You're absolutely correct, in retrospect I should have said judges who see no outlook beyond whats in the case in front of them, with a narrow world view who don't understand that with new technology, their actions and decisions can have a much far greater reach than they realize. Better?
Local Courts, apparently. Or better yet, how about just banning local dumbshit judges that are still stuck in 1947 or whatever the hell yesteryear they graduated from law school in?
I thought those heavy users were all supposed to be pirates?....now they say they are early adopters, does this mean we're all going to turn into pirates? Best get out my peg leg and shine it up....
Actually, it was entirely related to the discussiongenerated by the parent post. The point I was trying to make was that even though Atheists aren't nuts, they are treated like they are group of subhumans by most of spiritual America and therefore would be kicked out of any jury pool without having to resort to extreme measures.
And for the record, I'm not an Atheist, I'm Agnostic;-) Thank you for so kindly demonstrating *exactly* the point I was trying to make with your tirade against my attention seeking attempt to "advertise (what are not actually my) your personal beliefs.":P
That being said, I do find some of the points you make utterly fascinating. How can one talk about being pro-atheist if atheism means you believe in no Creator? Exactly what are they supposed to talk about? Nothing? Because essentially thats what they believe in as a Creator, nothing. I myself, as an agnostic, find the whole mess much ado about nothing either way. IF we are ever meant to know, it will occur. Until then endless speculating one way or another is merely a waste of time and effort that could better be pursued doing other things. (And no, the irony is not at all lost on me that I'm sitting on my butt posting this to Slashdot as I say that.)
P.S. One of these days I'd love to meet one of these 'True Christians' that you speak of, because in my 39 years of experience, I most certainly have not done so yet.
You don't need to be so blatant. Just show up with an *athiest* sign on your shirt. Then you can't possibly be held in contempt, and no one will pick you anyhow. You know us Godless heathens can't be trusted!!;-)
Why the hell would I buy some Sony POS that they are liable to brick or not let me make calls on if it doesn't have updated firmware every 2 weeks. Sony can lick my fat sack. I *almost* lifted my 10 year ban on Sony products and bought a PS3 prior to Christmas, bought an Xbox instead. Boy am I ever glad I stuck to my guns.
I learned my lesson 10 years ago when they screwed me on my then 10 days out of warranty launch PS2. I vowed then never to buy anything Sony branded, and 10 years later, I can tell you they've missed out on (judging from my Newegg account history and Best Buy receipts) a very sizable chunk of change. I agree totally with the OP, FUCK SONY. I will never *ever* buy another one of their products.
Sure, it's not *perfect*. I'll give you that.
There's ghosting on occasion.
You can't always look at what you want to and have it be in focus on the screen (cause lord knows they *never* intentionally obscure background by having it out of focus in a 2D movie).
After extended viewing sometimes your eyes hurt. (Again its not like my eyes ever hurt after walking out of a dark theater into a bright parking lot after watching a 2D movie, right?)
You know what though? I've been playing CoD: Black Ops in 3D, it looked KICK ASS. I played Mafia II in 3D, guess what? It looked KICK ASS. I've watched at least half a dozen flicks now on my TV. For the most part, it all still looked KICK ASS. You don't want it? Fine, we get it; no one's forcing it on you. They still show all the 3D flicks in 2D, most of the HDTVs out there for sale are still 2D. So don't buy it, but please STFU already about 3D fail this, 3D fail that. Some of us like it, we bought it, and they are willing to sell it to us. You guys can go brood in the dark and watch whatever the hell you want to. Enjoy it, please! In the meantime, I'm going to go back to playing some more CoD...OMGZ in 3D. Let the hatefest continue...
The researchers at Stanford University were dismayed when told by the department head that they needed to shut the project down after receiving a cease and desist letter from Capcoms lawyers stating they were committing copyright infringement.
Its not about that and you know it. Just today I fired up steam and bought 11 games, one indie bundle,(Pretty much solely for Crayon Physics, which I played the demo of last year where it stuck in my mind), the new monkey island installments and an older game that I wanted to reacquire. Total spent? 24 bucks.
I'd love to play black-ops, but not at 60 bucks. I bought MW2 at that price, the last 1/3rd of the single player campaign sucked, and the multi-player was cheap radar/wall hacky/wonky death from above garbage, and don't even get me started on the console bullshit matchmaking. Just because they throw 30 million bucks into production does not guarantee them my hard earned cash either. Will I buy it and play it? Probably, once it hits 20 bucks on steam in a year or so. Or I can pick it up used at about that price for the xbox.
Too many of us have been burned by buying something that was nothing but over-hyped crap. Apparently it's not just me who is tired of it, I'm no longer bleeding edge, I don't have to have it right when it comes out, specially if I know its something that I'll be able to buy at 1/2 price in 6 months.
Because....information presented in a court of law is never free of prejudicial, hostile or just plain wrong information?
