The point was that government is not very good at understanding technology
Like those Luddites at NASA, those scientifically inept halfwits who staffed the Manhattan Project, the slack-jawed cretins who created the Internet, the neanderthals at the NSA, the drooling idiots at the National Laboratories, and the witless buffoons at the Army Corps of Engineers?
So appealing a court decision is vexatious? Damn, all of those vexatious people.
Only she wasn't appealing a court decision, or at least not to an appellate court. She was (according to the RIAA, don't know if they're accurately portraying it) asking the court to change it's mind after already refusing to do so twice.
Yes, and yet the girl is "vexatious" for demanding that her legal right to a fair trial be upheld.
Actually it's a bit more complicated than that; if the Court already held making songs available constituted infringement, and there is no dispute that she made songs available, there is no need for a trial.
What happens to Washington when all the richest people move to Florida or Texas to avoid the tax?
Florida has relatively high property taxes, and the government assesses properties close to their real value so they'll get hit there. And if they move to Texas then that's its own punishment for avoiding paying their fair share of taxes.
Because the Republican who gets in, in 2012 will face the same problems Obama did, and that guy isn't going to make a miracle happen either. And then you people, who blame everything on Obama will finally have to admit that the turkey you voted for aint any better.
Not going to happen. GWB isn't held accountable for the economy anymore. If they vote in Sarah Palin and she turns the country into a third world hellhole, they'll still blame Obama.
RPGs are easy to enhance with more money, but are they different or innovative? You can add better graphics, more quests (30 times a variation of fetch object/kill enemy) and more dialogues. This certainly does enhance the experience, but it is mostly more of the same old.
There's a lot less grinding and a lot more puzzle solving these days, which I think is different (and better).
The worst political development in American history was that it gradually became ok to just vote other people's money to yourself.
No, the worst political development in American history was that it suddenly became ok to run the country into the ground so the greedy rich could hold onto a little more of their money, and managed (brilliantly) to convince the gullible poor to support them.
If anything, the vast budgets of U.S. game makers are what's killing creativity and innovation in game design -- it's way too expensive for them to take much risk these days, and pretty much everything coming out of the U.S. these days is the same old tired formulas with better anti-aliasing and more accurate physics...
I've been a PC gamer since the early 80's, and people have been making that kind of claim for almost that long. I prefer the same kind of games now that I did back then; long, immersive (western) RPGs--and they have gotten better and better as the industry has matured and spent more developing them.
It is astounding that these northern city types fear such trivial critters as possums. I'll bet you guys are a real hoot with a rattler or a boar or a little black bear. Southerners have been known to cook all three and possums as well for supper.
Fear? Where did you get that from? You ever seen a NYC sewer rat, son?
You are completely off your wagon there, there was nothing that crippled USA in that time period
Except the major depressions of 1839 and 1873, the Panics of 1837, 1857 and 1893, the depressions of 1807 and 1815, and the recessions of 1802, 1812, 1822, 1825, and 1828. Other than that we did swimmingly.
A few years ago I found a possum outside my third floor apartment door; I told it to go away, and it did. Not sure why everyone feels the need to kill them; trash cans with lids should solve any trash problems.
The horse people and farming people know what a.22 /.223 sounds like and also know if it's at dusk then it's likely a varmit being dispatched. The urbanites? They call the cops "OMFG I heard a *GUN* send help quick."
Is this based on an actual occurrence? Or is this typical rural dweller's prejudice about what a "city slicker" must be like.
Wow, tons of anti-second amendment idiots in this thread. Way to waste those mod points!
Right, because firing a gun is the answer to every problem in every situation in ever environment and anyone who says differently is trying to take your gun rights away from you.
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Japan would sink those ships with little hesitation. China couldn't even take Taiwan because of their naval deficiencies, let alone Japan.
I'm a person, and I'm willing to do that.
and Japan doesn't have much of a military, but still
Japan has a large, very well-equipped, very well-trained military.
Because if you need to track down your pet there is a much higher chance that it is lost rather than stolen? And that chipping helps in that case?
Actually I think he means Radio Free Europe.
The point was that government is not very good at understanding technology
Like those Luddites at NASA, those scientifically inept halfwits who staffed the Manhattan Project, the slack-jawed cretins who created the Internet, the neanderthals at the NSA, the drooling idiots at the National Laboratories, and the witless buffoons at the Army Corps of Engineers?
