Seems to me that you are making his point with that comment. He acknowledges that this style of humor might have ramifications with regards to viewership and sponsors - even said he might have taken it to far.
The issue here is that instead of criticizing his humor they portray him as an anti-smite by taking clips from his show out of context.
Not appreciating his comedic style or criticizing him for going to far is perfectly fine, but when you intentionally misrepresent him it turns into something else.
Would you have the same response if WSJ took Chris Rock shows out of context to portray him as a hate preacher against black people?
Trademarks can be lost or weakened by not taking action, this does not apply to patents.
I will agree that there are a lot of clueless people around tho.
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Never thought of using something like Orca to get thru text quickly before, but I must say that was pretty damn efficient. It took me a couple of seconds to get used to the pace, but after that it wasn't to difficult to understand.
I'm pretty sure Lucas borrowed that bit from the ST:TOS episode "The Immunity Syndrome". Spock is startled as he senses many Vulcans suddenly dying. McCoy questions him about it later and Spock delivers this line "Even I, a half-Vulcan, could hear the deathscreams of 400 Vulcan minds crying out over the distance between us". When I first heard it the famous Obi-Wan quote sprang to mind immediately.
I guess that depends on how you define teamwork. In the etqw context I have engineers coming around to repair my vehicle when it's damaged. Field Ops supplying me with ammo. Medics healing and reviving me so I can complete a hack on the objective. Strogg technicians creating spawn hosts from fallen enemy troops so I can respawn behind enemy lines. Strogg oppressors putting up shields around me so I can disarm an explosive charge without getting shot in the back.
The addition of objectives gives players something to rally around and keeps things focused.
Of course etqw isn't the perfect game. Stacked teams, assholes and terrible games isn't unheard of.
But find a couple of server with a play style and regulars you like, and it is certainly better then many other games I've played.
It also has built in VOIP so the tools for very coordinated teamplay on public servers is there.
The playerbase is generally mature, even the younger crowd. I've almost never heard the voip abused and there isn't much non verbal abuse either(disclaimer: I haven't played on that many US servers).
But yeah, if you define teamwork as huge team pushes with perfect squad balance and shifting ad hoc goals you need to join a clan.
Yeah the genre could use more creativity. That said, ETQW is not your run of mill FPS.
Multiplayer only. Encourages teamwork by having five different classes that need to work together. Each map has multiple objectives. The two sides doesn't have the same weapons, vehicles and, more then often then not, specialities.
If you like FPS multiplayer games but crave more then deathmatch and capture the flag give the demo a try. Avaliable on both linux and windows(and mac but only full game afaik).
A bit of a plug, but it's a fun game.
I do recognize that there must be some limits to speech. Death threats and yelling fire in a crowded theatre, these types of things. People should also have protection against slander to some degree.
Free speech is an ethical standpoint. You do not have to accept the other parts beliefs as truth. You can actively work against their goals. You only have to recognize their right to express a point of view contrary to your own.
I do believe that relativism is the nature of the universe. There are no right or wrong. But I do not believe in relativism as a form of government. I'm an absolutist liberal humanist you can say. I believe people have rights by default; one of them is the right to free speech. But I ask you this. If I where in power with backing from the majority. Do really think I should have the right to put you in jail for disagreeing with me if I thought your ideas might cause discomfort for other people? If no, welcome to the club. If yes, I hope you change your mind. Tyranny of the masses can be just as bad as any dictatorship.
So if a political party decides socialism, capitalism or religion is evil, you would have no problem with them banning speech trying to further these causes? If you have a problem with that I have to ask you what's the core difference? Allowing the government to ban speech it deems harmful to society, entails you to accept their right to ban something you find perfectly legitimate. I think the crap neo-Nazis spew out is stupid and wrong on an ethical level. I also feel the same way about many religious texts. Banning them I do not agree with.
That aside I still think the law is flawed. If, as you say, these idiots are jailed only because they have a limited vocabulary, what hate speech are you stopping? If you then tighten the screws to jail more, you kill off the free discussion. What's hate speech to me might not be hate speech to you, making trails arbitrary.
I wholeheartedly agree. The strong protection speech has in the US is one thing I really envy and hope Europe one day will have too. Could you pull that stunt in Germany or Austria? Maybe. Could you do that in Scandinavia? Yes, almost certainly. I can't speak for Sweden or Denmark, but in Norway you could do that. We even had a satirical TV show a couple of years ago on the goverment owned(but not directly controlled) TV network where the host was walking around in an SS uniform. He even had a cute little dog called Vidkun(as in Vidkun Quisling) with a Nazi flag over its back. The character was a Nazi in cloths only tho. I guess an infantile hippie would describe his demeanour, making the contrast pretty funny. When it comes to the real Nazis and the likes it gets cloudier. In 2001 a neo-Nazi was acquitted for saying (my translation) "Every day immigrants rob, rape and kill Norwegians, every day our people are looted and destroyed by Jews that leech away our wealth and replaces it with low moral values and foreign thoughts." Currently another neo-Nazi has been found guilty for saying (my translation) "We wish to take power, wipe out the Jews and send the immigrants out of the country. Jews are our main enemy; they have killed our people, they are evil murderers. They are not humans, they are parasites that are going to be wiped out." He is appealing the judgment. These idiots are clearly talking piss, but I have to side with Evelyn Beatrice Hall on the issue and defend their right to say it even though I disapprove of what they say.
