Even right after it happened people doubted Oswald acted alone. In one of his early stand-up routines in the mid-60s, Woody Allen jokes, "I'm working on a non-fiction version of the Warren Report." Huge laugh from the audience.
I understand your points, but I don't agree with them for an adventure game (maybe a dialogue-driven movie, though). I want to be wowed in some way early (and that could be by amazing graphics, a thrilling fight, a great cut-scene, etc...). Then I will put up with an enormous amount of tedium/exposition to get to the rest of the good stuff. Deus Ex is a great example of a game with a relatively complex story that gets you involved right away. Within 5 minutes, I was storming the Statue of Liberty and killing terrorists! Later the game turned the tables, so to speak, but it got me hooked right away.
I disagree. I played the game for about an hour and a half and was utterly bored. Plus, I hadn't even left the village yet. Long adventure games should have something to grab you in the beginning, and this had nothing but corralling sheep and getting a bird to fly towards you.
I love adventure games with a good story and gameplay, but sadly, this was not one of those for me.
You only need to know one question to understand women - "Why?". They need to know why you didn't call, why you looked at that other girl in the short skirt, why you don't like her friends, why you don't send her flowers/gifts/notes every week like you used to, and most importantly why you treat her like crap (that's why they stay with jerks - "Why?")
And the question men hate the most - "What are you thinking?", is really just, "Why aren't you telling me what you're thinking?"
Until, that is, law enforcement, the judiciary and governments around the world start to take the spam problem as seriously as they do the drugs one.
Translation: Until, that is, law enforcement, the judiciary and governments around the world realize that they can increase their power by pretending to do something about the problem. You know, for kids.
You're changing the argument, which is understandable since you can't argue the merits of Sharpton or Jackson. They certainly don't fight to improve the situations that you list.
What Sharpton and Jackson do is insert themselves into situations where race is an issue for their own gain. They care nothing about the people involved - only the increase of their fame, wealth, and power. They frequently involve themselves in situations where their presence is not needed or wanted. The latest example is Jesse Jackson meeting with the Atlanta Braves because of the lack of black ballplayers on their roster. It's ridiculous to think that a professional sports team would want to hire any but the best players they can afford. If the Braves were in a position to hire Ryan Howard, Barry Bonds, and Derek Lee, do you think that they would hesitate because the players are black?
The worst thing about Jackson and Sharpton is that they insult blacks because they further the notion that blacks need help to get ahead.
We all knew there would be hair bands (and I'm pleasantly surprised to see "I Ran"), but how about bands like Dramarama, The Replacements, The Smiths? They're probably not known for blistering solos, but certainly for playable riffs and generally good songs. "Anything Anything" by Dramarama is the epitome of a great one-hit wonder (I know they had other songs, but nothing as big as this). Gary's Got A Boner or Bastards of Young by The Replacements would also be good choices. Johnny Marr is an excellent guitarist. Surely one of his songs with The Smiths could be featured.
Oh, one other hair band that I haven't seen mentioned yet - Tesla. Heaven's Trail(No Way Out), Little Suzi, or Modern Day Cowboy would all be fun to play.
Money for Nothing would be outstanding. One of the great 80s rock songs, with an excellent guitar riff. Makes me think of the (now cheesy) video. Who wouldn't want to play that on Guitar Hero?
Are these "secondhand shops" really pawn shops, or just shops for used merchandise? There is a big difference. I don't doubt that there are plenty of public outlets for stolen goods. But the public's perception of a pawn shop being filled with stolen goods is erroneous, assuming the state has and enforces laws like I described above.
If a pawn shop continually buys and sells stolen merchandise, they will lose their license. No shop owner wants that. Your "friend's" situation was certainly the atypical one.
How many criminals do you think buy guns legally? In other words, if Florida kept records and demanded background checks at gun shows, do you really think this would deter a criminal from obtaining a gun? They are criminals because they ignore laws.
We can argue all day about the easy availability of illegal guns, but we can't just remove them all magically. Criminals will always be able to get guns regardless of laws.
"The TV!"... yeah, what pawnshop is going to take a TV missing the remote and half the cables? Obviously hot.
