Um, my point is that the sectarian schism predated and underlines the terrorist movement. You can claim that all was forgiven and all wounds healed before the IRA formed, but it won't be very convincing.
The point of the IRA was for independance and civil rights in general. Not just a religious fight. My point is that the IRA is one of the few that doesn't have to do with religion as a factor. Same with Black Panthers. There is always religion as a background, as is the case in almost any conflict between humans.
I lived in the UK during the Canary Wharf attack, when the IRA was the centerpiece of every conversation, and have a good many Irish friends, who will talk about this stuff forever. I'm going to have to say I'm more likely to believe them than a PBS viewer who thinks that history is context-free.
The IRA changed a lot from the inception to the Good Friday Agreement. After Sinn Fein was officially a force in Ireland, the IRA became mostly obsolete. In fact, many would argue that after the War of Independance that the IRA should have retired at that point, I don't so much agree with that though. As for you calling me a PBS viewer, you want me to start talking in Gaeilge?
Better read those history books. It was religious from day one. Catholics weren't even allowed to vote as Union was originally structured. The Protestant authorities feared domination by the much more rapidly-growing Catholic population (thank the Pope for that!). In Ulster, the violence really began in the 1810s when Protestant groups marched through Catholic neighborhoods. By the 1830s segregation was almost complete, and we all know what happened from there.
Funny, considering the IRA wasn't even formed until 1916. Easter Rising, April of 1916 Patrick Pearse begins the Irish Republic movement, with the Irish Republican Army. It's sole goal was to win independance from the British. The violence before hand was not the IRA.
Here's a good timeline for you. My guess is you do not know anything of the IRA, or the history of Ireland and just copy and pasted the violence of Ireland and didn't actually stop to reference when the IRA came in. To re-iterate my original point, the IRA is known as the founders of modern day terrorist tactics. The IRA was not founded because of unfair treatment of religious groups in Ireland. The IRA was founded and worked towards an independant Irish Republic. If it was about religion, you wouldn't see Protestants and Catholics getting along in Dublin or Cork.
The IRA is a combatant in a Catholic vs. Protestant struggle. The dividing lines are completely religious.
Sorry, the IRA was originally started to gain the independance of Ireland from the British. It wasn't until much, much later in the history of the IRA that religion even became a factor.
Saying "Apples grow on trees" is almost perfectly accurate, just as is saying "religion breeds terrorism." Almost all terrorism is perpetrated in the name of, or as a result of divides created by, religion.
I'm trying to think, and the only terrorist movement I can think that wasn't religiously tied was the IRA. Their terrorist actions were purely because they didn't have an army to fight, and took a rogue approach to it and created many of the techniques of bombings and such. The problem is after the agreement the people who enjoyed the terrorism aspect of it factored off to start new terrorist groups.
Also, on a slightly different topic, has anyone tried using a laptop on a plane lately? While it is fine in a First Class seat, using a laptop in coach seats is a royal pain. Unless you have a really small laptop, there simply isn't enough room. With the new bigger screens that laptops have today, it is virtually impossible to open the laptop to a position that it can be comfortably viewed, while in a coach seat. And, if the seat in front of you is reclined you can completely forget it. Inspite of this we are still force fed this marketing about the use of laptops on aircraft. Most recently is Yao and Mini-Me using an Apple laptop with a 17" screen. Great for first class front row, impossible in the majority of seats.
It's crowded, but deal. I have a 15.1" screen, and I use my laptop on planes all the time. I'm also 6'1" and can still use it in coach. The trick is, when you aren't actively using it, fold it up and put it away. It's really quite simple, and if you have a vacant seat next to you, you have a whole tray. It's not the most comfortable solution but it works and it's a way to pass a few hours.
I get more pissed off about long (4+ hour) flights that don't have power jacks.
Forgive my US-Centrism, but I was speaking from a US perspective...
Takes battery off of currently held phone...
Yup.
Still in the 2.4 range...
I'm in the US, and I've never seen a 2.4Ghz cellular phone. Cordless phone, yes. I'm currently holding a 1900Mhz GSM phone. They do not make a 2.4Ghz GSM band. Period.
