To think that this movie is somehow more violent than *this* planet is amusing. It is a restless day in which somebody is not blown to smithereens in Iraq yet I am supposed to feel outraged that the new Star Wars movie earned a pg-13 rating?
I'd say the Iraq war should be rated at least an R.
I miss you more then Michael Bay missed the mark When he made Pearl Harbor I miss you more than that movie missed the point And that's an awful lot girl And now, now you've gone away And all I'm trying to say is Pearl Harbor sucked, and I miss you
I need u like Ben Affleck needs acting school He was terrible in that film I need u like Cuba Gooding needed a bigger part He's way better than Ben Affleck And now all I can think about is your smile and that shitty movie too Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you
Why does Michael Bay get to keep on making movies? I guess Pearl Harbor sucked Just a little bit more than I miss you
I doubt they would let someone who doesn't order anything just sit in their and use the internet for a prolonged period of time. It's a resturant, not a coffee shop.
I always thought of them sorta like a bakery/sandwich shop/coffee shop hybrid. That said, it's not like it's some fancy schmancy place. I honestly couldn't see anyone coming over and kicking anyone out of Panera because they're not ordering anything. I've seen an occasional person there that looks like they're planning on staying there for awhile to get some work done. Maybe your Panera is a more exclusive type of joint?
On a more grave issue: why, oh why did they get rid of the Tuscan Chicken sandwich?
What I can't understand from this is WHY Blizzard would be opposed to this?
The reason they'd be opposed to it is that when you play a MMORPG for fun, you talk to other players, you go fight monsters, you go do quests, and, sometimes, you might grind on a certain population of monsters in a certain area so you can get a certain item (or gold) that they drop.
When you're only playing the game to make in-game money that you can sell on eBay, you don't talk to other players and you don't do fun quests. You find what seems like the best way to earn gold and then you do it over and over again and try to chase away other players who might get in your way and threaten your (in-game and out-of-game) profits.
That's what there have been reports of in WoW. Players that continually hunt in certain areas and cause grief for other players that infringe on the territory they're working. These types of players are annoying and if they become too widespread, they may chase Blizzard's well-behaved customers away from the game.
Additionally, I've seen people here and elsewhere say they actually wouldn't mind "advertising" for products and services they're actually interested in - but at the same time, people argue against giving anyone the data needed to do exactly that kind of targeted advertising as a violation of privacy.
Personally, I wouldn't mind receiving (some) advertising for the latest video games, techie stuff, or other things I'm interested in. If I could somehow tell all advertising-generating entities to send me advertising about such topics as I indicate AND ONLY those topics, that sounds appealing.
The problem is, corporations share all kinds of data about me. Forgetting about privacy issues altogether, they don't ask me what I want advertising for. They use whatever bits of info they have about me to make those decisions. They look at my profile or demographic or whatever and use that to decide what I ought to be interested in. I bought a house recently, and clearly that means I need lots of info about life insurance, credit cards, burglar alarms, yard service, and the place offering dance lessons in my neighborhood. I couldn't care less about any of those things.
I live just outside Omaha, NE. I went to vote and a woman ahead of me in line was having a conversation with the poll workers. Her name wasn't on the list. She had always voted at that location and hadn't received any notice that she was to vote elsewhere.
The poll workers told her to go talk to the Election Commission to find out where to vote. They said that had been happening to other people, and they had no idea where those people were supposed to vote. An area had just been annexed into Omaha, so it might have been related to that...
The surprising thing, though, is that this woman that couldn't vote said she had just been at the Election Commission to pick up ballots. She's a poll worker, and she can't even figure out where to vote...
Kids are not so picky about whether or not sneaky programs slide into their computers via these "trojans". They won't read the user agreements, just click the buttons to get to the game faster.
As opposed to adults, who read through every end user license agreement closely, consulting their attorney as necessary.
To strengthen their case, IBM needed to trot out an MIT professor to counteract all of those fictional MIT folks that found this infringement in the first place.
You talk about the strength of a vote. I'm a liberal living in Nebraska. My vote for President will have no chance of helping Kerry win because there's no way Nebraska is going to give its electoral votes to anyone other than a Republican in the foreseeable future. If we divided up our electoral votes proportionally, or just had a direct election, my vote could actually mean something.
You say if it was a direct election politicians would only focus on big population centers? So, wait, they wouldn't come to Nebraska? Just like they're not doing now since they know we're going to vote Republican? On the contrary, right now the presidential candidates are focusing on the so called "swing states" rather than the "red" and "blue" states. If it was a direct election, they'd probably be campaigning further afield.
