Just shimmy some phone books under your desk to elevate you to overlord. After you've intimidated everyone else, you wont need a comfortable workspace.
They should do the work. That's what they're best at. You should do the overlording. That's what you're best at.
Or you can just take the advice of the parent post.
Let's face it. The damned thing is going to be going off all the time unless people are feigning interest.
One of my friends does this funny thing when he's not paying attention. He breaks eye contact, starts rotating his head from side to side, scanning for something else to pay attention to. The kicker is he makes fart noises with his mouth when he does it. It's a little obvious. Funny, but obvious. I wonder if their device would pick that up.
Yeah, I know. 42 Ounces? Just go to the 7-11 where you can get a Gallon of Soda for a dollar and watch the game at home.
Yes, consuming mass amounts of corn syrup is just as much an American thing as being judgemental and opinionated is other peoples' thing.
I've seen people regularly consume more than a gallon of beer in a day and lead moderately healthy lives, so don't knock it.
Besides, us Americans are so busy destroying the world that the low energy and stress requires a crutch of soda, food, and guns. Oh and about Americans being fat? That's our strategy. We're going to sit on everyone until they submit.
Being a DJ is fun, except for when it's not. If you're playing to a receptive crowd, it's awesome. It doesn't matter how good you are or how great your music is if the crowd is a bunch of terds (and there are many varieties of terds). It's a better job than most, though.
I can honestly say that all the new "features" that MS is putting in the software is going to keep me from installing this OS. I'm going to hang with XP until that falls off the face of support and then switch over to a *nix box and probably a Mac for the wonderful support of Adobe products.
Parent post is right. Ten reasons that MS is lagging behind the curve.
I bought a whole bunch of energy efficient bulbs. Most of them died within a year because they don't like dirty electricity and being cycled rapidly -- shorter than the average lifetime I get out of normal bulbs/
Maybe you should think about giving up those lightswitch rave parties to help conserve resources. Of course you could always collect the regenerative energy from all those e'd out dancers.
Plenty of people use their mouse like this. I can't.
While it may not seem like much, using the mouse like this does tug on the wrist. It affects the same muscle/tendon/whatever group that gives me massive writers cramp.
I also can't use a mouse the way many other people do, by using the wrist.
Just like I had to relearn writing by "flailing" around my whole arm "like a toddler", I had to relearn how to use a mouse by moving my whole arm. The shelf design helps in this regard.
What everyone needs to keep in mind is RSS is different for every person. Some solutions work for some people, but not others. Some people go through their whole life without experiencing any problems at all.
I love to watch it when they explain what you have to do in a cutscene, and someone button mashes through and can't figure out the level. This is taken to a greater hilarity when it happens over and over again.
Granted this shouldn't be done, but it's still funny.
As for absolutes, the designers should keep up experimenting with none, some, and all. Creation shouldn't be formulaic or by rote.
If you have to ask, then the answer should be clear.
I do what's best for me. I pay someone else to run a server with all the goodies installed on it. I don't have uber access, but I don't have to worry about university or employer policy. The money is worth it to me. I don't want to spend time maintaining the system. For many other geeks the opposite is true. From what I've seen though, it's usually a gut reaction.
As a business, no, it would be a horrible idea for blizzard to allow those things. Controversy, in this mode, isn't profitable.
As for good roleplaying, the oppression of a class of people, the overthrow of an oppressive government, and political intrigue always make for good storylines.
Like I said before, I'm content. They don't ban players based on gender, race, creed, or what have you. They just ban things that conflict with their realization of a fantasy world, and I can respect that for the most part.
You're right. I see your point. It would make no sense for another player to harass another player for the very reason that the user is gay. I do think it would make good roleplaying for harassment of character orientation, though.
It would be good as long as the harassment is ended with some pvp retribution.
As for gay users, I'm sure that it wouldn't be difficult to set up an out-game coordination system.
The only thing that stings is that Blizzard is using the same cop-out that has been used during the whole civil rights and liberation movement. "We can't let women in the workplace, they will get harrassed." On the otherhand, they do not ban gay players, nor does it even come up.
