I don't mean independent voters (non-registered I think? I'm not entirely familiar with the American system), I mean independent politicians.
These are politicians who aren't members of a political party. Typically they are people who were formerly members of a party and left for whatever reason but hold enough local support to get back into government.
In this particular case I suppose it's more the result of the batshit crazy method Australians use for their elections than proportional representation per se.
However, under proportional systems around the world you often have a large 'left' party and a large 'right' party. Often neither party gets enough votes to conclusively govern, so smaller partys and independent politicians get to decide who rules. This gives a very large amount of power to the smaller parties/independents, which is quite the opposite of what you were claiming earlier.
This is an example pretty much taken straight from the 'don't talk to the police' video that always gets linked in these threads.
Scenario:
Guy gets interrogated. Guy in good faith says 'Well, I'm not sure where I was 3 weeks ago at 6pm. I guess I would have just got home at that time like I always do. Yeah, I guess so, I would have been at home".
Woops, guy actually left work late that day and was still in town at 6pm, iPhone pinpoints his location and guy is caught out in a lie. Guy looks like he's hiding something, and nothing he says will be trusted by anyone.
Of course this isn't specific to the iPhone, and is more an example of why you really shouldn't talk to the police. No, really.
Would you expect it to be random? Assuming we're looking at our own galaxy, would you expect some preference for orientation w.r.t. the galaxy's plane of rotation?
No, it's like you paying someone who got hit by the buick for the right to sue the old lady. You're effectively providing a hedge for the person who needs money and will accept a lower expected return in return for certainty.
There's nothing wrong with it in principle. I suspect it's just that you dislike copyrights so this is somehow 'tainted'.
You're only saying that because you're not using the right type of cables on your stereo. Buy these elementium plated diamond cables, then you'll be able to tell the difference.
I realise that personal responsibility is out of fashion these days - but NCsoft is not responsible for this person playing too much lineage. The government is not responsible for him playing too much lineage. Guess who is?
I don't mean that in a bad way. The PS1 marketing was phenomenal, and was targeted at 'cool' people. I don't remember many of the specifics, but somehow Sony single-handedly made computer games cool. That's an impressive achievement.
Really? Get some perspective. About 3000 americans were killed by terrorists in the past ten years. In that same period about 300,000 died from suicide, while about 350,000 died on the roads.
If you dedicate 2 hours to 'terrorism danger' in a school year, you should dedicate 3 months to suicide and traffic safety.
I'm not in anyway trying to belittle the emotional impact of 9-11, but in terms of "thing[s] that these young people might experience" you'd be better off putting your efforts elsewhere.
My warlock must have about half a dozen damage over time spells, and I don't think the game would lose anything if I only had one.
Most classes could be boiled down to three or four abilities which would be easily played on a controller without losing any element of tactics and skill.
Keeping decent uptime on five dots is far more involved than keeping one dot up. In much the same way that juggling 5 balls is more difficult than juggling one ball.
I suppose you could argue that it's needless complexity and doesn't add anything the the gameplay. But judging by the second sentence you seem to be implying that it is no more difficult, which is inaccurate.
Surprise! Not everyone can drive. Not that I would ever drive drunk, but if I got one of these I could just get my non-driving fiancee to blow in the bag for me.
Other than eating Tuna in a can, my exposure to fish has been extremely limited in my lifetime. I don't eat fish or seafood, I don't eat Sushi, I don't live near the coast.
And yet 'in an effort to lose weight' you went on a tuna based diet, without consulting a doctor. To reiterate you'd never eaten seafood, your family doesn't eat seafood, your friends don't eat seafood, and yet you were willing to switch to a seafood based diet on a whim. Yeah I've made some assumptions, but given what you've told us they're probably not far off.
I'm somewhat sympathetic to the idea that you weren't able to afford a doctor (strange country!). But trying out a fad diet (on whose recommendation?) without getting any more information than the necessarily limited amount present on a label seems a little rash. It doesn't deserve getting called an idiot over, but it's not the smartest move.
Interesting, you promote a black and white rule: "If you hit a pedestrian it's your fault. Period." and then you follow it up by giving an exception to your rule.
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No no, you misunderstood.
I don't mean independent voters (non-registered I think? I'm not entirely familiar with the American system), I mean independent politicians.
These are politicians who aren't members of a political party. Typically they are people who were formerly members of a party and left for whatever reason but hold enough local support to get back into government.
In this particular case I suppose it's more the result of the batshit crazy method Australians use for their elections than proportional representation per se.
However, under proportional systems around the world you often have a large 'left' party and a large 'right' party. Often neither party gets enough votes to conclusively govern, so smaller partys and independent politicians get to decide who rules. This gives a very large amount of power to the smaller parties/independents, which is quite the opposite of what you were claiming earlier.
