I completely agree. Features aside, I need that 60 gigs of space. When I bought my iPod, I had about 15 gigs of MP3s, so I was planning for growth (but even then, most of the players at that time couldn't support 15 gigs). A month later, I got 50 gigs from a friend, and then I discovered Podcasts, and added my photo library. 60 gigs just isn't enough anymore. I don't even have an iPod video yet, which would only make things far, far harder to cherry pick. I could not imagine choosing a player that had less than 60 gigs, and am looking forward to the next size up.
I too have Beta'd this game, and I was wholely unimpressed. I was among the many people to Beta and play CoH when it first came out. I had fun (before it got repetitive) but really yearned to be the villian. I remember shouting out in most of my groups "I want minions!"
So, now that CoV beta is available, I'm finally getting my minions. But that's about it. CoV did not do a good job at making me feel like a villian. I just felt like a hero in a black costume, something I could have done in CoH. Everytime a member of the old CoH gangs would attack me, I was upset. "No! I'm a villian too! We should join forces to over throw the Patriot!" The game wouldn't even allow me to attack citizens. What kind of villian am I, if I can't pushish the people onece in a while?
All is all, it's CoH with a different name, and a very small number of costume changes.
I really think the people that would use it would be 50/50. For example, I know that I would not. Advertising just bothers me that much, and I would not want to be limited in any way from my browing experience. I am willing to pay to have a decent connection. However, my brother would love to use it. If it's free, then that's $20 a month he can spend on food or a date.
The US Amazon site used to state March 22. I'm guessing that since we've reached that date with out a release, they bumped it to June.
I have been following NWN for quite some time now, and they made it pretty clear that there is no release date. I'd think if they announced a release date it would be slattered on their homepage, and it's not. This is just a matter of someone talking about something they know nothing about.
While I agree it does suck, I must note that it was a DragonBall movie, not DragonBall Z. I still can't stop laughing when they speak their names.
What gave someone the bright idea that Monkey Boy was a better name than Goku? He didn't even have a tail!
Quite true,
I would like to point out a few additional things as well:
"The American Revolutionaries had no representation"
Very true, this was one of many reasons. A few others were for freedom of religion, and the recognition of Human Rights. That also brings up a tangent of wether taxation is legal, but that's another story, more than happy to discuss it with you in email.
"If the majority of the people in this country decide that the government needs a major overhaul, they have a mechanism for enacting change"
In theory this is absolutly true, however in reality it is not. Remember back to the civil war. A massive portion of the US decided it wanted to seccede (sp), but Abraham Lincoln decided that the seccession would not be in the best interest of the nation, and prevented it by means of war. This is one act of many where the US government has forcibly prevented a new government that was desired by the people.
In addition, from another perspective, the United States is not ruled by the majority. It's ruled by elected representatives of the majority. If 60% of the nation wanted a change that was not in the best interest of congress, or representatives, it would not happen, becuase it's not the people's choise, it's the Rep's choice. A great example would be the presedential elections. The majority of the country wanted Gore, but the majority of the Reps wanted Bush. In this case, the "majority of the people in this country" could not decide on how they wanted the country to be run. The only action the people can take to this is to not vote for their Rep in the future, meanwhile, the damage has been done, and there's nothing the people can do about it.
On another note, major overhauls to the government are made by way of changing the Constitution. The people do not have a means to make these changes to the constitution, only elected officials have that means. What happens when the people want to (for example only) reform the government to a Communist society. What if 80% of America wanted it? What's the process for this? You would have to hope and rely on your elected officials to vote to ammend themselves out of a job. It wouldn't happen.
"Anyone who takes up arms against America today will quickly find out exactly what we have the NSA, FBI, CIA, Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard for."
Just as the colonist found out what the British Army was for. It's necessary in times of revolution to fight a larger and tyranical power.
"It's also a democracy, where you can elect a new government to install new laws if you disagree with the current state of affairs."
This is incorrect. It's a republic. Citizens of the US do not have the ability to directly vote on just about anything of importance. We instead elect representatives who vote for us. Think of the DMCA. Do you remember seeing that on a ballot? I know I didn't. And I bet if it was clearly stated on a ballot, it would never have passed.
