>>> It also has a yummy crunch texture when properly prepared
I HATE crunchy bacon. Went to a friend's house and the difference in how he prepared the bacon, and how I prepared it was striking. I hang my bacon on a kind of "tray" and then nuke it in the microwave so the fat drips off. He threw a bunch of bacon in a pan and let it fry it its own juices.
What came out was so fatty I almost threw up. Yuck.
BTW if you like bacon and want a healtier alternative, try turkey bacon. Tastes the same (smoke flavored), but has almost no fat. And you can eat it with your cholesterol-free Egg Beaters.;-) .
>>>like a carnivore potato chip.
I recently tried Lays Baked potato chips. They were so bland. I suppose they are a healthier alternative to the saturated fat found in normal potato chips, but still need some work. I prefer the fat-free Pringles.
Really??? Why does the liver need fructose, and not glucose like every other cell in your body? To me your comment is akin to saying your liver needs alcohol every day.
>>>the sugar [and fructose-added corn syrup] lobby is strong...
Fixed. So-called "sugar free" foods that substitute sugar alcohols like sorbitol aren't much better. It's still all sugar and still has fattening properties. (Also gives you lots of gas due to the alcohol.)
More specifically: The fructose half of the sugar is the problem, not the glucose. Plain-old corn syrup (pure glucose) is not harmful to the body, since it's glucose that the body's cells need.
Your second sentence is false, otherwise we wouldn't have those off-the-wall games like Mr.Mosquito or the offbeat RPGs from small developer Nippon Ichi.
Bob's Game sucks. That's why Nintendo (or Sony or Sega or Microsoft) would reject it. They don't want a repeat of what happened to Atari, with a glut of cheaply made games that eventually caused the 1983 crash.
>>>The Wii is a fisher price funbox designed for non-gamers and drunk idiots
Sure if you pretend that Nintendo doesn't have a 30 history of creating excellent games. I don't own a Wii but the games I've played (Zelda Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 3) are just as good as those games I found on my Gamecube, N64, Super Nintendo, and NES. And just as good as on my Xbox, PS2, or PS1. I can't believe your comment was marked "insightful" since it's mostly just fanboyism. .
>>>Most console gamers have short attention spans and prefer flashy lights and 5 mins of intense adrenaline to a game with a story.
How ironic you post this on an article about how PC games are not shiny enough. If Pc gamers care more about story than flashy lights, then why worry if the graphics are "only DirectX 10 instead of 11?) Probably cause you're wrong. I've met lots of PC gamers who refuse to play a classic like Wing Commander or Baldurs Gate 1 just because it's pixelated.
As for story, if console games don't like story, why are RPGs so popular on consoles? Once again I question why your fanboyish anti-console rant was labeled "insightful". Trollish is more like it.
I consider electricity to be regulated because it's a monopoly. Ditto cable television. And natural gas providers.
If they were not monoplies then there'd be no need to regulate them. If a company sucked customers would simply walk away, and thereby drive the company into bankrupcty (as they did to Circuit City).
>>>As Obama hasn't signed anything like the Patriot act
He signed the Patriot Renewal Act. That certainly qualifies as "something like" the Patriot Act. He also came-up with Bush-like ideas such as tracking cellphones so he or his executive agencies will know where everybody's located. And the idea to turn-off the internet whenever any president feels like it. (I don't think Obama would abuse that power, but I'm concerned about the next one.)
And of course he's extended the war, when it really should be ended. Now. Those enumerated reasons are why I am feeling as if we were duped, and are just getting more Bush.
The only time 1 KB == 1024 bytes is when discussing memory due to the base 2 nature of computers/transistors. In all other cases kilo == 1000 per the definition from ~200 years ago.
When I say I have a 750k connection, I don't mean 750*1024. I mean 750,000 bits per second. My hard drive is 500 gigabytes or 500 billion bytes. A 20 kilohertz AM station is not 20*1024 but simply 20000 hertz (cycles per second) wide. And so on.
The ubiquitous 1.44 MB floppy is not 1.44 * 1024 *1024 bytes. It's actually several bytes smaller than that... closer to 1.40 meBibytes. - And a 360K floppy is only 360 * 1024 bytes in some machines. In my C64 it would be about 270,000 bytes. In my C128 it could be anywhere from 270,000 to 725,000, depending upon Commodore or IBM compatibility mode.
The base^2 units for disks have always been in flux, and mere *approximations* of size. The base^10 metric untis have been fixed in multiples of 10 for about 200 years. Our technical misuse of them did not change the core definition.
