Despite your fascist heritage, that isn't how things are done on this side of the pond. Performing a political assassination would just result in a new CEO being appointed. Why am I not surprised that every time it's political killing time, a European is right there?
It's a style issue. They WANT the camera to be shaky, if it wasn't, then the TV producers would discard the footage. Otherwise, they think it doesn't look "real". It's the same sort of crap when you're watching a fight scene in a movie and they change the camera angle once a second.
If I had any mod points, I'd moderate you -1 Redundant for saying that the article summary is incorrect and states things that are unsupported by the linked articles. There's a comment like this on almost every discussion thread and if that doesn't fit the definition of redundant, then I don't know what is.
A while back, I read some site that had the synopsis and solutions to all the old adventure games...Planetfall, Zork, and so on. I didn't mind spoiling them, I will never play them. I was astounded at the number of XYZZY type things in those games - just stuff that I would ever think of, ever, not in a million years. The only way to win was to brute force your way through the game, or make a lucky guess. Fast forward to today, when the puzzles are straight lines with signs marked the whole way, and blocks to prevent you from doing anything wrong.
There's no physics reason that bullet paths can't be plotted accurately to include gravity, wind, humidity, etc...computers are great at that sort of thing. Instead, you either get ramrod-straight bullets (or Panzerfausts, I'm looking at you, Wolf:ET) or an algorithm that scatters the bullets without regard to aim.
My belief is that people who make games about firearms have never actually used them, and any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. You pull the trigger, the bullet goes straight...why do you have to lead to make sure that the bullet and the target arrive at the same place at the same time? It's not like this doesn't figure into EVERY SINGLE SHOT IN WARTIME. There's this belief that just because a bullet goes 2700 feet per second, it's the same as a totally flat trajectory...which is about as ignorant as talking about how "The Departed" won a Tony award last year.
Part of the idea of a republic is that each man is equal, and anyone can be elected to higher office. If President were a job, any candidate must surely posess several advanced degrees to qualify.
And cowboying is certainly a job that takes skill. Certainly you don't think that Bush was a professional cattle herder before taking office?
invest enough in education to create human beings with the self esteem and intellect not to chronically need the seductive shortcut to 'happiness' that drugs and alcohol provide.
I challenge you to go and talk to some drug users and convince them of your attitude. I'm betting it won't happen. Drug users don't want low-paying jobs, they want to sit around and do drugs all day.
"Green chemist"? Sorry if I have some doubts about the credibility of a man who has already come to his conclusions before he does his research. You might as well say "Tobacco chemists recommend a pack of Laramies every day, to maintain your constitution."
The problem with that "solution" is that it totally ignores the racial history of a nation like the United States. Minorities are adversely and disproportionately affected by drug use, and such a "solution" would result in more problems, not fewer. We don't need to concentrate on getting our minorites addicted and relegated to low-status jobs with others of their kind - we need to uplift them and provide opportunities for decent housing, crime-free living, and most importantly education. "Get those people out of here and get them some free dope" sounds like a meme from a nutcase rightwing AM radio station.
No, as a matter of fact, I'm not "justifying curtailing of speech". I'm just expressing a total lack of sympathy. It has nothing whatsoever to do with our treasured rights and freedoms, and getting up on the cross like this about "press freedom" when the issue doesn't touch it, is EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
Ugh, I despise when journalists get up on the cross and moan about how oppressed they are. I used to have sympathy for this sort of thing, before it was made obvious to all that journalists are mostly of despicable character. Seriously, I used to be a big supporter of press freedom, back before I saw it so ruthlessly abused to serve the political ends of those who run the industry.
Is it just me, or am I sick and tired of listening to overblown invective such as "The net will effectively be the last stand of us as a species." I mean, seriously...another battle in the eternal struggle of safety vs. liberty, and this guy is calling it not just the end of an era, but the very end of the human race? Jeez this cheeses me off, and all of that other "we're doomed because we have temporary economic problems" crap that's all over these days.
Yeah, he MUST be lying. Because it never happened before. Ever. It's a total lie made up by people who, for some unknown reason, simply decided to hate Wikipedia one day.
Nah, they're still pulling the same crap that they've always pulled. The difference is that you've grown up since then, and you can see them for the idiots that they've always been. Why? Because now, you disagree with their conclusions. As long as you agreed with them, then their tactics might have been a little aboveboard, but hey, they're trying to protect the environment! And that's important, even if it gets a little extreme! But the moment that their goals diverge from your own, they become no-good fearmongers who need to disband and grow up and accept the reality of the world as it is.
Haha, burns, doesn't it? "Famous artist" does not mean scrapbooking, or collecting bottlecaps, or any of that other crap that you people do. How many parties have you been to recently? And I mean real parties, not a hot dog BBQ or hog's feet cookout. It's not the structure that people live in, it's the culture. Artists (real ones) cluster together in order to enjoy each other's company...let's just say that you might feel uncomfortable in such a space. There's nothing wrong with that, either...the world needs quilters too!
You mean an environmental organization refuses to accept nuclear power? What a surprise! All those protests must have just been for show. We don't need nuclear power, we need to use less power. And guess what, you get more volunteers when you do a little grandstanding. There are people who will join just for the fun, and who does that hurt, exactly?
If you think you're an artist, then I know some REAL artists who would laugh at you. I bet you don't know even a single person who lives in a loft. But you just keep telling yourself you're special, OK?
