For me, having a life, two to four hours of playtime are enough in one week. I quit my account with a level 63 Rogue that would have been pulverized by three or even four characters of a friend of mine. Well, okay, those characters were, like, level 65 to 70. And had the equip while I was equiped well enough for Molten Core. Even at level 60 his offense warrior could kill me twice in a row if he wanted to and have HP to spare.
Now, perhaps you think I just sucked at the game. Sure I did. How was I supposed to not suck? He spent like twelve hours a day, every day, playing the game both instances and PvP. He had read all the tactics and knew all the mechanics. How was I supposed to compete with that while working eight to ten hours a day, having a wife, wanting to sleep at least 6 hours and actually EAT?
What you wanted to say is that this game allows you to see all most of its content with liberal amounts of time spent on it. Everything else is laughable.
So is this seriously our level here on Slashdot? That we have to rate someone interesting who thinks that a) calling someone gay is a derogatory term and b) calling someone names proves your point?
Well, if that's the way you guys work, then:
AC, you fucking red necked dickhead! Have you got nothing better to do than insult people who don't share your moronic opinion, you little asshat?! Do you think anyone on here believes that your dick is larger than the 0.3 inches it is because of it?
Listen you little shit-eating son of a bitch, take your goddamn shit elswhere. We're just too intelligent for you lowlife piece of scum!
Now there. Did I do well, Slashdot? Do I get good karma now?
Well, in a country where you can get sued for doing something wrong while helping (e.g. causing them to be in a wheelchair), even if you saved their life in the process, such a law is kind of.... idiotic. What do you do? Help and take the risk that you'll be paying for the rest of your life or just whistle a merry tune and hope nobody's seen you walking away?
In Switzerland, you must help whenever someone needs your help and helping doesn't directly endanger your own life. At the same time, someone trying to get your charred arse out of the wreck formerly known as your car and you suing them will get your rebuilt arse thrown out of court.
Yes, Switzerland is a great country... unfortunately they're looking for ways to change that... and they're watching other countries for good ideas...
And imagine, we'd actually see less social waste on the streets and more kids with a future and a goal in life who feel they're respected by their parents and not alone in this world... but I guess the artwork is a good thing, too;).
It's neither. It's the one who knows he doesn't have to wave around cash or flex his bulging muscles because he is just that damn good. THAT is the dominant male. His mere presence, the calm and the haughty smirk will see to it that even the people with money and/or muscles will cower in fear of what this man might be able to do to them.
In our society, where the use of force is frowned upon, muscle only brings you so far. Cash can help you ruin other people but what does it help you if the other guy looks like he'd manage to get on top of that situation as well? In humans, the alphas are the oney who aren't easily scared.
I've always been wondering why there isn't something like Daemon tools that fakes a CD recorder and just outputs iso files to disk. Like Nero does, just on the OS level. That way I could save much plastic. It can't be that hard to code. I mean CD emulation is oldschool so why not CD recorder emulation?
'This person' just happens to be one of those lawyers who's constantly trying to put the RIAA in its place and takes the time to keep us informed. He also takes the time to explain the relevant processes of law to us nerds.
Don't you think it's a hilariously good idea to come to us when he doesn't understand 100% how P2P networks work? Aren't we exactly the ones who know best why RIAA's claims are stupid? So let's think this through: A lawyer who happens to understand law (gee, what a coincidence...) asks techies whether the technical interpretation of the 'bad guy' holds true or not.
I don't see your problem. Would you rather he pull a Matlock on the judge and try to get the jury to shed a tear for the poor victim? That guy is doing a hell of a job.
And that gets modded Insightful? What's wrong with you people?
Just because from our point of view Autism is this big, bad thing where you can't be anything but happy doesn't make it right to just change the affected people. How are we supposed to know whether they are happy the way they are?
I mean, seriously, autists have shown some incredible skills in certain areas. So just because Spiderman's life sucks in your eyes you're going to take his Spider-powers away? So who died and made you king to decide that?
I think the parents, excluding religious types, who don't want to change their kids have it absolutely right...
What exactly is your point? That we should stop giving the CIA the finger because Mossad and KGB and all the others were/are doing the same thing?
I think it's an interesting step to release all this information, though. Would be great if more agencies would follow.
What I find very funny about your post, though: Do you really think the agencies are there to protect the security and wealth of a nation? The nation basically consists of the people and the government. So this is at least partially wrong. The agencies are there to protect the government and its agenda. Nothing more, nothing less. Whether that is in the best interest of the public is a matter of opinion and coincidence.
And that's why pilot and co-pilot shouldn't eat the same menu. Preferrrably, they have their own food prepared in their hotel or by their beloved wife.