You're right, at the end of the day, it destroys the role playing to have a character targeted for a user's beliefs. It sucks that the targets are pre-emptively censored, rather than the aggressors, but in contrast to all the other problems in the world, this is fairly trivial.
Actually, you CAN be a Republican in the game. Are you telling me that you can't have a socialist guild where everyone shares depending on a preset group of rules?
And yes you CAN be gay in the game. Are you telling me that there aren't "weddings", flirting, and dates in-game?
Are you telling me that gay social culture is exactly the same as straight social culture, and that people act and behave the same way? That's just not true. Not all straight or gay people behave the same way, but if there were a GBLT friendly group, I would join it, just to stay away from the people who aren't.
Who cares if people start harassing because of this. Then you would probably get some really good roleplaying going on. Go ahead and start the big Straight Vs Gay war. It would be hilarious (Plus, I know which side would win).
At the end of the day, though, Blizzard can do whatever they want, at the expense of pissing people off.
The system I'd like to see is one that lets me keep ALL my money and spend it how I see fit. You know, like the one the founding father's that drafted our Constitution had in mind.
You mean the system where our founding fathers wrote in the constitution the ability to levy taxes?
Wait! How ethnocentric of me. You're probably not from America. You're probably talking about the founding fathers of Fantasyland.
No. Sadly the joke is something else. It's supposed to make fun of the post-postmodern movement i.e. "pomo". I've also been told it sounds like homo sideshow or homo slideshow.
Unfortunately a web squatter has beaten me to the punch for pornoslideshow. It's definitely a better url.
Please. Waste no more of your life reading or responding to this thread.
That has a lot to do with a science fiction comic I started and stopped.
http://www.pomosideshow.com/robotroom/robotroom_00 2.html
(don't read the copy, it's embarrasing)
The drawing is of a data communications airship (with com-dishes pointed in the wrong direction!).
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Just shimmy some phone books under your desk to elevate you to overlord. After you've intimidated everyone else, you wont need a comfortable workspace.
They should do the work. That's what they're best at. You should do the overlording. That's what you're best at.
Or you can just take the advice of the parent post.
We were all adults when he moved and told us this. My sister still firmly believes that when he passes away, she's going to find treasure.
The only thing she'll find is the best practical joke ever.
I wonder what they meant by that?
I don't know (*gasp* flesh eating bacteria attack!!!!)
One of my friends does this funny thing when he's not paying attention. He breaks eye contact, starts rotating his head from side to side, scanning for something else to pay attention to. The kicker is he makes fart noises with his mouth when he does it. It's a little obvious. Funny, but obvious. I wonder if their device would pick that up.
You could also take Homer Simpson's answer "Because they're stupid. That's why everyone does everything".
Yes, consuming mass amounts of corn syrup is just as much an American thing as being judgemental and opinionated is other peoples' thing.
I've seen people regularly consume more than a gallon of beer in a day and lead moderately healthy lives, so don't knock it.
Besides, us Americans are so busy destroying the world that the low energy and stress requires a crutch of soda, food, and guns. Oh and about Americans being fat? That's our strategy. We're going to sit on everyone until they submit.
http://www.pomosideshow.com/geekcomix/geek_comix_
Being a DJ is fun, except for when it's not. If you're playing to a receptive crowd, it's awesome. It doesn't matter how good you are or how great your music is if the crowd is a bunch of terds (and there are many varieties of terds). It's a better job than most, though.
It's what we call a "sandbox" game.
Player 1 tries to keep the garbage bags taken to the curb, groceries in the fridge, and fixes things around the house using tools from your inventory.
Player 2 cooks interesting meals, plays with the cat / kids, and listens to music.
Occasionally we get together for an awesome 2 player combo.
It sounds a lot like Television to me.
I can honestly say that all the new "features" that MS is putting in the software is going to keep me from installing this OS. I'm going to hang with XP until that falls off the face of support and then switch over to a *nix box and probably a Mac for the wonderful support of Adobe products.
