The multiplayer was OK, but the rest of the game was -- and is -- mediocre. The main "feature," if I can call it that, is that the marketing droids managed to make a big deal out of a second rate game. It's not bad, but it's not the religious experience that it has been made out to be.
You're off by a war. What you say is true of the War for Independence, or even the 1812 war, but by the 1860s (civil war) troops were primarily issued RIFLES, not MUSKETS.
Many of them still had muskets, however. In my own yard I can find, mixed in with bullets, musket balls. You are correct that they did continue to use old tactics in many cases, either from lack of imagination or some misguided (and deadly) sense of honor.
Why did the American Civil war soldiers line up and fire at each other? Because to hide behind trees, bushes, and hills would be unethical.
If hiding was so unethical to them, why did they take the time to build all of those lovely forts and make use of fences, trenches, etc. to take cover? My own house has a bit of Civil War era earthworks on it. They certainly did use cover, including trees, bushes, and hills, during the war. It gave rise to the hellish concept of total war, where the enemy is viewed as including not just the army, but the entire enemy people. Whole cities and regions were devastated in the War; my own little neck of the woods traded hands several times, causing hardship for the local farmers who just wanted to live in peace.
I hate to reply to myself, but for those looking for more info on Somalian internet access/telephone service, this BBC article may be of interest: Telecoms thriving in lawless Somalia. Unlimited local calls, according to the article, can be gotten for $10 per month.
Yep, having a pop up that asks me if I would like to continue everytime I run an older game is really cutting edge security. It would make more sense if it had some actual power to deny access; you know, if it required a password, like sudo does. It does not, so it has no ability to protect. It has, however, scared my less tech savvy family members into not running some older programs that they used to run because of fear that they were somehow messing something up. Sudo also can be set to work for a certain amount of time without requiring a password, which can be very useful to avoid annoyance but still provide security. UAC cannot do that, to my knowledge. Until Windows 7, it was either off or on; now we have slightly more finegrained control.
So, we have to add more incentive to spot producing shit and live off of royalties in order to prevent economic collapse because no one is making stuff? Yeah, makes sense to me.
We have elected men who have done drugs for many decades, but that has not helped end the war on drugs; it may have even hurt it, as they moralize about how "evil" they were for doing that and then have to go around making the laws even tougher to get some drug warrior cred.
Depends where you are. In Somalia, it would seem that the government (and everyone else) does indeed fear the people.
I think they did that before their government collapsed. Somalia was a hell hole then, and remains so now, although I have heard it reported that, despite this, they have a fairly decent telecom industry for that neck of the woods. Their tribal Xeer law system is also fascinating.
Not that I agree with your parent, but just because a man is famous and revered does not mean that he was infallible. Many wise men have made mistakes throughout history; Jefferson is one of them (ever hear of the embargo he put in place? That was one of them. Let's not get started on him and slavery)
I would take an ineffectual and weak government over what we have now; such a government would likely not be able to pass such crazy laws, with such a weak grasp on the reins of power. I feel that the various wars would not have gone on for so long, too.
An equally wise American once said "..and that government: of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Unless you want to leave his government, then he is all for jailing you without trial and suspending habeas corpus. He is also cool with using total war in order to invade one section of the country, burning down such cities as Atlanta and devastating the region. He also brought about the income tax, which was at the time unconstitutional (like much of what he did). Sure, he freed a terribly oppressed group of people, but he used another form of slavery (conscription) to achieve it.
I look at it as a way of rationalizing the decision to not have flash on the iP* after the fact. To me, there is no reason to not have it there except to maintain the app store policy of not allowing frameworks and runtimes.
It depends on what you define as crazy. There are sincere anarchists out there that truly believe that that is the answer, and I find them no more deluded than the average man. At least they have principles, which is more than you can say for the mainstream political movements in most cases.
Perhaps he is referring to the US Border Patrol and their, shall we say, "enlightened" policies? This is a guess, because I have never been through the US-Canadian border. My travels have only been to the mysterious Far East, and then before 9/11
How many average American citizens use their ballot power to have the thing go away? Or is it that, after all, they are not so averse to all that theater?
How many major candidates at any level have campaigned to end security theater? Very few. Many of them latch on to it, because an imagined crisis helps them get votes. "Vote for me or those evil people will bomb us!" That line, in so many forms, has resulted in unimaginable evils becoming common and everyday occurrences.
