I agree. I tried and tried to login because they offered us a free month as an inconvenience gift (I quit in 2007 for good but had a curiousity how the game had evolved, and it was free). I couldn't login. A friend later told me that the downtime killed the game. His whole guild moved to another MMO because their usual enemy guilds weren't online. The game was a deserted wasteland. The hack was a death knell for sure.
I don't know how much of this is true or not, but I am a bit sad since the game helped me recover from a deep depression. My pre-CU jedi and its 3 character slots will go into oblivion.
What a bunch of fuckups. lol AM towers, now that's random. What's next windmills? Um, they impede the free movement of air and adversely affect trees and avian flight. Yeah that's it./pant
I guess that just means it will be debunked faster than other scientific theories.
I guess that just means after extensive testing of this hypothesis, it may or may not lead to a theory..
Okay buddy, I fixed your post. It's a shame people still utilize the word 'theory' for almost every context. This is almost universally true with regard to science critics commenting on the very subject they hate.
This is all nonsense. Linux has so many critics that it is ingrained in its culture. In its defense, everyone screams out on how great it is (it is great). Sometimes it seems like fanboy cronyism, but what can you expect when everyone treats your favorite OS like a black sheep? I'm an avid linux user and have been critical of it all along. I submit my bug reports whenever I find an issue (rarely am I the first). If gnu/linux didn't have critics, it simply wouldn't improve. We have seen dramatic improvements just the last few years and this speaks volumes about critical commentary. If you want something recent, look at KDE 4.0 and the resulting backlash. Even Linus got involved in the criticism and moved to Gnome (mere months after talking smack about that).I know I know... KDE isn't linux. But hey, it's the same community.
In this day and age, most companies committ a criminal background check on prospective employees. Since you don't have an arrest record, I doubt a net match would yield more than a shrug of mistaken identity. On top of that, I'm sure you're around 22 years old. Even if they don't check on your background, I doubt someone your age would have the time to go through a trial, prison, parole, then somehow find a way to attend college at the same time to graduate on time. Not likely, so don't worry about it.
Go through your chain of command and utilize your unit's legal council. I'm sure a well written letter sent to Dell from the Army will get the ball rolling.
Leave it to the Government of China to classify the desire to read information not published by their own news outlets a disorder. On a separate note, it is commonly held that young men often think of sex, usually every few minutes. I can't wait to see what they'll classify that as.
Agreed. While USB drives are a wonderful way to carry around media, not so as a movie packaging medium. Talk about bulky. If they want to move away from plastic discs, I would suggest SD memory chips where the movie is write protected or hard coded. This way, the packaging is much smaller and easier to store in a binder. But, I'm kind of groovy on keeping the DVD format.
I konw this will sound crazy to you but here it goes. You'll need the following:
One old and worn toothbrush (with bent/worn bristles)
One tube of toothpaste.
Apply toothpaste to the brush, wet the cd, and begin brushing the disc. The solvents in the toothpaste will smooth the scratches enough to breath new life into your disc. If it still skips, then I'm sure someone will have another tip.
It sounded crazy when I first heard this tip, but I tried it on a disc that was unplayable. Once I saw a dramatic improvement (perfect playback), I did it to all my scratched discs and saved me money in buying replacements. I haven't bought a new copy over scratches ever since.
Another voter in the la la land for change. There is no solution on Obama's mind is there? Oh wait, I forgot that we have change. A change for the future, because the future is ahead of us... For a brighter future, full of change. Name one reason why increasing supply while removing reliance on foreign sources won't solve the price? Have you taken economics?
Meanwhile, I'd like to see us move entirely away from coal burning power sources and to something far more efficient like nuclear. It will be a great power source until something better comes along.
Unless, of course, Obama simply wants to raise taxes on a select few companies. Yeah, windfall taxes are a great solution./roll eyes/
As a math major myself, I'd make sure there's a Wii with plenty of games, plenty of alcohol, and loads of pizza. Also, wireless so everyone bringing their portables can hit the net and all.
