The issue that grandparent poster was getting at is that the vast majority of the rhetoric that goes toward protecting the children is directed against the minority of the risk. The fact that it is hard to deal with the bigger risk (parents and relatives) should not excuse the powers-that-be from having to acknowledge it.
but how many of us cried when Aeris (/Aerith) was killed half-way through the story
I wouldent go that far but i couldent belive they actually killed a main characther half way through, and the shock stayed with me for a while. its just a pity we dont see more of that type of storytelling rather than the 1 man army everyone lives happily ever after crap that makes up most games.
I completely agree. My jaw hit the floor when that happened. I remember having put a ton of effort into that character and then... *slice* dead. I keep waiting for something like that to happen in the later games, but it never did (or, if it did, I haven't found it yet). I remember playing the later FFs thinking, "Alright, who should I avoid keeping in the party because they're going to die off."
Under that same logic, you are saying that the government has no right to enforce building codes, since buildings are privately owned. Additionally, what right does the government have to say who can and who can't drink alcohol, I mean, they're drinking in a bar and the bar is privately owned, right?
Someone once said, "A no smoking section in a bar/restaurant is like a no pissing section in a pool." I'll make you a deal... I won't pee by your tables if you don't smoke by mine. Both are public health issues so why shouldn't both be regulated?
You, like almost every who talks about mortgage payments, are forgetting the TI part of PITI (principle, interest, taxes, insurance). The TI will run you an additional $200-$500/month, depending on where you live.
I can't speak for your state. However, I live in Ohio and I have a 2005 Prius... I average actual (not estimated) 48mpg combined city/hwy in the winter and 52mpg combined city/hwy in the summer. Winter range tends to be about 45-50 and summer range is about 48-60, depending on whether the AC needs to be on or not. The Prius can use the electric engine to power the AC (at cost of your electricity available for the engine), but it uses the gas engine for the heat. That's why the winter averages are lower.
My parents own a 2006 Prius and their numbers are exactly in line with mine.
Actually, I'm generally surprised by the number of people who don't understand what seatbelt laws are really for... Take the following example:
Bob is riding in a car, with his seatbelt. Alice is driving down the road, hits some ice, and slams into Bob's car. Bob's seatbelt protects him and both walk away from the accident. After exchanging insurance, both go on their happy way.
Now take this situation: Bob is riding in a car, without his seatbelt. Alice is driving down the road, hits some ice, and slams into Bob's car. Bob is thrown from the car and killed and Alice is found at fault. Because Bob decided not to wear his seatbelt, Alice may possibly be charged with vehicular manslaughter. Two lives are ruined simply because Bob decided not to wear a seatbelt.
It's the same exact action from Alice, but due to Bob's actions, Alice can be affected to a greater degree. The seatbelt laws are not just to protect Bob, they're also to protect the other party from incurring more severe repercussions simply due to Bob's negligence.
And why is that? The city survived 300 years before this happened. I would venture to say that any city that has a 300 year time span between true disasters (even if there was always the "threat" of disaster) did quite well.
Sun's JRE license does not allow you to redistribute...
I believe you are incorrect. You can redistribute the JRE, you may not redistribute the SDK. Most people only need the JRE. So it's unlikely to be much of a problem.
While I agree, I also think that a pre-emptive strike would fail. I believe (rightly or wrongly) that the courts would faver a person defending themselves saying that they "owned" the DVD in question because of an add than a person who sued and made the same claim on the offensive. Again, I don't think that this system is fair, I just believe that it favors a sympothetic defendant more.
It's so obvious to outsiders that republicans are lyars (sic), and we're like, "why can't Americans see the truth?".
It's obvious to many of us on the inside also. You have to remind yourself that like it or not, America was founded by Puritans for Puritans. The fact that others came and flourished was almost an after thought. We do have separation of church and state, but it's pretty much laughed at since day one. Seriously, we have "under God" in our pledge (though introduced in the 1950's) and have had "in God we trust" on all of our currency since long before I was born.
