Well to be fair I wasn't actually suggesting driving with no lights, I was thinking more along the lines of walking around, doing stuff outside at night.
Funnily enough my car has these things called "headlights". If yours is not so equipped I suggest you have a serious chat with your dealership.;)
On a serious note, if it is dark outside you can actually see better with no lights causing your pupils to contract than with the constant glare of them.
Oh man, I am so with you friend. I moved a few miles out of town, and the sky is a bit better out here, but the skyglow creeps ever nearer. I really can't help but wonder if anyone that has posted a negative remark about this article has ever beheld a truly dark sky... though I would guess any negative remark comes from those who haven't read the article, and have no past education about the issue.
The problem with this is, it is *only* a "feeling of safety", and not actually more safe. The solution is better education on the subject for those people. I am a woman, I understand the issue.. it's not a genetic deficiency.
Also, streetlights != road safety.
Some education here please.. just a tiny bit would help. It's not painful, I promise.
Wow, what can I say but that was a seriously uneducated answer. How come people can't think that there might be a way to better the situation than to turn off the lights? How about.. maybe.. just maybe.. use light fixtures that don't blast kilowatts of light energy into the sky where they're not needed? Huh? Can you answer that one? In fact, with the same amount of light energy, but directed where it's useful actually makes a much brighter area where people are walking, parking, whatever. To achieve the same level of visibility on the ground, and make the sky darker would actually SAVE energy.
Here is a little excerpt from the article (which you obviously are oblivious to else you wouldn't post foolishness) that seems fitting...
"A burglar who is forced to use a flashlight, or whose movement triggers a security light controlled by an infrared motion sensor, is much more likely to be spotted than one whose presence is masked by the blinding glare of a poorly placed metal halide "wall pack." In the early seventies, the public-school system in San Antonio, Texas, began leaving many of its school buildings, parking lots, and other property dark at night and found that the no-lights policy not only reduced energy costs but also dramatically cut vandalism."
I look at the sky almost every night. Hint, my nick is that of a classic telescope company, of which I own a pristine example. Please educate yourself on the issue, or at least the article, before you attempt to make light of the situation (punny).
Heya guys!:) I too am a long time player of games (all types), remember nostalgically back in my 20's to the days of the original Wolf 3D. I also am a lover of all things Halo. Might I join your little party? Methinks there are many more of us than some would care to admit because goodness knows the sky would fall if it were discovered that not all Halo fans are kiddies who only like it because they've never played a "real" game on a pc.;)
Ah, the mindset that wants SL to be a game, and for everything there to have some relevance to them. Thats just not how it works, and there are certainly way more than 5000 people there. That you have not found your place there does not take away from the fact that many others have.
Sorry Entropian, no. You can inhabit SL for free as well (and not be forced to wear OJ's). Talking about commercials.. what is with the crap commercials already in EU? You know, the blow your speakers out ones.. yes you know exactly what I'm talking about. Probably the most annoying thing about EU, well, along with shitty loot and everybody (other than the ubers of course.. somebody's got to play the carrot for the mules) bleeding peds out the wazoo. EU is a place where you go if you already have money to burn, not to make money. Trust me, that any company moves from SL to EU is not nearly as much of a "good thing" as you think it is, as it's not a failing of SL (as you all seem to gleefully think on EF), it's a failing of the companies in not having the first clue about the platform. I guess, though, that there are plenty of people there that would pay 300 ped for shiny new "Adidas arctic walkers".
Please don't paint all the players of EU (myself being one, as well as a SL resident) with the same brush of MA's brainwashing. I for one don't fall for it.
Or it could easily be the case of opening one's map within SL and seeing that there are people pretty much spread out everywhere. You can *think* you know that everybody is in SL for sex. This does not make it true.
You might try some anger managment therapy for you problem, because you obviously have one. How many negative posts can you cram into one story? Yeah, we get that *you* don't like SL. Really.. try some therapy. Attacking something that you obviously know little about isn't helping you at all.
Ok, you should be able to deduct the cost of decay on your chip for the rez, but then keep track of your skill gains, as that would be your income from that. xD
"If most 7 year olds can manage it (and I know a 4 year old that can do it just fine) it's something these so-called gamers should be embarrassed about finding difficult."
