I know bigbangnet didn't capitalize it at all, but sometimes British sources seem to capitalize only the first letter of an acronym. Nato instead of NATO for instance
while we're on the subject of _good_ Canadian music, I'm a huge fan of Celtic rock, and within that genre, Canada brings us Enter The Haggis (Toronto) and Great Big Sea (St. John's)
Yep. MediaFire is my file host of choice for lots of nonproblematic stuff I am glad to hear from them about this.
Less annoying to free users, which ironically made me more willing to get premium. (With MediaFire, me having premium does benefit nonpremium users downloading my stuff)
I know of no filesharing site that does this automatically, but some users themselves give cryptic names to their files for this reason. yeah, generally a cryptically named archive with clearly named files inside it. (so people aren't confused by what they have once they download it.)
then again, maybe some uploaders are too lazy to organize their stuff. tempted to do it for them...
"[Members of Congress] shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony, and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their attendance at the Session of their Respective Houses, and in going to and from the same..."
well, it's a moot point if they're not going to/from a congressional session (or other official business?). (Paul was on his way to a political rally) could be breach of the peace if Paul threw a fit about it (which he didn't) I don't see where a felony charge could come up
unfortunately, that won't happen...appealing to the lowest common denominator is a problem with democracy, whether or not religion in particular is involved
Amendment 1 yes, but I was thinking of Article 6: "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."
Also from Article 6: "This Constitution... shall be the supreme Law of the Land..., any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding."
90% of what is produced is crap, the last 10% is worth it. and this is true of any industry, not just hollywood.
Basically http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_law right there, same general statement, he just got to it via sci-fi writing instead of Hollywood. "10% good" is the flip side of 90% bad, but an interesting rephrasing
Cultural imperialism and stupid artificial regional restrictions are both another issue.
I suppose it doesn't make sense to keep an offer going indefinitely, the US government did give plenty of warning before they stopped redeeming them, and many people did redeem them towards the end. That and any other old US currency is still legal tender at face value Of course, the metal coins kept value in the collector/bullion market in a way that paper certificates didn't.
Yeah, the media companies wouldn't be quite as able to manufacture megastars (IMO, Gaga isn't as bad in that regard), but the especially good (like Zeppelin) would still make it as megastars.
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In general, random maps are great for a game's replayability, whether or not one can modify settings.
II was a marked improvement over the already-great 1st game, but game series sometimes seem to level off after that, so I asked.
I've had a lot of fun customizing Civ II. Does Civ IV maintain that, or take it farther?
My modified text files can be found here: http://www.mediafire.com/?ef5y9gql83g8lws and http://www.mediafire.com/?u5hzc09j3c3uqc2
I like my renaming scheme, I made a few minor tweaks, and some of my settings changes seem to have led to a more challenging AI.
how do you think IV compares to II?
I know bigbangnet didn't capitalize it at all, but sometimes British sources seem to capitalize only the first letter of an acronym. Nato instead of NATO for instance
while we're on the subject of _good_ Canadian music, I'm a huge fan of Celtic rock, and within that genre, Canada brings us Enter The Haggis (Toronto) and Great Big Sea (St. John's)
if copyright was a short time from creation (as opposed to a short time from publication), that might not work.
bread, circuses and booze?
yes, that's where the phrase/concept comes from...probably should have cited that myself
Yep. MediaFire is my file host of choice for lots of nonproblematic stuff
I am glad to hear from them about this.
Less annoying to free users, which ironically made me more willing to get premium. (With MediaFire, me having premium does benefit nonpremium users downloading my stuff)
I know of no filesharing site that does this automatically, but some users themselves give cryptic names to their files for this reason.
yeah, generally a cryptically named archive with clearly named files inside it. (so people aren't confused by what they have once they download it.)
then again, maybe some uploaders are too lazy to organize their stuff. tempted to do it for them...
http://support.mediafire.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/15/1/can-i-search-files-from-other-mediafire-users
MediaFire doesn't allow searching, but Google often seems to have results for filenames of something on MediaFire.
"I am shocked, absolutely shocked, to learn that there is copyright infringement going on with this filesharing website."
though seriously, this seems to be the standard argument that the overall service is OK because it has legitimate uses.
maybe I'm not up on the news, but what in particular are you referring to?
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Godwin-invoking Freudian slip? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung
"[Members of Congress] shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony, and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their attendance at the Session of their Respective Houses, and in going to and from the same..."
well, it's a moot point if they're not going to/from a congressional session (or other official business?). (Paul was on his way to a political rally)
could be breach of the peace if Paul threw a fit about it (which he didn't)
I don't see where a felony charge could come up
Minitrue.
it's a quote from Alice's Restaurant Massacree by Arlo Guthrie (Arlo's minor crime is littering instead of copyright infringement)
see http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2633071&cid=38788571, my reply to a sibling post
unfortunately, that won't happen...appealing to the lowest common denominator is a problem with democracy, whether or not religion in particular is involved
yeah, six of one, half a dozen of the other, but it might matter for arcane legal reasons
MediaFire doesn't have such a paid affiliate program AFAIK; they seem less guilty of obnoxious behavior in general.
To refer to one of Dawkins' phrases, not collecting stamps is not a hobby, but obsession about not collecting stamps is a hobby.
I also notice this in a secular sense - some people who don't like a particular pop culture phenomenon are as obsessed about it as the fans.
Amendment 1 yes, but I was thinking of Article 6: "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."
Also from Article 6: "This Constitution ... shall be the supreme Law of the Land..., any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding."
90% of what is produced is crap, the last 10% is worth it. and this is true of any industry, not just hollywood.
Basically http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_law right there, same general statement, he just got to it via sci-fi writing instead of Hollywood. "10% good" is the flip side of 90% bad, but an interesting rephrasing
Cultural imperialism and stupid artificial regional restrictions are both another issue.
yeah, the old system getting with the program - that works too, in addition to new entities rising up.
I suppose it doesn't make sense to keep an offer going indefinitely, the US government did give plenty of warning before they stopped redeeming them, and many people did redeem them towards the end.
That and any other old US currency is still legal tender at face value
Of course, the metal coins kept value in the collector/bullion market in a way that paper certificates didn't.
Yeah, the media companies wouldn't be quite as able to manufacture megastars (IMO, Gaga isn't as bad in that regard), but the especially good (like Zeppelin) would still make it as megastars.