No, the opposite would be goal-oriented people. The task was "I'm gonna hurt that bitch," but the goal was obviously "I'm going to be a 'space cadet' in every meaning of the phrase!" She was too focused on the task to notice the goal.
And "highly-driven" isn't all that great when you're not sure where you're going. "Can't this handbasket move any faster!?"
They'll put a stop to identity theft the same way they ended spam, telemarketing and junk faxes!
I expect the incidence rate of identity theft to go down as more of it is made legal by this legislation. And I imagine the first thing they'll do with this law is eliminate any stricter laws on state books.
As a government institution, they are what the people want them to be. I can still remember the 80's when my local library had audio cassettes and even betamax movies available.
Either way, they continue to function as a repository of recorded media, be it printed or otherwise.
There's nothing preventing them from requiring you to own the hard drive to play the game. This was already done with the Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XI.
"Actually we have invaded the US 47 times in the last 10 years, but nobody noticed."
Living in the border state of Florida, I can attest that I do notice it. ("Yours to Discover--We're Done With It") Invade all you want, just leave your $(*&$ing fake coins at home!
"For gamers who really appreciated this under-marketed and lovably quirky title, this is just another low blow."
Because there's nothing more insulting that having something in common with a young girl, the lowliest of life forms?
There may or may not be something fundamentally wrong with Gates pigeon-holing the game for a particular demographic, but how is this visceral reaction better? The only way a gamer can be unhappy with being associated with being "girly" is if being "girly" is a negative. And what does this say about your attitude concerning actual, you know, girls?
Methinks the people complaining are the same ones who didn't get a GameCube because it was too "kiddie." Go play some FPS or something until you feel comfortable with your sexuality, like a grown-up.
"but I think it's important to point out that it's the right-wing nutjobs who hate France, not a majority of Americans."
Because you have to be a fascist to hate pretension?
I daresay that France-bashing is about the only thing remaining that can bring together both the Right and Left in this country.
"These people seem to forget, or they never knew, that if France hadn't helped us during the Revolutionary War, we'd likely have lost, and, had we lost, you can bet that the British Crown would have punished us severely."
The same can be said of the Netherlands, but nobody ever brings them up. And nobody mentions the Quasi-War shortly after the Revolution, either (nor Citizen Genet). The time has long past that it's been possible for Americans to hate on the French without guilt-tripping over it.
"They've given the world culture,"
But not in English.
"good food,"
Snails!
"and philosophy,"
Note reference to "pretension" above.
"and they helped liberate us from Britain."
They did a great job of "liberating" Mexico in the 1860's, too.
"French teens being French teens, is it not possible that they will rebel against the state imposed free software, as is there wont,"
No, they'll just wipe the sticks and put French porn on them instead. The only question left is whether it will be classy/pretentious porn or the French equivalent of the Paris Hilton video.
Revolution, shmevolution, they just want their spank material.
"because people expect Zelda to both have great gameplay *and* look pretty."
I think you're confusing "artistic style" with "shiny polygons." Nobody complains when a new Zelda game graces the GBA, nor was there much outcry about the 2D Four Swords Adventure on the GCN.
The only people complaining about TP's lack of polygons were the ones who were new to the franchise and/or thinking the Wii was outselling the PS3 because it has better graphics.
"Better to get it for free with a faithful and honest Ubuntu."
That slut will give it up to anybody for free, but in spite of all the practice still can't do a few particular tricks in the bedroom very well (such as wireless).
"How did this involve denying people access to their legislators?"
"So, who's lobbying you right now?" Whose interests are being served, and how can the people verify this, if there's a non-disclosure agreement in play?
"making arrangements for the good of the people."
In whose judgment? The North Carolina Constitution declares "The people of this State have the inherent, sole, and exclusive right of regulating the internal government and police thereof," which can be difficult with deals happening behind closed doors.
"The fact that it was negotiated in secret is no different than the fact that the congress reviews intelligence in secret."
Article I, section 5, clause 3. Note that it requires legislative action to make a proceeding secret, unlike signing individual non-disclosure agreements, which often precludes mentioning that you're bound by one to begin with.
"I mean do you think the people of the state would have preferred if google had refused to negotiate with it's government and gone elsewhere because of some minor rule/charge that could have easily been changed?"
Were the people ever given the option to decide?
