Possibly because some deep seated liberal guilt made it difficult for you to accuse the first potential black President of being just another politician. (i.e. A lying scumbag)
The jury is only "still out" for a minority of fans. The majority have embraced Matt, and there's quite a few that think he leaves Tennant in the dust.
As for the two quotes you listed, in fairness, you can't call that a "typical" #10 moment. The Library two-parter, by Moffat, was one of the highlights of that season, and was full of great lines.
If you wanted to compare like with like, take Tennants opening episode. Where he had such great lines as "No second chances. That's the kind of Doctor I am." And while it's a great line, it doesn't compare at all to "Basically... run."
I use Mame quite a bit for the classic arcade games of my youth. Those old games had every type of joystick. From the wireframe starwars game, which had a double handed pivotal 4 button thing, to the Outrun steering wheel and pedals, to the 6 button knob and stick Mortal Kombat. (And the track and ball of Missile Command, but I never did play that)
No one USB joystick controller is going to be suitable for every game you want to play.
On the other hand, I've found that keyboard and mouse are sufficient for about 95% of my gaming needs, with only the slightest hint of a readjustment to my style of play.
The London Underground also has the two-lane escalator thing. You stand on the right, and move on the left. People can get quite stroppy if you're a tourist and don't know this, and stand on the left.
Also in London, it is not at all unusual for people to ask each other for help (with luggage and what not). What would be unusual is to look at these people askance, perhaps laugh, then go about your day.
Your milage may vary, naturally. As an Irish person who is in the UK a lot, I do have my issues with the English, historical, political or whatever. But I don't think I can fault them on their manners. Most of them are terribly polite.
In my experience, the further to the right of right-wing your politics are, the more likely you are to distrust the BBC, call them socialist, anti-Semitic, what have you.
Even leaving aside the obvious entries on religion, abortion, evolution, etc... We also have to deal with viral marketing firms who, for example, kept editing the entry for the faux-dokumentary "The Fourth Kind" trying to make it seem real.
There are simply more people willing to discredit Wikipedia, not just the small percentage of the population who indulge in trolling behaviour for shits and giggles.
If these things become common place, there is no way to check who shot a lazer at someone.
Hypothetically speaking, say, at a public event some minor politician is making a speech. And someone from the crowd blinds him. Or a mentally disturbed stalker burns his victim by shining the lazer through her window at night. Or an arsonist who doesn't have to enter the building or leave any chemical traces to set his fire.
There are far too many ways this could be used to aid illegal activities, with no way for the perp to be tracked down afterwards.
I don't have sufficient faith in the goodness of my fellow man, to want to see these lazers in mass production.
and a blacklisted hosts file, or whatever, just a word of warning.
Be prepared the next time you browse the web on a strangers machine, or a public machine. It happened to me recently, and it scared the crap out of me. Adverts EVERYWHERE and some of them were shouting at me.
I would liken it to a BBC viewer having to sit through American cable television for an hour.
There are only two relevant answers and they are all that should be required. The eggs in one basket argument, for those who think humanity's presence in the cosmos is a good thing. The limited resource argument for everyone else.
"police have lost the ability to track people who distribute eg child porn on a massive scale."
Seriously, what the hell does a "massive" scale even mean?
I find it hard to believe that Sweden is full of closeted computer literate pedophiles who are somehow distributing gigaquads of kiddy porn to each other all the time.
"I think that it makes sense to try to ensure that the homes of Australia aren't invaded with pornography via the internet," said Abbott.
Yes, because that's how porn works on the internet. It sits quietly in the tubes, gathering its strength, and then when you least expect it, it attacks your firewalls, bypasses your proxies and invades your home! It comes out of the screens, up from the wires, and puts pictures of GOATSE.CX on your fridge.
You don't universally ban/restrict alcohol because SOME people will become alcoholics. You don't universally ban/restrict violent video games because SOME people will become more hostile. You don't universally ban/restrict hand guns because SOME of the population breaks the law.
etc...
We could add the same common sense reasoning to other recreational drugs, like tobacco and marijuana, or to books, and on and on.
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Ah, you see what you did there?
You *believed* a politician.
Possibly because some deep seated liberal guilt made it difficult for you to accuse the first potential black President of being just another politician. (i.e. A lying scumbag)
But I couldn't be sure.
And the U.S. will have no other choice but to officially comply.
China holds too much of the US debt, for the US to be demanding ANYTHING.
The jury is only "still out" for a minority of fans. The majority have embraced Matt, and there's quite a few that think he leaves Tennant in the dust.
As for the two quotes you listed, in fairness, you can't call that a "typical" #10 moment. The Library two-parter, by Moffat, was one of the highlights of that season, and was full of great lines.
If you wanted to compare like with like, take Tennants opening episode. Where he had such great lines as "No second chances. That's the kind of Doctor I am." And while it's a great line, it doesn't compare at all to "Basically... run."