The only time 1 KB == 1024 bytes is when discussing memory due to the base 2 nature of computers/transistors. In all other cases kilo == 1000 per the definition from ~200 years ago.
When I say I have a 750k connection, I don't mean 750*1024. I mean 750,000 bits per second. My hard drive is 500 gigabytes or 500 billion bytes. A 20 kilohertz AM station is not 20*1024 but simply 20000 hertz (cycles per second) wide. And so on.
No Treaty should be ratified except via consent of the People's representatives. That you disagree I find extremely scary. You would leave us at the whim of a single man using treaties to enact any law he pleases, like a modern day version of the Roman Emperor.
As for parties, the U.S. has a long history of multiple parties: Federalists, Democrats, Whigs, Republicans, Progressives, Reformers, the "know Nothing" Party, Libertarians, and so on.
And finally:
The Constitution is not just a piece of paper. It's the Law. You do not ignore the Law, otherwise our government is no longer a Republic. If you want to modify the Constitution, I am fine with that, but it should be done via the proper process (amendment) not by simply ignoring pieces of the Supreme Law that you don't like.
Well in the Slashdot article about the Nuclear arms treaty:
- One guy praised Obama and said he's a great guy because he passed both that and healthcare! Modded to +5 insightful.
- I said Obama deserves credit for the arms treaty, but healthcare is going to end-up in me being fined $1000 plus an extra $1500 in personal taxes (according to CNN). I was modded -1 Troll.
Apparently we're not allowed to post anything about Obama unless it's positive. It's a form of censorship.
I don't find this surprising. It's a policy Microsoft has used since circa 1990:
EMBRACE an existing standard/format that has gained popularity.
EXTEND the format with new functions which are copyrighted by Microsoft, so competing products can't display the pages properly.
EXTINGUISH the competing companies by telling users that those companies' products only provide half the functionality, therefore you should use Microsoft's product. And oh yeah, MS provides it for free with Windows, so it's doubleplus good.
Because the new Executive Agreement effectively does this to the People's Constitution: "He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties (strikethrough) provided two thirds of the Senators present concur (/strikethrough)"
I wonder if this EA idea also applied to the EU? Would their new president have the power to ratify treaties without the concurrence of the Parliament?
I wrote all 535 (well almost - a few I couldn't locate). And before you say I shouldn't do that, I'm merely following the example of folks like Tim Geitner, Congressman Murtha, Charlie Rangel, Vern Buchanan and so on.
Apparently the American House/Senate now operates on the same principles as the Old Roman Senate. (For those that don't get the reference, replace Roman Senate with Star Wars' Senate.)
But if I say something like "This is why I don't like Obama. He's just a continuation of Bush's anti-liberty/anti-individual rights policies," I'll get modded down.
"Amoral" is correct. A corporation has about as much morals as a rock or tree.
My cellphone company (Virgin) offers a good rate on voice calling, but their dataplan sucks. $4 for every 20 megabytes. I download that much over my slow dialup connection every hour; over DSL every 5 minutes. I was planning to get that new Opera Mini so I can look-up stuff on the go, but that changed my mind. I can't afford it.
MY TV is in the basement collecting dust. Lately I've been watching everything directly on my computer, because I got tired of the broadcast/cable schedule and prefer on-demand instant gratification (via the internet, or via stored videos on my hard drive).
If I did want to watch something on TV, I'd just use the HDMI out connector.
I've considered computer gaming dead (or almost dead) for awhile now. When my Amiga passed-away as a viable gaming platform, and I switched to PC, I quickly discovered what a royal pain in the ass it was to make the sound & graphics drivers work.
And if it's a pain for me, an engineer, imagine what it's like for the average customer. PC gaming isn't fun - it's frustrating.
>>>I've driven 95 from NY to Boston, from NY to DC, many times. Sure, a portion is the NJ Turnpike, but it still connects.
No.
The NJ Turnpike is not part of I-95. The NJ Turnpike picks-up near Wilmington DE (after you cross the state line), whereas I-95 "veers left" and heads north to Philadelphia. Two separate roads.
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>>> It also has a yummy crunch texture when properly prepared
I HATE crunchy bacon. Went to a friend's house and the difference in how he prepared the bacon, and how I prepared it was striking. I hang my bacon on a kind of "tray" and then nuke it in the microwave so the fat drips off. He threw a bunch of bacon in a pan and let it fry it its own juices.