My parents used to own (and I used to work in) a Pawn Shop in the U.S. Every state has specific laws concerning pawn shops, but in general they are similar. First of all, if what you describe above happened, the criminal wouldn't take it to a pawn shop, even with the remote, cables, manual, and box it came in. When a pawn shop buys or lends on (there is a difference) anything with a serial number, it is recorded in a log along with the pawner's drivers license number and name, and given to the police periodically (in our case it was every week). Sometimes if alot of items were stolen, the police would come by the day after to look at our logs. Real criminals know this and would never sell electronics (and especially guns) to a pawn shop. They'll take it to the flea market or something similar where no one keeps records.
We only had one instance (in several years) of anything stolen coming through our shop. This is what happened: A kid around 18 or so came in with some expensive stereo equipment (higher end than what you can buy at Best Buy). My stepfather immediately thought something was wrong. He explained to the kid that he would only buy the equipment if it wasn't stolen. Furthermore, if it was stolen, he had the kid's drivers license info, which would be turned over to the police, and the kid would certainly go to jail. He insisted that it wasn't stolen and accepted a reasonable offer from my stepfather. A few days later the police came by and inquired about the equipment because it was stolen. The kid ended up going to jail because he was stupid. I don't think this deterred him from stealing again, but he now knows not to sell anything to a pawn shop.
The original Deus Ex was the perfect blend of FPS, RPG, and story. You could play several different styles and still win. My only complaint was that the endings were a bit lame. Still, I replay it at least once a year all the way through. Too bad the sequel was so dumbed down. Consoles have really changed these types of games.
I used to live near a cheap motel that had a bar. I started seeing a sign that said "This Friday: Jack Schitt". So I gathered some friends and we went. It was a total dive, but they actually had some decent beer. Jack was playing guitar but I noticed that all of his accompaniment was a Toshiba laptop. He had drums, bass, rhythm guitar and even backing vocals where necessary. The music wasn't my favorite (basically covers of southern rock and 70s stuff like Styx, ELO, etc...), but he was pretty good and you could tell everyone was having fun since no one (including Jack) could take this guy seriously. No idea what software he used, but the whole performance was pretty polished for what it was.
Why should an ending in an MMO be a bad thing? I think it would be interesting. I don't know how the "ending" of LOTR is planned (so if what I am saying is what they're planning, kudos to them), but here's an idea: Guilds fight to be the first one to destroy the ring. It could take months, years, whatever (and maybe individual servers would have different timelines based on how long the players want it to take), but the ultimate goal of the game could be to destroy the ring. This would certainly motivate competition and guilds would split and combine based on their perceived chances. You could even have guilds on PvP servers (do they have PvP severs?) trying to stop other guilds from succeeding.
When the ring is destroyed, the server "resets" and we start again, now knowing alot more than when we first played. I would consider playing the game if this were the direction the game was headed.
There is no distinction in that both parties want to control our lives and our money (albeit in different ways). The bottom line is neither party really wants to promote freedom. They only want to promote dependence on the government.
I fly alot as well, out of Atlanta, which is the busiest airport in the world. I generally fly Delta, because I am Platinum with them (75K+ miles a year). I can only remember one delay last year (of more than 5 minutes, which is negligible), and that was leaving Las Vegas, due to the fact that the plane was heavy and we had to take off in the opposite direction of all the other traffic (no sharp turns when the plane is heavy). I know plenty of frequent fliers, and I've never known anyone to be delayed on every flight. You may be exaggerating to prove a point, but surely your choice of airport and airline has something to do with it, and yes I called you surely.
As to the checked baggage - don't do it. If you have to, only check clothes and toiletries. It's silly to leave jewelry or an iPod or anything valuable in it. I don't buy the "NWA made me check it" story because you always have the room under your seat. If you don't because it's a bulkhead row, change seats with someone who will be happy to have more legroom. Worst case, take your laptop out of your bag and stick it in the pocket in front of you. I do this all the time during takeoff and landing with a 15"+ widescreen laptop, so it's easily done.
