And that is your right and duty as a consumer. If something's too expensive or overvalued, you either wait until the price comes down or you replace it with an alternative good that is often inferior. Blizzard has a right to charge whatever they want for the product, us consumers have the right not to pay what they want, but please stop acting like Blizzard has committed some heinous crime against humanity.
Come now, let's not be myopic. We haven't had a decent President since the 1950's when Mr. Dwight Eisenhower was in office. Kennedy, LBJ, Nixon, That dude After Nixon, Carter, Reagan, George H., Billary Clinton and then we get the icing on the cake with G.W.
Reagan is just one of many con artists to be our president, but gosh he sure looked good in a suit! Remind you of anyone?
CPU? Yeah you're right, Steam tends to be decent about that one, but try memory...
If you allow Steam to run for any length of time, my experience is that it begins sucking up memory like a college sorority chick at her first kegger sucking, well you know...
Losing the forests for the trees my friend; though you're correct that oil is merely the icing on the cake and you raise the proper wars in history but you're not dealing with the real issue at hand. The United States economy is a wartime economy, we thrive on the industrial military conquest. My belief, is that Cheney's agenda has less to do with creating obedient lackey's and more to do with making absurd amounts of money for his corporation. I wish the government would give me a no-bid contract to build something...that's like a blank check!
As a system admin who has access to ten years of email at an institutional finance firm, I can tell you that I have absolutely no desire to go through these records; sure there would be juicy tidbits about office relationships, hot stocks, whose getting what promotion etc but your integrity is way too valuable for any such tomfoolery. Moreover, my experience is that my coworkers have pretty much all been of like-mind. There's just no upside to doing any of the things listed in this article; it most certainly will not get your job back nor will it help you get another job and as has been said before it will get you put in jail.
And, as was said earlier, it's so shocking to find a company that does security consulting say that the weakest link in your security chain is your people, I mean who would of thunk it? Oh wait, Michael Milken did way back in the 80's and I'm sure someone else did it before him...
I think that was the biggest change in Army ideology over the last 20 years or so... they've shifted a huge portion of the green suiters' work onto civvie companies and contractors.
I love the military industrial complex; it is the coolest thing ever!
"Hey look kids, all we need to do is start another war and we'll get the old economy roaring again! YEEEEEHAW!"
Is it weird that I don't really like having my email addresses tell other people much about me other than the basics, like my name and unfortunately I'll throw in the YOB just because it's a number I won't forget...
Your little thought experiment seems a bit hackneyed to me; you're not addressing any of the issues of scale and in this circumstance I believe they are quite important. Let's say that all of your suppositions are correct and that the nuclear warheads will split the asteroid into sufficiently small pieces so that most are either incinerated by the atmosphere or a handful of impacts that do damage in localized area but are not felt across the planet. Let's also say that 80% of the asteroid is diverted; there's still a huge amount of kinetic energy that is converted into thermal energy and the GP's point is that this thermal energy is believed to have been instrumental to K-T type impacts becoming extinction level events. Thermodynamics can be a bear...
The other issue of scale you are not addressing is the speed at which this asteroid is traveling at. Astronomical compared to a pellet or a bullet and that astronomical number implies an enormous amount of energy. To me your model is seeming less viable by the second.
I would argue that the purpose of a law is provide for the greater good of a society; that is afterall the reason why we enter in to a social contract with a given government. We believe that our quality of life and livelihood can and will be protected. The natural consequence of this, is that laws are not meant to legislate "morality" rather to protect the sanctity of the social contract. Consequently, prohibition has no place in legislation; I can see arguments for restriction (have to be 18) but not for things to be illegal. It ends up being a huge waste of tax dollars and putting undo burden on the system, oh but I always forget that the prison system in the US has become mostly for-profit business thus the more folks we lock up the better...and what's the best way to create more criminals? Make things illegal that have no business being illegal. Just my two cents...
Not to mention the amount of money wasted on the War on Drugs and villainization programs such as DARE.
Although, isn't there a sense in which in this era of file sharing and easy digital production that the label is slowly losing it's place in the chain? For the longest time, the labels were necessary in order for distribution but that's hardly the case anymore. I'm not saying that labels are going the way of the dodo, merely that it is now possible to have music distributed without going through the major labels. Does anyone know if Apple allows indie music producers to put their work up on iTunes? If not, Apple should really think about opening up their own indie record label...
Many of your points are valid but I disagree with your stance of blaming the society; obesity is an issue of personal responsibility and to put the onus anywhere inhibits change. Does McDonald's cater and contribute to the obesity problem in the United States? Of course it does, but an equally valid position would be to say that the Budweiser company contributes to the problems of alcoholism. In other words, they're merely filling the market with a product that is desired.