Paying jurors well might help, but lets not pretend that not having access to external sources of information and having to rely on paid 'experts' who parrot whatever either side wants them to for whatever the going rate may be is the end all be all of a high integrity justice system.
This is a control issue, and they recognize that its much more difficult to control someone who has access to infinite amounts of information at their fingertips. I know, it sucks for the judges and lawyers that they can't exercise their type A personalities and run the whole thing as a racket anymore, but they seriously need to get over it. You can mod me as a troll if you want to, but the simple fact is, that law and legal procedures is merely another avenue where access is going to be a game changer. They can either realize it, and change the rules of the game to adapt, or they can spend endless and countless hours fighting against it, probably by way of what amounts to draconian force, and still lose in the end.
The internet and connectivity everywhere is here to stay. Get with the fucking program already and realize things change and that its time to recognize reality and follow suit. Thanks!
Doesn't have anything to do with if you personally have Comcast, but Comcast just increased their price of doing business and so netflix has accordingly spread the cost to all of its customers to cover said outgo.
We want to let you know about two important changes to the Netflix service.
1. The price of your current plan, which includes access to Blu-ray discs, is changing from $16.99 a month to $17.99 a month. This new price will be effective with your next billing statement on or after January 2, 2011, and will be referenced in your Membership Details. With your current plan you can both instantly watch unlimited TV episodes and movies on your computer or TV and receive unlimited DVDs by mail........."
If I ever get a choice, I'll be dropping Comcast like a hot rock; its not bad enough that they raise the prices and cut the services they provide every year, but now on top of everything else, they are going to cause the cost of everything I do and/or subscribe to online to go up too? Jesus what a bunch of fuckin' douchebags....
I wish I had mod points right now, Id mod you up. I personally feel one of these fellows could use a good beatdown in a parking lot someplace mafia style, they are taking over our government and buying laws.
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You're absolutely correct, in retrospect I should have said judges who see no outlook beyond whats in the case in front of them, with a narrow world view who don't understand that with new technology, their actions and decisions can have a much far greater reach than they realize. Better?
Local Courts, apparently. Or better yet, how about just banning local dumbshit judges that are still stuck in 1947 or whatever the hell yesteryear they graduated from law school in?
I thought those heavy users were all supposed to be pirates?....now they say they are early adopters, does this mean we're all going to turn into pirates? Best get out my peg leg and shine it up....
Actually, it was entirely related to the discussiongenerated by the parent post. The point I was trying to make was that even though Atheists aren't nuts, they are treated like they are group of subhumans by most of spiritual America and therefore would be kicked out of any jury pool without having to resort to extreme measures.
;-) Thank you for so kindly demonstrating *exactly* the point I was trying to make with your tirade against my attention seeking attempt to "advertise (what are not actually my) your personal beliefs." :P
And for the record, I'm not an Atheist, I'm Agnostic
That being said, I do find some of the points you make utterly fascinating. How can one talk about being pro-atheist if atheism means you believe in no Creator? Exactly what are they supposed to talk about? Nothing? Because essentially thats what they believe in as a Creator, nothing. I myself, as an agnostic, find the whole mess much ado about nothing either way. IF we are ever meant to know, it will occur. Until then endless speculating one way or another is merely a waste of time and effort that could better be pursued doing other things. (And no, the irony is not at all lost on me that I'm sitting on my butt posting this to Slashdot as I say that.)
P.S. One of these days I'd love to meet one of these 'True Christians' that you speak of, because in my 39 years of experience, I most certainly have not done so yet.
You don't need to be so blatant. Just show up with an *athiest* sign on your shirt. Then you can't possibly be held in contempt, and no one will pick you anyhow. You know us Godless heathens can't be trusted!! ;-)
Why the hell would I buy some Sony POS that they are liable to brick or not let me make calls on if it doesn't have updated firmware every 2 weeks. Sony can lick my fat sack. I *almost* lifted my 10 year ban on Sony products and bought a PS3 prior to Christmas, bought an Xbox instead. Boy am I ever glad I stuck to my guns.
I learned my lesson 10 years ago when they screwed me on my then 10 days out of warranty launch PS2. I vowed then never to buy anything Sony branded, and 10 years later, I can tell you they've missed out on (judging from my Newegg account history and Best Buy receipts) a very sizable chunk of change. I agree totally with the OP, FUCK SONY. I will never *ever* buy another one of their products.
Because according to *this* article, it picked the Steelers... http://blog.games.yahoo.com/blog/355-steelers-will-win-super-bowl-xlv-predicts-madden-11/ wtf?
Went to share that first link via facebook and found porn in the thumbnails, Thank you Moonbuggy and Reuters for making my day!
Sure, it's not *perfect*. I'll give you that.
There's ghosting on occasion.
