the place i work at has ALOT fun, Nerf guns ect.. and that includes teepeeing my bosses office, after we picked the lock : )
all this and we still get work done. As long as the goofing off is not excessive, our boss turns a blind eye knowing that a happy employee is one who will work longer, harder for for less (not a whole lot less but i wouldn't leave this place for anything short of a 40% raise)
I agree Iam also pissed off, I advocate, once we fibnd out just who did this, a complete and utter scorched earth policy. nothing remains, no one should continue to draw breath. upon finding a patch of fire baked erath where there terrorist buddies once were should give them something to think about.
terrorists understand only one thing, violence, and that is what we should explain to them in, not by standing around looking weak and holding a limp dick in our hands.
While I agree that technology is a tool, and a useful one at that, that I well know ( I'm a 25yr EE ) but after dealing with it all day long, 10 hours a day I have times that I just want to dump it all and retun to something simple, and a good paper book is somthing I enjoy. one does not have to be Old to enjoy something that refreshes the mind and spirit.
for some people it may be that e/books are great but I don't think that they have the staying power that real books do. besides i like to OWN my book to do with it as i please, not to license it for 30 days.
I completely diagree with you on this, I also have a Palm and have read several E-books on it. but I will stand next the fact that NOTHING beats sitting out in the ol' hammock witha cold drink reading a paper book. thats the whole key to it, just as duncanIdaho said "They like personal libraries, the weight of a good book in their hand"
And i am forced to agree I go through just about one book per weekend. My family knows that on saturday afternoon it is time to Leave me alone, it is the being away from all the tech and getting back to something that is seen as part of "A simplier Life" It is one of the things that helps keep me Sane, And i know it is the same way for many of my programmer and engineering friends. Just sitting outside (or wherever) and taking all the time you want to dothis one simple little thing. no power cords, no monitors, no quick we need to fix this bug, just relaxing and letting the world flow by you.
That it why E/books will never truly catch on.
people read books for enjoyment and to get AWAY from tech not deeper into it.
have been taken on a road that will someday lead to a world much like that depicted in the movie "gattica"
You can say i am just being paranoid,but think for a moment, what kinds of freedoms did our parents enjoy 30-50 years ago ?? and then ask your self are they ALL still there today ??? no they are not. Freedom is taken away one very small step at a time until oneday you look around and think, gee what ever happened to my right to do XYZ ?
sorry bub those rights are gone.
welcome to the new world .
if your ISP gives you the info, don't bother with the cops, use Radek OR just wait unitl he/she has left the location you compter is residing at and then STEAL IT BACK !! What thief would belive that the Original owner tracked him/her down and did the same thing right back.
besides if you have home owners insurance you could still collect the value of the computer, then use that cash to upgrade to a better system, or use it to put out a contract on the thiefs head. either way.
your damn right !! hell I would donate an organ to go up there, I would CUT OFF my own left arm just o go up Dead serious. And this loser is Whining about the conditions ?? guess these 'explorers' would not have lated on the nina, pinta, or santa maria huh?
Guns are not the problem, it is the people who use them to kill others. Even if guns were banned alltogether they would still get into the country by illegal means. And the reason for that is because a criminal who is cometing a crime will not care if he has an extra charge of "having an illegal weapon" or not. And it is these same people who will continue to sell and or give them to the people who wish to hose a bunch of people, in a school or not.
And No it would not be "Harder" to get a gun under these criteria, I could go to almost any city in the US and get an illegal gun and ammo in under 45 min. if One imposed the banning of all guns the it MIIGHT take an hour.
The point is this the guns will ALWAYS be there for those that want them reguardless of what oaws and bans you put into place. To stop these shooting we need to take a harder look at the ROOT CAUSE, and address that, not just treat the symptoms.
True I guess i must grant you that, however The Amountof effort that the government is going to in protecting itself from become just one more method of mind controlling the masses by big business is shrinking and the size of the corps is increasing.
Increased communication and business managment through technology has and is leading to corps living on past the point that they would have colapsed in the past, and, continuing to grow to such a large size and power base that they now buyoff and keep in power those that look out for thier interests making our life that much worse. As i said before we are being brought up to be happy worker bees and consumers not free thinkers. that is the one thing that would threaten thier power over us.
Too bad there are not too many free thinkers still in this country. now they only gather in places like this one.
Down with Da Man !!
lwts all come back down to reality. the Gov is Pro Business and we no power to stop it only because the vast majority of people eat what they are given. We are brought up to be followers and consumers. the few who benifit from the pro corp gov ideal are the few who end up in power because thier father and mothers are the ones who were in power before them. this is of course not Always true just so often that it sends the country down the tubes.
I agree the gameplay is slow, the graphics are not very good (in comparison with newer games) and how long can a person, with any ammount of Imagination, really play this game ? Point 'N Click creature dies. lots of creatures use fireball/lightning/other surper skill, boring.
i prefer something with a little imagintaion and skill. something that uses teamwork not just Hack and Slash, I had my fill of that playing AD&D in highschool. this is the same thing only without the dice.
your wrong. Owning a gun is one of our RIGHTS, read - second amendment. if you get rid one that right whats to stop anyone from getting rid of other rights, like freedom of speech ??
