Yeah, I watch Big Bang Theory all the time (one of the few TV shows I watch any more), and yet I haven't noticed any of this...well, maybe now that I'm looking for it...
I agree; Bieber seems mostly harmless, with the behavior of some of his superfans being the main irritant with the enterprise. As a fan of some other pop stars, I'm trying to stay away from "flame other pop stars" and other such bad habits. Many pop fans don't fit the stereotype, but you can however see where it comes from.
Aldaris, why don't you construct another pylon out of those pieces lodged up your ass? Yeah, I've been playing a lot of the original StarCraft lately.
* Aldaris was killed (by Infested Kerrigan) towards the end of the Brood War campaign, and for storyline purposes his image in that slot was replaced with Dragoon Fenix before the shit it the fan.
And psi has nothing to do with spellcasting energy anyway.:P
Many USians wouldn't get that as the Prime Minister's office, but beware of those people of the type that Randall Munroe points out here: http://www.xkcd.com/850/
According to your comment, sounds like the Japan-only stuff is priced about the same as the localized versions of Western stuff, and some do import the lower-price non-localized versions of the Western stuff. Incidentally, CDs are in the same language [albeit with different bonus material], but if translation is involved, I suppose some might already know the language and some would want entertaining immersion in the language.
I'm reminded of one reading about English teacher who used English-language Magic the Gathering cards, for instance.
Didn't think of cost-of-living differences, but makes sense.:)
Wow; congratulations to that guy for his guts, even though he paid for it. Don't see the practical point of the "I'll be waiting for you" announcement, though. Granted, he had the skill and equipment for it, I can see the less-skilled less-equipped trying and being even less sucessful
Yes, I am glad I have a good supervisor; even though problems haven't developed (I do my part to keep from developing them)
Yes, sometimes it's better to take care of organizational problems internally - if it's truly fixable and fixed; I agree with you on waiting before the need to escalate to external.
Me too - cheap games, and still run (heck, run well) on my old machine. I just use the CD's natively on Windows though.
Since one gets a lot of gameplay out of the classic AAA titles, not much need to have a huge library - a few main games to switch between. For example, I was playing a lot of Age Of Empires a few weeks ago, now I'm playing a lot of Starcraft.
I play older "full" titles since I often don't want to settle on the simple cheap games, not to mention that my old system still runs the old stuff well.
For example, Starcraft 2 is $60, but Starcraft 1 is $15 or so.
Just kidding; Pastafarianism could also turn the hidden-intention Christian activism on its head, and without reference to other religions. Yet maybe because of the deference afforded to established religions in general, it may be useful to take such an angle.
They just want to indoctrinate the kids with their message, rather than allowing only what they see as their opponents being able to indoctrinate the kids.
+1 sadly true, and this sure isn't the only case where people go about this hypocritical maneuver.
Yeah, it seems odd that it's almost the exception to have a degree in a related field in addition to the education paperwork. One I did know (Master's in Chemistry) apparently got fed up with the public-school environment, but I figure it was for some reason besides pay if he went there in the first place.
I wonder what the correlation/causation is between the best teachers and those with the subject-matter degree (or experience in the field) in addition to the education stuff.
By the way, I found it amusing that one such teacher, one of my favorites in a non-science field, has the subject degree form Yale and the education degree from a state school, even though I'm not hung up on college status.
As opposed to being a convenient communication channel for dissidents, might some governments want to keep Facebook, Twitter et all for "bread and circuses" purposes?
Maybe this is just correlation without causation, but perhaps this is related to how/why Japanese CDs are also more expensive than they are in the West. That happens with the Japanese editions of CDs by Western artists, let alone stuff that's only available natively from Japan.
Lottery advice: the good, the bad and the ugly. Sifting them apart is a challenge that requires keeping a clear head. (For instance, some other lottery "advice" I ran across seemed to suffer from a statistical fallacy along the likes of "50% of the population is below average.)
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Yeah, a weapon countermeasure was my first thought for application too...
Yeah, I watch Big Bang Theory all the time (one of the few TV shows I watch any more), and yet I haven't noticed any of this...well, maybe now that I'm looking for it...
I agree; Bieber seems mostly harmless, with the behavior of some of his superfans being the main irritant with the enterprise.
