I have noticed this as well. People pick a party pretty much arbitrarily, or because of their religious beliefs, ie. pro-lifers, etc...
I refuse to vote for any of the republicrats or democracans... err, they're all the same anyway, the only difference is who's bankroll their on.
Also, people tend to only pay attention to who is president at the time, while almost completely ignoring the other 2 branches of the government. It disgusts me, and I would have voted Browne last year, but alas, I'm only 17 2/3 now. When I turn 18 I plan on voting heavily and becoming a registered libertarian most likely, although the constitutionalist party seems ok too, and not as extremist. I think a little bit of extremism is definately called for at the moment though.
That was actually intended to be part of my statement, but I didn't feel it was neccessary.
I agree completely that alot of unsigned bands are complete shit, but some are quite good. In my city, currently the labels are buying out all of our metal bands, which is fine for me, because it helps the artists. It did give me a little insight as to how major record labels work though. When the big labels find something that works, they stick with it until it stops working. This is, IMHO why you typically see trends in music instead of several popular genres at once...
But really, I don't know..
I doubt so, because I don't know anyone who would ever think of buying a player BECAUSE it has SDMI. I would think more of the opposite. As it wasn't a bonus feature, and rather more of a hindrance, I doubt people will care much, if they even know about it.
There are places you can get cds pressed and packaging printed, for a pretty low fee. Around $2 a cd in quantities of more than 1,000 I think last time I checked.
Labels do much more than that though, they negotiate shelf-space and get radio time, plus print advertisements, and occasionally (but rarely) produce TV ads. This can all add up to quite a bit, although I for one rarely pay more than $12 for a cd. I think the one thing that needs to be changed about labels is the fact that most artists are required to sign over their copyrights under the work for hire clause of copyright law... That little bit has to go...
It's true that there is equal protection under the law, but that's not the important factor in getting an unconstitutional law or ruling overturned. You need a vast public support, which is more likely to occur for a respected researcher than a russian hacker. It isn't hard to figure out really. There is a much better chance for public outcry over a researcher than a 'hacker'.. Although, I must say, there was quite a large protest over Sklyarov, which I feel is the main reason he was released on bail.
I remember hearing about a katana company that tested the sharpness of their blades by sticking the sword upright in a river and seeing if it could cut leaves floating in the water...
Well damn, you just took my whole joke away...
As for broadsword fighting, I realize it is quite dead, but I don't think it is for the reason you stated. Large double edged swords died out when guns were invented (hence nullifying armor). With no armor break through, the need for heavy large swords dimished rapidly, and rapiers and other thin swords took over. As guns became more powerful and accurate, swordfighting became less of a battle method and became a sport. I still think that fencing is ridiculous, but I realize not every feels that way.
Capitalism goes through cycles of overproduction though, a crash and boom cycle. Communism is more of a downward trend in my experience. I agree that human nature is changable, but not to the extent of making communism a workable economy. As for the inequality between the rich and poor, there are reasons some people are richer than others, they didn't just magically become rich. Most of the poor people I know didn't just magically become poor either you know? They had kids when they were in high school, had to drop out and became alcoholics or drug addicts (not that alcohol and drugs are always bad things). And considering that the American economy is quite strong and has outlasted any communist economy, I don't really think it is doomed to failure. If it did fail I beleive it would be because it started being too socialist, which looks like it may happen unless the libertarian and constitutionalist parties have a large rise in power soon.
Well, I doubt you can call those 'swords', they're more like pointy metal wires. If you had swordfighting with full suits of armor and medieval broadswords, that would be entertaining. Fencing is just silly looking though.
Legality doesn't seem to stop people from using all types of steroids and other drugs... So I doubt it would make much of a difference for stimilants either.
I'm not russian, but in my experience, vodka is much easier to drink than darker liqours. Usually me and my friends can take on a whole half gallon of vodka for only 2 of us. But give us some bourbon and it'll take around 5 of us to finish a half gallon. I don't drink too much though... not nearly as much as some of the people I know...
Well, it depends on your ideals. For people like me( strong libertarian capitalist), it is the farthest thing from what america should be. Aside from that, human nature does not allow for communism to ever be successfully implemented. Communism will always be plagued with under-production, due to the simple fact that people have no motivation without some benefit for themselves. In a communist system, the attainable benefits are drasticly limited, so people feel less of a reason to work their hardest. Greed is a good thing in my opinion.
There are other reasons communism isn't as efficient as capitalism, but it is up to the individual country to decide on their form of government. I do feel that the US has been trading on some of our important freedoms in the recent past, but I still have hope for our courts and congress to correct their own mistakes.
As for the spy satellites, it isn't really much of a surprise that the were misinformed, after all, they were spy satellites. Kind of hard to spy when everyone knows where they are right?
