And what does this particular lecture have to do with the original claim that RPGs helped someone improve their vocabulary and social skills....with the impression being this could be a mainstream tool, as opposed to doing the real thing in person, meaning removing the mask and being with people as you, instead of escaping first or always, as I propose.
The three axis of abnormal psychology illustrate what happens when attitudes towards such things as escapism become a reflex to any and all contact with others. No one questions the value of play...no one should endorse it when it displaces true interactivity. Recreation is fine...hiding in fear over interaction is not. Even water is toxic when taken in large enough amounts.
Save me the RPG recruitment speech, and how recreational shapeshifting is good for the soul. No one claimed otherwise, so put the flag away.
What do you know about an unpleasant life? Batteries run down in the remote? Had to stay 30 minutes late before coming home? Missed that Zena re-run fest?
You have contact with other people...how can life ever be unpleasant...you should thank your cranky stars you have the opportunity to see the Sun rise. Some people curse that event, and with good reason, beyond Starbucks and Sizzler.
I live/work in Korea, and my company ID badge has a passive chip, where I only need to get it near a sensor. A Jedi swipe will do the trick, in most cases. This badge/card is also a Visa c'card, and it comes with the traditional swipe stripe. I keep it in my wallet, however. I can't seem to relax when hanging a cord around my neck that has a few thousand dollars attached to it. Why advertise.
You know, back when you could still afford to go out for dinner (DQ doesn't count), how the waitperson would bring the bill on a little plastic tray and lay it on the table....and you'd simply drop your c'card onto the bill...and then someone would take the tray and bill and c'card and....oh, wait, I get it...
Hello, I'm Dwayne, I'll be your card waver this evening.
You say you are smart enough to remember a purchase PIN and a ATM/Cash type transaction PIN, yet you also claim to be buying shit?
Most, if not all, of the smart people I know never, ever 'buy' shit....they seem to find a way where people continously give them shit, sometimes for no apparent reason. Now I know some would argue that this may well be a gift, but I've watched this happen, over and over, and I'm here to tell you, it seems like it doesn't matter what they do or what they say, someone will eventually give them shit. Really! I am not kidding! It's true!!
If you are having to pay for shit, may I suggest a crash course in shit 'taking'...you can sign up for one online I believe..perhaps right here, if you ask nice.
RPG...'R' is for roleplay and 'G' is for game, and when you're done playing games, you have to live....like it or not.
You can 'play' at being someone, or you can 'be' someone. Naturally, we all have this as a choice. Some chose to move on and be...some stay and play. Either way, life sucks and then you die, so there is clearly no percentage in listeing to me:)
Several friends of mine credit their above average vocabularies and problem solving abilities to RPGs among other games
As opposed to living in a van, down by the river, it is always a good idea to interact with others, on most any level (going to the 7-Eleven...talking with your probation officer...apologizing for the dog, when he eats your math homework, etc.), if you wish to improve your vocabulary and problem solving skills. Crediting RPGs is like thanking the YMCA for keeping city buses from running around with large blank spaces on their sides.
It's called interactivity, and without it, said aforementioned skills tend to wane quickly.
And don't anyone let it slip that there is only one real person playing RPGs, anywhere...if that guy learns the responses during the game are preprogrammed, and he is actually there alone, he just might decide to cheat, and teleport the whole virtual gang to a van...down by the river!.
No, and neither do you, unless you think talking about it in public like this is a good idea, where everyone will know about it, and the whole effort will then be wasted since they will know to remove that little skull & cross-bones I put inside the battery slot with nail polish...of course the small amount of plutonium under the left front rubber pad may be harder to detect, but....now, repeat after me, please.
I do not mark my belongings in a unique manner so that they can be readily identified if stolen or lost. **Blink**
I watched alright...I watched in horror as it slowly crawled up across the screen and placed it's elf.....!!!!
LOOK!! Its doing it again!!! That damned apos-trophy climbed up the screen and sat right down where I KNOW it doe's'n't belong..and....oh god....make it's top!!!!!
...how that Xerox LeGrande Full Color DocumentCentre 5600C copier (serial number removed) got into my home is none of your business.
For Sale: Collector's Edition Replica U.S. $100.00 bills from the early 1980's - for private display only. Packs of 50 go for just $299.95 (no checks). Sale price good thru 7/4/03.
And I suppose none of these angular approches would be negated by gravity? Try to glance a ball bearing off of a magnet and then talk to me about an asteriod with a 1/16 * Pi approach angle. A hit is at least 50% tractor-pull...
