It is also useful for as a geek "that elvish woman sure makes me horny, so I gotta go 'take care of it' break." Also, the geek movie toolkit is not complete without "pause", "search", and "slow".
Well, there you go, the informed masses have spoken.
It can't be ignored that video gaming is essentially part of pop culture for 12-year-olds. A well-formed argument from a gaming scholar is as influential as a knee-jerk opinion from an Entertainment Tonight quack.
This is one area where Nintendo has historically done well. Regardless of technological aspects of the NES/SNES/N64/GC, they strive to make it really cool and interesting, first, and use all sorts of marketing tools from Nintendo Power to flagship characters like Link and Mario. Popular opinion is a fact of life in gaming.
If that were the case, the system would collapse overnight.
It is the case, and my paycheck "deductions" are high enough to prove it. The system never fails; it just gets more expensive. That's how the government operates. In addition to the Earned Income Credit, I also suggest people observe how pork-barrel government contracting works.
Is this just the Christian Right? Nope.
True, it's the Christian right + the people who actually believe war is peace and that a good offense makes a good defense, especially when it is their ideology being force-fed to the world.
I find it ironic that a so-called Liberatarians (i.e. liberatarian-right, liberatarian-conservative) vote for Republicans.
Libertarians are neither liberal nor conservative (in the modern meanings) nor right-wing nor left-wing. They'll attack both Republicans and Democrats equally. The libertarians who vote for Republican canidates are those naive enough to belive in the "a vote not for one of two parties is a vote wasted" myth. A vote is a voice, and it is sad they choose to speak differenly than they think (or, they might as well just register Republican and get it over with).
How many Liberatarians criticize Guantanomo Bay? How about the treatment of Jose Padilla?
There are many. On some issues, you'd be suprised to hear someone sounding like a Democrat but then revealing they are libertarian.
Until Liberatarians in USA value liberatarianism over conservatism and capitalism, they will be nothing...
I argue that until our current government values libertarianism over conservatism and capitalism, the USA will soon be nothing. (Hmmm...I'll have to save this one for a future sig:)
The right of the Federal government to tax its citizens was added.
Okay, I'll make it even simpler:
- adding rights for citizens to the Constitution: GOOD.
- removing rights from citizens from the Constitution: BAD.
If you understand the GPL, think, also, that the GPL adds rights beyond copyright, giving software developers a choice in how to distribute their software. The BSD license goes even further. Now, look at a Microsoft EULA, which takes your rights away with respect to their software. Microsoft EULA ~= Sixteenth Amendment. GPL/BSD ~= Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Nineteenth Amendments.
the Homeland Secutiry folks looking to demonstrate that they're "doing something to protect the common folks."
I wonder how many Slashdotters are against GPS tracking in cars but in favor of universal health care? How can they live with such fundamental conflict in their lives?
There are a few nut cases out here (south west Virginia) who think that adding a rail line in the I-81 corridor will help the traffic on the interstate.
Are they NASCAR fans? Will the main terminal be in Bristol?
The important issue under all this is the separation of church and state and equality under the law. GWB shouldn't even bring religion into his speeches, shouldn't expose his bigotry towards gays, yet he does, and he is very dangerous as a leader of the "free world."
Yet, I bet GWB would act in an instant to deny gays freedom and put them in "re-education camps". He does play God, or at least believes he can act as a proxy for God.
For example, a person who takes it upon themselves to judge other people, essentially playing God. GWB did this when speaking about gays, "don't point out a thorn in my eye when you have a log in yours." Thus, sinful arrogance. These people are CINOs (Christains in name only).
Where did you get the idea that Libertarianism is the standard against which all political ideologies must be judged?
I never said this, but I can see where you may have inferred it in my post. I mainly see libertarianism as a starting point, where it is arguable that the USA is a nation decomposing from libertarianism to socialism in time, forming a measurable historical trend.
Well, my impression is that a lot of techies and scientists like to apply logic & rationality to solving problems for the greater good, so they might be naturally inclined toward a political party which is supposedly "populist", or for the people.
This make sense, but one fallacy of their reasoning is taking their logic for granted. The populace supposedly served by "greater good" policies are a greedy bunch and merely want the free lunch. If anyone wants to debate this, ask a tax preparer about who comes in for the Earned Income Credit (be ready for an earful).
Maybe that's why there's such an emphasis on "faith"
I'm getting the impression that the ties between being Republican and being faithful is a fairly recent invention, simply due to the large number of sheep-like Christians who are Republican. GWB is a nauseating example of this.
It seems that Libertarians are one of the remaining parties who are fairly objective about preserving personal liberty in the true sense (limited government, distributed government, equitable freedom for all people).
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You're going to have a hard time selling these to collectors if they're non-mint... ;)
No, it actually increases value. You see, this crap was collected during a viewing of LOTR, and it's one of a kind!
The film itself comes on two disks :-)
It is also useful for as a geek "that elvish woman sure makes me horny, so I gotta go 'take care of it' break." Also, the geek movie toolkit is not complete without "pause", "search", and "slow".
Isn't the virtual tour buzzword the kiss of death for new technology? Look what happened to VRML.
I have three words for you: Crossword Puzzles.
Well, there you go, the informed masses have spoken.
It can't be ignored that video gaming is essentially part of pop culture for 12-year-olds. A well-formed argument from a gaming scholar is as influential as a knee-jerk opinion from an Entertainment Tonight quack.
