So we can all argue about why it's being released on XBox, but not PC, extoll how much better it will be than D3, complain about the code not being OSS, point out miniscule contradictions in the screenshots, post mirrors, make jokes, argue about why it's being released on XBox, but not PC, extoll how much better it will be than D3, complain about the code not being OSS, point out miniscule contradictions in the screenshots, post mirrors, make jokes, argue about why it's being released on XBox, but not PC, extoll how much better it will be than D3, complain about the code not being OSS, point out miniscule contradictions in the screenshots, post mirrors, make jokes, bitch about dups, get off into some tangent about video cards, and make jokes.
They had some comments on the local news this morning about its severity. (I live in Vancouver - just a short drive from St. Helens.) It looks like the only thing they're predicting is a very small eruption, possible steam escapes. Nothing at all like the last one.
The only problem they expect is the possibility of dispruping flights at PDX or some of the local airports.
Contrary to the last eruption, when 57 people died, no one lives up around the volcano anymore. So, it's not like anything nearly as severe is likely.
So, even though activity is through the roof, they don't expect more than a small eruption. Even last time, here in Vancouver, we didn't get much activity at all. All the ash, darkness and horrid weather was thrown to the east of the Cascades, near Yakima and Central Washington. The rivers were flooded and clogged with debris, but other than the immediate vicinity, no one was hurt.
Also, if someone is tailgating me, that makes the chances of a collision much higher, so it only makes sense to slow down. If they get even closer after I've slowed down, then it makes sense for me to slow down even more.
I'll try to get out of the way, but if I can't do so without risking an accident squeezing between cars in the next lane or a speeding ticket for doing 85 or 90 to get out of your way, I'm going to slow down until you back off or I have an opportunity to change lanes safely.
Awesome. THAT is the right attitude. Kudos to you for your driving habits.
The problem with the other guy is he got a kick out of toying with the bad drivers. That's very much akin to making fun of the psycho guy with the gun to your head. It just doesn't make sense, and then they whine and complain that "The other guy was the bad driver! He caused all the accidents!" That may be, but by toying with anyone, you're doing the exact same thing, and asserting your right to "drive however YOU want, regardless of anyone else's safety."
I applaud your attitude and would tailgate you anytime.;)
Yeah, you're a prick, and you're the sort that cause accidents and road rage.
Don't come looking for sympathy when you fuck around with your 2,500 lb killing machine and someone calls you on it and beats your brains out on the side of the road.
Stop toying with people. You're not the cops. Yeah, they get it, you're being "cute". How original. Instead, why not get the fuck out of the lane and let them speed on to their anger management class?
Hint: if you are going to post a spelling flame, make damn sure your own post is 100% kosher. BTW, what is "edumacation"? What does "spouting about" mean?
Edumacation is a joke. You know, "I is edumacated..."? Get out much? Spouting? Go get a dictionary for that one. Too tough for me. I just found it in a thesaurus somewhere.
I wasn't posting a "spelling flame", I was instead pointing out the ludicrous nature of the guy exclaiming that I should go out and read some books, when he most likely doesn't read (or write, apparently) too well, himself.
And I "get to" sound like an irate, illogical tool about this whole issue, because I don't steal software. I think it's wrong, and too many people do it. I doubt the software companies lose much money over the whole issue, but I work at one, and I'm pissed when I see our stuff floating around on Kazaa.
How can you get to the point where you're defending a self-centered and selfish attitude that somehow, in some bizarro-world, you deserve this thing - a song or a movie or a game - whatever - even though the producer of this thing doesn't believe you do. An artist, the RIAA, whoever controls it, suddenly loses control of it, and that makes it ok to take?
Here's a thought. Try this on for size. Infringe on copyrights all day long, just don't TAKE anything. See how that works out for ya. Don't take anything from outside your computer, and move it (take it, whatever) to your computer without paying for it. Wouldn't really be "pirating" would it?
So that's my point. Stealing requires taking. Pirating requires taking. Not that that means pirating requires stealing, but there's a pretty fine goddamned line, there, and it's completely unjustifiable, any way you cut it.
My point is -- it's wrong to "pirate". Stop trying to justify it or make it "less bad" because you call it something else. Maybe it IS something else. It's still wrong. Stop defending it.
Speaking of abandoning all logic and reason, look at your previous point. "...hence the reason I pirate before I buy."