You mean like how the independents just decided who got to be prime-minister in Australia?
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That's right, people can't be trusted to make sensible decisions and need to be protected from themselves.
Sadly, I'm not sure if I'm being sarcastic.
This is an example pretty much taken straight from the 'don't talk to the police' video that always gets linked in these threads.
Scenario:
Guy gets interrogated. Guy in good faith says 'Well, I'm not sure where I was 3 weeks ago at 6pm. I guess I would have just got home at that time like I always do. Yeah, I guess so, I would have been at home".
Woops, guy actually left work late that day and was still in town at 6pm, iPhone pinpoints his location and guy is caught out in a lie. Guy looks like he's hiding something, and nothing he says will be trusted by anyone.
Of course this isn't specific to the iPhone, and is more an example of why you really shouldn't talk to the police. No, really.
Stay inside the law
Good luck, you'll need it.
I (used to) pronounce it ay-suhs, but now that you suggest it I'm going to call it a-suhs whenever I get the chance. Preferably in polite company,
Yep, I don't know how people can cycle and listen to headphones.
Cycling is fucking dangerous, why would you deprive yourself of a useful sense for staying alive?
Would you expect it to be random? Assuming we're looking at our own galaxy, would you expect some preference for orientation w.r.t. the galaxy's plane of rotation?
No, it's like you paying someone who got hit by the buick for the right to sue the old lady. You're effectively providing a hedge for the person who needs money and will accept a lower expected return in return for certainty.
There's nothing wrong with it in principle. I suspect it's just that you dislike copyrights so this is somehow 'tainted'.
You're only saying that because you're not using the right type of cables on your stereo. Buy these elementium plated diamond cables, then you'll be able to tell the difference.
I realise that personal responsibility is out of fashion these days - but NCsoft is not responsible for this person playing too much lineage. The government is not responsible for him playing too much lineage. Guess who is?
Marketing,
I don't mean that in a bad way. The PS1 marketing was phenomenal, and was targeted at 'cool' people. I don't remember many of the specifics, but somehow Sony single-handedly made computer games cool. That's an impressive achievement.
Your argument was "If we remove 80% of possible abilities this won't reduce the element of skill".
Do you think that chess would be no less complex if your bishop could only move in one direction?
Really? Get some perspective. About 3000 americans were killed by terrorists in the past ten years. In that same period about 300,000 died from suicide, while about 350,000 died on the roads.
If you dedicate 2 hours to 'terrorism danger' in a school year, you should dedicate 3 months to suicide and traffic safety.
I'm not in anyway trying to belittle the emotional impact of 9-11, but in terms of "thing[s] that these young people might experience" you'd be better off putting your efforts elsewhere.
I went to a sushi bar called 'Yoshi'. Unfortunately there was no green dinosaur in sight :(
My warlock must have about half a dozen damage over time spells, and I don't think the game would lose anything if I only had one.
Most classes could be boiled down to three or four abilities which would be easily played on a controller without losing any element of tactics and skill.
Keeping decent uptime on five dots is far more involved than keeping one dot up. In much the same way that juggling 5 balls is more difficult than juggling one ball.
I suppose you could argue that it's needless complexity and doesn't add anything the the gameplay. But judging by the second sentence you seem to be implying that it is no more difficult, which is inaccurate.
*Post complaining about amps not being a unit of energy*
*Feeling smug*
*Actually reading thread, then feeling not so smart because 10 people have already mentioned it*
It's Stephen Hawking. Not Steven Hawkins or Steven Hawkings.
I realize that the names are very similar, but Sweden is not Switzerland.
Yeah there might be a 2 in there somewhere.
Surprise! Not everyone can drive. Not that I would ever drive drunk, but if I got one of these I could just get my non-driving fiancee to blow in the bag for me.
I love it when I drive into work on Fridays, since it means I can have a beer with everyone else at 5 o'clock.
Most of the time I cycle, and I'm sure not getting on my bike under the effects of alcohol.
Other than eating Tuna in a can, my exposure to fish has been extremely limited in my lifetime. I don't eat fish or seafood, I don't eat Sushi, I don't live near the coast.
And yet 'in an effort to lose weight' you went on a tuna based diet, without consulting a doctor. To reiterate you'd never eaten seafood, your family doesn't eat seafood, your friends don't eat seafood, and yet you were willing to switch to a seafood based diet on a whim. Yeah I've made some assumptions, but given what you've told us they're probably not far off.
I'm somewhat sympathetic to the idea that you weren't able to afford a doctor (strange country!). But trying out a fad diet (on whose recommendation?) without getting any more information than the necessarily limited amount present on a label seems a little rash. It doesn't deserve getting called an idiot over, but it's not the smartest move.
Interesting, you promote a black and white rule: "If you hit a pedestrian it's your fault. Period." and then you follow it up by giving an exception to your rule.