Soul Calibur II did, at least (never played Soul Calibur I). They called it a "guard break", but it was basically the same concept--you not only complete avoided the attack (even if it was unblockable or would do damage through a block) but also stunned your opponent for a moment.
Medieval Madness? Screw that. They got a Black Knight--and it's probably in perfect working order! (you know how hard it was for arcades to keep that thing in good repair?) Ah, I can still hear the hoofbeats as the ball rolled down the inlane...and the dark laughter when I hit the outlane save button too slow...
But even more than that, they have an Addams Family! "The Mam-MOOSH-ka!" "Hit Cousin It!" "Fifty MIL-lion!" "It's not plugged in yet." "Back to the vault!" And, of course, "It's SHOWTIME!"
> Actually, a few bits of that turned up in Tim Burton's Batman. The Joker's smiling poison...
Hmm. Maybe Burton cribbed it from Miller, but Miller didn't invent that. In fact, the Joker's "smiling poison" goes back to the very first Joker story in 1940. It went away when people stopped getting killed in DC comics, but has had a revival. Much of the new, "darker" Batman is really a return to his original roots.
And your point is? Unless you mean he lost the popular vote in Florida, in which case you are incorrect, as was shown by several investigations.
> It should have been if Miami couldn't get its act cleaned up to do a proper recount, then there should > have been a new election held.
And your reason for doing something flagrantly illegal under the Florida electoral law is...? Besides that the guy you wanted didn't get elected, that is. Hey, let's keep voting until we get the result we want!
> Or discount all of Florida.
Florida, now 40% off! Or, if you're talking about throwing out Florida's electoral votes, you're now talking about something flagrantly illegal under both Florida and Federal election law...
> Permitting voters to file absentee ballots/etc. has the same problem.
Yes. Yes, it does. That's why some of us are disturbed that it's becoming too easy to get an absentee ballot. You used to have to prove you needed one.
Speak for myself, and for every major government on this planet, including those who were dead set against intervention. They *all* believed Saddam had WMDs.
Actually, no they weren't. The French were as convinced as anybody else that Saddam had WMDs. About the only point of real difference was whether he had a credible nuclear threat. Everybody, *including* the French, were convinced that he had substantial chemical and at least some biological weaponry. The French just thought we shouldn't do anything effective about it.
> Show me a _single_ web technology that can do all of that without having to combine ten other > technologies and looking the same in all browsers.
Webpage design that attempts to look the same in all browsers is inherently broken webpage design. HTML's very strength is that the user can tailor the display to his own requirements.
Check the fine print on your agreement with your cell phone company. I'll bet you've given them the express permission required by law in the agreement.
> They purposefully cultivate a siege mentality. That's why all MS employees have an us VS them > mentality. It's a common technique used by cults and in this case MS.
Good thing nobody on the Linux side of the debate has that sort of mentality, eh?
> Robert Heinlein tests another approach in Starship Troopers (the book not the movie), > where military service is a prerequisite for attaining citizenship--and the right to vote and > run for office. I guess the idea is that the only people who can make good decisions about running a country are the ones who have put > their lives on the line in its defense (i.e., they have a personal investment in its success).
Wrong. In several places.
What is it about Starship Troopers? Nobody seems to be able to read what Heinlein actually wrote in that book. I'm not sure I agree with it all myself, but at least read what the man wrote.
You did *not* have *military* service to vote. You simply had to have served. This could turn out to be military service, as it did for most of the characters we see in the book. But it could also turn out to be digging ditches somewhere. Heinlein specifically says that most of those who sign up for service to get the vote do *not* wind up in the military.
Heinlein also gives his idea of *why* this would work right there in black and white. Put simply, people who have signed up for service have demonstrated their ability to put the needs of the community before their own needs.
I should also add that the system is *not* exclusive. Anyone, *anyone* can sign up. They will find *something* for you to do, and give you the vote. No one is turned away. The only way to not get the vote is by quitting or by malfeasance (if you're court-martialled out of the military, for example).
> It's not like mainland China TVs are known for their high quality and reliability anywqay, > they're aimed squarely at the "OMG I can get a 27" TV for $200!?!" crowd.
For now. Ask your parent (or more likely, your grandparents). They can tell you all about when "Made in Japan" was a universal by-word for cheap, shoddy junk.