This is one area where Nintendo has historically done well. Regardless of technological aspects of the NES/SNES/N64/GC, they strive to make it really cool and interesting, first, and use all sorts of marketing tools from Nintendo Power to flagship characters like Link and Mario. Popular opinion is a fact of life in gaming.
Good one. So good, in fact that you haven't been modded a troll, yet (someone didn't care for my sense of humor, I guess).
If that were the case, the system would collapse overnight.
:)
It is the case, and my paycheck "deductions" are high enough to prove it. The system never fails; it just gets more expensive. That's how the government operates. In addition to the Earned Income Credit, I also suggest people observe how pork-barrel government contracting works.
Is this just the Christian Right? Nope.
True, it's the Christian right + the people who actually believe war is peace and that a good offense makes a good defense, especially when it is their ideology being force-fed to the world.
I find it ironic that a so-called Liberatarians (i.e. liberatarian-right, liberatarian-conservative) vote for Republicans.
Libertarians are neither liberal nor conservative (in the modern meanings) nor right-wing nor left-wing. They'll attack both Republicans and Democrats equally. The libertarians who vote for Republican canidates are those naive enough to belive in the "a vote not for one of two parties is a vote wasted" myth. A vote is a voice, and it is sad they choose to speak differenly than they think (or, they might as well just register Republican and get it over with).
How many Liberatarians criticize Guantanomo Bay? How about the treatment of Jose Padilla?
There are many. On some issues, you'd be suprised to hear someone sounding like a Democrat but then revealing they are libertarian.
Until Liberatarians in USA value liberatarianism over conservatism and capitalism, they will be nothing...
I argue that until our current government values libertarianism over conservatism and capitalism, the USA will soon be nothing. (Hmmm...I'll have to save this one for a future sig
(a la "interpretation")
Or beating the temptation to create new legislation for this, that, and everything else.
The right of the Federal government to tax its citizens was added.
Okay, I'll make it even simpler:
- adding rights for citizens to the Constitution: GOOD.
- removing rights from citizens from the Constitution: BAD.
If you understand the GPL, think, also, that the GPL adds rights beyond copyright, giving software developers a choice in how to distribute their software. The BSD license goes even further. Now, look at a Microsoft EULA, which takes your rights away with respect to their software. Microsoft EULA ~= Sixteenth Amendment. GPL/BSD ~= Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Nineteenth Amendments.
Only with respect to the quality of the spyware (Media Player, IE, Windows Update, etc.).
Huh? I'm talking about both republican and democrats.
They went to the rental truck place three days after the event, claimed the truck was stolen, and wanted their deposit back (a few hundred $).
Maybe that was their pizza money?
the Homeland Secutiry folks looking to demonstrate that they're "doing something to protect the common folks."
I wonder how many Slashdotters are against GPS tracking in cars but in favor of universal health care? How can they live with such fundamental conflict in their lives?
Even if another X methods remain there is still value in reducing avenues for exploitation.
Would you keep saying this until the GPS kill switch is implanted between your ears?
There are a few nut cases out here (south west Virginia) who think that adding a rail line in the I-81 corridor will help the traffic on the interstate.
Are they NASCAR fans? Will the main terminal be in Bristol?
But in the case of parties here in the US, we got Lite Beer only.
And it's skunked.
The important issue under all this is the separation of church and state and equality under the law. GWB shouldn't even bring religion into his speeches, shouldn't expose his bigotry towards gays, yet he does, and he is very dangerous as a leader of the "free world."
Yet, I bet GWB would act in an instant to deny gays freedom and put them in "re-education camps". He does play God, or at least believes he can act as a proxy for God.
How about:
XP -> XPense!
Well, in one way it is a logical start for the real estate trade, i.e., homesteading.
Ironic that Disney profits from the public domain and then gets copyright extended until the Sun runs out of nuclear fuel.
How do you define "religious kook?"
For example, a person who takes it upon themselves to judge other people, essentially playing God. GWB did this when speaking about gays, "don't point out a thorn in my eye when you have a log in yours." Thus, sinful arrogance. These people are CINOs (Christains in name only).
Where did you get the idea that Libertarianism is the standard against which all political ideologies must be judged?
I never said this, but I can see where you may have inferred it in my post. I mainly see libertarianism as a starting point, where it is arguable that the USA is a nation decomposing from libertarianism to socialism in time, forming a measurable historical trend.
Apparently they have been looking for someone to do that since June.
Perhaps the last one took a wrong turn down an alley and was featured on an episode of CSI?
Since when has been ok to post stories and articles without backing it up with proof?
I'm pretty sure they teach this as a fundamental strategy in the journalist training camps.
40,000 voluntary computer users who allow their computers to be monitored
Basically, these people are okay with corporate or government voyeurism. Quite sad.
Well, my impression is that a lot of techies and scientists like to apply logic & rationality to solving problems for the greater good, so they might be naturally inclined toward a political party which is supposedly "populist", or for the people.
This make sense, but one fallacy of their reasoning is taking their logic for granted. The populace supposedly served by "greater good" policies are a greedy bunch and merely want the free lunch. If anyone wants to debate this, ask a tax preparer about who comes in for the Earned Income Credit (be ready for an earful).
Maybe that's why there's such an emphasis on "faith"
I'm getting the impression that the ties between being Republican and being faithful is a fairly recent invention, simply due to the large number of sheep-like Christians who are Republican. GWB is a nauseating example of this.
It seems that Libertarians are one of the remaining parties who are fairly objective about preserving personal liberty in the true sense (limited government, distributed government, equitable freedom for all people).