just think of all the OTHER things we could do with that jet fuel. . . What about donating it to the UN or Unicef? Aww, no! We need to support the high rolling lifestyle of the West!
maybe i'm clueless, but all games I've purchased, and I live in Canada, already have a rating on them. They range from E for everyone to A for adult. Isn't that the system that is used everywhere? Why does BC, the land of toked up, granola eating hippies, need a different system, let alone one that mimics the farcical film ratings system?
Mr. CyberElf, did you actually read the article? The project intends to provide agricultural options for land that is not normally fertile. The whole point here is using salt water to open up new, more environmentally sound ways of cultivating food.
besides, how many transnational super-global-mega-corps are going to waltz in and start salt water farming in Eritrea? The country is quite unstable.
I have to agree that/. did the right thing in this case, but this incident only goes to prove m theory that Scientology is pretty damn stupid anyway. A religion with spokesmen like Tom Cruise can't be all that smart.
Good point. Maybe I should sell convince the american government that the unstable, eroding cliff on the back end of my property is the perfect place for an observatory.
I'm not quite sure how to take that, QPT. I agree that the possibility for extraterrestrial life is a little slim, but there could be billions and billions of planets out there. Each planet makes such a discovery just a little tiny bit more likely. Besides, I'd rather have telescopes taking pretty, scientifically interesting pictures of space than pour more money into military research.
The real distressing partof your comment is re-introducing creationism into schools. You know, as much as I applaud the encouragement of religious fanaticism. . .
maybe i'm a pessimist here, but what happens if that 'dormant' volcano decides to wake up? WOuldn't that be a helluva large amount of lost money and equipment? I'm not American, but I really question the wisdom of putting an expensive lab on top of a volcano.
I'm a chick, and i love video games. Keep those scary PC games at arms length, though, because i don't have the hardware to run them.
many many girls and women I know love to play RPGs, and a few of them are even into FPSs. Personally, I like RPGs and some simulations, like CivII (Civ III call to power sucked).
as a feminist, i see absolutely no problem making skins like that. who cares? They are fictional characters anyway. There are worse things that could be done, like kiddie porn. That is the absolute worst of the absolute worst.
What if the producers of the show incorporated viewer responses to develop the show? What if weekly polls determined the outcome of the game/simulation/show in the same way that is done in some reality tv shows?
no. i'm stating that the death of a total stranger is not as emotional an event as people would like you to believe. There is false sentimentality in North America. People cry over 'tragic' news stories, which aren't really tragic, and express elaborate grief over foreign disasters.
Feeling compassion for others is part of what it means to be humam, but is it necessary to cancel an exam at a Canadian university because your students have been 'traumatized' by Columbine? How about delaying the beginning of school because Princess Diana died? Don't forget about cancelling midterms because of the Swiss Air disaster.
These freakish events have absolutely no connection to me beyond the evening news. I see no reason to get emotionally overwrought just because the statistical counter turned over, and another airplane crashed, or some student went postal in their school. "life is nasty, brutish and short", as Hobbes would say, so don't have an apoplexy everytime something happens.
another person who isn't completely barmy over Lain! i thought i was alone!
Lain tries too hard to capture the introspective tones of Evangelion, and squirms toward Matrix-esque super-31337-ness. lain is interesting to watch, if you're dropping acid, but it isn't really deep. the story telling style is cool, just a little overdone.
I'm not Alleria, but i'd recommend FY, just because everyone else seems to be buying Escaflowne. (I think it's one of the anime-of-the-month right now, along with so-goddamn-many-Gundam and CC sakura.)
besides, i like the artwork in Escaflowne better, and i'm jealous of miaka for being so close to all those bishounen.
shujo anime is the exact opposite of the anime stereotype (shonen). Though I'm not a big fan of Sailor Moon, other Shujo / magical girl anime are good, especially Fushigi Yuugi and Nausicaa.
Here is a good resource for Shujo manga and anime.