*Applause* Yes indeed. A related incedent that happened a couple of years ago.. my son, who was 6 at the time, was with me at a friends house. An aquaintance (older teen to early 20's) was also over there who always made sure that everyone within earshot was aware that he was a gaming god (in his own mind anyway). Well, as fate would have it, my friend engaged my son in a game of Halo (they play together regularly, despite the 14+ year age gap) and was having a hard time against my son (aka the norm.. my son has earned the nickname Berserker amongst my gaming friends for good reason hehe). Sooo, aquaintance decides he would have a go, and show my friend just how much he sucked that he couldn't *easily* beat a little kid. Well, I guess lets just say that his ego got the better of him, as he went down quickly.. over, and over, and over again.
It is a moment that will live in my mind forever.:D
"Thanks for proving you had no point to begin with."
Yeah, I guess that's why you got modded troll and he got +5 insightful. Yeah, oh wait no.. it was more that YOU had no point to begin with.
Fact of the matter, Halo is a console series. Halo's controls work JUST FINE as demonstrated by millions of users over several years. It's not an argument over is keyboard/mouse better than controller, it's an issue of gameplay balance. A k/m combo is not practical for use on a console which will, the vast majority of the time, be in the living room. I am also, as another poster put it, not deficient in that I use k/m and controller with equal ease and acknowledge the fact that those who are adept at k/m will have a technical advantage. The problem with this is, in a match between controller users and k/m users, likely the k/m users will win not due to skill, but due to the unfair technical advantage this gives them. Keeping the playing field level by using identical hardware is part of the console scene. Deal with it. To me this argument always sounds like someone whining that they can't beat their friends with controllers so controllers suck, give them a keyboard and mouse and they'd show everybody what an uber-godlike player they are by beating the controller users and showing them how it's actually the controller that sucks and not them.
What's the deal with picking something like that (which, whilst I'm sure it exists, I have personally never seen.. nor do I care to), when there is so much positive stuff to point out, like say, Svarga?
Oh, too bad.. I thought we were having an enjoyable conversation and there goes the first shots fired so I'm gone. Do let us all know when you can do better, as it would likely buy you a nice house with the profits.
Well, I certainly made no reference to an "untextured blob of prims", so not real sure where that came from.
Been on the beta grid playing with sculpties the last couple of days myself, they are going to be utterly awesome, even in this basic stage of development.:D
I'm not penis-racist, and I don't pre-judge people that wear them. I just have no use for that in SL and only going from my own experience.. generally I am one of the ones in the area charged with the responsibility of asking people to remove them when they show up wearing them and normally there is no problem, though sometimes you get your leg humped as a response. About that time is when everybody then is laughing and pointing at him and he normally vanishes. If not, then he is introduced to our ban list (which amazingly is VERY short). Note that anthros are treated just the same as human av's in this regard... I don't care if it is sheathed, you're not wearing it in our area because it's against the rules of conduct.
I'm not in SL for the sex, as I have said already, and being in an area with a bunch of newbs around that think the freebie penises are a gift from the Linden gods that should be shown off with pride at all times is just not my bag baby.:) If someone likes SL sex, and they have their bag of goodies from xcite or whoever, and use it in their own home (or any other place where sexual activities are encouraged) in the way it was meant to be used, I have no prob and have friends that engage in that. I do not think lesser of them for it by any means.
So you do say you're racist against furs.. are you Gor? If so I can understand, but otherwise most furs in SL are just people that think the av looks good. Nothing more to be read into it. I can say that I get a laugh every time I run into somebody that starts up their "OMGwtfbbq bestiality!!11!one!" routine... ESPECIALLY if they're wearing a prim penis.:>
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Well to be fair I wasn't actually suggesting driving with no lights, I was thinking more along the lines of walking around, doing stuff outside at night.
How bout fuck you? Would your idiot father write that? dumbfuck
If you are walking down the street such that it activates the streetlights you are not star gazing, and vice versa.
Dude.. you really need to work on your headlights. Either that or learn what the phrase "driving too fast for conditions" means.