Not all of the people in office were voted in, and even when they are, there is no guarantee that they will do as they say. The choice then becomes the evil that we know of vs the evil that we don't. And plus, even if 50% + 1 thought that we should have these crazy restrictions, what right do they have to impose that on anyone? If other governments wanted to stop this, they should subject our politicians to the same treatment when they visit. That might end up getting their attention, more so than groveling before them and asking if they would please consider not invading our privacy on a massive scale.
Oh my god! That calc test on surface integrals is scaring me! How many days do I have until I have to take it? Let's see, one, two, four? Shit, shit! Let's start over. One, two, three, where was I? Oh god, how did I make it this far? Was this all some sort of ruse to make me feel good about myself? Has my whole life so far been a lie? How can I major in CS if I can't even count! If only I had learned that I was terribly afraid of math all those years ago....I think there is only one way out of here: majoring in education or running for office. Or is that two? Dammit, there we go again!
I chose Spanish because that is the only foreign language that I have attempted to learn, not because of failing geography class. That last bit is why I don't think Europe is a country, just like some other people.
And though your English has some minor mistakes every now and then, it's not like you are writing in such a way that we cannot understand you. Your English is better than my grasp of Spanish by many miles. Congrats.
So, to stave off an invasion of a foreign power that will enslave us, the response is to enslave ourselves to beat them back? That makes sense to me. Also, who says that my country hasn't been invaded? Around my neck of the woods, I can still find the remnants of a massive war that killed many hundreds of thousands and devastated an entire region. I also live near a city that was invaded, occupied, and burned by an invading foreign power.
We would add you technological and biological distinctiveness into our own, but your uncaring reference to Dragonfly BSD as a Linux distro has caused us to feel that such distinctiveness would result in a lesser ability to assimilate others. We will still make life hell for you, though.Oh, and resistance is futile.
They will also see a massive drop in their readership, as people such as myself are not willing to pay to access news that we can get for free from many other places. Most of the news articles are just the AP article anyways, with maybe only minor changes. Hardly worth paying for.
You forget the presses, the ink, the paper, the work done to typeset the paper, where the articles are placed, etc. etc. Gasoline is not the only cost that they have. It's probably the least expensive part of getting a paper printed and delivered, minus the actual costs to get the content, which would be the same online or on paper.
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The multiplayer was OK, but the rest of the game was -- and is -- mediocre. The main "feature," if I can call it that, is that the marketing droids managed to make a big deal out of a second rate game. It's not bad, but it's not the religious experience that it has been made out to be.
You're off by a war. What you say is true of the War for Independence, or even the 1812 war, but by the 1860s (civil war) troops were primarily issued RIFLES, not MUSKETS.
Many of them still had muskets, however. In my own yard I can find, mixed in with bullets, musket balls. You are correct that they did continue to use old tactics in many cases, either from lack of imagination or some misguided (and deadly) sense of honor.
Why did the American Civil war soldiers line up and fire at each other? Because to hide behind trees, bushes, and hills would be unethical.
If hiding was so unethical to them, why did they take the time to build all of those lovely forts and make use of fences, trenches, etc. to take cover? My own house has a bit of Civil War era earthworks on it. They certainly did use cover, including trees, bushes, and hills, during the war. It gave rise to the hellish concept of total war, where the enemy is viewed as including not just the army, but the entire enemy people. Whole cities and regions were devastated in the War; my own little neck of the woods traded hands several times, causing hardship for the local farmers who just wanted to live in peace.
I hate to reply to myself, but for those looking for more info on Somalian internet access/telephone service, this BBC article may be of interest: Telecoms thriving in lawless Somalia. Unlimited local calls, according to the article, can be gotten for $10 per month.
Yep, having a pop up that asks me if I would like to continue everytime I run an older game is really cutting edge security. It would make more sense if it had some actual power to deny access; you know, if it required a password, like sudo does. It does not, so it has no ability to protect. It has, however, scared my less tech savvy family members into not running some older programs that they used to run because of fear that they were somehow messing something up. Sudo also can be set to work for a certain amount of time without requiring a password, which can be very useful to avoid annoyance but still provide security. UAC cannot do that, to my knowledge. Until Windows 7, it was either off or on; now we have slightly more finegrained control.
So, we have to add more incentive to spot producing shit and live off of royalties in order to prevent economic collapse because no one is making stuff? Yeah, makes sense to me.
We have elected men who have done drugs for many decades, but that has not helped end the war on drugs; it may have even hurt it, as they moralize about how "evil" they were for doing that and then have to go around making the laws even tougher to get some drug warrior cred.
