Having been involved in the largest state university in my state for the last 9 years and actively managed a crew made of nothing but college students, I have to disagree with you vehemently on that point;).
Oh, I have to disagree with income being a defining factor on how one speaks. Witness the countless multitude of suburban white boys who speak poorly in an attempt to appear as if they know what inner city life is like; as if one could absorb the horrors and incorporate it through mimicking speech and dress. However, you are correct with your second sentence "greater percentage of whites..." -- those aforementioned white boys aside.
I am glad you picked up on the racism angle; most people think it's actually a compliment to say that to a black person.
I saw an Irish comedian who was bemoaning the fate of Irish entertainers in America as superstars. Around the turn of the century (and up until the 60s, as near as I can tell), it was the Irish who occupied the "entertainment darlings" status that works so well for black people today. He was wondering where all that optimism had went. I, of course, was thinking about the title of John Lydon's book "No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish."
Sending? A line of code that will take me to a site where I will look at more ads is considered them "sending" to me? I don't think so. This way, they double dip. I don't care; I ignore them (that was my final statement, which you helpfully omitted. I do find it interesting that out of the 40 or so feeds I subscribe to, only Slashdot has the audacity -- or as you probably call it, inventiveness and entrepreneurial spirit -- to actually put an ad image in with the feed.
Sorry, Timothy: it's doubtful you'll see out of the box compatibility with AdBlock for Chrome. Why would a technology company that generates revenue from ads want to allow you to block the ads? Slashdot's pretty greedy these days; there's ads in my RSS feed from Slashdot. I ignore them.
rising/falling tone (what's the musical term for that?)
Glissando is the word you're looking for, I think. Possibly portamento would work; depends on what the pager sounded like. There's a very subtle difference between the two tones.
I presume those are multiplayer maps? What about me... I never play multiplayer. You paid and got 14 maps. I'll pay the same price and get 9. Seems to me that you *points* should have to pay more for those extra maps. Instead, I have to pay for yours and mine.
Actually, I called it a terminal because... well, I'm a child of the '70s. I also assume, despite having seen the server room, that there's a bunch of whirling datatape up there with pseudo-random flashing lights on otherwise unidentified banks up there.
Well, that, and when I boot it says "Windows 2003 Terminal Server Edition".
Too late: I'm trying to burn this account to the ground so that I can start over. I know that within about 2 weeks, I'll get mod points every day. Problem is, this account never loses karma.
... growing up in Alabama, I somehow always thought that maybe -- just maybe -- there was a better world out there. A cooler world, where people sounded cool, even if what they said was stupid. A place where it always rained, except for when you went to the park. A place where every band was destined to make a million, and the government had some sort of permanency about it. A place... called... London.
How badly did I want to live there?
Now... not so much. Is it really like this? Cameras and eyes on you at all times?
Cor blimey; time to leave the bleedin' island, love.
Thanks for the advice. I did everything you say, and about 5 years ago finally got my first set of modpoints. Well, most of them must have gotten negative'd in M2, and here I am, excellent karma, no mod points.
Speaking as someone who thinks the mod system is horribly broken (no mod points in over 5 years), your opinion is not only humble, it sucks. IMO, of course.
Jedi Knight 2 did the same thing (change when fighting, but oh so subtle). I've had several people ask me if I was watching a Star Wars movie when I was actually just playing JK2.
Sorry, was too busy enjoying the source material at the time;). I seem to be one of those people that even though I damn sure can't understand what you're saying, if you sing it -- I can understand it. I understood Cobain's words the third time I heard them, if not the second; I can understand what Bjork sings (unless she sings in Icelandic). It probably comes from all the Cocteau Twins I listened to back in the... mid- to late- 80s.
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would not speak that way in a more formal setting
Having been involved in the largest state university in my state for the last 9 years and actively managed a crew made of nothing but college students, I have to disagree with you vehemently on that point ;).
The word "like" springs to mind.
Oh, I have to disagree with income being a defining factor on how one speaks. Witness the countless multitude of suburban white boys who speak poorly in an attempt to appear as if they know what inner city life is like; as if one could absorb the horrors and incorporate it through mimicking speech and dress. However, you are correct with your second sentence "greater percentage of whites ..." -- those aforementioned white boys aside.
I am glad you picked up on the racism angle; most people think it's actually a compliment to say that to a black person.
