Sounds like you still have some bitterness left over from gym class, and\or may be fat. Either way...
Who says fame is a measure of human achievement of any kind? Seems like a very populist weak-minded measure of achievement, don't you think? Perhaps you should open your mind a little and stop measuring the worth of people's achievements based on what your own interests are.
Give her looks a rating out of 10. Then post that on the fridge. Encourage her to lose some weight to increase her rating. If she objects compare it to levelling up on WoW.
Name her breasts Han and Chewie.
Tell her that everytime you put on your Wedding Ring you hear the voice of Sauron calling you to do evil.
Inform her that her feet are as cute as a hobbits.
When times are rough tell her that you wish you took the blue pill.
Remind her that you are a true geek by not having sex with her unless she accepts money first.
Tell her you hope you both have a kid like Jake Lloyd one day.
Your comment makes no sense. Your ridiculous comparison to the mafia, joking or not, just shows how out of touch you are with reality. There is no medium on the planet that will get music to non-label bands by buying another band and another label's music. If you want to get money to these bands... then do what everyone else does - buy their music.
And what is wrong with the music going to the label? The band signed the label. It was their choice that they'd lose a huge percentage of income in exchange for mass exposure and distribution.. Like whats going to make you people happy? There are many good reasons why its difficult for record labels, large or independant to give away music for free, and make their money on touring. There will never be an age where 100% of music is free to distribute legally without any compensation for the people who invested in it. This sounds like a reasonable compromise. Nobody is forcing it on you, but they have every right to disconnect your internet if you break the law. SO RELAX.
I'm not saying you need to conjure up the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future, but I've found it very effective just to get people to really imagine what their lives have been, and will be if they continue on their path.
Encourage him, in whatever way you can, to imagine two futures for himself, one if he continues on this path, and one if he cleans himself up and gets his life back on track. Just telling him isn't enough - some kind of dramatic demonstration is better. Like when parents take their drug addicted kids to hospitals or rehab to learn first hand what drugs will do.
You know your friend best, so how you present it is something you'll have to think about, but I do know from experience that the logical argument approach never works on someone who's resistant to it. You need to be a little emotionally manipulative, without it being obvious that you're manipulating them.
He's wrong too. Sounds like he didn't play quake live, but just listened to some of the whingers from its first day. Quake Live doesn't even have queues any more. That was a temporary system they brought in when they went public to give them time to bring in more servers.
The ads are usually nothing more than a billboard in the background that you barely even notice. It might as well be another wall texture for the amount of difference it makes to the gaming experience.
Europe got rid of postal monopolies, and the vast majority if not all are either privatised or soon to be. Mail here is cheap and reliable. I've never had a DVD broken or go missing either.
I think he's just blowing smoke up the ass of environmentalists, and trying to rebuild America's image of being an agent of peace.... Nobody will buy it for a second, but thats what politicians do. Every President has vowed similar things, yet all have been heavily involved in wars and armed conflicts of some kind.
The reason I don't see any harm with this kind of bullshit is that it does the opposite that Bush's Axis of Evil rhetoric did. When Bush hyped up countries as being a real evil threat, then it already put the thought of war into people's mind. Any incident, no matter how small would escalate the chances of war rapidly. If Iran farted then a lot of people were clammering for war, or at least fighting talk.
When you put forward a peace process the escalation to war in people's minds is far slower. Small incidents don't anger people as much. There's more room for compromise, etc, and people are not as hyperreactive to disagreements. Cooperation is easier.
Its bullshit, and I don't for a second believe Obama has any intention of giving up nukes, ever. In my opinion, the best strategy now is to keep things like that going so you can twist the momentum from "Lets nuke 'em", to something else, more productive.
The problem is there's a monopoly on nuclear weapons. Thats why nukes are such a security risks with terrorists about, and a lot of attempts to acquire missiles by al queda. They will succeed as long as nukes are in the hands of a small few. The solution is to make nuclear weapons open source, so we can better secure them. Open source = better security.
If nukes are available to the common man for free, then anybody from part-time nuclear engineers, to hobbyist reactor specialists in their spare time, at home, can better analyze the security around them, test them in their backyard, etc. Put the specs on the internet for everybody to download and install in their home uranium enrichment centres. Most security holes are found by accident, so home-made nukes will help reveal more holes than any other method available.
Looks like he posted his opinion based on his experience, and you posted your opinion based on your experience. So you should quit making blanket statements based on nothing too.
Neither of you posted statistics. Where are yours?
So why do tabloids get away with printing so much bullshit about people for so long? Only a few rich people have managed to successfully sue them recently.
It seems pretty obvious to me its intentional on their part. Decide your own rules of what good is, and make the competition look bad because they haven't already conformed to them.
Not that I'm defending IE here, but I can see a marketing gimmick from Google just as easy as I can see one from MS.
If he wants credit for shit, then how about we all give him credit for starting the Trek trend of bullshit time travel plot devices that have been pulled out whenever they need a ratings boost or plot holes need filled.
