Being able to say "Record all CSI:Miami" instead of "Record channel 12 from 8:00 to 8:59pm every Thursday". That way when they move it to Monday nights, I don't know and don't care. When another channel picks up the reruns, it's a bonus. I don't worry about timeslots... all I see are "shows". CSI:Miami is CSI:Miami no matter what network or channel is hosting it.
Having my Tivo learn what types of shows, actors, and even directors I like and having it record "Suggestions" on spare device space, things that other people who like the same types of things that I do also liked. For example, let's say I let the Tivo know I like Kill Bill volume 1 and 2 and Dawn of the Dead... it might also record Pulp Fiction. If I select Star Trek (original) and Star Trek:TNG, there's a good chance ST:Voyager will show up in suggestions.
Please don't forget, however... Commercial traffic is strictly prohibited on Amateur Radio. Don't get this for your business. If you want to let your wife know you're OK, or patch through a personal call, that's fine. If you're coordinating your employees to check status on something at work, it's not permitted.
Look how much debate their decision has made here on the outside. Don't kid yourself... that same amount of debate goes on INSIDE the game every time one of these "GLBT-friendly" guilds advertises themselves.
That is what Blizzard is trying to avoid.
By the way, how can you roleplay a homosexual character in a virtual world that has no lore concept of homosexuality? Heterosexuality is required for the procreation of the characters over the timespan of the game's history. Mothers and fathers had sons and daughters. Homosexuality is not required for any function of the lore written by Blizzard. Therefore, it doesn't exist in "Azeroth".
It would be like roleplaying a lasergun-wielding Quartic-speaking energy entity in a game based off of Middle Earth. There's no such thing. It doesn't exist in that fantasy environment.
Ahh, good old Slashdot mods. Post something that makes them think about what 'tolerance' really is and they freak out and mod you to -999.
Tolerance is accepting that there are people out there with different views from you. One of those possible views is that they believe you are doing something wrong. Tolerance would be accepting that those people are out there and that they have the right to believe whatever they want. Since those people are out there, companies (like Blizzard) have the obligation to keep that disagreement (between you and them) from detracting from their product.
Wait a minute, I thought (X)-friendly was 'inclusive' by definition? Isn't that what all the GLBTers have been saying from the beginning of this whole thing, that GLBT-friendly was inclusive by definition?
Others find it hard to be tolerant of a group they see as violating 'the laws of God'. You're asking *them* to be tolerant, why shouldn't it be expected of *you* as well?
Aryans are a group of people, a race. By making this assumption, you put an entire race of people in the same 'bucket' as a small group of people who believe their race is superior (the Aryan Nation doesn't have the lockhold on this). How is that any different than someone seeing something referencing homosexuality and assuming they're talking about predatory homosexuals whose intent is to 'convert' people or to help them find their 'inner gay'?
Being attracted to children is not a crime. Acting on it is in some countries. Believing yourself to be superior to others is not a crime. Hurting others in an attempt to express that view or make that view a reality is a crime in some countries. Being attracted to the same sex is not a crime. Acting on it is in some countries.
Be careful what labels you use. I'm only trying to point out the fact that it is a person's ACTIONS, not their BELIEFS or FEELINGS that are the issue here. However, there are people out there who will attempt to persecute you for your beliefs if they do not agree with them. The belief could be racial superiority, sexual attraction, spiritual, etc.
"I wouldn't defend their views and I wouldn't compare them . However I would support their right to hold their views , so long as they are not forcing their views on others , such as racial intimidation , or grooming children .
The difference between GLBT , Aryan Nations and Pedophiles is simple. There is no problem with being Gay or Trans-gender . The other two however are a menace to society who prey on children or try to oppress other people for the way they are born."
I will agree with this if you will agree that there are people in this world that do not agree with you. There are people who believe that GLBT groups are just as dangerous as pedophiles, that they "prey on children", and that they try to influence others to 'be like them' and view them as a "menace to society".
