Hmm, I have the exact opposite relation to IM + work. A few of my friends are always on during work hours. Since we're all working it's not a constant stream of text. Not only are we able to bounce problems off each other, but for some reason it seems that just knowing your friends are online and available (and being able to see them in the IM app) scratches a fairly fundamental social itch.
Or to put my point more practically... if you're working turn off new message notification on your IM client, and only check when you want to. Your friends will get the message.
Don't really know the US law, but I thought that in modern world there would be no sentences over 20 years.
1) It's common to stack sentences over here. A murderer might end up facing several consecutive life sentances.
2) Prison guards have a very, very strong lobbying presence in California (not sure about the rest of the US). They frequently agitate for longer prison time, no matter what the crime. (a repulsive and immoral practice, imho)
I got an idea, how about stepping up to the plate and declining to take any job that is going to treat you unfairly?
And which jobs would this leave, exactly?
You are either an extremely fortunate or extemely young individual if you've never had to compromise your integrity in order to make rent.
How about this? Just keep in mind that no matter what you're writing, it's always for an audience. Like you're writing a novel, where you need to be concerned with both the structure of the story and the flow of the words.
What would you call a hybrid scapegoat/bandwagon... I like GoatWagon. Senators with too much free time on their hands will jump on any goatwagon "for the children". (This stuff practically writes itself, folks.)
I'd like to wrap up this thread (before things get ugly) by pointing you all to this book, Guns, Germs & Steel. It's an attempt to explain cultural dominance. It's interesting.
You honestly believe someone should be punished for making a tape for a friend? What a jerk. I hope they send your son to jail for that someday. You can explain to him how important it is that Mariah Carey gets her 12 cents.
ok, I don't wish upon you a son that likes Mariah... that's too harsh.
We've found an efficient way to feed billions of people without majorly affecting the environment (using warehouse farming techniques).
Sweet Jesus, you're so wrong. Giant farms kill local ecologies and local economies. Just ask a family farmer... oh, that's right, there aren't any left.
And I don't see mass emigration from NYC, even though it's an obvious target of terrorists.
Hell, New York went to Kerry. They didn't even vote for the guy who went out of his way to pay the most lip service to security. Ingrates.
Good point. I'm wondering how primates in general fared compared to other wildlife. I'm also thinking that our modern lifestyle might contribute to a serious deadening of our senses. Run an elephant through rush hour traffic (or stuff him on an Indian train) for a few years and then see how he does vs. earthquakes. I'm guessing that he'll stop rolling 20's.
and this is exactly why Anarchy will never be a viable political system. Everyone should have a voice, but not everyone deserves to be heard. (aka "look at me, im typing on the internet")
You forgot Poland... er, PvP. MMORPGs that include an active PvP environment are definitely zero-sum. Maybe a better example would be allowing counterstrike players to purchase better ping times.
I'd also make the argument that impressing the masses with your Uber-sword is much less likely to happen if everyone knows you can buy them on ebay for $5.
If a person is willing to pay to have more fun playing a game, what is wrong with that?
Nothing, if it's a single-player game. What would you think about a version of chess or monopoly where players could buy their way into a better position? Not much fun if you're the guy with less money to spend on the game. MMORPGs are no different, even though you're not always face-to-face with your opponent.
How dare you bring up Uzbekistan when thousands of American citizens starve to death each year.
How dare I bring up hunger when tens of thousands die in car crashes...etc. all the way down to "Won't Somebody Think of the Children."
Perspective is all well and good, but a little goes a long way. There are LOTS of problems that need solving, and we'd never get anywhere if people just sat around trying to locate the worst one (Especially since it will probably turn out to be "people", and the solution "total annihilation of our species")
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yeah, people always forget the "and homicidal jackasses in Africa" coda to that amendment.
Hmm, I have the exact opposite relation to IM + work. A few of my friends are always on during work hours. Since we're all working it's not a constant stream of text. Not only are we able to bounce problems off each other, but for some reason it seems that just knowing your friends are online and available (and being able to see them in the IM app) scratches a fairly fundamental social itch.
Or to put my point more practically... if you're working turn off new message notification on your IM client, and only check when you want to. Your friends will get the message.
Ah yes, the classic "you have nothing to hide if you are doing nothing wrong" defense.
Yeah, especially when they know damn well that the fear of being "in the wrong" or "caught out" is the exact opposite of the real concern.
