In my bible, the flying spaghetti monster created all of us and Jesus is his best pal. They're hanging around all the day, organizing LAN parties or reading Slashdot.
Ew. You just activated the part of my memory that always replays that sound file from Counter Strike whenever someone mentions the words "terrorists" and "win":| .
Both a smart brain and a good physique are nothing unless you train them. You can be highly gifted but still fail miserably because you did not study your physics stuff or were too lazy to do some training now and then.
Yeah, it's a blog created by someone who's obviously someone who knows/.. The title "Neues für Nerze - Stoff für Mettwurst" is a little play on "News for nerds - stuff that matters".
So you are saying that free speech is very restricted in the US? I think there are a couple of countries you should visit, and no, I'm not speaking about some fundamentalist middle-eastern nations, but industrial ones, like Germany or Australia.
And I can attest that. I illegally downloaded Half Life 2 as well as Half Life 2 Episode 1 because I liked HL2 and buying it was not an option for me at the moment, I had no access to a credit card back then and buying the censored German version [which is the only one they sell in Austrian stores] was no option for me. Later, a family member got a credit card, and guess what - because I think that Valve deserved my money for their great games I bought the Orange box (that was back when it was still possible to buy games to the reasonable US prices instead of the horrible 1USD = 1EUR local prices). If I wouldn't have played a DL'd copy of HL2 first, I'd probably would never have bothered buying E2 and later the Orange Box to complete my collection. Sometimes, filesharing actually improves selling rates, it seems.
Actually, there is - as far I know, Steam doesn't install any software on your system without your knowledge, and they also try to keep it from being a security hole.
Thank you, Valve. I always thought highly about both Valve and it's product Steam, but that changed now. I consider myself very lucky, having bought the Orange Box (yeah, I originally played a pirated copy much earlier, but then, after buying HL2E2 over Steam I decided that they not only deserve the money but also have really reasonable prices so that there is no need for me to pirate) just one or two days before they made their new localized currency "feature" compulsory. Before this happened, Steam had always a couple of huge advantage over local retail stores - at first, they'd sell me the uncensored English version of a game, and also they sold it to affordable prices (the US prices always where cheaper than the UK prices which still are cheaper than the Austrian prices). If I had bought the Orange Box now instead of some days ago, I would have paid about 10â more - and for a student like me that's already quite a bit of money and something that really makes me reconsider if it wouldn't be better to just use TPB.
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Obviously, some people don't respect your beliefs either.
In my bible, the flying spaghetti monster created all of us and Jesus is his best pal. They're hanging around all the day, organizing LAN parties or reading Slashdot.
...and this is a prime example for why there should be a +1 sad, cruel truth mod.
Ew. You just activated the part of my memory that always replays that sound file from Counter Strike whenever someone mentions the words "terrorists" and "win" :| .
Well, well...at least it's OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!1
Oh, thanks a lot ;) . Didn't know that.
Both a smart brain and a good physique are nothing unless you train them. You can be highly gifted but still fail miserably because you did not study your physics stuff or were too lazy to do some training now and then.
Ãf¼ = ue (too bad, Slashdot can't display umlauts)
Yeah, it's a blog created by someone who's obviously someone who knows /.. The title "Neues für Nerze - Stoff für Mettwurst" is a little play on "News for nerds - stuff that matters".
Ah, nevermind. Ignore please.
What if it has to do anything with the video they're linking to if you click on the flash image? It looks completely unrelated, but who knows...
Well...as soon as the Protoss bring in their Templars, I'm quite sure humanity won't stand a chance anymore ;P .
Commence democrats/socialists jokes in 3...2...1...
Hah, man was made in gods image, aliens weren't! Time for some intergalactic space crusades.
Adrian Cronauer: Good morning Vietnaaa~m!
I'm Atheist as well but I still get presents :P .
So you are saying that free speech is very restricted in the US? I think there are a couple of countries you should visit, and no, I'm not speaking about some fundamentalist middle-eastern nations, but industrial ones, like Germany or Australia.
And I can attest that. I illegally downloaded Half Life 2 as well as Half Life 2 Episode 1 because I liked HL2 and buying it was not an option for me at the moment, I had no access to a credit card back then and buying the censored German version [which is the only one they sell in Austrian stores] was no option for me. Later, a family member got a credit card, and guess what - because I think that Valve deserved my money for their great games I bought the Orange box (that was back when it was still possible to buy games to the reasonable US prices instead of the horrible 1USD = 1EUR local prices). If I wouldn't have played a DL'd copy of HL2 first, I'd probably would never have bothered buying E2 and later the Orange Box to complete my collection. Sometimes, filesharing actually improves selling rates, it seems.
What? Something's a lie? Start cake jokes in 3...2...1...
Actually, there is - as far I know, Steam doesn't install any software on your system without your knowledge, and they also try to keep it from being a security hole.
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Thank you, Valve. I always thought highly about both Valve and it's product Steam, but that changed now. I consider myself very lucky, having bought the Orange Box (yeah, I originally played a pirated copy much earlier, but then, after buying HL2E2 over Steam I decided that they not only deserve the money but also have really reasonable prices so that there is no need for me to pirate) just one or two days before they made their new localized currency "feature" compulsory. Before this happened, Steam had always a couple of huge advantage over local retail stores - at first, they'd sell me the uncensored English version of a game, and also they sold it to affordable prices (the US prices always where cheaper than the UK prices which still are cheaper than the Austrian prices). If I had bought the Orange Box now instead of some days ago, I would have paid about 10â more - and for a student like me that's already quite a bit of money and something that really makes me reconsider if it wouldn't be better to just use TPB.
That you got modded down could either prove you wrong or right...now we just need to find out who found you, a C++ programmer or a muslim.
Now where did I place that device that allows me to hit people on their foreheads over the Internet...
Don't forget about USB 6.5: ???