No, the worst that could happen is someone taking control of your machine, using it to store kiddie porn and the authorities trace this to your computer and don't believe your denials.
Let me see if I have this straight...
One: it's very possible, even if a person exercises all reasonable due dilligence, for someone to leave a trail that stops at their door; and two, not only has this possibility (I guess) been demonstrated numerous times, but (again, a guess) such false-trailblazing has been discovered 'in the wild'.
Given those facts, why would anyone (public-at-large, authourities, what-have-you) believe the mere existence of such a trail is 'good enough' to bring to bear upon the unlucky patsy the consequences you describe? Do they fail to consider that some malefactor out there could 'volunteer' them to take the proverbial bullet for their actions one day? Whatever happened to 'it is better to let a guilty man free than to mistakenly punish the innocent'?
If the Japanese release happens 3 months early (not atypical, the Wii coming out in the US first is highly unusual), then B fears losing sales if there is no region lockout.
Which begs this question: why not go for no-reigon-coding and simultaneous global release? That way, everyone wins.
And yes, simultaneous global release is something the movie industry should be interested in...
I'm not sure why anyone over 35, or even over 25 for that matter would have a myspace page anymore, as nearly every employer, at least here in NYC will check your emaill adress for a myspace page.
This, of course, assumes the person in question has but one email address, or they mistakenly provided the 'honeypot' address (see: tip about having an email account solely for forum registrations and things which might draw junk mail)...
I picked up a PS2 about a year ago, initially for Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction and Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War. The collection's grown since then; most of it from discount bins (for instance, Ace Combat 4) and eBay (Naval Ops: Warship Gunner, to name one), although every so often something new piques my interest (Ace Combat Zero, Warship Gunner 2, Yakuza, and the upcoming Red Star adaptation). That said, I'm in no hurry to pick up any of the new consoles, although The Outfit and Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WW2 sound interesting (I got to fool around with a demo of the latter), as does what Nintendo is planning to do with the Wii.
Actually, all these 'I Dream of Jeannie' references aren't that far off the mark (that Nelson is probably one of the luckiest men to don the blues)... the way things are looking for the PS3, some folks at Sony probably wish they had their own Jeannie.
Wasn't there also a proposed system where the high-power laser was used to simply ionize the atmosphere, thus allowing a long-range wireless taser effect?
That'd be awesome it it turned out to be workable; does anyone have a source on the research for this?
One fictional manifestation is the 'volt pistol' featured in... Chromebook 2, I think, for R. Talsorian's Cyberpunk 2020 RPG.
I for one conclude from that fact that the Republicans who conceived this bill were uncertain at best of its viability as a stand-alone entity - why else would they have it leech onto another piece of legislation, and one concerning national security, at that?
Related question: where was someone to throw down the gauntlet and ask, "if this is so important, why not bring it to the floor on its own?"
That said, I wonder if there is some within-the-framework means to discourage such irrelevant attachments.
Hey, I remember this show; thanks for the flashback.
I should note that this area of technology is explored in Dale Brown's novels, beginning with 'Tin Man'. In terms of form factor, this suit is quite close to what Stone had in that show.
Closer to the 'Starship Troopers' suits would be the CIDs (Cybernetic Infantry Devices) which are the signature unit of Task Force Talon in 'Act of War' - and yes, this is related to the RTS titled Act of War: Direct Action. Intereatingly, they are referred to in said game as SHIELD units (the expansion of that acronym escapes me at present, but I know it has nothing to do with a certain Fury).
The fact that the cheater is 24, lacks a girlfriend (quite defensive about it too), and...
I for one would like to know what relevance the combination of these two facts could possibly have to his displayed intelligence, let alone the gist of the article; would you be so kind as to share with us the train of logic you followed in this matter?
More generally: I find society's apparent presumption that something's wrong with you if it's not obvious you have a girlfriend - for not everyone would think the public-at-large is cleared for that information - annoying and narrow-minded.
The reverse could also be true. Because there isn't any visual communication, people become more honest and more revealing about the rest of themselves.
If, as is noted in the grandparent post, "half of human communication is visual", it would make sense in situations where that component is out of play to take greater care with one's words. Unfortunately, the behavior of certain forum denizens is ample proof that this is not always done.
It could well be that the visual component triggers the 'project the desired image' algorithm in our minds, which can only muddy the water when trying to get to know somebody.
Not quite related, but this reminded me of accounts of the famous televised debate between Kennedy and Nixon. From the reference:
During the debates, Nixon looked tense and uncomfortable, while Kennedy was composed, which led the television audience to deem Kennedy the winner, although radio listeners in general thought Nixon had won or the debate was a draw. Nixon did not wear make-up during the debate, unlike Kennedy. The debates are considered a political landmark: the point at which the medium of television played an important role in politics.
Elsewhere in this thread, an AC categorizes the Internet as "where desperate people go, when even classified ads in newspapers have failed to find them a match." What isn't explained is how - excepting the size of potential audience - Internet classified ads are any different from their print counterparts.