You can't always look at what you want to and have it be in focus on the screen (cause lord knows they *never* intentionally obscure background by having it out of focus in a 2D movie).
After extended viewing sometimes your eyes hurt. (Again its not like my eyes ever hurt after walking out of a dark theater into a bright parking lot after watching a 2D movie, right?)
You know what though? I've been playing CoD: Black Ops in 3D, it looked KICK ASS. I played Mafia II in 3D, guess what? It looked KICK ASS. I've watched at least half a dozen flicks now on my TV. For the most part, it all still looked KICK ASS. You don't want it? Fine, we get it; no one's forcing it on you. They still show all the 3D flicks in 2D, most of the HDTVs out there for sale are still 2D. So don't buy it, but please STFU already about 3D fail this, 3D fail that. Some of us like it, we bought it, and they are willing to sell it to us. You guys can go brood in the dark and watch whatever the hell you want to. Enjoy it, please! In the meantime, I'm going to go back to playing some more CoD...OMGZ in 3D. Let the hatefest continue...
for Anonymous.....now that they're done with Tunisia, they need something aside from furry porn to waste CPU cycles on....
The researchers at Stanford University were dismayed when told by the department head that they needed to shut the project down after receiving a cease and desist letter from Capcoms lawyers stating they were committing copyright infringement.
I've never seen any other poster for whom 'Anonymous Coward' is so apt a title.
I knew it wasn't my age thats making me worse at online games, its all the jittering and latency caused by bufferbloat!
Its not about that and you know it. Just today I fired up steam and bought 11 games, one indie bundle,(Pretty much solely for Crayon Physics, which I played the demo of last year where it stuck in my mind), the new monkey island installments and an older game that I wanted to reacquire. Total spent? 24 bucks.
I'd love to play black-ops, but not at 60 bucks. I bought MW2 at that price, the last 1/3rd of the single player campaign sucked, and the multi-player was cheap radar/wall hacky/wonky death from above garbage, and don't even get me started on the console bullshit matchmaking. Just because they throw 30 million bucks into production does not guarantee them my hard earned cash either. Will I buy it and play it? Probably, once it hits 20 bucks on steam in a year or so. Or I can pick it up used at about that price for the xbox.
Too many of us have been burned by buying something that was nothing but over-hyped crap. Apparently it's not just me who is tired of it, I'm no longer bleeding edge, I don't have to have it right when it comes out, specially if I know its something that I'll be able to buy at 1/2 price in 6 months.
http://tpucdn.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_6850/images/perfrel.gif
Except for the fact that the 5850 DOES usually outperform the 6850...just uses more juice to do it..
:-(
http://tpucdn.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_6850/images/perfrel.jpg
I was really looking forward to the new spate of AMD cards...now not so much so.
Because....information presented in a court of law is never free of prejudicial, hostile or just plain wrong information?
Paying jurors well might help, but lets not pretend that not having access to external sources of information and having to rely on paid 'experts' who parrot whatever either side wants them to for whatever the going rate may be is the end all be all of a high integrity justice system.
This is a control issue, and they recognize that its much more difficult to control someone who has access to infinite amounts of information at their fingertips. I know, it sucks for the judges and lawyers that they can't exercise their type A personalities and run the whole thing as a racket anymore, but they seriously need to get over it. You can mod me as a troll if you want to, but the simple fact is, that law and legal procedures is merely another avenue where access is going to be a game changer. They can either realize it, and change the rules of the game to adapt, or they can spend endless and countless hours fighting against it, probably by way of what amounts to draconian force, and still lose in the end.
The internet and connectivity everywhere is here to stay.
Get with the fucking program already and realize things change and that its time to recognize reality and follow suit.
Thanks!
Unfortunately, every time I've download a copy of LOIC from anyplace (including sourceforge) it's been infected with crap......
Doesn't have anything to do with if you personally have Comcast, but Comcast just increased their price of doing business and so netflix has accordingly spread the cost to all of its customers to cover said outgo.
"Dear Xxxxxxxx,
We want to let you know about two important changes to the Netflix service.
1. The price of your current plan, which includes access to Blu-ray discs, is changing from $16.99 a month to $17.99 a month. This new price will be effective with your next billing statement on or after January 2, 2011, and will be referenced in your Membership Details. With your current plan you can both instantly watch unlimited TV episodes and movies on your computer or TV and receive unlimited DVDs by mail........."
If I ever get a choice, I'll be dropping Comcast like a hot rock; its not bad enough that they raise the prices and cut the services they provide every year, but now on top of everything else, they are going to cause the cost of everything I do and/or subscribe to online to go up too? Jesus what a bunch of fuckin' douchebags....
Who is Amy?
And is this where I'm supposed to say "Pics or it didn't happen...."?
I wish I had mod points right now, Id mod you up. I personally feel one of these fellows could use a good beatdown in a parking lot someplace mafia style, they are taking over our government and buying laws.