He can also take the credit if the new Star Trek movie sucks because of its time travel plot device. Its not about the art with him, its about the credit, so take it Harlan, its all yours! The shitty Voyager two part episode where they went back in time - Its yours!
The terrible DS9 holodeck episodes set during WW2 - yours too! You were the first to do a WW2 theme in Trek.
After all, its all about the money, your words. Let that be your epitaph, while after your death we continue to celebrate real sci fi authors like Phillip K. Dick who died penniless, but left amazing art.
I'm 10 years younger than you. Do I count as the generation after yours? I buy label music all the time. I see live music. I buy and support indie musicians. I just like good music, and sometimes its indie, and sometimes its on a label. I don't care, but I'll always pay for it if I like it.
It would be nice to catch live music any night of the week, but sometimes I like to listen to music as I read slashdot, and opening a window is not as preferrable as playing the music I just bought, and staying warm
I have no idea why it took so long. It would freeze on each step, even just after selecting trivial things like keyboard and languages. A google search revealed this was a common problem. After about 30-40 minutes of waiting I finally got to the partition section where bizarrely there was no option to create an Extended Partition, so I had to cancel the install and use the Partition program manually. Why???
Then it would be a repeat of all the old steps as I restarted the install sequences, taking about 30-40 minutes each time. Several times there was a new bizarre problem at the partition stage, which caused me to restart several times. After installing I had no large resolutions even though I have a major brand graphics card. A Google search and a download later, that problem was solved but no dual monitor support yet. A google search revealed it was a pain in the ass and I don't have the heart for it yet.
I've installed various distros bunches of times but never had anything as slow as Ubuntu. Obviously the install program is buggy or I have some hardware conflict, but I've installed windows (A LOT) and never had that problem
Now that I've got Ubuntu up and running I should say that I'm very impressed and its running nicely, though it is still slower than windows at graphics intensive operations.
Which is why everyone who remakes a Shakespeare play is a total hack, right? If they were any good they wouldn't bother directing yet another adaptation of his work, they'd be writing something original. Right?
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Sounds like you still have some bitterness left over from gym class, and\or may be fat. Either way... Who says fame is a measure of human achievement of any kind? Seems like a very populist weak-minded measure of achievement, don't you think? Perhaps you should open your mind a little and stop measuring the worth of people's achievements based on what your own interests are.
How do wookies feel about wax strips?
Give her looks a rating out of 10. Then post that on the fridge. Encourage her to lose some weight to increase her rating. If she objects compare it to levelling up on WoW.
Name her breasts Han and Chewie.
Tell her that everytime you put on your Wedding Ring you hear the voice of Sauron calling you to do evil.
Inform her that her feet are as cute as a hobbits.
When times are rough tell her that you wish you took the blue pill.
Remind her that you are a true geek by not having sex with her unless she accepts money first.
Tell her you hope you both have a kid like Jake Lloyd one day.
Your comment makes no sense. Your ridiculous comparison to the mafia, joking or not, just shows how out of touch you are with reality. There is no medium on the planet that will get music to non-label bands by buying another band and another label's music. If you want to get money to these bands... then do what everyone else does - buy their music.
And what is wrong with the music going to the label? The band signed the label. It was their choice that they'd lose a huge percentage of income in exchange for mass exposure and distribution.. Like whats going to make you people happy? There are many good reasons why its difficult for record labels, large or independant to give away music for free, and make their money on touring. There will never be an age where 100% of music is free to distribute legally without any compensation for the people who invested in it. This sounds like a reasonable compromise. Nobody is forcing it on you, but they have every right to disconnect your internet if you break the law. SO RELAX.
I'm not saying you need to conjure up the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future, but I've found it very effective just to get people to really imagine what their lives have been, and will be if they continue on their path.
Encourage him, in whatever way you can, to imagine two futures for himself, one if he continues on this path, and one if he cleans himself up and gets his life back on track. Just telling him isn't enough - some kind of dramatic demonstration is better. Like when parents take their drug addicted kids to hospitals or rehab to learn first hand what drugs will do.
You know your friend best, so how you present it is something you'll have to think about, but I do know from experience that the logical argument approach never works on someone who's resistant to it. You need to be a little emotionally manipulative, without it being obvious that you're manipulating them.
Yes,
You need to watch this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jETv3NURwLc
I think he means there's no ";" at the end of your print statement
He's wrong too. Sounds like he didn't play quake live, but just listened to some of the whingers from its first day. Quake Live doesn't even have queues any more. That was a temporary system they brought in when they went public to give them time to bring in more servers.
The ads are usually nothing more than a billboard in the background that you barely even notice. It might as well be another wall texture for the amount of difference it makes to the gaming experience.
They deserve to go to jail for lack of options in the polls
Europe got rid of postal monopolies, and the vast majority if not all are either privatised or soon to be. Mail here is cheap and reliable. I've never had a DVD broken or go missing either.