Anything by studio ghibli is good, from Mononoke Hime to Laputa: Castle in the sky, and Porco Rosso. Most of the output of Studio Ghibli arrives in North America as part of the 'child animation' market, because it has very little violence.
admittedly these are decent shows for kids, but there is a subtle artistry that makes them worth watching for everyone.
WeiB Kreuz isn't hentai, has no giant robots, and no martial arts, but it does have a flower shop and some regular-non-akira-style motorcycles.
weiB, like Love Hina, isn't released yet, and from the looks o fthings, it never will be. it's about 4 assassins who run a flower shop. the dialogue is good, and each episode gives some insight into the past of the characters.
gee, i wish i could get overwrought with emotion about a person i don't even know, and will never meet or understand. i wish i could transform a total stranger who happens to drive a car in circles into a god.
this phenomenon of womanlessness goes to the very heart of gaming culture in general. one of my favourite things to do is to go to one of the local gaming stores and just walk in. the entire crowd of adolescent and awkward adult males parts like the red sea before me. the same thing happens whether i'm going into a video gaming store, or a good old dice-rolling, manual-toting role playing store.
it's funny the first few times, but after 5 or 6 years, it becomes disheartening. no one ever takes me seriously at any video game store. they always think i'm seeking a present for my brother. (i don't even HAVE a brother!)
didn't you play snookie on commodore64? that game rocked! it was just a little penguin running around, jumping over holes, avoiding mysterious bowling balls and falling stalactites. what excitement!
now tha's a run and jump game (only surpassed by commander keen).
quake isn't the greatest game ever, nor is it really the best FPS, but it sure is one heck of a game. it's one of those games that anyone can appreciate, even people who don't play games seriously. that's the charm of quake.
i work for a pr agency in thesummer, it makes me part of the 'i get my fill of advertising at work' target market, as well as the 'leave me alone you stupid telemarketers' target market and the 'media saturation' demographic.
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if i were a pilot, i'd take the job just to crash one of the planes and end the business. what a silly silly idea.
just think of all the OTHER things we could do with that jet fuel. . . What about donating it to the UN or Unicef? Aww, no! We need to support the high rolling lifestyle of the West!
maybe i'm clueless, but all games I've purchased, and I live in Canada, already have a rating on them. They range from E for everyone to A for adult. Isn't that the system that is used everywhere? Why does BC, the land of toked up, granola eating hippies, need a different system, let alone one that mimics the farcical film ratings system?
Mr. CyberElf, did you actually read the article? The project intends to provide agricultural options for land that is not normally fertile. The whole point here is using salt water to open up new, more environmentally sound ways of cultivating food.
besides, how many transnational super-global-mega-corps are going to waltz in and start salt water farming in Eritrea? The country is quite unstable.
I have to agree that /. did the right thing in this case, but this incident only goes to prove m theory that Scientology is pretty damn stupid anyway. A religion with spokesmen like Tom Cruise can't be all that smart.
Good point. Maybe I should sell convince the american government that the unstable, eroding cliff on the back end of my property is the perfect place for an observatory.
I'm not quite sure how to take that, QPT. I agree that the possibility for extraterrestrial life is a little slim, but there could be billions and billions of planets out there. Each planet makes such a discovery just a little tiny bit more likely. Besides, I'd rather have telescopes taking pretty, scientifically interesting pictures of space than pour more money into military research.
The real distressing partof your comment is re-introducing creationism into schools. You know, as much as I applaud the encouragement of religious fanaticism. . .
*clears throat* That would be an Interoceter, Earthling.
maybe i'm a pessimist here, but what happens if that 'dormant' volcano decides to wake up? WOuldn't that be a helluva large amount of lost money and equipment? I'm not American, but I really question the wisdom of putting an expensive lab on top of a volcano.
"It's dormant! Really!"
How many times have we heard THAT one before?
I'm a chick, and i love video games. Keep those scary PC games at arms length, though, because i don't have the hardware to run them.
many many girls and women I know love to play RPGs, and a few of them are even into FPSs. Personally, I like RPGs and some simulations, like CivII (Civ III call to power sucked).
as a feminist, i see absolutely no problem making skins like that. who cares? They are fictional characters anyway. There are worse things that could be done, like kiddie porn. That is the absolute worst of the absolute worst.
