I don't care if this is a bug or a feature, global or localized to multiple tabs and any other competing misinformation in the comments of this article.
What I do want is a buttom I can place discreetly in the UI that lets me clear the memory cache in real time when firefox starts to get bogged down by this [feature and/or bug]. thanks in advance
I actually quit just before "raids" were added. Raids of course being where you can't advance your character unless you group with 39 other people, have to hope your raid can kill the "boss", then hope your class item drops, then hope you've played enough so you can be the highest bidder in the auction, then hope this item isn't obsolete in the next patch. That's certainly a lot of finger crossing.
Not bitter at my online compadres at all. Just bitter this is the state of MMORPGs.
So are the all the "regular" enemies still going to be the same model except slightly different sizes and colors? ^^
I've lost a ton of friends to WoW, and in fact i played beta and about 3 monthes of release. Dungeons are the biggest scams and time sinks. But you can't compete either in PvP or other dungeons without farming item after item endlessly (literally hundreds of hours spent doing the same dungeon over and over)
For the love of god, recognize this shitty, endless cycle. Your life has no purpose and that's why you play (are addicted to) WoW, but guess what? Your life has even less purpose while you play! Also, real life friends are better than loser virtual friends who only act like the like you so they can get purples.
There are studies how the rich in this country are more stingy with their donations to charity than the poor and middle class (I can't find the most recent article I read approx last December in google news). Bill Gates however was considered an exception to the rule.
I actually appreciate much of what Gates does with his philanthropy. His work on getting malaria drugs to Africa is something no one else was doing. We have the drug invented, millions of Africans are at risk, yet no government or drug company was willing eat the loss to get it done. Gates deserves a huge amount of accolades for this act of compassion alone.
However, he's the world richest man. Everyone expects this kind of work from him or whoever next becomes the world's richest person. One could easily make the argument there is such a spot light on him due to this status he *must* work in this way to keep his image and the image of his business in positive lights. The uberwealthy who aren't the world's richest for whatever reason do not share the criticism for being stingy in hording more money than they ever could possibly spend.
I guess this/. post wants to make this an apple vs windows thing, but the truth is its really the most wealthy vs the uberwealthy issue. And the poor and middle class actually donate a higher percentage of their wealth to charity, and one can assume they can afford it the least. Think Katrina and the SE Asia tsunami.
I found 90% of the so-called booth babes a distraction because they had no clue what they were selling besides their dignity. They seemed to have this aura of sadness behind their fake smiles.
Then again, the other 10% were having a great time and probably highly effective at exposing lesser known games to industry representatives.
A couple of my friends had a great time getting their picture taken with the ladies...THAT I will never understand.
Hey, we do business in China not just to (1)spread democracy, but to (2)spread Christianity and (3)teach English so the Chinese can take part in the global community.
Making money is at best the fourth reason we do business there.
Agree 100%. No BitComet review indicates this wasn't a serious attempt at a review.
Also of note, many people have replied and likely will continue to reply with propaganda that BitComet doesn't work with many "private trackers". This is laughable for a couple reasons.
First, BitComet's most recent release made this complaint irrelevant (clients don't identify).
Second, DHT networking is a truly peer to peer protocol meaning you are slightly safer with your illegal downloading from the autorities. DHT is used as a secondary downloading method, if say the tracker goes down.
Which leads to the third laughable reason, this pisses off "private trackers" because they don't get to keep stats on you (you think those stats are going to help you or hurt you?). Sure that's a little fucked up if you are "cheating" on ratios but guess what? These private trackers only exist to download illegal software, porn and media. These are hypocrites trying to make a _moral_ arguement about the use of bittorrent. Please join me in laughing these idiots off the internet. thx
These these kind of curtailments of liberties during wartime have a long history in America. Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, FDR not only spied domestically but put an entire ethnic group in "jail" clearly violating equal protection(which is still on the books today as precedent). Truman and LBJ both certainly pressed the limits of presidential power during their wars.