It makes you wonder how long until some company comes up with the idea to copyright "the accidental creation of useful products and systems" and attempt to sue google and other things. =]
Probably never, because you can copyright "The accidental creation of useful products and systems" and it doesn't mean a damn thing. In fact, it isn't even enforcable because it is not anything substantial enough to copyright. People could reproduce that text left and right, and nobody would care.
However patenting it would make a huge difference, and you can patent business rules. Although you'd have a lot of prior art, with that whole Pennicilin thing.
And as a public service announcement: Please, before making a joke, verify what you think you know so you don't look like a tool trying to karma whore.
That being said, if they attack, I'm going to the company data center bunker, it should be survivable, and with the addition of a firearm, defendable. Take that Sarah Brady!
One geek, one gun. The showdown in the data center. I'm really sure Al Queda is worried about you;)
Already is running RedHat, and I'm throwing in a 802.11 card. It's a cel 1ghz, 20GB hard drive, 256MB ram. It has a pretty small form factor (13.1"), and is a Toshiba 2805.
I'm selling it w/ 802.11 card, carrying case, and Linux preloaded for $800 (Negotiable)
Up for a mirror? Your site is borked, if you can send me the contents of the site I can post a temporary mirror for you. I'm really interested in checking out the program, and can't.
You can email me or contact me via IM systems, just check my user info.
Hey, I'm not sure if you run Linux but I have kinput2 with FreeWnn setup. I want to remap shift+space to the windows key, and can't find any decent documentation (that isn't in Japanese, and as I've already said in the past, I can't read kanji.)
Any knowledge you would be willing to impart upon me?
Do you know which Japanese character you want that to correspond to? Offhand, the most common one for Kai would probably be 'sakigake', meaning leader or pioneer.
That be the one (魁, because Slashdot doesn't allow Japanese characters...).
Ok, fuck off, you're a shithead. It's been proven by this thread and many of your previous posts. You're one of the many slashcocks that make the message board section a pain-in-the-ass to read.
I do what I can. So add me to your Foes list, and forget about me.
Oh so your life is watching MTV, you're such a dupe...Never heard that viewpoint because I don't hang around other id10t's....
That's really funny, considering I don't watch _any_ TV at all. Haven't in years. My life consists of programming, martial arts, chess. I'm assuming you are referring to yourself as an idiot, due to your statement "I don't hang around other id10t's" so you are either self-reflective, or have a poor grasp of english. Either way, it's ok, admitting it is the first step to getting better.
PS Only really having a go at someone who is basing their entire view on some screenshots, that makes you look far more stupid than the average rock. This game is a large puzzle, but you failed to even fathom that.
No, I'm basing my opinion of the graphics sucking on the screenshots. I'm basing my opinion of the game sucking by the lame ass fan sites and the other write ups. "You can choose the strand of vine to make wine!" Oh, excuse me while my nipples explode with excitement.
You're speaking crap, utter brainless drivel. If you played this game with a half open mind you'd think the graphics were actually quite good.
Uhm, no. Short of running in the special olympics or being blind, I don't think I would find the graphics in this game good. They post screenshots. 5 years ago, I wouldn't have thought they were good. Today, most certainly not.
You're just saying basic crap again. Where is this 40 year old guy called "Cleopatra", oh wait you never played it...
It's the average cliche of the typical MMORPG experience, that pretty much everone knows. Including Robert Schimmel who has a whole bit about it during a comedy show. I'm not alone in the "MMORPG/AOL is there for bald and fat 40 year old men to pretend they are 18 bi-curious hot chicks"... I'm glad that you are so literal here, because it really makes you look like an idiot.
Maybe if you had a real life outside of playing RPGs you would see that the world makes fun of people like you...
If the graphics are all you are looking at, then you are missing the point. This game is not about the graphics. As I said in my main post, its about political interplay between the players.
Oh, you mean like the Sims Online. I'm sorry, but if they want to appeal to an audience, they need to ensure their graphics don't look like ass. People don't want to play a game that looks like it's 10 years old unless they're collectors and it reminds them of the young days of video games. Like playing Super Mario Brothers on the original NES.
I wouldn't bash it if it were free to play, but they're charging $13.95 for a Sims Online with a tech tree and horrible graphics. My review without playing it is, save the $13.95 a month. I also would never play it, I read up on it and thoughts, "Wow, this looks really gay." I think the same thing about Everquest and TSO. I played EQ, and kept the same philosophy so I don't think it would change by playing it.