So appealing a court decision is vexatious? Damn, all of those vexatious people.
Only she wasn't appealing a court decision, or at least not to an appellate court. She was (according to the RIAA, don't know if they're accurately portraying it) asking the court to change it's mind after already refusing to do so twice.
Yes, and yet the girl is "vexatious" for demanding that her legal right to a fair trial be upheld.
Actually it's a bit more complicated than that; if the Court already held making songs available constituted infringement, and there is no dispute that she made songs available, there is no need for a trial.
What happens to Washington when all the richest people move to Florida or Texas to avoid the tax?
Florida has relatively high property taxes, and the government assesses properties close to their real value so they'll get hit there. And if they move to Texas then that's its own punishment for avoiding paying their fair share of taxes.
Because the Republican who gets in, in 2012 will face the same problems Obama did, and that guy isn't going to make a miracle happen either. And then you people, who blame everything on Obama will finally have to admit that the turkey you voted for aint any better.
Not going to happen. GWB isn't held accountable for the economy anymore. If they vote in Sarah Palin and she turns the country into a third world hellhole, they'll still blame Obama.
RPGs are easy to enhance with more money, but are they different or innovative? You can add better graphics, more quests (30 times a variation of fetch object/kill enemy) and more dialogues. This certainly does enhance the experience, but it is mostly more of the same old.
There's a lot less grinding and a lot more puzzle solving these days, which I think is different (and better).
The worst political development in American history was that it gradually became ok to just vote other people's money to yourself.
No, the worst political development in American history was that it suddenly became ok to run the country into the ground so the greedy rich could hold onto a little more of their money, and managed (brilliantly) to convince the gullible poor to support them.
If anything, the vast budgets of U.S. game makers are what's killing creativity and innovation in game design -- it's way too expensive for them to take much risk these days, and pretty much everything coming out of the U.S. these days is the same old tired formulas with better anti-aliasing and more accurate physics...
I've been a PC gamer since the early 80's, and people have been making that kind of claim for almost that long. I prefer the same kind of games now that I did back then; long, immersive (western) RPGs--and they have gotten better and better as the industry has matured and spent more developing them.
Might count? Why wouldn't it?
It is astounding that these northern city types fear such trivial critters as possums. I'll bet you guys are a real hoot with a rattler or a boar or a little black bear. Southerners have been known to cook all three and possums as well for supper.
Fear? Where did you get that from? You ever seen a NYC sewer rat, son?
Really? I encountered an opossum at close range and it didn't bother me at all, and I'm a city boy.
You are completely off your wagon there, there was nothing that crippled USA in that time period
Except the major depressions of 1839 and 1873, the Panics of 1837, 1857 and 1893, the depressions of 1807 and 1815, and the recessions of 1802, 1812, 1822, 1825, and 1828. Other than that we did swimmingly.
YOU CAN NOT LEGISLATE MORALITY.
What exactly do you think law is? "It's against the law to kill people" is legislating morality.
I found a possum in my trashcan many years ago.
A few years ago I found a possum outside my third floor apartment door; I told it to go away, and it did. Not sure why everyone feels the need to kill them; trash cans with lids should solve any trash problems.
NYC does that too, I believe, but it's not that effective, and also not quite as impressive as a a peregrine falcon hitting a pigeon at 200 mph.
Hmmm, I always found it to taste like tough, very greasy turkey. Not especially appetizing.
The horse people and farming people know what a .22 / .223 sounds like and also know if it's at dusk then it's likely a varmit being dispatched. The urbanites? They call the cops "OMFG I heard a *GUN* send help quick."
Is this based on an actual occurrence? Or is this typical rural dweller's prejudice about what a "city slicker" must be like.
Wow, tons of anti-second amendment idiots in this thread. Way to waste those mod points!
Right, because firing a gun is the answer to every problem in every situation in ever environment and anyone who says differently is trying to take your gun rights away from you.
So you have to get some shots, big deal. And the chance of any given opossum having rabies is very, very small.
At least the ignorant rednecks don't need to worry about being helpless if a rabid wild animal decides to invade their homes.
If you're scared of an opossum, you have a lot more serious problems than home infestation.