Ugh, you mean the LHC was responsible for the creation of the web and the downfall of the internet? That's far worse than destroying the solar system by tampering with unknown forces.
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Despite your fascist heritage, that isn't how things are done on this side of the pond. Performing a political assassination would just result in a new CEO being appointed. Why am I not surprised that every time it's political killing time, a European is right there?
It's a style issue. They WANT the camera to be shaky, if it wasn't, then the TV producers would discard the footage. Otherwise, they think it doesn't look "real". It's the same sort of crap when you're watching a fight scene in a movie and they change the camera angle once a second.
If I had any mod points, I'd moderate you -1 Redundant for saying that the article summary is incorrect and states things that are unsupported by the linked articles. There's a comment like this on almost every discussion thread and if that doesn't fit the definition of redundant, then I don't know what is.
A while back, I read some site that had the synopsis and solutions to all the old adventure games...Planetfall, Zork, and so on. I didn't mind spoiling them, I will never play them. I was astounded at the number of XYZZY type things in those games - just stuff that I would ever think of, ever, not in a million years. The only way to win was to brute force your way through the game, or make a lucky guess. Fast forward to today, when the puzzles are straight lines with signs marked the whole way, and blocks to prevent you from doing anything wrong.
Can you please stop posting Republican sounding crap like that? We've had quite enough over the last 8 years, thank you very much.
There's a massive amount of projection going on in that post...whoah. Making moral judgements against others? Jeez you sound like Jerry Falwell.
Yeah, that's because your market segment is top-of-the-market. Those are barely affected by recessions...the rich always need new houses and offices.
My belief is that people who make games about firearms have never actually used them, and any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. You pull the trigger, the bullet goes straight...why do you have to lead to make sure that the bullet and the target arrive at the same place at the same time? It's not like this doesn't figure into EVERY SINGLE SHOT IN WARTIME. There's this belief that just because a bullet goes 2700 feet per second, it's the same as a totally flat trajectory...which is about as ignorant as talking about how "The Departed" won a Tony award last year.
And cowboying is certainly a job that takes skill. Certainly you don't think that Bush was a professional cattle herder before taking office?
Please put your signature in your .sig file, that way the rest of us don't have to see it.
I challenge you to go and talk to some drug users and convince them of your attitude. I'm betting it won't happen. Drug users don't want low-paying jobs, they want to sit around and do drugs all day.
"Green chemist"? Sorry if I have some doubts about the credibility of a man who has already come to his conclusions before he does his research. You might as well say "Tobacco chemists recommend a pack of Laramies every day, to maintain your constitution."
The problem with that "solution" is that it totally ignores the racial history of a nation like the United States. Minorities are adversely and disproportionately affected by drug use, and such a "solution" would result in more problems, not fewer. We don't need to concentrate on getting our minorites addicted and relegated to low-status jobs with others of their kind - we need to uplift them and provide opportunities for decent housing, crime-free living, and most importantly education. "Get those people out of here and get them some free dope" sounds like a meme from a nutcase rightwing AM radio station.
No, as a matter of fact, I'm not "justifying curtailing of speech". I'm just expressing a total lack of sympathy. It has nothing whatsoever to do with our treasured rights and freedoms, and getting up on the cross like this about "press freedom" when the issue doesn't touch it, is EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
Ugh, I despise when journalists get up on the cross and moan about how oppressed they are. I used to have sympathy for this sort of thing, before it was made obvious to all that journalists are mostly of despicable character. Seriously, I used to be a big supporter of press freedom, back before I saw it so ruthlessly abused to serve the political ends of those who run the industry.
Is it just me, or am I sick and tired of listening to overblown invective such as "The net will effectively be the last stand of us as a species." I mean, seriously...another battle in the eternal struggle of safety vs. liberty, and this guy is calling it not just the end of an era, but the very end of the human race? Jeez this cheeses me off, and all of that other "we're doomed because we have temporary economic problems" crap that's all over these days.
Yeah, he MUST be lying. Because it never happened before. Ever. It's a total lie made up by people who, for some unknown reason, simply decided to hate Wikipedia one day.
A: Because it breaks the natural flow of a message.
Greenpeace hasn't changed. You have.
Haha, burns, doesn't it? "Famous artist" does not mean scrapbooking, or collecting bottlecaps, or any of that other crap that you people do. How many parties have you been to recently? And I mean real parties, not a hot dog BBQ or hog's feet cookout. It's not the structure that people live in, it's the culture. Artists (real ones) cluster together in order to enjoy each other's company...let's just say that you might feel uncomfortable in such a space. There's nothing wrong with that, either...the world needs quilters too!
Ah, it's good to see the "Che Guevara" spirit back in leftism these days. I thought we were all going soft, after that debacle at the RNC.
You mean an environmental organization refuses to accept nuclear power? What a surprise! All those protests must have just been for show. We don't need nuclear power, we need to use less power. And guess what, you get more volunteers when you do a little grandstanding. There are people who will join just for the fun, and who does that hurt, exactly?
If you think you're an artist, then I know some REAL artists who would laugh at you. I bet you don't know even a single person who lives in a loft. But you just keep telling yourself you're special, OK?
What, it wasn't? I'd imagine it was quite disruptive to "proper development" of social relations.
Ugh, you mean the LHC was responsible for the creation of the web and the downfall of the internet? That's far worse than destroying the solar system by tampering with unknown forces.