MMORPGs cater towards the portion of people who get off on talking to imaginary people. If you want to pay $13.95 to grow some imaginary grapes, and masturbate to a 40 year old man named "Cleopatra" than go right ahead, I'm not one to stop you. I'm just saying that the political interplay is over-rated, and I don't think this game did a good job with it, as opposed to the other alternatives (TSO, EQ, and all the other MMORPGs)
I'm thinking The Sims Online has beat them to the non-killing MMORPG market. This game looks utterly bizarre, and since when did Ancient Egyptions have genetically modified crops complete with mutagen agents?
I'm thinking I must have missed a few Discovery channel episodes. It probably would have been easier for them to reskin The Sims Online and release that..
I'm not seeing the importance or significance here, they are basing their engine off Cal3d and are releasing the source for their engine, which roughly looks like shit. Parsec just released their source, which is incredibly cool, and their engine looks good.
For $13.95 a month, I think I'd be pretty pissed off if this is what I got.
Please send this article to defaultuser@kaazalite.com
Don't worry, I read it. But I'm still not changing.
Although I had a sad revelation last night, after saying to a friend "Yeah, hopefully when I get back from work tomorrow night those music videos will be finished." I then realized the interest of my Friday night is determined by whether or not my Utada Hikaru MTV Unplugged (JP) videos will be completed.
I then realized I must get out more. Good thing my girlfriend gets back on Thursday...
Slashdot Mirror
Um, my point is that the sectarian schism predated and underlines the terrorist movement. You can claim that all was forgiven and all wounds healed before the IRA formed, but it won't be very convincing.
The point of the IRA was for independance and civil rights in general. Not just a religious fight. My point is that the IRA is one of the few that doesn't have to do with religion as a factor. Same with Black Panthers. There is always religion as a background, as is the case in almost any conflict between humans.
I lived in the UK during the Canary Wharf attack, when the IRA was the centerpiece of every conversation, and have a good many Irish friends, who will talk about this stuff forever. I'm going to have to say I'm more likely to believe them than a PBS viewer who thinks that history is context-free.
The IRA changed a lot from the inception to the Good Friday Agreement. After Sinn Fein was officially a force in Ireland, the IRA became mostly obsolete. In fact, many would argue that after the War of Independance that the IRA should have retired at that point, I don't so much agree with that though. As for you calling me a PBS viewer, you want me to start talking in Gaeilge?
Let me actually post the link... *shrug* preview.. grumble grumble. here
Better read those history books. It was religious from day one. Catholics weren't even allowed to vote as Union was originally structured. The Protestant authorities feared domination by the much more rapidly-growing Catholic population (thank the Pope for that!). In Ulster, the violence really began in the 1810s when Protestant groups marched through Catholic neighborhoods. By the 1830s segregation was almost complete, and we all know what happened from there.
Funny, considering the IRA wasn't even formed until 1916. Easter Rising, April of 1916 Patrick Pearse begins the Irish Republic movement, with the Irish Republican Army. It's sole goal was to win independance from the British. The violence before hand was not the IRA.
Here's a good timeline for you. My guess is you do not know anything of the IRA, or the history of Ireland and just copy and pasted the violence of Ireland and didn't actually stop to reference when the IRA came in. To re-iterate my original point, the IRA is known as the founders of modern day terrorist tactics. The IRA was not founded because of unfair treatment of religious groups in Ireland. The IRA was founded and worked towards an independant Irish Republic. If it was about religion, you wouldn't see Protestants and Catholics getting along in Dublin or Cork.
The IRA is a combatant in a Catholic vs. Protestant struggle. The dividing lines are completely religious.
Sorry, the IRA was originally started to gain the independance of Ireland from the British. It wasn't until much, much later in the history of the IRA that religion even became a factor.
Saying "Apples grow on trees" is almost perfectly accurate, just as is saying "religion breeds terrorism." Almost all terrorism is perpetrated in the name of, or as a result of divides created by, religion.
