivan and Katrina, I find your comments both self-serving and wrong.
"The problems with New Orleans were primarily the fault of the state of Louisiana and the city government, not the Federal Government and FEMA"
Wrong. That "not" should be "as well as". The feds send in the Oklahoma National Guard to disarm the populace.
Ok you did a clever thing in your post. Use facts to cover up your faulty logic. First, the OK Nat'l Guard was sent in, to control the populace, because the state and local law enforcement could not do the job. One of the reasons you mention for me, which is because the city police were taking part in the looting. Also, the US Army and US Navy were actually first on scene, and the very first thing they did was to rescue as many people as they could, and get as many people as they could to safe areas. Something Nagin could've done by alerting people to evac 36-48 hours before the arrival, but he failed to do this.
(1) Why wasn't the guard delivering water or handing out tarps ?!
"Debit cards after Katrina, without any vetting process to determine who needed money". The fact of the matter is each debit card was 2,000. Let's see. I just lost everything I own. The government's answer is to give me 2,000. I might get to go live in a trailer built by the lowest builder.
The debit cards were meant as immediate assistance, not total assistance. In other words, it was to cover immediate expenses such as food, hotel rooms, etc. The problem is not that they were given out. That was, in fact, a brilliant idea. Give the people some immediate assistance then follow up later with the real assistance. The problem is they gave them to whomever would stand in line, and many people got multiple cards by having more than one person in their family stand in line many times over. Like I said, there was no vetting process to determine need and if a card was already given. Nor was there any limit to what the cards could be used on, or in what purchase amounts. Making purchase amounts of around $200-400 (common limits for ATMs) per transaction or per day would've solved a lot of the "sex change operation" issues.
In 2006, there was a Mobile man convicted on defrauding Katrina. So those who abused the system are being brought to Justice. Slowly.
Yeah, and how many thousands upon thousands of people looted, defrauded, and murdered and got off scott free?
The snopes link (3) will serve to clear up the other bad information.
"What major aid was given to Biloxi," The state of Mississippi took it.
And yet Biloxi recovered very well, compared to New Orleans. Their recovery effort depended a lot more on help from Casinos, but even with that a lot of it was done simply by the common people, as the Casinos were more concerned with getting their cash cows back into operation.
"For that matter, other than blue tarps and MREs, people in Pensacola had to all but fend for themselves after Ivan, but we managed just fine."
Two things. First, that's like compare minor and major league baseball. Katrina and Ivan were different classes.
I'd have thought that as someone who lived in the Gulf Coast you'd know better than to make a comment like that. When both storms were brewing in the Gulf, Katrina hit Cat 5 and Ivan was also a Cat 5. When Katrina hit shore between LA and MS (meaning that the weak side of the storm, the side that caused less wind damage, hit New Orleans, not the stronger side that hit Biloxi, Gulfport, and Bay St. Louis), it was a Category 3. When Ivan hit between Gulf Shores and Pensacola (unlike how you claim it was a direct hit on Gulf Shores, the eye of the storm actually passed East of Gulf Shores and West of Pensacola, meaning that the harshest winds fell upon Pensacola, Pace, and
Then ask said video and sound card vendors why having an RC version of Vista that was damn near identical to the Final Version for a year didn't allow them enough time to put out decent drivers. Blame MS for their mistakes (plenty of those to go around) but don't blame the driver issues on MS. Vendors had a very fair amount of time to get new drivers out, and while some manufacturers had no issues doing this, others (mostly, surprisingly, large corporations) just couldn't handle it.
No, it was pretty much the state and local governments that broke down. Federal government did a hell of a lot more to help New Orleans than did the city of New Orleans or the state of Louisiana.
Yeah, because Hurricanes and Tornadoes are the exact same thing. You do know that Hurricanes spawn tornadoes, right? Not to mention I don't remember Tornadoes causing tons of water damage.
I think people have this misconception that the Federal Government only became inept when Bush 43 came into office. Don't give him credit for what many fine congresses drove into the ground far before him.
Then how come the US Military was on the scene ready to help far before Nagin's people, and far better equipped to handle the situation? You are giving way too much credit to a city government that did absolutely dick shit to save their own people. This is why New Orleans is now a shell of its former self. Hell, they lost three quarters of their population in the form of anyone smart enough to realize they needed to get away from that hell hole.
