So ouya bites the big one, huh? Ok, wtf do I know about modern gaming anyway. I guess all I really want is something powerful enough to handle playibg these ps/nintendo64 roms. And a real effing joystick. Guess I'll just have to build my own. Now, kindly remove yourselves from my carefully cultivated bluegrass.:)
I don't know about that. This ouya thing has possibilities. It's way cheaper. I haven't bought a game system since the playstaion 2 because they're all too costly. The only thing lacking on smartphones are real handheld joystick controllers. Personally, I'm going to wait and see how this ouya thing shakes out. Until then, the old school game system emulators on this android phone work fine.
Gosh, people in positions of power over other people might decide to abuse their power? Really? No shit? What a revelation! So, how about this... When people are dicovered to be abusing other people, we have a judicial system that will dispense justice. Sounds so crazy, I know. But so crazy that it jusr might work!
So you're well aware of the problems caused by bad cops, and you want to give them more power?*** I don't want that, it's what's happening whether or not I want it to. I'm dealing with the reality of what is happening.
Me, I'd rather, if possible, play the system as it really is and die a free man of old age.
The way things are going there won't be any free men left in NYC, if there are even any now.
In a war, you don't always win every battle. The trick is to survive long enough to win the war.
But it's the truth, hate to pop your bubble there. As another person posted here, your vote only counts at the local level. Bush Junior was not elected (the first time, anyway.), he was "installed". And all the people bitchin' here about rights and legality, you know what? The powers that be want what's happening in N.Y'C. to happen, and that as they say is that. Learn to deal with disappointment.
The 'soda size' thing is an old misdirection trick, used by magicians and politicians. "Pay attention to this hand HERE",, and not to what the other hand is doing...
Without probable cause, it's illegal. Cops who break the law are dicks. People like you who encourage the police to go on fishing expeditions are also dicks.
Yep, it's illegal. And you're pulled over by a bad cop on a lonely road, are you telling me that you're going to start screaming at him about how his pulling you over is illegal? Right! Maybe you do that later in a courtroom, but on that lonely road alone with that cop, in reality, you only have whatever rights he decides to grant you, And that's the reality of the situation, you mouth off to the wrong cop about 'your rights' at the wrong time, you very well could become a case for martyrdom, later. Me, I'd rather, if possible, play the system as it really is and die a free man of old age. As Howard Stern's father is known to say, "Don't be stupid, you moron!";-)
I'm not saying cops can't be dicks, elsewhere here I've written about a false arrest that happened to me, the cop threw me to the ground and jumped onto my lower back with his knee, I'm going to feel that for the rest of my life. I've known both good and bad cops in my 50+ years, mostly good cops, one 'dicky' one. Yeah, he had no cause to pull you over, but he did! You played it right, cooperated, even though it wasn't fair, and went home to your own bed that night. If he was a real dick of a cop, he would've planted evidence in your car and you'ld be doing some time in the 'steel hilton', easy for a dick cop to do. Nowadays, you've got to be smart when dealing with the police, like you were, and have a recorder going, if possible.
The problem is that another aspect of "modern life" includes laws that make it damn near impossible to be responsible for your own safety and security.
It's not a perfect system. After a slight fender-bender I was arrested and accused of assaulting an overly angry guy, and resisting arrest. In retrospect, it's a good thing neither of us had weapons. At the resisting arrest trial, I watched that officer lie on the stand about my supposedly holding onto a fence while kicking at him. That charge got dismissed over a technicality when my lawyer got the officer to admit he wasn't even on the scene when the alleged assault occured. The 'assault' case brought on by that angry driver was changed to a 'harrassment' charge, took a year to get my trial, where I was found not guilty. Afterwards I said to the judge, a good and fair man, that, "I see the wheels of justice turn slowly, but they DO turn." I do wish that I'd had a smartphone on me then to video all that happened to me that afternoon. I always have one on me now, with the 'instant' upload' option at the ready. You gotta' be smart in this tech-driven world we live in today.