The trend on this list is of (great) American liberals. Bush does not fit this mold imo, from various perspectives. Also importantly, the War on Terror is a much different type on conflict than the wars these Presidents faced. The enemy is borderless, uniformless, with unknown numbers, etc. This type of war is virtually endless, whether we are in Iraq or out of Iraq.
Finally, the Bush admistration via the Solicitor General has told the Supreme Court in has no jursdiction over certain detainees. Past administrations have never been so bold (though they were political bullies).
Please realize this is not just a renegotiation of long-standing liberties, but also renegotiation of the checks and balances between the Executive and the Judiciary (and Congress).
And yes, follow the money, if you are part of a perpetual system between theory and applied science then you are working for the common good of both.
Kinda like the explorer who goes out meets and greets the indigenous peoples, creates magnificent scientific report, only so 50 or 100 years later a colony can be established. Everyone but the explorer seems to know he's setting up the invasion.
Let's not be too hasty comparing the minds of today with the likes of Einstein, Newton, etc. These men saw the world in a revolutionary manner. They also faced stiff peer review of their ideas. Which mind today can say they have done such a thing? Minor revolutions need not apply.
Perhaps they were just lucky to be born with certain ('god' given) gifts and (scientific) resources while others must suffer without, but that too is what inspires us stand in awe.
PS: everyone knows how Great People are made if they played Civ4. You just have reallocate funds to the arts and sciences. ^^
Right now the Tivo I gave my mother is "broken" because the channel lineup data is missing or wrong (possibly the wrong cable data is being pushed out). We tried changing the dialup number a couple times and have it now set to the 800 number, all to no avail.
But we have become so used to having Tivo record based on the Season Pass feature that it is difficult to go back to using the native remote and the cable box's software. My sister who is visiting for Christmas asked a similar question the Slashdot article poses: How dependant are you on Tivo? My half-joking answer, "As dependent as we are for everything else" which my sister immediately took for as cars and food. I didn't refute her.
The more curious point to be made is that it is probably hard to hide carriers (and crews) when they are in port. I'm sure the people with the spy satellites also have various ways to track at least some of those out to sea. Either way, the retaliation for attacking one or many carriers will be overwhelming and devastating. If China is to take Taiwan, they will be sure we will not have time to respond _militarily_, and then the call will be purely _political_ if we were to attempt to retake the island (and puts all options back on the table).
However, there is no assurance the Middle East conflict and the Taiwan scenerio will bubble over at the same time. Though there is a linkage between the two by economics and geography (and more). I'm just not keen on a land war in Asia situation.
I think it is the extroverts who we come to love and hate. But its the introverts who are well respected within the institution and you may not know them unless they represent you. I'd guess Pennsylvania Representative John Murtha is one of those guys.
a book arguing for young people to rush into government buildings with armed explosives strapped to their torsos is illegal.
BTW, I am pretty sure this is legal as long as you aren't saying, do it at X time, at X place. If you said, "wouldn't it be neat if some young people strapped themselves with explosives and rush some government buildings? That might make the government more reponsive." That would not fall under clear and present danger guidelines.
Holmes' Clear and Present Danger was, of course, just made up and has nothing to do with the text of the Constitution, a clear example of an activist conservative judge. If yelling fire was true political speech then it would be protected, was my point.
As far as McCain-Feingold, those who believe money = speech would say political speech is regulated today. Those like me, who feel money does not equal speech would say that suggestion violates the 14th. Why should the rich have more free speech rights simply due to their economic status? Of course, the Supreme Court does not agree with that setiment. However, those who complain how money is ruining the political process need to reevaluate that position or else clean elections will always have a HUGE loophole for the uberwealthy.
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I don't care if this is a bug or a feature, global or localized to multiple tabs and any other competing misinformation in the comments of this article.
What I do want is a buttom I can place discreetly in the UI that lets me clear the memory cache in real time when firefox starts to get bogged down by this [feature and/or bug]. thanks in advance
Money isn't everything.. But it IS freedom..
So that's why we put millions of dollars into each bomb headed for Iraq.
I like to click on different newspapers I haven't read before. I think this is a net benefit as it widens exposure to an otherwise limit locale.