I doubt there are as many distinct/unique hit scenarios as some would propose. This isn't a weeked destruction derby, with hollowed out Cadillacs bouncing off each other in a mud pit.
Next, asteriods are not known for their 'rotation' as much as they are for tumbling. Neither of which matters much as the gases and kinetic energy involved in a strike will have their way long before actual contact of the two entities. Much like an avalanche, or tsunami, the bulk of the damage is from the shock and pressure wave(s) that arrive before the object/event itself. Contact is after the fact, and I don't think anyone is going to come out from under their desk saying "man! that was close! Good thing it only grazed us!" In this case, a miss really is as good as a hit.
You've never had anything stolen, have you? Your laptop is unique in all the world right? You could pick it out in an instant, right?
What works better for the authorities...a stolen VCR, or a stolen VCR with a wedding tape in it?
Check out the property rooms around the nation...they are full of goods you'd think provided enough evidence to convict...but they are still full...wonder why?
And when they go to capture the thief, and the HD has been wiped, resulting in loss or lack of evidence, how much harder is it going to be to build a case? It only has to be a little harder, and the authorities are going to lose interest in this idea, me thinks.
Rome has announced concessions with the outlying provinces.
The Magistry of Taxation, realizing that the combination of tax farming and a lack of census taking led to anger and protests, will now attempt direct taxation, following 5 years of census. It is hoped that peace will once again return to the Empire, however, many Senators privately concede that Rome's reach has now exceeded it's grasp.
"Optimized for local MP3, OGG and WMA audio content, but also supports internet radio streams, other audio formats, and/or remote content by adding them manually."
Did you go to the site and check it out? Netjuke simply provides mtu's (or streams, in conjunction with ShoutCast, QTTS, etc.)....the 'play' ability depends on the player on the client side. It is a web based interface, and if your OS and client support a given format you're good to go. We already know how to convert AAC files...
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me! me! pick me! I'll do it!! Pick me!!!
And what does this particular lecture have to do with the original claim that RPGs helped someone improve their vocabulary and social skills....with the impression being this could be a mainstream tool, as opposed to doing the real thing in person, meaning removing the mask and being with people as you, instead of escaping first or always, as I propose.
The three axis of abnormal psychology illustrate what happens when attitudes towards such things as escapism become a reflex to any and all contact with others. No one questions the value of play...no one should endorse it when it displaces true interactivity. Recreation is fine...hiding in fear over interaction is not. Even water is toxic when taken in large enough amounts.
Save me the RPG recruitment speech, and how recreational shapeshifting is good for the soul. No one claimed otherwise, so put the flag away.
What do you know about an unpleasant life? Batteries run down in the remote? Had to stay 30 minutes late before coming home? Missed that Zena re-run fest?
You have contact with other people...how can life ever be unpleasant...you should thank your cranky stars you have the opportunity to see the Sun rise. Some people curse that event, and with good reason, beyond Starbucks and Sizzler.
So some fool won't try to actually take me up on the offer. Now, do you want to buy any or not?
I live/work in Korea, and my company ID badge has a passive chip, where I only need to get it near a sensor. A Jedi swipe will do the trick, in most cases. This badge/card is also a Visa c'card, and it comes with the traditional swipe stripe. I keep it in my wallet, however. I can't seem to relax when hanging a cord around my neck that has a few thousand dollars attached to it. Why advertise.
I do the same with my work badge in my wallet, but my work badge is also a Visa card...
You know, back when you could still afford to go out for dinner (DQ doesn't count), how the waitperson would bring the bill on a little plastic tray and lay it on the table....and you'd simply drop your c'card onto the bill...and then someone would take the tray and bill and c'card and....oh, wait, I get it...
Hello, I'm Dwayne, I'll be your card waver this evening.
That's 'Philips'...with one L.
You say you are smart enough to remember a purchase PIN and a ATM/Cash type transaction PIN, yet you also claim to be buying shit?
Most, if not all, of the smart people I know never, ever 'buy' shit....they seem to find a way where people continously give them shit, sometimes for no apparent reason. Now I know some would argue that this may well be a gift, but I've watched this happen, over and over, and I'm here to tell you, it seems like it doesn't matter what they do or what they say, someone will eventually give them shit. Really! I am not kidding! It's true!!
If you are having to pay for shit, may I suggest a crash course in shit 'taking'...you can sign up for one online I believe..perhaps right here, if you ask nice.
RPG...'R' is for roleplay and 'G' is for game, and when you're done playing games, you have to live....like it or not.
