Yeah, he's trolling for sure, but it does get old for nearly every article on slashdot to get hijacked by the Bush Hatred crowd. Even the most unrelated articles are rife with anger, irrational Bush hatred and people whoring for karma.
Amen! It's impossible to have a resonable discussion here that doesn't devolve into "lowest common denominator" type of Bush bashing and hatred. It's like every waking second of the day for these people is filled with irrational rage and hatred about Bush, deserved or not.
The person these people hate the most seems to be the single greatest force that defines their very existence. Ironic, don't you think?
I agree, if you want to see a "strong female lead" just look to the Lost City incarnation of Dr. Weir. Her character was well acted, strong, sure of herself and unwilling to compromise in the things she believed in.
The person who replied to my original post is such the stereotypical liberal bigot. That type of person unknowingly fosters and pushes forward the idiotic stereotypes that make people think the current Dr. Weir is a strong lead, when in truth, she's nothing but a bumbling, bitchy leader.
Dear Mr. Liberal, you can take your pithy, ignorant, bigoted stereotypes and shove them up your ass.
I don't care if both of them were gay, women, black, alien, dogs or what-have-you. MY problem is that neither of them could act and both of them had ridiculous stoic facial expressions that conveyed more of their amateurish acting abilites than even a shred of the emotion the director was trying to beat out of them. Both of the series were spinoffs that lasted and are lasting longer than they should have and both of their little engine that could storylines got old and are getting old in the case of Altantis.
My question is, why on earth did a 2nd rate, Voyager'esque spinoff show actually get renewed? Dr. Weir = Captain Janeway, except that the actress (should I call her that?) who played Janeway could actually act just a smidgen.
There is a mountain of evidence that deposes the blind faith that people like you have in evolution: http://www.scienceagainstevolution.org/newsletters .htm If only your religious fervor would allow you to consider the possibility that the theory of evolution is just really, really irresponsible science.
I doubt that if Darwin had any inkling of the existence of things like DNA and the unfathomable complexity of the DNA in each of the 50 trillion+ cells in his body, would he so easily have dreamt up the garbage that he felt the need to put down on paper. To me, Darwin long ago stated that the world is flat and the leftist Inquisition can not seem to get over those of us who proudly say "No!".
Whatever you believe the origins of life to be, evolution is a broken idea.
I'm sorry, but what the fuck are you even talking about? The Allied powers won the war by removing the capability for the enemy to make war. Have you never read a modern history textbook, read an WWII biography, watched even a WWII movie, or at the very least, played one of the 100 million WWII shooters to come out in the last 5 years?
Did your comment even have a point, other than a long winded "NO, YOU!"
This is DEFENDING against terrorism. You don't fight something by sitting around waiting for it to happen and you most certainly don't win something by sitting around waiting for it to happen.
It wasn't clear if you mean this "tongue in cheek" or not, but you are totally correct. Google has every right to ban any site from their listings as they often do. Of course, eBay could sue them in a civil court and given a judge with an axe to grind, or a sympathetic jury, they might well win the case, but in no way could they be brought up on criminal charges.
>Honestly, IANAL, but I don't see it as within the rights of eBay to dictate how people accomplish the financial transactions for Rearranging the World's Junk, as they are merely the facilitators.
eBay can make any policy they choose and dictate the use of their services any damn way they see fit as long as it doesn't break any state or federal laws. It's a private service and they can require that you satisfy any number of requirements to use their services. They don't get Federal money and you aren't forced to use their services. Just because you find their behavior offensive or an affront to decency, doesn't mean that they don't have the *right* to do it.
I hate how people throw the noun "rights" around as if they have the God given ability to do as they please, while others are subject to any number of silly personal whims assigned, non sequitor, as rights or lack thereof.
Ah, someone with sense. While the name nunchuck might make you think you should swing it around your body like a martial artist expert, the original poster should not attempt to do so.
Nope, your post still makes no sense. I think it centers around the fact that you seem to have not ever seen the Wii controller or the nunchuck attachment.
There is everything needed there to move around and fight, but there is nothing to get tangled in, unless you can tied your own arms in a knot.
Alas, you actually do not get to swing your wiimote around in order to swing links sword. You simply hit the A button in the most pedestrian way possible.
Now fishing... that is where the remote action is at.
"I think Nintendo needs titles like this to avoid being relegated to the casual market only..."
Good Lord, more of this garbage from people about how Nintendo needs senseless violence, hookers and people killing cops in order to "break away" from the casual gamer. Go back to playing your GTA LLVIII and I'll handle the casual gaming for you.
The casual market (read Nintendo DS, et. al.) is KICKING THE FUCKING SHIT out of anything around. The 'casual' market is what made a title like the Sims one of the #1 selling games in history. The casual market has more money in order of magnitudes than the hard core gamers that want their "mature" titles. Someone just needs to find the next Sims or the next "Sims" console for these people to spend that money on.
Now the question is, has Nintendo done this with Wii? Time will obviously tell.