I am 52, grew up, went to school, worked and lived in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens,, the Bronx & Staten Island. As a teenager Manhattan was my 'stomping grounds', and was atop TWC after it was built back when I had a job in Manhattan as a subway messenger. I currently live on Long Island, N.Y. And I love N.Y.C., and always will. Mostly great people there, like anywhere in the world you go. I've been a N.Y.C. cabdriver. I know the good and bad of that town. And the good people deserve to be safe. It's always, admittedly, a balancing act of right and wrong.
George Carlin on voting: rge Carlin quotes “I don't vote. Two reasons. First of all it's meaningless; this country was bought and sold a long time ago. The shit they shovel around every 4 years *pfff* doesn't mean a fucking thing. Secondly, I believe if you vote, you have no right to complain. People like to twist that around –they say, 'If you don't vote, you have no right to complain', but where's the logic in that? If you vote and you elect dishonest, incompetent people into office who screw everything up, you are responsible for what they have done. You caused the problem; you voted them in; you have no right to complain. I, on the other hand, who did not vote, who in fact did not even leave the house on election day, am in no way responsible for what these people have done and have every right to complain about the mess you created that I had nothing to do with.” George Carlin quotes http://thinkexist.com/quotation/i-don-t-vote-two-reasons-first-of-all-it-s/761194.html
So, a cop pulls over a car leaving a nightclub, and makes sure that person isn't going to kill someone driving drunk. How is that officer being a dick? Sounds like he was helping to protect the public's safety.
Just another perfect example out of many why I have no desire whatsoever to set foot in New York City.
So many people crammed into an overpriced concrete jungle with no privacy and no rights... sounds like Hell to me.
New York City is both heaven & hell at times. People who live/work and pay taxes there rightfully expect society's protection.of their rights. Like the Right to not be killed and robbed and raped and mugged, all of which happens more in large cities. I can't scream about my rights from inside a coffin, after I got killed by some thug who wasn't caught by surveillance and jailed after comitting his other crimes. You want to be be safer in N.Y.C., then it has to cost you some. Everyone crying about my 'rights' here should grow the ***k up and face reality for what it is. Sheesh, what a bunch of crybabies! Life sucks sometimes, and we don't always get what we want. It's a complicated life, especially in N.Y., but it is no way like Stalin's Russia! Just this and future generations will need yo make sure that there remains a balance of security for the people AND
basic personal rights, just like past generations have done. With tech today it's just going to be harder to stay on top of things. No place for whiners.
Yup. I'm hoping for more water shortages... My acerage here in Michigan will go to the highest bidder. Hey rich man in California... want water and a lawn? 1/4 acre for only 600million. get it while it's hot!
That'll work until your neighbor sells his land to energy companies, who will then pump chemicals under your land and into your clean water. "Ooops-ey. We destroyed your clean water. Now we will only pay you 10 on the dollar for your land."
Nor does AT&T have the power of arrest and detention.
Standing up and saying its not Big Brother doesn't make it so.
The sad part is New Yorkers will probably go for this in a heart beat. All you need to do is whisper World Trade Center, and all opposition voices will be drowned out. Take it from me, my sister lords it over me every time this type of issue comes up because she was 6 blocks away on 9/11.
Have you ever lived/worked in N.Y.C.? You've got some seriously dangerous animals who have no human compassion at all in them. And thanks to video, face recognition and cell tracking these heartless criminals are getting caught more and more. If having to give up some "in public" privacy means my sisters are safer when there, then HELL YES! Take my photo! Recognize my face and track my damn phone! I don't do illegal things, and don't care if I get stop & frisked for weapons. You can't be against public surveillance then complain later when you or your loved ones get mugged/raped/killed. Welcome to the modern life.
"People back then would use fresh groundwater for bathing and flushing their waste!"
"Really Grandpa?"
"That's right, all we had to do is turn the faucet and water just gushed out! You didn't have to go to the store and pay for it then, not like today, though some people did."
There wouldn't be world hunger if you people lived where the FOOD IS!
You live in a desert! Nothing grows out here!
You see this, this is sand, you know what its gonna be hundred years from now, IT's GONNA BE SAND!