Living in a world where a faceless authority rides your ass all the time, silently recording and judging, just does NOT appeal to some people.
Don't really know the US law, but I thought that in modern world there would be no sentences over 20 years.
1) It's common to stack sentences over here. A murderer might end up facing several consecutive life sentances.
2) Prison guards have a very, very strong lobbying presence in California (not sure about the rest of the US). They frequently agitate for longer prison time, no matter what the crime.
(a repulsive and immoral practice, imho)
I got an idea, how about stepping up to the plate and declining to take any job that is going to treat you unfairly?
And which jobs would this leave, exactly?
You are either an extremely fortunate or extemely young individual if you've never had to compromise your integrity in order to make rent.
How about this? Just keep in mind that no matter what you're writing, it's always for an audience. Like you're writing a novel, where you need to be concerned with both the structure of the story and the flow of the words.
What would you call a hybrid scapegoat/bandwagon... I like GoatWagon. Senators with too much free time on their hands will jump on any goatwagon "for the children". (This stuff practically writes itself, folks.)
I'll say full blown, Beatles-style "We're bigger than Jesus" arrogance.
At least the Beatles made people happy.
I'd like to wrap up this thread (before things get ugly) by pointing you all to this book, Guns, Germs & Steel. It's an attempt to explain cultural dominance. It's interesting.
That said optimization does not in fact speed things up is entirely outside the scope of this argument.
1) If Bob always connects from the office, why allow his account access from Czechoslovakia?
2) http://www.lavasoftware.com/passwordvault.html or similar. Nice product tho... pc mac linux palm and flash drive compatible, with export and synch.
You honestly believe someone should be punished for making a tape for a friend? What a jerk. I hope they send your son to jail for that someday. You can explain to him how important it is that Mariah Carey gets her 12 cents.
ok, I don't wish upon you a son that likes Mariah... that's too harsh.
We've found an efficient way to feed billions of people without majorly affecting the environment (using warehouse farming techniques).
Sweet Jesus, you're so wrong. Giant farms kill local ecologies and local economies. Just ask a family farmer... oh, that's right, there aren't any left.
And I don't see mass emigration from NYC, even though it's an obvious target of terrorists.
Hell, New York went to Kerry. They didn't even vote for the guy who went out of his way to pay the most lip service to security. Ingrates.
Good point. I'm wondering how primates in general fared compared to other wildlife. I'm also thinking that our modern lifestyle might contribute to a serious deadening of our senses. Run an elephant through rush hour traffic (or stuff him on an Indian train) for a few years and then see how he does vs. earthquakes. I'm guessing that he'll stop rolling 20's.
and this is exactly why Anarchy will never be a viable political system. Everyone should have a voice, but not everyone deserves to be heard.
(aka "look at me, im typing on the internet")
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to parrot republican talking points.
Yeah, Theodoric of York has always held himself in pretty high esteem.
You forgot Poland... er, PvP.
MMORPGs that include an active PvP environment are definitely zero-sum. Maybe a better example would be allowing counterstrike players to purchase better ping times.
I'd also make the argument that impressing the masses with your Uber-sword is much less likely to happen if everyone knows you can buy them on ebay for $5.
If a person is willing to pay to have more fun playing a game, what is wrong with that?
Nothing, if it's a single-player game. What would you think about a version of chess or monopoly where players could buy their way into a better position? Not much fun if you're the guy with less money to spend on the game. MMORPGs are no different, even though you're not always face-to-face with your opponent.
How dare you bring up Uzbekistan when thousands of American citizens starve to death each year.
How dare I bring up hunger when tens of thousands die in car crashes...etc. all the way down to "Won't Somebody Think of the Children."
Perspective is all well and good, but a little goes a long way. There are LOTS of problems that need solving, and we'd never get anywhere if people just sat around trying to locate the worst one (Especially since it will probably turn out to be "people", and the solution "total annihilation of our species")
The dollar is falling; it will rise again
Like the South?
I always thought the point of that parable was that bosses are no-account sons a bitches.
except that she SAW the red oil light go on
Good opportunity for you to explain why they're called "idiot lights".
Because it was totally apparent bush fucked up in that statement. Pluralizing it would have been correct had he known what he was talking about.
Come on, we have a dumb-ass mini-mussolini running the country and you're wondering why people make fun of him?