Oh thats right. No way Osama could access http://www.maporama.com/share/ from his cave and type in "1600 Pensylvania Avenue". Damn. George Bush's life may be in danger because of me!
That's a huge savings, and it could be considered self defense
It would be self-defense if a guy was sneaking around your bushes with a sniper rifle, not if he'd merely made threats. In order for deadly force to be justifiable as self-defense, there has to be a clear and immediate danger.
If you took out a contract on the person it would be first degree murder. Maybe the judge would see mitigating circumstances and give you life without parole instead of sending you to the electric chair.
The first amendment protects all kinds of expression, not just political views.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
The that is precisely because it is hard to define the line between what constitutes political views/ideas and what does not. I agree with you that pornography and such doesn't really constitute any kind of realy "expression of ideas", but once you trim away the edges of what we consider "reasonable" you're left with new concepts that are on the fringes. The classical slippery slope argument.
When you say that the freedom of speech may not be infringed upon, that is a clear and fixed boundary. When you say what some kinds of expression can be restricted you are offering the government a vehicle to ratchet up the restrictions... and the powers that be have no incentive to ever relax them.
I would rather live with some people that abuse that freedom than risk turning my country into China or North Korea. I consider it a small price to pay for freedom.
The smallest election scandal is going to get magnified now. Unless if is in favor of the incumbent president. In that case it would be unpatriotic to talk about it.
their expressions have almost nothing to do with political expression, and everything to do with a mindless appeal to the base nature of man. Why should we promote that? Let's promote media that stimulates people to think
The problem with this and so many arguments like it is that its a slippery slope. Who decides what is good and what the media "should" be used for? If the government can do that, whats to stop them from censoring opposing political views?
Like someone else said, the road to opression always starts along the fringes. Hitler's "Enabling Act" was purportedly to give the government the tools it needed to effectively deal with insurgency (sound eerily familiar?).
The bottomline is, its your job as a parent to raise your kids. Its the government's job to do as little as possible besides building and maintaining infrastructure, civil and foreign defense and emergency services (and no doubt a few other essential services that escape me at the moment)
Unfortunately, you're only seeing the good parts. In my opinion, India still suffers from bad policies that stifle talent, corruption at all levels is pretty much the norm (although the current prime minister and his predecessor have been really good, IMO) and elections that are won on gimmics rather than the important issues.
There definitely has been a lot of progress in the past few years, but it isn't really that rosy. That said if we stop fighting pakistan, manage to conquer religious and social strife and promote education, things could look really good in 20 years.
Its not prejudice. You quite literally do stink. Ask any non-smoker. Cigarette smoke permeates everything, but because you're inhaling it all the time you can't smell it.
Its kind of like pet owners with stinky pets can't smell the dog/cat smell in their homes.
How many businesses would let me stay if I came in and started spraying skunk-juice around? That is exactly the effect that smokers have on the rest of us. Just stand with a group of smokers for a while and your clothes, hair and everything are reeking of smoke for the rest of the day.
You can smoke all you want... do it in a space suit so you don't stink up the place for the rest of us, mm kay?
The argument is not over whether spatial is good or bad, but over the fact that they don't provide an easy way to switch back to the old method... rather they claim that they know what is the "right" way to organize your files and you should be changing that.
As someone pointed out, even Windoze provides an easy way to switch back whenever they make UI changes.
Yes there is KDE or Fluxbox or whatever, but it isn't practical to just switch desktop environments at the drop of a hat for most people.
# Lack of sleep. There are no save points. If you die you must start over. You can be attacked at any time. If you shut the game off, the next time its started events are generated in an accelerated time frame, and you won't be able to respond.
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$ file trailer_hitchhikers.avi
trailer_hitchhikers.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 320 x 240, 29.97 fps, video: DivX 5, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (stereo, 44100 Hz)
Oh thats right. No way Osama could access http://www.maporama.com/share/ from his cave and type in "1600 Pensylvania Avenue". Damn. George Bush's life may be in danger because of me!
Hey wait. That probably makes me a patriot!
The coordinates of the white house are
38.8967 , -77.0365
Now I'm two clicks removed from my pron. Not good.
He doesn't even know how to spell pr0n correctly!
They want you to misunderestimate them.
Dubya, is that you?
That's a huge savings, and it could be considered self defense
It would be self-defense if a guy was sneaking around your bushes with a sniper rifle, not if he'd merely made threats. In order for deadly force to be justifiable as self-defense, there has to be a clear and immediate danger.
If you took out a contract on the person it would be first degree murder. Maybe the judge would see mitigating circumstances and give you life without parole instead of sending you to the electric chair.
