> So what if he wrote the story? After he tells the > story to me, it exists in my brain. The version > in my brain is under my control. It ends however I want it to end.
Exactly. Natalie Portman teleports forward in time, and makes love sweet love to her daughter, Carrie Fisher, under the diseased mind control of the green twilek hippy (as in nice hips, not '60's toker) Jedi, who actually survived the assasination attempt and teleported in forward in time, too, but got corrupted to the dark side.
With all due respect, "Commander Taco" (much less the no-space-nor-punctuated CmdrTaco) is hardly a good name for a fantasy character, much less a paladin.
Quite frankly, "Taco" is more irritating to me in that context, by far, than is "Commander".
While I sympathize with your pain, your name borders on some l337 monstrosity in a fantasy world. Fine for Quake. Maybe for City of Heroes. Nuh uh for fantasy games.
I know, WTH is he talking about? MTV hasn't shown a music video in over ten years.
Like the Olympics, where NBC or ABC or CBS pays literally billions to the rights, then finds out that they'll get better ratings showing "up close and personal"'s and "tours of the town" than they will showing actual sports, so that's what they do. And no one (in the US) gets to see much Olympics.
So, too, MTV learned that Beavis and Butt-head drew bigger ratings than videos. Wait, so did "The Real World". And Jackass. And so on.
I've seen many more documentaries about, say, Disco, that play snippets of the songs, than retro shows that play the actual, whole songs.
There was a big case some years ago where protesters who protested outside stores in a mall (which is still private property) and were subsequently ejected by security, claimed that since a mall had de facto taken over the role of the "common public area", that they should be allowed to protest there.
The court ruled against them. Private people do not have to allow protesters on their property.
One of the benefits of a more conservative court -- protection of actual rights, as opposed to "as if" rights.
"We contacted one of those surveilled, by telescopes, for months without a warrant, and asked her what she thought. Ms. Deborah Johnston, 43 and heavy-breasted, seemed aghast. She was unaware of any surveillance, but said, 'I'm quite surprised! I have done nothing wrong. Why would they spy on me?' "
from the just-out-of-college I-know-C++ entry-level programmer to the twenty-year veteran with a proven record of solving complex problems and writing solid components.
Well, there was the study earlier this year that showed the top (quality) programmers were 4x as productive as the average ones, and the there were programming things they could do that the average ones could not, no matter how long they were given.
There needs to be a way to show this, and I don't mean topcoder.com, where you write stuff so they can sell it.
Actually, they are imported to ease the pressures in the supply-demand ratio. So one would expect their salaries to be lower.
Although I'm sure that's minor compared to that the company that pays them also sponsors their visas and renewals, thus granting them an awesome, plumb opportunity here in the US that they would not jeopardize.
Why not just strike up a deal to buy gold directly, call it "wholesale", then re-sell it to players, call them "consumers" at "retail."
They could offer 2x what they currently pay to WoW for their accounts, AND it would benefit WoW since WoW would have a ton left outgoing client traffic to them. Just throttle the amount so that you can get x gold put in your account every 24 hours for $3000/month.
Better yet, why not have WoW cut out the middle man, and just put up their own store where you, the consumer, can buy gold directly?
And have some premium 00b3r items up for sale while your at it? They could sell not just premium stuff, but also auction off old-style African safari expiditions, where Game Masters (or whatever WoW calls 'em) guide you safely to some giant dragon somewhere, help you line up the shot, then let you take it down with one massive snipe. Then the GM's butcher the corpse and give you all the good stuff off it, and give you a house and put the stuffed head up on the wall?
Actually, come to think of it, is that really any worse, gameplay-wise, than twinking? I mean, if you're gonna simulate punks with rich uncles, why not go whole hog?
> Congress Pays You $3 Billion to Keep Watching TV
Incorrect. Congress spends $3 billion to help preserve their jobs, just like the other two thousand seven hundred billion this year. See, there's still gonna be hell to pay as suddenly millions of retirees who don't give a rat's ass suddenly find their TVs not working.
