I must say, the timing on this sale was impeccable. Didn't these #1 Supermans used to be worth $25,000 or so? Right now is the time to sell. The whole superhero/comic book thing is getting old already. These trends only have a certain lifetime, and I'd say the peak is right about now, if it hasn't passed already. Oh, collectors items will always be worth something, but just not as much as they are right now due to the demand. Any analogs to other trends?
Thanks for the helpful answer to the poster's question. Oh, wait, you just projected your feelings onto it and got really righteous and contemptuous instead. It feels good telling other nationalities that they horrify you in public, yes?
Most countries won't allow people over a certain age to immigrate, to prevent that exact situation. They have enough elderly sucking off the government tit already. They don't need broken-down old foreigners who have contributed their lifetime's worth of taxes to some other government, dropping by for the freebies.
Answer: it's considered vulgar. Vulgarity varies from place to place, and community standards set the standards. Seriously, there is a ton of law about this, have you never heard of it? From your post, it sounds like you're totally unaware of this and are approaching the subject with a "21st century know-nothing" perspective.
You know, I've often thought that the coolest thing in the world would be an orgasm gun. Aim, pull trigger, and the target has an orgasm. Would be fun to use against politicians making speeches, pompous university presidents, and so on.
"Cheap" and "dedicated server" are two words that don't go together in the same sentence. I'd also be careful throwing around phrases like "unthinkably stupid", everyone doesn't think the same way.
Before graphical, pay-to-play MMORPGs, there were these things called MUDs that were exactly the same thing, only played in a textual medium. Some of you might wonder how anyone could possibly enjoy a game without graphics - it's the same difference between a book and a movie. Ultima Online was the natural extension of MUDs to graphics, and wow it's set in Ultima land! With Lord British (stupidest name ever) as an actual character, really played by Richard Garriot! You could have a house and travel throughout the land having adventures. I remember crafting was a cool part of the game, and was included as early as Ultima VI. The idea was to have a "real world", but set in Ultima.
What happened? People started paying for entertainment, that's what happened. And when you pay for something, you expect to get it. People don't like it when the "real world" intrudes. In addition, there was a huge demand for *novelty*. People want something new, all the time, and Ultima already laid out. Sure, they can "discover" a new island or something, but that's just not the same. The newer MMOs have novelty in spades, for today's bored people.
So, let me get this straight. A media company wages an 18-month lawsuit against private companies, trying to force them to disclose private data. The media company is doing this purely out of malice, as there is no good that can come from release of this data. On what planet is this sort of thing acceptable?
Oh, and if anyone says, "Journalists are a sort of magical, pure source of good in our society, white knights protecting the people," that attitude belongs back in the Cronkite era.
I ask Sam's question from LotR: "What do they eat, when they're not getting hobbit?" Given those swarms of flies, and given that they require blood to live and reproduce, and given that the scene seems devoid of warm-blooded mammals for obvious reasons: how the heck do those things live, much less prosper into huge swarms?
Honestly, I could not make head nor tail of your entire post, despite re-reading it several times. "Single shelf"? "Book count"? You're sure you're a fan of a movie, and not someone in the publishing industry?
The goal is not to stop remittances, to the goal is to enforce Indian law. This "the bomber will always get through" attitude is puzzling, to say the least. Sure, you can "fall back to analog tech" as you crudely put it. Are you really suggesting to send an instrument of financial value through India Post? Are you daft, sir?
My, how our mental filters reveal who we really are! Frankly, I thought this was an article about how Paypal is a despicable scofflaw yet again, this time with the Indian government, who presumably are not bought and paid for like Western politicians and who are not putting up with Paypal's latest nonsense. But hey, you got a persecution complex, let it all hang out. Use words like 'colonialism', 'empire', and 'hegemony' for maximum effect and you'll have a crowd following you in no time.
MS Bash? For a second there, I thought this was about a bug being found in a long-abandoned Microsoft bash shell.
Sorry buddy, Microsoft has a really bad reputation. They retarded the progress of computers for years while pushing out inferior, buggy products supported by unethical, monopolistic business practices. A lot of people here had to deal with that personally and still bear a grudge.
This, sir, is the difference between people who ride bicycles as a lifestyle, and people who ride bicycles as transportation. The "lifestyle" segment is very loud and vocal, and indeed does look down on the "transportation" segment. Heck, looking down on others is half the reason they make themselves highly visible in public - what other group in society would be able to get away with wearing brightly colored tight-fitting spandex? "It's not ME that demands I wear this ridiculous clothing, but I absolutely must be aerodynamic because I'm Lance Armstrong...oh and by the way I have to wear bright, tropical bird-like colors that would be totally unacceptable in any other social situation."
