And I know, without a doubt, alcohol is the most deadly drug we have.
Oh really. I would love to see the studies on THAT. Alcohol is only dangerous because we have stupid, stupid people who insist on drinking and {beating their family|driving|deciding to do really dumb shit}. Alcohol, in and of itself, is not dangerous when consumed in moderation. The same can be said of marijuana. However, drugs like crack and PCP are inherently dangerous due to the effects they have on the human body.
Big giant block of text, most of which is only tangentially related to reality
Okay, buddy. I'm going to assume you're merely trolling for reaction, one I am not going to give you. Your description of the game is so ludicrously off-point w/r/t FMVs opposed to gameplay that I am forced to conclude you played the game with the intent to pick out every little niggling detail you hated. The rest of your post is so out there that I will not engage my brain to give you a rebuttal; instead, I will simply purple monkey dishwasher crank handle.
I am forced to further conclude that you hate good literary works, as "a bad SF B-movie" is far from accurate. At least, if you're playing a female Shepard. Male Shepard's voice-acting, I will admit, is thoroughly horrid.
Haters gonna hate, eh? You use the quotes because you're the kind of guy who thinks he is the arbiter of games. "A few minutes running from place to place" is the worst description of the game you could have ever devised, right above Jack Thompson raging against it for the "alien sex extravaganza" (paraphrase mine). The combat sequences in ME1 could have been done better, I will freely admit, and ME2 solved it. It also did not eliminate the need to think, as you claim.
Fallout 3, one of the pioneers of stupid DLC tricks?
Tell me more. I'm not sure I quite follow you. What "stupid DLC tricks" did Fallout 3 present?
I used to buy every game from Bethseda...I pirated every game of them since... Bioware? Same deal. I only get burned once. These companies have no hope of every restoring confidence with me again. Ever.
Re: Your Bioware silliness. Mass Effect 1, Mass Effect 2, and Dragon Age: Origins. Consider your confidence restored, you're very welcome, thank me later.
Re: Bethesda. Fallout 3. Again, consider your confidence restored, you're very welcome, thank me later.
So you call the cops, transfer the money, find out who is on the other end, have the law and credit card agencies come down hard on them.
You forget something. The installer for the virus explicitly says that it's going to do exactly what it does. The user agrees to have their information published on the Web. You don't have a legal leg to stand on.
And to split hairs, homosexuals currently have the right to marry. A homosexual man can marry any woman who sees fit agree, and a homosexual woman can marry any man who sees fit to agree. As a heterosexual man, I do not have the right to marry any man. Seems pretty clear and equally applied. Man marries Woman.
You make me sick. Homosexuals currently have the right to marry....only within the context already defined. They do not have the right to marry the person they love. You do.
MLNN, if you think about it, a non-compete is a good idea, IF you happen to be in a sensitive position. If you worked for Google for a number of years and had an intimate knowledge of how their searching algorithm worked, would the brass really want you going to Yahoo with that knowledge being current? It would reduce Google's effectiveness as a company, and what's more, that's their proprietary data, which you might then pass on to another company.
Hell, I'll give another vote for Microcenter. I visit the one in Orange County, CA.
I also love that MicroCenter carries a ton of Mac software. Apple Stores have gradually gotten rid of most of the third-party software titles and replaced them with iPod cases and other crap.
The guys--at least back in the Mac section--are knowledgeable--never really had them shrug their shoulders and say, "I dunno..."
Well, we do try to carry a wide selection of merch; unfortunately, that does tend to include a selection of crap, like you've noticed.
Do you do any work ?? At my local Microcenter ( Nassau county NY ) all the sales people seem to try and stick a freaking label on anything I have in my hand. And when I do ask a question , they just read the freaking box and say "I dunno"
The fucked up part is that I keep going back.
Even tho the last 3 or 4 times I left without buying anything.. Even though I entered with the plan on spending money.
Yeah, I do work. It's unfortunate that the guys up there are driven totally by their commissions (pay is derived in large part from what they sticker), but most of the people in my store are pretty good about knowing their stuff. I work Gaming, personally, so I get paid hourly regardless of what I do.
So I'd be the guy who'd chill with you for 20 minutes talking about the latest motherboards, GFX cards, games, what have you.
What sucks, though (and this is back-end stuff), is that people being driven to sell stuff means no merchandising gets done during the day, meaning the bulk of it has to be done at night.
One of the core protections in the US legal system is that you cannot be made to testify against a close relative. That niche just got filled nicely by DNA cross matching.
IANAL either, but the 5th amendment only protects against self-incrimination. Anyone else, even your SO, you can be ordered to testify against.
No problem. I'll look for you next time I stop by.;)
Well, seeing as that would be a little difficult to do with just my handle or UID, shoot me an email at hwitten@microcenter.com to figure out when I'm going to be in next. Also it would be a good idea to identify yourself as Skater, as I would otherwise be pressed to remember.:D
The BB near me does carry that sort of stuff. I still prefer to drive the 25 miles and cope with the north side of the DC beltway to go to Microcenter though.