Not necessarily. I could very easily envisage a 6 core system that plays games/handles most tasks worse than a quad core system (emphasis on most).
So what you're saying is, it's not the number of cores, but how you're using them that counts?
Based on those listed requirements, might I recommend you read some issues of Private Eye, and see how they fit?
I mean seriously, to the "editor" who posted this (kdawson) would it kill you to put an ounce of fucking critical thinking into it before you post?
I dunno. That would explain a *lot*.
I use Mame quite a bit for the classic arcade games of my youth.
Those old games had every type of joystick. From the wireframe starwars game, which had a double handed pivotal 4 button thing, to the Outrun steering wheel and pedals, to the 6 button knob and stick Mortal Kombat. (And the track and ball of Missile Command, but I never did play that)
No one USB joystick controller is going to be suitable for every game you want to play.
On the other hand, I've found that keyboard and mouse are sufficient for about 95% of my gaming needs, with only the slightest hint of a readjustment to my style of play.
Two little points, since you mention the UK.
The London Underground also has the two-lane escalator thing. You stand on the right, and move on the left. People can get quite stroppy if you're a tourist and don't know this, and stand on the left.
Also in London, it is not at all unusual for people to ask each other for help (with luggage and what not). What would be unusual is to look at these people askance, perhaps laugh, then go about your day.
Your milage may vary, naturally. As an Irish person who is in the UK a lot, I do have my issues with the English, historical, political or whatever. But I don't think I can fault them on their manners. Most of them are terribly polite.
Yeah, but hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good lawyer at your side.
These days, the hokey religions have lawyers on their side. (Scientology, the Roman Pedo^H^H^H^HCatholic Church etc...)
Slashdot needs a "-1 Naive" mod.
She thought Die Hard 4 was a documentary.
In my experience, the further to the right of right-wing your politics are, the more likely you are to distrust the BBC, call them socialist, anti-Semitic, what have you.
You can't even get a jury of your peers where your peers are people who understand jury nullification.
But if wave is email, and I already have email, why do I need wave?
It may not have been porn. It may have something risque, or marked LSFW or NSFW without actually being *porn*.
Even leaving aside the obvious entries on religion, abortion, evolution, etc... We also have to deal with viral marketing firms who, for example, kept editing the entry for the faux-dokumentary "The Fourth Kind" trying to make it seem real.
There are simply more people willing to discredit Wikipedia, not just the small percentage of the population who indulge in trolling behaviour for shits and giggles.
Tell that to the people who were sued when they didn't even OWN a computer.
Sure. You just want to watch a bad movie, and you don't know why.
And I'm sure you could stop doing it, anytime you wanted to.
You just keep telling yourself that... :)
If these things become common place, there is no way to check who shot a lazer at someone.
Hypothetically speaking, say, at a public event some minor politician is making a speech. And someone from the crowd blinds him.
Or a mentally disturbed stalker burns his victim by shining the lazer through her window at night. Or an arsonist who doesn't have to enter the building or leave any chemical traces to set his fire.
There are far too many ways this could be used to aid illegal activities, with no way for the perp to be tracked down afterwards.
I don't have sufficient faith in the goodness of my fellow man, to want to see these lazers in mass production.
and a blacklisted hosts file, or whatever, just a word of warning.
Be prepared the next time you browse the web on a strangers machine, or a public machine.
It happened to me recently, and it scared the crap out of me. Adverts EVERYWHERE and some of them were shouting at me.
I would liken it to a BBC viewer having to sit through American cable television for an hour.
It's not pleasant.
If someone gives this kid a Meccano set, I think he might take over the planet.
There are only two relevant answers and they are all that should be required.
The eggs in one basket argument, for those who think humanity's presence in the cosmos is a good thing.
The limited resource argument for everyone else.
"police have lost the ability to track people who distribute eg child porn on a massive scale."
Seriously, what the hell does a "massive" scale even mean?
I find it hard to believe that Sweden is full of closeted computer literate pedophiles who are somehow distributing gigaquads of kiddy porn to each other all the time.
"I think that it makes sense to try to ensure that the homes of Australia aren't invaded with pornography via the internet," said Abbott.
Yes, because that's how porn works on the internet. It sits quietly in the tubes, gathering its strength, and then when you least expect it, it attacks your firewalls, bypasses your proxies and invades your home! It comes out of the screens, up from the wires, and puts pictures of GOATSE.CX on your fridge.
You don't universally ban/restrict alcohol because SOME people will become alcoholics.
You don't universally ban/restrict violent video games because SOME people will become more hostile.
You don't universally ban/restrict hand guns because SOME of the population breaks the law.
etc...
We could add the same common sense reasoning to other recreational drugs, like tobacco and marijuana, or to books, and on and on.