Because the majority of people in the U.S. are fucking idiots, that's why. As long as they get their daily update on the antics of Paris Hilton, football on tv, etc... they don't care. You can park a fucking tank on every street corner, and they wouldn't care.
If it doesn't personally and immediately effect them, they couldn't give a flying fuck about what is going on. It's wide spread apathy in the populace.
This, naturally, leads me to ask, "why is apathy so widespread in the population?". The answer to that, I suspect, lies in some combination of 'out of sight, out of mind' (the quiet wheel gets no grease), a perception that they no longer have much of a say in their own government (i.e. politicians are more likely to listen to whoever is sliding them money than the people they're supposed to be representing), and an unwillingness to rock the proverbial boat (see also 'The Emperor's New Clothes' and metaphorical shootings of messengers).
Next question: assuming we have some idea of the cause, how do we go about addressing it?
Where is the large library of PC native games that support two or more USB gamepads connected to one PC?
That's pretty much my overarching question: given that (as far as I know, anyway) there are no real technical hurdles to such things, why do they not exist? We might be getting into self-fulfilling prophecy here: perception that fighting games don't work on PCs leads to few folks willing to try; that fact of some of those efforts being less than par doesn't help.
Is it hard to copy Super NES Game Paks to PC files? What brand of copier do you recommend?
I'm afraid I am not able to answer either of those questions due to lack of relevant knowledge.
But then you're still recommending console because Super Metroid is still nominally a Super NES exclusive (notwithstanding a possible rerelease on Wii).
Wii rereleases aside, I for one wonder why the console makers have never come up with official emulators. Super Metroid is just one of many good games cursed to be bound to a dying/dead system. Another example: I missed the Dreamcast, but it'd be nice to get to play JGR or Project Justice with little hassle...
Just try to get married and tell your wife that she won't have access to your account, and that she should only get to spend the money she makes.
Easily done; odds are these days she has her own career, and wouldn't think too much of you digging into her savings, so... just think of it as returning the favor.
Said routine seems by its design to run afoul of double jeopardy. On that note, certain civil suits should've been laughed out of court, but I digress.
If you're generous: once is a mistake; any subsequent iterations spell the end of her access to that account.
On the other hand: I could ask why she even has access in the first place.
None of these points are in dispute; indeed, my previous post and the Wikipedia article it refers to hinted that colocating the 'producer' and 'consumer' reactors (both of which are also pumping out electricity) would make logistics - including security - easier.
One thing that can help with the logistics, at least here in the United States, is getting the national railway system back up to spec.
the problem, for a violent or bloody (or sexy) title like bleach or naruto or...
Good point; however, it's merely a symptom of another problem: the perception of 'animation = for kids' on this side of the Pac. To be fair, some projects (such as Cool World have attempted to break out of that mold...
i'd love it if american anime publishers would plan on an "uncut DVD" version from the start...
Yeah, why don't they? This is already done with quite a few movies, as I recall. And the popularity of fansubs leads me to conclude that such things are likely to find willing buyers.
Show me a decent beat-em-up for a PC. Anyone?
I've always wondered about this; there is no technical reason why such a thing cannot exist, especially with USB gamepads being so readily available...
I guess some sarcasm is intended, but some of those points just beg for dissection...
1. Stupid arguments like "Consoles Vs PCs" can be ended with a swift kick to the nuts
If and only if you're willing to put up with the assault and battery charges... or more physical retaliation from the person whose nuts you've just kicked.
4. Women are nicer, and don't carry lethal knives, heavy armour, and/or the ability to roundhouse kick the shit out of you
I wouldn't bet on any of these assumptions if I were you.
9. Don't have to fight huge fucking monsters when you've finished your day's tasks
I don't know about this; some commutes are sure trying to qualify... Besides, as Ellen Ripley put it, you won't see those monsters screwing each other over for a percentage.
A far better plan is to "burn" the radioactive waste in fast breeders and manufacture more fuel. True the fuel you get is easily refined by chemical means into bomb grade material but you can't have everything.
Now, other folks keep raising that whole thing about 'easy refinement into bomb-grade material' as a reason to not field breeder reactors. I for one consider it a moot argument, especially if the breeder reactor and the other reactor(s) which use its byproduct are colocated. And, breeders or no, their physical security - against accidents or malicious action - is something you're going to be taking seriously, right? Gratuitous Wikipedia entry for handy reference.
...but the question reamins will Big Oil play fair and not try to have this programme regulated into oblivion with scare tatics?
On another tendril, what prevents 'Big Oil' from diversifying into technologies which reduce the amount of oil burned as fuel? Leave us not forget that petroleum is also useful as a source of raw materials (for plastics, and so on).
For instance, Street Fighter or Tekken just don't work on PCs...
Why not? Surely it can't be a matter of performance: if it can handle something like Dawn of War or Half-Life 2, it's a safe bet to say Tekken would be no problem.
Controls? A word and an acronym: USB gamepad. I have one of those for those occasions I crank up ZSNES to play Super Metroid or Ranma 1/2: Chougi Rambuhen or whatnot, and it works just fine, thank you very much.
