Many Muslims are in a situation similar to what we went through with Crusades and the like. It's a phase (and they aren't nearly as bad as we were back then, really) -- it's a transition phase and we need to help them go through it; baby steps.
Looking at history, and human nature, it's more likely that liberal western civilization is a phase. It's a blip in history. The free world is more likely to fall to totalitarianism than the muslim world is to be enlightened.
If The Simpsons on Hulu can be more profitable than on network TV, why would you think South Park wouldn't be able to pull better ad revenues online than on cable?
When notorious criminals are rewarded with million dollar bonuses instead of even the *threat* of legal action, we are so far from a functioning justice system that the alternative is indeed more appealing. Our justice system protect those who should be jailed, and jails those who should be protected. No justice system at all would be better.
But if they don't, my only lawful recourse is to go to the media (weren't interested), protest (one person with a sign didn't exactly make an impact), write letters (got form letter replies and courteous brush-offs), and try to help the other victims to find him and build a case against him (only found one of the three I knew about, and that person didn't want to rehash an old wound).
Just because it's not lawful doesn't mean it's unethical. When the law itself (or those enforcing it) is unethical, the only ethical action may be to break the law.
That's the trade-off of living in a modern civilization: you agree to give up your right to randomly hunt down whoever you think deserves it, in return for being assured that nobody else can randomly hunt you down to satisfy a grudge, either.
Sometimes that's just not a fair trade off. There are people who out there who are getting away with murder. The law is powerless to do anything. Killing a few of them would do a lot more good than bad.
Speaking as someone who was sexually assaulted, yes, tracking the person responsible down is unethical.
Why? You explained your circumstances, but I don't understand your reasoning. If anything, it's the police who ignore you who are unethical. It's not unethical to do their job when they won't.
Yeah there are a lot of free levels, but most of them aren't very good. I'd rather just pay for a professionally made game than sort through the crap myself. As for the gameplay, it's as fun today as it was 16 years ago. IMO a lot better than these cover shooters we have today.
I play both RPGs and FPSs. I've said before that I'd love to pay for new episodes of Doom. I've looked at some of the free ones, but haven't found anything as good as what id did back in the day. I had no problem paying for HL: Blue Shift or HL: Opposing Force. Both were great, especially OpFor. Though, you're probably right. I'm not typical of most gamers.
Yeah, I figured that someone who's been doing this for so long must be doing something right. Should be a nice change of pace from all the console RPGs I play.
This guy has it exactly right. I don't need a new engine, just new levels or a new story. I would LOVE to pay for new high quality episodes for the original Doom engine. Game after game comes out on the Adventure Game Studio engine, and I love it. I never heard of this guy before, but the Avernum series seems to be supported by Wine (platinum!) so I'm going to give it a shot. When your formula is good, "more of the same" is a great thing.
Buying oranges grown around the corner from your house costs less money.
Depends on where you live. I'd suspect importing oranges from half way around the world is cheaper than buying greenhouse oranges grown in Nebraska. I never see oranges in my farmers market at any time of the year. If your suggestion is that I simply stop eating oranges, my response is "no".
Better solution is to just stop having kids. That way you don't have to buy expensive entertainment devices for them, AND you don't have to deal with their hyperactivity. Win-win.
Please, at least offer this stuff up on Craigslist or Freecycle. Give it to someone who will use it, or at least give it a safe place until it finds someone who will. This old stuff is fun to play with, a lot more fun than modern PCs. You never know what will be useful either. Some of those ISA cards could have RAM on them that can be used to upgrade an Atari 600XL to 64K, allowing it to play many more games.
You think that's bad, you should check out some of the collections at AtariAge. People who have a dozen spare 800XLs "just in case". I've got to say this shit is impressive. This too.
How about you design the next socket with twice as many pins as you think you'll need? Then we won't run out and have to buy a whole new motherboard when we just want a faster CPU.
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Many Muslims are in a situation similar to what we went through with Crusades and the like. It's a phase (and they aren't nearly as bad as we were back then, really) -- it's a transition phase and we need to help them go through it; baby steps.
Looking at history, and human nature, it's more likely that liberal western civilization is a phase. It's a blip in history. The free world is more likely to fall to totalitarianism than the muslim world is to be enlightened.
If The Simpsons on Hulu can be more profitable than on network TV, why would you think South Park wouldn't be able to pull better ad revenues online than on cable?
