Right, but if the feds find Amazon guilty of tax evasion or fraud then Amazon is going to have to eat the tax of all those states' sales going however far back. I don't know where they have a presence but some states have sales taxes up to 7% and local taxes that shoot even higher. That's quite a bite.
Just as long as you're not blaming the foundation of the religion on multiple whack jobs within those religions. The crusades, 'jihad' (the word to the best of my knowledge isn't even in the Koran), Stalin, Hitler... Not a lot of them actually believed their religious intents and those that did had pretty perverted views of what actions their religion warranted.
The crusades were a mess and should never have taken place. The inquisition, the same. But the underlying powers were more concerned about wealth and power than they ever were about what God wanted. I'm a Christian and if I had the authority to apologize and ask for forgiveness of those things, I would. To you or anyone else.
People who are alive, however, can and will answer for their own idiocy. (Televangelists, radicals, G W Bush)
Back on topic. I support the science to the utmost because I really want to know what makes this universe work. Yes, I do believe this universe was created by God. Doesn't change my thirst for knowledge about it. Doesn't change how I would go about gaining that knowledge (we may have different ethics about certain methods or research) I don't believe there is a way to detract me from believing either. But I certainly respect people who don't believe.
You gotta hand it to the nut shot. Kids think anyone in pain makes funny faces. And I haven't seen many kids movies lately that didn't feature the nut shot. Granted, I don't watch a lot of them. Don't want to get hit in the balls? Don't make a face when you do, problem solved... wait
My company has moved to four day work weeks. The problem is they want you to work shifts that no one with a family could ever do. I could easily work 0700-1730, but they are saying the only way to do it is 1000-2030. They figure they make more money with us working later, the lights can be off and the A/C cost is lower. I'm pretty sure it's just so they can say to the public "We're green, we let our employees do 4 10's.." Jerks...
Thank you for the reminder. I've been off the Civ for almost six months now. I'm going to have to call my sponsor. I feel the urge again. I'll just install the minimum requirements. I don't have to play it.
Seriously, there is no end to my ire when I see my marines taken down by barbarians...
Generally I'd construct the space sets upstairs and the castle sets downstairs. The space guys would come down and attack the castle sets. Somehow the knights always won by hurling large boulders in the way of the cruisers and attack ships. But most of the time it was due to the fact that I was never able to construct a Lego spaceship that was airworthy. IE, they never survived the flight down the stairs.
My mother and father had some significantly less than good nature curses when they found the shrapnel with bare feet. They would also ask me exactly why space people needed to attack the castle people. I never had a very good answer...
I don't imagine some your former "Cow Orker" could be trusted for any knowledge not directly related to the orking of cows, and any necessary knowledge for maintaining a cow orking facility.
At any rate, HDD's hold data magnetically. When a HDD powers down the heads park automatically and there is no way for the HDD to lose data unless you screw with the platters in some other way. Large magnets and powerful electromagnetic fields might do it. Typical HDD lifespans are from 600,000-1500000 hours of operation.
In the poor guy's defense. He is "The LOST Samurai". Maybe we should cut him a little slack. As a plea bargain maybe he could play some MGS4 and some sort of probation.
Now if he was the "Found" or "Located" samurai I'd be right there with the document shredder.
Do you think it was MS's fault or the fabricators fault? The story said they went BACK to the original supplier to the have chip designed, in stead of using the chips that MS designed. I'm willing to bet the fabricator did what was requested, but what was requested was a piece of crap.
At least that's what I understood from the article. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
I agree. 90% of Americans don't know shite about driving. They just take their test in safety and have free reign. I'm all for extending mandatory drivers training by an order of magnitude or two and including a lot more safety training as well as efficient driving skills. I'm a back yard mechanic, so I know how to pull an extra few mpg out of my car both with tinkering and driving responsibly.
On the other hand, auto makers could easily include dashboard indicators of when your MPG peaks and drops near the tachometer. A lot of cars are being equipped with these systems, which is good. I think there is more that could be done. Maybe three colors on the tach. One for redline, one for "past peak efficiency" and the other for peak efficiency. Problem is this is different for ever gear as well, and with a manual even more so.
