Ad hominem abusive (also called argumentum ad personam) usually and most notoriously involves insulting or belittling one's opponent, but can also involve pointing out factual but ostensible character flaws or actions which are irrelevant to the opponent's argument. This tactic is logically fallacious because insults and even true negative facts about the opponent's personal character have nothing to do with the logical merits of the opponent's arguments or assertions.
You claim to have a dissection of his arguments, but lead off with an argument ad hominim. Ad hominims do nothing to promote the discussion, and have the largest effect of provoking similar and/or angry responses (which is the definition of a troll).
If you are going to take your time getting your hardware upgraded, can we at the very least get a temporary queue system for instances?
I have been trying for the past few weeks to finish an alchemy quest (elixir mastery), and 90% of the time I can not get an instance due. This is a combination of too many people and low priority on old-world instances. A simple queue system would help solve this problem, so that the people that wait there the longest get the instance first, as opposed to whoever spams the entrance the most.
I'm not sure how exactly they benchmark this, is it from BIOS post to visible desktop/start menu; or from BIOS post to when you can actually DO something.
On my Win XP systems, it takes almost as long to go from log on screen to functional desktop as it does from BIOS post to log on screen (at least a minute on a machine that I try to keep free of boot up processes/services). On W7 RC it takes probably 30s from BIOS post to log on screen, and 5 seconds later I can do anything I want on the desktop. That is the speed advantage that 7 has over XP.
Anything pro Apple/linux/democrat or anti microsoft/republican is both trustworthy and newsworthy. Anything anti Apple/linux/democrat or pro microsoft/republican is clearly sensational and fabricated.
Bonus points if you can slip in a reference which puts the blame solely on Bush (or any past/present/future president).
And pay the double (even triple cost) of having to pay for their child's education, the child down the street's education; and their child slightly pays for it with a social maladjustment (is that what they call it these days?).
People already bitch about having so many applications that they have to use to sync multiple devices. I for one, think this is a great idea and Palm should keep it up. We don't need any more trash software installed.
I would just like you to read the rest of this thread, and legitimately say to me that atheists are not antagonistic towards religion. This topic has some very strong parallels to the article on racism a day or two ago: do you have the right to be offensive?
I would argue that yes, you have the right to be offensive. However, you don't have the right to be heard. Also, being offensive just shows that you are a dick.
The way I see it, I believe something; you might believe something else. Does that make it ok for me to call you stupid and uneducated? And FFS, stop stereotyping Christians as anti-environmental, anti-technology ass-backwards inbreeds. Most of the Christians that don't care about the environment are in direct contradiction to the Bible that they supposedly hold true to (it specifically says that we are to care for the world).
Look at yourself before you go spouting off hate at "religionists" who all supposedly spend their time trying to screw atheists.
With yield signs, you would be perfectly right (slow needs to make way for the faster); however, on normal roads you can't expect to go fast and have everyone get out of your way. That is the key. If you decide to go fast, then the responsibility is on YOU, not the other drivers/bikers. It's about right of way, and the person in front of you has it.
You outlined a bunch of areas where bikers tend to ignore the laws of the road. Now look at all the laws that cars break: They don't stop fully at stop signs/red lights. They speed (excessively and dangerously). See any difference? I sure don't; there are dick drivers, and there are dick cyclists. Doesn't mean that you should classify all drivers/cyclists as dicks.
I can't count the number of times when I'm biking in a city, in the right lane (trying to stay out of heavy traffic and give the right of way), and someone tries to make a right turn into me. Whose fault is it then? I'm not trying to deny the fact that some people do stupid shit, just that drivers (and cyclists) see it as their RIGHT to drive how the hell they want, and anyone interfering with that can fuck off. Solution to this? Don't be a part of the problem.
In skiing, the right of way is given to the people downhill. Why? Because they can't see you coming, and you are probably going faster than they are. It is a similar reason why the responsibility is place generally on the driver, not the biker. Note: does not completely remove all responsibility from the biker. Also, look at rear-ending cases for precedent/similarities here
Also, bicycles are regarded as vehicles (in the US), which means traffic laws apply to them as well. I hate to portray the stereotypical biker attitude, but you really should "share the road." The thing is, it goes both ways.
You claim that bikers are not reasonable, nor respectful. I strongly disagree. When biking, you have a very large amount of respect for the cars/trucks that could kill you in an instant's inattention.
Lastly, regarding the shoulders, they are sometimes completely un-rideable, especially if you are using road tires instead of hybrid tires. The same reason why cars don't want to ride on shoulders (gravel, pot holes, tire fragments, roadkill, etc) are even more dangerous to a biker.
There is no other solution (aside from changing work schedule).
This is what I would recommend. Productivity drops off anyway past 8 consecutive hours of work. If the company needs 24/7 coverage, then get 3 techs per 24 hour period. You get better results from your workers, and promote a healthier work environment.
There is also the problem of sites hotlinking images instead of storing them on their servers. Your solution would have a detrimental impact on it, but really, the responsibility would fall on the website author and not the user (to store the images on the server).
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Ad hominem abusive (also called argumentum ad personam) usually and most notoriously involves insulting or belittling one's opponent, but can also involve pointing out factual but ostensible character flaws or actions which are irrelevant to the opponent's argument. This tactic is logically fallacious because insults and even true negative facts about the opponent's personal character have nothing to do with the logical merits of the opponent's arguments or assertions.
Source.
Miley Cyrus has double-Ds?