...Again?
I think he's just blowing smoke up the ass of environmentalists, and trying to rebuild America's image of being an agent of peace.... Nobody will buy it for a second, but thats what politicians do. Every President has vowed similar things, yet all have been heavily involved in wars and armed conflicts of some kind.
The reason I don't see any harm with this kind of bullshit is that it does the opposite that Bush's Axis of Evil rhetoric did. When Bush hyped up countries as being a real evil threat, then it already put the thought of war into people's mind. Any incident, no matter how small would escalate the chances of war rapidly. If Iran farted then a lot of people were clammering for war, or at least fighting talk.
When you put forward a peace process the escalation to war in people's minds is far slower. Small incidents don't anger people as much. There's more room for compromise, etc, and people are not as hyperreactive to disagreements. Cooperation is easier.
Its bullshit, and I don't for a second believe Obama has any intention of giving up nukes, ever. In my opinion, the best strategy now is to keep things like that going so you can twist the momentum from "Lets nuke 'em", to something else, more productive.
The problem is there's a monopoly on nuclear weapons. Thats why nukes are such a security risks with terrorists about, and a lot of attempts to acquire missiles by al queda. They will succeed as long as nukes are in the hands of a small few. The solution is to make nuclear weapons open source, so we can better secure them. Open source = better security.
If nukes are available to the common man for free, then anybody from part-time nuclear engineers, to hobbyist reactor specialists in their spare time, at home, can better analyze the security around them, test them in their backyard, etc. Put the specs on the internet for everybody to download and install in their home uranium enrichment centres. Most security holes are found by accident, so home-made nukes will help reveal more holes than any other method available.
Open Source Nukes, FTW!
Looks like he posted his opinion based on his experience, and you posted your opinion based on your experience. So you should quit making blanket statements based on nothing too.
Neither of you posted statistics. Where are yours?
So why do tabloids get away with printing so much bullshit about people for so long? Only a few rich people have managed to successfully sue them recently.
It seems pretty obvious to me its intentional on their part. Decide your own rules of what good is, and make the competition look bad because they haven't already conformed to them.
Not that I'm defending IE here, but I can see a marketing gimmick from Google just as easy as I can see one from MS.
If he wants credit for shit, then how about we all give him credit for starting the Trek trend of bullshit time travel plot devices that have been pulled out whenever they need a ratings boost or plot holes need filled.
He can also take the credit if the new Star Trek movie sucks because of its time travel plot device. Its not about the art with him, its about the credit, so take it Harlan, its all yours! The shitty Voyager two part episode where they went back in time - Its yours!
The terrible DS9 holodeck episodes set during WW2 - yours too! You were the first to do a WW2 theme in Trek.
After all, its all about the money, your words. Let that be your epitaph, while after your death we continue to celebrate real sci fi authors like Phillip K. Dick who died penniless, but left amazing art.
See what happens
Dawkins is as likely to speak at the Vatican as Christopher Hitchens is
I'm 10 years younger than you. Do I count as the generation after yours? I buy label music all the time. I see live music. I buy and support indie musicians. I just like good music, and sometimes its indie, and sometimes its on a label. I don't care, but I'll always pay for it if I like it.
It would be nice to catch live music any night of the week, but sometimes I like to listen to music as I read slashdot, and opening a window is not as preferrable as playing the music I just bought, and staying warm
How do you uninstall a program and all the dependencies it installs in Linux?
Not being an ass - i'm just genuinely curious. I've never found a way easier than windows.
I didn't realise Heide Iravani might have had an STD until she fought so hard to stop people talking about it.
Considering something like 70% of people carry HPV the odds are in your favour that you're telling the truth whenever you say someone has an STD.
Somehow Canadians have managed to make this thread about them. Crafty bastards.
I have no idea why it took so long. It would freeze on each step, even just after selecting trivial things like keyboard and languages. A google search revealed this was a common problem. After about 30-40 minutes of waiting I finally got to the partition section where bizarrely there was no option to create an Extended Partition, so I had to cancel the install and use the Partition program manually. Why???
Then it would be a repeat of all the old steps as I restarted the install sequences, taking about 30-40 minutes each time. Several times there was a new bizarre problem at the partition stage, which caused me to restart several times. After installing I had no large resolutions even though I have a major brand graphics card. A Google search and a download later, that problem was solved but no dual monitor support yet. A google search revealed it was a pain in the ass and I don't have the heart for it yet.
I've installed various distros bunches of times but never had anything as slow as Ubuntu. Obviously the install program is buggy or I have some hardware conflict, but I've installed windows (A LOT) and never had that problem
Now that I've got Ubuntu up and running I should say that I'm very impressed and its running nicely, though it is still slower than windows at graphics intensive operations.
Which is why everyone who remakes a Shakespeare play is a total hack, right? If they were any good they wouldn't bother directing yet another adaptation of his work, they'd be writing something original. Right?