"By ignoring the political route and espousing the virtues of a violent overthrow, you have now entered the realm of "terrorist" or "freedom fighter.""
Infact, this is sometimes the necessary route. Under your definition George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other founding fathers were "terrorists." With out those terrorists, you would not have this constitution you seem to value so much.
Now, do not forget another great document, the Declaration of Independance, where it entices the citizens of the United States to take up arms against the nation. Infact, because the Founding Fathers did not appreciate England not respecting they independance, it's made very clear, that the United States could not react to a revolution by the people.
The first and second ammendments were added to help enforce this idea. The first ammendment, which allows people to rally, and speak publicly. The second ammendment which allows the people to bear arms, so they could effectivly overthrow the govenment.
Please also remember, that a terrorist strikes "terror" in the heart of civilians. A revolutionary is a soldier.
Lastly: " if you don't like the system and don't feel like changing the system, take your bombs and move to Columbia or the middle east."
Ok, first off, these revolutionary "terrorists" are infact trying to change the system, but not one law at a time, they're trying to change the entire system all together. Secondly, running away is a cowards approach. The US was created by those who loved the people, and thus fought and died for those people. It was created with change in mind. The Founding fathers knew that the government would change over time, and that is why they allowed ammendments to the constitution. They also knew that the Government would eventually become tyranical, and not longer "by the people and for the people" and that is why it allows revolution.
Now, I do feel that he should be punished for hacking, or in essence vandalizing other's property, but I do not feel that any action should be taken against him for raising revolution, which he has the right to do in this nation.
I agree. I have been working in the field for 6 years now, and I really don't enjoy these mind numbinb tasks my employer gives me. I can remember a time when I used to be thrilled to go to work each day to tackle the next hurdle, and revolutionize how buiness it done. These days when I feel like CS just isn't going anywhere, I think for a moment what kind of product I'd like to see, and start building it. All that excitment comes rushing back.
Don't quit too soon. Determine what made CS magical for you in the first place, and try to rediscover that, just don't expect it from the work place.
If you think the system is broken hopelessly beyond repair, why don't you do something about it?
The problem is, that because it is hopelessly beyond repair, there is nothing that can be done about it short of revolution. And remember the last time an entire half of the nation decided they wanted to excersize their constitutional right revolt?
And remember since the government is the people, all you have to do, is
write a letter to your senator's secratary, and if she's in a good mood,
will let the senator see it. Then your senator will decide if your one
vote is enough to disrupt his money making oppertunity in the Senatorial
career. He will then proceed to vote on the bill based on the odds of his
vote earning him another term, and completly forget your letter in the
process. If you would like to have better chances of your voice being
heard in the government, you could spend millions of dollars to bribe your
senator, then he may just consider your opinion to be "valuable"
You seem to have failed to understand what an anology is.
This anology is the similarity between two groups feelings of losing rights to falsely solve a problem. (Gun owners losing rights to lower gun related crimes vs. Security/Privacy proponents losing rights to increase national/personal security).
Sorry for the rant, but I just can't stand when someone tries to irrationaly knock an anology by not recognizing the symbols.
Maybe your kid doesn't kill a few friends with your crypto backdoor, but your kid could just as well gain access to your (or others) bank account through a back door. The result of this is an entirely different discussion.
"I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way -- all of them who have tried to secularize America -- I point the finger in their face and say, 'You helped this happen.' "
A statement like this is meant to strike fear in the hearts of those people he "fingered" or people who may associate with them. Isn't that the core definition of Terrorism...
Shame on you Falwell, for you are no better than those responsible for the thousands of deaths on Tuesday.
Many officers have a quota of tickets they need to give out each month. So, in a way, yes the officer does get paid for giving you a ticket.
This has a lot of weight on how an officer decides to be unusally leneant to strict. If they're trying to meet their quote, they'd be willing to give you a ticket for the silliest things that any judge would throw out. (like 2mph over the speed limit)
What ever happened to the early days of the web, when you could log on, surf, or just wander? People put up sites becuase they enjoyed it, not because it was directly profitable. All of this captalism over the internet is damaging. It's getting harder every day to just browse with out some guy asking $5.00 to browse his site, or $3.95 to turn off his annoying ads.
