Were those LOTR games any good? I'm always wary of games that come out immediately after a movie because they usually suck (recent Spiderman, Hulk, and Matrix, e.g.), but I heard that the console version of FotR was fun. I'm considering picking up the PC version now that's around $20. Any opinions?
Oh, christ, get over over the whole creationist thing already. It's one of those beliefs that people don't just change, so there's no point in berating them about it.
The fact that he's a creationist (which I haven't even checked for validity) has nothing to do with whether or not he invented the MRI idea.
Nope-- the closer you are to being the next CEO the quicker your stuff gets done. Assholes in low places get smokescreens and handwaving. Assholes in high places get "Yessirs" and fast results. Nice people in either position get served based on 1) how nice her rack is, or 2) do they buy rounds at the bar on weekends.
Dude, chicks in games like this are no less ludicrous than the male stars. I mean, when was the last time you met someone like Max Payne, Sam Archer, Sam Spade; namely incredibly ass-kicking alcoholic detective-types.
That's why these people are called heroes, because they are out-of-the-ordinary people who do things that real people can't do. It's fiction. Fiction, fiction, fiction.
And, makes our culture inclined towards women in combat? Whether or not it's idiocy is a different argument, but saying that women enter the military because they want to be Lara Croft or Ripley from Aliens is just silly. None of my male friends joined the military to become superheros either. Most of the time, they did it because they didn't want to look for a job or thought it would be cool to have college paid for. That's an intellectual leap the likes of which were heretofore unknown to/. And that's an accomplishment.
I'd never heard of this Fred Reed guy, but a quick perusal of his articles showed some serious logical fallacies (post hoc, complex clause among them) that would lose him an argument in any formal setting. He tends to show an effect, then show a cause or two and claim that those are the only causes. Pretty narrow scope.
Yeah, it's a bit hard to analyze one particular passage of the Tao without getting a feel for the rest of that particular translation (not to mention the general idea behind the philosophy) because it's so radically out of touch (but applicable, more often than not) to our world. But that's one of the reasons I like to post them so much: it's cool seeing how people read it.
Um, sort of. You read a bit too deep, though (I was actually agreeing with you).
Basically, one of the gists of that passage (maybe this translation is a bit too poetic) is that the best choice is chosen, naturally, because that's the way. Things equalize. The part about Man is just an analogy to help point out the way of nature: that needs are met, and no gratuity is required.
Is the action of nature not unlike drawing a bow?
What is higher is pulled down, and what is lower is raised up;
What is taller is shortened, and what is thinner is broadened;
Nature's motion decreases those who have more than they need
And increases those who need more than they have.
It is not so with Man.
Man decreases those who need more than they have
And increases those who have more than they need.
To give away what you do not need is to follow the Way.
So the sage gives without expectation,
Accomplishes without claiming credit,
And has no desire for ostentation.
I don't want the option to turn it off-- I don't want the option because I don't want it in any way, shape, or form on my computer. Same problem I have have with their OS. I shouldn't have to go out of my way to turn something off; if there's something I want, I will go out of my way to get it and install it.
Of course, that could also be why the distro I use is this one.
Inconvenienced by a voting prompt? It's just 2 more lines on an (admittedly already-cluttered) UI, and it requires the press of a button.
But really the only time I'll do this is if I drop smoke on a group of people, or fire up my flamethrower in close quarters. I habitually dismiss as well, but in situations where I really fucked up and v-4-5 won't cut it, I think calling a vote on myself is more useful than stopping to type, "Sorry, guys, that smoke canister was supposed to go over that wall," or, "Whoops! I didn't mean to drop that mortar shell on our engineer who was planting the dynamite!"
Yup. Sometimes (not very often, nor for very long) I think I'd be better off if I were a hole all the time. But my conscience is too strong. How strong? If I'm having a bad night playing Enemy Territory and I frag a couple teammates in a row, I'll call a vote to kick myself. Let them decide. It's only actually passed once, but I feel a bit better about it when the vote fails than just saying, "Sorry!" Weird, huh?
Well, there's an old holler tree,
Down the road o' here from from me,
Where ya put down a dollar or two.
Come back again and when ya come round the bend
There's a jug full o' good ol' Mountain Dew!
chorus They call it that old mountain dew, And them don't use it are few. Well, I'll hush up my mug if you gimme a jug Of that good old Mountain Dew!
Well my old Uncle Nort, He was sawed off & short, Measured 'bout five-foot-two. But he felt like giant when he got him a pint Of that good old Mountain Dew!
You should know better: on slashdot it takes fourteen valid points to make people forget about a silly typo. They'll pick apart an innocent mistake and call you stupid rather than look at your valid ones. *shrug*
Of course, I misunderstood your question maybe. The Deccan flood basalts (India) were not formed in the permian. The siberian flood basalt plain, the largest that we know of, was created in the permian. We're not sure if there was a related impact because it may have been a water impact. We know that there was a major impact event during the cretaceous, and it looks like it might have been coincident with the creation of the Deccan plains, which is what makes this theory interesting.
By the way, these plains are HUGE amounts of lava-- 2000 cubic kilometers by some estimates.
First, it was the Permian extinction (286-248 MYA), not the precambrian (4.6BYA-523MYA) that was 95%. My bad, I was in a hurry.
