If so, what is the exact threshold for a [piece of] cookie to cease being a cookie and become a crumble? Is it whenever it is capable to adhere to your clothes or is it the point in which it can no longer support an entire raisin or chocolate drop?
...the hacker guy tried to be funny but only made things worse for himself. There was no way he could get away with it. He should have tried something a bit more subtle, like installing some malware to collect data on the users for 'future reference'. He was foolish, they, in turn, did to him what was to be expected.
"By banning new public domain books from the Kindle, they are making an implicit decision as to which books people should read. You can argue that "you can get these texts anywhere," but by excluding high-quality Kindle books from the nascent Kindle marketplace, Amazon is implicitly deciding what is a valid part of our culture and what isn't. This trend does not bode well for the future of e-books."
Wow! Who died and made this book selling company the sole gatekeeper to all human knowledge?
When I read the article the first thing that came to mind was indeed kids ratting on their parents for their mp3 collection. Very Orwellian of you to mention it.
I'd plan my presentation to occupy at most 60% of the time I was given. Ask a couple of friends to attend and give honest feedback on your practice session(s). Your audience's attention span tends to be inversely proportional to its size. In your case, you'll be lucky if they even remember what you were talking about five minutes after you're done.
Most (even those who requested the presentation) will be expecting a yawning session. Surprise them with something short and compelling. Really, trust your audience to be able to fill in the gaps. Even idiots have moments of clarity. Point them to knowledge, don't try and force feed them it.
Don't worry, organized (?) societies at other parts of the world are inconsistent as well.
I reckon the real issue is not depicting sex in itself, but rather depicting it as an entertaining and carefree activity. I doubt it that the whole Hot Coffee debacle would even exist if the Easter egg depicted instead the protagonist involved in worriedly procuring a condom, doing it under the sheets as to not expose himself and his partner (in a closed room), having erection and ejaculation problems and so forth.
It's not that you can't have sexual content; what you can't have is guilt free sexual content. Oh, no, mister.
I was wondering something similar. When does it come the time in which people will start getting killed for stating stuff like that?
Not that I am against free speech in itself, that's not it at all, I'm all for it. However, I'm also for free reaction.
I mean, if some random guy comes to me and says, "I'm gonna screw you," like he means it. I would like to reserve the right to punch him in the face at the very least.
For the "simulationist" kind of RP-ers, having some motivation for their characters to be is an essential aspect to create a character in the first place. Also, those are the guys who will initially populate and adhere to a server/game. Once the server has a decent enough population, the "recreationists" (those who just want some nifty platform to grind over) will follow. Hackers will eventually appear once the game is successful enough to be (over)crowded by the former two.
If a game can't appeal, at least for starters, the simulationists, it will hardly survive long enough for the ecosystem to establish itself.
On a side note: Was there even a Matrix MMORPG? Figures...
Violence was not the issue, the blue schlong was the issue.
For some reasons parents don't mind violence, but show one schlong or some boobies, and that makes the movie off limits.
Pretty screwed up world we live in.
"Kiss a pair of boobs and the movie's rated R. Chop them off and it's PG-13." --Jack Nicholson
"developers are being robbed of profits for work that they've done"
This is absolutely brilliant. [/sarcasm] How about developers come up with content that will hold users' attention long enough so used games won't directly compete with their new counterparts?
A lot of people I know hold on to the good games they get because they might want to play again in the future.
By the way, can I return a game after I have installed it because I'm not satisfied with its features? Like, when I don't like how the game responds, or because it has below standard artistic value, or simply because the game isn't nearly as fun as it was advertised to be?
The game industry gets away with too much bullshit already. I'm not about to have them milk me for money like I'm some dairy cattle.
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s/Steam/Valve?
Care to cite an example for your second statement? No sarcasm, just curious.
All I really want though is 2 hours of the opening battle from episode 3......
All I really want is the X-Wing series made into movies. That'd be sweet.
the police should not be spending tax dollars to find people that don't want to be found.
Or Euros, for that matter.
I watched the whole thing expecting the guy to try and rocket jump. What a waste of time.