I prefer bikes as well. But I'm more along the kind that don't use gasoline, but legs. Then again, my commute is only 7.5 miles.
I think you and your parent poster have it right on the head of the nail. I drive pretty zippy Acura and when I'm on the interstate alone it's sometimes fun to punch it and feel the acceleration. By no means does this give me some sort of permission to weave in an out of traffic like the aforementioned wankers. Now, with gas prices being so high, that extra punch for fun isn't so fun when you're account is bleeding dry.
So... you get penalized for wildly swinging when there isn't an opening. The character reels and you have to get your Wiimote back into position. The faster you do, the quicker the recovery on screen. Just a thought. It's no replacement for real tactile feedback, but without actually fencing, you're not going to get any anyway. Well, maybe if the Wiimote was made from metal and you were standing in a highly sophisticated "magenet room" that could force that thing to stop dead in its tracks. Would be cool, no?
The shrink ray wasn't needed to finish the game. DN3D had a lot of fun mechanics, but a puzzle game, it was not. If you want more of an adventure, play Duke Nukem' Time to Kill for PSOne. It's Tomb Raider with humor and pecks in stead of boobs. It's also a lot more fun.
It's got some goodies, too, but I've found SotN is very difficult to play with the 360 controller. The D-pad really is not conducive to playing side scrollers and the analog stick just doesn't feel right. Thankfully I've never (and will never) toss my PS copy of SotN. Still one of the best games of all time.
Hell, I'd love a job where i work 8AM-2PM and roughly 180 days a year. 10 weeks off for summer and extra pay if you chose to work.
Other than the 10 weeks or so off in the summer, teachers don't really work that little. Most teachers I've known (including mine) put in around 10-12 hours per day and a good chunk on the weekends. Okay, any good teacher. Plus you have to add in all sorts of meetings and weekly side deals all over the place. Once you start doing any extra-curricular activities for your students you're pushing 60-70 hrs a week. No thanks.
Yeah, the easy way to do that? IIRC you simply equip the stick that you start the game with and go to town on things. Or just the weakest weapon you can find.
Whoa now. Don't go that far. At least Molyneux has a few good games under his belt (Populous, Dungeon Keeper, and Fable). And, so what, most of his games have a pretty central theme (generally you can always be a bad guy). Uwe Boll? He's got nothing. I'm sure there is a 'middle ground' insult? May we not call him "Michael Bay"? Functional movies that are never really good or bad. Sure, some of them sell like hot-cakes, but in actuality, no one really knows why...
My story is somewhat similar. My best friend of 20 years (when I was 21) decided to join the JW church, he told me this news in utter fear that I'd cut him off as a friend. Far from it, despite my best efforts I didn't hear from him for over three years. After that we met sparingly because he was always trying to drag me into a theological discussion with the ultimate goal being my conversion. After every discussion he was threatened with disassociation because he'd ask questions about what I had to say. I had done a lot of research on the JW church and its origins and decided that it was a cult (sparked by his interest in them), and told him that he'd know if he was being asked to do something that wasn't right, after all, we're each our own person.
He's still in the church and still actively attempts my conversion. I'm convinced that the three or so years was his training so that they wouldn't have to worry about him leaving the church. His choice, and I'm cool with it when he's not trying to convert me. He won't admit to it, maybe he doesn't realize it. We don't hang out very often because of this.
Actually if you go looking into the history of the Mormon church you'll find that their version of the bible has been edited time and time again (not recently, as I understand it, but never rectified either) by whomever was the head, however he pleased. Probably the biggest no-no was by Joseph Smith, who wrote himself into Genesis. No good.
Also, it's very difficult to question the validity of about 20,000 extant copies of the original Gospels and Epistles, meanwhile, there are no existing supporting documents for the "Book of Mormon" or their translation of the bible.