Contrast this to me, who just rides a bike in whatever street clothes he happens to be wearing that day.
I've spent the last several years outside of Beijing, in "the real China" and bicycle thieves are well aware of the "keep your bike looking nasty" "trick" and pay it no mind. They just steal your bike anyway. The secret to not getting your bike stolen is to not leave it outside overnight, or not leave it outside period.
I've ridden an e-bike in China for years. Let me tell you what I've learned, in a disordered jumble of statements.
E-bikes are fine IFF (if and only if) you live in a compact city. My city is five miles across. If it were larger, (say, Austin-sized) an e-bike would not really be an option. My rule of thumb for battery life is "thirty minutes out, thirty minutes back" which limits your radius of action. An e-bike is a hell of a lot heavier than a regular bike due to the dense batteries. The batteries are in a removable container, so you can take them out and charge them. Let me tell you, it sucks carrying the equivalent of a car battery upstairs to charge every day. When thieves can't be bothered to steal your whole bike, they'll just rip out the batteries. You can charge up directly in the bike, but then you need a safe, secure area to park your bike on the 1st floor, AND it must be supplied with electricity. This is a real deal-killer for most apartments in America. My apartment in China has a special closet on the 1st floor where I can lock my bike up, and the electricity comes from my meter. Let's see...oh yeah you'll be subject to all the nasty weather of bikes, and in winter you really get blasted by the wind in your face (because you can go so much faster than a bike). I've had it before where it was so cold, I could barely see from all the tears streaming out of my eyes. With special bike raincoats, you can get through the rain pretty well, although your feet will get wet, and you need a ballcap to keep the rain out of your eyes. The e-bikes constantly have stuff break on them. I spend $5-10 per month on repairs of various things that break...the last breakage was the rear taillight and the rear brake cable. E-bike drum brakes make an unholy shriek when using them to stop. China has a whole network of dedicated bike lanes that really make using e-bikes a breeze. I wouldn't fancy riding out on the street with cars and bicycles. What else...hmm...E-bikes are a lot of fun to ride around. They zip through traffic with ease. It's nice not having to pay any attention to red lights other than "is traffic coming?" Shopping can be a pain, some of the scooter-like e-bikes have almost no cargo space. The e-bikes that look like bikes with batteries attached usually have bike baskets and other storage paraphernalia. Don't keep anything in the storage for more than one trip, because thieves will just break in and steal whatever you have. Forget using the pedals if you run out of batteries, it's very tiring to pedal the bike, better just to get off and walk the thing. Running out of batteries sucks. You either walk your happy ass all the way home, or get a truck taxi to take you. You do have truck taxis cruising the streets in your city in America, right?
To sum up, e-bikes are fun and great but you have to have a whole supporting infrastructure to make them worthwhile. I love mine in China but I'd never be stupid enough to ride one in America, unless I was one of those young single people who never leaves the inner city.
Please don't bash 20/20. Their scientific methodology might have been a little bit off, but their motives were in the right place. They were just trying to show that a major car manufacturer was corrupt...this is the media's job, isn't it? To expose corruption? Unless you can show that the car manufacturer has lily-white hands (and none of them do) please stop the bashing. These are educated, dedicated people who are doing a tough job under very difficult circumstances, and it's hard to get the stories to come out the right way 100% of the time.
It's more like: the data that we stole doesn't match up with the data.gov results - Obama's government falsified its data! The places where they lied will provide telling insight about their psychology, and will especially highlight what they feel is vulnerable and needs to be hidden. Now, our stolen data is twice as valuable! Good work comrade, here's an Audi A6 and the keys to an apartment on the outer ring road.
GP was a foreigner living in China, as am I. Doesn't the native-level English tip you off? And it's not exactly a secret in China that foreign websites are blocked in order to stimulate the development of local ones. For every big major Western website type (youtube/facebook/twitter/etc) there is a corresponding Chinese ripoff site. I mean, look at renren.com and tell me it's not facebook exactly.
And never assume that just because something is blocked or banned that Chinese people are too stupid to know it exists. Think of all the things the US government does and the citizenry is well aware of it.
You know, you got a lot of nerve, telling people who live in China that they don't know what they're talking about. LinkLink. Maybe closed mouth, open mind would work better next time.
A joke? How, exactly, is it funny? I'm curious to know. Who cares who submits the stories, anyway? Half of them turn out to be fakes or misleading anyway.