You can't have faith in something that you've seen, or that is absolute. Faith implies that what it is you believe can't be proven. You can say, "I have faith that planes can fly.", and this means nothing because we already know that they can fly. Having faith is believing that God exists or that Jesus is God's son or that the Chargers will win the Superbowl. You can't prove it, but you're not likely to be swayed that it isn't true.
Then it should be up to the individual schools and libraries to allow/deny access to sites like these. The federal government has no business imposing restrictions like this. It only creates additional work for every school and library, even if they don't consider the bandwidth a problem.
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Even right after it happened people doubted Oswald acted alone. In one of his early stand-up routines in the mid-60s, Woody Allen jokes, "I'm working on a non-fiction version of the Warren Report." Huge laugh from the audience.
I understand your points, but I don't agree with them for an adventure game (maybe a dialogue-driven movie, though). I want to be wowed in some way early (and that could be by amazing graphics, a thrilling fight, a great cut-scene, etc...). Then I will put up with an enormous amount of tedium/exposition to get to the rest of the good stuff. Deus Ex is a great example of a game with a relatively complex story that gets you involved right away. Within 5 minutes, I was storming the Statue of Liberty and killing terrorists! Later the game turned the tables, so to speak, but it got me hooked right away.
I disagree. I played the game for about an hour and a half and was utterly bored. Plus, I hadn't even left the village yet. Long adventure games should have something to grab you in the beginning, and this had nothing but corralling sheep and getting a bird to fly towards you.
I love adventure games with a good story and gameplay, but sadly, this was not one of those for me.
You only need to know one question to understand women - "Why?". They need to know why you didn't call, why you looked at that other girl in the short skirt, why you don't like her friends, why you don't send her flowers/gifts/notes every week like you used to, and most importantly why you treat her like crap (that's why they stay with jerks - "Why?")
And the question men hate the most - "What are you thinking?", is really just, "Why aren't you telling me what you're thinking?"
I don't know if you were kidding, but I have to agree if you weren't. The "fake" beauty of Helfer or Lucy Lawless just doesn't appeal to me.
Translation: Until, that is, law enforcement, the judiciary and governments around the world realize that they can increase their power by pretending to do something about the problem. You know, for kids.
You're changing the argument, which is understandable since you can't argue the merits of Sharpton or Jackson. They certainly don't fight to improve the situations that you list.
What Sharpton and Jackson do is insert themselves into situations where race is an issue for their own gain. They care nothing about the people involved - only the increase of their fame, wealth, and power. They frequently involve themselves in situations where their presence is not needed or wanted. The latest example is Jesse Jackson meeting with the Atlanta Braves because of the lack of black ballplayers on their roster. It's ridiculous to think that a professional sports team would want to hire any but the best players they can afford. If the Braves were in a position to hire Ryan Howard, Barry Bonds, and Derek Lee, do you think that they would hesitate because the players are black?
The worst thing about Jackson and Sharpton is that they insult blacks because they further the notion that blacks need help to get ahead.
Two words: Guitar Hero
We all knew there would be hair bands (and I'm pleasantly surprised to see "I Ran"), but how about bands like Dramarama, The Replacements, The Smiths? They're probably not known for blistering solos, but certainly for playable riffs and generally good songs. "Anything Anything" by Dramarama is the epitome of a great one-hit wonder (I know they had other songs, but nothing as big as this). Gary's Got A Boner or Bastards of Young by The Replacements would also be good choices. Johnny Marr is an excellent guitarist. Surely one of his songs with The Smiths could be featured.
Oh, one other hair band that I haven't seen mentioned yet - Tesla. Heaven's Trail(No Way Out), Little Suzi, or Modern Day Cowboy would all be fun to play.
Money for Nothing would be outstanding. One of the great 80s rock songs, with an excellent guitar riff. Makes me think of the (now cheesy) video. Who wouldn't want to play that on Guitar Hero?
Um, it wasn't part II. You're thinking of the "preview" at the end of the movie.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0082517/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sarah_Connor_Chro nicles
The series will be linked to the movies, according to the entry.
Are these "secondhand shops" really pawn shops, or just shops for used merchandise? There is a big difference. I don't doubt that there are plenty of public outlets for stolen goods. But the public's perception of a pawn shop being filled with stolen goods is erroneous, assuming the state has and enforces laws like I described above.