Mostly there are different translations of the Bible because of changing times and linguistics, but also because it is difficult to translate the old Greek and Hebrew texts.
Unfortunately that's not how it works. For the educated masses who have the time and interest, it does. They/we would know better because we're aware or can make ourselves aware of Buddhist beliefs and tenants. But the educated masses with the time and interest are much, much smaller than those who just believe what they hear. I haven't looked into this handbook, so I haven't a clue what it could possibly say that would cause them to not want it publicized.
Being a Christian (and pretty well educated about the origin of the LDS) I very much commend them for the work they do, but pity them for the screwed up nature of their beliefs. Make no mistake, LDS/Mormans are not Christians. Similar values, though. There is a lot of easy to obtain info and such if you're interested. I'm not trying to flame or troll. Ask one, they don't typically associate themselves with your 'typical' Christians.
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Right, but if the feds find Amazon guilty of tax evasion or fraud then Amazon is going to have to eat the tax of all those states' sales going however far back. I don't know where they have a presence but some states have sales taxes up to 7% and local taxes that shoot even higher. That's quite a bite.
My license plate starts with "UKD" A friend of mine was kind enough to tape a large "F" in front of these letters.
Just as long as you're not blaming the foundation of the religion on multiple whack jobs within those religions. The crusades, 'jihad' (the word to the best of my knowledge isn't even in the Koran), Stalin, Hitler... Not a lot of them actually believed their religious intents and those that did had pretty perverted views of what actions their religion warranted.
The crusades were a mess and should never have taken place. The inquisition, the same. But the underlying powers were more concerned about wealth and power than they ever were about what God wanted. I'm a Christian and if I had the authority to apologize and ask for forgiveness of those things, I would. To you or anyone else.
People who are alive, however, can and will answer for their own idiocy. (Televangelists, radicals, G W Bush)
Back on topic. I support the science to the utmost because I really want to know what makes this universe work. Yes, I do believe this universe was created by God. Doesn't change my thirst for knowledge about it. Doesn't change how I would go about gaining that knowledge (we may have different ethics about certain methods or research) I don't believe there is a way to detract me from believing either. But I certainly respect people who don't believe.
Yes, I was pretty appalled at first. But then I did something terrible and I read the article. I am no longer appalled.
You gotta hand it to the nut shot. Kids think anyone in pain makes funny faces. And I haven't seen many kids movies lately that didn't feature the nut shot. Granted, I don't watch a lot of them. Don't want to get hit in the balls? Don't make a face when you do, problem solved... wait
My company has moved to four day work weeks. The problem is they want you to work shifts that no one with a family could ever do. I could easily work 0700-1730, but they are saying the only way to do it is 1000-2030. They figure they make more money with us working later, the lights can be off and the A/C cost is lower. I'm pretty sure it's just so they can say to the public "We're green, we let our employees do 4 10's.." Jerks...
Thank you for the reminder. I've been off the Civ for almost six months now. I'm going to have to call my sponsor. I feel the urge again. I'll just install the minimum requirements. I don't have to play it.
Seriously, there is no end to my ire when I see my marines taken down by barbarians...
Generally I'd construct the space sets upstairs and the castle sets downstairs. The space guys would come down and attack the castle sets. Somehow the knights always won by hurling large boulders in the way of the cruisers and attack ships. But most of the time it was due to the fact that I was never able to construct a Lego spaceship that was airworthy. IE, they never survived the flight down the stairs.
My mother and father had some significantly less than good nature curses when they found the shrapnel with bare feet. They would also ask me exactly why space people needed to attack the castle people. I never had a very good answer...
I don't imagine some your former "Cow Orker" could be trusted for any knowledge not directly related to the orking of cows, and any necessary knowledge for maintaining a cow orking facility.
At any rate, HDD's hold data magnetically. When a HDD powers down the heads park automatically and there is no way for the HDD to lose data unless you screw with the platters in some other way. Large magnets and powerful electromagnetic fields might do it. Typical HDD lifespans are from 600,000-1500000 hours of operation.