The real TOR way to do it would not be anonymously, but instead giving it to another person's slashdot account, who submits it for you. But go ahead with the "funny" "jokes".
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The "original Halo" was just an updated Tribes. Man, what a good game. Pity that MS bought Bungie and Halo became famous...it's a watered-down Tribes.
I must say, the timing on this sale was impeccable. Didn't these #1 Supermans used to be worth $25,000 or so? Right now is the time to sell. The whole superhero/comic book thing is getting old already. These trends only have a certain lifetime, and I'd say the peak is right about now, if it hasn't passed already. Oh, collectors items will always be worth something, but just not as much as they are right now due to the demand. Any analogs to other trends?
Thanks for the helpful answer to the poster's question. Oh, wait, you just projected your feelings onto it and got really righteous and contemptuous instead. It feels good telling other nationalities that they horrify you in public, yes?
Most countries won't allow people over a certain age to immigrate, to prevent that exact situation. They have enough elderly sucking off the government tit already. They don't need broken-down old foreigners who have contributed their lifetime's worth of taxes to some other government, dropping by for the freebies.
Answer: it's considered vulgar. Vulgarity varies from place to place, and community standards set the standards. Seriously, there is a ton of law about this, have you never heard of it? From your post, it sounds like you're totally unaware of this and are approaching the subject with a "21st century know-nothing" perspective.
Hm. Never heard of that movie. Please don't assume everyone on the planet watches the same media that you do.
You know, I've often thought that the coolest thing in the world would be an orgasm gun. Aim, pull trigger, and the target has an orgasm. Would be fun to use against politicians making speeches, pompous university presidents, and so on.
"Cheap" and "dedicated server" are two words that don't go together in the same sentence. I'd also be careful throwing around phrases like "unthinkably stupid", everyone doesn't think the same way.
Before graphical, pay-to-play MMORPGs, there were these things called MUDs that were exactly the same thing, only played in a textual medium. Some of you might wonder how anyone could possibly enjoy a game without graphics - it's the same difference between a book and a movie. Ultima Online was the natural extension of MUDs to graphics, and wow it's set in Ultima land! With Lord British (stupidest name ever) as an actual character, really played by Richard Garriot! You could have a house and travel throughout the land having adventures. I remember crafting was a cool part of the game, and was included as early as Ultima VI. The idea was to have a "real world", but set in Ultima.
What happened? People started paying for entertainment, that's what happened. And when you pay for something, you expect to get it. People don't like it when the "real world" intrudes. In addition, there was a huge demand for *novelty*. People want something new, all the time, and Ultima already laid out. Sure, they can "discover" a new island or something, but that's just not the same. The newer MMOs have novelty in spades, for today's bored people.
Your search - "really exciting industrial accidents" - did not match any documents.
Damn! I thought I was really on to something there. Boo...
So, let me get this straight. A media company wages an 18-month lawsuit against private companies, trying to force them to disclose private data. The media company is doing this purely out of malice, as there is no good that can come from release of this data. On what planet is this sort of thing acceptable?
Oh, and if anyone says, "Journalists are a sort of magical, pure source of good in our society, white knights protecting the people," that attitude belongs back in the Cronkite era.
I ask Sam's question from LotR: "What do they eat, when they're not getting hobbit?" Given those swarms of flies, and given that they require blood to live and reproduce, and given that the scene seems devoid of warm-blooded mammals for obvious reasons: how the heck do those things live, much less prosper into huge swarms?
Honestly, I could not make head nor tail of your entire post, despite re-reading it several times. "Single shelf"? "Book count"? You're sure you're a fan of a movie, and not someone in the publishing industry?
The goal is not to stop remittances, to the goal is to enforce Indian law. This "the bomber will always get through" attitude is puzzling, to say the least. Sure, you can "fall back to analog tech" as you crudely put it. Are you really suggesting to send an instrument of financial value through India Post? Are you daft, sir?
My, how our mental filters reveal who we really are! Frankly, I thought this was an article about how Paypal is a despicable scofflaw yet again, this time with the Indian government, who presumably are not bought and paid for like Western politicians and who are not putting up with Paypal's latest nonsense. But hey, you got a persecution complex, let it all hang out. Use words like 'colonialism', 'empire', and 'hegemony' for maximum effect and you'll have a crowd following you in no time.
MS Bash? For a second there, I thought this was about a bug being found in a long-abandoned Microsoft bash shell.
Sorry buddy, Microsoft has a really bad reputation. They retarded the progress of computers for years while pushing out inferior, buggy products supported by unethical, monopolistic business practices. A lot of people here had to deal with that personally and still bear a grudge.
