sodom and gomorrah were destroyed because of their wickedness and homosexuality. it is an abomination before the lord.
no, they were destroyed because the residents tried to gang-rape the messenger of god and thought that was a great idea, despite lot's offering to let them make sexual use of his daughter in a culture that valued virginity only slightly less than hospitality. you gonna start pulling pauline citations, now?
that notwithstanding, this isn't a theocracy: just b/c the bible says it, doesn't give it the force of law. you wanna get biblical? when's the last time you stoned a witch or an adulterer?
i do think that marriage is between a man and a woman - that's the way the bible intended it. i certainly don't want civil unions or gay marriage for moral reasons but also companies would be forced to offer benefits to partners of same sex unions. you think health insurance is high now? wait until civil unions/gay marriages are legal.
what i always find interesting in these discussions is that people are quick to cite the prospective financial costs. but let's consider that even the 10% gay estimate that keeps being floated is considered inflated. if critics of gays are right, so few gays are interested in monogamy, let alone marriage, that the costs will be miniscule.
"the company plans to make indemnity a new plank in its "get the facts" campaign, which touts the advantages of windows over linux."
IOW, it's benefitting from SCO's FUD. of course, at some point, SCO will run out of gas, these IP cases go away, but for those M$-thralls whose contracts renew, that resolution will probably come too late.
as a pen & paper gamer myself, i'd be curious to know your opnion on just how transferable traditional RPG skill-sets are vs PC or console-based skill-sets, beyond the obvious things like coding, etc. i'm also curious to know what pen & paper designers would you consider most influential on your own work, beyond dave arneson & gary gygax of course.
hey, at least you got to read the discussion. someone mentioned it once before but are editors notifying webmasters about the incoming bandwidth spike when posting these stories?
what i found peculiar about that particular choice of phrases: what about other minorities? there are after all other minorities who cannot be meaningfully described by skin coloration, such as jews and muslims (or even some christians!); minorities whose minority status is a function of genetics, such as women; minorities whose minority status is a function of other factors entirely, such as gays/lesbians and the transgendered (no consensus on whether being gay is strictly genetic or strictly learned).
now, given the nature of his responses, it's pretty clear that mr. cobb probably includes all of those minorities as well, but i found it a surprising omission.
my reading of mr. cobb's answer is that he's responding in the context of the failed gay marriage prohibition constitutional amendment. that's a traditionally non-conservative approach to what social conservatives view as a social problem. now, viewed in that context, his answer makes sense: that's not in line with the traditional republican mantras of fiscal responsibility or smaller government.
"it's almost as if having lost its bitterly fought case against the p2p application owners and failed in its many obvious (and expensive) attempts to disrupt the p2p networks, the music industry is now determined to vent its wrath on helpless men, women and children who can't hope to stand up to it with its tremendous political and financial power."
seriously: if brooks can adapt the producers from film to musical so well, i think he deserves the benefit of the doubt. we've never seen brooks do a sequel, despite the multiple-decade wait for history of the world, part 2.
that's not what's even worse: what's even worse is the plethora of evercrack fiends asking "but at what level can i cast wish and grant myself 18 DEX and 20 CHA, like bill gates did"
ed
for those unfamiliar w/ the joke: http://www.ussstardust.com/zeppelinmage/billgates. html
why choose? record the broadcast. then you can combine all of the resulting recordings and enjoy all kinds of sci-fi goodness without having to worry about being slave to someone else's scheduling dictates.
of course, since you're likely doing this already: you alreaday saw SW4-6. you've probably heard and even seen HHGG before but more changes here. IMHO, it's a no-brainer.
o, one last thing:
[cues all the "lucas is the devil/stole my childhood" posts]
actually, doesn't this play into big blue's hands? after all, they have deeper pockets, we know that SCO is having some problems w/ paying their legal bills (story from last week).
i'm surprised it's taken this long too. but really, if this follows the trend of most MMOPRGs, doesn't that mean you start out as a [species] redshirt, going on away missions w/ command staff?
i see no reason why that's necessarily an either/or proposition, bladernr. after all, asking candidates 3 months before the election to opine on something is more or less begging for spin, isn't it?
governments don't have causes, and frankly, if i lived in california, i'd want the governor reducing costs. while this may not necessarily be good for open source, it's good for california, and that's what the governor of a state is supposed to be concerned with.
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sodom and gomorrah were destroyed because of their wickedness and homosexuality. it is an abomination before the lord.
no, they were destroyed because the residents tried to gang-rape the messenger of god and thought that was a great idea, despite lot's offering to let them make sexual use of his daughter in a culture that valued virginity only slightly less than hospitality. you gonna start pulling pauline citations, now?
that notwithstanding, this isn't a theocracy: just b/c the bible says it, doesn't give it the force of law. you wanna get biblical? when's the last time you stoned a witch or an adulterer?
i do think that marriage is between a man and a woman - that's the way the bible intended it. i certainly don't want civil unions or gay marriage for moral reasons but also companies would be forced to offer benefits to partners of same sex unions. you think health insurance is high now? wait until civil unions/gay marriages are legal.
what i always find interesting in these discussions is that people are quick to cite the prospective financial costs. but let's consider that even the 10% gay estimate that keeps being floated is considered inflated. if critics of gays are right, so few gays are interested in monogamy, let alone marriage, that the costs will be miniscule.
ed
or the too-often forgotten but positively brilliant grim fandango...
ed
this is about something much bigger:
"the company plans to make indemnity a new plank in its "get the facts" campaign, which touts the advantages of windows over linux."