Counterstrike is a good mod, i must admit. TFC is ok, but Q3F is much better... I was refering mainly to the small mod makers, including my personal favorite mod, instagib..
Actually, most speech is always considered opinionative, which is why you don't have to say I think, or in my opinion after everything you say. The only times you should state that it is your opinion is if it is possible that people may assume that you are stating fact. For example, if you are an expert on a certain subject, people less experienced in that subject might tend to take your opinion as fact.
The vast majority of times though, speech is assumed opinionative.
Yes, this is quite possible, although it is very deep in the subconcious, so it isn't quite controllable. No one really knows what would happen in a matrix like system, but it would make sense that people could die of shock or fear because their mind thinks they are dying.
People die of shock and fear quite often in real life as it is, an artificial world like the matrix would be quite taxing on the brain, IMO.
There are reasons Quake is so popular you know? Although I agree that Half-Life is a much better game than quake 3 on it's own right, there is more to quake 3 than the game itself. IMO, the quake 3 mod scene is far superior to the half life mods, and quake 3 servers are much esier to find. And in the end, like everything, it all comes down to opinion...
The graphics are the main innovation. FPS games are usually the graphical leaders of computer games. Another attraction is the sheer fun value, which is immeasurable. Basically it's like how people still like tetris. Even if it might be played out, there will always be people that enjoy certain types of games...
Yeah, the germans wen around the maginot line, though the low countries. Still though, it was france's fault for putting too much trust in a defense that didn't even cover the entire border of france...
And you can resell them or cut them up and paste them in any combination you possibly could want, or trade with other people, or give away...
In other words lots of stuff..
...including the fact that they are more expensive than a cheap paperback novel usually, they usually hurt your eyes more and are more difficult to read. Until digital paper becomes much more widespread, I don't see many people buying ebooks. Aside from all the normal drawbacks, there is the fact that they typically lock the book onto one device, which is probably the biggest drawback to Ebooks...
I know the sweaty ass syndrome very well. I have a high-backed leather executive chair, which means if the room is even partially hot and i'm actively doing something for a few hours, i get the sweaty ass... lol
I would say that under linux's hood is a huge 10 or 12 cylinder tank engine... Not quite as fast as a ferrari but much more torque and horsepower..
Windows would be a 4 cylinder compact car engine...
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My guitar amp manages to pick up some odd french speaking channel. Not exactly sure where it's coming from.
It's very faint and hissy, but i can tell it's french they're speaking..
I have noticed this as well. People pick a party pretty much arbitrarily, or because of their religious beliefs, ie. pro-lifers, etc... I refuse to vote for any of the republicrats or democracans... err, they're all the same anyway, the only difference is who's bankroll their on.
Also, people tend to only pay attention to who is president at the time, while almost completely ignoring the other 2 branches of the government. It disgusts me, and I would have voted Browne last year, but alas, I'm only 17 2/3 now. When I turn 18 I plan on voting heavily and becoming a registered libertarian most likely, although the constitutionalist party seems ok too, and not as extremist. I think a little bit of extremism is definately called for at the moment though.
He can't really be sued for releasing trade secrets because he figured them out himself, which means it isn't a secret anymore.
That was actually intended to be part of my statement, but I didn't feel it was neccessary. I agree completely that alot of unsigned bands are complete shit, but some are quite good. In my city, currently the labels are buying out all of our metal bands, which is fine for me, because it helps the artists. It did give me a little insight as to how major record labels work though. When the big labels find something that works, they stick with it until it stops working. This is, IMHO why you typically see trends in music instead of several popular genres at once... But really, I don't know..
I doubt so, because I don't know anyone who would ever think of buying a player BECAUSE it has SDMI. I would think more of the opposite. As it wasn't a bonus feature, and rather more of a hindrance, I doubt people will care much, if they even know about it.
There are places you can get cds pressed and packaging printed, for a pretty low fee. Around $2 a cd in quantities of more than 1,000 I think last time I checked.
Labels do much more than that though, they negotiate shelf-space and get radio time, plus print advertisements, and occasionally (but rarely) produce TV ads. This can all add up to quite a bit, although I for one rarely pay more than $12 for a cd. I think the one thing that needs to be changed about labels is the fact that most artists are required to sign over their copyrights under the work for hire clause of copyright law... That little bit has to go...
It's true that there is equal protection under the law, but that's not the important factor in getting an unconstitutional law or ruling overturned. You need a vast public support, which is more likely to occur for a respected researcher than a russian hacker. It isn't hard to figure out really. There is a much better chance for public outcry over a researcher than a 'hacker'.. Although, I must say, there was quite a large protest over Sklyarov, which I feel is the main reason he was released on bail.
I remember hearing about a katana company that tested the sharpness of their blades by sticking the sword upright in a river and seeing if it could cut leaves floating in the water...
Interesting story, even if it isn't true..