Before you start spouting off asinine bullshit about "Yanks" being racist towards Japanese, why don't you take a quick look at American culture at the moment. The US, is facinated by all things Japanese, from Manga to Anime, from electronics to Japanese history and culture. It's so "bad" that those here in the US that see it from the outside call it the asian flu.
So, let me repeat. Go fuck yourself. Compared to other countries, including Europe, Japan and many others, the US is *THE MOST* tolerant country for people who are different than ourselves.
Sure, we've had past sins that we've had to make right (slavery), but at least WE are willing to do something about it. Unlike the rest of the bigoted planet.
Excuse me, but can you tell me why the fuck I would want to use the Revolution/Wii as a CD/DVD player? I have a pefectly capable and far better quality CD/DVD player than the newly christened Wii could ever offer and it up-converts to HD to boot. I personally appreciate Nintendo leaving out the crap and giving me the smallest form factor they could.
"But try to discuss how science affects religion to a group of religious people, and suddenly you 'have no faith' in anything."
From my experience, the only scientific topic that usually degrades into mudsliging and name calling is when it concerns a theory of the origin of the universe. When is the last time you've seen a Christian and an atheist arguing about our understanding of molecular biology or whether the lift created by the wing of a plane is caused by faith and not air pressure?
It's a misnomer to claim that you can not rationally discuss science with religious people simply because people of faith have a hard time accepting the claims of Evolution as it concerns the origin of the universe. Evolutionary *theory* does not speak for the entire body of scientific information and experience.
I think you are missing my point here. It is nearly impossible to hold intelligent debate and discourse here at Slashdot if you don't follow the groupthink of the herd.
By your own admission, you think I am incapable of disagreeing or challenging your random "respected climatologist", but truth be told, many climatologists are just scientific hacks afraid to go against the politically charged demagoguery of the global warming doomsayers. And demagoguery it is, make no mistake.
A great example of this in action is the foolish notion that Hurricane Katrina was due in large part to Global Warming, despite the emphatic disagreement from Max Mayfield, director the National Hurricane Center on CBS's Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer around the end of September of last year.
Of course, because I'm not a respected climatologist, I have no right to disagree, or even be appropriately skeptical of people who's political and personal motiations are crystal clear.
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Yeah, he's trolling for sure, but it does get old for nearly every article on slashdot to get hijacked by the Bush Hatred crowd. Even the most unrelated articles are rife with anger, irrational Bush hatred and people whoring for karma.
What good does the re-examination of the guidelines do if no substantive action is taken? Is this one of those "I feel your pain" moments?
Your point is -1 Irrelevant and the original point remains valid.
Amen! It's impossible to have a resonable discussion here that doesn't devolve into "lowest common denominator" type of Bush bashing and hatred. It's like every waking second of the day for these people is filled with irrational rage and hatred about Bush, deserved or not.
The person these people hate the most seems to be the single greatest force that defines their very existence. Ironic, don't you think?
I agree, if you want to see a "strong female lead" just look to the Lost City incarnation of Dr. Weir. Her character was well acted, strong, sure of herself and unwilling to compromise in the things she believed in.
The person who replied to my original post is such the stereotypical liberal bigot. That type of person unknowingly fosters and pushes forward the idiotic stereotypes that make people think the current Dr. Weir is a strong lead, when in truth, she's nothing but a bumbling, bitchy leader.
Dear Mr. Liberal, you can take your pithy, ignorant, bigoted stereotypes and shove them up your ass.
I don't care if both of them were gay, women, black, alien, dogs or what-have-you. MY problem is that neither of them could act and both of them had ridiculous stoic facial expressions that conveyed more of their amateurish acting abilites than even a shred of the emotion the director was trying to beat out of them. Both of the series were spinoffs that lasted and are lasting longer than they should have and both of their little engine that could storylines got old and are getting old in the case of Altantis.
Dr. Who, you ingrate!
My question is, why on earth did a 2nd rate, Voyager'esque spinoff show actually get renewed? Dr. Weir = Captain Janeway, except that the actress (should I call her that?) who played Janeway could actually act just a smidgen.
There is a mountain of evidence that deposes the blind faith that people like you have in evolution: http://www.scienceagainstevolution.org/newsletters .htm If only your religious fervor would allow you to consider the possibility that the theory of evolution is just really, really irresponsible science.
I doubt that if Darwin had any inkling of the existence of things like DNA and the unfathomable complexity of the DNA in each of the 50 trillion+ cells in his body, would he so easily have dreamt up the garbage that he felt the need to put down on paper. To me, Darwin long ago stated that the world is flat and the leftist Inquisition can not seem to get over those of us who proudly say "No!".
Whatever you believe the origins of life to be, evolution is a broken idea.
I'm sorry, but what the fuck are you even talking about? The Allied powers won the war by removing the capability for the enemy to make war. Have you never read a modern history textbook, read an WWII biography, watched even a WWII movie, or at the very least, played one of the 100 million WWII shooters to come out in the last 5 years?
Did your comment even have a point, other than a long winded "NO, YOU!"
This is DEFENDING against terrorism. You don't fight something by sitting around waiting for it to happen and you most certainly don't win something by sitting around waiting for it to happen.