Hot damn, I need to pay more attention to pop culture.
Because it WAS a troll.
You claim to have a dissection of his arguments, but lead off with an argument ad hominim. Ad hominims do nothing to promote the discussion, and have the largest effect of provoking similar and/or angry responses (which is the definition of a troll).
If you are going to take your time getting your hardware upgraded, can we at the very least get a temporary queue system for instances?
I have been trying for the past few weeks to finish an alchemy quest (elixir mastery), and 90% of the time I can not get an instance due. This is a combination of too many people and low priority on old-world instances. A simple queue system would help solve this problem, so that the people that wait there the longest get the instance first, as opposed to whoever spams the entrance the most.
of course the word "Soon" gets twisted to mean all sorts of crazy stuff, but thousands of years is not soon by anyone standards.
I suppose you haven't had much experience with Blizzard then?
Truly insightful, unlike some of the other karma shill posts I have seen up above.
I'm not sure how exactly they benchmark this, is it from BIOS post to visible desktop/start menu; or from BIOS post to when you can actually DO something.
On my Win XP systems, it takes almost as long to go from log on screen to functional desktop as it does from BIOS post to log on screen (at least a minute on a machine that I try to keep free of boot up processes/services). On W7 RC it takes probably 30s from BIOS post to log on screen, and 5 seconds later I can do anything I want on the desktop. That is the speed advantage that 7 has over XP.
Blaming Bush is the default in that switch statement ;)
I propose a new /. law:
Anything pro Apple/linux/democrat or anti microsoft/republican is both trustworthy and newsworthy.
Anything anti Apple/linux/democrat or pro microsoft/republican is clearly sensational and fabricated.
Bonus points if you can slip in a reference which puts the blame solely on Bush (or any past/present/future president).
I believe you are looking for "coincidental," not irony. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony
And pay the double (even triple cost) of having to pay for their child's education, the child down the street's education; and their child slightly pays for it with a social maladjustment (is that what they call it these days?).
People already bitch about having so many applications that they have to use to sync multiple devices. I for one, think this is a great idea and Palm should keep it up. We don't need any more trash software installed.
Intentional.
How the hell is this "insightful"?!
How the hell is this "insightful"?
go go infinite recursion!
But really, the facilitator(s) are your friends and family.
I would argue that yes, you have the right to be offensive. However, you don't have the right to be heard. Also, being offensive just shows that you are a dick.
The way I see it, I believe something; you might believe something else. Does that make it ok for me to call you stupid and uneducated? And FFS, stop stereotyping Christians as anti-environmental, anti-technology ass-backwards inbreeds. Most of the Christians that don't care about the environment are in direct contradiction to the Bible that they supposedly hold true to (it specifically says that we are to care for the world).
Look at yourself before you go spouting off hate at "religionists" who all supposedly spend their time trying to screw atheists.
The defense?
But I worked hard on it and spent a lot of time and money copying the code.
Effort on its own means jackshit in this world (except maybe public schools), you need to actually produce something of its own merit.
The idea is to say a little bit of the truth, not too much cause then you'll be trolling.
In fact, they're the exact opposite of a monolithic entity.
The monolith made our monkey ancestors more intelligent. Corporations are making us more stupidity again =(
You might be confusing RL with Stargate a little bit.
I know a bunch of people with no personality, can I kill them too?
You outlined a bunch of areas where bikers tend to ignore the laws of the road. Now look at all the laws that cars break: They don't stop fully at stop signs/red lights. They speed (excessively and dangerously). See any difference? I sure don't; there are dick drivers, and there are dick cyclists. Doesn't mean that you should classify all drivers/cyclists as dicks.
I can't count the number of times when I'm biking in a city, in the right lane (trying to stay out of heavy traffic and give the right of way), and someone tries to make a right turn into me. Whose fault is it then? I'm not trying to deny the fact that some people do stupid shit, just that drivers (and cyclists) see it as their RIGHT to drive how the hell they want, and anyone interfering with that can fuck off. Solution to this? Don't be a part of the problem.
In skiing, the right of way is given to the people downhill. Why? Because they can't see you coming, and you are probably going faster than they are. It is a similar reason why the responsibility is place generally on the driver, not the biker. Note: does not completely remove all responsibility from the biker. Also, look at rear-ending cases for precedent/similarities here
Also, bicycles are regarded as vehicles (in the US), which means traffic laws apply to them as well. I hate to portray the stereotypical biker attitude, but you really should "share the road." The thing is, it goes both ways.
You claim that bikers are not reasonable, nor respectful. I strongly disagree. When biking, you have a very large amount of respect for the cars/trucks that could kill you in an instant's inattention.
Lastly, regarding the shoulders, they are sometimes completely un-rideable, especially if you are using road tires instead of hybrid tires. The same reason why cars don't want to ride on shoulders (gravel, pot holes, tire fragments, roadkill, etc) are even more dangerous to a biker.
There is no other solution (aside from changing work schedule).
This is what I would recommend. Productivity drops off anyway past 8 consecutive hours of work. If the company needs 24/7 coverage, then get 3 techs per 24 hour period. You get better results from your workers, and promote a healthier work environment.
Assume much?
How many of us would read magazines if there was a paragraph of text on each page, and the rest were ads.
Have you been the one stealing my Popular Mechanics? (or any computer mag)
There is also the problem of sites hotlinking images instead of storing them on their servers. Your solution would have a detrimental impact on it, but really, the responsibility would fall on the website author and not the user (to store the images on the server).