Look for the YouTube video on why not to talk to police. In a nutshell, it's because your colloquial speech can be used to convict you. "Damn my wife ate the last donut, I'm going to kill her." WILL be used in court by a cop who will swear you threatened to kill your wife should she show up missing.
Only a casual news consumer thinks both parties are the same. We don't have a parliamentary style government that gives one party or coalition free reign. What gets passed, funded, or approved is often the result of a compromise. The middle grounds in each party are vastly different from each other.
It's not a defense for people who care about privacy rights. But, about 1/2 this country *doesn't* care and the other half doesn't care enough for things to change.
I would've agreed with those parents 10 years ago as well, but the fact is most users (even adults) aren't pushing Office suite products enough for the specific software to matter. Most provide the same cursory experience which is definitely good enough for high school students. I gave my GF my old laptop to replace her ancient one and tossed OpenOffice on it. I don't even think she realizes it's a different app!
But, in practice the press is quite happy using the dumbed down mass-appeal approach mixed with sensationalized and outright false representations of the truth. An equation would just get in the way.
You know, that's the world we live in. If some politician finds out that his privileges have been nullified and his or his family's travel is now a matter of public record, they'll vote to pull back executive power. Slightly OT, but there was a small town around KC on a highway that commuters used. Their cops routinely wrote spurious tickets and pulled commuters over for absolutely anything and sometimes for made up reasons (touching the yellow or white line, driving too fast, driving too SLOW, in some cases a matter of 1 or two miles). Even cautious drivers were pulled over for suspicion.
Anyway, NOT a damned thing happened even with all the citizen complaints until the sheriffs were dumb enough to pull over a state legislator for false reasons. He responded by getting a law passed so that only X% of a town's revenue can come from traffic tickets. Since that was the only thing that town did, it basically dissolved after that and disbanded their police force.
That will NEVER happen any time soon since as soon as the next terrorism incident happens, anyone who any way voted against any surveillance program will be hoisted up on a pike in the next election.
I live in KC where they're headquartered and had them 10 years ago or so. The service was atrocious, which I can't wrap my head around considering this is their turf and their employees *must've* heard complaints every single time they told someone where they work.
They apparently got better for some time, but if they're stupid enough to fall back into that same hole they deserve to get bought out.
Why is this some mystery? The *smart* thing for humanity would be to eat nutrition sticks composed of a solid mash giving us all the nutrients we need for a day. But, we're humans not robots so we don't simply dismiss emotion from our diets.
For those of you who disagree, cicada season will be here shortly. I invite you to test out your theory in your backyard.
It's been a while, but when I used to play flight simulators I think I was always at 2000' about 2 NM out based on the manual. That sounds DAMNED low to me.
Ten or so years ago I got into an ugly argument with a Libertarian buddy about pilots on strike at the time. Him and another friend were of the mindset that if the "market" set the price for pilots at $20K/year, then so be it. Well, the market is literally setting the price at $20K (as was the case for that copilot in the NY icing crash), and we're reaping the rewards of it.
I was a flight simulator nut years back and I just can't see how a pilot can allow themselves to get that far off the glide slope with all of the landing aids you have in a modern airliner.
I have to admit I'm disturbed by how comfortable people are in this country with Asian stereotypes. Reminds me of the "chink" joke made about Jeremy Lind in a NY paper. Apparently the mods agree. It's not funny.
Everyone is calling it ugly, I don't get that at all. This is nothing close to other hideous electric designs. I think they nailed the ergo for it. Priced right for the target demo, nails that parent's-2nd-commuter-car with the range, and has the space to pick up groceries on the way home or a couple of kids on "your" night. Your other vehicle is a minivan for the long distance stuff; this one for the work week.
And, your attitude, much like that of CCP in general I'm guessing, is why nothing changes and why EVE is a minor MMO. If you don't appeal to new players and simply dismiss criticisms of game complexity as some "l337 h4x0r IQ threshold" to keep stupid people out, EVE is going to stay right where it is. CCP seems to have this philosophy that anything that exists in the game is acceptable as an artifact of the game world. They don't have to assume everything that exists is as it was meant to be. Make it better, get more players, get more action, make more money.
And, I gave the game 4 months of my time. That's not expecting handouts.
Actually, I like that aspect. It simulates how a ship commander works. It's analogous to Warcraft III. You put one peon to work, and he does it until you tell him otherwise. Just like me, you probably assumed you'd by flying the ship like a simulator such as X-Wing.
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Exactly what I was thinking. The only thing new about this is the setting.
Isn't that Animal Farm?
Look for the YouTube video on why not to talk to police. In a nutshell, it's because your colloquial speech can be used to convict you. "Damn my wife ate the last donut, I'm going to kill her." WILL be used in court by a cop who will swear you threatened to kill your wife should she show up missing.