Seriously, how often has this scenario happened apart from movies?
"Along with it I wasn't going to sacrifice any of my integrity."
I think we just pinpointed the major problem why not more women join IT staffs all around the world. It's taken me five years to find a job where I didn't have to fear for my integrity and even now it's better mostly because I learned to ignore certain things.
Perhaps it's really just because men in general have less trouble leaving their integrity at the door?
Now YOU are missing the point. Buying things is not about other people LIKING you for it but envying you. It's about making people hate you. The more envy you get, the more you'll feel superiour. That's the whole point.
I hate Hummers. Yet I still envy those blokes. Not for the Hummer, mind, but for the money they had to spend on it. Of course, I wouldn't by a Hummer with that kind of dough... I'd go looking for a house. But that isn't the point. I still envy;).
Actually, women do have a kind of penis. The clitoris forms from the same cells as the penis would have done and the tip you probably never actually get to see, being Slashdotter and all;), actually has several comparable attributes and mechanisms... so the statement, while still not correct, does have some truth behind it.
Dude, do something about your homepage... First glance says it's a SPAM page... How do you make money with that?
A clean design and a nice color scheme are so important especially when you're dealing in toys. I just hope the level of professionality you show in your company doesn't match that of the page...
Excuse me? So just because that judge was a complete moron (a problem America seems to be very acquainted with) makes it a valid argument or what?
On that basis you could argue that any catholic woman marrying and then getting beaten up should have seen it coming. Catholics are allowed to sell daughters, take slaves unless they're from the same country and so on. If judges took the bible that literally, I shudder imagining where we'd be.
That judge in this quoted story, if it is acurate in the first place, has somehow decided that the law has to obey every religious book out there. If that was a precedent, I'd go making up my own religion right now and I wouldn't be alone.
I seriously doubt that story goes beyond urban legend.
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And that's the whole problem with the world... as soon as you start having fun and actually enjoying your work you're no longer professional.
You think so?
For me, having a life, two to four hours of playtime are enough in one week. I quit my account with a level 63 Rogue that would have been pulverized by three or even four characters of a friend of mine. Well, okay, those characters were, like, level 65 to 70. And had the equip while I was equiped well enough for Molten Core. Even at level 60 his offense warrior could kill me twice in a row if he wanted to and have HP to spare.
Now, perhaps you think I just sucked at the game. Sure I did. How was I supposed to not suck? He spent like twelve hours a day, every day, playing the game both instances and PvP. He had read all the tactics and knew all the mechanics. How was I supposed to compete with that while working eight to ten hours a day, having a wife, wanting to sleep at least 6 hours and actually EAT?
What you wanted to say is that this game allows you to see all most of its content with liberal amounts of time spent on it. Everything else is laughable.
Pfft... they, as my own country, pass yours all the time... on the way up, on the way down, up again and down... you get my meaning.
So is this seriously our level here on Slashdot? That we have to rate someone interesting who thinks that a) calling someone gay is a derogatory term and b) calling someone names proves your point?
Well, if that's the way you guys work, then:
AC, you fucking red necked dickhead! Have you got nothing better to do than insult people who don't share your moronic opinion, you little asshat?! Do you think anyone on here believes that your dick is larger than the 0.3 inches it is because of it?
Listen you little shit-eating son of a bitch, take your goddamn shit elswhere. We're just too intelligent for you lowlife piece of scum!
Now there. Did I do well, Slashdot? Do I get good karma now?
Yes, I'm pissed, thanks for noticing.
Well, in a country where you can get sued for doing something wrong while helping (e.g. causing them to be in a wheelchair), even if you saved their life in the process, such a law is kind of.... idiotic. What do you do? Help and take the risk that you'll be paying for the rest of your life or just whistle a merry tune and hope nobody's seen you walking away?
In Switzerland, you must help whenever someone needs your help and helping doesn't directly endanger your own life. At the same time, someone trying to get your charred arse out of the wreck formerly known as your car and you suing them will get your rebuilt arse thrown out of court.
Yes, Switzerland is a great country... unfortunately they're looking for ways to change that... and they're watching other countries for good ideas...
Hey, what about all the girls around here?! Oh, wait, never mind...
And imagine, we'd actually see less social waste on the streets and more kids with a future and a goal in life who feel they're respected by their parents and not alone in this world... but I guess the artwork is a good thing, too ;).
It's neither. It's the one who knows he doesn't have to wave around cash or flex his bulging muscles because he is just that damn good. THAT is the dominant male. His mere presence, the calm and the haughty smirk will see to it that even the people with money and/or muscles will cower in fear of what this man might be able to do to them.