However, the Republicans still appeal to these people. The religious folks say, "I'm glad he took out those damn Arabs... I'm glad he's against Roe v. Wade... I'm glad he believes in supporting 'faith baised' organizations." Thus, they are able to completely ignore all other facts. Keep in mind, many of these people are the same folks who believe that the Earth was created in under 7 days.
Agreed. Isn't the punishment for sharing a single song or a single move up to $250,000 and 5 years in jail or something insane like that? At least, that's what it says at the beginning of all my movies.
No kidding. Imagine having to sing the "ba da baa da baaaaa, I'm loving it" jingle before you can order a Big Mac to prove that you should only pay $2 rather than $5 for it.
Though I do remember something like getting $1 off a chicken sandwich at Burger King if you would "cluck". So maybe that's not too far off.
Interesting point. I have yet to see a movie ad that states you should go out and "license" a copy today. I certainly wouldn't want to be a test case, but I wonder if that defense would hold.
Didn't russia do something like this? I thought I remembered hearing stories about how the head engineer who oversaw the building of a bridge must stand under the bridge while they drive tanks over it. Could have just been an urban legend though.
Last I heard, Exxon is one of the largest investors in solar power technology. They are trying to become an energy company rather than an oil company. They don't care if you are buying solar panels, hydrogen, or oil, so long as you are buying it from them.
When I lived on OSU campus, I had someone try to steal my bike. The odd thing is that the bike was over 14 years old, had the brakes hanging off of the handle bars, and was missing the chain for the wheels. Still, someone went through the effort of cutting my bike lock to take it. I found the bike about 20 feet away from where I locked it, probably where the person first noticed it had no chain to ride away with.
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The issue that grandparent poster was getting at is that the vast majority of the rhetoric that goes toward protecting the children is directed against the minority of the risk. The fact that it is hard to deal with the bigger risk (parents and relatives) should not excuse the powers-that-be from having to acknowledge it.
I completely agree. My jaw hit the floor when that happened. I remember having put a ton of effort into that character and then... *slice* dead. I keep waiting for something like that to happen in the later games, but it never did (or, if it did, I haven't found it yet). I remember playing the later FFs thinking, "Alright, who should I avoid keeping in the party because they're going to die off."
Under that same logic, you are saying that the government has no right to enforce building codes, since buildings are privately owned. Additionally, what right does the government have to say who can and who can't drink alcohol, I mean, they're drinking in a bar and the bar is privately owned, right?
Someone once said, "A no smoking section in a bar/restaurant is like a no pissing section in a pool." I'll make you a deal... I won't pee by your tables if you don't smoke by mine. Both are public health issues so why shouldn't both be regulated?
You, like almost every who talks about mortgage payments, are forgetting the TI part of PITI (principle, interest, taxes, insurance). The TI will run you an additional $200-$500/month, depending on where you live.
I can't speak for your state. However, I live in Ohio and I have a 2005 Prius... I average actual (not estimated) 48mpg combined city/hwy in the winter and 52mpg combined city/hwy in the summer. Winter range tends to be about 45-50 and summer range is about 48-60, depending on whether the AC needs to be on or not. The Prius can use the electric engine to power the AC (at cost of your electricity available for the engine), but it uses the gas engine for the heat. That's why the winter averages are lower.
My parents own a 2006 Prius and their numbers are exactly in line with mine.
Actually, I'm generally surprised by the number of people who don't understand what seatbelt laws are really for... Take the following example:
Bob is riding in a car, with his seatbelt. Alice is driving down the road, hits some ice, and slams into Bob's car. Bob's seatbelt protects him and both walk away from the accident. After exchanging insurance, both go on their happy way.
Now take this situation: Bob is riding in a car, without his seatbelt. Alice is driving down the road, hits some ice, and slams into Bob's car. Bob is thrown from the car and killed and Alice is found at fault. Because Bob decided not to wear his seatbelt, Alice may possibly be charged with vehicular manslaughter. Two lives are ruined simply because Bob decided not to wear a seatbelt.