You know what? I do sound like an illogical, irate tool. Who cares? I don't steal software. I get to.
And no, I don't want to control your actions. I want you to control your actions. Stop stealing. Stop "insert stupid excuse for not calling it stealing here". Stop taking stuff that's not yours because you feel you should be able to. I will ignore your point of view, because...well...it's stupid, and it's wrong. And you're a thief. Nothing more to say.
Except...Oh, yeah. I read plenty of books. Enough to know the difference between accept and except. Enough to know how to spell "reccomend". Even enough to know who Lawrence Lessig is. Who's this Lessing fellow you write of? Funny, that.
Go get yourself an edumacation and stop spouting about other people's ideas from books you've probably never read. I doubt Lessig ever recommended that you, personally, go out and steal software. Get your own ideas, and go find some morals while you're at it. Look them up under 'M'. A coupla pages before moron.
Thank god I didn't pay out the ass for those 6 shitty hours of playtime, hence the reason I pirate before I buy.
Karma be damned, but fuck YOU.
It's selfish, me-first-and-screw-everyone-else attitudes like that that ruin it for everyone else. And it's for people like you that I would HAPPILY give up any rights I have remaining just to piss you off and make your job of pirating even harder.
You know, I've learned something today... Just because I _can_ pirate something doesn't mean I _should_. And what makes me think I'm so goddamned special that I can go out and take whatever I want, just to see if it's special enough to spend $50 on it? Can you walk into a clothing store and try out those new jeans for a few weeks, to see if you like them? Can you go to a restaurant, order a great lobster dinner, and then get up and walk out because you decide it wasn't what you wanted?
Yes, there are laws that let us return things if they're unsatisfactory, and most of those don't extend to software in many cases. Guess what? Them's the breaks. Go get yourself a brain and READ SOME REVIEWS before plunking down your hard-earned cash. If 90% of people say it's cool, but not worth it, then DON'T FUCKING BUY IT! If you DO go buy it, and don't like it, SELL IT ON eBAY.
But for fuck's sake, stop stealing stuff off of the internet (or infringing, or copying, or whatever pitiful excuse you use to make yourself feel better) and claiming, "Yeah, I was just checking it out to see if it was worth my money." Life sometimes sucks, but it's usually pretty cool. Oh, yeah. You're a prick.
A large portion of the 'graduates' in the Dallas school system can not read or write at the 3rd grade level.
Oh, I don't know. If I were a thinking man, I'd be inclined to believe his statement out of hand. Think about it. If you can read and write just fine, then obviously you do not read or write at a 3rd grade level.
Sounds like Lying with Statistics worked for him...
the universe is in three dimensions what the earth is in two: It is finite in size but has no boundary. Going in one direction long enough will bring you back to where you started.
If you're involved in a collision in which your bumper is crushed, but the rest of the car is intact, and the black box claims you were impacted the tree at 182 MPH
When I was a kid, and you hit a tree at 182 MPH, you knew it, by God.
Seriously. It's flashing "Overspeed warning off" at me.
Ha, ha, ha, ha!!!
A bit off topic, but my wife and I rented a car on our honeymoon around Ireland a few years ago. We arrived on a Saturday, and that "Overspeed Warning Off!" warning started flashing on our rental (goofy looking French Minivan thingy) on Sunday morning. Driving in Ireland is...well...a little different for US drivers. The wrong side of the road, hedges and walls within inches of you every mile, and hairpin turns every few feet with tour buses barelling down at you going 65mph!
So, we saw this warning flashing at us, and had no idea how to deal with it. We were nervous about driving as it was, so we pulled over in several towns, trying to find someone on Sunday who knew what to do about it.
We found several auto shops, a couple that were open, but no one had ever seen anything like it before. We even saw a couple of the same vans and tried to track down the owners, to no avail.
Finally, after about 3 hours at a phone booth calling the rental company, the manufacturer, and one international call to a friend who knows something about European cars, we were ready to give up. We stopped to get fuel and decided to just keep driving. How bad could it be?
My wife was talking to one of the locals about our adventure, and the lady's little girl was standing there, listening and eating an ice cream cone. The little girl looked at our van, walked around, opened the driver's door, leaned in, and released a tiny recessed button in the turn signal wand.
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If they caught on, they could just call you and you'd be busted.
You say that like it's funny.
Oh...yeah.