I'm trying to think, and the only terrorist movement I can think that wasn't religiously tied was the IRA. Their terrorist actions were purely because they didn't have an army to fight, and took a rogue approach to it and created many of the techniques of bombings and such. The problem is after the agreement the people who enjoyed the terrorism aspect of it factored off to start new terrorist groups.
Religion teaches hate. Hate breeds terrorists.
Also, on a slightly different topic, has anyone tried using a laptop on a plane lately? While it is fine in a First Class seat, using a laptop in coach seats is a royal pain. Unless you have a really small laptop, there simply isn't enough room. With the new bigger screens that laptops have today, it is virtually impossible to open the laptop to a position that it can be comfortably viewed, while in a coach seat. And, if the seat in front of you is reclined you can completely forget it. Inspite of this we are still force fed this marketing about the use of laptops on aircraft. Most recently is Yao and Mini-Me using an Apple laptop with a 17" screen. Great for first class front row, impossible in the majority of seats.
It's crowded, but deal. I have a 15.1" screen, and I use my laptop on planes all the time. I'm also 6'1" and can still use it in coach. The trick is, when you aren't actively using it, fold it up and put it away. It's really quite simple, and if you have a vacant seat next to you, you have a whole tray. It's not the most comfortable solution but it works and it's a way to pass a few hours.
I get more pissed off about long (4+ hour) flights that don't have power jacks.
Forgive my US-Centrism, but I was speaking from a US perspective...
Takes battery off of currently held phone...
Yup.
Still in the 2.4 range...
I'm in the US, and I've never seen a 2.4Ghz cellular phone. Cordless phone, yes. I'm currently holding a 1900Mhz GSM phone. They do not make a 2.4Ghz GSM band. Period.
Here is some more info.
It makes you wonder how long until some company comes up with the idea to copyright "the accidental creation of useful products and systems" and attempt to sue google and other things. =]
Probably never, because you can copyright "The accidental creation of useful products and systems" and it doesn't mean a damn thing. In fact, it isn't even enforcable because it is not anything substantial enough to copyright. People could reproduce that text left and right, and nobody would care.
However patenting it would make a huge difference, and you can patent business rules. Although you'd have a lot of prior art, with that whole Pennicilin thing.
And as a public service announcement: Please, before making a joke, verify what you think you know so you don't look like a tool trying to karma whore.
That being said, if they attack, I'm going to the company data center bunker, it should be survivable, and with the addition of a firearm, defendable. Take that Sarah Brady!
;)
One geek, one gun. The showdown in the data center. I'm really sure Al Queda is worried about you
Thats a gross generalization about every meaningful C compiler/architecture combination under the sun. Including those that have not yet been written.
Thank you, I wasn't sure if anybody was going to get the joke...
while (++nerdiness,--social_life,reading_slashdot);
You should use a for loop, it's more efficient.
Already is running RedHat, and I'm throwing in a 802.11 card. It's a cel 1ghz, 20GB hard drive,
256MB ram. It has a pretty small form factor (13.1"), and is a Toshiba 2805.
I'm selling it w/ 802.11 card, carrying case, and Linux preloaded for $800 (Negotiable)
Huh? A sector on a disk does not contain other sectors. Therefore, there cannot be a sector 33 of the boot sector.
Technically correct, but did you read the story headline, "TurboTax DRM Writes to Your Boot Sector?!"
Up for a mirror? Your site is borked, if you can send me the contents of the site I can post a temporary mirror for you. I'm really interested in checking out the program, and can't.
You can email me or contact me via IM systems, just check my user info.
Unfortunately, I don't have a Windows keyboard, so I don't know what you should put. I use Shift+Space, which looks like this:
Cool, ConversionStartKeys... that's what I was looking for. I always accidently switch into Japanese input.. really aggrivating.
Thank you very much!
Hey, I'm not sure if you run Linux but I have kinput2 with FreeWnn setup. I want to remap shift+space to the windows key, and can't find any decent documentation (that isn't in Japanese, and as I've already said in the past, I can't read kanji.)
Any knowledge you would be willing to impart upon me?
Do you know which Japanese character you want that to correspond to?
Offhand, the most common one for Kai would probably be 'sakigake', meaning leader or pioneer.
That be the one (魁, because Slashdot doesn't allow Japanese characters...).