Just like the alcoholic, an obese individual is responsible for their own circumstances. Ten years ago, as a 17 year old kid, I weighed 255 lbs at about 5'9''; I now weigh 169 lbs and have a very low body fat. It's a direct result of changes that I made to my lifestyle, eating habits and exercise habits. Society didn't make me overweight, I made that choice. It's not society's responsibility to prevent people from doing things that will cause them harm and adversely affect their quality of life; society merely creates the infrastructure for people to make choices. Bad choices tend to have bad results, whether it pertains to alcohol, food, drugs, education or any other aspect of life.
I prefer to have my life served to me without the crutches, thank you very much.
And Hans Zimmer has been reusing his musical themes for quite some time now...it always cracks me up when I'm watching a movie and I'm like...hmmmm this sounds a lot like the rock! And then Hans ends up being the composer for the movie...
I am currently replaying it and by-and-large I just ignore the story and do something in another window while KoR is being cast and the cut scenes are going on...it's been a lot of fun playing the game again and going through parts of it that I didn't bother to go through when I was in high school (Spoiled for me in some respects because I borrowed my friends copy of the game so I didn't bother to go through Chocobo raising or getting KoR etc on my own). Anyhow, time to go fight the Weapons!:)
It's actually quite amusing in a sick twisted sort of way, kind of like when someone takes a shot to the junk. Didn't McCain actually not show up to vote, so despite the fact that he was a proponent of the bill, it is just assumed that he supported it without him ever actually registering a vote. Obama, on the other hand, was against the bill until the rubber met the road and then voted for it. (My understanding of how the voting went down could be incorrect, the article I read on it was a little convoluted but what I got from it was that McCain didn't actually register a yes/no vote just beat the war drum to get it passed...if I'm wrong please correct)
Obama can now say he's tough on national security and in six months when all the details of the debate have been forgotten McCain can say he is a supporter of civil liberties. At the end of the day, neither seem particularly concerned with what's in the best interest of the country but rather what will get them elected. One of the pitfalls of democracy...
So anyways, yeah, it's kinda like when your buddy takes a baseball to the nuts...hurts so much that you can't help but laugh.
Uh yes, you're correct, the DMCA is law and should be followed. I never said a thing to the contrary, and your argument lacks cogency. We're talking about the telcos and you keep diverting the flow of the discussion towards the DMCA and how some individuals feel it is wrong thus feel it not necessary to follow it. That has no bearing on our discussion and is a classic form of argument utilized when attempting to defend an untenable position. Rule of law, must hold in all in situations. The presidency should not possess the power to decide unilaterally that something should be legal because it is in "the best interest of the country". The Bill of Rights is not something to be trampled, it is something to be cherished and is one of the few things remaining that make the United States of America a special place.
May I ask why copyright law has been drawn in to this discussion? Oh wait, I know, it's a dual attempt at posting a straw man argument alongside an appeal to ridicule.
I have no problem with Copyright law; I have a problem with the DMCA but that doesn't mean I use bittorrent to download my music, movies and games for free.
I disagree, though I see the point you're getting at. Rule of law must be preserved in all instances, it's much too fine a line to walk and at that time this was rule of law. Retroactive immunity should not be tolerated, and it sends a message that corporations should not blindly bend to the will of our government, as no one should.
I don't think you need to put "close to..." in that statement; the loon does whatever the hell he wants but the evil lies in Cheney. And I thought Hans Reiser was bad...
Hey, I have any idea; instead of being a troll who attacks people who have a differing view point, how about you engage in a real discussion. "You stubbornly cling to your imaged notions...", that is what is known as an appeal to ridicule, there is no real argument here. As is, "Frankly, you're the who doesn't care about Earth's disadvantages humans"; you have no evidence for this statement from the discussion above and it only adds to discredit you more. I'm not taking a side in the debate as I am not educated in the particulars but you seem ready to completely dismiss the GP without addressing his/her position in any sort of substantive form.
I was under the impression that the importance of the moon was linked to the fact that it causes our planet to have cyclical seasons; namely the gravitational pull of the moon helps keep the poles more-or-less stable as opposed to having a more exaggerated wobble. This was from The History Channel's show "The Universe" so take it with a grain a salt...they end up talking about some wacky things on that show sometimes:)
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And that is your right and duty as a consumer. If something's too expensive or overvalued, you either wait until the price comes down or you replace it with an alternative good that is often inferior. Blizzard has a right to charge whatever they want for the product, us consumers have the right not to pay what they want, but please stop acting like Blizzard has committed some heinous crime against humanity.