Aryans promote a viewpoint that you don't agree with. If we're talking about tolerance, you should be just as tolerant of an Aryan group's right to exist as much as a GLBT group.
"But in disagreement with the Article, I've never been directly harassed by a farmer..."
World of Warcraft. Azshara. Any server with a medium or higher population.
95% of the time any day you come, you will find the same set of players killing the same mobs, looting the same resource nodes. If you attempt to pull a mob anywhere in the area they consider 'theirs' (which typically is MUCH LARGER than you think - re: the whole viewable area or larger), they will usually retaliate by using techniques which result in you being attacked by a large number of mobs.
Glad you haven't had the problem. Lots of us have.
We don't "know" they're from China... but if they're not, they really want you to think they are. When you speak to them with a relatively complex English sentence, they will either not respond or will respond with rudimentary English, consisting of yes, no, you buy, a price, or whatever. If you insult them with well-known English insults, you usually get some form of "cao ni ma" or some other well-known Chinese insult.
As to your second point, you're forgetting the order of events...
The game opened. Players came. Farmers came too. Players began playing, so did farmers. Lots of players began to notice the same small group of players always playing in certain areas. Members of this 'small group' began asking for in-game summoned food and water from the classes who could provide it. The requests were typically very curt, almost demanding. When spoken to, their English was apparently very poor. When insulted with English, they responded with Chinese insults (cao ni ma, etc). These same 'small group' players were noticed selling items in the game via in-game announcements. From watching various announcements, it was obvious these same players had the same lack of English abilities.
First came the activity, then came the 'classification' of that activity.
They farmed. Either they're Chinese or they want you to think so (through their own actions).
Written in ML (none of that sissy C++), supports just about any OS you can think of... The author wrote it because he needed a bootloader that would fit in the boot sector of a floppy, so it had to be tiny.
You said both sites have a T1 connection... to what? If it's a private line, is it a full T1?
The problem could be as others have said, prioritization of voice packets, or it could be as others have said, serialization delay (small voice packets waiting behind big data packets in the queue)... or it could be your provider's network. You may be sending the VPN-encrypted data packets to them in the proper order and with the proper prioritization, but if your provider takes your packets and gets them to you "any old time", you're screwed.
In 1987, a gentleman in Cornish, UK developed a system (patented under US patent 4,702,894) that basically oxidizes aluminum welding wire in water, liberating hydrogen gas and precipitating an aluminum oxide powder into the water.
He sent a prototype to BMW in 1981, who ran a 2.0L gasoline engine for 70 minutes with no noticable problems, save for the problem of eliminating the oxide powder from the water.
From the link: "WASHINGTON -- President Bush is threatening to veto a bill that funds veterans hospitals and public housing if Congress doesn't increase money allocated to the U.S. space program."
Found any EULAs where the "we're not responsible for the fact that our software really sucks, and if it causes you a beeeleeon dollars in damages, you can't sue us, nyaa nyaa" clause has actually been tested and held up in court?
Seems to me that you can put anything in a EULA. Getting it enforced in a court of law is yet another thing.
Slashdot Mirror
Of *course* hydrogen is just a storage medium. So is oil. So is anything short of direct solar or nuclear.
What's your point?
I think the default "don't record the same item unless explicitly told to" timer is 30 days.
Being able to say "Record all CSI:Miami" instead of "Record channel 12 from 8:00 to 8:59pm every Thursday". That way when they move it to Monday nights, I don't know and don't care. When another channel picks up the reruns, it's a bonus. I don't worry about timeslots... all I see are "shows". CSI:Miami is CSI:Miami no matter what network or channel is hosting it.
Having my Tivo learn what types of shows, actors, and even directors I like and having it record "Suggestions" on spare device space, things that other people who like the same types of things that I do also liked. For example, let's say I let the Tivo know I like Kill Bill volume 1 and 2 and Dawn of the Dead... it might also record Pulp Fiction. If I select Star Trek (original) and Star Trek:TNG, there's a good chance ST:Voyager will show up in suggestions.