"Maybe it isn't clear to you but the very reason our founding fathers decided to make us a republic is because they felt it appropriate that the people elect representatives who would run the government rather than dictating it's policies by direct vote. In fact the founding fathers went to great trouble to ensure that people have very little direct control over individual policies."
First, you're presuming that principles put into the federal constitution extend to the state constitutions as well. Direct public participation in the federal government was limited because the ability of the federal government to act directly on the people was supposed to be similarly limited. Hence the term "federal."
Secondly, this is a republic, not "divine right of framers." North Carolina legislators have to answer to the people alive today and a state constitution that dates from 1971, not some group of men that have been dead and buried for two centuries.
"In this case the agreement will come out reasonably after it is agreed upon meaning the public has every opportunity to punish or praise these legislators for their actions."
"Sounds like NC got the better end of the deal by a long margin"
North Carolina's governor has put his signature on the tax cuts. Have there been any corresponding signatures from Google guaranteeing the investment volume bandied about? It "could" be $600 million in investments, or it might simply manifest itself as the state's population going up by 200 transplants from California.
"The politicians did thier job by attracting a large corporate to thier turf and getting gauranteed revenue for 30yrs plus all the spin-off effects on the economy, what more do you want?"
How about public accountability in a republican form of government?
"Attacking google for this behaviour is like kicking the cat after a bad day, "
The cat doesn't do much more than follow sunlight around the house, occasionally taking a break to eat. The cat isn't involved in perpetuation a corrupt mechanism and rob the people of access to their own government.
"The state where I live (not part of the US) built a power plant specifically for an Aluminium smelter, gaurenteed cheap dirty (and drit cheap) electricity for 30yrs or so."
Your failure to properly maintain your own government doesn't make it right for others to follow suit.
Cute choice of words. They have not "lived" with them, they have been killed by them.
"Just how much better do you think Africa's advanced social, political and economic systems are going to treat that 10-20% increase in population?"
Who are you to decide who should live or die from half a world away? After all, another simple solution for an increase in African population is to forcibly depopulate Europe and North America to allow African expansion into those regions. I'm sure the resources freed by your death would allow another three or four Africans to live.
You're basically insisting both that human rights are not universal (in contrast to the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence) while simultaneously declaring yourself ultimate arbiter of who is and is not entitled to those rights. If nothing else, why must one follow the other?
"Africans could solve their own insect and disease problem if Africans had domestic industries, stable political systems, and non-corrosive social systems."
Blame the victim? People who were "asking for it" aren't entitled to assistance in meeting basic needs? By what standard do you decide that somebody is "asking for it" and therefore should be abandoned?
"Of course there is no shortage of dupes that think "saving lives" -- often represented as the quintessential "saving one life" -- is worth any cost, even that of destroying the biosphere so that all humanity will die."
I hold the truth to be self-evident that all men are created equal, and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, including the right to life. If there is a competition between people and "the biosphere," the answer should be an easy one (and no, it's not the one you're waving around).
Of course, if you wish to follow your particular tack, then it would be far more effective to forcibly depopulate the first world, rather than withhold medical treatment from the third, as it is an undisputed fact that maintaining a first-world lifestyle consumes a disproportionate amount of natural resources.
So, again: do you volunteer to be among the first dragged out into the street and shot to protect "the biosphere?"
What's the point in saving "humanity" if you eliminate their natural rights?
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We have 20 months to go, during which time I have every confidence that golden-child Obama will end up like previous golden-child Howard Dean.
"task-oriented people"
No, the opposite would be goal-oriented people. The task was "I'm gonna hurt that bitch," but the goal was obviously "I'm going to be a 'space cadet' in every meaning of the phrase!" She was too focused on the task to notice the goal.
And "highly-driven" isn't all that great when you're not sure where you're going. "Can't this handbasket move any faster!?"
Where's the Wii Forecast Channel?
"don't know how it works over in Germany, but over here pissing of most of your younger generation seems to be political suicide."
Says who? People don't vote regularly until they start collecting pensions.
They'll put a stop to identity theft the same way they ended spam, telemarketing and junk faxes!
I expect the incidence rate of identity theft to go down as more of it is made legal by this legislation. And I imagine the first thing they'll do with this law is eliminate any stricter laws on state books.
"Why would individual libraries be doing this?"