Come now, let's not be myopic. We haven't had a decent President since the 1950's when Mr. Dwight Eisenhower was in office. Kennedy, LBJ, Nixon, That dude After Nixon, Carter, Reagan, George H., Billary Clinton and then we get the icing on the cake with G.W.
Reagan is just one of many con artists to be our president, but gosh he sure looked good in a suit! Remind you of anyone?
CPU? Yeah you're right, Steam tends to be decent about that one, but try memory...
If you allow Steam to run for any length of time, my experience is that it begins sucking up memory like a college sorority chick at her first kegger sucking, well you know...
Losing the forests for the trees my friend; though you're correct that oil is merely the icing on the cake and you raise the proper wars in history but you're not dealing with the real issue at hand. The United States economy is a wartime economy, we thrive on the industrial military conquest. My belief, is that Cheney's agenda has less to do with creating obedient lackey's and more to do with making absurd amounts of money for his corporation. I wish the government would give me a no-bid contract to build something...that's like a blank check!
Excellent point sir.
Actually, I was more thinking Kevin Mitnick not Michael Milken...
As a system admin who has access to ten years of email at an institutional finance firm, I can tell you that I have absolutely no desire to go through these records; sure there would be juicy tidbits about office relationships, hot stocks, whose getting what promotion etc but your integrity is way too valuable for any such tomfoolery. Moreover, my experience is that my coworkers have pretty much all been of like-mind. There's just no upside to doing any of the things listed in this article; it most certainly will not get your job back nor will it help you get another job and as has been said before it will get you put in jail.
And, as was said earlier, it's so shocking to find a company that does security consulting say that the weakest link in your security chain is your people, I mean who would of thunk it? Oh wait, Michael Milken did way back in the 80's and I'm sure someone else did it before him...
Stick to your technod&d hombre because that probably doesn't go flying over your head. The GP was clearly making a funny!
I think that was the biggest change in Army ideology over the last 20 years or so... they've shifted a huge portion of the green suiters' work onto civvie companies and contractors.
I love the military industrial complex; it is the coolest thing ever!
"Hey look kids, all we need to do is start another war and we'll get the old economy roaring again! YEEEEEHAW!"
Dude, it was my sister's friend's brother's aunt's uncle's nephew! I heard the SAME story! ;) Sorry, I couldn't resist...
Is it weird that I don't really like having my email addresses tell other people much about me other than the basics, like my name and unfortunately I'll throw in the YOB just because it's a number I won't forget...
Your little thought experiment seems a bit hackneyed to me; you're not addressing any of the issues of scale and in this circumstance I believe they are quite important. Let's say that all of your suppositions are correct and that the nuclear warheads will split the asteroid into sufficiently small pieces so that most are either incinerated by the atmosphere or a handful of impacts that do damage in localized area but are not felt across the planet. Let's also say that 80% of the asteroid is diverted; there's still a huge amount of kinetic energy that is converted into thermal energy and the GP's point is that this thermal energy is believed to have been instrumental to K-T type impacts becoming extinction level events. Thermodynamics can be a bear...
The other issue of scale you are not addressing is the speed at which this asteroid is traveling at. Astronomical compared to a pellet or a bullet and that astronomical number implies an enormous amount of energy. To me your model is seeming less viable by the second.
I don't think that "next" was merited just yet...
I would argue that the purpose of a law is provide for the greater good of a society; that is afterall the reason why we enter in to a social contract with a given government. We believe that our quality of life and livelihood can and will be protected. The natural consequence of this, is that laws are not meant to legislate "morality" rather to protect the sanctity of the social contract. Consequently, prohibition has no place in legislation; I can see arguments for restriction (have to be 18) but not for things to be illegal. It ends up being a huge waste of tax dollars and putting undo burden on the system, oh but I always forget that the prison system in the US has become mostly for-profit business thus the more folks we lock up the better...and what's the best way to create more criminals? Make things illegal that have no business being illegal. Just my two cents...
Not to mention the amount of money wasted on the War on Drugs and villainization programs such as DARE.
Although, isn't there a sense in which in this era of file sharing and easy digital production that the label is slowly losing it's place in the chain? For the longest time, the labels were necessary in order for distribution but that's hardly the case anymore. I'm not saying that labels are going the way of the dodo, merely that it is now possible to have music distributed without going through the major labels. Does anyone know if Apple allows indie music producers to put their work up on iTunes? If not, Apple should really think about opening up their own indie record label...
Many of your points are valid but I disagree with your stance of blaming the society; obesity is an issue of personal responsibility and to put the onus anywhere inhibits change. Does McDonald's cater and contribute to the obesity problem in the United States? Of course it does, but an equally valid position would be to say that the Budweiser company contributes to the problems of alcoholism. In other words, they're merely filling the market with a product that is desired.