The that is precisely because it is hard to define the line between what constitutes political views/ideas and what does not. I agree with you that pornography and such doesn't really constitute any kind of realy "expression of ideas", but once you trim away the edges of what we consider "reasonable" you're left with new concepts that are on the fringes. The classical slippery slope argument.
When you say that the freedom of speech may not be infringed upon, that is a clear and fixed boundary. When you say what some kinds of expression can be restricted you are offering the government a vehicle to ratchet up the restrictions... and the powers that be have no incentive to ever relax them.
I would rather live with some people that abuse that freedom than risk turning my country into China or North Korea. I consider it a small price to pay for freedom.
The smallest election scandal is going to get magnified now.
Unless if is in favor of the incumbent president. In that case it would be unpatriotic to talk about it.
their expressions have almost nothing to do with political expression, and everything to do with a mindless appeal to the base nature of man. Why should we promote that? Let's promote media that stimulates people to think
The problem with this and so many arguments like it is that its a slippery slope. Who decides what is good and what the media "should" be used for? If the government can do that, whats to stop them from censoring opposing political views?
Like someone else said, the road to opression always starts along the fringes. Hitler's "Enabling Act" was purportedly to give the government the tools it needed to effectively deal with insurgency (sound eerily familiar?).
The bottomline is, its your job as a parent to raise your kids. Its the government's job to do as little as possible besides building and maintaining infrastructure, civil and foreign defense and emergency services (and no doubt a few other essential services that escape me at the moment)
which are harder to lose than a stylus
I work for the mafia, you insensitive clod!
You must not believe in All-Wheel-Drive then? Four wheels powered by one engine? How ludicrous!
I'll try to remember that when I vote in November :)
:)
I'm of Indian ethnicity and lived for most of my life in India, but was born and am a citizen of the USA
Unfortunately, you're only seeing the good parts. In my opinion, India still suffers from bad policies that stifle talent, corruption at all levels is pretty much the norm (although the current prime minister and his predecessor have been really good, IMO) and elections that are won on gimmics rather than the important issues.
There definitely has been a lot of progress in the past few years, but it isn't really that rosy. That said if we stop fighting pakistan, manage to conquer religious and social strife and promote education, things could look really good in 20 years.
Its not prejudice. You quite literally do stink. Ask any non-smoker. Cigarette smoke permeates everything, but because you're inhaling it all the time you can't smell it.
Its kind of like pet owners with stinky pets can't smell the dog/cat smell in their homes.
Sure. $1 buys you a week's groceries in Bombay... and Bombay has a pretty high cost of living compared to other places in India.
How many businesses would let me stay if I came in and started spraying skunk-juice around? That is exactly the effect that smokers have on the rest of us. Just stand with a group of smokers for a while and your clothes, hair and everything are reeking of smoke for the rest of the day.
You can smoke all you want... do it in a space suit so you don't stink up the place for the rest of us, mm kay?
At least in Bomba, where I lived till 2002, cyber cafes cost a lot less than the $1.35 claimed... Rs.60/hour. I think Rs.25-30 is more typical.
That said, maybe its different in smaller cities where cable/DSL isn't available, adn competition hasn't driven down ISP charges as much
Or give them a DARPA grant
What if you hang them from a tree and light a fire underneath?
The French are bad (well...not good)
Same thing. They're either with us or against us.
- Dubya
A very bad ~ of 1200W
The argument is not over whether spatial is good or bad, but over the fact that they don't provide an easy way to switch back to the old method... rather they claim that they know what is the "right" way to organize your files and you should be changing that.
As someone pointed out, even Windoze provides an easy way to switch back whenever they make UI changes.
Yes there is KDE or Fluxbox or whatever, but it isn't practical to just switch desktop environments at the drop of a hat for most people.
generated in an accelerated time frame...
For the time equivalent to the time you weren't playing.
-if (randion() % ProbabilityOfFailure == 0)
+if (random() % ProbabilityOfFailure == 0)
# Lack of sleep.
There are no save points. If you die you must start over. You can be attacked at any time. If you shut the game off, the next time its started events are generated in an accelerated time frame, and you won't be able to respond.
# Equipment Failure. (M16's really don't like sand.)
ProbabilityOfFailure = 90 - 90.0 / (LevelOfSandInAtmosphere);
if (randion() % ProbabilityOfFailure == 0)
{
PlaySound ("m16_click.wav");
Player.M16.FireRate = 0;
Player.M16.State = JAMMED;
Player.State = WTF;
}
# Boredom. (For most of the battle, you are just sitting there.)
Player.State = BORED;
# Running around in chem suits under a desert sun.
You just need to get that special USB 2.0 enabled Heat Lamp
Of course it would be illegal. They no doubt have chosen to set an example themselved by ceasing to use their copies of these illegal devices.