Now if he was the "Found" or "Located" samurai I'd be right there with the document shredder.
At least that's what I understood from the article. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
On the other hand, auto makers could easily include dashboard indicators of when your MPG peaks and drops near the tachometer. A lot of cars are being equipped with these systems, which is good. I think there is more that could be done. Maybe three colors on the tach. One for redline, one for "past peak efficiency" and the other for peak efficiency. Problem is this is different for ever gear as well, and with a manual even more so.
I prefer bikes as well. But I'm more along the kind that don't use gasoline, but legs. Then again, my commute is only 7.5 miles.
I think you and your parent poster have it right on the head of the nail. I drive pretty zippy Acura and when I'm on the interstate alone it's sometimes fun to punch it and feel the acceleration. By no means does this give me some sort of permission to weave in an out of traffic like the aforementioned wankers. Now, with gas prices being so high, that extra punch for fun isn't so fun when you're account is bleeding dry.
So... you get penalized for wildly swinging when there isn't an opening. The character reels and you have to get your Wiimote back into position. The faster you do, the quicker the recovery on screen. Just a thought. It's no replacement for real tactile feedback, but without actually fencing, you're not going to get any anyway. Well, maybe if the Wiimote was made from metal and you were standing in a highly sophisticated "magenet room" that could force that thing to stop dead in its tracks. Would be cool, no?
The shrink ray wasn't needed to finish the game. DN3D had a lot of fun mechanics, but a puzzle game, it was not. If you want more of an adventure, play Duke Nukem' Time to Kill for PSOne. It's Tomb Raider with humor and pecks in stead of boobs. It's also a lot more fun.
It's got some goodies, too, but I've found SotN is very difficult to play with the 360 controller. The D-pad really is not conducive to playing side scrollers and the analog stick just doesn't feel right. Thankfully I've never (and will never) toss my PS copy of SotN. Still one of the best games of all time.
Other than the 10 weeks or so off in the summer, teachers don't really work that little. Most teachers I've known (including mine) put in around 10-12 hours per day and a good chunk on the weekends. Okay, any good teacher. Plus you have to add in all sorts of meetings and weekly side deals all over the place. Once you start doing any extra-curricular activities for your students you're pushing 60-70 hrs a week. No thanks.
This should cut back significantly on the amount of vampire activity in dark, corporate areas.
I seriously thought we were voting for the Worst Dressed Sentient Being in the Known Universe. Sorry about that.
Yeah, the easy way to do that? IIRC you simply equip the stick that you start the game with and go to town on things. Or just the weakest weapon you can find.
Whoa now. Don't go that far. At least Molyneux has a few good games under his belt (Populous, Dungeon Keeper, and Fable). And, so what, most of his games have a pretty central theme (generally you can always be a bad guy). Uwe Boll? He's got nothing. I'm sure there is a 'middle ground' insult? May we not call him "Michael Bay"? Functional movies that are never really good or bad. Sure, some of them sell like hot-cakes, but in actuality, no one really knows why...
Okay, I know that is "Pit" and not "Icarus", but it's a joke so who cares.
He's still in the church and still actively attempts my conversion. I'm convinced that the three or so years was his training so that they wouldn't have to worry about him leaving the church. His choice, and I'm cool with it when he's not trying to convert me. He won't admit to it, maybe he doesn't realize it. We don't hang out very often because of this.
Also, it's very difficult to question the validity of about 20,000 extant copies of the original Gospels and Epistles, meanwhile, there are no existing supporting documents for the "Book of Mormon" or their translation of the bible.
Mostly there are different translations of the Bible because of changing times and linguistics, but also because it is difficult to translate the old Greek and Hebrew texts.
Being a Christian (and pretty well educated about the origin of the LDS) I very much commend them for the work they do, but pity them for the screwed up nature of their beliefs. Make no mistake, LDS/Mormans are not Christians. Similar values, though. There is a lot of easy to obtain info and such if you're interested. I'm not trying to flame or troll. Ask one, they don't typically associate themselves with your 'typical' Christians.