The most incisive analysis of expensing stock options I ever heard was from Warren Buffett, who can surely claim to know what he's talking about in financial matters: "If options aren't a form of compensation, what are they? If compensation isn't an expense, what is it? And if expenses shouldn't go into the calculation of earnings, where in the world should they go?"
> I hope the jury showed some humanity, realized that he should get a serious punishment but not > a life sentence, and handed it an annulment
Why? The guy was guilty as sin, and tried to perjure his way out of it. Throw the book at him. I agree with the guy who wonders why they didn't get his lawyer too.
> By the way, being able to answer one question that was translated for you doesn't mean you > know the language and understand what is said in a high-stress situation.
Reread the article, numbnuts. He answered *before* the translator translated it! And if being grilled on the witness stand isn't high-stress, what is? Apparently, it didn't cause him to forget his English, it just caused him to forget that he didn't know it.
I hate to break this to you, but none of those three look terribly brilliant. Mostly they expected to be able to cover their tracks when they started making money again--which is akin to the gambler's conviction that he'll replace the embezzled money when he wins it back at the roulette wheel. Tyco's boss was particularly dumb--he was basically stuffing the company's money into his pockets right there in plain sight.
> Except there was a slight problem; when he cut the cables to the video cameras, he had also cut > the power to the sliding doors, which automatically locked when there was a power failure.
Sounds like an urban legend to me. Such doors *unlock* when power is removed, because fire codes require it.
I think we *definitely* need to follow Mr. Myers advice and send our comments to the email addresses he gives. Oh, and be sure to cc: him. He did ask, after all...
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> What [technical analysis] does provide is a nice, clean and easy to understand set of rules.
"For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong." -- HL Mencken
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Soul Calibur II did, at least (never played Soul Calibur I). They called it a "guard break", but it was basically the same concept--you not only complete avoided the attack (even if it was unblockable or would do damage through a block) but also stunned your opponent for a moment.
Chris Mattern
Medieval Madness? Screw that. They got a Black Knight--and it's probably in perfect working order! (you know how hard it was for arcades to keep that thing in good repair?) Ah, I can still hear the hoofbeats as the ball rolled down the inlane...and the dark laughter when I hit the outlane save button too slow...
But even more than that, they have an Addams Family! "The Mam-MOOSH-ka!" "Hit Cousin It!" "Fifty MIL-lion!" "It's not plugged in yet." "Back to the vault!" And, of course, "It's SHOWTIME!"
Chris Mattern
...will be about how to use PHP in a Microsoft environment. It will be titled "Foundations and Empire".
Chris Mattern
After seeing that site, you decide that Slashdot's colors aren't that bad after all....
Chris Mattern
> Is the plot going to be anything like The Ambiguously Gay Duo.
No, they apparently have kicked Schumacher out, thank God.
Chris Mattern
> Actually, a few bits of that turned up in Tim Burton's Batman. The Joker's smiling poison...
Hmm. Maybe Burton cribbed it from Miller, but Miller didn't invent that. In fact, the Joker's "smiling poison" goes back to the very first Joker story in 1940. It went away when people stopped getting killed in DC comics, but has had a revival. Much of the new, "darker" Batman is really a return to his original roots.
Chris Mattern
> Bush lost the popular vote.
And your point is? Unless you mean he lost the popular vote in Florida, in which case you are incorrect, as was shown by several investigations.
> It should have been if Miami couldn't get its act cleaned up to do a proper recount, then there should
> have been a new election held.
And your reason for doing something flagrantly illegal under the Florida electoral law is...? Besides that the guy you wanted didn't get elected, that is. Hey, let's keep voting until we get the result we want!
> Or discount all of Florida.
Florida, now 40% off! Or, if you're talking about throwing out Florida's electoral votes, you're now talking about something flagrantly illegal under both Florida and Federal election law...
Chris Mattern
> Permitting voters to file absentee ballots/etc. has the same problem.
Yes. Yes, it does. That's why some of us are disturbed that it's becoming too easy to get an absentee ballot. You used to have to prove you needed one.
Chris Mattern
...is that he doesn't own any of them anymore.
Chris Mattern
Speak for myself, and for every major government on this planet, including those who were dead set against intervention. They *all* believed Saddam had WMDs.