As an employee of the Microcenter in Rockville (the one I'm assuming you're referencing), allow me to thank you deeply for your continued loyalty.
Ah, another point of digression. I'd get around this by the simple expedient of not installing apps.:) The apps that come on the phone straight out of the box have always been good enough for me.
I appreciate your point of view, though. The way I read TFA and Google's own policy, however, is that they have the power to kill apps, not the device itself. Unless, of course, the mechanism by which the phone connects to the network is ITSELF an app, which I hope Google wouldn't be dumb enough to do.
Your apps are NOT your apps. If you ever read the EULA (which most people do not), it explicitly says you are granted a license to use the product. Meaning, of course, that you do not "own" the app, you are merely using it at the company's pleasure.
Not to say, of course, I want companies randomly disabling my programs, but if there's a good reason for it, or Google can talk as if there is, then I support that.
1) She opposes putting polar bears on the endangered species list due to potential interference with oil drilling, in a wildlife refuge, no less.
2) Her stance on sex-ed is abstinence only, and with her granddaughter you can just see how gloriously THAT worked.
3) She advocates teaching creation alongside evolution in science classes, which, if you're not braindead, should raise more than a few red flags.
4) She's the governor of Seward's goddamn Icebox, so she has absolutely on connection with mainstream politics at all.
5) Any public official stupid enough to maintain an easily compromisable email account deserves to get smacked with a trout, not installed into the office of veep.
I'm sure there are other problems I'm merely overlooking at the moment, but those five should be food for thought.
And re: Obama's Weathermen connection, allow me to quote from Obama spokesman Bill Burton:
Wii sequel would be the Wii 2. 2=Two+mb=Tomb, aka completely enclosed...
Okay, I realize jokes aren't funny if you have to explain them, but you said 2mb, hence 2 MB, two megabytes. GP was referring to the 640kb memory limit, which at the time of its inception was thought to be more than anyone ever needed.
Don't you see, man, that's why the theory of intelligent falling is important! After you discard one of the founding keystones of scientific progress, naturally you must go after the most powerful force in nature: gravity!
I knew it was incorrect, but I was following the format laid down by my parent comment. It's funnier when you lay your comment over the form provided for you.
Oh -- it's not whose, it's who's.:D
Actually you write it grammar, grammer implies you don't know how to spell. Use it correctly and...well, women won't flock around you at parties, but English teachers will be less inclined to hit you with bricks.
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And I know, without a doubt, alcohol is the most deadly drug we have.
Oh really. I would love to see the studies on THAT. Alcohol is only dangerous because we have stupid, stupid people who insist on drinking and {beating their family|driving|deciding to do really dumb shit}. Alcohol, in and of itself, is not dangerous when consumed in moderation. The same can be said of marijuana. However, drugs like crack and PCP are inherently dangerous due to the effects they have on the human body.
Enjoy your self-righteous asshattery.
Big giant block of text, most of which is only tangentially related to reality
Okay, buddy. I'm going to assume you're merely trolling for reaction, one I am not going to give you. Your description of the game is so ludicrously off-point w/r/t FMVs opposed to gameplay that I am forced to conclude you played the game with the intent to pick out every little niggling detail you hated. The rest of your post is so out there that I will not engage my brain to give you a rebuttal; instead, I will simply purple monkey dishwasher crank handle.
I am forced to further conclude that you hate good literary works, as "a bad SF B-movie" is far from accurate. At least, if you're playing a female Shepard. Male Shepard's voice-acting, I will admit, is thoroughly horrid.
Oh, right. The GOTY edition (which rankled me). I withdraw approximately one-half of my objection.
Fallout 3, one of the pioneers of stupid DLC tricks?
Tell me more. I'm not sure I quite follow you. What "stupid DLC tricks" did Fallout 3 present?
I used to buy every game from Bethseda...I pirated every game of them since... Bioware? Same deal. I only get burned once. These companies have no hope of every restoring confidence with me again. Ever.
Re: Your Bioware silliness. Mass Effect 1, Mass Effect 2, and Dragon Age: Origins. Consider your confidence restored, you're very welcome, thank me later.
Re: Bethesda. Fallout 3. Again, consider your confidence restored, you're very welcome, thank me later.
So you call the cops, transfer the money, find out who is on the other end, have the law and credit card agencies come down hard on them.
You forget something. The installer for the virus explicitly says that it's going to do exactly what it does. The user agrees to have their information published on the Web. You don't have a legal leg to stand on.
And to split hairs, homosexuals currently have the right to marry. A homosexual man can marry any woman who sees fit agree, and a homosexual woman can marry any man who sees fit to agree. As a heterosexual man, I do not have the right to marry any man. Seems pretty clear and equally applied. Man marries Woman.
You make me sick. Homosexuals currently have the right to marry....only within the context already defined. They do not have the right to marry the person they love. You do.
MLNN, if you think about it, a non-compete is a good idea, IF you happen to be in a sensitive position. If you worked for Google for a number of years and had an intimate knowledge of how their searching algorithm worked, would the brass really want you going to Yahoo with that knowledge being current? It would reduce Google's effectiveness as a company, and what's more, that's their proprietary data, which you might then pass on to another company.