In our society, where the use of force is frowned upon, muscle only brings you so far. Cash can help you ruin other people but what does it help you if the other guy looks like he'd manage to get on top of that situation as well? In humans, the alphas are the oney who aren't easily scared.
I've always been wondering why there isn't something like Daemon tools that fakes a CD recorder and just outputs iso files to disk. Like Nero does, just on the OS level. That way I could save much plastic. It can't be that hard to code. I mean CD emulation is oldschool so why not CD recorder emulation?
'This person' just happens to be one of those lawyers who's constantly trying to put the RIAA in its place and takes the time to keep us informed. He also takes the time to explain the relevant processes of law to us nerds.
Don't you think it's a hilariously good idea to come to us when he doesn't understand 100% how P2P networks work? Aren't we exactly the ones who know best why RIAA's claims are stupid? So let's think this through: A lawyer who happens to understand law (gee, what a coincidence...) asks techies whether the technical interpretation of the 'bad guy' holds true or not.
I don't see your problem. Would you rather he pull a Matlock on the judge and try to get the jury to shed a tear for the poor victim? That guy is doing a hell of a job.
The asshole giving this an Insightful needs to be shot. Repeatedly.
Are you actually implying that Chuck Norris is UNABLE to make a wingless plane fly?! HERETIC!
And that gets modded Insightful? What's wrong with you people?
Just because from our point of view Autism is this big, bad thing where you can't be anything but happy doesn't make it right to just change the affected people. How are we supposed to know whether they are happy the way they are?
I mean, seriously, autists have shown some incredible skills in certain areas. So just because Spiderman's life sucks in your eyes you're going to take his Spider-powers away? So who died and made you king to decide that?
I think the parents, excluding religious types, who don't want to change their kids have it absolutely right...
Yes, because metals and microwaves mix so formidably, right?
What exactly is your point? That we should stop giving the CIA the finger because Mossad and KGB and all the others were/are doing the same thing?
I think it's an interesting step to release all this information, though. Would be great if more agencies would follow.
What I find very funny about your post, though: Do you really think the agencies are there to protect the security and wealth of a nation? The nation basically consists of the people and the government. So this is at least partially wrong. The agencies are there to protect the government and its agenda. Nothing more, nothing less. Whether that is in the best interest of the public is a matter of opinion and coincidence.
Does that mean you don't like them for the Black Album or for everything they produced afterwards?
While I seriously like their music I feel about the same amount of sympathy towards them as you do.
Another evidence that it takes a woman posting on Slashdot to get an Insightful posting about women on Slashdot ;).
And that's why pilot and co-pilot shouldn't eat the same menu. Preferrrably, they have their own food prepared in their hotel or by their beloved wife.
Seriously, how often has this scenario happened apart from movies?
"Along with it I wasn't going to sacrifice any of my integrity."
I think we just pinpointed the major problem why not more women join IT staffs all around the world. It's taken me five years to find a job where I didn't have to fear for my integrity and even now it's better mostly because I learned to ignore certain things.
Perhaps it's really just because men in general have less trouble leaving their integrity at the door?
Now YOU are missing the point. Buying things is not about other people LIKING you for it but envying you. It's about making people hate you. The more envy you get, the more you'll feel superiour. That's the whole point.
;).
I hate Hummers. Yet I still envy those blokes. Not for the Hummer, mind, but for the money they had to spend on it. Of course, I wouldn't by a Hummer with that kind of dough... I'd go looking for a house. But that isn't the point. I still envy
Actually, women do have a kind of penis. The clitoris forms from the same cells as the penis would have done and the tip you probably never actually get to see, being Slashdotter and all ;), actually has several comparable attributes and mechanisms... so the statement, while still not correct, does have some truth behind it.
Alien 3 okay... but I did like Alien Resurection, darn it. Leave it alone already! ;)
Dude, do something about your homepage... First glance says it's a SPAM page... How do you make money with that?
A clean design and a nice color scheme are so important especially when you're dealing in toys. I just hope the level of professionality you show in your company doesn't match that of the page...
Religion-infested place? You mean unlike America?
Excuse me? So just because that judge was a complete moron (a problem America seems to be very acquainted with) makes it a valid argument or what?
On that basis you could argue that any catholic woman marrying and then getting beaten up should have seen it coming. Catholics are allowed to sell daughters, take slaves unless they're from the same country and so on. If judges took the bible that literally, I shudder imagining where we'd be.
That judge in this quoted story, if it is acurate in the first place, has somehow decided that the law has to obey every religious book out there. If that was a precedent, I'd go making up my own religion right now and I wouldn't be alone.
I seriously doubt that story goes beyond urban legend.