Now thats why i love not living with my girlfriend, I won't get caught.:)
But she might start wondering why i haven't called in three weeks, and my employess will probably start wondering why i haven't shown up in a month.
YOu are completly correct. even if there is any kind of enviroment, it is a minimal one, and I mean MINIMAL. I mean we're talking about a few microbes, ya whatever I say squish em' flat. I feel that when inter-solar travel becomes more cost effective we should select a "dead planet", like mercury, and start dumping our crap and radioactive/toxic wastes on it. I mean who all is really going to care ??? I sure won't and I doubt that the rest of the planet would concidering that no one would be forced to live with the stuff any longer.
The same thing will happen all over....people will go back to a HD that is Pre-content protected. Not to mention the fact that some will buy many HD's and sell them after these steaming piles of crap are put in the marketplace.
Then there is the issue of some small time HD maker seeing a GREAT opportunity in making HDs without the Protection built in.
Newsflash ! watch some small 5 million dollar Chinese hard drive maker go to a Billion+
dollar company in six months..... this won't be anything more than a severe annoyance.
Quit your whining just cuase it takes a whopping 3 min to reboot. I don't like the game myself but at least i don't whine whne i am required to reboot after installing a game or every time i want to play it it's not like your going to miss three minutes of your life.
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You are totally right, however another good point was made in that the germans are Very protective about being assocated with the Nazis, it creates a bad image, and they are not going to be repeating the same thing ever agion They are making sure of that. besides it IS thier country who are we (the rest of the world) to tell them how to run it ?
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I don't like hate music or the groups that put it out, but I think that the freedom of speech is an important one. other countries may not have as much as here in the Us and some may have more, but that doesn't remove the fact that everyone has the right to express themselves even if pisses off a lot of other people.
not true, I was gmer all through my childhood and now look at me. I make more than most people, and I run my own company that makes over 18 milion a year, and and i have gameing as a kid to thank for it. kids who game are more likly to get involved in other aspects of computing, and Computers are in fact the "coal of the 21st century" as you put it. so gaming in fact Helps kids more than it hurts them. It is the kids who stay AWAy from computers who will be the bitter ones working at some fast food joint or in some other low paying job complaining bitterly about all of the "techies" that make the big money.
Hey man i live here in Cali. and I don't want the damn valley YOU take it ! The place sucks, the rent is too damn high, and the people...well for the most part they are too damn arrogent.
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the place i work at has ALOT fun, Nerf guns ect.. and that includes teepeeing my bosses office, after we picked the lock : )
all this and we still get work done. As long as the goofing off is not excessive, our boss turns a blind eye knowing that a happy employee is one who will work longer, harder for for less (not a whole lot less but i wouldn't leave this place for anything short of a 40% raise)
I agree Iam also pissed off, I advocate, once we fibnd out just who did this, a complete and utter scorched earth policy. nothing remains, no one should continue to draw breath. upon finding a patch of fire baked erath where there terrorist buddies once were should give them something to think about.
terrorists understand only one thing, violence, and that is what we should explain to them in, not by standing around looking weak and holding a limp dick in our hands.
While I agree that technology is a tool, and a useful one at that, that I well know ( I'm a 25yr EE ) but after dealing with it all day long, 10 hours a day I have times that I just want to dump it all and retun to something simple, and a good paper book is somthing I enjoy. one does not have to be Old to enjoy something that refreshes the mind and spirit.
for some people it may be that e/books are great but I don't think that they have the staying power that real books do. besides i like to OWN my book to do with it as i please, not to license it for 30 days.
If only i had the mod points.
I completely diagree with you on this, I also have a Palm and have read several E-books on it. but I will stand next the fact that NOTHING beats sitting out in the ol' hammock witha cold drink reading a paper book. thats the whole key to it, just as duncanIdaho said "They like personal libraries, the weight of a good book in their hand"
And i am forced to agree I go through just about one book per weekend. My family knows that on saturday afternoon it is time to Leave me alone, it is the being away from all the tech and getting back to something that is seen as part of "A simplier Life" It is one of the things that helps keep me Sane, And i know it is the same way for many of my programmer and engineering friends. Just sitting outside (or wherever) and taking all the time you want to dothis one simple little thing. no power cords, no monitors, no quick we need to fix this bug, just relaxing and letting the world flow by you.
That it why E/books will never truly catch on. people read books for enjoyment and to get AWAY from tech not deeper into it.
have been taken on a road that will someday lead to a world much like that depicted in the movie "gattica" You can say i am just being paranoid,but think for a moment, what kinds of freedoms did our parents enjoy 30-50 years ago ?? and then ask your self are they ALL still there today ??? no they are not. Freedom is taken away one very small step at a time until oneday you look around and think, gee what ever happened to my right to do XYZ ?
sorry bub those rights are gone.
welcome to the new world .
if your ISP gives you the info, don't bother with the cops, use Radek OR just wait unitl he/she has left the location you compter is residing at and then STEAL IT BACK !! What thief would belive that the Original owner tracked him/her down and did the same thing right back.
besides if you have home owners insurance you could still collect the value of the computer, then use that cash to upgrade to a better system, or use it to put out a contract on the thiefs head. either way.
your damn right !! hell I would donate an organ to go up there, I would CUT OFF my own left arm just o go up Dead serious. And this loser is Whining about the conditions ?? guess these 'explorers' would not have lated on the nina, pinta, or santa maria huh?
hmmmm i see people like alpha Centauri... good game though sids best yet :)
Damn Skippy !!!!