Fair use, yes, but also the Right Thing(tm).
They'll want to suck us up. Hopefully the combustion engine will be re-invented by then.
cheerio
So what happens during a windy, rainy storm when cell phone use is highly important for emergencies.
I actually quit just before "raids" were added. Raids of course being where you can't advance your character unless you group with 39 other people, have to hope your raid can kill the "boss", then hope your class item drops, then hope you've played enough so you can be the highest bidder in the auction, then hope this item isn't obsolete in the next patch. That's certainly a lot of finger crossing.
Not bitter at my online compadres at all. Just bitter this is the state of MMORPGs.
So are the all the "regular" enemies still going to be the same model except slightly different sizes and colors? ^^
I've lost a ton of friends to WoW, and in fact i played beta and about 3 monthes of release. Dungeons are the biggest scams and time sinks. But you can't compete either in PvP or other dungeons without farming item after item endlessly (literally hundreds of hours spent doing the same dungeon over and over)
For the love of god, recognize this shitty, endless cycle. Your life has no purpose and that's why you play (are addicted to) WoW, but guess what? Your life has even less purpose while you play! Also, real life friends are better than loser virtual friends who only act like the like you so they can get purples.
There are studies how the rich in this country are more stingy with their donations to charity than the poor and middle class (I can't find the most recent article I read approx last December in google news). Bill Gates however was considered an exception to the rule.
/. post wants to make this an apple vs windows thing, but the truth is its really the most wealthy vs the uberwealthy issue. And the poor and middle class actually donate a higher percentage of their wealth to charity, and one can assume they can afford it the least. Think Katrina and the SE Asia tsunami.
I actually appreciate much of what Gates does with his philanthropy. His work on getting malaria drugs to Africa is something no one else was doing. We have the drug invented, millions of Africans are at risk, yet no government or drug company was willing eat the loss to get it done. Gates deserves a huge amount of accolades for this act of compassion alone.
However, he's the world richest man. Everyone expects this kind of work from him or whoever next becomes the world's richest person. One could easily make the argument there is such a spot light on him due to this status he *must* work in this way to keep his image and the image of his business in positive lights. The uberwealthy who aren't the world's richest for whatever reason do not share the criticism for being stingy in hording more money than they ever could possibly spend.
I guess this
I found 90% of the so-called booth babes a distraction because they had no clue what they were selling besides their dignity. They seemed to have this aura of sadness behind their fake smiles.
Then again, the other 10% were having a great time and probably highly effective at exposing lesser known games to industry representatives.
A couple of my friends had a great time getting their picture taken with the ladies...THAT I will never understand.
So it is perfectly legit to call President Bush a cracked out junkie drunk with power constanly looking for his next high?
Thank you science.
So how early did you get in?
sarcasm on:
Hey, we do business in China not just to (1)spread democracy, but to (2)spread Christianity and (3)teach English so the Chinese can take part in the global community.
Making money is at best the fourth reason we do business there.
Same _exact_ reasoning will apply to handing over search queries and associated user data to the US government.
New motto:
Do no evil unless governments compel you to if you want to stay in the market.
Agree 100%. No BitComet review indicates this wasn't a serious attempt at a review.
Also of note, many people have replied and likely will continue to reply with propaganda that BitComet doesn't work with many "private trackers". This is laughable for a couple reasons.
First, BitComet's most recent release made this complaint irrelevant (clients don't identify).
Second, DHT networking is a truly peer to peer protocol meaning you are slightly safer with your illegal downloading from the autorities. DHT is used as a secondary downloading method, if say the tracker goes down.
Which leads to the third laughable reason, this pisses off "private trackers" because they don't get to keep stats on you (you think those stats are going to help you or hurt you?). Sure that's a little fucked up if you are "cheating" on ratios but guess what? These private trackers only exist to download illegal software, porn and media. These are hypocrites trying to make a _moral_ arguement about the use of bittorrent. Please join me in laughing these idiots off the internet. thx
These these kind of curtailments of liberties during wartime have a long history in America. Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, FDR not only spied domestically but put an entire ethnic group in "jail" clearly violating equal protection(which is still on the books today as precedent). Truman and LBJ both certainly pressed the limits of presidential power during their wars.
