You're missing the point entirely. Their first act was to ask who had the book. They then put the envelope in a PAPER BAG and MAILED it to a laboratory? What kind of idiocy is that? The first thing they should have done, is quarantine the envelope. Then they should have asked who came into contact with it in order to make sure nobody was infected. Asking whether a borrower could have planted it is just kind of dumb. They should use common sense, just like every other damn law enforcement agency out there. I'm sick of these idiotic conclusions the agents immediately draw (think Wen Ho Lee).
Ok, the FBI thinks someone planted smallpox, in an envelope LABELLED with biohazard information, in a 19th century book, in Santa Fe. What the hell is wrong with them? I mean, that's just moronic.
The main problem with overclocking is the overclockers themselves. The absurd martyr complexes, the insane conspiracy theories, the undeserved pride in spending 5 seconds changing something in the bios...
News flash: Yes, overclocking reduces stability. No, the processor companies aren't trying to trick everyone into using slower processors out of spite. No, you're not sticking it to The Man by overclocking. They really, really aren't trying to keep you down, and you're not some modern day Robin Hood, trust me on this.
In other words, when you play Ultima IV, you choose compassion over justice.;-)
Well, spirituality always got you more stat points...
Suppose the 419 scammers who conned this dude, were caught and punished. Would you feel empathy, since they would also be human beings in a horrible situation?
Yes. Would I want them to not be punished because of that? No. But understanding someone should be punished doesn't mean you can't feel bad that they will be.
Learn, world! Don't be like this guy. Don't be a 419 victim, or a cultist, or a compulsive gambler, or a drug addict. If you do, then you're destined to suffer, and I won't feel sorry for you or want to help you.
Compassion should be universal. When you can feel empathy for the pain of those you hate, you've become a better person.
I really don't understand this mindset, the idea that you only feel sorry for someone's pain if they meet some arbitary level of worthiness. There's no point in arguing about it, I feel kind of sorry for you if you have to qualify your feelings for your fellow man that way.
And even if it was due to his greed, does that really stop you from feeling sympathy? I mean, he's another human being, he's in a horrible situation, just try to feel a little empathy.
the rest of the country would like to have it closer once in a while..
Ah, who cares about the rest of the country. You already have your little amusements, cow tipping, moonshine brewing, and just a'settin' on the porch for example, if you want to go to the convention you'll have to come here to civilization.
That would make it highly obvious to criminals that everyone was being tracked. Criminals would cease using EZ-Pass.
Then they'd have to wait on the cash-only lanes at the Holland Tunnel, which is punishment enough for any crime they may commit.
But seriously, the widespread use of phone taps didn't stop criminals from using phones. Organized crime figures often often say incriminating things over phones that they KNOW are bugged, which puzzles yet delights the agents monitoring them...
There are countries in the world with a thousand year tradition of no government, and peace. Well, the british were able to conquer them and left a despotic dictator when they left, but they overthrew him and have lived in peace since then
Uhh...what exactly are you talking about? Name a single country with a thousand year tradition of no government, and peace. I mean, why would anyone say anything as wrong as that? Do you really believe that?
a threat to the world socialist government we want to create with the UN.
Oh my. Ok, nevermind, I'm leaving this conversation. Say hi to the black helicopters for me...
Uhh, newsflash, "they" is "us". We elect them, they're drawn from our ranks, and I for one don't really want to see a financially mismanaged government lose even more revenue.
That would take precious seconds out of their frantic schedule. You know how much work goes into posting a paragraph-length passage that someone else wrote every few hours? I mean, where would they find the time for even those few seconds?
Every country, state, municipality, town, city, and village wants to create some sort of high-tech industry. They can't do it, and the optimism some of these people would be funny if it wasn't so depressing. It's the same thing that happened with the dot com crash--people couldn't get it through their thick heads that there were way too many sellers and not nearly enough buyers.
You're right, it takes years of experience and a lot of natural skill to get good enough to compete professionally. Unfortunately, no matter how good someone gets few people will actually watch them play. Why? BECAUSE IT"S BORING. VERY, VERY BORING. WHY THE -HELL- WILL I WATCH YOU PLAY WHEN I CAN JUST GO PLAY MYSELF?
Or a doctor. Unless they start making the USMLE and bar exams much easier it's hard to be outsourced. And there's always jobs available if you're an MD, which isn't always the case with a JD.
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You're missing the point entirely. Their first act was to ask who had the book. They then put the envelope in a PAPER BAG and MAILED it to a laboratory? What kind of idiocy is that? The first thing they should have done, is quarantine the envelope. Then they should have asked who came into contact with it in order to make sure nobody was infected. Asking whether a borrower could have planted it is just kind of dumb. They should use common sense, just like every other damn law enforcement agency out there. I'm sick of these idiotic conclusions the agents immediately draw (think Wen Ho Lee).
Ok, the FBI thinks someone planted smallpox, in an envelope LABELLED with biohazard information, in a 19th century book, in Santa Fe. What the hell is wrong with them? I mean, that's just moronic.