Ok, fuck off, you're a shithead. It's been proven by this thread and many of your previous posts. You're one of the many slashcocks that make the message board section a pain-in-the-ass to read.
I do what I can. So add me to your Foes list, and forget about me.
But you know you love the threads I start.
This is great, 3 AC trolls... hehehe.
Oh so your life is watching MTV, you're such a dupe...Never heard that viewpoint because I don't hang around other id10t's....
That's really funny, considering I don't watch _any_ TV at all. Haven't in years. My life consists of programming, martial arts, chess. I'm assuming you are referring to yourself as an idiot, due to your statement "I don't hang around other id10t's" so you are either self-reflective, or have a poor grasp of english. Either way, it's ok, admitting it is the first step to getting better.
PS Only really having a go at someone who is basing their entire view on some screenshots, that makes you look far more stupid than the average rock. This game is a large puzzle, but you failed to even fathom that.
No, I'm basing my opinion of the graphics sucking on the screenshots. I'm basing my opinion of the game sucking by the lame ass fan sites and the other write ups. "You can choose the strand of vine to make wine!" Oh, excuse me while my nipples explode with excitement.
You're speaking crap, utter brainless drivel. If you played this game with a half open mind you'd think the graphics were actually quite good.
Uhm, no. Short of running in the special olympics or being blind, I don't think I would find the graphics in this game good. They post screenshots. 5 years ago, I wouldn't have thought they were good. Today, most certainly not.
You're just saying basic crap again. Where is this 40 year old guy called "Cleopatra", oh wait you never played it...
It's the average cliche of the typical MMORPG experience, that pretty much everone knows. Including Robert Schimmel who has a whole bit about it during a comedy show. I'm not alone in the "MMORPG/AOL is there for bald and fat 40 year old men to pretend they are 18 bi-curious hot chicks"... I'm glad that you are so literal here, because it really makes you look like an idiot.
Maybe if you had a real life outside of playing RPGs you would see that the world makes fun of people like you...
If the graphics are all you are looking at, then you are missing the point. This game is not about the graphics. As I said in my main post, its about political interplay between the players.
Oh, you mean like the Sims Online. I'm sorry, but if they want to appeal to an audience, they need to ensure their graphics don't look like ass. People don't want to play a game that looks like it's 10 years old unless they're collectors and it reminds them of the young days of video games. Like playing Super Mario Brothers on the original NES.
I wouldn't bash it if it were free to play, but they're charging $13.95 for a Sims Online with a tech tree and horrible graphics. My review without playing it is, save the $13.95 a month. I also would never play it, I read up on it and thoughts, "Wow, this looks really gay." I think the same thing about Everquest and TSO. I played EQ, and kept the same philosophy so I don't think it would change by playing it.
MMORPGs cater towards the portion of people who get off on talking to imaginary people. If you want to pay $13.95 to grow some imaginary grapes, and masturbate to a 40 year old man named "Cleopatra" than go right ahead, I'm not one to stop you. I'm just saying that the political interplay is over-rated, and I don't think this game did a good job with it, as opposed to the other alternatives (TSO, EQ, and all the other MMORPGs)
I'm thinking The Sims Online has beat them to the non-killing MMORPG market. This game looks utterly bizarre, and since when did Ancient Egyptions have genetically modified crops complete with mutagen agents?
I'm thinking I must have missed a few Discovery channel episodes. It probably would have been easier for them to reskin The Sims Online and release that..
I'm not seeing the importance or significance here, they are basing their engine off Cal3d and are releasing the source for their engine, which roughly looks like shit. Parsec just released their source, which is incredibly cool, and their engine looks good.
For $13.95 a month, I think I'd be pretty pissed off if this is what I got.
Please send this article to defaultuser@kaazalite.com
Don't worry, I read it. But I'm still not changing.
Although I had a sad revelation last night, after saying to a friend "Yeah, hopefully when I get back from work tomorrow night those music videos will be finished." I then realized the interest of my Friday night is determined by whether or not my Utada Hikaru MTV Unplugged (JP) videos will be completed.
I then realized I must get out more. Good thing my girlfriend gets back on Thursday...
What's the name?
Kai
Come on Fhqwghads, everybody to the limit.
The Cheat is to the limit.