The vast majority of the shenanigans on Wall Street was perfectly legal.
Which is exactly why vigilante justice is needed. They own the legal system, so we can't expect any protection from it.
As long as there's a single pot smoker in jail, "limited resources" has no pull whatsoever.
When notorious criminals are rewarded with million dollar bonuses instead of even the *threat* of legal action, we are so far from a functioning justice system that the alternative is indeed more appealing. Our justice system protect those who should be jailed, and jails those who should be protected. No justice system at all would be better.
First, did they understand what they were signing?
Why did they sign if they didn't understand it?
But if they don't, my only lawful recourse is to go to the media (weren't interested), protest (one person with a sign didn't exactly make an impact), write letters (got form letter replies and courteous brush-offs), and try to help the other victims to find him and build a case against him (only found one of the three I knew about, and that person didn't want to rehash an old wound).
Just because it's not lawful doesn't mean it's unethical. When the law itself (or those enforcing it) is unethical, the only ethical action may be to break the law.
That's the trade-off of living in a modern civilization: you agree to give up your right to randomly hunt down whoever you think deserves it, in return for being assured that nobody else can randomly hunt you down to satisfy a grudge, either.
Sometimes that's just not a fair trade off. There are people who out there who are getting away with murder. The law is powerless to do anything. Killing a few of them would do a lot more good than bad.
Speaking as someone who was sexually assaulted, yes, tracking the person responsible down is unethical.
Why? You explained your circumstances, but I don't understand your reasoning. If anything, it's the police who ignore you who are unethical. It's not unethical to do their job when they won't.
I'd like to see the full development tools opened up for some of the older consoles, especially the TG16,
There exists a C compiler that targets the TG16. You can burn the resulting binary to a CD or load it on a flash card.
Or a Steel Battalion controller. Also works for Freespace 2!
Yeah there are a lot of free levels, but most of them aren't very good. I'd rather just pay for a professionally made game than sort through the crap myself. As for the gameplay, it's as fun today as it was 16 years ago. IMO a lot better than these cover shooters we have today.
I play both RPGs and FPSs. I've said before that I'd love to pay for new episodes of Doom. I've looked at some of the free ones, but haven't found anything as good as what id did back in the day. I had no problem paying for HL: Blue Shift or HL: Opposing Force. Both were great, especially OpFor. Though, you're probably right. I'm not typical of most gamers.
Yeah, I figured that someone who's been doing this for so long must be doing something right. Should be a nice change of pace from all the console RPGs I play.
This guy has it exactly right. I don't need a new engine, just new levels or a new story. I would LOVE to pay for new high quality episodes for the original Doom engine. Game after game comes out on the Adventure Game Studio engine, and I love it. I never heard of this guy before, but the Avernum series seems to be supported by Wine (platinum!) so I'm going to give it a shot. When your formula is good, "more of the same" is a great thing.
Buying oranges grown around the corner from your house costs less money.
Depends on where you live. I'd suspect importing oranges from half way around the world is cheaper than buying greenhouse oranges grown in Nebraska. I never see oranges in my farmers market at any time of the year. If your suggestion is that I simply stop eating oranges, my response is "no".
Better solution is to just stop having kids. That way you don't have to buy expensive entertainment devices for them, AND you don't have to deal with their hyperactivity. Win-win.
If you don't care what other people think about you, why are you trying to correct what people think about you?
Drinking two beers does not make one drunk. Maybe if you're a 100lb asian woman who chugged 2 beers on an empty stomach. Maybe.
You could say the same thing about Protestants, except substitute "potluck supper" for "roman empire".
If they can get you to burn yourself to death, I'd say they hold quite a bit of power over you.
Updating your resume?
Please, at least offer this stuff up on Craigslist or Freecycle. Give it to someone who will use it, or at least give it a safe place until it finds someone who will. This old stuff is fun to play with, a lot more fun than modern PCs. You never know what will be useful either. Some of those ISA cards could have RAM on them that can be used to upgrade an Atari 600XL to 64K, allowing it to play many more games.
You think that's bad, you should check out some of the collections at AtariAge. People who have a dozen spare 800XLs "just in case". I've got to say this shit is impressive. This too.
How about you design the next socket with twice as many pins as you think you'll need? Then we won't run out and have to buy a whole new motherboard when we just want a faster CPU.