The compact flourescent thing has been a scam from the beginning. They want to replace a cheap technology for one that is poisonous. They were ignoring the mercury for years and now it's a new realization. That fraud Hillary wants to FORCE you to buy these awful contraptions for a few measly votes. All of it under the umbrella of environmentalism.
We should let it happen just to see how damaging an awful environmentalist law can be to the environment. Do you really think households will stay true to a twelve step cleanup procedure when a bulb breaks?
Those are really good questions. Say someone had the sophistication to fabricate a chip of comparable complexity.. They could simply market said chip as their own 'equivalent' and sell it for less. Almost like they're currently doing, except it would be legal and intel can't go after them (unless they use patented tech). Shoot, I can go to the market and buy a coke equivalent at Safeway and it tastes just as good, if not better. I also pay less. Know what I mean?
In short, if someone can redesign a chip to forego a locking mechanism, they've created their own technology and can sell it.
I agree completely. It's not funny at all as this isn't the first I've heard of all this. There are acquaintences of mine who dabbled in the past and told me horror stories. I wasn't meaning 'laughable' in a way that meant I laugh at others' agony. I do mean, however, the belief system is laughable especially after reading about the ohm meter nonsense.
There may be some question as to whether man evolved from apes.
I agree with everything you said except for this comment. Sure, there's question about HOW we evolved, and the necessities/causes for every step. We didn't, however, evolve from apes. We and current apes have a common ancestor, and back then there were no apes. This is why our genes are so similar, but not identical. Unfortunately, we can't obtain DNA from older ancestors past a certain point due to breakdown of the molecules. Our evolutionary branch is common with all living primates up until a certain point, and the diverging point is well supported and documented. This 'question' over our own evolution is only sought by a loud few who feel that evolution is dead wrong because the bible says otherwise.
Also, they choose not to take a simple class of anthropology at their local city college. It really isn't any more complex than that.
This statement is so wrong it could spawn an entire book to explain why. And, believe it or not, science is chock full of theories (look at aerodynamics, yet planes still fly). A theory IS fact and you can't be more scientific than that. A theory, by virtue of what it simply is, explains a fact by virtue of countless test under controlled conditions and with as little bias as possible.
We KNOW evolution happens all the time from observation, be it from phenotypical or genotypical evidence.
/snip "...the good news is that the new curriculum emphasizes teaching the meaning of scientific terms and the scientific method in earlier grades."
Okay... So the good news is they'll be teaching science to young students? Shouldn't they have been doing this from the start? I, too, lament that there is a large pile of steaming ignorance around the stated terminology. Perhaps chapter one of any book with the labeling should explain why the label is poorly worded. Isn't this simply a baby step toward teaching young earth creationism in a science class instead of Sunday school? It's quite a shame that educated men and women are still debating critical educational subjects such as evolution in science class.
"If I use Ubuntu, am I not using an "operating system"? Shouldn't I, as an average user, be able to customize the look, feel, and functionality of said operating system?"
If you're using Ubuntu, you are using a linux operating system with a gnome window manager. For users who prefer an elegant and usable/intuitive GUI, then they will rarely, if ever, drop into terminal and issue commands. In this sense, they'll rarely affect the OS. I run Kubuntu, and have since the first batch of cd's were distributed. I've never looked back. I love KDE and its extensive ability to be configured. But, if I drop into command line, it's usually to mount an.iso file or use apt-get.
With my usage, I've rarely done anything with the OS. Though, I've made extensive changes to the overall GUI theme.
"If not, it's no wonder that Linux has made very little progress on the desktop."
I'm afraid you're dead wrong in that department. If you feel it's made little progress, you're head is in a hole in the ground.
Yes. We emptied the glacial lake and bottled it. As a matter of fact, I drank some of it today while I was refueling my global-warming-mobile. It tasted light and glacial. yumyum.
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it was a cute one. Didn't anyone at least get a giggle out of it?
Finally a comment about facebook I can agree with.
Yeah that crafting engine was incomparable.