Get your kids get your shit we'll make one trip. We'll take you to where the food is!
We have deserts in America, we just don't live in them asshole!
(can't have food without water)
Sam Kinison was great.
Sam: See this?!? This is SAND!! Nothing GROWS in THIS!! MOVE to where the FOOD IS, ASSHOLE!!! This same theory applies here.
The whole point of advertising is to get us to buy shit that we really don't need. I learned that years ago, it's really helped me learn to know the difference between the things I want and the things I truly need. And I don't 'need' cable. It's included where I rent right now, or else I'd get by fine getting news &video off the internet & borrowing dvd movies from the library. I know this 'cause I've done it before for years, never bothered me, I just read more books.. Cable started out being ad-less TV, I'm not gonna' pay for these ads!
Racing Destruction Set, BeachHead, BeachHeadII (with rudimentary voice synth, "I'm hit!"), Archon, Mig Alley Ace, Zork & Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (text games), Elite, Flight Simulator and Karateka. Typing in pages of code from magazines for hours just for the satisfaction of seeing a red and white beach ball bounce around the screen. Pass that bottle over here...
For most of this country's history there always seemed to be a "can do" spirit that got shit done! When the hell did that optimism turn into the "doing things is too risky" attitude? That's the gist I'm hearing from some comments here. We have the materials, the knowledge and the workforce available to make great changes for the future of this country. When did America become a nation of wimpys? Thanks for letting me rant,/.
Wouldn't it be great if the U.S. started a public works program (not unlike the Hoover Dam project) that provided unemployed Americans jobs building solar/battery systems? Wouldn't that be a fantastic use of taxpayer's dollars? Why isn't that already happening to help out of work Americans?
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So ouya bites the big one, huh? Ok, wtf do I know about modern gaming anyway. I guess all I really want is something powerful enough to handle playibg these ps/nintendo64 roms. And a real effing joystick. Guess I'll just have to build my own. Now, kindly remove yourselves from my carefully cultivated bluegrass. :)
I don't know about that. This ouya thing has possibilities. It's way cheaper. I haven't bought a game system since the playstaion 2 because they're all too costly. The only thing lacking on smartphones are real handheld joystick controllers. Personally, I'm going to wait and see how this ouya thing shakes out. Until then, the old school game system emulators on this android phone work fine.
Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, etal... They shouldn't be scared, they should all be very, VERY Frightened! Coming in March 2013, OUYA's gonna get 'em! http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/372183/20120809/ouya-kickstarter-pre-order-release-date-specs.htm
They do have some benefits... http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2012/08/08/heres-what-happens-to-google-employees-when-they-die/
Gosh, people in positions of power over other people might decide to abuse their power? Really? No shit? What a revelation! So, how about this... When people are dicovered to be abusing other people, we have a judicial system that will dispense justice. Sounds so crazy, I know. But so crazy that it jusr might work!
So you're well aware of the problems caused by bad cops, and you want to give them more power?*** I don't want that, it's what's happening whether or not I want it to. I'm dealing with the reality of what is happening.
Me, I'd rather, if possible, play the system as it really is and die a free man of old age.
The way things are going there won't be any free men left in NYC, if there are even any now.
In a war, you don't always win every battle. The trick is to survive long enough to win the war.
What's being done in NYC is how a Stalanist system starts. I'm tired of weak willed people willing alway my rights. I hope you ejoy your enslavement.
says the brave AC.
But it's the truth, hate to pop your bubble there. As another person posted here, your vote only counts at the local level. Bush Junior was not elected (the first time, anyway.), he was "installed". And all the people bitchin' here about rights and legality, you know what? The powers that be want what's happening in N.Y'C. to happen, and that as they say is that. Learn to deal with disappointment.
The 'soda size' thing is an old misdirection trick, used by magicians and politicians. "Pay attention to this hand HERE",, and not to what the other hand is doing...
Without probable cause, it's illegal. Cops who break the law are dicks. People like you who encourage the police to go on fishing expeditions are also dicks.