Hell, I'll give another vote for Microcenter. I visit the one in Orange County, CA.
I also love that MicroCenter carries a ton of Mac software. Apple Stores have gradually gotten rid of most of the third-party software titles and replaced them with iPod cases and other crap.
The guys--at least back in the Mac section--are knowledgeable--never really had them shrug their shoulders and say, "I dunno..."
Well, we do try to carry a wide selection of merch; unfortunately, that does tend to include a selection of crap, like you've noticed.
Do you do any work ?? At my local Microcenter ( Nassau county NY ) all the sales people seem to try and stick a freaking label on anything I have in my hand. And when I do ask a question , they just read the freaking box and say "I dunno"
The fucked up part is that I keep going back.
Even tho the last 3 or 4 times I left without buying anything.. Even though I entered with the plan on spending money.
Yeah, I do work. It's unfortunate that the guys up there are driven totally by their commissions (pay is derived in large part from what they sticker), but most of the people in my store are pretty good about knowing their stuff. I work Gaming, personally, so I get paid hourly regardless of what I do. So I'd be the guy who'd chill with you for 20 minutes talking about the latest motherboards, GFX cards, games, what have you. What sucks, though (and this is back-end stuff), is that people being driven to sell stuff means no merchandising gets done during the day, meaning the bulk of it has to be done at night.
Parent: As an employee of Microcenter, I'd like to thank you for your words.
One of the core protections in the US legal system is that you cannot be made to testify against a close relative. That niche just got filled nicely by DNA cross matching.
IANAL either, but the 5th amendment only protects against self-incrimination. Anyone else, even your SO, you can be ordered to testify against.
No problem. I'll look for you next time I stop by. ;)
Well, seeing as that would be a little difficult to do with just my handle or UID, shoot me an email at hwitten@microcenter.com to figure out when I'm going to be in next. Also it would be a good idea to identify yourself as Skater, as I would otherwise be pressed to remember. :D
The BB near me does carry that sort of stuff. I still prefer to drive the 25 miles and cope with the north side of the DC beltway to go to Microcenter though.
As an employee of the Microcenter in Rockville (the one I'm assuming you're referencing), allow me to thank you deeply for your continued loyalty.
Ah, another point of digression. I'd get around this by the simple expedient of not installing apps. :) The apps that come on the phone straight out of the box have always been good enough for me.
I appreciate your point of view, though. The way I read TFA and Google's own policy, however, is that they have the power to kill apps, not the device itself. Unless, of course, the mechanism by which the phone connects to the network is ITSELF an app, which I hope Google wouldn't be dumb enough to do.
Your apps are NOT your apps. If you ever read the EULA (which most people do not), it explicitly says you are granted a license to use the product. Meaning, of course, that you do not "own" the app, you are merely using it at the company's pleasure. Not to say, of course, I want companies randomly disabling my programs, but if there's a good reason for it, or Google can talk as if there is, then I support that.
1) She opposes putting polar bears on the endangered species list due to potential interference with oil drilling, in a wildlife refuge, no less.
2) Her stance on sex-ed is abstinence only, and with her granddaughter you can just see how gloriously THAT worked.
3) She advocates teaching creation alongside evolution in science classes, which, if you're not braindead, should raise more than a few red flags.
4) She's the governor of Seward's goddamn Icebox, so she has absolutely on connection with mainstream politics at all.
5) Any public official stupid enough to maintain an easily compromisable email account deserves to get smacked with a trout, not installed into the office of veep.
I'm sure there are other problems I'm merely overlooking at the moment, but those five should be food for thought. And re: Obama's Weathermen connection, allow me to quote from Obama spokesman Bill Burton:
"But he was an eight-year-old child when Ayers and the Weathermen were active, and any attempt to connect Obama with events of almost forty years ago is ridiculous."
Wii sequel would be the Wii 2. 2=Two+mb=Tomb, aka completely enclosed...
Okay, I realize jokes aren't funny if you have to explain them, but you said 2mb, hence 2 MB, two megabytes. GP was referring to the 640kb memory limit, which at the time of its inception was thought to be more than anyone ever needed.
And before that, they used the african swallow.
Wouldn't they get better airspeed using a European swallow?
No, see, he can't even tell you if it hurt when he got shot, where he got shot, who shot him, or with what. Don't you people ever read the SOP manual?
Oh shit, I wasn't supposed to tell you...
Maybe you can hire the A-Team. I'd pay to see Mr. T bust down a door, grab a hard drive and yell, "I pity the drive!" and smash it.
Don't you see, man, that's why the theory of intelligent falling is important! After you discard one of the founding keystones of scientific progress, naturally you must go after the most powerful force in nature: gravity!
I knew it was incorrect, but I was following the format laid down by my parent comment. It's funnier when you lay your comment over the form provided for you. Oh -- it's not whose, it's who's. :D
Actually you write it grammar, grammer implies you don't know how to spell. Use it correctly and...well, women won't flock around you at parties, but English teachers will be less inclined to hit you with bricks.