The biggest problem I see with a direct election is the opportunity for fraud goes up... but, again, that's only because there are so many more votes that actually count for something! Nobody would have a reason to, for example, try to cheat to give Bush more votes in Nebraska this year...
"As I got further into the novel, my problem wasn't that of feeling worse, it was forcing myself to put the book down when I felt I needed to rest again." Read on for the rest.
But I wanted to hear about what he thought of the book.
While you respond in disgust, what happens if one day science does indeed discover that biology trumphs freewill? What if almost all of out behaviors are predetermined by chemistry?
I don't get this biology trumping freewill thing. Look, my brain belongs to me. If it does some sorta electro-chemical mumbo-jumbo to figure out what kind of cereal I decide to eat in the morning, how does that destroy my free will? Oh no, I'm a slave to my physical brain! Oh, the angst! Like it would be so much better if I was a slave to an immaterial, invisible soul instead?
In Georgia, on the other hand, things are quite different. Here, from what I learned through the grapevine, the employer seems to hold most of the cards, and has most of the rights. You can be terminated at any time for any reason, or for no reason at all, and you have no recourse. Even so, you can still be held to a noncompete. This, apparently, is supposed to encourage employment, and thus they call this the "Right to Work".
I believe what you are describing here is the concept of "employment at will", which, as far as I know, has nothing to do with "right to work." It means that your employment is voluntary for both you and your employer and either of you can dissolve this agreement whenever you want. Unless you have a contract stating otherwise, I believe that's the way it works throughout the U.S. But, IANAL.
On most highways, there are signs every few miles with a few very wise words:
"Keep right except to pass"
If you are dealing with tailgaters in the right lane, you're fine. If you're doing this in the passing lane, you are just being an ass, and can actually get a ticket for this.
Maybe there are signs like that on most highways in your state (assuming you live in the U.S. as I do.) I've never seen any signs like that on any of the highways that I frequent. Likewise, I know it's the law that you're only supposed to use the left lane for passing in some states, but I don't think this is the case everywhere.
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Someone mod this +1 Bitter.
If you got 12 months severance (I'm sorry, 10 months + 60 days) then you got off a lot better then some people.
American politics reduced to juvenile jibes? Thats unpossible!?!
You misunderestimate us.
To think that this movie is somehow more violent than *this* planet is amusing. It is a restless day in which somebody is not blown to smithereens in Iraq yet I am supposed to feel outraged that the new Star Wars movie earned a pg-13 rating?
I'd say the Iraq war should be rated at least an R.
And I already had problems telling the two BSAs apart...
"Fake Ghostlike Photons" is an anagram for "Fools Shop at ThinkGeek"
Free Dimitri?
Why would we sign the petition? This is Slashdot -- we revel in is MS doing stupid stuff like this.
I doubt they would let someone who doesn't order anything just sit in their and use the internet for a prolonged period of time. It's a resturant, not a coffee shop.
I always thought of them sorta like a bakery/sandwich shop/coffee shop hybrid. That said, it's not like it's some fancy schmancy place. I honestly couldn't see anyone coming over and kicking anyone out of Panera because they're not ordering anything. I've seen an occasional person there that looks like they're planning on staying there for awhile to get some work done. Maybe your Panera is a more exclusive type of joint?
On a more grave issue: why, oh why did they get rid of the Tuscan Chicken sandwich?
What I can't understand from this is WHY Blizzard would be opposed to this?
The reason they'd be opposed to it is that when you play a MMORPG for fun, you talk to other players, you go fight monsters, you go do quests, and, sometimes, you might grind on a certain population of monsters in a certain area so you can get a certain item (or gold) that they drop.
When you're only playing the game to make in-game money that you can sell on eBay, you don't talk to other players and you don't do fun quests. You find what seems like the best way to earn gold and then you do it over and over again and try to chase away other players who might get in your way and threaten your (in-game and out-of-game) profits.
That's what there have been reports of in WoW. Players that continually hunt in certain areas and cause grief for other players that infringe on the territory they're working. These types of players are annoying and if they become too widespread, they may chase Blizzard's well-behaved customers away from the game.
Additionally, I've seen people here and elsewhere say they actually wouldn't mind "advertising" for products and services they're actually interested in - but at the same time, people argue against giving anyone the data needed to do exactly that kind of targeted advertising as a violation of privacy.
Personally, I wouldn't mind receiving (some) advertising for the latest video games, techie stuff, or other things I'm interested in. If I could somehow tell all advertising-generating entities to send me advertising about such topics as I indicate AND ONLY those topics, that sounds appealing.