Depends where you are. In Somalia, it would seem that the government (and everyone else) does indeed fear the people.
I think they did that before their government collapsed. Somalia was a hell hole then, and remains so now, although I have heard it reported that, despite this, they have a fairly decent telecom industry for that neck of the woods. Their tribal Xeer law system is also fascinating.
Not that I agree with your parent, but just because a man is famous and revered does not mean that he was infallible. Many wise men have made mistakes throughout history; Jefferson is one of them (ever hear of the embargo he put in place? That was one of them. Let's not get started on him and slavery)
I would take an ineffectual and weak government over what we have now; such a government would likely not be able to pass such crazy laws, with such a weak grasp on the reins of power. I feel that the various wars would not have gone on for so long, too.
An equally wise American once said "..and that government: of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Unless you want to leave his government, then he is all for jailing you without trial and suspending habeas corpus. He is also cool with using total war in order to invade one section of the country, burning down such cities as Atlanta and devastating the region. He also brought about the income tax, which was at the time unconstitutional (like much of what he did). Sure, he freed a terribly oppressed group of people, but he used another form of slavery (conscription) to achieve it.
I look at it as a way of rationalizing the decision to not have flash on the iP* after the fact. To me, there is no reason to not have it there except to maintain the app store policy of not allowing frameworks and runtimes.
It depends on what you define as crazy. There are sincere anarchists out there that truly believe that that is the answer, and I find them no more deluded than the average man. At least they have principles, which is more than you can say for the mainstream political movements in most cases.
Perhaps he is referring to the US Border Patrol and their, shall we say, "enlightened" policies? This is a guess, because I have never been through the US-Canadian border. My travels have only been to the mysterious Far East, and then before 9/11
How many average American citizens use their ballot power to have the thing go away? Or is it that, after all, they are not so averse to all that theater?
How many major candidates at any level have campaigned to end security theater? Very few. Many of them latch on to it, because an imagined crisis helps them get votes. "Vote for me or those evil people will bomb us!" That line, in so many forms, has resulted in unimaginable evils becoming common and everyday occurrences.
Not all of the people in office were voted in, and even when they are, there is no guarantee that they will do as they say. The choice then becomes the evil that we know of vs the evil that we don't. And plus, even if 50% + 1 thought that we should have these crazy restrictions, what right do they have to impose that on anyone? If other governments wanted to stop this, they should subject our politicians to the same treatment when they visit. That might end up getting their attention, more so than groveling before them and asking if they would please consider not invading our privacy on a massive scale.
Oh my god! That calc test on surface integrals is scaring me! How many days do I have until I have to take it? Let's see, one, two, four? Shit, shit! Let's start over. One, two, three, where was I? Oh god, how did I make it this far? Was this all some sort of ruse to make me feel good about myself? Has my whole life so far been a lie? How can I major in CS if I can't even count! If only I had learned that I was terribly afraid of math all those years ago....I think there is only one way out of here: majoring in education or running for office. Or is that two? Dammit, there we go again!
Er, I think that Europe is a country. That's why.
I chose Spanish because that is the only foreign language that I have attempted to learn, not because of failing geography class. That last bit is why I don't think Europe is a country, just like some other people.
And though your English has some minor mistakes every now and then, it's not like you are writing in such a way that we cannot understand you. Your English is better than my grasp of Spanish by many miles. Congrats.
So, to stave off an invasion of a foreign power that will enslave us, the response is to enslave ourselves to beat them back? That makes sense to me. Also, who says that my country hasn't been invaded? Around my neck of the woods, I can still find the remnants of a massive war that killed many hundreds of thousands and devastated an entire region. I also live near a city that was invaded, occupied, and burned by an invading foreign power.
Perhaps that whole conscription thing? I'm certainly no fan of that.
We would add you technological and biological distinctiveness into our own, but your uncaring reference to Dragonfly BSD as a Linux distro has caused us to feel that such distinctiveness would result in a lesser ability to assimilate others. We will still make life hell for you, though.Oh, and resistance is futile.
They will also see a massive drop in their readership, as people such as myself are not willing to pay to access news that we can get for free from many other places. Most of the news articles are just the AP article anyways, with maybe only minor changes. Hardly worth paying for.
You forget the presses, the ink, the paper, the work done to typeset the paper, where the articles are placed, etc. etc. Gasoline is not the only cost that they have. It's probably the least expensive part of getting a paper printed and delivered, minus the actual costs to get the content, which would be the same online or on paper.