Metal gear solid did some of that, as did Deus Ex (modelled with skill levels reducing the amount of bounce). I want to say that hitman did some of that, but I'm not sure.
Guns aren't difficult to use and, as you already pointed out, movies and TV also show you exactly how to hold and fire a gun that makes you just as effective.
Is that the part where you hold it sideways in front of your forehead while posturing? I'm sure they also tell you about how the vaunted glocks are a pain to use (they bounce around like crazy).
No, someone tried and failed to remove religious symbols from a public statue. Oh, help me, I'm being oppressed. why don't you go commission a ten commandments statue thing and put it on your lawn.
Depends - did he violate professional ethics, falsify data, or anything like that? Just because more gay men have issues with their fathers (duh) doesn't mean that that's the cause of being gay - it's probably the other way around. Also, what's the long term result of this counseling? Last I heard, curing teh gay usually results in suicide or a reassertion of the gay tendencies years later and a broken home more likely than not.
What, do you think science can currently explain everything?
What, do you think religion can explain anything? Science at least is dependable.
what about what the universe was before the Big Bang?
If you accept string theory (kind of a jump), then the big bang may well be what happens when two universes bump into each other. That would mean that the universe was there before the big bang, and that there are multiple bangs - it's something that happens now and then.
Yes, but human beings aren't neccessarily wolves- and "reason enough" is not objective, which is "reason alone".
No, we're tribal just like wolves.
And the fact sociopaths exist proves that empathy is SUBJECTIVE, not OBJECTIVE. Subjective things are in the realm of FAITH, not REASON.
You don't make a damn bit of sense. Empathy is the ability to acknowledge that another person is real. This can certainly be measured objectively. Even if there's a subjective element, what the hell has it got to do with faith?
Where would you draw the line about debate? Are there discussions which should not take place?
No, there are no discussions that are beyond consideration. On the other hand, we shouldn't spend taxpayer money on something that's been laid to rest, such as putting Homosexuality in the DSM IV or whether negroes are inferior. Higher birth defect rates among black/white, white/asian, etc. couples would be interesting, but I doubt it'd be significant.
Try explaining to a "Christian" why the universe could have started with the Big Bang and still not interfere with the creation story.
That's easy - 'the creation story is an allegory. It isn't meant to be taken literally'. See? Easy.
Then try to explain to a die-hard science type that religion/God can account for a lot of the things that science can't currently account for.
Like what, exactly?
The simple fact that "Christians" refuse to acknowledge science because "that's not what the Bible says" is enough to keep me from associating with them and going to church.
Those aren't christians, they're fundie assholes. Go to europe sometime - the christians there are far more sensible.
Prove it. There's no rational reasoning to assume that you need to take care of anybody other than yourself; in fact, doing so is extremely detrimental to your own profit.
Lone wolves tend not to breed as well. Take care of your tribe and your tribe will do better == reason enough.
Except, those emotions ARE faith. They have no reasonable proof behind them; they have no "valid evidence" of their existance.
No they aren't. It's called valuing life and having empathy. If you have no empathy, you're a sociopath.
Free porsche? Yes please. You've ignored the costs of a separate sku and the requirements to design, test, and build it. I don't know what they are, but it's significant. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if the usb guts are in a multifunction chip that does a bunch of other things.
Terrorists do not attack and kill 3000 people simply because they don't like the people's attitude. They attack because they hate the people and want them destroyed.
No, al Queda wants us out of the middle east in general, and Saudi Arabia in particular. You don't see them attacking Canadians or Germans so much, do you?
Why should I? I did the research for each class. The overlap results in less work and satisfaction of the requirements. Why are you so hung up on my effort? If I can get things done with half the work, that's a good thing.
Simple solution: agree to the contract/EULA, then immediately repudiate it. You're a kid, so you can do this. The EULA is most likely valid, since it's a service agreement, not a shrinkwrap license, so you have a better shot at arguing that there was consideration on both sides. I still wouldn't do it, as I don't think any public high school should be able to demand I fork over my written stuff to a third party. I'd make the argument for public universities, but I'm not sure what legal basis I'd have. Morally, my position is unasailable, but that only goes so far.
I guess you missed gthe part about the registered letter. If Turnitin receives demands from the copyright holder to delete their works from their database, they'd have trouble convincing the judge that they were unaware.
The only consequence of a school using Turnitin is that fewer students cheat.
Also, students are less able to recycle their own work.
I'm also not convinced that the notion of implied copyright should be twisted to prevent students from contributing to a system that prevents cheating.
It's the central intent of Copyright: creators control their own work. If I were still in school, I'd probably go DMCA on their asses.
It is original work. She wrote it. I see nothing wrong with recycling papers, reworking them to address new needs, and so on. Of course, I'm an engineer, so that is more in keeping with my work anyway.
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Metal gear solid did some of that, as did Deus Ex (modelled with skill levels reducing the amount of bounce). I want to say that hitman did some of that, but I'm not sure.
Guns aren't difficult to use and, as you already pointed out, movies and TV also show you exactly how to hold and fire a gun that makes you just as effective.
Is that the part where you hold it sideways in front of your forehead while posturing? I'm sure they also tell you about how the vaunted glocks are a pain to use (they bounce around like crazy).
"I cast Magic Missile at the darkness!"