Just like the alcoholic, an obese individual is responsible for their own circumstances. Ten years ago, as a 17 year old kid, I weighed 255 lbs at about 5'9''; I now weigh 169 lbs and have a very low body fat. It's a direct result of changes that I made to my lifestyle, eating habits and exercise habits. Society didn't make me overweight, I made that choice. It's not society's responsibility to prevent people from doing things that will cause them harm and adversely affect their quality of life; society merely creates the infrastructure for people to make choices. Bad choices tend to have bad results, whether it pertains to alcohol, food, drugs, education or any other aspect of life.
I prefer to have my life served to me without the crutches, thank you very much.
And Hans Zimmer has been reusing his musical themes for quite some time now...it always cracks me up when I'm watching a movie and I'm like...hmmmm this sounds a lot like the rock! And then Hans ends up being the composer for the movie...
Uh what does that have to do with the discussion considering neither Keanu Reeves nor Kevin Costner has ever played Batman....
*ponders*
I am currently replaying it and by-and-large I just ignore the story and do something in another window while KoR is being cast and the cut scenes are going on...it's been a lot of fun playing the game again and going through parts of it that I didn't bother to go through when I was in high school (Spoiled for me in some respects because I borrowed my friends copy of the game so I didn't bother to go through Chocobo raising or getting KoR etc on my own). Anyhow, time to go fight the Weapons! :)
It's actually quite amusing in a sick twisted sort of way, kind of like when someone takes a shot to the junk. Didn't McCain actually not show up to vote, so despite the fact that he was a proponent of the bill, it is just assumed that he supported it without him ever actually registering a vote. Obama, on the other hand, was against the bill until the rubber met the road and then voted for it. (My understanding of how the voting went down could be incorrect, the article I read on it was a little convoluted but what I got from it was that McCain didn't actually register a yes/no vote just beat the war drum to get it passed...if I'm wrong please correct)
Obama can now say he's tough on national security and in six months when all the details of the debate have been forgotten McCain can say he is a supporter of civil liberties. At the end of the day, neither seem particularly concerned with what's in the best interest of the country but rather what will get them elected. One of the pitfalls of democracy...
So anyways, yeah, it's kinda like when your buddy takes a baseball to the nuts...hurts so much that you can't help but laugh.
Uh yes, you're correct, the DMCA is law and should be followed. I never said a thing to the contrary, and your argument lacks cogency. We're talking about the telcos and you keep diverting the flow of the discussion towards the DMCA and how some individuals feel it is wrong thus feel it not necessary to follow it. That has no bearing on our discussion and is a classic form of argument utilized when attempting to defend an untenable position. Rule of law, must hold in all in situations. The presidency should not possess the power to decide unilaterally that something should be legal because it is in "the best interest of the country". The Bill of Rights is not something to be trampled, it is something to be cherished and is one of the few things remaining that make the United States of America a special place.
May I ask why copyright law has been drawn in to this discussion? Oh wait, I know, it's a dual attempt at posting a straw man argument alongside an appeal to ridicule.
I have no problem with Copyright law; I have a problem with the DMCA but that doesn't mean I use bittorrent to download my music, movies and games for free.
For future reference, here is a list of fallacies and a list of cogent argument forms, please use them in the future.
Thanks.
I disagree, though I see the point you're getting at. Rule of law must be preserved in all instances, it's much too fine a line to walk and at that time this was rule of law. Retroactive immunity should not be tolerated, and it sends a message that corporations should not blindly bend to the will of our government, as no one should.
I don't think you need to put "close to..." in that statement; the loon does whatever the hell he wants but the evil lies in Cheney. And I thought Hans Reiser was bad...
Hey, I have any idea; instead of being a troll who attacks people who have a differing view point, how about you engage in a real discussion. "You stubbornly cling to your imaged notions...", that is what is known as an appeal to ridicule, there is no real argument here. As is, "Frankly, you're the who doesn't care about Earth's disadvantages humans"; you have no evidence for this statement from the discussion above and it only adds to discredit you more. I'm not taking a side in the debate as I am not educated in the particulars but you seem ready to completely dismiss the GP without addressing his/her position in any sort of substantive form.
I was under the impression that the importance of the moon was linked to the fact that it causes our planet to have cyclical seasons; namely the gravitational pull of the moon helps keep the poles more-or-less stable as opposed to having a more exaggerated wobble. This was from The History Channel's show "The Universe" so take it with a grain a salt...they end up talking about some wacky things on that show sometimes :)