Next, remember that 286MYA the earth looked a LOT different than it did now, what with tectonic activity and all. We don't actually know where the permian impact was (if, in fact, an impact actually was the cause--there are a few other very good theories). Pangea was also formed during the Permian, so it makes sense that it could have been an ocean impact.
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Were those LOTR games any good? I'm always wary of games that come out immediately after a movie because they usually suck (recent Spiderman, Hulk, and Matrix, e.g.), but I heard that the console version of FotR was fun. I'm considering picking up the PC version now that's around $20. Any opinions?
Is that you, Oedipus?
The fact that he's a creationist (which I haven't even checked for validity) has nothing to do with whether or not he invented the MRI idea.
- Flying cars
- Frickin sharks with frickin laser beams
- A moon colony
- Jetpacks
- The San Diego Padres win the World Series
- The San Diego Chargers win the Superbowl
- An end to the odd behavior of
/. lately (why won't the damn thing submit already!?!?!!)
I think that about covers it.Fine by me. Spam's a lot easier to filter than telemerketers.
The rest was for being a die-hard Phillies fan. Come on.
At least, that's how it looks from the outside.
Well, we hear from from management that you won't be needing that computer for too much longer anyways, so the monitor's definitely out.
It's been nice working with you!
--Your company's computer guy
That's why these people are called heroes, because they are out-of-the-ordinary people who do things that real people can't do. It's fiction. Fiction, fiction, fiction.
And, makes our culture inclined towards women in combat? Whether or not it's idiocy is a different argument, but saying that women enter the military because they want to be Lara Croft or Ripley from Aliens is just silly. None of my male friends joined the military to become superheros either. Most of the time, they did it because they didn't want to look for a job or thought it would be cool to have college paid for. That's an intellectual leap the likes of which were heretofore unknown to /. And that's an accomplishment.
I'd never heard of this Fred Reed guy, but a quick perusal of his articles showed some serious logical fallacies (post hoc, complex clause among them) that would lose him an argument in any formal setting. He tends to show an effect, then show a cause or two and claim that those are the only causes. Pretty narrow scope.
Yeah, it's a bit hard to analyze one particular passage of the Tao without getting a feel for the rest of that particular translation (not to mention the general idea behind the philosophy) because it's so radically out of touch (but applicable, more often than not) to our world. But that's one of the reasons I like to post them so much: it's cool seeing how people read it.
Basically, one of the gists of that passage (maybe this translation is a bit too poetic) is that the best choice is chosen, naturally, because that's the way. Things equalize. The part about Man is just an analogy to help point out the way of nature: that needs are met, and no gratuity is required.
What is higher is pulled down, and what is lower is raised up;
What is taller is shortened, and what is thinner is broadened;
Nature's motion decreases those who have more than they need
And increases those who need more than they have.
It is not so with Man.
Man decreases those who need more than they have
And increases those who have more than they need.
To give away what you do not need is to follow the Way.
So the sage gives without expectation,
Accomplishes without claiming credit,
And has no desire for ostentation.
~Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching chapter 77
Oh, god, you're kidding, right? Tell me there won't be a third one. I'll have to gouge out my other eye!
Bastardized Input Output System?
Of course, that could also be why the distro I use is this one.
But really the only time I'll do this is if I drop smoke on a group of people, or fire up my flamethrower in close quarters. I habitually dismiss as well, but in situations where I really fucked up and v-4-5 won't cut it, I think calling a vote on myself is more useful than stopping to type, "Sorry, guys, that smoke canister was supposed to go over that wall," or, "Whoops! I didn't mean to drop that mortar shell on our engineer who was planting the dynamite!"
Then again, maybe I just need to practice...
Yup. Sometimes (not very often, nor for very long) I think I'd be better off if I were a hole all the time. But my conscience is too strong. How strong? If I'm having a bad night playing Enemy Territory and I frag a couple teammates in a row, I'll call a vote to kick myself. Let them decide. It's only actually passed once, but I feel a bit better about it when the vote fails than just saying, "Sorry!" Weird, huh?
What's weird is, I go to SAn DIego State University and have had no less than 2 teachers that are DEAD RINGERS for the guy in the propeller hat.
Down the road o' here from from me,
Where ya put down a dollar or two.
Come back again and when ya come round the bend
There's a jug full o' good ol' Mountain Dew!
chorus
They call it that old mountain dew,
And them don't use it are few.
Well, I'll hush up my mug if you gimme a jug
Of that good old Mountain Dew!
Well my old Uncle Nort,
He was sawed off & short,
Measured 'bout five-foot-two.
But he felt like giant when he got him a pint
Of that good old Mountain Dew!
mmm, bread....
You should know better: on slashdot it takes fourteen valid points to make people forget about a silly typo. They'll pick apart an innocent mistake and call you stupid rather than look at your valid ones. *shrug*
By the way, these plains are HUGE amounts of lava-- 2000 cubic kilometers by some estimates.
Next, remember that 286MYA the earth looked a LOT different than it did now, what with tectonic activity and all. We don't actually know where the permian impact was (if, in fact, an impact actually was the cause--there are a few other very good theories). Pangea was also formed during the Permian, so it makes sense that it could have been an ocean impact.