As a fan of some other pop stars, I'm trying to stay away from "flame other pop stars" and other such bad habits.
Many pop fans don't fit the stereotype, but you can however see where it comes from.
Aldaris, why don't you construct another pylon out of those pieces lodged up your ass?
Yeah, I've been playing a lot of the original StarCraft lately.
* Aldaris was killed (by Infested Kerrigan) towards the end of the Brood War campaign, and for storyline purposes his image in that slot was replaced with Dragoon Fenix before the shit it the fan.
And psi has nothing to do with spellcasting energy anyway. :P
Incidentally, the zipcode thing is never an issue around here, especially when paying in cash.
In New York, the sales tax is tied to the retailer's location AFAIK.
Many USians wouldn't get that as the Prime Minister's office, but beware of those people of the type that Randall Munroe points out here: http://www.xkcd.com/850/
Good idea.
10 Downing Street would probably be too obvious, as would 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for us Yanks.
Similarly, 12345 is valid for the GE complex in Schenectady, NY.
According to your comment, sounds like the Japan-only stuff is priced about the same as the localized versions of Western stuff, and some do import the lower-price non-localized versions of the Western stuff.
Incidentally, CDs are in the same language [albeit with different bonus material], but if translation is involved, I suppose some might already know the language and some would want entertaining immersion in the language.
I'm reminded of one reading about English teacher who used English-language Magic the Gathering cards, for instance.
Didn't think of cost-of-living differences, but makes sense. :)
We have incoming! Human wave tactics being supplemented with light artillery...
Wow; congratulations to that guy for his guts, even though he paid for it.
Don't see the practical point of the "I'll be waiting for you" announcement, though.
Granted, he had the skill and equipment for it, I can see the less-skilled less-equipped trying and being even less sucessful
Yes, I am glad I have a good supervisor; even though problems haven't developed (I do my part to keep from developing them)
Yes, sometimes it's better to take care of organizational problems internally - if it's truly fixable and fixed; I agree with you on waiting before the need to escalate to external.
Hopefully it's a hurdle that John Q. Bigot doesn't manage to jump. :P
True, not at the federal level; but some state/local laws do account for it
Me too - cheap games, and still run (heck, run well) on my old machine.
I just use the CD's natively on Windows though.
Since one gets a lot of gameplay out of the classic AAA titles, not much need to have a huge library - a few main games to switch between. For example, I was playing a lot of Age Of Empires a few weeks ago, now I'm playing a lot of Starcraft.
also, obligatory XKCD: http://xkcd.com/606/
I play older "full" titles since I often don't want to settle on the simple cheap games, not to mention that my old system still runs the old stuff well.
For example, Starcraft 2 is $60, but Starcraft 1 is $15 or so.
Just kidding; Pastafarianism could also turn the hidden-intention Christian activism on its head, and without reference to other religions.
Yet maybe because of the deference afforded to established religions in general, it may be useful to take such an angle.
They just want to indoctrinate the kids with their message, rather than allowing only what they see as their opponents being able to indoctrinate the kids.
+1 sadly true, and this sure isn't the only case where people go about this hypocritical maneuver.
Yeah, it seems odd that it's almost the exception to have a degree in a related field in addition to the education paperwork.
One I did know (Master's in Chemistry) apparently got fed up with the public-school environment, but I figure it was for some reason besides pay if he went there in the first place.
I wonder what the correlation/causation is between the best teachers and those with the subject-matter degree (or experience in the field) in addition to the education stuff.
By the way, I found it amusing that one such teacher, one of my favorites in a non-science field, has the subject degree form Yale and the education degree from a state school, even though I'm not hung up on college status.
As opposed to being a convenient communication channel for dissidents, might some governments want to keep Facebook, Twitter et all for "bread and circuses" purposes?
Maybe this is just correlation without causation, but perhaps this is related to how/why Japanese CDs are also more expensive than they are in the West.
That happens with the Japanese editions of CDs by Western artists, let alone stuff that's only available natively from Japan.
That reminds me of the news stories of Taliban blowing up Buddha statues.
Lottery advice: the good, the bad and the ugly. Sifting them apart is a challenge that requires keeping a clear head. (For instance, some other lottery "advice" I ran across seemed to suffer from a statistical fallacy along the likes of "50% of the population is below average.)