And Congress wants to keep their jobs. Bad. Real bad.
So bad they'll gladly spend two seven zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero of [b]your[/b] dollars, trying to please you to get re-elected.
And you know what? [b]It works[/b].
The ol' Soviet Union, a one-party dictatorship, [b]had a greater turnover in their central committee "elections" than did or does the US Congress.[/b]
Or perhaps you'll understand the number better written out in scientific blotation: $2.7 x 10^^12
> they NEVER used active sonar. It gives > out too much useful information to anyone > who might be trying to locate the sub. > > So, don't be too sure the Navy couldn't live with some restrictions...so if they never use it, what's the problem?
And in any emergency or war situation, they would be able to use it anyway, and they need to
Ahhh, what the hell's the point of wasting electrons...
> It'd be like tearing up all the highways > because they interfere with bird's migratory patterns.
Or more like demanding large power windmills not be build because these uber-politically correct, but innumeracy-suffering savages are concerned a vanishingly small fraction of birds get killed by them.
> On a mission to Mars, for example, which would > take up to 30 months, sexual conflict or infidelity > could lead to a 'breakdown in crew functioning'.
Don't forget that captured women get raped, which makes males feel bad, and their capture is also very demoralizing since they're chicks.
Out of 27 programmers where I work on my current project (totals add to > 27 since some overlap):
5 are female, and 2 are only working part time as both have recently had babies. 1 African American 1 UK American 10 are originally not from America 5 Indian 2 Asian
So it's a pretty good ratio of females for a hard core technology profession. However, it's obviously biased against Americans proper, which is more indicative of our educational system and/or our powerful economy needing highly intelligent, technical minds.
I've learned this the hard way. Ironically, I went and bought Black & White (and expansion pack!) based on it being one of the most highly rated games of all time. And I just couldn't get into it. I wasn't into "training" my giant monster (the sheep!). And the RTS aspect of it was somewhat lacking as I hated having to use the sheep to do a lot of stuff. I prefer the units highly automated so I don't have to micromanage stuff.
So, too, with Warcraft III. Just didn't do it for me. It seemed like a RTS that wanted to be more squadlike like Sacrifice (an infinitely better game.) And the hero throws away a level 10 Mountain King to get a marginal upgrade to his sword (which hardly made him some kind of terminator.) I'd much rather have the mountain king standing there by his side as they duo-tanked while minions cut the foes down. Played it on hardest level possible, fought my way halfway through the undead campaign, and gave up. But I had known long before that point it wasn't for me, so I wish I had had a demo.
But demos work against you, too. If Blood Rayne (II)'s hips had been a little wider and more womanly, I may have bought it. =D How about a slider for this next time, boys? And if you're gonna simulate a large br34st3d woman, can you find a slender woman with real br34sts and model them, instead of modelling silicone sisters?!?!?
I'm a professional programmer with 20 years experience, and am good at producing detailed steps at reproducing problems. I have stated so on numerous alpha and beta test applications. I have had old machines at the dividing line of the recommendation, and the very latest Alienware with top end 3D card.
I have never been accepted, except for "taking everyone who applies" open betas.
So I really doubt they necessarily screen for quality testers. Or believe the applications. Or care.
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Well, Kirk will be asking him to come by for a private reading of the Captain's Log...
> So what if he wrote the story? After he tells the
> story to me, it exists in my brain. The version
> in my brain is under my control. It ends however I want it to end.
Exactly. Natalie Portman teleports forward in time, and makes love sweet love to her daughter, Carrie Fisher, under the diseased mind control of the green twilek hippy (as in nice hips, not '60's toker) Jedi, who actually survived the assasination attempt and teleported in forward in time, too, but got corrupted to the dark side.
> How about twice in 2 years, while having not
> occurred until 60,000 years before that?
F***ing global warming. God damned Republicans!
With all due respect, "Commander Taco" (much less the no-space-nor-punctuated CmdrTaco) is hardly a good name for a fantasy character, much less a paladin.