Those are the two things that come to mind first.
Please don't forget, however... Commercial traffic is strictly prohibited on Amateur Radio. Don't get this for your business. If you want to let your wife know you're OK, or patch through a personal call, that's fine. If you're coordinating your employees to check status on something at work, it's not permitted.
Hold on... now it's "Nazism" to enforce naming rules in a fantasy-based game?
Those evil 'jack-booted thugs' at Blizzard... how dare they!
Look how much debate their decision has made here on the outside. Don't kid yourself... that same amount of debate goes on INSIDE the game every time one of these "GLBT-friendly" guilds advertises themselves.
That is what Blizzard is trying to avoid.
By the way, how can you roleplay a homosexual character in a virtual world that has no lore concept of homosexuality? Heterosexuality is required for the procreation of the characters over the timespan of the game's history. Mothers and fathers had sons and daughters. Homosexuality is not required for any function of the lore written by Blizzard. Therefore, it doesn't exist in "Azeroth".
It would be like roleplaying a lasergun-wielding Quartic-speaking energy entity in a game based off of Middle Earth. There's no such thing. It doesn't exist in that fantasy environment.
Ahh, good old Slashdot mods. Post something that makes them think about what 'tolerance' really is and they freak out and mod you to -999.
Tolerance is accepting that there are people out there with different views from you. One of those possible views is that they believe you are doing something wrong. Tolerance would be accepting that those people are out there and that they have the right to believe whatever they want. Since those people are out there, companies (like Blizzard) have the obligation to keep that disagreement (between you and them) from detracting from their product.
That is the point here, people.
Wait a minute, I thought (X)-friendly was 'inclusive' by definition? Isn't that what all the GLBTers have been saying from the beginning of this whole thing, that GLBT-friendly was inclusive by definition?
Others find it hard to be tolerant of a group they see as violating 'the laws of God'. You're asking *them* to be tolerant, why shouldn't it be expected of *you* as well?
I'd like to point out something here... EVERYONE here *assumed* that "Aryan" meant "Aryan Nation".
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/aryan
Aryans are a group of people, a race. By making this assumption, you put an entire race of people in the same 'bucket' as a small group of people who believe their race is superior (the Aryan Nation doesn't have the lockhold on this). How is that any different than someone seeing something referencing homosexuality and assuming they're talking about predatory homosexuals whose intent is to 'convert' people or to help them find their 'inner gay'?
Let's get a little more exact here.
Being attracted to children is not a crime. Acting on it is in some countries.
Believing yourself to be superior to others is not a crime. Hurting others in an attempt to express that view or make that view a reality is a crime in some countries.
Being attracted to the same sex is not a crime. Acting on it is in some countries.
Be careful what labels you use. I'm only trying to point out the fact that it is a person's ACTIONS, not their BELIEFS or FEELINGS that are the issue here. However, there are people out there who will attempt to persecute you for your beliefs if they do not agree with them. The belief could be racial superiority, sexual attraction, spiritual, etc.
"I wouldn't defend their views and I wouldn't compare them .
However I would support their right to hold their views , so long as they are not forcing their views on others , such as racial intimidation , or grooming children .
The difference between GLBT , Aryan Nations and Pedophiles is simple.
There is no problem with being Gay or Trans-gender .
The other two however are a menace to society who prey on children or try to oppress other people for the way they are born."
I will agree with this if you will agree that there are people in this world that do not agree with you. There are people who believe that GLBT groups are just as dangerous as pedophiles, that they "prey on children", and that they try to influence others to 'be like them' and view them as a "menace to society".
Aryans promote a viewpoint that you don't agree with. If we're talking about tolerance, you should be just as tolerant of an Aryan group's right to exist as much as a GLBT group.
That's a very "intolerant" view there... They do something you don't agree with.
Bigots have the "right" to dislike you. What they don't have the right to do is infringe on your rights in expressing their views.