If so, what is the exact threshold for a [piece of] cookie to cease being a cookie and become a crumble? Is it whenever it is capable to adhere to your clothes or is it the point in which it can no longer support an entire raisin or chocolate drop?
...the hacker guy tried to be funny but only made things worse for himself. There was no way he could get away with it. He should have tried something a bit more subtle, like installing some malware to collect data on the users for 'future reference'. He was foolish, they, in turn, did to him what was to be expected.
"By banning new public domain books from the Kindle, they are making an implicit decision as to which books people should read. You can argue that "you can get these texts anywhere," but by excluding high-quality Kindle books from the nascent Kindle marketplace, Amazon is implicitly deciding what is a valid part of our culture and what isn't. This trend does not bode well for the future of e-books."
Wow! Who died and made this book selling company the sole gatekeeper to all human knowledge?
When I read the article the first thing that came to mind was indeed kids ratting on their parents for their mp3 collection. Very Orwellian of you to mention it.
I'd plan my presentation to occupy at most 60% of the time I was given. Ask a couple of friends to attend and give honest feedback on your practice session(s). Your audience's attention span tends to be inversely proportional to its size. In your case, you'll be lucky if they even remember what you were talking about five minutes after you're done.
Most (even those who requested the presentation) will be expecting a yawning session. Surprise them with something short and compelling. Really, trust your audience to be able to fill in the gaps. Even idiots have moments of clarity. Point them to knowledge, don't try and force feed them it.
How about you get everyone in the shower? That's presuming that you have female friends as well.
"As well"? So you are saying that you'd bring men to the shower with you provided there were a couple of girls to go along?
No, sir, thank you very much. No schlongs around me one way or the other.
Don't worry, organized (?) societies at other parts of the world are inconsistent as well.
I reckon the real issue is not depicting sex in itself, but rather depicting it as an entertaining and carefree activity. I doubt it that the whole Hot Coffee debacle would even exist if the Easter egg depicted instead the protagonist involved in worriedly procuring a condom, doing it under the sheets as to not expose himself and his partner (in a closed room), having erection and ejaculation problems and so forth.
It's not that you can't have sexual content; what you can't have is guilt free sexual content. Oh, no, mister.
I was wondering something similar. When does it come the time in which people will start getting killed for stating stuff like that?
Not that I am against free speech in itself, that's not it at all, I'm all for it. However, I'm also for free reaction.
I mean, if some random guy comes to me and says, "I'm gonna screw you," like he means it. I would like to reserve the right to punch him in the face at the very least.
Play them off, keyboard cat!
Ride my ass and expect to go under the limit.
After all, one can never be too careful their assets.
For the "simulationist" kind of RP-ers, having some motivation for their characters to be is an essential aspect to create a character in the first place. Also, those are the guys who will initially populate and adhere to a server/game. Once the server has a decent enough population, the "recreationists" (those who just want some nifty platform to grind over) will follow. Hackers will eventually appear once the game is successful enough to be (over)crowded by the former two. If a game can't appeal, at least for starters, the simulationists, it will hardly survive long enough for the ecosystem to establish itself. On a side note: Was there even a Matrix MMORPG? Figures...
A Freelancer MMO... now that I'd play.
Try the Discovery Gaming Community for your Freelancer M(200 cap)MO needs.
Violence was not the issue, the blue schlong was the issue. For some reasons parents don't mind violence, but show one schlong or some boobies, and that makes the movie off limits.
Pretty screwed up world we live in.
"Kiss a pair of boobs and the movie's rated R. Chop them off and it's PG-13." --Jack Nicholson
...and then drivers start buying used cars...
There, fixed it for ya.
And another life is saved by the phone's keyboard locking feature.
"developers are being robbed of profits for work that they've done" This is absolutely brilliant. [/sarcasm] How about developers come up with content that will hold users' attention long enough so used games won't directly compete with their new counterparts? A lot of people I know hold on to the good games they get because they might want to play again in the future. By the way, can I return a game after I have installed it because I'm not satisfied with its features? Like, when I don't like how the game responds, or because it has below standard artistic value, or simply because the game isn't nearly as fun as it was advertised to be? The game industry gets away with too much bullshit already. I'm not about to have them milk me for money like I'm some dairy cattle.
'We don't serve their kind here'.