Family is the last place you go to. When someone goes to family, it means they've run out of reasons. It is not a generic catch-all phrase used in political circles. It says a lot about what's going. You just don't get it because you've never gone back to family before so you never understand why it's used. To you, it's still an excuse.
But what is it with Republicans (and also Democrats) quitting "to spend more time with their families"?
You're young. I can tell this from the fact that you don't get it. Or at the very least, I hope you're young. If you're older and have a family of your own and don't understand why this happens, I feel really bad for you.
But let me try to explain it to you. All human beings have a need to be loved and wanted. The people that will always love you and want you regardless of what you've done will be your family first and foremost. Most people fall into the following pattern:
Build a family.
Recognize that family is important.
Desire time to spend time with family.
Recognize that the ability to spend time with family doesn't exist because of obligations to build a secure future of self and the family.
Create a career. Spend a shit ton of hours working to secure financial future.
Fast forward 20 years or so.
Recognize that by creating a family, you've successfully lost sight of the reason you wanted a career in the first place: to spend time with the family.
Walk away from the career to spend time with the family.
We could just put all the unhealthy people in gas chambers and kill them.
That sounds expensive... I mean we'd have to build facilities, then transportation mechanisms. Who's going to pay for the guards? Probably cheaper to keep them alive.
And there is the crux of the problem. You already accepted that terrorism is a crime (civilian issue).
There are portions of the government that treats terrorism as a military matter (Republicans: Guantanamo Bay prisoners are military issue, they don't get civilian treatments like someone picked up for murder would) and others that treats terrorism as a crime (Democrats: Hey, why don't Guantanamo Bay prisoners have habeas corpus?).
You need to be very careful of this dichotomy and read critically into what is stated. When crime and terrorism are identified separately, they're not doing it to be redundant. They're stated as a matter of belief about whether or not terrorism is a crime. For law enforcement folks, terrorism prevent is a matter of public safety. For the military types, terrorism is a matter of target identification so they can blow the terrorist away.
Doesn't anyone feel just a tad ripped off for buying a TV then paying a monthly fee for cable/satellite for the privilege of watching TV? I mean it's not like NBC isn't free or anything!
Like arbitrary coordinates or an address? Because it can bookmark addresses and searches. I have McCarran International Airport (Las Vegas) bookmarked on my phone right now.
Not being able to comment isn't an indication you're a weasel. It is just an indication of the person being a piece of the machinery. Everyone answers to someone else and sometimes you're just not able to answer the questions because you simply aren't authorized to answer those questions.
For example, if a reporter were to start asking you questions about the financial status of your company do you answer?
When you get a "No comment" your journalism instincts should be asking who do you go to next for the answer to the question.
And since we are on the subject of terrorism, what do you call a government that employs torture, detention without trial, starts wars, disegards international law and treaties? Perhaps the term is not terrorist, but the corrupt crew are still a bunch of totally evil bastards regardless.
You know what I call people who recognizes that there is a government that employs torture, detention without trial, starts wars, disregards international law and treaties and does not mount a rebellion to overthrow such a government? Cowards.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that there is something else more important than fear.
The requirement was "stream-ripping" is not possible. The requirement doesn't deal with duplex cards or microphones because recording from those sources don't touch the stream directly.
The default parameters for resizing are really bad for photo work. I got chewed out by a certain men's magazine when I wrote the system that turned humongous originals into web-friendly thumbnails. Upon research I found out that the parameters for that were all shitty and tweaked. And tweaked.
MMS support is dumb. MMS is what you need when phones were stupid and couldn't handle real email. Saying you need MMS is like saying you need to support rotary dial. MMS is a feature bullet that got out-classed by real email with real attachments.
I don't need MMS. I have a phone that can send an email with an attached photo. My phone is not the problem. Your phone that's incapable of receiving emails with MIME attachments.
The other comments about videos, ringtones, etc. are valid.
I mean really.. more then 500 bucks for a game machine? Thats is nuts.