This on is kind of funny if you know what she is singing about. The jokes is that she is singing about this guy that every girl wants; but he's got a dark secret. It starts with "....he's got his hair combed back" spliced in picture Hitler... "he takes every chance he gets".... europe gets overrun by the nazis... does look a bit suspect with a language barrier in place tho;)
I can see one major difference in this case. The school stored information about the students who broke in as well. Their information was just as accessible to everyone with the right skills.
According to the article they did it for sports, and not necessarily to reveal the weak security. I can see people having problems with that. But then again. Would it have been better if they didn't do it and further along the road someone did do it but with intent of using the information for some purpose other then proving they could?
60.000 years ago something like this hits somewhere on the American continent, killing lots of people. Humanity wouldn't be wiped out. The people living far away from the impact wouldn't even know.
This thing hits New York or Tokyo today, you think you wouldn't care ? Even if you aren't directly affected or anyone you care about is, think about the economy. We aren't self sustained hunters living far away in small groups anymore. Sure, humanity would survive, but would suck loosing your job because the economy took a hit now wouldn't it ?
If I recall correctly, this is how it happened. McDuck learnt how to dive into money without getting hurt in the middle-east. He was attacked by some bandits while looking for jewls or something. They pushed him of a cliff and he landed in a train cart full of coal. To his suprise he was allright, and after that he could dive into solid stuff : )
That's the official version... Carl Barks hinted at it, and Don Rosa fleshed it out.
I think I saw a documentary about this system a couple of years ago. If I remember correctly they claimed it would be more accurate than GPS. Better to have two good systems for such a critical task. I personally would be more at ease if a tanker filled with oil could switch between GPS and Galile in case one fails.
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Seems to me that you are making his point with that comment. He acknowledges that this style of humor might have ramifications with regards to viewership and sponsors - even said he might have taken it to far.
The issue here is that instead of criticizing his humor they portray him as an anti-smite by taking clips from his show out of context.
Not appreciating his comedic style or criticizing him for going to far is perfectly fine, but when you intentionally misrepresent him it turns into something else.
Would you have the same response if WSJ took Chris Rock shows out of context to portray him as a hate preacher against black people?
Trademarks can be lost or weakened by not taking action, this does not apply to patents.
I will agree that there are a lot of clueless people around tho.
Steam store page for AC2 tells you that it has 3rd-party DRM and requires a permanent internet connection. Other titles on steam has this too.
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Never thought of using something like Orca to get thru text quickly before, but I must say that was pretty damn efficient. It took me a couple of seconds to get used to the pace, but after that it wasn't to difficult to understand.
I'm pretty sure Lucas borrowed that bit from the ST:TOS episode "The Immunity Syndrome". Spock is startled as he senses many Vulcans suddenly dying. McCoy questions him about it later and Spock delivers this line "Even I, a half-Vulcan, could hear the deathscreams of 400 Vulcan minds crying out over the distance between us". When I first heard it the famous Obi-Wan quote sprang to mind immediately.
I guess that depends on how you define teamwork. In the etqw context I have engineers coming around to repair my vehicle when it's damaged. Field Ops supplying me with ammo. Medics healing and reviving me so I can complete a hack on the objective. Strogg technicians creating spawn hosts from fallen enemy troops so I can respawn behind enemy lines. Strogg oppressors putting up shields around me so I can disarm an explosive charge without getting shot in the back.
The addition of objectives gives players something to rally around and keeps things focused.
Of course etqw isn't the perfect game. Stacked teams, assholes and terrible games isn't unheard of.
But find a couple of server with a play style and regulars you like, and it is certainly better then many other games I've played.
It also has built in VOIP so the tools for very coordinated teamplay on public servers is there.
The playerbase is generally mature, even the younger crowd. I've almost never heard the voip abused and there isn't much non verbal abuse either(disclaimer: I haven't played on that many US servers).
But yeah, if you define teamwork as huge team pushes with perfect squad balance and shifting ad hoc goals you need to join a clan.
Yeah the genre could use more creativity. That said, ETQW is not your run of mill FPS.
Multiplayer only. Encourages teamwork by having five different classes that need to work together. Each map has multiple objectives. The two sides doesn't have the same weapons, vehicles and, more then often then not, specialities.