It wasn't clear if you mean this "tongue in cheek" or not, but you are totally correct. Google has every right to ban any site from their listings as they often do. Of course, eBay could sue them in a civil court and given a judge with an axe to grind, or a sympathetic jury, they might well win the case, but in no way could they be brought up on criminal charges.
I agree with you 100%. Mod this up!
>Honestly, IANAL, but I don't see it as within the rights of eBay to dictate how people accomplish the financial transactions for Rearranging the World's Junk, as they are merely the facilitators.
eBay can make any policy they choose and dictate the use of their services any damn way they see fit as long as it doesn't break any state or federal laws. It's a private service and they can require that you satisfy any number of requirements to use their services. They don't get Federal money and you aren't forced to use their services. Just because you find their behavior offensive or an affront to decency, doesn't mean that they don't have the *right* to do it.
I hate how people throw the noun "rights" around as if they have the God given ability to do as they please, while others are subject to any number of silly personal whims assigned, non sequitor, as rights or lack thereof.
Come on Mods, this is +5 funny, even if it is a lame AC.
Are you talking about the same slashdot that foisted on us a poorly written rant about st00pid PHP developers and MySQL, just a few days ago?
Slashdot is just (overrated) news from a week ago for dorks today.
Ah, someone with sense. While the name nunchuck might make you think you should swing it around your body like a martial artist expert, the original poster should not attempt to do so.
Nope, your post still makes no sense. I think it centers around the fact that you seem to have not ever seen the Wii controller or the nunchuck attachment.
There is everything needed there to move around and fight, but there is nothing to get tangled in, unless you can tied your own arms in a knot.
Alas, you actually do not get to swing your wiimote around in order to swing links sword. You simply hit the A button in the most pedestrian way possible.
Now fishing... that is where the remote action is at.
Could someone mod the parent -1 Stupid or -1 Ignorant, which ever best applies.
"I think Nintendo needs titles like this to avoid being relegated to the casual market only ..."
Good Lord, more of this garbage from people about how Nintendo needs senseless violence, hookers and people killing cops in order to "break away" from the casual gamer. Go back to playing your GTA LLVIII and I'll handle the casual gaming for you.
The casual market (read Nintendo DS, et. al.) is KICKING THE FUCKING SHIT out of anything around. The 'casual' market is what made a title like the Sims one of the #1 selling games in history. The casual market has more money in order of magnitudes than the hard core gamers that want their "mature" titles. Someone just needs to find the next Sims or the next "Sims" console for these people to spend that money on.
Now the question is, has Nintendo done this with Wii? Time will obviously tell.
Hey, Mr. Anti-American. Go fuck yourself.
Before you start spouting off asinine bullshit about "Yanks" being racist towards Japanese, why don't you take a quick look at American culture at the moment. The US, is facinated by all things Japanese, from Manga to Anime, from electronics to Japanese history and culture. It's so "bad" that those here in the US that see it from the outside call it the asian flu.
So, let me repeat. Go fuck yourself. Compared to other countries, including Europe, Japan and many others, the US is *THE MOST* tolerant country for people who are different than ourselves.
Sure, we've had past sins that we've had to make right (slavery), but at least WE are willing to do something about it. Unlike the rest of the bigoted planet.
Take a deep "breathe"?
Whine, whine.
"Nobody pays attention to us!"
Sorry BSD folks, maybe if you whined lounder, we might finally recognize your collective brilliance.
Excuse me, but can you tell me why the fuck I would want to use the Revolution/Wii as a CD/DVD player? I have a pefectly capable and far better quality CD/DVD player than the newly christened Wii could ever offer and it up-converts to HD to boot. I personally appreciate Nintendo leaving out the crap and giving me the smallest form factor they could.
I sounds like you have some sort of axe to grind.
"But try to discuss how science affects religion to a group of religious people, and suddenly you 'have no faith' in anything."
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From my experience, the only scientific topic that usually degrades into mudsliging and name calling is when it concerns a theory of the origin of the universe. When is the last time you've seen a Christian and an atheist arguing about our understanding of molecular biology or whether the lift created by the wing of a plane is caused by faith and not air pressure?
It's a misnomer to claim that you can not rationally discuss science with religious people simply because people of faith have a hard time accepting the claims of Evolution as it concerns the origin of the universe. Evolutionary *theory* does not speak for the entire body of scientific information and experience.
If you are interested as to how people of faith think in scientific ways, you might enjoy reading some of the essays published here: http://www.scienceagainstevolution.org/newsletter
By your own admission, you think I am incapable of disagreeing or challenging your random "respected climatologist", but truth be told, many climatologists are just scientific hacks afraid to go against the politically charged demagoguery of the global warming doomsayers. And demagoguery it is, make no mistake.
A great example of this in action is the foolish notion that Hurricane Katrina was due in large part to Global Warming, despite the emphatic disagreement from Max Mayfield, director the National Hurricane Center on CBS's Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer around the end of September of last year.
Of course, because I'm not a respected climatologist, I have no right to disagree, or even be appropriately skeptical of people who's political and personal motiations are crystal clear.