What if the producers of the show incorporated viewer responses to develop the show? What if weekly polls determined the outcome of the game/simulation/show in the same way that is done in some reality tv shows?
no. i'm stating that the death of a total stranger is not as emotional an event as people would like you to believe. There is false sentimentality in North America. People cry over 'tragic' news stories, which aren't really tragic, and express elaborate grief over foreign disasters.
Feeling compassion for others is part of what it means to be humam, but is it necessary to cancel an exam at a Canadian university because your students have been 'traumatized' by Columbine? How about delaying the beginning of school because Princess Diana died? Don't forget about cancelling midterms because of the Swiss Air disaster.
These freakish events have absolutely no connection to me beyond the evening news. I see no reason to get emotionally overwrought just because the statistical counter turned over, and another airplane crashed, or some student went postal in their school. "life is nasty, brutish and short", as Hobbes would say, so don't have an apoplexy everytime something happens.
i'm an old fart? really, i'm under twenty, i don't know what commander keen is, honest. I never even played it before. what, it's a game?
another person who isn't completely barmy over Lain! i thought i was alone!
Lain tries too hard to capture the introspective tones of Evangelion, and squirms toward Matrix-esque super-31337-ness. lain is interesting to watch, if you're dropping acid, but it isn't really deep. the story telling style is cool, just a little overdone.
yes, i watched all of it. twice.
I'm not Alleria, but i'd recommend FY, just because everyone else seems to be buying Escaflowne. (I think it's one of the anime-of-the-month right now, along with so-goddamn-many-Gundam and CC sakura.)
besides, i like the artwork in Escaflowne better, and i'm jealous of miaka for being so close to all those bishounen.
shujo anime is the exact opposite of the anime stereotype (shonen). Though I'm not a big fan of Sailor Moon, other Shujo / magical girl anime are good, especially Fushigi Yuugi and Nausicaa.
Here is a good resource for Shujo manga and anime.
Anything by studio ghibli is good, from Mononoke Hime to Laputa: Castle in the sky, and Porco Rosso. Most of the output of Studio Ghibli arrives in North America as part of the 'child animation' market, because it has very little violence.
admittedly these are decent shows for kids, but there is a subtle artistry that makes them worth watching for everyone.
WeiB Kreuz isn't hentai, has no giant robots, and no martial arts, but it does have a flower shop and some regular-non-akira-style motorcycles.
weiB, like Love Hina, isn't released yet, and from the looks o fthings, it never will be. it's about 4 assassins who run a flower shop. the dialogue is good, and each episode gives some insight into the past of the characters.
For more info, visit The White Cross or Endlessly Clear White.
gee, i wish i could get overwrought with emotion about a person i don't even know, and will never meet or understand. i wish i could transform a total stranger who happens to drive a car in circles into a god.
this phenomenon of womanlessness goes to the very heart of gaming culture in general. one of my favourite things to do is to go to one of the local gaming stores and just walk in. the entire crowd of adolescent and awkward adult males parts like the red sea before me. the same thing happens whether i'm going into a video gaming store, or a good old dice-rolling, manual-toting role playing store.
it's funny the first few times, but after 5 or 6 years, it becomes disheartening. no one ever takes me seriously at any video game store. they always think i'm seeking a present for my brother. (i don't even HAVE a brother!)
didn't you play snookie on commodore64? that game rocked! it was just a little penguin running around, jumping over holes, avoiding mysterious bowling balls and falling stalactites. what excitement!
now tha's a run and jump game (only surpassed by commander keen).
quake isn't the greatest game ever, nor is it really the best FPS, but it sure is one heck of a game. it's one of those games that anyone can appreciate, even people who don't play games seriously. that's the charm of quake.
someone actually coded an 8-bit browser for the commodore. it really does rule.
i work for a pr agency in thesummer, it makes me part of the 'i get my fill of advertising at work' target market, as well as the 'leave me alone you stupid telemarketers' target market and the 'media saturation' demographic.