I saw an Irish comedian who was bemoaning the fate of Irish entertainers in America as superstars. Around the turn of the century (and up until the 60s, as near as I can tell), it was the Irish who occupied the "entertainment darlings" status that works so well for black people today. He was wondering where all that optimism had went. I, of course, was thinking about the title of John Lydon's book "No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish."
Lots, actually. "He's so well-spoken." You hear it applied to black people far more often than white people.
Do you think he could have mean, 'Camaaaauuuuggghhhh'?
I don't know a single lawyer who has ever managed to pass a bar.
Came in to add that everyone knows you have to build in 3x3 squares, and the PD always goes in the Ann B. Davis spot.
As an offtopic to the offtopic, does anyone know which map in the SNES version of SimCity has the least amount of water?
Doom.
Mod Parent Up +1 Funny As Hell!
Sending? A line of code that will take me to a site where I will look at more ads is considered them "sending" to me? I don't think so.
This way, they double dip. I don't care; I ignore them (that was my final statement, which you helpfully omitted.
I do find it interesting that out of the 40 or so feeds I subscribe to, only Slashdot has the audacity -- or as you probably call it,
inventiveness and entrepreneurial spirit -- to actually put an ad image in with the feed.
Slightly. But yes.
Sorry, Timothy: it's doubtful you'll see out of the box compatibility with AdBlock for Chrome.
Why would a technology company that generates revenue from ads want to allow you to block the ads?
Slashdot's pretty greedy these days; there's ads in my RSS feed from Slashdot.
I ignore them.
rising/falling tone (what's the musical term for that?)
Glissando is the word you're looking for, I think. Possibly portamento would work; depends on what the pager sounded like. There's a very subtle difference between the two tones.
I presume those are multiplayer maps? ... I never play multiplayer.
What about me
You paid and got 14 maps.
I'll pay the same price and get 9.
Seems to me that you *points* should have to pay more for those extra maps. Instead, I have to pay for yours and mine.
Nowhere.
I'd disable IR, or key it to just one remote. I think doing either of these actions is 4 clicks from the desktop or less.
Don't you just hate mods that don't understand what they are moderating?
Mod parent up "+1 historical".
Actually, I called it a terminal because ... well, I'm a child of the '70s. I also assume, despite having seen the server room, that there's a bunch of whirling datatape up there with pseudo-random flashing lights on otherwise unidentified banks up there.
Well, that, and when I boot it says "Windows 2003 Terminal Server Edition".
Now, the terminals that work has had since 2003 are back in vogue. Awesome.
You missed the part when I said "when I was a kid".
That was long ago. This is now.
Think about London in 1968, or in 1975, or in 1981. Yeah. Those were the times I'd have picked. Now, tell me it wasn't cooler then.
Too late: I'm trying to burn this account to the ground so that I can start over. I know that within about 2 weeks, I'll get mod points every day. Problem is, this account never loses karma.
So, do your worst ;).
... growing up in Alabama, I somehow always thought that maybe -- just maybe -- there was a better world out there. A cooler world, where people sounded cool, even if what they said was stupid. A place where it always rained, except for when you went to the park. A place where every band was destined to make a million, and the government had some sort of permanency about it. A place ... called ... London.
How badly did I want to live there?
Now ... not so much. Is it really like this? Cameras and eyes on you at all times?
Cor blimey; time to leave the bleedin' island, love.
Thanks for the advice.
I did everything you say, and about 5 years ago finally got my first set of modpoints.
Well, most of them must have gotten negative'd in M2, and here I am, excellent karma, no mod points.
Read my journal.
The mod system is good enough, IMHO.
Speaking as someone who thinks the mod system is horribly broken (no mod points in over 5 years), your opinion is not only humble, it sucks.
IMO, of course.
Jedi Knight 2 did the same thing (change when fighting, but oh so subtle).
I've had several people ask me if I was watching a Star Wars movie when I was actually just playing JK2.
I concur with your writing and stand corrected.
Sorry, was too busy enjoying the source material at the time ;). ... mid- to late- 80s.
I seem to be one of those people that even though I damn sure can't understand what you're saying, if you sing it -- I can understand it.
I understood Cobain's words the third time I heard them, if not the second; I can understand what Bjork sings (unless she sings in Icelandic).
It probably comes from all the Cocteau Twins I listened to back in the
How old are you, grampa who listens to Nirvana :P.