Now don't get me wrong, I think there are places on the web where a charge is totaly reasonable, in those places where you would normally pay a fee for service rendered: Amazon, Ebay, Credit Reports, etc. But asking $0.075 to browse someone's lack of information is silly.
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I completely agree. Features aside, I need that 60 gigs of space. When I bought my iPod, I had about 15 gigs of MP3s, so I was planning for growth (but even then, most of the players at that time couldn't support 15 gigs). A month later, I got 50 gigs from a friend, and then I discovered Podcasts, and added my photo library. 60 gigs just isn't enough anymore. I don't even have an iPod video yet, which would only make things far, far harder to cherry pick. I could not imagine choosing a player that had less than 60 gigs, and am looking forward to the next size up.
I too have Beta'd this game, and I was wholely unimpressed. I was among the many people to Beta and play CoH when it first came out. I had fun (before it got repetitive) but really yearned to be the villian. I remember shouting out in most of my groups "I want minions!" So, now that CoV beta is available, I'm finally getting my minions. But that's about it. CoV did not do a good job at making me feel like a villian. I just felt like a hero in a black costume, something I could have done in CoH. Everytime a member of the old CoH gangs would attack me, I was upset. "No! I'm a villian too! We should join forces to over throw the Patriot!" The game wouldn't even allow me to attack citizens. What kind of villian am I, if I can't pushish the people onece in a while? All is all, it's CoH with a different name, and a very small number of costume changes.
You know it's commin...
I really think the people that would use it would be 50/50. For example, I know that I would not. Advertising just bothers me that much, and I would not want to be limited in any way from my browing experience. I am willing to pay to have a decent connection. However, my brother would love to use it. If it's free, then that's $20 a month he can spend on food or a date.
So I guess this learning robot, still hasn't learned to look both ways before crossing the street.
I live in Gilroy. The quake was so uneventful I went right back to bed afterwards.
I have been following NWN for quite some time now, and they made it pretty clear that there is no release date. I'd think if they announced a release date it would be slattered on their homepage, and it's not. This is just a matter of someone talking about something they know nothing about.
While I agree it does suck, I must note that it was a DragonBall movie, not DragonBall Z. I still can't stop laughing when they speak their names. What gave someone the bright idea that Monkey Boy was a better name than Goku? He didn't even have a tail!
"The American Revolutionaries had no representation"
Very true, this was one of many reasons. A few others were for freedom of religion, and the recognition of Human Rights. That also brings up a tangent of wether taxation is legal, but that's another story, more than happy to discuss it with you in email.
"If the majority of the people in this country decide that the government needs a major overhaul, they have a mechanism for enacting change"
In theory this is absolutly true, however in reality it is not. Remember back to the civil war. A massive portion of the US decided it wanted to seccede (sp), but Abraham Lincoln decided that the seccession would not be in the best interest of the nation, and prevented it by means of war. This is one act of many where the US government has forcibly prevented a new government that was desired by the people.
In addition, from another perspective, the United States is not ruled by the majority. It's ruled by elected representatives of the majority. If 60% of the nation wanted a change that was not in the best interest of congress, or representatives, it would not happen, becuase it's not the people's choise, it's the Rep's choice. A great example would be the presedential elections. The majority of the country wanted Gore, but the majority of the Reps wanted Bush. In this case, the "majority of the people in this country" could not decide on how they wanted the country to be run. The only action the people can take to this is to not vote for their Rep in the future, meanwhile, the damage has been done, and there's nothing the people can do about it.
On another note, major overhauls to the government are made by way of changing the Constitution. The people do not have a means to make these changes to the constitution, only elected officials have that means. What happens when the people want to (for example only) reform the government to a Communist society. What if 80% of America wanted it? What's the process for this? You would have to hope and rely on your elected officials to vote to ammend themselves out of a job. It wouldn't happen.
"Anyone who takes up arms against America today will quickly find out exactly what we have the NSA, FBI, CIA, Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard for."
Just as the colonist found out what the British Army was for. It's necessary in times of revolution to fight a larger and tyranical power.