The problem is, corporations share all kinds of data about me. Forgetting about privacy issues altogether, they don't ask me what I want advertising for. They use whatever bits of info they have about me to make those decisions. They look at my profile or demographic or whatever and use that to decide what I ought to be interested in. I bought a house recently, and clearly that means I need lots of info about life insurance, credit cards, burglar alarms, yard service, and the place offering dance lessons in my neighborhood. I couldn't care less about any of those things.
Looking at those graphs it seems clear to me: next election we should just let Illinois choose the next President.
Nothing is best than a good Slashdotting.
I live just outside Omaha, NE. I went to vote and a woman ahead of me in line was having a conversation with the poll workers. Her name wasn't on the list. She had always voted at that location and hadn't received any notice that she was to vote elsewhere.
The poll workers told her to go talk to the Election Commission to find out where to vote. They said that had been happening to other people, and they had no idea where those people were supposed to vote. An area had just been annexed into Omaha, so it might have been related to that...
The surprising thing, though, is that this woman that couldn't vote said she had just been at the Election Commission to pick up ballots. She's a poll worker, and she can't even figure out where to vote...
Kids are not so picky about whether or not sneaky programs slide into their computers via these "trojans". They won't read the user agreements, just click the buttons to get to the game faster.
As opposed to adults, who read through every end user license agreement closely, consulting their attorney as necessary.
There's a comic that would be right at home between Mary Worth and Rex Morgan, MD.
To strengthen their case, IBM needed to trot out an MIT professor to counteract all of those fictional MIT folks that found this infringement in the first place.
You talk about the strength of a vote. I'm a liberal living in Nebraska. My vote for President will have no chance of helping Kerry win because there's no way Nebraska is going to give its electoral votes to anyone other than a Republican in the foreseeable future. If we divided up our electoral votes proportionally, or just had a direct election, my vote could actually mean something.
You say if it was a direct election politicians would only focus on big population centers? So, wait, they wouldn't come to Nebraska? Just like they're not doing now since they know we're going to vote Republican? On the contrary, right now the presidential candidates are focusing on the so called "swing states" rather than the "red" and "blue" states. If it was a direct election, they'd probably be campaigning further afield.
The biggest problem I see with a direct election is the opportunity for fraud goes up ... but, again, that's only because there are so many more votes that actually count for something! Nobody would have a reason to, for example, try to cheat to give Bush more votes in Nebraska this year...
"As I got further into the novel, my problem wasn't that of feeling worse, it was forcing myself to put the book down when I felt I needed to rest again." Read on for the rest.
But I wanted to hear about what he thought of the book.
While you respond in disgust, what happens if one day science does indeed discover that biology trumphs freewill? What if almost all of out behaviors are predetermined by chemistry?
I don't get this biology trumping freewill thing. Look, my brain belongs to me. If it does some sorta electro-chemical mumbo-jumbo to figure out what kind of cereal I decide to eat in the morning, how does that destroy my free will? Oh no, I'm a slave to my physical brain! Oh, the angst! Like it would be so much better if I was a slave to an immaterial, invisible soul instead?
...but where Hotmail really kicks ass is in its spam filtering. It works so well, even much of my legitimate email is auto-deleted.
It's funny, IBM's legal team doesn't miss anything but they seem to always wait until the most opportune time to bring it up.
It is funny. Shouldn't they have been putting this out in their weekly press releases?
In Georgia, on the other hand, things are quite different. Here, from what I learned through the grapevine, the employer seems to hold most of the cards, and has most of the rights. You can be terminated at any time for any reason, or for no reason at all, and you have no recourse. Even so, you can still be held to a noncompete. This, apparently, is supposed to encourage employment, and thus they call this the "Right to Work".
I believe what you are describing here is the concept of "employment at will", which, as far as I know, has nothing to do with "right to work." It means that your employment is voluntary for both you and your employer and either of you can dissolve this agreement whenever you want. Unless you have a contract stating otherwise, I believe that's the way it works throughout the U.S. But, IANAL.
I assume you mean GURPS?
GURPS 4th Edition is also coming out at GenCon, by the way! I picked up 3rd edition way back in 1989...
On most highways, there are signs every few miles with a few very wise words:
"Keep right except to pass"
If you are dealing with tailgaters in the right lane, you're fine. If you're doing this in the passing lane, you are just being an ass, and can actually get a ticket for this.
Maybe there are signs like that on most highways in your state (assuming you live in the U.S. as I do.) I've never seen any signs like that on any of the highways that I frequent. Likewise, I know it's the law that you're only supposed to use the left lane for passing in some states, but I don't think this is the case everywhere.