Because public libraries are local institutions, rather than federal.
"Wouldn't make more sense from a power by numbers point of view to have 1 online library that holds and distributes all the content?"
Who pays for it? Local governments pay for their own.
"If my library doesn't have a book, then I can get to have it shipped from another library that does have the book."
I'll bet this only works in the same county (i. e. under the authority of the same local government).
"There should be at least a state level (province level cause I'm in Canada) if not national level program."
So will you be raising federal taxes to pay for it or reducing funding to healthcare?
"If they really got their act together they could have 1 huge international digital library."
As others have pointed out, I believe that's called "BitTorrent."
As a government institution, they are what the people want them to be. I can still remember the 80's when my local library had audio cassettes and even betamax movies available.
Either way, they continue to function as a repository of recorded media, be it printed or otherwise.
There's nothing preventing them from requiring you to own the hard drive to play the game. This was already done with the Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XI.
"Actually we have invaded the US 47 times in the last 10 years, but nobody noticed."
Living in the border state of Florida, I can attest that I do notice it. ("Yours to Discover--We're Done With It") Invade all you want, just leave your $(*&$ing fake coins at home!
"For gamers who really appreciated this under-marketed and lovably quirky title, this is just another low blow."
Because there's nothing more insulting that having something in common with a young girl, the lowliest of life forms?
There may or may not be something fundamentally wrong with Gates pigeon-holing the game for a particular demographic, but how is this visceral reaction better? The only way a gamer can be unhappy with being associated with being "girly" is if being "girly" is a negative. And what does this say about your attitude concerning actual, you know, girls?
Methinks the people complaining are the same ones who didn't get a GameCube because it was too "kiddie." Go play some FPS or something until you feel comfortable with your sexuality, like a grown-up.
"but I think it's important to point out that it's the right-wing nutjobs who hate France, not a majority of Americans."
Because you have to be a fascist to hate pretension?
I daresay that France-bashing is about the only thing remaining that can bring together both the Right and Left in this country.
"These people seem to forget, or they never knew, that if France hadn't helped us during the Revolutionary War, we'd likely have lost, and, had we lost, you can bet that the British Crown would have punished us severely."
The same can be said of the Netherlands, but nobody ever brings them up. And nobody mentions the Quasi-War shortly after the Revolution, either (nor Citizen Genet). The time has long past that it's been possible for Americans to hate on the French without guilt-tripping over it.
"They've given the world culture,"
But not in English.
"good food,"
Snails!
"and philosophy,"
Note reference to "pretension" above.
"and they helped liberate us from Britain."
They did a great job of "liberating" Mexico in the 1860's, too.
"French teens being French teens, is it not possible that they will rebel against the state imposed free software, as is there wont,"
No, they'll just wipe the sticks and put French porn on them instead. The only question left is whether it will be classy/pretentious porn or the French equivalent of the Paris Hilton video.
Revolution, shmevolution, they just want their spank material.
"because people expect Zelda to both have great gameplay *and* look pretty."
I think you're confusing "artistic style" with "shiny polygons." Nobody complains when a new Zelda game graces the GBA, nor was there much outcry about the 2D Four Swords Adventure on the GCN.
The only people complaining about TP's lack of polygons were the ones who were new to the franchise and/or thinking the Wii was outselling the PS3 because it has better graphics.
"Better to get it for free with a faithful and honest Ubuntu."
That slut will give it up to anybody for free, but in spite of all the practice still can't do a few particular tricks in the bedroom very well (such as wireless).
"Will a new N-Gage be able to pull you away from your DS?"
No, but what I'm wondering is if it can surpass the PSP. Who's the biggest loser?
"For example I'm sure that slashdot.org has a higher proportion of people reading it with Firefox than microsoft.com does."
I'm not so sure. Who goes to microsoft.com other than techies looking to do tech support?
"How did this involve denying people access to their legislators?"
"So, who's lobbying you right now?" Whose interests are being served, and how can the people verify this, if there's a non-disclosure agreement in play?
"making arrangements for the good of the people."
In whose judgment? The North Carolina Constitution declares "The people of this State have the inherent, sole, and exclusive right of regulating the internal government and police thereof," which can be difficult with deals happening behind closed doors.
"The fact that it was negotiated in secret is no different than the fact that the congress reviews intelligence in secret."