Yep, it's illegal. And you're pulled over by a bad cop on a lonely road, are you telling me that you're going to start screaming at him about how his pulling you over is illegal? Right! Maybe you do that later in a courtroom, but on that lonely road alone with that cop, in reality, you only have whatever rights he decides to grant you, And that's the reality of the situation, you mouth off to the wrong cop about 'your rights' at the wrong time, you very well could become a case for martyrdom, later. Me, I'd rather, if possible, play the system as it really is and die a free man of old age. As Howard Stern's father is known to say, "Don't be stupid, you moron!" ;-)
I'm not saying cops can't be dicks, elsewhere here I've written about a false arrest that happened to me, the cop threw me to the ground and jumped onto my lower back with his knee, I'm going to feel that for the rest of my life. I've known both good and bad cops in my 50+ years, mostly good cops, one 'dicky' one. Yeah, he had no cause to pull you over, but he did! You played it right, cooperated, even though it wasn't fair, and went home to your own bed that night. If he was a real dick of a cop, he would've planted evidence in your car and you'ld be doing some time in the 'steel hilton', easy for a dick cop to do. Nowadays, you've got to be smart when dealing with the police, like you were, and have a recorder going, if possible.
The problem is that another aspect of "modern life" includes laws that make it damn near impossible to be responsible for your own safety and security.
It's not a perfect system. After a slight fender-bender I was arrested and accused of assaulting an overly angry guy, and resisting arrest. In retrospect, it's a good thing neither of us had weapons. At the resisting arrest trial, I watched that officer lie on the stand about my supposedly holding onto a fence while kicking at him. That charge got dismissed over a technicality when my lawyer got the officer to admit he wasn't even on the scene when the alleged assault occured. The 'assault' case brought on by that angry driver was changed to a 'harrassment' charge, took a year to get my trial, where I was found not guilty. Afterwards I said to the judge, a good and fair man, that, "I see the wheels of justice turn slowly, but they DO turn." I do wish that I'd had a smartphone on me then to video all that happened to me that afternoon. I always have one on me now, with the 'instant' upload' option at the ready. You gotta' be smart in this tech-driven world we live in today.
I am 52, grew up, went to school, worked and lived in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens,, the Bronx & Staten Island. As a teenager Manhattan was my 'stomping grounds', and was atop TWC after it was built back when I had a job in Manhattan as a subway messenger. I currently live on Long Island, N.Y. And I love N.Y.C., and always will. Mostly great people there, like anywhere in the world you go. I've been a N.Y.C. cabdriver. I know the good and bad of that town. And the good people deserve to be safe. It's always, admittedly, a balancing act of right and wrong.
George Carlin on voting: rge Carlin quotes “I don't vote. Two reasons. First of all it's meaningless; this country was bought and sold a long time ago. The shit they shovel around every 4 years *pfff* doesn't mean a fucking thing. Secondly, I believe if you vote, you have no right to complain. People like to twist that around –they say, 'If you don't vote, you have no right to complain', but where's the logic in that? If you vote and you elect dishonest, incompetent people into office who screw everything up, you are responsible for what they have done. You caused the problem; you voted them in; you have no right to complain. I, on the other hand, who did not vote, who in fact did not even leave the house on election day, am in no way responsible for what these people have done and have every right to complain about the mess you created that I had nothing to do with.” George Carlin quotes http://thinkexist.com/quotation/i-don-t-vote-two-reasons-first-of-all-it-s/761194.html
So, a cop pulls over a car leaving a nightclub, and makes sure that person isn't going to kill someone driving drunk. How is that officer being a dick? Sounds like he was helping to protect the public's safety.
Just another perfect example out of many why I have no desire whatsoever to set foot in New York City. So many people crammed into an overpriced concrete jungle with no privacy and no rights... sounds like Hell to me.