If you like FPS multiplayer games but crave more then deathmatch and capture the flag give the demo a try. Avaliable on both linux and windows(and mac but only full game afaik).
A bit of a plug, but it's a fun game.
I do recognize that there must be some limits to speech. Death threats and yelling fire in a crowded theatre, these types of things. People should also have protection against slander to some degree.
Free speech is an ethical standpoint. You do not have to accept the other parts beliefs as truth. You can actively work against their goals. You only have to recognize their right to express a point of view contrary to your own.
I do believe that relativism is the nature of the universe. There are no right or wrong. But I do not believe in relativism as a form of government. I'm an absolutist liberal humanist you can say. I believe people have rights by default; one of them is the right to free speech. But I ask you this. If I where in power with backing from the majority. Do really think I should have the right to put you in jail for disagreeing with me if I thought your ideas might cause discomfort for other people? If no, welcome to the club. If yes, I hope you change your mind. Tyranny of the masses can be just as bad as any dictatorship.
So if a political party decides socialism, capitalism or religion is evil, you would have no problem with them banning speech trying to further these causes? If you have a problem with that I have to ask you what's the core difference? Allowing the government to ban speech it deems harmful to society, entails you to accept their right to ban something you find perfectly legitimate. I think the crap neo-Nazis spew out is stupid and wrong on an ethical level. I also feel the same way about many religious texts. Banning them I do not agree with.
That aside I still think the law is flawed. If, as you say, these idiots are jailed only because they have a limited vocabulary, what hate speech are you stopping? If you then tighten the screws to jail more, you kill off the free discussion. What's hate speech to me might not be hate speech to you, making trails arbitrary.
I wholeheartedly agree. The strong protection speech has in the US is one thing I really envy and hope Europe one day will have too. Could you pull that stunt in Germany or Austria? Maybe. Could you do that in Scandinavia? Yes, almost certainly. I can't speak for Sweden or Denmark, but in Norway you could do that. We even had a satirical TV show a couple of years ago on the goverment owned(but not directly controlled) TV network where the host was walking around in an SS uniform. He even had a cute little dog called Vidkun(as in Vidkun Quisling) with a Nazi flag over its back. The character was a Nazi in cloths only tho. I guess an infantile hippie would describe his demeanour, making the contrast pretty funny.
When it comes to the real Nazis and the likes it gets cloudier. In 2001 a neo-Nazi was acquitted for saying (my translation) "Every day immigrants rob, rape and kill Norwegians, every day our people are looted and destroyed by Jews that leech away our wealth and replaces it with low moral values and foreign thoughts." Currently another neo-Nazi has been found guilty for saying (my translation) "We wish to take power, wipe out the Jews and send the immigrants out of the country. Jews are our main enemy; they have killed our people, they are evil murderers. They are not humans, they are parasites that are going to be wiped out." He is appealing the judgment. These idiots are clearly talking piss, but I have to side with Evelyn Beatrice Hall on the issue and defend their right to say it even though I disapprove of what they say.
This on is kind of funny if you know what she is singing about. The jokes is that she is singing about this guy that every girl wants; but he's got a dark secret. It starts with "....he's got his hair combed back" spliced in picture Hitler ... "he takes every chance he gets" .... europe gets overrun by the nazis ... does look a bit suspect with a language barrier in place tho ;)
They scared them away and then headed for their next destination as I recall.
I was hoping for a much needed donation to the Human Fund.
I can see one major difference in this case. The school stored information about the students who broke in as well. Their information was just as accessible to everyone with the right skills.
According to the article they did it for sports, and not necessarily to reveal the weak security. I can see people having problems with that. But then again. Would it have been better if they didn't do it and further along the road someone did do it but with intent of using the information for some purpose other then proving they could?
60.000 years ago something like this hits somewhere on the American continent, killing lots of people. Humanity wouldn't be wiped out. The people living far away from the impact wouldn't even know.
This thing hits New York or Tokyo today, you think you wouldn't care ? Even if you aren't directly affected or anyone you care about is, think about the economy. We aren't self sustained hunters living far away in small groups anymore. Sure, humanity would survive, but would suck loosing your job because the economy took a hit now wouldn't it ?
Ahh well, since you wondered.
... Carl Barks hinted at it, and Don Rosa fleshed it out.
If I recall correctly, this is how it happened.
McDuck learnt how to dive into money without getting hurt in the middle-east. He was attacked by some bandits while looking for jewls or something. They pushed him of a cliff and he landed in a train cart full of coal. To his suprise he was allright, and after that he could dive into solid stuff : )
That's the official version
I think I saw a documentary about this system a couple of years ago. If I remember correctly they claimed it would be more accurate than GPS. Better to have two good systems for such a critical task. I personally would be more at ease if a tanker filled with oil could switch between GPS and Galile in case one fails.