When the Mayans said the Apocalypse was near, I didn't take much heed for it. After seeing a Republican pushing for an Internet Bill of Rights and now a pulling of TSA, it seems they may have been on to something. If this keeps up, I can't wait for December 21 this year.
P.S. Apocalypse = Change, those who think that Apocalypse means oblivion.
Well, I consider smart people those that can do math and science in a blink of an eye, recalling hundreds of equations at a whim. Social skills do not equal intelligence. I myself have okay social skills, but am still somewhat smart in overall intelligence. Does this make me smart? No. Does it make me dumb? Not really.
Dumb people are those that chug ten Monsters in under an hour, play chicken on a busy highway at midday. Are people that smoke pot or drink themselves to death? I wouldn't think so, but I wouldn't consider them MENSA material. However, those who do stuff that most would consider dangerous as often stupid.
But, answer me this question: Why are smart people, who know so much, often die at a younger age than those who barely know the founding president of our country? Who cares that smart people are stupid, everyone is stupid to a degree, and smart people are no exception to the rule. I may not be Einstein or Galileo, but I want to live with the dummies; they live longer and have far more general fun.
I love how everyone on this forum forgot how Steve Jobs was the first to make Personal Computers affordable to the general public. Him and Steve Wozniak should be remembered as the PC Pioneers, not the iPod empired that they created. WIthout them, we wouldn't be on here arguing over this and we would also be without hundreds of great PC games.
What has Microsoft done? Just copy everything and everyone else, changing their OS very minimally every time, and are forcing thousands of XBox users to pay on a monthly basis for Live. Come on, MS, you make billions a month, how much harm could it be to make Live free?
I use headphones. They're bulky, but they don't itch and fall out of your ears like those earbuds. I've got a nice pair from Sony. Clear sound, just the right size, and functional. I don't see why it matters whether or not we use headphones.
However, this conversation regards to matters concerning communication. I have no idea how many people chat to each other, but I can tell you from all of my friends, my social contact is nilch. I try calling them only to get pushed aside. I send emails that are never answered. They even close the IM window whenever I try to say my greetings
In this increasingly technological world, we have removed almost all forms of verbal communication with nonverbal or written communtication. Why write thirty pages about a product when a couple pictures along with some graphs can easily convey the message and then some? Why waste energy speaking when you can simply use a power point demonstration to give a lecture?
If they do allow headphones, then people will have to be bothered by constant shoulder tapping. If they think that productivity increases, I have to agree with them. If you are happy, then you work better. However, this is quality rather than quantity, but I won't get into that. People want to dig a niche out in a way to give themselves a sense of uniqueness. Let them have headphones? Work's not getting done anyway because people will just piddle on Facebook or WoW or something.
As much as I would love this for my house, I've spent too many hours perfecting my coffee brewing almost down to a science. It would be a waste of the robot's time and mine to do a job I already do great and to have the poor thing gathering dust in a corner.
I loved "Catch Me If You Can." Great movie, great actors.
Back on topic, I blame our government for linking the nukes to the net. If you don't think they didn't, you obviously have forgotten NORAD. In an attempt to keep everything linked, the military thought it was a good idea to have a cyber infrastructure set up for our missles should Russia attack. Over twenty years later, the system is still active along with several hundred warheads still armed.
I care about cybersecurity, but only if the threat of terrorism is present. This may be stupid logic, but I cannot honestly think any other way. Why put a lock and key for something that shouldn't even be in your house? Shouldn't you have a bank to protect it rather than an electric fence surrounding it? Even then, why would you have a bomb in there, with the key hanging right next to it waiting for someone to open it.
If you remove the threat, you don't need the security, as least that's how I want to think. I'm sure many people are going to argue with my line of thinking, so it's better to have a bad idea that I could improve rather than a horrible idea I refuse to upgrade.
I have volunteered for a summer event. In an attempt to have some fun, a woman with a heart condition was walking around...on the hottest day of the month, near water which reflected the sunlight, creating more heat. Me and another guy were worried she'd faint and offfer her some help. Her friend told us she skipped a doctor's appointment for the event.
Stupidity is probably not the best word for this situation, but it sure wasn't the greatest idea. That is one example of the general stupidity I had to deal with. Due to a shortage of people at the beginning, I was placed as temp security to guard this tiny walkway that was actually the end of the pier. I didn't stop everyone since I was not paid to do so. After about an hour some suits came and said they'd position a guy. Another hour later, tired of playing defender, I told one of the highers to guard it and was going on break
Not only were the general public stupid, but I have been proven that also the heads were also not the brighest bulbs of the box.
I was checking out Ron Paul and I would vote for a third party. However, I'm still voting him in. While he may have a few traits that don't sit well with me, he's still better than the rest of the roacese. Back in the 90s, he said that if we continued our current path, a terrorist attack on own soil would happen. Sure enough it did. This in itself holds about as much water as the Mayan 2012 prophecies, however, he suggested on pulling out our troops. I gained more confidence in him as I saw the Republican-funded news channels attempt to discredit him, trapping with hot debatable topics such as Homosexuality and the Poor. Instead of falling into it, he reversed the trap on them, effectively putting them on the spot.