I agree. I tried and tried to login because they offered us a free month as an inconvenience gift (I quit in 2007 for good but had a curiousity how the game had evolved, and it was free). I couldn't login. A friend later told me that the downtime killed the game. His whole guild moved to another MMO because their usual enemy guilds weren't online. The game was a deserted wasteland. The hack was a death knell for sure. I don't know how much of this is true or not, but I am a bit sad since the game helped me recover from a deep depression. My pre-CU jedi and its 3 character slots will go into oblivion.
What a bunch of fuckups. lol AM towers, now that's random. What's next windmills? Um, they impede the free movement of air and adversely affect trees and avian flight. Yeah that's it. /pant
I guess that just means after extensive testing of this hypothesis, it may or may not lead to a theory..
Okay buddy, I fixed your post. It's a shame people still utilize the word 'theory' for almost every context. This is almost universally true with regard to science critics commenting on the very subject they hate.
This is all nonsense. Linux has so many critics that it is ingrained in its culture. In its defense, everyone screams out on how great it is (it is great). Sometimes it seems like fanboy cronyism, but what can you expect when everyone treats your favorite OS like a black sheep? I'm an avid linux user and have been critical of it all along. I submit my bug reports whenever I find an issue (rarely am I the first). If gnu/linux didn't have critics, it simply wouldn't improve. We have seen dramatic improvements just the last few years and this speaks volumes about critical commentary. If you want something recent, look at KDE 4.0 and the resulting backlash. Even Linus got involved in the criticism and moved to Gnome (mere months after talking smack about that).I know I know... KDE isn't linux. But hey, it's the same community.
In this day and age, most companies committ a criminal background check on prospective employees. Since you don't have an arrest record, I doubt a net match would yield more than a shrug of mistaken identity. On top of that, I'm sure you're around 22 years old. Even if they don't check on your background, I doubt someone your age would have the time to go through a trial, prison, parole, then somehow find a way to attend college at the same time to graduate on time. Not likely, so don't worry about it.
Go through your chain of command and utilize your unit's legal council. I'm sure a well written letter sent to Dell from the Army will get the ball rolling.
Leave it to the Government of China to classify the desire to read information not published by their own news outlets a disorder. On a separate note, it is commonly held that young men often think of sex, usually every few minutes. I can't wait to see what they'll classify that as.
Agreed. While USB drives are a wonderful way to carry around media, not so as a movie packaging medium. Talk about bulky. If they want to move away from plastic discs, I would suggest SD memory chips where the movie is write protected or hard coded. This way, the packaging is much smaller and easier to store in a binder. But, I'm kind of groovy on keeping the DVD format.
Okay this is fucking bullshit.
I konw this will sound crazy to you but here it goes. You'll need the following: One old and worn toothbrush (with bent/worn bristles) One tube of toothpaste. Apply toothpaste to the brush, wet the cd, and begin brushing the disc. The solvents in the toothpaste will smooth the scratches enough to breath new life into your disc. If it still skips, then I'm sure someone will have another tip. It sounded crazy when I first heard this tip, but I tried it on a disc that was unplayable. Once I saw a dramatic improvement (perfect playback), I did it to all my scratched discs and saved me money in buying replacements. I haven't bought a new copy over scratches ever since.
Not just that bro, but canonical will even ship a free cd through their website. I'd pay it if it came with a really good 'learn linux' manual.
Another voter in the la la land for change. There is no solution on Obama's mind is there? Oh wait, I forgot that we have change. A change for the future, because the future is ahead of us... For a brighter future, full of change. /roll eyes/
Name one reason why increasing supply while removing reliance on foreign sources won't solve the price? Have you taken economics? Meanwhile, I'd like to see us move entirely away from coal burning power sources and to something far more efficient like nuclear. It will be a great power source until something better comes along. Unless, of course, Obama simply wants to raise taxes on a select few companies. Yeah, windfall taxes are a great solution.