Quite frankly, "Taco" is more irritating to me in that context, by far, than is "Commander".
While I sympathize with your pain, your name borders on some l337 monstrosity in a fantasy world. Fine for Quake. Maybe for City of Heroes. Nuh uh for fantasy games.
I know, WTH is he talking about? MTV hasn't shown a music video in over ten years.
Like the Olympics, where NBC or ABC or CBS pays literally billions to the rights, then finds out that they'll get better ratings showing "up close and personal"'s and "tours of the town" than they will showing actual sports, so that's what they do. And no one (in the US) gets to see much Olympics.
So, too, MTV learned that Beavis and Butt-head drew bigger ratings than videos. Wait, so did "The Real World". And Jackass. And so on.
I've seen many more documentaries about, say, Disco, that play snippets of the songs, than retro shows that play the actual, whole songs.
In Soviet Russia, YOU control government officials!
> You have no right to come into my bar and start
> mouthing off and saying whatever you want without me kicking you out.
I wonder how many people who believe this don't believe a bar owner should be able to allow smoking if he wishes.
Does one pick one's philosophy and stick with it, or pick and choose conflicting philosophies to support random decisions already made?
There was a big case some years ago where protesters who protested outside stores in a mall (which is still private property) and were subsequently ejected by security, claimed that since a mall had de facto taken over the role of the "common public area", that they should be allowed to protest there.
The court ruled against them. Private people do not have to allow protesters on their property.
One of the benefits of a more conservative court -- protection of actual rights, as opposed to "as if" rights.
"We contacted one of those surveilled, by telescopes, for months without a warrant, and asked her what she thought. Ms. Deborah Johnston, 43 and heavy-breasted, seemed aghast. She was unaware of any surveillance, but said, 'I'm quite surprised! I have done nothing wrong. Why would they spy on me?' "
> can you survive on half a bowl of rice a day?
Given the obesity of the average programmer, they'd probably survive longer on a half bowl of rice a day...
> HB-1 workers
Hos and Brothel workers?
> But I'm sure theres a significant percentage
> of HB-1s who are less skilled and very less paid
> than their american counterparts
Do our women really need the competition? "Give it up or I'm goin' down to that red glowing light, sweetie!" ??
Well, there was the study earlier this year that showed the top (quality) programmers were 4x as productive as the average ones, and the there were programming things they could do that the average ones could not, no matter how long they were given.
There needs to be a way to show this, and I don't mean topcoder.com, where you write stuff so they can sell it.
Actually, they are imported to ease the pressures in the supply-demand ratio. So one would expect their salaries to be lower.
Although I'm sure that's minor compared to that the company that pays them also sponsors their visas and renewals, thus granting them an awesome, plumb opportunity here in the US that they would not jeopardize.
Why not just strike up a deal to buy gold directly, call it "wholesale", then re-sell it to players, call them "consumers" at "retail."
They could offer 2x what they currently pay to WoW for their accounts, AND it would benefit WoW since WoW would have a ton left outgoing client traffic to them. Just throttle the amount so that you can get x gold put in your account every 24 hours for $3000/month.
Better yet, why not have WoW cut out the middle man, and just put up their own store where you, the consumer, can buy gold directly?
And have some premium 00b3r items up for sale while your at it? They could sell not just premium stuff, but also auction off old-style African safari expiditions, where Game Masters (or whatever WoW calls 'em) guide you safely to some giant dragon somewhere, help you line up the shot, then let you take it down with one massive snipe. Then the GM's butcher the corpse and give you all the good stuff off it, and give you a house and put the stuffed head up on the wall?
Actually, come to think of it, is that really any worse, gameplay-wise, than twinking? I mean, if you're gonna simulate punks with rich uncles, why not go whole hog?
> a fear intensified by the U.S.'s move to halt the .xxx domains for pornography sites.
> introduction of
whoa Whoa WHOA WHOA!!!! WHOA!!!!
The US has done this?
I hereby officially reverse my position. I now support ripping control away from the United States.