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"I took the initiative in creating the Internet." Doesn't get more clear than that. There's no double talk, no misleading, no "taken out of context." He said that, and what he said is joked about because obviously the internet as we know it was not created by Al Gore. "I took the initiative in helping to bring forth the commercialism of the Internet" would be far more accurate. And yes, I read what Al Gore actually said.
What I find most offensive is, with all of the FPS games available on the market, why is his marksmanship so poor?
Isn't that just the same as -1, Troll? Oh, your trolls aren't psychotic? You apparently haven't played Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion. Of course, they are also a tad suicidal and prone to depression.
Well, on TNG, they were definitely dismayed at Barclay putting the other crew members into his holodeck fantasies.
There, fixed it for you. And no, don't mod me funny, I really did fix it for him.
I'm going to make a bold prediction that somewhere in this discussion there will be a debate over the meaning of the word "is."
I'll see your Big Rigs and raise you Toddler Art
Super Mario Bros. There, owned!
Well let's see. First there's the fact that we had intelligence information that proved that Bin Laden was involved in the first WTC attack in 93. Second, the fact that Bin Laden was quoted as having said on numerous occasions that he wanted to see the towers fall. Third, a quick examination of the flights all involved in 9/11 revealed the names of people all linked to Bin Laden. A cross examination of those names within the next few hours revealed that they all attended this flight school. Gee, wierd coinkidink, don'tcha think? So the FBI does some digging over the next few days, finds out that a few of the people attending the school don't care about learning how to land, only want to know how to fly the airplane once it is in the air. Doesn't take a genius to figure this one out. Granted, this isn't enough to stand up in court, but it's enough for us to make a (what appeared later to be very accurate) educated guess that Bin Laden was involved, and of course we know where the hell Bin Laden is, because Clinton launched cruise missiles at aspirin plants thinking he was going to hit Al Qaeda instead.
Yeah because we know that the impact of an airplane flying as fast as it was going had no effect on the structural integrity of the core. I especially loved how they compared two fires burning to that of the WTC, but failed to mention that neither was impacted by anything with the amount of force that the airliner that hit the WTC did. Sounds like it's more a case of the guy was fired for conducting piss poor experimentation with the intent of proving his own theory rather than finding the truth.
What you are referring to is sub plots within an overall story arc, not many different arcs. They are all vying for the same thing, but have different methods of trying to get there. But again you miss my primary point: in your common MMO today, there is no end game. Yeah, there are missions that culminate potentially in some end boss battle, but after that, the game continues as if you haven't done anything. Persistent gameplay would result in some finality eventually, or it would just become mundane. I'd much rather play an MMO that was episodic than most of what we have today. Once the story arc completes, another new story starts. Think like a comic book or multi-part movie series.
Have the Harmony 880 and find that the physical buttons to the sides of the LCD are far superior for usability IMO. Being able to feel where the buttons are (there is a distinct ridge-like feeling when you move your finger from one button to another that is adjacent) make the remote easy to use when the lights are dimmed (common when watching DVD movies or a movie on TV).
Optimus Tactus will need to resurrect Optimus Prime when the spores turn everyone red.
Which leads to an endless, repetitive loop of gameplay. Not my ideal of a fun game.
Unfortunately, having resets leads to boring and uninspired gameplay over the long run. What would be a much better idea, IMO, is to have a story arc, but the only issue with that is the game has to end at some point or you get to the point where you are so weary of grinding towards a goal that seems to keep just out of reach (I'll call this the Gilligan's Island Paradox) that finally you just give up and quit. With something that had a story arc where the players actually effect the story, it would require a finality in order to be truly entertaining, and then perhaps sequel stories could keep the game going.
Heh, burning them is considered funny, but then tossing them at the moron for which reason they were made is flamebait. Al, that you?
How about setting them on fire and then tossing them at Gore? Would be a more efficient use IMO.
Hehe, well one can't always account for the stupidity of the human race.
Why was this modded insightful? From someone that lives in Mobile, AL (formerly of Pensacola), that went through Ivan and Katrina, I find your comments both self-serving and wrong.
"The problems with New Orleans were primarily the fault of the state of Louisiana and the city government, not the Federal Government and FEMA" Wrong. That "not" should be "as well as". The feds send in the Oklahoma National Guard to disarm the populace.