In seveal debates, this same situation happened. So, given all of these events, if he told me to vote for a third party, I will do that. Until then, I'm going to write him in. Mitt Romney is not going to become president without a hell of a fight from me.
Most of the populace are getting dumber as more electronic toys come into play. Also, most people have become lazy and welcome in the easy machines as well as those who work themselves half to death.
"Airline hijackers"?
Is Britain just stupid or is that how they really think? While it is possible, the chance of it happening is slim because it's TOO OBVIOUS! Like our freaking TSA: Oh let's check this 4 year old, he might be carrying a bomb. Ignore that shifty-eyed dude with the laptop battery and lemons.
You don't have to watch it, but the narrator, Daniel Floyd, who works for Pixar Canada and is a game enthusiast, gives some pretty cool ideas. there is one more episode that was requested by teachers on a possible way to apply this to the classroom. He gives some good ideas that I would have thought of myself or anyone else if they spent an afternoon thinking about it. Link is provided.
And this is why I believe in all things supernatural. So much of my life has just been so unexplainable, I took up the Karma System to lower the events. It has worked so far. Titanic II will follow it's mother down into the depths ot the ocean, exactly where it sank or close enough.
Well, just need to pass SOPA/PIPA and we can say that we'll be bend over being f**ked by our own government.
You laughed when they took down Mediashare (I apologize if I got it wrong, please correct me)
You laughed when they took down that obscure website
How long will it be before you get off the computer, grab a pitchfork and some torches, and throw out our government? How much nibbling before you notice a chunk of our freedom is missing? I won't stand for this, and will elect Ron Paul for President.
Assuming that the 2012 prophecy holds true, evacuation would be deemed useless if the Yellowstone caldera blows. We'll have an entire year of winter after the shockwaves and flaming rocks destroy most of US's cities in the area.
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It's Godwin's Law.
Well, I can tell that most people who use YouTube will probably be on the top of RIAA's Most Wanted.
Okay, no flames, just a discussion.
When the Mayans said the Apocalypse was near, I didn't take much heed for it. After seeing a Republican pushing for an Internet Bill of Rights and now a pulling of TSA, it seems they may have been on to something. If this keeps up, I can't wait for December 21 this year.
P.S. Apocalypse = Change, those who think that Apocalypse means oblivion.
Well, I consider smart people those that can do math and science in a blink of an eye, recalling hundreds of equations at a whim. Social skills do not equal intelligence. I myself have okay social skills, but am still somewhat smart in overall intelligence. Does this make me smart? No. Does it make me dumb? Not really.
Dumb people are those that chug ten Monsters in under an hour, play chicken on a busy highway at midday. Are people that smoke pot or drink themselves to death? I wouldn't think so, but I wouldn't consider them MENSA material. However, those who do stuff that most would consider dangerous as often stupid.
But, answer me this question: Why are smart people, who know so much, often die at a younger age than those who barely know the founding president of our country? Who cares that smart people are stupid, everyone is stupid to a degree, and smart people are no exception to the rule. I may not be Einstein or Galileo, but I want to live with the dummies; they live longer and have far more general fun.
I love how everyone on this forum forgot how Steve Jobs was the first to make Personal Computers affordable to the general public. Him and Steve Wozniak should be remembered as the PC Pioneers, not the iPod empired that they created. WIthout them, we wouldn't be on here arguing over this and we would also be without hundreds of great PC games.
What has Microsoft done? Just copy everything and everyone else, changing their OS very minimally every time, and are forcing thousands of XBox users to pay on a monthly basis for Live. Come on, MS, you make billions a month, how much harm could it be to make Live free?
I use headphones. They're bulky, but they don't itch and fall out of your ears like those earbuds. I've got a nice pair from Sony. Clear sound, just the right size, and functional. I don't see why it matters whether or not we use headphones.
However, this conversation regards to matters concerning communication. I have no idea how many people chat to each other, but I can tell you from all of my friends, my social contact is nilch. I try calling them only to get pushed aside. I send emails that are never answered. They even close the IM window whenever I try to say my greetings
In this increasingly technological world, we have removed almost all forms of verbal communication with nonverbal or written communtication. Why write thirty pages about a product when a couple pictures along with some graphs can easily convey the message and then some? Why waste energy speaking when you can simply use a power point demonstration to give a lecture?
If they do allow headphones, then people will have to be bothered by constant shoulder tapping. If they think that productivity increases, I have to agree with them. If you are happy, then you work better. However, this is quality rather than quantity, but I won't get into that. People want to dig a niche out in a way to give themselves a sense of uniqueness. Let them have headphones? Work's not getting done anyway because people will just piddle on Facebook or WoW or something.
As much as I would love this for my house, I've spent too many hours perfecting my coffee brewing almost down to a science. It would be a waste of the robot's time and mine to do a job I already do great and to have the poor thing gathering dust in a corner.