Chris Mattern
Actually, no they weren't. The French were as convinced as anybody else that Saddam had WMDs. About the only point of real difference was whether he had a credible nuclear threat. Everybody, *including* the French, were convinced that he had substantial chemical and at least some biological weaponry. The French just thought we shouldn't do anything effective about it.
chris Mattern
> Show me a _single_ web technology that can do all of that without having to combine ten other
> technologies and looking the same in all browsers.
Webpage design that attempts to look the same in all browsers is inherently broken webpage design. HTML's very strength is that the user can tailor the display to his own requirements.
Chris Mattern
Check the fine print on your agreement with your cell phone company. I'll bet you've given them the express permission required by law in the agreement.
Chris Mattern
> They purposefully cultivate a siege mentality. That's why all MS employees have an us VS them
> mentality. It's a common technique used by cults and in this case MS.
Good thing nobody on the Linux side of the debate has that sort of mentality, eh?
Chris Mattern
> Robert Heinlein tests another approach in Starship Troopers (the book not the movie),
> where military service is a prerequisite for attaining citizenship--and the right to vote and
> run for office. I guess the idea is that the only people who can make good decisions about running a country are the ones who have put
> their lives on the line in its defense (i.e., they have a personal investment in its success).
Wrong. In several places.
What is it about Starship Troopers? Nobody seems to be able to read what Heinlein actually wrote in that book. I'm not sure I agree with it all myself, but at least read what the man wrote.
You did *not* have *military* service to vote. You simply had to have served. This could turn out to be military service, as it did for most of the characters we see in the book. But it could also turn out to be digging ditches somewhere. Heinlein specifically says that most of those who sign up for service to get the vote do *not* wind up in the military.
Heinlein also gives his idea of *why* this would work right there in black and white. Put simply, people who have signed up for service have demonstrated their ability to put the needs of the community before their own needs.
I should also add that the system is *not* exclusive. Anyone, *anyone* can sign up. They will find *something* for you to do, and give you the vote. No one is turned away. The only way to not get the vote is by quitting or by malfeasance (if you're court-martialled out of the military, for example).
Chris Mattern
...are still right here.
Chris Mattern
> It's not like mainland China TVs are known for their high quality and reliability anywqay,
> they're aimed squarely at the "OMG I can get a 27" TV for $200!?!" crowd.
For now. Ask your parent (or more likely, your grandparents). They can tell you all about when "Made in Japan" was a universal by-word for cheap, shoddy junk.
Chris Mattern
The most incisive analysis of expensing stock options I ever heard was from Warren Buffett, who can surely claim to know what he's talking about in financial matters: "If options aren't a form of compensation, what are they? If compensation isn't an expense, what is it? And if expenses shouldn't go into the calculation of earnings, where in the world should they go?"
Chris Mattern
Of course. And then you show them why not paying the money was a *bad* idea.
Chris Mattern
> I hope the jury showed some humanity, realized that he should get a serious punishment but not
> a life sentence, and handed it an annulment
Why? The guy was guilty as sin, and tried to perjure his way out of it. Throw the book at him. I agree with the guy who wonders why they didn't get his lawyer too.
> By the way, being able to answer one question that was translated for you doesn't mean you
> know the language and understand what is said in a high-stress situation.
Reread the article, numbnuts. He answered *before* the translator translated it! And if being grilled on the witness stand isn't high-stress, what is? Apparently, it didn't cause him to forget his English, it just caused him to forget that he didn't know it.
Chris Mattern
I hate to break this to you, but none of those three look terribly brilliant. Mostly they expected to be able to cover their tracks when they started making money again--which is akin to the gambler's conviction that he'll replace the embezzled money when he wins it back at the roulette wheel. Tyco's boss was particularly dumb--he was basically stuffing the company's money into his pockets right there in plain sight.
Chris Mattern
> Except there was a slight problem; when he cut the cables to the video cameras, he had also cut
> the power to the sliding doors, which automatically locked when there was a power failure.
Sounds like an urban legend to me. Such doors *unlock* when power is removed, because fire codes require it.
Chris Mattern
I think we *definitely* need to follow Mr. Myers advice and send our comments to the email addresses he gives. Oh, and be sure to cc: him. He did ask, after all...
Chris Mattern
Nope, we don't have buzzwords. We just have seizures.
Chris Mattern