Only a casual news consumer thinks both parties are the same. We don't have a parliamentary style government that gives one party or coalition free reign. What gets passed, funded, or approved is often the result of a compromise. The middle grounds in each party are vastly different from each other.
Oh, I DEFINITELY care about privacy. I'd be for amending Constitution if need be.
It's not a defense for people who care about privacy rights. But, about 1/2 this country *doesn't* care and the other half doesn't care enough for things to change.
Huge member (of the solar system) stimulates insides to wet eruption
I would've agreed with those parents 10 years ago as well, but the fact is most users (even adults) aren't pushing Office suite products enough for the specific software to matter. Most provide the same cursory experience which is definitely good enough for high school students. I gave my GF my old laptop to replace her ancient one and tossed OpenOffice on it. I don't even think she realizes it's a different app!
While I have no doubt that Pelosi is probably all in with the NSA, she's not running the House.
But, in practice the press is quite happy using the dumbed down mass-appeal approach mixed with sensationalized and outright false representations of the truth. An equation would just get in the way.
You know, that's the world we live in. If some politician finds out that his privileges have been nullified and his or his family's travel is now a matter of public record, they'll vote to pull back executive power. Slightly OT, but there was a small town around KC on a highway that commuters used. Their cops routinely wrote spurious tickets and pulled commuters over for absolutely anything and sometimes for made up reasons (touching the yellow or white line, driving too fast, driving too SLOW, in some cases a matter of 1 or two miles). Even cautious drivers were pulled over for suspicion.
Anyway, NOT a damned thing happened even with all the citizen complaints until the sheriffs were dumb enough to pull over a state legislator for false reasons. He responded by getting a law passed so that only X% of a town's revenue can come from traffic tickets. Since that was the only thing that town did, it basically dissolved after that and disbanded their police force.
That will NEVER happen any time soon since as soon as the next terrorism incident happens, anyone who any way voted against any surveillance program will be hoisted up on a pike in the next election.
All I see everywhere is "NOT GUILTY" and in the fine print "except for the other charges which include the death penalty."
Oh, I didn't mean the parent, I meant some of the posts under him.
I live in KC where they're headquartered and had them 10 years ago or so. The service was atrocious, which I can't wrap my head around considering this is their turf and their employees *must've* heard complaints every single time they told someone where they work.
They apparently got better for some time, but if they're stupid enough to fall back into that same hole they deserve to get bought out.
Why is this some mystery? The *smart* thing for humanity would be to eat nutrition sticks composed of a solid mash giving us all the nutrients we need for a day. But, we're humans not robots so we don't simply dismiss emotion from our diets.
For those of you who disagree, cicada season will be here shortly. I invite you to test out your theory in your backyard.
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I enjoyed this flick. Not sure why it was considered one of Murphy's bombs.
It's been a while, but when I used to play flight simulators I think I was always at 2000' about 2 NM out based on the manual. That sounds DAMNED low to me.
Ten or so years ago I got into an ugly argument with a Libertarian buddy about pilots on strike at the time. Him and another friend were of the mindset that if the "market" set the price for pilots at $20K/year, then so be it. Well, the market is literally setting the price at $20K (as was the case for that copilot in the NY icing crash), and we're reaping the rewards of it.
I was a flight simulator nut years back and I just can't see how a pilot can allow themselves to get that far off the glide slope with all of the landing aids you have in a modern airliner.
I have to admit I'm disturbed by how comfortable people are in this country with Asian stereotypes. Reminds me of the "chink" joke made about Jeremy Lind in a NY paper. Apparently the mods agree. It's not funny.
Hello? 2009 called, it wants to tell you this was all discussed during the run-up to Obamacare.
Everyone is calling it ugly, I don't get that at all. This is nothing close to other hideous electric designs. I think they nailed the ergo for it. Priced right for the target demo, nails that parent's-2nd-commuter-car with the range, and has the space to pick up groceries on the way home or a couple of kids on "your" night. Your other vehicle is a minivan for the long distance stuff; this one for the work week.
And, your attitude, much like that of CCP in general I'm guessing, is why nothing changes and why EVE is a minor MMO. If you don't appeal to new players and simply dismiss criticisms of game complexity as some "l337 h4x0r IQ threshold" to keep stupid people out, EVE is going to stay right where it is. CCP seems to have this philosophy that anything that exists in the game is acceptable as an artifact of the game world. They don't have to assume everything that exists is as it was meant to be. Make it better, get more players, get more action, make more money.
And, I gave the game 4 months of my time. That's not expecting handouts.
Actually, I like that aspect. It simulates how a ship commander works. It's analogous to Warcraft III. You put one peon to work, and he does it until you tell him otherwise. Just like me, you probably assumed you'd by flying the ship like a simulator such as X-Wing.