Guns are not the problem, it is the people who use them to kill others. Even if guns were banned alltogether they would still get into the country by illegal means. And the reason for that is because a criminal who is cometing a crime will not care if he has an extra charge of "having an illegal weapon" or not. And it is these same people who will continue to sell and or give them to the people who wish to hose a bunch of people, in a school or not.
And No it would not be "Harder" to get a gun under these criteria, I could go to almost any city in the US and get an illegal gun and ammo in under 45 min. if One imposed the banning of all guns the it MIIGHT take an hour.
The point is this the guns will ALWAYS be there for those that want them reguardless of what oaws and bans you put into place. To stop these shooting we need to take a harder look at the ROOT CAUSE, and address that, not just treat the symptoms.
True I guess i must grant you that, however The Amountof effort that the government is going to in protecting itself from become just one more method of mind controlling the masses by big business is shrinking and the size of the corps is increasing.
Increased communication and business managment through technology has and is leading to corps living on past the point that they would have colapsed in the past, and, continuing to grow to such a large size and power base that they now buyoff and keep in power those that look out for thier interests making our life that much worse. As i said before we are being brought up to be happy worker bees and consumers not free thinkers. that is the one thing that would threaten thier power over us.
Too bad there are not too many free thinkers still in this country. now they only gather in places like this one.
Down with Da Man !! lwts all come back down to reality. the Gov is Pro Business and we no power to stop it only because the vast majority of people eat what they are given. We are brought up to be followers and consumers. the few who benifit from the pro corp gov ideal are the few who end up in power because thier father and mothers are the ones who were in power before them. this is of course not Always true just so often that it sends the country down the tubes.
I agree the gameplay is slow, the graphics are not very good (in comparison with newer games) and how long can a person, with any ammount of Imagination, really play this game ? Point 'N Click creature dies. lots of creatures use fireball/lightning/other surper skill, boring.
i prefer something with a little imagintaion and skill. something that uses teamwork not just Hack and Slash, I had my fill of that playing AD&D in highschool. this is the same thing only without the dice.
your wrong. Owning a gun is one of our RIGHTS, read - second amendment. if you get rid one that right whats to stop anyone from getting rid of other rights, like freedom of speech ??
Now thats why i love not living with my girlfriend, I won't get caught. :)
But she might start wondering why i haven't called in three weeks, and my employess will probably start wondering why i haven't shown up in a month.
oh well screw em' all I'll have moo3 to play !
YOu are completly correct. even if there is any kind of enviroment, it is a minimal one, and I mean MINIMAL. I mean we're talking about a few microbes, ya whatever I say squish em' flat. I feel that when inter-solar travel becomes more cost effective we should select a "dead planet", like mercury, and start dumping our crap and radioactive/toxic wastes on it. I mean who all is really going to care ??? I sure won't and I doubt that the rest of the planet would concidering that no one would be forced to live with the stuff any longer.
The same thing will happen all over....people will go back to a HD that is Pre-content protected. Not to mention the fact that some will buy many HD's and sell them after these steaming piles of crap are put in the marketplace. Then there is the issue of some small time HD maker seeing a GREAT opportunity in making HDs without the Protection built in. Newsflash ! watch some small 5 million dollar Chinese hard drive maker go to a Billion+ dollar company in six months..... this won't be anything more than a severe annoyance.
Quit your whining just cuase it takes a whopping 3 min to reboot. I don't like the game myself but at least i don't whine whne i am required to reboot after installing a game or every time i want to play it it's not like your going to miss three minutes of your life.
You are totally right, however another good point was made in that the germans are Very protective about being assocated with the Nazis, it creates a bad image, and they are not going to be repeating the same thing ever agion They are making sure of that. besides it IS thier country who are we (the rest of the world) to tell them how to run it ?
I don't like hate music or the groups that put it out, but I think that the freedom of speech is an important one. other countries may not have as much as here in the Us and some may have more, but that doesn't remove the fact that everyone has the right to express themselves even if pisses off a lot of other people.
not true, I was gmer all through my childhood and now look at me. I make more than most people, and I run my own company that makes over 18 milion a year, and and i have gameing as a kid to thank for it. kids who game are more likly to get involved in other aspects of computing, and Computers are in fact the "coal of the 21st century" as you put it. so gaming in fact Helps kids more than it hurts them. It is the kids who stay AWAy from computers who will be the bitter ones working at some fast food joint or in some other low paying job complaining bitterly about all of the "techies" that make the big money.
Hey man i live here in Cali. and I don't want the damn valley YOU take it ! The place sucks, the rent is too damn high, and the people...well for the most part they are too damn arrogent.
Now that is one funny site. gerbilism..... gotta love the net ; }