So we can all argue about why it's being released on XBox, but not PC, extoll how much better it will be than D3, complain about the code not being OSS, point out miniscule contradictions in the screenshots, post mirrors, make jokes, argue about why it's being released on XBox, but not PC, extoll how much better it will be than D3, complain about the code not being OSS, point out miniscule contradictions in the screenshots, post mirrors, make jokes, argue about why it's being released on XBox, but not PC, extoll how much better it will be than D3, complain about the code not being OSS, point out miniscule contradictions in the screenshots, post mirrors, make jokes, bitch about dups, get off into some tangent about video cards, and make jokes.
You're new here, aren't you?
More interesting still is that a search for "chimp penis" on Google images returns one match and one match only.
A Canadian flag.
Concidence?
I think not.
They had some comments on the local news this morning about its severity. (I live in Vancouver - just a short drive from St. Helens.) It looks like the only thing they're predicting is a very small eruption, possible steam escapes. Nothing at all like the last one.
The only problem they expect is the possibility of dispruping flights at PDX or some of the local airports.
Contrary to the last eruption, when 57 people died, no one lives up around the volcano anymore. So, it's not like anything nearly as severe is likely.
So, even though activity is through the roof, they don't expect more than a small eruption. Even last time, here in Vancouver, we didn't get much activity at all. All the ash, darkness and horrid weather was thrown to the east of the Cascades, near Yakima and Central Washington. The rivers were flooded and clogged with debris, but other than the immediate vicinity, no one was hurt.
No, I think in real-world terms, the psycho would, instead, leave you alive and kill all your friends, family and acquaintances.
I'll try to get out of the way, but if I can't do so without risking an accident squeezing between cars in the next lane or a speeding ticket for doing 85 or 90 to get out of your way, I'm going to slow down until you back off or I have an opportunity to change lanes safely.
Awesome. THAT is the right attitude. Kudos to you for your driving habits.
;)
The problem with the other guy is he got a kick out of toying with the bad drivers. That's very much akin to making fun of the psycho guy with the gun to your head. It just doesn't make sense, and then they whine and complain that "The other guy was the bad driver! He caused all the accidents!" That may be, but by toying with anyone, you're doing the exact same thing, and asserting your right to "drive however YOU want, regardless of anyone else's safety."
I applaud your attitude and would tailgate you anytime.
Yeah, you're a prick, and you're the sort that cause accidents and road rage.
Don't come looking for sympathy when you fuck around with your 2,500 lb killing machine and someone calls you on it and beats your brains out on the side of the road.
Stop toying with people. You're not the cops. Yeah, they get it, you're being "cute". How original. Instead, why not get the fuck out of the lane and let them speed on to their anger management class?
Edumacation is a joke. You know, "I is edumacated..."? Get out much? Spouting? Go get a dictionary for that one. Too tough for me. I just found it in a thesaurus somewhere.
I wasn't posting a "spelling flame", I was instead pointing out the ludicrous nature of the guy exclaiming that I should go out and read some books, when he most likely doesn't read (or write, apparently) too well, himself.
And I "get to" sound like an irate, illogical tool about this whole issue, because I don't steal software. I think it's wrong, and too many people do it. I doubt the software companies lose much money over the whole issue, but I work at one, and I'm pissed when I see our stuff floating around on Kazaa.
How can you get to the point where you're defending a self-centered and selfish attitude that somehow, in some bizarro-world, you deserve this thing - a song or a movie or a game - whatever - even though the producer of this thing doesn't believe you do. An artist, the RIAA, whoever controls it, suddenly loses control of it, and that makes it ok to take?
Here's a thought. Try this on for size. Infringe on copyrights all day long, just don't TAKE anything. See how that works out for ya. Don't take anything from outside your computer, and move it (take it, whatever) to your computer without paying for it. Wouldn't really be "pirating" would it?
So that's my point. Stealing requires taking. Pirating requires taking. Not that that means pirating requires stealing, but there's a pretty fine goddamned line, there, and it's completely unjustifiable, any way you cut it.
My point is -- it's wrong to "pirate". Stop trying to justify it or make it "less bad" because you call it something else. Maybe it IS something else. It's still wrong. Stop defending it.
Speaking of abandoning all logic and reason, look at your previous point. "...hence the reason I pirate before I buy."
You know what? I do sound like an illogical, irate tool. Who cares? I don't steal software. I get to.