If a pawn shop continually buys and sells stolen merchandise, they will lose their license. No shop owner wants that. Your "friend's" situation was certainly the atypical one.
We can argue all day about the easy availability of illegal guns, but we can't just remove them all magically. Criminals will always be able to get guns regardless of laws.
My parents used to own (and I used to work in) a Pawn Shop in the U.S. Every state has specific laws concerning pawn shops, but in general they are similar. First of all, if what you describe above happened, the criminal wouldn't take it to a pawn shop, even with the remote, cables, manual, and box it came in. When a pawn shop buys or lends on (there is a difference) anything with a serial number, it is recorded in a log along with the pawner's drivers license number and name, and given to the police periodically (in our case it was every week). Sometimes if alot of items were stolen, the police would come by the day after to look at our logs. Real criminals know this and would never sell electronics (and especially guns) to a pawn shop. They'll take it to the flea market or something similar where no one keeps records.
We only had one instance (in several years) of anything stolen coming through our shop. This is what happened: A kid around 18 or so came in with some expensive stereo equipment (higher end than what you can buy at Best Buy). My stepfather immediately thought something was wrong. He explained to the kid that he would only buy the equipment if it wasn't stolen. Furthermore, if it was stolen, he had the kid's drivers license info, which would be turned over to the police, and the kid would certainly go to jail. He insisted that it wasn't stolen and accepted a reasonable offer from my stepfather. A few days later the police came by and inquired about the equipment because it was stolen. The kid ended up going to jail because he was stupid. I don't think this deterred him from stealing again, but he now knows not to sell anything to a pawn shop.
The original Deus Ex was the perfect blend of FPS, RPG, and story. You could play several different styles and still win. My only complaint was that the endings were a bit lame. Still, I replay it at least once a year all the way through. Too bad the sequel was so dumbed down. Consoles have really changed these types of games.
I used to live near a cheap motel that had a bar. I started seeing a sign that said "This Friday: Jack Schitt". So I gathered some friends and we went. It was a total dive, but they actually had some decent beer. Jack was playing guitar but I noticed that all of his accompaniment was a Toshiba laptop. He had drums, bass, rhythm guitar and even backing vocals where necessary. The music wasn't my favorite (basically covers of southern rock and 70s stuff like Styx, ELO, etc...), but he was pretty good and you could tell everyone was having fun since no one (including Jack) could take this guy seriously. No idea what software he used, but the whole performance was pretty polished for what it was.
When the ring is destroyed, the server "resets" and we start again, now knowing alot more than when we first played. I would consider playing the game if this were the direction the game was headed.
There is no distinction in that both parties want to control our lives and our money (albeit in different ways). The bottom line is neither party really wants to promote freedom. They only want to promote dependence on the government.
As to the checked baggage - don't do it. If you have to, only check clothes and toiletries. It's silly to leave jewelry or an iPod or anything valuable in it. I don't buy the "NWA made me check it" story because you always have the room under your seat. If you don't because it's a bulkhead row, change seats with someone who will be happy to have more legroom. Worst case, take your laptop out of your bag and stick it in the pocket in front of you. I do this all the time during takeoff and landing with a 15"+ widescreen laptop, so it's easily done.
Except a book deal when he gets out of prison.
You can't have faith in something that you've seen, or that is absolute. Faith implies that what it is you believe can't be proven. You can say, "I have faith that planes can fly.", and this means nothing because we already know that they can fly. Having faith is believing that God exists or that Jesus is God's son or that the Chargers will win the Superbowl. You can't prove it, but you're not likely to be swayed that it isn't true.
I was dealing with a vendor once who didn't know my title, so when I received snail-mail from them, it was addressed to:
My Name
Chief Technical Guy on Project
Company Address....
I cut it out and taped it to my monitor so everyone would know that I'm kind of a big deal.
Then it should be up to the individual schools and libraries to allow/deny access to sites like these. The federal government has no business imposing restrictions like this. It only creates additional work for every school and library, even if they don't consider the bandwidth a problem.