No, I'm leaving cause of the stupiditiy of our politicians and the sheer brazenness they have for passing insane laws.
Excuse me while I renounce my citizenship. I can't take this crap any longer.
I loved "Catch Me If You Can." Great movie, great actors. Back on topic, I blame our government for linking the nukes to the net. If you don't think they didn't, you obviously have forgotten NORAD. In an attempt to keep everything linked, the military thought it was a good idea to have a cyber infrastructure set up for our missles should Russia attack. Over twenty years later, the system is still active along with several hundred warheads still armed.
I care about cybersecurity, but only if the threat of terrorism is present. This may be stupid logic, but I cannot honestly think any other way. Why put a lock and key for something that shouldn't even be in your house? Shouldn't you have a bank to protect it rather than an electric fence surrounding it? Even then, why would you have a bomb in there, with the key hanging right next to it waiting for someone to open it.
If you remove the threat, you don't need the security, as least that's how I want to think. I'm sure many people are going to argue with my line of thinking, so it's better to have a bad idea that I could improve rather than a horrible idea I refuse to upgrade.
I have volunteered for a summer event. In an attempt to have some fun, a woman with a heart condition was walking around...on the hottest day of the month, near water which reflected the sunlight, creating more heat. Me and another guy were worried she'd faint and offfer her some help. Her friend told us she skipped a doctor's appointment for the event.
Stupidity is probably not the best word for this situation, but it sure wasn't the greatest idea. That is one example of the general stupidity I had to deal with. Due to a shortage of people at the beginning, I was placed as temp security to guard this tiny walkway that was actually the end of the pier. I didn't stop everyone since I was not paid to do so. After about an hour some suits came and said they'd position a guy. Another hour later, tired of playing defender, I told one of the highers to guard it and was going on break
Not only were the general public stupid, but I have been proven that also the heads were also not the brighest bulbs of the box.
I was checking out Ron Paul and I would vote for a third party. However, I'm still voting him in. While he may have a few traits that don't sit well with me, he's still better than the rest of the roacese. Back in the 90s, he said that if we continued our current path, a terrorist attack on own soil would happen. Sure enough it did. This in itself holds about as much water as the Mayan 2012 prophecies, however, he suggested on pulling out our troops. I gained more confidence in him as I saw the Republican-funded news channels attempt to discredit him, trapping with hot debatable topics such as Homosexuality and the Poor. Instead of falling into it, he reversed the trap on them, effectively putting them on the spot.
In seveal debates, this same situation happened. So, given all of these events, if he told me to vote for a third party, I will do that. Until then, I'm going to write him in. Mitt Romney is not going to become president without a hell of a fight from me.
Most of the populace are getting dumber as more electronic toys come into play. Also, most people have become lazy and welcome in the easy machines as well as those who work themselves half to death.
Actually, you can still do damage because of pressure. Enough of it, disregarding earplugs, will rupture organs.
"Airline hijackers"? Is Britain just stupid or is that how they really think? While it is possible, the chance of it happening is slim because it's TOO OBVIOUS! Like our freaking TSA: Oh let's check this 4 year old, he might be carrying a bomb. Ignore that shifty-eyed dude with the laptop battery and lemons.
http://extra-credits.net/episodes/gamification/
You don't have to watch it, but the narrator, Daniel Floyd, who works for Pixar Canada and is a game enthusiast, gives some pretty cool ideas. there is one more episode that was requested by teachers on a possible way to apply this to the classroom. He gives some good ideas that I would have thought of myself or anyone else if they spent an afternoon thinking about it. Link is provided.
http://extra-credits.net/episodes/gamifying-education/
And this is why I believe in all things supernatural. So much of my life has just been so unexplainable, I took up the Karma System to lower the events. It has worked so far. Titanic II will follow it's mother down into the depths ot the ocean, exactly where it sank or close enough.
I thought that this was talked about before. Thanks!
Normally, I hate the FCC, but in this case, I think they made a good decision.
Actually, there's evidence that our universe is fairly laid out, so the fact that "God does not play dice with the universe" holds some truth.
Define threat.
I'm betting that there are a good number of "law-abiding" citizens who are all-too-willing to proclaim you as a Islamist backer.
I'll go only if you are willing to follow me into the Dragon's Den. No sense in dying alone.
I deny the position. I am a horrible leader.
Well, just need to pass SOPA/PIPA and we can say that we'll be bend over being f**ked by our own government.
You laughed when they took down Mediashare (I apologize if I got it wrong, please correct me)
You laughed when they took down that obscure website
How long will it be before you get off the computer, grab a pitchfork and some torches, and throw out our government? How much nibbling before you notice a chunk of our freedom is missing? I won't stand for this, and will elect Ron Paul for President.
Assuming that the 2012 prophecy holds true, evacuation would be deemed useless if the Yellowstone caldera blows. We'll have an entire year of winter after the shockwaves and flaming rocks destroy most of US's cities in the area.