It's not nuts really. You might just not match its targeted demographics for ideal customers. You need to actually put the Xbox360 and PS3 side by side to get a good understanding. The Xbox's drives and fans sound like a small jet plane taking off. The PS3 is dead silent. The only way you can tell it's on is with the LEDs on the device. The build quality of the PS3 is astounding while the Xbox is terrible. I have both; I have every console in fact. I'd rather play on the PS3 than the Xbox any day of the week. One device is a joy to use. The other isn't a joy to use at all.
Who spends that much cash to sit in front of the tv?
People who thinks that $600 isn't a significant amount of money and aren't obligated to sit in front of the TV after spending the money. I mean if a person thinks $600 isn't significant you have to wonder what they spend on that they do feel is significant:)
This is an additional hook, positive social interaction for some and negative social interaction (griefing) for others are extremely rewarding especially if your own self image or RL situation is less than perfect.
Where's the social interaction in 1 player games? When you're in your basement playing FFXII who exactly are you interacting with? Online games are not the only addicting ones. The social interaction analysis is only applicable to one facet of the addiction. The beauty of the addiction is that the player is unable to separate real social interactions with artificial social interactions ("NPC"). Whether the applause comes from a human or an automaton doesn't matter to the addicted player. It only matters that there is the applause.
The gist of what I was saying before is that video games satisfies as a surrogate activity. Even when you take away the social aspects of a game, reaching level X + 1 is still important to the addicted player. It's a goal they've set up for themself and being able to reach that goal is very important.
Video game addiction is very different than gambling in my eyes. Video games are pursued by those addicted to it to fulfill a psychological. The players feel more powerful. They have a sense of impact on their world. They are the hero saving the world, doing something important. If you look at the games people are addicted to playing, they aren't likely to be Bejeweled. The players are more likely addicted to FPS or MMORPG.
People in general have a desire to feel effective within the confines of their world. Players addicted to video games aren't really addicted to video games. They're addicted to being successful. Video games just give them an avenue to feel successful while the rest of their life falls apart.
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There will be a keyboard display. You'll need it to fill out web forms and your iTunes Music Store password.
No, you completely missed my point.
Family is the last place you go to. When someone goes to family, it means they've run out of reasons. It is not a generic catch-all phrase used in political circles. It says a lot about what's going. You just don't get it because you've never gone back to family before so you never understand why it's used. To you, it's still an excuse.
Go back to your family.
You're young. I can tell this from the fact that you don't get it. Or at the very least, I hope you're young. If you're older and have a family of your own and don't understand why this happens, I feel really bad for you.
But let me try to explain it to you. All human beings have a need to be loved and wanted. The people that will always love you and want you regardless of what you've done will be your family first and foremost. Most people fall into the following pattern:
You're welcomed to install a web cam in my bedroom. All you'll get is a guy masturbating a lot. Enjoy.
While iLife is considered a separate product, the latest shipping OS and hardware will carry the newest iLife version. Leopard will have iLife '08.
If you weren't planning on upgrading to Leopard this upgrade makes sense. Or if you need it tomorrow.
That sounds expensive
So what's the point of GPLv3? To make sure that companies that sells Linux software are doomed?
Fill me in. I'm not up to date on this stuff.
And there is the crux of the problem. You already accepted that terrorism is a crime (civilian issue).
There are portions of the government that treats terrorism as a military matter (Republicans: Guantanamo Bay prisoners are military issue, they don't get civilian treatments like someone picked up for murder would) and others that treats terrorism as a crime (Democrats: Hey, why don't Guantanamo Bay prisoners have habeas corpus?).
You need to be very careful of this dichotomy and read critically into what is stated. When crime and terrorism are identified separately, they're not doing it to be redundant. They're stated as a matter of belief about whether or not terrorism is a crime. For law enforcement folks, terrorism prevent is a matter of public safety. For the military types, terrorism is a matter of target identification so they can blow the terrorist away.
