Not at all. Jason Scott gets C&D requests all the time as does Max Goldberg (YTMND.) Neither of them answer most of them until they become court orders (never happens.)
No reasonable gun owner ever wants to shoot anybody else. Ever. They don't carry their guns going 'oo, oo, I hope some nigger gets uppity with me so I can cap him!' Sure, there are people that do that, and those people eventually go to jail when they DO end up doing that because murder is still illegal no matter how you do it.
The gun is there to give you a tool to defend yourself against an adversary who you believe is ready and willing to kill you. It is not there to defend you against arguments nor is it there to defend you against verbal threats. It's there to help protect you when someone actively tries to kill you.
Most people, statistically, will NEVER be in that situation, but for those unlucky people that are, they at least have something that can help see them through - oftentimes without ever having to fire a shot. Just the appearance of the weapon drawn with intent to use it is enough to defuse certain situations and, of course, your ultimate last resort still exists.
Every person should be allowed to defend themselves, their loved ones, their property and the people around them if they choose and are capable. There is no virtue or vice in choosing to be armed other than it gives you that extra option; that extra tool for the most extreme of cases.
Mismanaged, poorly advertised and people entrenched in their existing service because if they break from their Triple Play packages, their other services go up in price.
If they offered free VOIP service that would allow customers to use their existing phone number to go with the internet service and actually made that service competitive, then it might've worked. Problem is, private companies tend to have a -HELL- of a lot more money to spend on things than a municipality does.
People who complain about new Final Fantasy games being too linear and having no strategy involved in battles apparently have never played any other one besides maybe 12 or the old NES ones.
The old NES ones didn't exactly have a huge amount of strategy either other than 'manage your resources because inns are few and far in between... or just overlevel everything. whichever.'
Let's be honest here: Most people just confirm-spammed most random battles. Either that or Magic -> Most powerful spell -> Enemy. FF13 did the same thing, but on a macro level. You weren't controlling individual actions (although you COULD of whoever was the party leader,) but rather, controlling the toolset your characters actually had access to at any given point. It was no less dynamic in random encounters and no more dynamic in bosses which basically boiled down to 'buff self, debuff mob, stagger mob, kill mob, heal as appropriate.'
It's the same game everyone's been playing since 1987. It just gets ever higher production values.
I do not type with my fingers. He who types with his fingers has forgotten the face of his father. I type with my mind.
I do not troll with my fingers. He who trolls with his fingers has forgotten the face of his father. I troll with the lulz.
I do not argue over the internet with my rage. He who argues over the internet with his rage has forgotten the face of his father. I argue over the internet with my stubbornness.
It was essentially the equivalent of ICANN going 'I'm thinking of a number between x and y...' and people trying to guess the number to get their gTLD applications looked at first.
You know you can run a webserver and access it locally, right? You don't need (and in fact, it's best if there ISN'T) external access to a webserver you're learning to code on.
Hilarious enough, I'm as reclusive as they come and live in a very white-washed town and even *I* know that.
'The game' being used as slang for breaking into music was directly formed from the original slang of drug dealing. It sometimes makes the subject matter of some rap hard to actually determine, but I think the double usage in some songs is purposeful.
That's because it's a scam. That isn't the first time that story's been posted as a first post. Funny how a story about a botnet has a first post from someone probably using a botnet.
There's no one worth rooting for here. Governments FAR overstepping their bounds primarily at the will of big business or a money laundering scumbag? Who do you root for here? This isn't even just a matter of the lesser of two evils - it's just a matter of size. IMO, this looks more like clan warfare, but instead of spears and AK-47s, they use money and men in suits.
Uh, USB doesn't fix any of those problems, it's just another interface to use. Some USB devices work similarly enough that using the same calls works for all of a certain type (USB drives, for example,) but others don't - especially things like dongles.
Besides, the main point is that all of the software a typical person uses works on an OS they're used to. Change for the sake of change isn't a good idea. Linux is not inherently more secure than Windows - there is just less malware targeting it. If a user already is using his PC with less-than-good practices, changing over to Linux isn't going to make them any more secure than a decent firewall and antivirus solution would under Windows.
The FOSS argument doesn't matter to a typical user either. 'If you switch to Linux, you can work in an environment that's full of free and open software!' doesn't really appeal to most any given person who has already bought or pirated any of the software they care about anyway.
The bottom line is - if what someone is using is working for them, there is no reason to change it no matter what your personal beliefs are. The same people who bitch about the changes in UI design are typically the ones pushing for a Linux desktop for people who really don't want or need it other than as a curiosity. Change for the sake of change. You don't like it and neither do most people.
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He's not being paid to entertain you. He's being paid to take you where you need to go. Play Angry Birds or something if you're bored.
A response as written by someone who has no idea what a role-playing game is, especially if they're calling campaign sessions 'tournaments.'
It works fine in the diplomatic world, just not so much in the business world where you can stave off that destruction through litigation.
Not at all. Jason Scott gets C&D requests all the time as does Max Goldberg (YTMND.) Neither of them answer most of them until they become court orders (never happens.)