"This notion that some of their players aren't mature enough to be tolerant is bunk. "
/snicker
Yes, all those *tolerant* 12-year-olds.
Just not in the game in the General chat channel. They were welcomed to recruit via the Forums.
People defend "GLBT-friendly" - would they defend "Aryan-friendly" or "pedo-friendly" as much as they do "GLBT-friendly?"
"But in disagreement with the Article, I've never been directly harassed by a farmer..."
World of Warcraft. Azshara. Any server with a medium or higher population.
95% of the time any day you come, you will find the same set of players killing the same mobs, looting the same resource nodes. If you attempt to pull a mob anywhere in the area they consider 'theirs' (which typically is MUCH LARGER than you think - re: the whole viewable area or larger), they will usually retaliate by using techniques which result in you being attacked by a large number of mobs.
Glad you haven't had the problem. Lots of us have.
We don't "know" they're from China... but if they're not, they really want you to think they are. When you speak to them with a relatively complex English sentence, they will either not respond or will respond with rudimentary English, consisting of yes, no, you buy, a price, or whatever. If you insult them with well-known English insults, you usually get some form of "cao ni ma" or some other well-known Chinese insult.
As to your second point, you're forgetting the order of events...
The game opened.
Players came.
Farmers came too.
Players began playing, so did farmers.
Lots of players began to notice the same small group of players always playing in certain areas.
Members of this 'small group' began asking for in-game summoned food and water from the classes who could provide it. The requests were typically very curt, almost demanding. When spoken to, their English was apparently very poor. When insulted with English, they responded with Chinese insults (cao ni ma, etc).
These same 'small group' players were noticed selling items in the game via in-game announcements. From watching various announcements, it was obvious these same players had the same lack of English abilities.
First came the activity, then came the 'classification' of that activity.
They farmed. Either they're Chinese or they want you to think so (through their own actions).
Chinese Farmers.
Written in ML (none of that sissy C++), supports just about any OS you can think of... The author wrote it because he needed a bootloader that would fit in the boot sector of a floppy, so it had to be tiny.
http://www.docsware.com/docsboot/info.html
You said both sites have a T1 connection... to what? If it's a private line, is it a full T1?
The problem could be as others have said, prioritization of voice packets, or it could be as others have said, serialization delay (small voice packets waiting behind big data packets in the queue)... or it could be your provider's network. You may be sending the VPN-encrypted data packets to them in the proper order and with the proper prioritization, but if your provider takes your packets and gets them to you "any old time", you're screwed.
Of course, I submitted the news.com blurb about this to Slashdot, and it was readily rejected.
I'm sure it will be dupe posted by Zonk later today!
In 1987, a gentleman in Cornish, UK developed a system (patented under US patent 4,702,894) that basically oxidizes aluminum welding wire in water, liberating hydrogen gas and precipitating an aluminum oxide powder into the water.
He sent a prototype to BMW in 1981, who ran a 2.0L gasoline engine for 70 minutes with no noticable problems, save for the problem of eliminating the oxide powder from the water.
Here's a link to a current mirror: http://www.keelynet.com/energy/cornish.htm
Read it, tear it apart. Only thing I noticed is that there's a minor error in the reaction formula.
Too bad the people you're trying to talk to (you know, the ones that *still have power*?) won't be able to hear you.
Gotta love the mods around here. An AC posted a link to an article where GWB tried back in July 04 to get more money for NASA.
That AC was modded to -1 in a heartbeat.
http://www.knowledgeplex.org/news/36754.html
From the link:
"WASHINGTON -- President Bush is threatening to veto a bill that funds veterans hospitals and public housing if Congress doesn't increase money allocated to the U.S. space program."
Found any EULAs where the "we're not responsible for the fact that our software really sucks, and if it causes you a beeeleeon dollars in damages, you can't sue us, nyaa nyaa" clause has actually been tested and held up in court?
Seems to me that you can put anything in a EULA. Getting it enforced in a court of law is yet another thing.