Doesn't anyone feel just a tad ripped off for buying a TV then paying a monthly fee for cable/satellite for the privilege of watching TV? I mean it's not like NBC isn't free or anything!
Like arbitrary coordinates or an address? Because it can bookmark addresses and searches. I have McCarran International Airport (Las Vegas) bookmarked on my phone right now.
That post was full of humility eh?
I should add that I handled this scenario in the wrong way in my youth.
Not being able to comment isn't an indication you're a weasel. It is just an indication of the person being a piece of the machinery. Everyone answers to someone else and sometimes you're just not able to answer the questions because you simply aren't authorized to answer those questions.
For example, if a reporter were to start asking you questions about the financial status of your company do you answer?
When you get a "No comment" your journalism instincts should be asking who do you go to next for the answer to the question.
Let me give you a preview of an "on the record" interview.
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We're not ready to make a comment at this time.
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Does international law forbid using weapons that kill people?
You know what I call people who recognizes that there is a government that employs torture, detention without trial, starts wars, disregards international law and treaties and does not mount a rebellion to overthrow such a government? Cowards.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that there is something else more important than fear.
How do you right click on a touchscreen with a finger or stylus?
The requirement was "stream-ripping" is not possible. The requirement doesn't deal with duplex cards or microphones because recording from those sources don't touch the stream directly.
The default parameters for resizing are really bad for photo work. I got chewed out by a certain men's magazine when I wrote the system that turned humongous originals into web-friendly thumbnails. Upon research I found out that the parameters for that were all shitty and tweaked. And tweaked.
It got acceptable after a bit of work on my end.
MMS support is dumb. MMS is what you need when phones were stupid and couldn't handle real email. Saying you need MMS is like saying you need to support rotary dial. MMS is a feature bullet that got out-classed by real email with real attachments.
I don't need MMS. I have a phone that can send an email with an attached photo. My phone is not the problem. Your phone that's incapable of receiving emails with MIME attachments.
The other comments about videos, ringtones, etc. are valid.
HDTVs are pretty cheap these days. I got a new one when I got my PS3 for less than $1k.
It's not nuts really. You might just not match its targeted demographics for ideal customers. You need to actually put the Xbox360 and PS3 side by side to get a good understanding. The Xbox's drives and fans sound like a small jet plane taking off. The PS3 is dead silent. The only way you can tell it's on is with the LEDs on the device. The build quality of the PS3 is astounding while the Xbox is terrible. I have both; I have every console in fact. I'd rather play on the PS3 than the Xbox any day of the week. One device is a joy to use. The other isn't a joy to use at all.
People who thinks that $600 isn't a significant amount of money and aren't obligated to sit in front of the TV after spending the money. I mean if a person thinks $600 isn't significant you have to wonder what they spend on that they do feel is significant
What happened? Not enough interested hackers to hack a working phone together?
Where's the social interaction in 1 player games? When you're in your basement playing FFXII who exactly are you interacting with? Online games are not the only addicting ones. The social interaction analysis is only applicable to one facet of the addiction. The beauty of the addiction is that the player is unable to separate real social interactions with artificial social interactions ("NPC"). Whether the applause comes from a human or an automaton doesn't matter to the addicted player. It only matters that there is the applause.
The gist of what I was saying before is that video games satisfies as a surrogate activity. Even when you take away the social aspects of a game, reaching level X + 1 is still important to the addicted player. It's a goal they've set up for themself and being able to reach that goal is very important.
Video game addiction is very different than gambling in my eyes. Video games are pursued by those addicted to it to fulfill a psychological. The players feel more powerful. They have a sense of impact on their world. They are the hero saving the world, doing something important. If you look at the games people are addicted to playing, they aren't likely to be Bejeweled. The players are more likely addicted to FPS or MMORPG.
People in general have a desire to feel effective within the confines of their world. Players addicted to video games aren't really addicted to video games. They're addicted to being successful. Video games just give them an avenue to feel successful while the rest of their life falls apart.