What came out was so fatty I almost threw up. Yuck.
BTW if you like bacon and want a healtier alternative, try turkey bacon. Tastes the same (smoke flavored), but has almost no fat. And you can eat it with your cholesterol-free Egg Beaters. ;-)
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>>>like a carnivore potato chip.
I recently tried Lays Baked potato chips. They were so bland. I suppose they are a healthier alternative to the saturated fat found in normal potato chips, but still need some work. I prefer the fat-free Pringles.
Really??? Why does the liver need fructose, and not glucose like every other cell in your body? To me your comment is akin to saying your liver needs alcohol every day.
>>>Some regulation is necessary like banning trans fats when an alternative can be used
Also ban sugar and replace it with an alternative like High Fructose CS. Oh wait..... is this one of the unintended governmental consequences?
>>>HFCS, either by brain chemistry or satiety reflex, causing obesity
You think replacing High Fructose CS with Sugar is better? Because it ain't.
Sugar is also high fructose and therefore also fattening.
>>>the sugar [and fructose-added corn syrup] lobby is strong...
Fixed. So-called "sugar free" foods that substitute sugar alcohols like sorbitol aren't much better. It's still all sugar and still has fattening properties. (Also gives you lots of gas due to the alcohol.)
More specifically: The fructose half of the sugar is the problem, not the glucose. Plain-old corn syrup (pure glucose) is not harmful to the body, since it's glucose that the body's cells need.
Your second sentence is false, otherwise we wouldn't have those off-the-wall games like Mr.Mosquito or the offbeat RPGs from small developer Nippon Ichi.
Bob's Game sucks. That's why Nintendo (or Sony or Sega or Microsoft) would reject it. They don't want a repeat of what happened to Atari, with a glut of cheaply made games that eventually caused the 1983 crash.
Question -
If OS X is a unix operating system, does that mean Mac games will work on Linux too?
>>>The Wii is a fisher price funbox designed for non-gamers and drunk idiots
Sure if you pretend that Nintendo doesn't have a 30 history of creating excellent games. I don't own a Wii but the games I've played (Zelda Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 3) are just as good as those games I found on my Gamecube, N64, Super Nintendo, and NES. And just as good as on my Xbox, PS2, or PS1. I can't believe your comment was marked "insightful" since it's mostly just fanboyism.
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>>>Most console gamers have short attention spans and prefer flashy lights and 5 mins of intense adrenaline to a game with a story.
How ironic you post this on an article about how PC games are not shiny enough. If Pc gamers care more about story than flashy lights, then why worry if the graphics are "only DirectX 10 instead of 11?) Probably cause you're wrong. I've met lots of PC gamers who refuse to play a classic like Wing Commander or Baldurs Gate 1 just because it's pixelated.
As for story, if console games don't like story, why are RPGs so popular on consoles? Once again I question why your fanboyish anti-console rant was labeled "insightful". Trollish is more like it.
I consider electricity to be regulated because it's a monopoly. Ditto cable television. And natural gas providers.
If they were not monoplies then there'd be no need to regulate them. If a company sucked customers would simply walk away, and thereby drive the company into bankrupcty (as they did to Circuit City).
You wrote that you wish Bush's signature on the Copenhagen Treaty made it automatic law, without needing approval by the People's Senate.
>>>As Obama hasn't signed anything like the Patriot act
He signed the Patriot Renewal Act. That certainly qualifies as "something like" the Patriot Act. He also came-up with Bush-like ideas such as tracking cellphones so he or his executive agencies will know where everybody's located. And the idea to turn-off the internet whenever any president feels like it. (I don't think Obama would abuse that power, but I'm concerned about the next one.)
And of course he's extended the war, when it really should be ended. Now. Those enumerated reasons are why I am feeling as if we were duped, and are just getting more Bush.
The only time 1 KB == 1024 bytes is when discussing memory due to the base 2 nature of computers/transistors. In all other cases kilo == 1000 per the definition from ~200 years ago.
When I say I have a 750k connection, I don't mean 750*1024. I mean 750,000 bits per second. My hard drive is 500 gigabytes or 500 billion bytes. A 20 kilohertz AM station is not 20*1024 but simply 20000 hertz (cycles per second) wide. And so on.
Not always.
The ubiquitous 1.44 MB floppy is not 1.44 * 1024 *1024 bytes. It's actually several bytes smaller than that... closer to 1.40 meBibytes. - And a 360K floppy is only 360 * 1024 bytes in some machines. In my C64 it would be about 270,000 bytes. In my C128 it could be anywhere from 270,000 to 725,000, depending upon Commodore or IBM compatibility mode.
