While I'm not endorsing RB/GH haters, I do(kind of) understand why he dislikes their trumped skills so much. It's the same thing that makes me snort at the Karate Kid(though I did love it as a movie), Forbidden Kingdom(again, one of my favorite movies), and really any other film where someone miraculously condenses a decade of training into an exponentially shorter amount of time, because they had a good teacher. It took me years to get to my current level(5 years of traditional Japanese karate, for reference), and I'm no where near the level a lot of these Miracle Talents(tm) end up being. If I decided to take it as a serious suggestion that training the human body at that speed was possible, I'd be highly insulted. I'm not, because I don't, but I can understand Sycraft-fu and MightyMartian from their POV.
I quit a long time ago when it was a subscription plan, and the switch drew me back fairly quickly. I think I'll be subbing again as well. I fully appreciate Turbines move in this - the flexibility is very nice.
I've had the opposite experience. The local USPS workers are pretty friendly, prompt on the job, and the only time they've misplaced my mail was a special scenario(to my business address; the new postal guy didn't know that my mailbox was no longer in use, long story). That said, I work from a small town where they wouldn't be overwhelmed easily. I'm guessing you're in a more metro area, and so I think it's understandable(though still a problem) that the workers would be demoralized or quicker to anger if they themselves were surrounded by angry people.
Purging the heathen. A quest for glory. Destroying the bastards that would harm our Great Leader. You think those slaughters were carried out by soldiers thinking "this is wrong, this is bad, this is evil" every step of the way? Hell no. You're the evil one, infidel.
Plain and simple, the GP speaks the truth. There really is no single definition of evil.
On the other hand, they aren't always there(though it seems like it now). I'm not sure it's even about that though. Right now, it looks like Jimmy is struggling to keep the original dream of an ad-free information depot alive. It's against crushing odds, and chances are he'll fail, but this is a fight for pride.
Okay. I see what's wrong with Wales' approach to getting funding. A lot of people find begging annoying, ads are the Way of the Internet, and it's just not working, sadly. But I honestly respect the guy for it. Wikipedia has always been ad-free, and was meant to stay that way. The founders wanted to make a clean site where everyone could come to contribute and take information freely. Right now, he's eating a big ol' slice of Humble Pie trying to keep it that way. So I say, regardless of his doomed support plan, he deserves a lot of credit for fighting for it.
You are. And most other people are missing something as well. Their highschool calc. If they're not using it regularly, it tends to leak into oblivion. It's worse than that actually - I work in the tile/flooring industry, and you wouldn't believe the number of people who call in telling me the dimensions of their bathroom floor, and could you please tell me how many square feet that is? Actually, that's not entirely accurate, "please" is generally excluded....You see my point.
...no, if some place smells of fart, that's probably licence enough to complain. Just like walking into a smoky room would cause a non-smoker to complain(and maybe other smokers too).
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While I'm not endorsing RB/GH haters, I do(kind of) understand why he dislikes their trumped skills so much. It's the same thing that makes me snort at the Karate Kid(though I did love it as a movie), Forbidden Kingdom(again, one of my favorite movies), and really any other film where someone miraculously condenses a decade of training into an exponentially shorter amount of time, because they had a good teacher. It took me years to get to my current level(5 years of traditional Japanese karate, for reference), and I'm no where near the level a lot of these Miracle Talents(tm) end up being. If I decided to take it as a serious suggestion that training the human body at that speed was possible, I'd be highly insulted. I'm not, because I don't, but I can understand Sycraft-fu and MightyMartian from their POV.
I quit a long time ago when it was a subscription plan, and the switch drew me back fairly quickly. I think I'll be subbing again as well. I fully appreciate Turbines move in this - the flexibility is very nice.
I'm almost certain he was referring to her position in the ranks of government and not her level of fame.
It'll be a long time before anything is produced to replace a human's decision making and observation skills.
Some people are so amazing, they can do both at once.
I am not one of those people.
I laughed. I think it just takes that extra processing power upstairs, you know? If you don't get it right away it tends to be less amusing.
/sigh of relief
When I saw your first comment had significantly less troll in it, I feared for the status of the world!
Possible "whoosh" on my part, but I think the gp was implying that being seen with those pants says nothing besides "I have far too much money".
I've had the opposite experience. The local USPS workers are pretty friendly, prompt on the job, and the only time they've misplaced my mail was a special scenario(to my business address; the new postal guy didn't know that my mailbox was no longer in use, long story). That said, I work from a small town where they wouldn't be overwhelmed easily. I'm guessing you're in a more metro area, and so I think it's understandable(though still a problem) that the workers would be demoralized or quicker to anger if they themselves were surrounded by angry people.
As they say; you aren't really paranoid if someone is really out to get you.
It's called a revolution for a reason.
I'm in the dark on the actual address - what's so wrong about the .cn address?(I haven't and won't click it, just in case)
A girlfriend? See, we already know he's lying.
Interestingly, you can't prove that, now can you? Make of this point of view what you will.
In Soviet Russia, interesting times live in you.
Purging the heathen. A quest for glory. Destroying the bastards that would harm our Great Leader. You think those slaughters were carried out by soldiers thinking "this is wrong, this is bad, this is evil" every step of the way? Hell no. You're the evil one, infidel.
Plain and simple, the GP speaks the truth. There really is no single definition of evil.
ZOMG a virus 'sploded my internet and put something weird in the spot my internet should be!!!!1!!
I would not be surprised if she actually said that.
On the other hand, they aren't always there(though it seems like it now). I'm not sure it's even about that though. Right now, it looks like Jimmy is struggling to keep the original dream of an ad-free information depot alive. It's against crushing odds, and chances are he'll fail, but this is a fight for pride.
Okay. I see what's wrong with Wales' approach to getting funding. A lot of people find begging annoying, ads are the Way of the Internet, and it's just not working, sadly. But I honestly respect the guy for it. Wikipedia has always been ad-free, and was meant to stay that way. The founders wanted to make a clean site where everyone could come to contribute and take information freely. Right now, he's eating a big ol' slice of Humble Pie trying to keep it that way. So I say, regardless of his doomed support plan, he deserves a lot of credit for fighting for it.
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.
Not at all. But regardless, it's irritating. Just like smoking.
Use it and lose it?
That's just geekiness. l337sp34k and all that jazz.
You are. And most other people are missing something as well. Their highschool calc. If they're not using it regularly, it tends to leak into oblivion. It's worse than that actually - I work in the tile/flooring industry, and you wouldn't believe the number of people who call in telling me the dimensions of their bathroom floor, and could you please tell me how many square feet that is? ...You see my point.
Actually, that's not entirely accurate, "please" is generally excluded.
...no, if some place smells of fart, that's probably licence enough to complain. Just like walking into a smoky room would cause a non-smoker to complain(and maybe other smokers too).