> Congress Pays You $3 Billion to Keep Watching TV
Incorrect. Congress spends $3 billion to help preserve their jobs, just like the other two thousand seven hundred billion this year. See, there's still gonna be hell to pay as suddenly millions of retirees who don't give a rat's ass suddenly find their TVs not working.
And Congress wants to keep their jobs. Bad. Real bad.
So bad they'll gladly spend two seven zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero of [b]your[/b] dollars, trying to please you to get re-elected.
And you know what? [b]It works[/b].
The ol' Soviet Union, a one-party dictatorship, [b]had a greater turnover in their central committee "elections" than did or does the US Congress.[/b]
Or perhaps you'll understand the number better written out in scientific blotation: $2.7 x 10^^12
> they NEVER used active sonar. It gives ...so if they never use it, what's the problem?
> out too much useful information to anyone
> who might be trying to locate the sub.
>
> So, don't be too sure the Navy couldn't live with some restrictions
And in any emergency or war situation, they would be able to use it anyway, and they need to
Ahhh, what the hell's the point of wasting electrons...
> It'd be like tearing up all the highways
> because they interfere with bird's migratory patterns.
Or more like demanding large power windmills not be build because these uber-politically correct, but innumeracy-suffering savages are concerned a vanishingly small fraction of birds get killed by them.
> The Navy PR people are trained in psy-ops.
> They do this for a living. They know how to
> spin the story to hook people like you.
Ok, then. How about the direct approach? It is stupid for the Navy to do this, since defense is more important than some whales.
There. No spin necessary.
An LED is a quantum dot? The article seems confused. Or am I?
Exactly! What we need are more lawyers, then, by the laws of supply and demand, the cost to the economy of lawsuits will go down.
> On a mission to Mars, for example, which would
> take up to 30 months, sexual conflict or infidelity
> could lead to a 'breakdown in crew functioning'.
Solution? All-gay missions.
Don't forget that captured women get raped, which makes males feel bad, and their capture is also very demoralizing since they're chicks.
Out of 27 programmers where I work on my current project (totals add to > 27 since some overlap):
5 are female, and 2 are only working part time as both have recently had babies.
1 African American
1 UK American
10 are originally not from America
5 Indian
2 Asian
So it's a pretty good ratio of females for a hard core technology profession. However, it's obviously biased against Americans proper, which is more indicative of our educational system and/or our powerful economy needing highly intelligent, technical minds.
I've learned this the hard way. Ironically, I went and bought Black & White (and expansion pack!) based on it being one of the most highly rated games of all time. And I just couldn't get into it. I wasn't into "training" my giant monster (the sheep!). And the RTS aspect of it was somewhat lacking as I hated having to use the sheep to do a lot of stuff. I prefer the units highly automated so I don't have to micromanage stuff.
So, too, with Warcraft III. Just didn't do it for me. It seemed like a RTS that wanted to be more squadlike like Sacrifice (an infinitely better game.) And the hero throws away a level 10 Mountain King to get a marginal upgrade to his sword (which hardly made him some kind of terminator.) I'd much rather have the mountain king standing there by his side as they duo-tanked while minions cut the foes down. Played it on hardest level possible, fought my way halfway through the undead campaign, and gave up. But I had known long before that point it wasn't for me, so I wish I had had a demo.
But demos work against you, too. If Blood Rayne (II)'s hips had been a little wider and more womanly, I may have bought it. =D How about a slider for this next time, boys? And if you're gonna simulate a large br34st3d woman, can you find a slender woman with real br34sts and model them, instead of modelling silicone sisters?!?!?
I'm a professional programmer with 20 years experience, and am good at producing detailed steps at reproducing problems. I have stated so on numerous alpha and beta test applications. I have had old machines at the dividing line of the recommendation, and the very latest Alienware with top end 3D card.
I have never been accepted, except for "taking everyone who applies" open betas.
So I really doubt they necessarily screen for quality testers. Or believe the applications. Or care.