Contrast this to me, who just rides a bike in whatever street clothes he happens to be wearing that day.
I've spent the last several years outside of Beijing, in "the real China" and bicycle thieves are well aware of the "keep your bike looking nasty" "trick" and pay it no mind. They just steal your bike anyway. The secret to not getting your bike stolen is to not leave it outside overnight, or not leave it outside period.
I've ridden an e-bike in China for years. Let me tell you what I've learned, in a disordered jumble of statements.
E-bikes are fine IFF (if and only if) you live in a compact city. My city is five miles across. If it were larger, (say, Austin-sized) an e-bike would not really be an option. My rule of thumb for battery life is "thirty minutes out, thirty minutes back" which limits your radius of action. An e-bike is a hell of a lot heavier than a regular bike due to the dense batteries. The batteries are in a removable container, so you can take them out and charge them. Let me tell you, it sucks carrying the equivalent of a car battery upstairs to charge every day. When thieves can't be bothered to steal your whole bike, they'll just rip out the batteries. You can charge up directly in the bike, but then you need a safe, secure area to park your bike on the 1st floor, AND it must be supplied with electricity. This is a real deal-killer for most apartments in America. My apartment in China has a special closet on the 1st floor where I can lock my bike up, and the electricity comes from my meter. Let's see...oh yeah you'll be subject to all the nasty weather of bikes, and in winter you really get blasted by the wind in your face (because you can go so much faster than a bike). I've had it before where it was so cold, I could barely see from all the tears streaming out of my eyes. With special bike raincoats, you can get through the rain pretty well, although your feet will get wet, and you need a ballcap to keep the rain out of your eyes. The e-bikes constantly have stuff break on them. I spend $5-10 per month on repairs of various things that break...the last breakage was the rear taillight and the rear brake cable. E-bike drum brakes make an unholy shriek when using them to stop. China has a whole network of dedicated bike lanes that really make using e-bikes a breeze. I wouldn't fancy riding out on the street with cars and bicycles. What else...hmm...E-bikes are a lot of fun to ride around. They zip through traffic with ease. It's nice not having to pay any attention to red lights other than "is traffic coming?" Shopping can be a pain, some of the scooter-like e-bikes have almost no cargo space. The e-bikes that look like bikes with batteries attached usually have bike baskets and other storage paraphernalia. Don't keep anything in the storage for more than one trip, because thieves will just break in and steal whatever you have. Forget using the pedals if you run out of batteries, it's very tiring to pedal the bike, better just to get off and walk the thing. Running out of batteries sucks. You either walk your happy ass all the way home, or get a truck taxi to take you. You do have truck taxis cruising the streets in your city in America, right?
To sum up, e-bikes are fun and great but you have to have a whole supporting infrastructure to make them worthwhile. I love mine in China but I'd never be stupid enough to ride one in America, unless I was one of those young single people who never leaves the inner city.
Please don't bash 20/20. Their scientific methodology might have been a little bit off, but their motives were in the right place. They were just trying to show that a major car manufacturer was corrupt...this is the media's job, isn't it? To expose corruption? Unless you can show that the car manufacturer has lily-white hands (and none of them do) please stop the bashing. These are educated, dedicated people who are doing a tough job under very difficult circumstances, and it's hard to get the stories to come out the right way 100% of the time.
It's more like: the data that we stole doesn't match up with the data.gov results - Obama's government falsified its data! The places where they lied will provide telling insight about their psychology, and will especially highlight what they feel is vulnerable and needs to be hidden. Now, our stolen data is twice as valuable! Good work comrade, here's an Audi A6 and the keys to an apartment on the outer ring road.
GP was a foreigner living in China, as am I. Doesn't the native-level English tip you off? And it's not exactly a secret in China that foreign websites are blocked in order to stimulate the development of local ones. For every big major Western website type (youtube/facebook/twitter/etc) there is a corresponding Chinese ripoff site. I mean, look at renren.com and tell me it's not facebook exactly.
And never assume that just because something is blocked or banned that Chinese people are too stupid to know it exists. Think of all the things the US government does and the citizenry is well aware of it.
You know, you got a lot of nerve, telling people who live in China that they don't know what they're talking about. Link Link. Maybe closed mouth, open mind would work better next time.
+1, thanks for AGAIN bringing up the USA in a totally unrelated thread about China.
The real TOR way to do it would not be anonymously, but instead giving it to another person's slashdot account, who submits it for you. But go ahead with the "funny" "jokes".