And no, I don't want to control your actions. I want you to control your actions. Stop stealing. Stop "insert stupid excuse for not calling it stealing here". Stop taking stuff that's not yours because you feel you should be able to. I will ignore your point of view, because...well...it's stupid, and it's wrong. And you're a thief. Nothing more to say.
Except...Oh, yeah. I read plenty of books. Enough to know the difference between accept and except. Enough to know how to spell "reccomend". Even enough to know who Lawrence Lessig is. Who's this Lessing fellow you write of? Funny, that.
Go get yourself an edumacation and stop spouting about other people's ideas from books you've probably never read. I doubt Lessig ever recommended that you, personally, go out and steal software. Get your own ideas, and go find some morals while you're at it. Look them up under 'M'. A coupla pages before moron.
Karma be damned, but fuck YOU.
It's selfish, me-first-and-screw-everyone-else attitudes like that that ruin it for everyone else. And it's for people like you that I would HAPPILY give up any rights I have remaining just to piss you off and make your job of pirating even harder.
You know, I've learned something today... Just because I _can_ pirate something doesn't mean I _should_. And what makes me think I'm so goddamned special that I can go out and take whatever I want, just to see if it's special enough to spend $50 on it? Can you walk into a clothing store and try out those new jeans for a few weeks, to see if you like them? Can you go to a restaurant, order a great lobster dinner, and then get up and walk out because you decide it wasn't what you wanted?
Yes, there are laws that let us return things if they're unsatisfactory, and most of those don't extend to software in many cases. Guess what? Them's the breaks. Go get yourself a brain and READ SOME REVIEWS before plunking down your hard-earned cash. If 90% of people say it's cool, but not worth it, then DON'T FUCKING BUY IT! If you DO go buy it, and don't like it, SELL IT ON eBAY.
But for fuck's sake, stop stealing stuff off of the internet (or infringing, or copying, or whatever pitiful excuse you use to make yourself feel better) and claiming, "Yeah, I was just checking it out to see if it was worth my money." Life sometimes sucks, but it's usually pretty cool. Oh, yeah. You're a prick.
No, he really meant "therapist".
Now THAT is truely priceless.
Apparently, at least one American would do well to take 3rd-grade grammar again...
Worst...Simpsons...information...EVER.
it's like a cross between a line of ducks behind their mom and a train.
Now, cross that line of ducks with a train and I'll be sold.
Depends on your definition of "wear", I guess...
I don't think I'm alone in saying this...
You got screwed.
You're new here, aren't you?
I think the utter collapse of the universe may be the only think that could honestly prevent a Slashdot dupe.
Of course, even then...I wouldn't bet the farm on it.
Oh, I don't know. If I were a thinking man, I'd be inclined to believe his statement out of hand. Think about it. If you can read and write just fine, then obviously you do not read or write at a 3rd grade level.
Sounds like Lying with Statistics worked for him...
Ow.
My brain just broke.
if it was possible, you could come up with digital video disks made from cow chips, and they would still charge the same price for a movie.
You haven't seen much of what's come out of Hollywood lately, have you?
When I was a kid, and you hit a tree at 182 MPH, you knew it, by God.
Shouldn't biased opinions and criticism only be present in readers comments ?
You're new here, aren't you?
Ha, ha, ha, ha!!!
A bit off topic, but my wife and I rented a car on our honeymoon around Ireland a few years ago. We arrived on a Saturday, and that "Overspeed Warning Off!" warning started flashing on our rental (goofy looking French Minivan thingy) on Sunday morning. Driving in Ireland is...well...a little different for US drivers. The wrong side of the road, hedges and walls within inches of you every mile, and hairpin turns every few feet with tour buses barelling down at you going 65mph!
So, we saw this warning flashing at us, and had no idea how to deal with it. We were nervous about driving as it was, so we pulled over in several towns, trying to find someone on Sunday who knew what to do about it.
We found several auto shops, a couple that were open, but no one had ever seen anything like it before. We even saw a couple of the same vans and tried to track down the owners, to no avail.
Finally, after about 3 hours at a phone booth calling the rental company, the manufacturer, and one international call to a friend who knows something about European cars, we were ready to give up. We stopped to get fuel and decided to just keep driving. How bad could it be?
My wife was talking to one of the locals about our adventure, and the lady's little girl was standing there, listening and eating an ice cream cone. The little girl looked at our van, walked around, opened the driver's door, leaned in, and released a tiny recessed button in the turn signal wand.
Doh!
Stupid American tourists.