No, someone tried and failed to remove religious symbols from a public statue. Oh, help me, I'm being oppressed. why don't you go commission a ten commandments statue thing and put it on your lawn.
Unless you can prove intelligent design incorrect then "Intelligent design is an anti-scientific ideology." is an anti-scientific ideology.
Id can't be proven wrong because it's not falsifiable. This also means that it isn't a theory, and therefore, not science.
I don't find that useful - what's so hard about accepting that you don't know everything? It doesn't require some god of the gaps.
Depends - did he violate professional ethics, falsify data, or anything like that? Just because more gay men have issues with their fathers (duh) doesn't mean that that's the cause of being gay - it's probably the other way around. Also, what's the long term result of this counseling? Last I heard, curing teh gay usually results in suicide or a reassertion of the gay tendencies years later and a broken home more likely than not.
What, do you think science can currently explain everything?
What, do you think religion can explain anything? Science at least is dependable.
what about what the universe was before the Big Bang?
If you accept string theory (kind of a jump), then the big bang may well be what happens when two universes bump into each other. That would mean that the universe was there before the big bang, and that there are multiple bangs - it's something that happens now and then.
Yes, but human beings aren't neccessarily wolves- and "reason enough" is not objective, which is "reason alone".
No, we're tribal just like wolves.
And the fact sociopaths exist proves that empathy is SUBJECTIVE, not OBJECTIVE. Subjective things are in the realm of FAITH, not REASON.
You don't make a damn bit of sense. Empathy is the ability to acknowledge that another person is real. This can certainly be measured objectively. Even if there's a subjective element, what the hell has it got to do with faith?
Where would you draw the line about debate? Are there discussions which should not take place?
No, there are no discussions that are beyond consideration. On the other hand, we shouldn't spend taxpayer money on something that's been laid to rest, such as putting Homosexuality in the DSM IV or whether negroes are inferior. Higher birth defect rates among black/white, white/asian, etc. couples would be interesting, but I doubt it'd be significant.
Try explaining to a "Christian" why the universe could have started with the Big Bang and still not interfere with the creation story.
That's easy - 'the creation story is an allegory. It isn't meant to be taken literally'. See? Easy.
Then try to explain to a die-hard science type that religion/God can account for a lot of the things that science can't currently account for.
Like what, exactly?
The simple fact that "Christians" refuse to acknowledge science because "that's not what the Bible says" is enough to keep me from associating with them and going to church.
Those aren't christians, they're fundie assholes. Go to europe sometime - the christians there are far more sensible.
Prove it. There's no rational reasoning to assume that you need to take care of anybody other than yourself; in fact, doing so is extremely detrimental to your own profit.
Lone wolves tend not to breed as well. Take care of your tribe and your tribe will do better == reason enough.
Except, those emotions ARE faith. They have no reasonable proof behind them; they have no "valid evidence" of their existance.
No they aren't. It's called valuing life and having empathy. If you have no empathy, you're a sociopath.
Wolves, I can deal with. It's the jackals in the GOP that worry me.
if its a headless box, it would be useful to have better hardware monitoring.
Why bother? If the box dies, turn it off.
"I don't want excuses, I want results!!! For God's sake, you had a fully functional inventory module handed to you!!!!"
"Boss, please point to the requirement that talks about tracking inventory by supplier. We got that other team to sign off, so looks like we're good"
Free porsche? Yes please. You've ignored the costs of a separate sku and the requirements to design, test, and build it. I don't know what they are, but it's significant. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if the usb guts are in a multifunction chip that does a bunch of other things.
How wasteful is that, really? USB + ports is probably $1 per board or less, and the power usage is minimal if you don't use it.
Terrorists do not attack and kill 3000 people simply because they don't like the people's attitude. They attack because they hate the people and want them destroyed.
No, al Queda wants us out of the middle east in general, and Saudi Arabia in particular. You don't see them attacking Canadians or Germans so much, do you?
Why should I? I did the research for each class. The overlap results in less work and satisfaction of the requirements. Why are you so hung up on my effort? If I can get things done with half the work, that's a good thing.
Why should I have to cite myself? It's not like it isn't original work.
The reason for that dialog is so the retarded MBA or BIZ students don't print something 5 times because 'it didn't do anything'.
Simple solution: agree to the contract/EULA, then immediately repudiate it. You're a kid, so you can do this. The EULA is most likely valid, since it's a service agreement, not a shrinkwrap license, so you have a better shot at arguing that there was consideration on both sides. I still wouldn't do it, as I don't think any public high school should be able to demand I fork over my written stuff to a third party. I'd make the argument for public universities, but I'm not sure what legal basis I'd have. Morally, my position is unasailable, but that only goes so far.
/Not a lawyer, natch
I guess you missed gthe part about the registered letter. If Turnitin receives demands from the copyright holder to delete their works from their database, they'd have trouble convincing the judge that they were unaware.
The only consequence of a school using Turnitin is that fewer students cheat.
Also, students are less able to recycle their own work.
I'm also not convinced that the notion of implied copyright should be twisted to prevent students from contributing to a system that prevents cheating.
It's the central intent of Copyright: creators control their own work. If I were still in school, I'd probably go DMCA on their asses.
It is original work. She wrote it. I see nothing wrong with recycling papers, reworking them to address new needs, and so on. Of course, I'm an engineer, so that is more in keeping with my work anyway.