The base^2 units for disks have always been in flux, and mere *approximations* of size. The base^10 metric untis have been fixed in multiples of 10 for about 200 years. Our technical misuse of them did not change the core definition.
The only time 1 KB == 1024 bytes is when discussing memory due to the base 2 nature of computers/transistors. In all other cases kilo == 1000 per the definition from ~200 years ago.
When I say I have a 750k connection, I don't mean 750*1024. I mean 750,000 bits per second. My hard drive is 500 gigabytes or 500 billion bytes. A 20 kilohertz AM station is not 20*1024 but simply 20000 hertz (cycles per second) wide. And so on.
No Treaty should be ratified except via consent of the People's representatives. That you disagree I find extremely scary. You would leave us at the whim of a single man using treaties to enact any law he pleases, like a modern day version of the Roman Emperor.
As for parties, the U.S. has a long history of multiple parties: Federalists, Democrats, Whigs, Republicans, Progressives, Reformers, the "know Nothing" Party, Libertarians, and so on.
And finally:
The Constitution is not just a piece of paper. It's the Law. You do not ignore the Law, otherwise our government is no longer a Republic. If you want to modify the Constitution, I am fine with that, but it should be done via the proper process (amendment) not by simply ignoring pieces of the Supreme Law that you don't like.
Well in the Slashdot article about the Nuclear arms treaty:
- One guy praised Obama and said he's a great guy because he passed both that and healthcare! Modded to +5 insightful.
- I said Obama deserves credit for the arms treaty, but healthcare is going to end-up in me being fined $1000 plus an extra $1500 in personal taxes (according to CNN). I was modded -1 Troll.
Apparently we're not allowed to post anything about Obama unless it's positive.
It's a form of censorship.
I don't find this surprising. It's a policy Microsoft has used since circa 1990:
EMBRACE an existing standard/format that has gained popularity.
EXTEND the format with new functions which are copyrighted by Microsoft, so competing products can't display the pages properly.
EXTINGUISH the competing companies by telling users that those companies' products only provide half the functionality, therefore you should use Microsoft's product. And oh yeah, MS provides it for free with Windows, so it's doubleplus good.
"Business is war."
- Jack Tramiel
Because the new Executive Agreement effectively does this to the People's Constitution: "He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties (strikethrough) provided two thirds of the Senators present concur (/strikethrough)"
I wonder if this EA idea also applied to the EU? Would their new president have the power to ratify treaties without the concurrence of the Parliament?
I wrote all 535 (well almost - a few I couldn't locate). And before you say I shouldn't do that, I'm merely following the example of folks like Tim Geitner, Congressman Murtha, Charlie Rangel, Vern Buchanan and so on.
Apparently the American House/Senate now operates on the same principles as the Old Roman Senate. (For those that don't get the reference, replace Roman Senate with Star Wars' Senate.)
Yes.
But if I say something like "This is why I don't like Obama. He's just a continuation of Bush's anti-liberty/anti-individual rights policies," I'll get modded down.
Watch.
"Amoral" is correct. A corporation has about as much morals as a rock or tree.
My cellphone company (Virgin) offers a good rate on voice calling, but their dataplan sucks. $4 for every 20 megabytes. I download that much over my slow dialup connection every hour; over DSL every 5 minutes. I was planning to get that new Opera Mini so I can look-up stuff on the go, but that changed my mind. I can't afford it.
I'll stick with wired.
MY TV is in the basement collecting dust. Lately I've been watching everything directly on my computer, because I got tired of the broadcast/cable schedule and prefer on-demand instant gratification (via the internet, or via stored videos on my hard drive).
If I did want to watch something on TV, I'd just use the HDMI out connector.
I've considered computer gaming dead (or almost dead) for awhile now. When my Amiga passed-away as a viable gaming platform, and I switched to PC, I quickly discovered what a royal pain in the ass it was to make the sound & graphics drivers work.
And if it's a pain for me, an engineer, imagine what it's like for the average customer. PC gaming isn't fun - it's frustrating.
>>>I've driven 95 from NY to Boston, from NY to DC, many times. Sure, a portion is the NJ Turnpike, but it still connects.
No.
The NJ Turnpike is not part of I-95. The NJ Turnpike picks-up near Wilmington DE (after you cross the state line), whereas I-95 "veers left" and heads north to Philadelphia. Two separate roads.