Thank you for the link! I will check out his wares.
Funnily enough my car has these things called "headlights". If yours is not so equipped I suggest you have a serious chat with your dealership. ;)
On a serious note, if it is dark outside you can actually see better with no lights causing your pupils to contract than with the constant glare of them.
Oh man, I am so with you friend. I moved a few miles out of town, and the sky is a bit better out here, but the skyglow creeps ever nearer. I really can't help but wonder if anyone that has posted a negative remark about this article has ever beheld a truly dark sky... though I would guess any negative remark comes from those who haven't read the article, and have no past education about the issue.
Tried that, it's not in the repository.
The problem with this is, it is *only* a "feeling of safety", and not actually more safe. The solution is better education on the subject for those people. I am a woman, I understand the issue.. it's not a genetic deficiency.
Also, streetlights != road safety.
Some education here please.. just a tiny bit would help. It's not painful, I promise.
Wow, what can I say but that was a seriously uneducated answer. How come people can't think that there might be a way to better the situation than to turn off the lights? How about.. maybe.. just maybe.. use light fixtures that don't blast kilowatts of light energy into the sky where they're not needed? Huh? Can you answer that one? In fact, with the same amount of light energy, but directed where it's useful actually makes a much brighter area where people are walking, parking, whatever. To achieve the same level of visibility on the ground, and make the sky darker would actually SAVE energy.
Here is a little excerpt from the article (which you obviously are oblivious to else you wouldn't post foolishness) that seems fitting...
"A burglar who is forced to use a flashlight, or whose movement triggers a security light controlled by an infrared motion sensor, is much more likely to be spotted than one whose presence is masked by the blinding glare of a poorly placed metal halide "wall pack." In the early seventies, the public-school system in San Antonio, Texas, began leaving many of its school buildings, parking lots, and other property dark at night and found that the no-lights policy not only reduced energy costs but also dramatically cut vandalism."
I look at the sky almost every night. Hint, my nick is that of a classic telescope company, of which I own a pristine example. Please educate yourself on the issue, or at least the article, before you attempt to make light of the situation (punny).
Heya guys! :) I too am a long time player of games (all types), remember nostalgically back in my 20's to the days of the original Wolf 3D. I also am a lover of all things Halo. Might I join your little party? Methinks there are many more of us than some would care to admit because goodness knows the sky would fall if it were discovered that not all Halo fans are kiddies who only like it because they've never played a "real" game on a pc. ;)
Omg, I love to see noobs that learn new words, and try to use them before they really know what they mean. They're just so darned cute!
Ah, the mindset that wants SL to be a game, and for everything there to have some relevance to them. Thats just not how it works, and there are certainly way more than 5000 people there. That you have not found your place there does not take away from the fact that many others have.
"now that IBM can make money off gambling"
Since LL have just banned gambling I surely don't see a point here.
Sorry Entropian, no. You can inhabit SL for free as well (and not be forced to wear OJ's). Talking about commercials.. what is with the crap commercials already in EU? You know, the blow your speakers out ones.. yes you know exactly what I'm talking about. Probably the most annoying thing about EU, well, along with shitty loot and everybody (other than the ubers of course.. somebody's got to play the carrot for the mules) bleeding peds out the wazoo. EU is a place where you go if you already have money to burn, not to make money. Trust me, that any company moves from SL to EU is not nearly as much of a "good thing" as you think it is, as it's not a failing of SL (as you all seem to gleefully think on EF), it's a failing of the companies in not having the first clue about the platform. I guess, though, that there are plenty of people there that would pay 300 ped for shiny new "Adidas arctic walkers".
Please don't paint all the players of EU (myself being one, as well as a SL resident) with the same brush of MA's brainwashing. I for one don't fall for it.
Oh my gods! Someone who actually gets it! Yes! :)
Or it could easily be the case of opening one's map within SL and seeing that there are people pretty much spread out everywhere. You can *think* you know that everybody is in SL for sex. This does not make it true.
You might try some anger managment therapy for you problem, because you obviously have one. How many negative posts can you cram into one story? Yeah, we get that *you* don't like SL. Really.. try some therapy. Attacking something that you obviously know little about isn't helping you at all.