The main problem with overclocking is the overclockers themselves. The absurd martyr complexes, the insane conspiracy theories, the undeserved pride in spending 5 seconds changing something in the bios...
News flash: Yes, overclocking reduces stability. No, the processor companies aren't trying to trick everyone into using slower processors out of spite. No, you're not sticking it to The Man by overclocking. They really, really aren't trying to keep you down, and you're not some modern day Robin Hood, trust me on this.
In other words, when you play Ultima IV, you choose compassion over justice. ;-)
Well, spirituality always got you more stat points...
Suppose the 419 scammers who conned this dude, were caught and punished. Would you feel empathy, since they would also be human beings in a horrible situation?
Yes. Would I want them to not be punished because of that? No. But understanding someone should be punished doesn't mean you can't feel bad that they will be.
Learn, world! Don't be like this guy. Don't be a 419 victim, or a cultist, or a compulsive gambler, or a drug addict. If you do, then you're destined to suffer, and I won't feel sorry for you or want to help you.
Compassion should be universal. When you can feel empathy for the pain of those you hate, you've become a better person.
Is there any especial reason you're capitalizing "spam"?
You're perfectly correct. It is callous.
I really don't understand this mindset, the idea that you only feel sorry for someone's pain if they meet some arbitary level of worthiness. There's no point in arguing about it, I feel kind of sorry for you if you have to qualify your feelings for your fellow man that way.
And even if it was due to his greed, does that really stop you from feeling sympathy? I mean, he's another human being, he's in a horrible situation, just try to feel a little empathy.
Boston has been begging for these conventions.
Fine, then, we'll let them have the scraps from our table. At least in Boston it's boring enough that people don't get distracted from the convention.
the rest of the country would like to have it closer once in a while..
Ah, who cares about the rest of the country. You already have your little amusements, cow tipping, moonshine brewing, and just a'settin' on the porch for example, if you want to go to the convention you'll have to come here to civilization.
Oh come on...it's easy to hide a few vials of anthrax or nerve gas, but it's not easy to store all the equipment needed to make it.
The administration said there were WMDs. They said they knew where they were. They lied.
L.A.'s just a big suburb.
Since when are Cerritos and Columbia CITIES? If you can't take a subway to work, then you don't live in a city, you live in a town.
That would make it highly obvious to criminals that everyone was being tracked. Criminals would cease using EZ-Pass.
Then they'd have to wait on the cash-only lanes at the Holland Tunnel, which is punishment enough for any crime they may commit.
But seriously, the widespread use of phone taps didn't stop criminals from using phones. Organized crime figures often often say incriminating things over phones that they KNOW are bugged, which puzzles yet delights the agents monitoring them...
A 5% increase in an appliance that SHOULD be hitting its stride right now over an entire year isn't impressive.
"In December of 2002 only 12% of US music downloaders owned a digital music player, while for this year the number has increased to 17%.
What an underwhelming statistic. Wow, a whole 5%.
Firstly, referring to Australia as a "continent entirely people by convicts" only shows your ignorance about the history of both Australia and America
That sounds like something a CONVICT would say...
There are countries in the world with a thousand year tradition of no government, and peace. Well, the british were able to conquer them and left a despotic dictator when they left, but they overthrew him and have lived in peace since then
Uhh...what exactly are you talking about? Name a single country with a thousand year tradition of no government, and peace. I mean, why would anyone say anything as wrong as that? Do you really believe that?
a threat to the world socialist government we want to create with the UN.
Oh my. Ok, nevermind, I'm leaving this conversation. Say hi to the black helicopters for me...
Uhh, newsflash, "they" is "us". We elect them, they're drawn from our ranks, and I for one don't really want to see a financially mismanaged government lose even more revenue.
Is it really that hard to do?
That would take precious seconds out of their frantic schedule. You know how much work goes into posting a paragraph-length passage that someone else wrote every few hours? I mean, where would they find the time for even those few seconds?
Every country, state, municipality, town, city, and village wants to create some sort of high-tech industry. They can't do it, and the optimism some of these people would be funny if it wasn't so depressing. It's the same thing that happened with the dot com crash--people couldn't get it through their thick heads that there were way too many sellers and not nearly enough buyers.
I don't know, I don't watch sports. They're boring.
And watching people sit zombie-eyed in front of a computer screen is even more boring than watching real athletes do something.
You're right, it takes years of experience and a lot of natural skill to get good enough to compete professionally. Unfortunately, no matter how good someone gets few people will actually watch them play. Why? BECAUSE IT"S BORING. VERY, VERY BORING. WHY THE -HELL- WILL I WATCH YOU PLAY WHEN I CAN JUST GO PLAY MYSELF?
Works for me. Then again, I left IT for law school, so I'm praying you're right...
Or a doctor. Unless they start making the USMLE and bar exams much easier it's hard to be outsourced. And there's always jobs available if you're an MD, which isn't always the case with a JD.