...and RTS don't work on Consoles.
I can't dispute this point; the only one I've seen which comes close is AvP: Extinction, and that is because in terms of scale and gameplay it's closer to Dawn of War or the Ground Control titles than, say, RA2.
His probation stipulations will probably include not using computers, which when coupled with a felony conviction means he's going to be pretty much fucked in the job market when he gets out. Unless he has a whole bunch of other talents, like, being a Master Chef or something. He is therefore saddled with an unpayable debt.
Congratulations, that set of circumstances pretty much guarantees that restitution will never be delivered, making it pointless (see also: other cases where large sums are demanded of a party even though it's pretty clear that there's no way in hell they'd be able to come up with it).
Which leads us to beg: if someone in this situation concludes as you did ("His life is pretty much over.") then there's really that much less disincentive to venture into other criminal activity, is there?
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One: it's very possible, even if a person exercises all reasonable due dilligence, for someone to leave a trail that stops at their door; and two, not only has this possibility (I guess) been demonstrated numerous times, but (again, a guess) such false-trailblazing has been discovered 'in the wild'.
Given those facts, why would anyone (public-at-large, authourities, what-have-you) believe the mere existence of such a trail is 'good enough' to bring to bear upon the unlucky patsy the consequences you describe? Do they fail to consider that some malefactor out there could 'volunteer' them to take the proverbial bullet for their actions one day? Whatever happened to 'it is better to let a guilty man free than to mistakenly punish the innocent'?
And yes, simultaneous global release is something the movie industry should be interested in...
I picked up a PS2 about a year ago, initially for Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction and Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War. The collection's grown since then; most of it from discount bins (for instance, Ace Combat 4) and eBay (Naval Ops: Warship Gunner, to name one), although every so often something new piques my interest (Ace Combat Zero, Warship Gunner 2, Yakuza, and the upcoming Red Star adaptation). That said, I'm in no hurry to pick up any of the new consoles, although The Outfit and Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WW2 sound interesting (I got to fool around with a demo of the latter), as does what Nintendo is planning to do with the Wii.
Actually, all these 'I Dream of Jeannie' references aren't that far off the mark (that Nelson is probably one of the luckiest men to don the blues)... the way things are looking for the PS3, some folks at Sony probably wish they had their own Jeannie.
One fictional manifestation is the 'volt pistol' featured in... Chromebook 2, I think, for R. Talsorian's Cyberpunk 2020 RPG.
So I have to wonder: why didn't they just make him a better deal? Sure beats wasting perfectly good talent.
I for one conclude from that fact that the Republicans who conceived this bill were uncertain at best of its viability as a stand-alone entity - why else would they have it leech onto another piece of legislation, and one concerning national security, at that?
Related question: where was someone to throw down the gauntlet and ask, "if this is so important, why not bring it to the floor on its own?"
That said, I wonder if there is some within-the-framework means to discourage such irrelevant attachments.
Hey, I remember this show; thanks for the flashback.
I should note that this area of technology is explored in Dale Brown's novels, beginning with 'Tin Man'. In terms of form factor, this suit is quite close to what Stone had in that show. Closer to the 'Starship Troopers' suits would be the CIDs (Cybernetic Infantry Devices) which are the signature unit of Task Force Talon in 'Act of War' - and yes, this is related to the RTS titled Act of War: Direct Action. Intereatingly, they are referred to in said game as SHIELD units (the expansion of that acronym escapes me at present, but I know it has nothing to do with a certain Fury).
More generally: I find society's apparent presumption that something's wrong with you if it's not obvious you have a girlfriend - for not everyone would think the public-at-large is cleared for that information - annoying and narrow-minded.
Next question: assuming we have some idea of the cause, how do we go about addressing it?
Said routine seems by its design to run afoul of double jeopardy. On that note, certain civil suits should've been laughed out of court, but I digress.
If you're generous: once is a mistake; any subsequent iterations spell the end of her access to that account.
On the other hand: I could ask why she even has access in the first place.
None of these points are in dispute; indeed, my previous post and the Wikipedia article it refers to hinted that colocating the 'producer' and 'consumer' reactors (both of which are also pumping out electricity) would make logistics - including security - easier.
One thing that can help with the logistics, at least here in the United States, is getting the national railway system back up to spec.
Gratuitous Wikipedia entry for handy reference.
Controls? A word and an acronym: USB gamepad. I have one of those for those occasions I crank up ZSNES to play Super Metroid or Ranma 1/2: Chougi Rambuhen or whatnot, and it works just fine, thank you very much. I can't dispute this point; the only one I've seen which comes close is AvP: Extinction, and that is because in terms of scale and gameplay it's closer to Dawn of War or the Ground Control titles than, say, RA2.
Which leads us to beg: if someone in this situation concludes as you did ("His life is pretty much over.") then there's really that much less disincentive to venture into other criminal activity, is there?
That statement, sir, is incredible in its reprehensibility. Let me clarify for the potentially confused:
Nothing justifies rape. Ever.