Well damn, you just took my whole joke away... As for broadsword fighting, I realize it is quite dead, but I don't think it is for the reason you stated. Large double edged swords died out when guns were invented (hence nullifying armor). With no armor break through, the need for heavy large swords dimished rapidly, and rapiers and other thin swords took over. As guns became more powerful and accurate, swordfighting became less of a battle method and became a sport. I still think that fencing is ridiculous, but I realize not every feels that way.
Capitalism goes through cycles of overproduction though, a crash and boom cycle. Communism is more of a downward trend in my experience. I agree that human nature is changable, but not to the extent of making communism a workable economy. As for the inequality between the rich and poor, there are reasons some people are richer than others, they didn't just magically become rich. Most of the poor people I know didn't just magically become poor either you know? They had kids when they were in high school, had to drop out and became alcoholics or drug addicts (not that alcohol and drugs are always bad things). And considering that the American economy is quite strong and has outlasted any communist economy, I don't really think it is doomed to failure. If it did fail I beleive it would be because it started being too socialist, which looks like it may happen unless the libertarian and constitutionalist parties have a large rise in power soon.
Well, I doubt you can call those 'swords', they're more like pointy metal wires. If you had swordfighting with full suits of armor and medieval broadswords, that would be entertaining. Fencing is just silly looking though.
Legality doesn't seem to stop people from using all types of steroids and other drugs... So I doubt it would make much of a difference for stimilants either.
I'm not russian, but in my experience, vodka is much easier to drink than darker liqours. Usually me and my friends can take on a whole half gallon of vodka for only 2 of us. But give us some bourbon and it'll take around 5 of us to finish a half gallon. I don't drink too much though... not nearly as much as some of the people I know...
Well, it depends on your ideals. For people like me( strong libertarian capitalist), it is the farthest thing from what america should be. Aside from that, human nature does not allow for communism to ever be successfully implemented. Communism will always be plagued with under-production, due to the simple fact that people have no motivation without some benefit for themselves. In a communist system, the attainable benefits are drasticly limited, so people feel less of a reason to work their hardest. Greed is a good thing in my opinion.
There are other reasons communism isn't as efficient as capitalism, but it is up to the individual country to decide on their form of government. I do feel that the US has been trading on some of our important freedoms in the recent past, but I still have hope for our courts and congress to correct their own mistakes. As for the spy satellites, it isn't really much of a surprise that the were misinformed, after all, they were spy satellites. Kind of hard to spy when everyone knows where they are right?
Counterstrike is a good mod, i must admit. TFC is ok, but Q3F is much better... I was refering mainly to the small mod makers, including my personal favorite mod, instagib..
Actually, most speech is always considered opinionative, which is why you don't have to say I think, or in my opinion after everything you say. The only times you should state that it is your opinion is if it is possible that people may assume that you are stating fact. For example, if you are an expert on a certain subject, people less experienced in that subject might tend to take your opinion as fact.
The vast majority of times though, speech is assumed opinionative.
Yes, this is quite possible, although it is very deep in the subconcious, so it isn't quite controllable. No one really knows what would happen in a matrix like system, but it would make sense that people could die of shock or fear because their mind thinks they are dying. People die of shock and fear quite often in real life as it is, an artificial world like the matrix would be quite taxing on the brain, IMO.
There are reasons Quake is so popular you know? Although I agree that Half-Life is a much better game than quake 3 on it's own right, there is more to quake 3 than the game itself. IMO, the quake 3 mod scene is far superior to the half life mods, and quake 3 servers are much esier to find. And in the end, like everything, it all comes down to opinion...
The graphics are the main innovation. FPS games are usually the graphical leaders of computer games. Another attraction is the sheer fun value, which is immeasurable. Basically it's like how people still like tetris. Even if it might be played out, there will always be people that enjoy certain types of games...
Yeah, the germans wen around the maginot line, though the low countries. Still though, it was france's fault for putting too much trust in a defense that didn't even cover the entire border of france...
And you can resell them or cut them up and paste them in any combination you possibly could want, or trade with other people, or give away... In other words lots of stuff..
...including the fact that they are more expensive than a cheap paperback novel usually, they usually hurt your eyes more and are more difficult to read. Until digital paper becomes much more widespread, I don't see many people buying ebooks. Aside from all the normal drawbacks, there is the fact that they typically lock the book onto one device, which is probably the biggest drawback to Ebooks...
I know the sweaty ass syndrome very well. I have a high-backed leather executive chair, which means if the room is even partially hot and i'm actively doing something for a few hours, i get the sweaty ass... lol
I would say that under linux's hood is a huge 10 or 12 cylinder tank engine... Not quite as fast as a ferrari but much more torque and horsepower.. Windows would be a 4 cylinder compact car engine...
Yeah, its really just a culture gap, but you might as well get a good laugh from it...