:)
You can 'play' at being someone, or you can 'be' someone. Naturally, we all have this as a choice. Some chose to move on and be...some stay and play. Either way, life sucks and then you die, so there is clearly no percentage in listeing to me
Several friends of mine credit their above average vocabularies and problem solving abilities to RPGs among other games
As opposed to living in a van, down by the river, it is always a good idea to interact with others, on most any level (going to the 7-Eleven...talking with your probation officer...apologizing for the dog, when he eats your math homework, etc.), if you wish to improve your vocabulary and problem solving skills. Crediting RPGs is like thanking the YMCA for keeping city buses from running around with large blank spaces on their sides.
It's called interactivity, and without it, said aforementioned skills tend to wane quickly.
And don't anyone let it slip that there is only one real person playing RPGs, anywhere...if that guy learns the responses during the game are preprogrammed, and he is actually there alone, he just might decide to cheat, and teleport the whole virtual gang to a van...down by the river!.
must....render....munich....clones
No, and neither do you, unless you think talking about it in public like this is a good idea, where everyone will know about it, and the whole effort will then be wasted since they will know to remove that little skull & cross-bones I put inside the battery slot with nail polish...of course the small amount of plutonium under the left front rubber pad may be harder to detect, but....now, repeat after me, please.
I do not mark my belongings in a unique manner so that they can be readily identified if stolen or lost. **Blink**
I watched alright...I watched in horror as it slowly crawled up across the screen and placed it's elf .....!!!!
LOOK!! Its doing it again!!! That damned apos-trophy climbed up the screen and sat right down where I KNOW it doe's'n't belong..and....oh god....make it's top!!!!!
...how that Xerox LeGrande Full Color DocumentCentre 5600C copier (serial number removed) got into my home is none of your business.
For Sale: Collector's Edition Replica U.S. $100.00 bills from the early 1980's - for private display only. Packs of 50 go for just $299.95 (no checks). Sale price good thru 7/4/03.
Sprint who?
And I suppose none of these angular approches would be negated by gravity? Try to glance a ball bearing off of a magnet and then talk to me about an asteriod with a 1/16 * Pi approach angle. A hit is at least 50% tractor-pull...
I doubt there are as many distinct/unique hit scenarios as some would propose. This isn't a weeked destruction derby, with hollowed out Cadillacs bouncing off each other in a mud pit.
Next, asteriods are not known for their 'rotation' as much as they are for tumbling. Neither of which matters much as the gases and kinetic energy involved in a strike will have their way long before actual contact of the two entities. Much like an avalanche, or tsunami, the bulk of the damage is from the shock and pressure wave(s) that arrive before the object/event itself. Contact is after the fact, and I don't think anyone is going to come out from under their desk saying "man! that was close! Good thing it only grazed us!" In this case, a miss really is as good as a hit.
...this UCSC computer simulation will be as high tech as a 2880 refrigerator magnet.
You guys really sure you want to put this out there? They are gonna LTAO...
You've never had anything stolen, have you? Your laptop is unique in all the world right? You could pick it out in an instant, right?
What works better for the authorities...a stolen VCR, or a stolen VCR with a wedding tape in it?
Check out the property rooms around the nation...they are full of goods you'd think provided enough evidence to convict...but they are still full...wonder why?
And when they go to capture the thief, and the HD has been wiped, resulting in loss or lack of evidence, how much harder is it going to be to build a case? It only has to be a little harder, and the authorities are going to lose interest in this idea, me thinks.
A 500V shock direct to the testicles?
Or too subtle for some of the moderators to see the MS reference....ah well, one man's wisdom is another man's birdcage liner.
Rome has announced concessions with the outlying provinces.
The Magistry of Taxation, realizing that the combination of tax farming and a lack of census taking led to anger and protests, will now attempt direct taxation, following 5 years of census. It is hoped that peace will once again return to the Empire, however, many Senators privately concede that Rome's reach has now exceeded it's grasp.
Please tell Blake thanks! And ask about any plans to integrate iTunes artwork db.
That would be Netjuke as well. It provides serverside juke capability. Check it out.
"Optimized for local MP3, OGG and WMA audio content, but also supports internet radio streams, other audio formats, and/or remote content by adding them manually."
Did you go to the site and check it out? Netjuke simply provides mtu's (or streams, in conjunction with ShoutCast, QTTS, etc.)....the 'play' ability depends on the player on the client side. It is a web based interface, and if your OS and client support a given format you're good to go. We already know how to convert AAC files...