No reasonable gun owner ever wants to shoot anybody else. Ever. They don't carry their guns going 'oo, oo, I hope some nigger gets uppity with me so I can cap him!' Sure, there are people that do that, and those people eventually go to jail when they DO end up doing that because murder is still illegal no matter how you do it.
The gun is there to give you a tool to defend yourself against an adversary who you believe is ready and willing to kill you. It is not there to defend you against arguments nor is it there to defend you against verbal threats. It's there to help protect you when someone actively tries to kill you.
Most people, statistically, will NEVER be in that situation, but for those unlucky people that are, they at least have something that can help see them through - oftentimes without ever having to fire a shot. Just the appearance of the weapon drawn with intent to use it is enough to defuse certain situations and, of course, your ultimate last resort still exists.
Every person should be allowed to defend themselves, their loved ones, their property and the people around them if they choose and are capable. There is no virtue or vice in choosing to be armed other than it gives you that extra option; that extra tool for the most extreme of cases.
...it's more like - there isn't a shit load we can do about it, so no one cares.
Mismanaged, poorly advertised and people entrenched in their existing service because if they break from their Triple Play packages, their other services go up in price.
If they offered free VOIP service that would allow customers to use their existing phone number to go with the internet service and actually made that service competitive, then it might've worked. Problem is, private companies tend to have a -HELL- of a lot more money to spend on things than a municipality does.
People who complain about new Final Fantasy games being too linear and having no strategy involved in battles apparently have never played any other one besides maybe 12 or the old NES ones.
The old NES ones didn't exactly have a huge amount of strategy either other than 'manage your resources because inns are few and far in between... or just overlevel everything. whichever.'
Let's be honest here: Most people just confirm-spammed most random battles. Either that or Magic -> Most powerful spell -> Enemy. FF13 did the same thing, but on a macro level. You weren't controlling individual actions (although you COULD of whoever was the party leader,) but rather, controlling the toolset your characters actually had access to at any given point. It was no less dynamic in random encounters and no more dynamic in bosses which basically boiled down to 'buff self, debuff mob, stagger mob, kill mob, heal as appropriate.'
It's the same game everyone's been playing since 1987. It just gets ever higher production values.
I do not type with my fingers.
He who types with his fingers has forgotten the face of his father.
I type with my mind.
I do not troll with my fingers.
He who trolls with his fingers has forgotten the face of his father.
I troll with the lulz.
I do not argue over the internet with my rage.
He who argues over the internet with his rage has forgotten the face of his father.
I argue over the internet with my stubbornness.
MISTER POTATO HEAD. Backdoors are not secrets!
More like 10 seconds. It's a compromise worth the time.
It was essentially the equivalent of ICANN going 'I'm thinking of a number between x and y...' and people trying to guess the number to get their gTLD applications looked at first.
Why is this voted troll? Should be funny, but I have no mod points.
Man, you're opening yourself up on with one.
HAHA, I KILL ME.
You don't, but it definitely helps if you're designing something that's going to be public-facing.
You know you can run a webserver and access it locally, right? You don't need (and in fact, it's best if there ISN'T) external access to a webserver you're learning to code on.
To be fair, Crysis is a fairly boring game. It's a tech demo and a benchmark.
Hilarious enough, I'm as reclusive as they come and live in a very white-washed town and even *I* know that.
'The game' being used as slang for breaking into music was directly formed from the original slang of drug dealing. It sometimes makes the subject matter of some rap hard to actually determine, but I think the double usage in some songs is purposeful.
That's because it's a scam. That isn't the first time that story's been posted as a first post. Funny how a story about a botnet has a first post from someone probably using a botnet.
It's an engine wrapped in a browser wrapped in a shell wrapped in a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a flaky tortilla.
There's no one worth rooting for here. Governments FAR overstepping their bounds primarily at the will of big business or a money laundering scumbag? Who do you root for here? This isn't even just a matter of the lesser of two evils - it's just a matter of size. IMO, this looks more like clan warfare, but instead of spears and AK-47s, they use money and men in suits.
He may have, but the LEA may well have raided his backup locations too.
At the risk of this turning a bit dumb and irrelevant - 3.0.
Uh, USB doesn't fix any of those problems, it's just another interface to use. Some USB devices work similarly enough that using the same calls works for all of a certain type (USB drives, for example,) but others don't - especially things like dongles.
Besides, the main point is that all of the software a typical person uses works on an OS they're used to. Change for the sake of change isn't a good idea. Linux is not inherently more secure than Windows - there is just less malware targeting it. If a user already is using his PC with less-than-good practices, changing over to Linux isn't going to make them any more secure than a decent firewall and antivirus solution would under Windows.
The FOSS argument doesn't matter to a typical user either. 'If you switch to Linux, you can work in an environment that's full of free and open software!' doesn't really appeal to most any given person who has already bought or pirated any of the software they care about anyway.
The bottom line is - if what someone is using is working for them, there is no reason to change it no matter what your personal beliefs are. The same people who bitch about the changes in UI design are typically the ones pushing for a Linux desktop for people who really don't want or need it other than as a curiosity. Change for the sake of change. You don't like it and neither do most people.
I really want to mod you up as Funny, but your sig completely killed it. Please change your sig to something less stupid=(