It's the same exact action from Alice, but due to Bob's actions, Alice can be affected to a greater degree. The seatbelt laws are not just to protect Bob, they're also to protect the other party from incurring more severe repercussions simply due to Bob's negligence.
And why is that? The city survived 300 years before this happened. I would venture to say that any city that has a 300 year time span between true disasters (even if there was always the "threat" of disaster) did quite well.
When I had to return a DVD that was cracked, the clerk at Best Buy cut open the one they were giving me probably to prevent this very thing.
Sun's JRE license does not allow you to redistribute...
I believe you are incorrect. You can redistribute the JRE, you may not redistribute the SDK. Most people only need the JRE. So it's unlikely to be much of a problem.
While I agree, I also think that a pre-emptive strike would fail. I believe (rightly or wrongly) that the courts would faver a person defending themselves saying that they "owned" the DVD in question because of an add than a person who sued and made the same claim on the offensive. Again, I don't think that this system is fair, I just believe that it favors a sympothetic defendant more.
It's so obvious to outsiders that republicans are lyars (sic), and we're like, "why can't Americans see the truth?".
It's obvious to many of us on the inside also. You have to remind yourself that like it or not, America was founded by Puritans for Puritans. The fact that others came and flourished was almost an after thought. We do have separation of church and state, but it's pretty much laughed at since day one. Seriously, we have "under God" in our pledge (though introduced in the 1950's) and have had "in God we trust" on all of our currency since long before I was born.
However, the Republicans still appeal to these people. The religious folks say, "I'm glad he took out those damn Arabs... I'm glad he's against Roe v. Wade... I'm glad he believes in supporting 'faith baised' organizations." Thus, they are able to completely ignore all other facts. Keep in mind, many of these people are the same folks who believe that the Earth was created in under 7 days.
Agreed. Isn't the punishment for sharing a single song or a single move up to $250,000 and 5 years in jail or something insane like that? At least, that's what it says at the beginning of all my movies.
No kidding. Imagine having to sing the "ba da baa da baaaaa, I'm loving it" jingle before you can order a Big Mac to prove that you should only pay $2 rather than $5 for it.
Though I do remember something like getting $1 off a chicken sandwich at Burger King if you would "cluck". So maybe that's not too far off.
Interesting point. I have yet to see a movie ad that states you should go out and "license" a copy today. I certainly wouldn't want to be a test case, but I wonder if that defense would hold.
Since when is not waching an advertisement illegal?
Since this bill goes through. That's the fun things about bills, they make illegal things that weren't previously illegal.
Didn't russia do something like this? I thought I remembered hearing stories about how the head engineer who oversaw the building of a bridge must stand under the bridge while they drive tanks over it. Could have just been an urban legend though.
I mean what kind of profit would a company get if they kill their customers?
I believe the cigarette companies are still doing fairly well...
Last I heard, Exxon is one of the largest investors in solar power technology. They are trying to become an energy company rather than an oil company. They don't care if you are buying solar panels, hydrogen, or oil, so long as you are buying it from them.
Yeah... iPod sigs are for pussies.
When I lived on OSU campus, I had someone try to steal my bike. The odd thing is that the bike was over 14 years old, had the brakes hanging off of the handle bars, and was missing the chain for the wheels. Still, someone went through the effort of cutting my bike lock to take it. I found the bike about 20 feet away from where I locked it, probably where the person first noticed it had no chain to ride away with.
Yeah, that's what I meant. Ugh, I hate it when I bungle a joke.
Assuming that no one truly needed to use the servers at night, it's not a bad idea. It is, after all, a guaranteed way to keep the bad guys out.
If you want to be a real ass, make all answers come out to 7337.
Or zero. I used to have a prof who would occationally slip in a multiply by zero somewhere in the equation for one reason or another.