Parent post is right. Ten reasons that MS is lagging behind the curve.
Maybe you should think about giving up those lightswitch rave parties to help conserve resources. Of course you could always collect the regenerative energy from all those e'd out dancers.
While it may not seem like much, using the mouse like this does tug on the wrist. It affects the same muscle/tendon/whatever group that gives me massive writers cramp.
I also can't use a mouse the way many other people do, by using the wrist.
Just like I had to relearn writing by "flailing" around my whole arm "like a toddler", I had to relearn how to use a mouse by moving my whole arm. The shelf design helps in this regard.
What everyone needs to keep in mind is RSS is different for every person. Some solutions work for some people, but not others. Some people go through their whole life without experiencing any problems at all.
They were liberated from the tyranny of working at EA.
Granted this shouldn't be done, but it's still funny.
As for absolutes, the designers should keep up experimenting with none, some, and all. Creation shouldn't be formulaic or by rote.
I do what's best for me. I pay someone else to run a server with all the goodies installed on it. I don't have uber access, but I don't have to worry about university or employer policy. The money is worth it to me. I don't want to spend time maintaining the system. For many other geeks the opposite is true. From what I've seen though, it's usually a gut reaction.
As a business, no, it would be a horrible idea for blizzard to allow those things. Controversy, in this mode, isn't profitable. As for good roleplaying, the oppression of a class of people, the overthrow of an oppressive government, and political intrigue always make for good storylines. Like I said before, I'm content. They don't ban players based on gender, race, creed, or what have you. They just ban things that conflict with their realization of a fantasy world, and I can respect that for the most part.
It would be good as long as the harassment is ended with some pvp retribution.
As for gay users, I'm sure that it wouldn't be difficult to set up an out-game coordination system.
The only thing that stings is that Blizzard is using the same cop-out that has been used during the whole civil rights and liberation movement. "We can't let women in the workplace, they will get harrassed." On the otherhand, they do not ban gay players, nor does it even come up.
You're right, at the end of the day, it destroys the role playing to have a character targeted for a user's beliefs. It sucks that the targets are pre-emptively censored, rather than the aggressors, but in contrast to all the other problems in the world, this is fairly trivial.
Actually, you CAN be a Republican in the game. Are you telling me that you can't have a socialist guild where everyone shares depending on a preset group of rules? And yes you CAN be gay in the game. Are you telling me that there aren't "weddings", flirting, and dates in-game? Are you telling me that gay social culture is exactly the same as straight social culture, and that people act and behave the same way? That's just not true. Not all straight or gay people behave the same way, but if there were a GBLT friendly group, I would join it, just to stay away from the people who aren't. Who cares if people start harassing because of this. Then you would probably get some really good roleplaying going on. Go ahead and start the big Straight Vs Gay war. It would be hilarious (Plus, I know which side would win). At the end of the day, though, Blizzard can do whatever they want, at the expense of pissing people off.
Whitelisted servers that you allow to receive your browser information.
If you aren't from Wisconsin, write your state legislature and demand the same for you!
I hope MS doesn't acquire it, because I'm awfully fond of the browser.
I also (gasp) am fond of MS, but I like a little thing called competition. That and I can never imagine Bill Gates swimming the Atlantic Ocean.
Dvorak's right, though. If MS were to buy Opera and slap on a IE skin on it, they would be rolling in the praise.
You mean the system where our founding fathers wrote in the constitution the ability to levy taxes?
Wait! How ethnocentric of me. You're probably not from America. You're probably talking about the founding fathers of Fantasyland.
Unfortunately a web squatter has beaten me to the punch for pornoslideshow. It's definitely a better url.
Please. Waste no more of your life reading or responding to this thread.
That has a lot to do with a science fiction comic I started and stopped. http://www.pomosideshow.com/robotroom/robotroom_00 2.html
(don't read the copy, it's embarrasing)
The drawing is of a data communications airship (with com-dishes pointed in the wrong direction!).