As a math major myself, I'd make sure there's a Wii with plenty of games, plenty of alcohol, and loads of pizza. Also, wireless so everyone bringing their portables can hit the net and all.
The compact flourescent thing has been a scam from the beginning. They want to replace a cheap technology for one that is poisonous. They were ignoring the mercury for years and now it's a new realization. That fraud Hillary wants to FORCE you to buy these awful contraptions for a few measly votes. All of it under the umbrella of environmentalism. We should let it happen just to see how damaging an awful environmentalist law can be to the environment. Do you really think households will stay true to a twelve step cleanup procedure when a bulb breaks?
Those are really good questions. Say someone had the sophistication to fabricate a chip of comparable complexity.. They could simply market said chip as their own 'equivalent' and sell it for less. Almost like they're currently doing, except it would be legal and intel can't go after them (unless they use patented tech). Shoot, I can go to the market and buy a coke equivalent at Safeway and it tastes just as good, if not better. I also pay less. Know what I mean? In short, if someone can redesign a chip to forego a locking mechanism, they've created their own technology and can sell it.
I agree completely. It's not funny at all as this isn't the first I've heard of all this. There are acquaintences of mine who dabbled in the past and told me horror stories. I wasn't meaning 'laughable' in a way that meant I laugh at others' agony. I do mean, however, the belief system is laughable especially after reading about the ohm meter nonsense.
There may be some question as to whether man evolved from apes.
I agree with everything you said except for this comment. Sure, there's question about HOW we evolved, and the necessities/causes for every step. We didn't, however, evolve from apes. We and current apes have a common ancestor, and back then there were no apes. This is why our genes are so similar, but not identical.
Unfortunately, we can't obtain DNA from older ancestors past a certain point due to breakdown of the molecules. Our evolutionary branch is common with all living primates up until a certain point, and the diverging point is well supported and documented. This 'question' over our own evolution is only sought by a loud few who feel that evolution is dead wrong because the bible says otherwise.
Also, they choose not to take a simple class of anthropology at their local city college. It really isn't any more complex than that.
This statement is so wrong it could spawn an entire book to explain why. And, believe it or not, science is chock full of theories (look at aerodynamics, yet planes still fly). A theory IS fact and you can't be more scientific than that. A theory, by virtue of what it simply is, explains a fact by virtue of countless test under controlled conditions and with as little bias as possible.
We KNOW evolution happens all the time from observation, be it from phenotypical or genotypical evidence.
/snip "...the good news is that the new curriculum emphasizes teaching the meaning of scientific terms and the scientific method in earlier grades."
Okay... So the good news is they'll be teaching science to young students? Shouldn't they have been doing this from the start? I, too, lament that there is a large pile of steaming ignorance around the stated terminology. Perhaps chapter one of any book with the labeling should explain why the label is poorly worded. Isn't this simply a baby step toward teaching young earth creationism in a science class instead of Sunday school?
It's quite a shame that educated men and women are still debating critical educational subjects such as evolution in science class.
This is all too laughable. I need to start my own religion.
"If I use Ubuntu, am I not using an "operating system"? Shouldn't I, as an average user, be able to customize the look, feel, and functionality of said operating system?"
.iso file or use apt-get.
If you're using Ubuntu, you are using a linux operating system with a gnome window manager. For users who prefer an elegant and usable/intuitive GUI, then they will rarely, if ever, drop into terminal and issue commands. In this sense, they'll rarely affect the OS. I run Kubuntu, and have since the first batch of cd's were distributed. I've never looked back. I love KDE and its extensive ability to be configured. But, if I drop into command line, it's usually to mount an
With my usage, I've rarely done anything with the OS. Though, I've made extensive changes to the overall GUI theme.
"If not, it's no wonder that Linux has made very little progress on the desktop."
I'm afraid you're dead wrong in that department. If you feel it's made little progress, you're head is in a hole in the ground.
Yes. We emptied the glacial lake and bottled it. As a matter of fact, I drank some of it today while I was refueling my global-warming-mobile. It tasted light and glacial. yumyum.