Ok you did a clever thing in your post. Use facts to cover up your faulty logic. First, the OK Nat'l Guard was sent in, to control the populace, because the state and local law enforcement could not do the job. One of the reasons you mention for me, which is because the city police were taking part in the looting. Also, the US Army and US Navy were actually first on scene, and the very first thing they did was to rescue as many people as they could, and get as many people as they could to safe areas. Something Nagin could've done by alerting people to evac 36-48 hours before the arrival, but he failed to do this.
(1) Why wasn't the guard delivering water or handing out tarps ?!
"Debit cards after Katrina, without any vetting process to determine who needed money". The fact of the matter is each debit card was 2,000. Let's see. I just lost everything I own. The government's answer is to give me 2,000. I might get to go live in a trailer built by the lowest builder.
The debit cards were meant as immediate assistance, not total assistance. In other words, it was to cover immediate expenses such as food, hotel rooms, etc. The problem is not that they were given out. That was, in fact, a brilliant idea. Give the people some immediate assistance then follow up later with the real assistance. The problem is they gave them to whomever would stand in line, and many people got multiple cards by having more than one person in their family stand in line many times over. Like I said, there was no vetting process to determine need and if a card was already given. Nor was there any limit to what the cards could be used on, or in what purchase amounts. Making purchase amounts of around $200-400 (common limits for ATMs) per transaction or per day would've solved a lot of the "sex change operation" issues.
In 2006, there was a Mobile man convicted on defrauding Katrina. So those who abused the system are being brought to Justice. Slowly.
Yeah, and how many thousands upon thousands of people looted, defrauded, and murdered and got off scott free?
The snopes link (3) will serve to clear up the other bad information.
"What major aid was given to Biloxi," The state of Mississippi took it.
And yet Biloxi recovered very well, compared to New Orleans. Their recovery effort depended a lot more on help from Casinos, but even with that a lot of it was done simply by the common people, as the Casinos were more concerned with getting their cash cows back into operation.
"For that matter, other than blue tarps and MREs, people in Pensacola had to all but fend for themselves after Ivan, but we managed just fine." Two things. First, that's like compare minor and major league baseball. Katrina and Ivan were different classes.
I'd have thought that as someone who lived in the Gulf Coast you'd know better than to make a comment like that. When both storms were brewing in the Gulf, Katrina hit Cat 5 and Ivan was also a Cat 5. When Katrina hit shore between LA and MS (meaning that the weak side of the storm, the side that caused less wind damage, hit New Orleans, not the stronger side that hit Biloxi, Gulfport, and Bay St. Louis), it was a Category 3. When Ivan hit between Gulf Shores and Pensacola (unlike how you claim it was a direct hit on Gulf Shores, the eye of the storm actually passed East of Gulf Shores and West of Pensacola, meaning that the harshest winds fell upon Pensacola, Pace, and
This pop up would single handedly bring down every computer owned by a male (and some by supposed females) in mere minutes.
Then ask said video and sound card vendors why having an RC version of Vista that was damn near identical to the Final Version for a year didn't allow them enough time to put out decent drivers. Blame MS for their mistakes (plenty of those to go around) but don't blame the driver issues on MS. Vendors had a very fair amount of time to get new drivers out, and while some manufacturers had no issues doing this, others (mostly, surprisingly, large corporations) just couldn't handle it.
The stopping point in the Eastern direction for the Middle East is often considered to be Iran.
No, it was pretty much the state and local governments that broke down. Federal government did a hell of a lot more to help New Orleans than did the city of New Orleans or the state of Louisiana.
Yeah, because Hurricanes and Tornadoes are the exact same thing. You do know that Hurricanes spawn tornadoes, right? Not to mention I don't remember Tornadoes causing tons of water damage.
I think people have this misconception that the Federal Government only became inept when Bush 43 came into office. Don't give him credit for what many fine congresses drove into the ground far before him.
Then how come the US Military was on the scene ready to help far before Nagin's people, and far better equipped to handle the situation? You are giving way too much credit to a city government that did absolutely dick shit to save their own people. This is why New Orleans is now a shell of its former self. Hell, they lost three quarters of their population in the form of anyone smart enough to realize they needed to get away from that hell hole.