Article I, section 5, clause 3. Note that it requires legislative action to make a proceeding secret, unlike signing individual non-disclosure agreements, which often precludes mentioning that you're bound by one to begin with.
"I mean do you think the people of the state would have preferred if google had refused to negotiate with it's government and gone elsewhere because of some minor rule/charge that could have easily been changed?"
Were the people ever given the option to decide?
"Maybe it isn't clear to you but the very reason our founding fathers decided to make us a republic is because they felt it appropriate that the people elect representatives who would run the government rather than dictating it's policies by direct vote. In fact the founding fathers went to great trouble to ensure that people have very little direct control over individual policies."
First, you're presuming that principles put into the federal constitution extend to the state constitutions as well. Direct public participation in the federal government was limited because the ability of the federal government to act directly on the people was supposed to be similarly limited. Hence the term "federal."
Secondly, this is a republic, not "divine right of framers." North Carolina legislators have to answer to the people alive today and a state constitution that dates from 1971, not some group of men that have been dead and buried for two centuries.
"In this case the agreement will come out reasonably after it is agreed upon meaning the public has every opportunity to punish or praise these legislators for their actions."
After the damage has been done.
"States compete to attract large companies with jobs and those large companies do their best to cut good deals for them."
Why must it involve robbing people access to their legislators?
"Sounds like NC got the better end of the deal by a long margin"
North Carolina's governor has put his signature on the tax cuts. Have there been any corresponding signatures from Google guaranteeing the investment volume bandied about? It "could" be $600 million in investments, or it might simply manifest itself as the state's population going up by 200 transplants from California.
"The politicians did thier job by attracting a large corporate to thier turf and getting gauranteed revenue for 30yrs plus all the spin-off effects on the economy, what more do you want?"
How about public accountability in a republican form of government?
"Attacking google for this behaviour is like kicking the cat after a bad day, "
The cat doesn't do much more than follow sunlight around the house, occasionally taking a break to eat. The cat isn't involved in perpetuation a corrupt mechanism and rob the people of access to their own government.
"The state where I live (not part of the US) built a power plant specifically for an Aluminium smelter, gaurenteed cheap dirty (and drit cheap) electricity for 30yrs or so."
Your failure to properly maintain your own government doesn't make it right for others to follow suit.
"(using the robot's built-in 6D controller)"
I thought only Sony had that kind of technology!
"So I guess school districts will cancel their P.E. programs to pay for the new Nintendo Wii fitness program?"
My Wii has yet to throw a dodgeball at my face.
"Africans have lived with them forever."
Cute choice of words. They have not "lived" with them, they have been killed by them.
"Just how much better do you think Africa's advanced social, political and economic systems are going to treat that 10-20% increase in population?"
Who are you to decide who should live or die from half a world away? After all, another simple solution for an increase in African population is to forcibly depopulate Europe and North America to allow African expansion into those regions. I'm sure the resources freed by your death would allow another three or four Africans to live.
You're basically insisting both that human rights are not universal (in contrast to the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence) while simultaneously declaring yourself ultimate arbiter of who is and is not entitled to those rights. If nothing else, why must one follow the other?
"Africans could solve their own insect and disease problem if Africans had domestic industries, stable political systems, and non-corrosive social systems."
Blame the victim? People who were "asking for it" aren't entitled to assistance in meeting basic needs? By what standard do you decide that somebody is "asking for it" and therefore should be abandoned?
"Of course there is no shortage of dupes that think "saving lives" -- often represented as the quintessential "saving one life" -- is worth any cost, even that of destroying the biosphere so that all humanity will die."
I hold the truth to be self-evident that all men are created equal, and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, including the right to life. If there is a competition between people and "the biosphere," the answer should be an easy one (and no, it's not the one you're waving around).
Of course, if you wish to follow your particular tack, then it would be far more effective to forcibly depopulate the first world, rather than withhold medical treatment from the third, as it is an undisputed fact that maintaining a first-world lifestyle consumes a disproportionate amount of natural resources.
So, again: do you volunteer to be among the first dragged out into the street and shot to protect "the biosphere?"
What's the point in saving "humanity" if you eliminate their natural rights?
"Sure the OS costs $189 or less per station if you buy a VLK for it, but the server it talks to needs the right licensing to be legal."
Samba uses GPL, as I recall.