IOW, it's benefitting from SCO's FUD. of course, at some point, SCO will run out of gas, these IP cases go away, but for those M$-thralls whose contracts renew, that resolution will probably come too late.
mr. emmert:
as a pen & paper gamer myself, i'd be curious to know your opnion on just how transferable traditional RPG skill-sets are vs PC or console-based skill-sets, beyond the obvious things like coding, etc. i'm also curious to know what pen & paper designers would you consider most influential on your own work, beyond dave arneson & gary gygax of course.
ed
hey, at least you got to read the discussion. someone mentioned it once before but are editors notifying webmasters about the incoming bandwidth spike when posting these stories?
ed
so my question: now that i've imagined a beowulf cluster of these, would such a thing make for the mother of all MMPORPGs? consider:
1. imagine a beowulf cluster of urban resolve boxen.
2. ?
3. profit!
ed
and in geek terms is called role-playing games. you know, pen & paper/tabletop games. D&D, GURPS, the white wolf stuff...
ed
what i found peculiar about that particular choice of phrases: what about other minorities? there are after all other minorities who cannot be meaningfully described by skin coloration, such as jews and muslims (or even some christians!); minorities whose minority status is a function of genetics, such as women; minorities whose minority status is a function of other factors entirely, such as gays/lesbians and the transgendered (no consensus on whether being gay is strictly genetic or strictly learned).
now, given the nature of his responses, it's pretty clear that mr. cobb probably includes all of those minorities as well, but i found it a surprising omission.
ed
my reading of mr. cobb's answer is that he's responding in the context of the failed gay marriage prohibition constitutional amendment. that's a traditionally non-conservative approach to what social conservatives view as a social problem. now, viewed in that context, his answer makes sense: that's not in line with the traditional republican mantras of fiscal responsibility or smaller government.
ed
"it's almost as if having lost its bitterly fought case against the p2p application owners and failed in its many obvious (and expensive) attempts to disrupt the p2p networks, the music industry is now determined to vent its wrath on helpless men, women and children who can't hope to stand up to it with its tremendous political and financial power."
what do you mean, almost?
ed
mel brooks george lucas.
seriously: if brooks can adapt the producers from film to musical so well, i think he deserves the benefit of the doubt. we've never seen brooks do a sequel, despite the multiple-decade wait for history of the world, part 2.
ed
what's really telling: at the time of this writng there are 166 comments but so far, nobody's got a mirror.
ed
to heck with firebolt: what level do i need for the cow level?
ed
that's not what's even worse: what's even worse is the plethora of evercrack fiends asking "but at what level can i cast wish and grant myself 18 DEX and 20 CHA, like bill gates did"
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ed
for those unfamiliar w/ the joke: http://www.ussstardust.com/zeppelinmage/billgates
why choose? record the broadcast. then you can combine all of the resulting recordings and enjoy all kinds of sci-fi goodness without having to worry about being slave to someone else's scheduling dictates.
of course, since you're likely doing this already: you alreaday saw SW4-6. you've probably heard and even seen HHGG before but more changes here. IMHO, it's a no-brainer.
o, one last thing:
[cues all the "lucas is the devil/stole my childhood" posts]
ed
i'm more worried about the long-term use concerns. what if they wind up sorta like they did here (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079367/)?
ed
actually, doesn't this play into big blue's hands? after all, they have deeper pockets, we know that SCO is having some problems w/ paying their legal bills (story from last week).
ed
what is the most over-used joke on slashdot? options:
1. step 1: [topic], step 2: ?, step 3: profit!
2. natalie portman/hot grits
3. in soviet russia, [inversion of topic] you!
4. cowboy neal [action]
5. beowulf cluster
6. goatse guy
7. [technology/entity] is dying!
just curious...
ed
i want you to know that i seriously thought about doing that and having had the same thought, decided against it.
:>
now, imagine a beowulf cluster of slashdotters having that same thought...
ed
i'm surprised it's taken this long too. but really, if this follows the trend of most MMOPRGs, doesn't that mean you start out as a [species] redshirt, going on away missions w/ command staff?
ed
//this marketing module brought to you //by gator
i see no reason why that's necessarily an either/or proposition, bladernr. after all, asking candidates 3 months before the election to opine on something is more or less begging for spin, isn't it?
ed
isn't this a new worm icon? i like it!
ed
it's real simple:
democrat traditional allies: hollywood, entertainment.
republican traditional allies: big business.
entertainers entertain. big businesses make money. i think that's the difference you're seeing.
ed
governments don't have causes, and frankly, if i lived in california, i'd want the governor reducing costs. while this may not necessarily be good for open source, it's good for california, and that's what the governor of a state is supposed to be concerned with.
ed