"It's also a democracy, where you can elect a new government to install new laws if you disagree with the current state of affairs." This is incorrect. It's a republic. Citizens of the US do not have the ability to directly vote on just about anything of importance. We instead elect representatives who vote for us. Think of the DMCA. Do you remember seeing that on a ballot? I know I didn't. And I bet if it was clearly stated on a ballot, it would never have passed.
"By ignoring the political route and espousing the virtues of a violent overthrow, you have now entered the realm of "terrorist" or "freedom fighter.""
Infact, this is sometimes the necessary route. Under your definition George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other founding fathers were "terrorists." With out those terrorists, you would not have this constitution you seem to value so much.
Now, do not forget another great document, the Declaration of Independance, where it entices the citizens of the United States to take up arms against the nation. Infact, because the Founding Fathers did not appreciate England not respecting they independance, it's made very clear, that the United States could not react to a revolution by the people.
The first and second ammendments were added to help enforce this idea. The first ammendment, which allows people to rally, and speak publicly. The second ammendment which allows the people to bear arms, so they could effectivly overthrow the govenment.
Please also remember, that a terrorist strikes "terror" in the heart of civilians. A revolutionary is a soldier.
Lastly: " if you don't like the system and don't feel like changing the system, take your bombs and move to Columbia or the middle east."
Ok, first off, these revolutionary "terrorists" are infact trying to change the system, but not one law at a time, they're trying to change the entire system all together. Secondly, running away is a cowards approach. The US was created by those who loved the people, and thus fought and died for those people. It was created with change in mind. The Founding fathers knew that the government would change over time, and that is why they allowed ammendments to the constitution. They also knew that the Government would eventually become tyranical, and not longer "by the people and for the people" and that is why it allows revolution.
Now, I do feel that he should be punished for hacking, or in essence vandalizing other's property, but I do not feel that any action should be taken against him for raising revolution, which he has the right to do in this nation.
I agree. I have been working in the field for 6 years now, and I really don't enjoy these mind numbinb tasks my employer gives me. I can remember a time when I used to be thrilled to go to work each day to tackle the next hurdle, and revolutionize how buiness it done. These days when I feel like CS just isn't going anywhere, I think for a moment what kind of product I'd like to see, and start building it. All that excitment comes rushing back.
Don't quit too soon. Determine what made CS magical for you in the first place, and try to rediscover that, just don't expect it from the work place.
The problem is, that because it is hopelessly beyond repair, there is nothing that can be done about it short of revolution. And remember the last time an entire half of the nation decided they wanted to excersize their constitutional right revolt?
And remember since the government is the people, all you have to do, is write a letter to your senator's secratary, and if she's in a good mood, will let the senator see it. Then your senator will decide if your one vote is enough to disrupt his money making oppertunity in the Senatorial career. He will then proceed to vote on the bill based on the odds of his vote earning him another term, and completly forget your letter in the process. If you would like to have better chances of your voice being heard in the government, you could spend millions of dollars to bribe your senator, then he may just consider your opinion to be "valuable"
This anology is the similarity between two groups feelings of losing rights to falsely solve a problem. (Gun owners losing rights to lower gun related crimes vs. Security/Privacy proponents losing rights to increase national/personal security).
Sorry for the rant, but I just can't stand when someone tries to irrationaly knock an anology by not recognizing the symbols.
Maybe your kid doesn't kill a few friends with your crypto backdoor, but your kid could just as well gain access to your (or others) bank account through a back door. The result of this is an entirely different discussion.
A statement like this is meant to strike fear in the hearts of those people he "fingered" or people who may associate with them. Isn't that the core definition of Terrorism...
Shame on you Falwell, for you are no better than those responsible for the thousands of deaths on Tuesday.
This has a lot of weight on how an officer decides to be unusally leneant to strict. If they're trying to meet their quote, they'd be willing to give you a ticket for the silliest things that any judge would throw out. (like 2mph over the speed limit)
Now don't get me wrong, I think there are places on the web where a charge is totaly reasonable, in those places where you would normally pay a fee for service rendered: Amazon, Ebay, Credit Reports, etc. But asking $0.075 to browse someone's lack of information is silly.
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