Ok, you should be able to deduct the cost of decay on your chip for the rez, but then keep track of your skill gains, as that would be your income from that. xD
"If most 7 year olds can manage it (and I know a 4 year old that can do it just fine) it's something these so-called gamers should be embarrassed about finding difficult."
:D
*Applause* Yes indeed. A related incedent that happened a couple of years ago.. my son, who was 6 at the time, was with me at a friends house. An aquaintance (older teen to early 20's) was also over there who always made sure that everyone within earshot was aware that he was a gaming god (in his own mind anyway). Well, as fate would have it, my friend engaged my son in a game of Halo (they play together regularly, despite the 14+ year age gap) and was having a hard time against my son (aka the norm.. my son has earned the nickname Berserker amongst my gaming friends for good reason hehe). Sooo, aquaintance decides he would have a go, and show my friend just how much he sucked that he couldn't *easily* beat a little kid. Well, I guess lets just say that his ego got the better of him, as he went down quickly.. over, and over, and over again.
It is a moment that will live in my mind forever.
Classic.
"Thanks for proving you had no point to begin with."
Yeah, I guess that's why you got modded troll and he got +5 insightful. Yeah, oh wait no.. it was more that YOU had no point to begin with.
Fact of the matter, Halo is a console series. Halo's controls work JUST FINE as demonstrated by millions of users over several years. It's not an argument over is keyboard/mouse better than controller, it's an issue of gameplay balance. A k/m combo is not practical for use on a console which will, the vast majority of the time, be in the living room. I am also, as another poster put it, not deficient in that I use k/m and controller with equal ease and acknowledge the fact that those who are adept at k/m will have a technical advantage. The problem with this is, in a match between controller users and k/m users, likely the k/m users will win not due to skill, but due to the unfair technical advantage this gives them. Keeping the playing field level by using identical hardware is part of the console scene. Deal with it. To me this argument always sounds like someone whining that they can't beat their friends with controllers so controllers suck, give them a keyboard and mouse and they'd show everybody what an uber-godlike player they are by beating the controller users and showing them how it's actually the controller that sucks and not them.
My response is.. Need some cheese with that?
What's the deal with picking something like that (which, whilst I'm sure it exists, I have personally never seen.. nor do I care to), when there is so much positive stuff to point out, like say, Svarga?
http://www.slhandbook.com/regions/50/Svarga.jpg
Oh, too bad.. I thought we were having an enjoyable conversation and there goes the first shots fired so I'm gone. Do let us all know when you can do better, as it would likely buy you a nice house with the profits.
Well, I certainly made no reference to an "untextured blob of prims", so not real sure where that came from.
:D
:) If someone likes SL sex, and they have their bag of goodies from xcite or whoever, and use it in their own home (or any other place where sexual activities are encouraged) in the way it was meant to be used, I have no prob and have friends that engage in that. I do not think lesser of them for it by any means.
:>
Been on the beta grid playing with sculpties the last couple of days myself, they are going to be utterly awesome, even in this basic stage of development.
I'm not penis-racist, and I don't pre-judge people that wear them. I just have no use for that in SL and only going from my own experience.. generally I am one of the ones in the area charged with the responsibility of asking people to remove them when they show up wearing them and normally there is no problem, though sometimes you get your leg humped as a response. About that time is when everybody then is laughing and pointing at him and he normally vanishes. If not, then he is introduced to our ban list (which amazingly is VERY short). Note that anthros are treated just the same as human av's in this regard... I don't care if it is sheathed, you're not wearing it in our area because it's against the rules of conduct.
I'm not in SL for the sex, as I have said already, and being in an area with a bunch of newbs around that think the freebie penises are a gift from the Linden gods that should be shown off with pride at all times is just not my bag baby.
So you do say you're racist against furs.. are you Gor? If so I can understand, but otherwise most furs in SL are just people that think the av looks good. Nothing more to be read into it. I can say that I get a laugh every time I run into somebody that starts up their "OMGwtfbbq bestiality!!11!one!" routine... ESPECIALLY if they're wearing a prim penis.