The trend on this list is of (great) American liberals. Bush does not fit this mold imo, from various perspectives. Also importantly, the War on Terror is a much different type on conflict than the wars these Presidents faced. The enemy is borderless, uniformless, with unknown numbers, etc. This type of war is virtually endless, whether we are in Iraq or out of Iraq.
Finally, the Bush admistration via the Solicitor General has told the Supreme Court in has no jursdiction over certain detainees. Past administrations have never been so bold (though they were political bullies).
Please realize this is not just a renegotiation of long-standing liberties, but also renegotiation of the checks and balances between the Executive and the Judiciary (and Congress).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_Executive
For a scientist, you sure can misuse big words.
And yes, follow the money, if you are part of a perpetual system between theory and applied science then you are working for the common good of both.
Kinda like the explorer who goes out meets and greets the indigenous peoples, creates magnificent scientific report, only so 50 or 100 years later a colony can be established. Everyone but the explorer seems to know he's setting up the invasion.
Sadly, much of the history of physics seems to be directly, or indirectly due to man's need to make war.
Let's not be too hasty comparing the minds of today with the likes of Einstein, Newton, etc. These men saw the world in a revolutionary manner. They also faced stiff peer review of their ideas. Which mind today can say they have done such a thing? Minor revolutions need not apply.
Perhaps they were just lucky to be born with certain ('god' given) gifts and (scientific) resources while others must suffer without, but that too is what inspires us stand in awe.
PS: everyone knows how Great People are made if they played Civ4. You just have reallocate funds to the arts and sciences. ^^
Right now the Tivo I gave my mother is "broken" because the channel lineup data is missing or wrong (possibly the wrong cable data is being pushed out). We tried changing the dialup number a couple times and have it now set to the 800 number, all to no avail.
But we have become so used to having Tivo record based on the Season Pass feature that it is difficult to go back to using the native remote and the cable box's software. My sister who is visiting for Christmas asked a similar question the Slashdot article poses: How dependant are you on Tivo? My half-joking answer, "As dependent as we are for everything else" which my sister immediately took for as cars and food. I didn't refute her.
Clarification: I was only refering to a land war in Asia if both the Middle East and China situations went out of control at the same time.
The more curious point to be made is that it is probably hard to hide carriers (and crews) when they are in port. I'm sure the people with the spy satellites also have various ways to track at least some of those out to sea. Either way, the retaliation for attacking one or many carriers will be overwhelming and devastating. If China is to take Taiwan, they will be sure we will not have time to respond _militarily_, and then the call will be purely _political_ if we were to attempt to retake the island (and puts all options back on the table).
However, there is no assurance the Middle East conflict and the Taiwan scenerio will bubble over at the same time. Though there is a linkage between the two by economics and geography (and more). I'm just not keen on a land war in Asia situation.
NT
I think it is the extroverts who we come to love and hate. But its the introverts who are well respected within the institution and you may not know them unless they represent you. I'd guess Pennsylvania Representative John Murtha is one of those guys.
a book arguing for young people to rush into government buildings with armed explosives strapped to their torsos is illegal.
BTW, I am pretty sure this is legal as long as you aren't saying, do it at X time, at X place. If you said, "wouldn't it be neat if some young people strapped themselves with explosives and rush some government buildings? That might make the government more reponsive." That would not fall under clear and present danger guidelines.
Holmes' Clear and Present Danger was, of course, just made up and has nothing to do with the text of the Constitution, a clear example of an activist conservative judge. If yelling fire was true political speech then it would be protected, was my point.
As far as McCain-Feingold, those who believe money = speech would say political speech is regulated today. Those like me, who feel money does not equal speech would say that suggestion violates the 14th. Why should the rich have more free speech rights simply due to their economic status? Of course, the Supreme Court does not agree with that setiment. However, those who complain how money is ruining the political process need to reevaluate that position or else clean elections will always have a HUGE loophole for the uberwealthy.