New York City is both heaven & hell at times. People who live/work and pay taxes there rightfully expect society's protection.of their rights. Like the Right to not be killed and robbed and raped and mugged, all of which happens more in large cities. I can't scream about my rights from inside a coffin, after I got killed by some thug who wasn't caught by surveillance and jailed after comitting his other crimes. You want to be be safer in N.Y.C., then it has to cost you some. Everyone crying about my 'rights' here should grow the ***k up and face reality for what it is. Sheesh, what a bunch of crybabies! Life sucks sometimes, and we don't always get what we want. It's a complicated life, especially in N.Y., but it is no way like Stalin's Russia! Just this and future generations will need yo make sure that there remains a balance of security for the people AND basic personal rights, just like past generations have done. With tech today it's just going to be harder to stay on top of things. No place for whiners.
Yup. I'm hoping for more water shortages... My acerage here in Michigan will go to the highest bidder. Hey rich man in California... want water and a lawn? 1/4 acre for only 600million. get it while it's hot!
That'll work until your neighbor sells his land to energy companies, who will then pump chemicals under your land and into your clean water. "Ooops-ey. We destroyed your clean water. Now we will only pay you 10 on the dollar for your land."
Nor does AT&T have the power of arrest and detention.
Standing up and saying its not Big Brother doesn't make it so. The sad part is New Yorkers will probably go for this in a heart beat. All you need to do is whisper World Trade Center, and all opposition voices will be drowned out. Take it from me, my sister lords it over me every time this type of issue comes up because she was 6 blocks away on 9/11.
Have you ever lived/worked in N.Y.C.? You've got some seriously dangerous animals who have no human compassion at all in them. And thanks to video, face recognition and cell tracking these heartless criminals are getting caught more and more. If having to give up some "in public" privacy means my sisters are safer when there, then HELL YES! Take my photo! Recognize my face and track my damn phone! I don't do illegal things, and don't care if I get stop & frisked for weapons. You can't be against public surveillance then complain later when you or your loved ones get mugged/raped/killed. Welcome to the modern life.
"People back then would use fresh groundwater for bathing and flushing their waste!"
"Really Grandpa?" "That's right, all we had to do is turn the faucet and water just gushed out! You didn't have to go to the store and pay for it then, not like today, though some people did."
Sam Kinison on World Hunger
There wouldn't be world hunger if you people lived where the FOOD IS! You live in a desert! Nothing grows out here! You see this, this is sand, you know what its gonna be hundred years from now, IT's GONNA BE SAND! Get your kids get your shit we'll make one trip. We'll take you to where the food is! We have deserts in America, we just don't live in them asshole!
(can't have food without water)
Sam Kinison was great. Sam: See this?!? This is SAND!! Nothing GROWS in THIS!! MOVE to where the FOOD IS, ASSHOLE!!! This same theory applies here.
The whole point of advertising is to get us to buy shit that we really don't need. I learned that years ago, it's really helped me learn to know the difference between the things I want and the things I truly need. And I don't 'need' cable. It's included where I rent right now, or else I'd get by fine getting news &video off the internet & borrowing dvd movies from the library. I know this 'cause I've done it before for years, never bothered me, I just read more books.. Cable started out being ad-less TV, I'm not gonna' pay for these ads!
My very own Evil Wil Wheaton action figure can be a reality!
Screw that, what about my fully articulated LIFE SIZE Seven of Nine dream doll??! ;-)
Racing Destruction Set, BeachHead, BeachHeadII (with rudimentary voice synth, "I'm hit!"), Archon, Mig Alley Ace, Zork & Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (text games), Elite, Flight Simulator and Karateka. Typing in pages of code from magazines for hours just for the satisfaction of seeing a red and white beach ball bounce around the screen. Pass that bottle over here...
For most of this country's history there always seemed to be a "can do" spirit that got shit done! When the hell did that optimism turn into the "doing things is too risky" attitude? That's the gist I'm hearing from some comments here. We have the materials, the knowledge and the workforce available to make great changes for the future of this country. When did America become a nation of wimpys? Thanks for letting me rant, /.
Wouldn't it be great if the U.S. started a public works program (not unlike the Hoover Dam project) that provided unemployed Americans jobs building solar/battery systems? Wouldn't that be a fantastic use of taxpayer's dollars? Why isn't that already happening to help out of work Americans?