If you're worried about security, you won't be using a service like this and if you ARE using a service like this and worried about security, you are an idiot.
The law won't do a damn thing because IT WAS STRUCK DOWN as being too vague for the reasons you just mentioned. You're damn right I'm biased. I don't want some dipshit in Omaha blaming GTA because their kid shot up his school, which results in ME not being able to play games like that because manufactuers are too fucking scared to make them. If your parents are fine with you playing GTA, that's cool. I'd be fine with my kids playing GTA too. But exactly where is the harm in requiring parents to actually put some EFFORT into their kids development? Are we to the point where parents are too fucking lazy or indifferent to get off their ass and buy their kid a game? Or even just take them to the damn store so they can buy it themselves?
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And if someone wants to argue after that point you simply shut them up with "Well then, why didn't YOU put it all together?" Most inventions are the result of someone taking preexisting elements and putting them together. It might be something that looks obvious after the fact, but it wasn't obvious BEFORE the fact.
Blanket laws? This is no different than not allowing kids to gamble, go into strip clubs, buy porn, buy guns, or buy fireworks. I would welcome a law that kept kids from buying games like GTA on their own. It means that idiot parents have no place to stand when it comes to violent games. You bought it for him, dumbass, you deal with it.
No, dumbass, I said it's not censorship if you stop CHILDREN from seeing it. I'm sure you're not aware of this, but people under the age of 18 do not abide by the same rules as those over 18.
And yes, in many places it IS illegal to allow kids into R or NC-17 rated movies. Laws like this are instated on a local level, not even a state level. Learn, then speak.
In many places it IS illegal to allow anyone under 17 into R or NC-17 rated movies. This doesn't have a fucking thing to do with the first amendment, moron. All that says is that the movies can be made, not that 8 year olds can see it.
Washington State banned
the sale of violent videogames depicting violence against 'law enforcement officers' to minors under age 17.
Learn to read, dumbass. This is no different than not allowing children into an R or NC-17 rated movie. Stricter regulation of adult-oriented games should be WELCOMED by guys like you and me. It keeps the goverment out of our asses about games, makes stupid parents feel better, and does NOTHING to those of us that are actually old enough to be playing the games in the first place.
No, but it is rated R and movie theaters have the option of not allowing children to see it. In fact, if it's bad enough then it's rated NC-17 and nobody under 17 can see it at all. Learn to read.
3D Realms has had a team dedicated to DNF for eight years now. The other Duke games were developed by different teams within 3DR, as were the rest of the games you've mentioned. So yes, they've been working only on DNF for eight years.
1. Going through customs is a pain in the ass.
2. See #1.
3. See #2.
Shipping to Canada is no easier than shipping to Mexico, England, Russia, China, or any other country. It takes less time, but the process is still the same. I've sent a few items to Canada and thus far have not had a problem, but I've been sending used items of small value. Not new computer equipment that I'm sure would be held up.
That's the worst goddamned joke I've ever fucking heard. I don't know which is worse. That you actually bothered to think it up... or that I found it funny.:|
You're basically right. Fedora is a slightly stripped RHEL (or more accurately, RHEL is a more featureful Fedora). Fedora is the direct replacement of the older Redhat line, and RHEL is the 'business class' version with better stability and support.
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Don't listen to me. Listen to the people that have been recording music for twice as long as I've been alive.
Insightful my ass. This is nothing but a patronizing jackass trying to be funny. Tubes do in fact impart qualities that are *VERY* difficult to quantize. Why the hell do you think it's taken this long to get modeling amps that are worth a shit? Tubes and transistors work differently, and it takes a fucking idiot to claim that you can make one emulate the other perfectly.
BTW, I'm not a tube guy. All my amps are solid state. I had a tube amp and didn't like it much.
We're not talking distortion here. We're talking resolution. Translating an analog signal to digital always introduces artifacts into the sound, even at high sample rates.
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If you're worried about security, you won't be using a service like this and if you ARE using a service like this and worried about security, you are an idiot.
The law won't do a damn thing because IT WAS STRUCK DOWN as being too vague for the reasons you just mentioned. You're damn right I'm biased. I don't want some dipshit in Omaha blaming GTA because their kid shot up his school, which results in ME not being able to play games like that because manufactuers are too fucking scared to make them. If your parents are fine with you playing GTA, that's cool. I'd be fine with my kids playing GTA too. But exactly where is the harm in requiring parents to actually put some EFFORT into their kids development? Are we to the point where parents are too fucking lazy or indifferent to get off their ass and buy their kid a game? Or even just take them to the damn store so they can buy it themselves?
And if someone wants to argue after that point you simply shut them up with "Well then, why didn't YOU put it all together?" Most inventions are the result of someone taking preexisting elements and putting them together. It might be something that looks obvious after the fact, but it wasn't obvious BEFORE the fact.
Can you read? Is your basic sentence comprehension unit broken. They were looking to ban THE SALE of these games TO MINORS. Not ban them outright.
Well, truth be told, the law isn't doing a damn thing seeing as how it was struck down.
Well, sort of. I've never known anyone to go more than about 8MPH while stoned.
You mean like how the minimum gambling and drinking age is 21? Dude, really, lay off the meth. Your paranoia is astounding.
Blanket laws? This is no different than not allowing kids to gamble, go into strip clubs, buy porn, buy guns, or buy fireworks. I would welcome a law that kept kids from buying games like GTA on their own. It means that idiot parents have no place to stand when it comes to violent games. You bought it for him, dumbass, you deal with it.
No, dumbass, I said it's not censorship if you stop CHILDREN from seeing it. I'm sure you're not aware of this, but people under the age of 18 do not abide by the same rules as those over 18.
And yes, in many places it IS illegal to allow kids into R or NC-17 rated movies. Laws like this are instated on a local level, not even a state level. Learn, then speak.
In many places it IS illegal to allow anyone under 17 into R or NC-17 rated movies. This doesn't have a fucking thing to do with the first amendment, moron. All that says is that the movies can be made, not that 8 year olds can see it.
No, but it is rated R and movie theaters have the option of not allowing children to see it. In fact, if it's bad enough then it's rated NC-17 and nobody under 17 can see it at all. Learn to read.
Because, unlike a large part of the Slashdot crowd, the authors of the article weren't total pussies.
So around the year 2150, MS will sue someone over a patent.
Look, fucking idiot, if MS wanted to get rid of Redhat THEY WOULD FUCKING BUY THEM.
You were almost worth replying to until you equated amps with not having good musical abilities. Now you're just a pompous tit.
And where exactly did he say anything to that effect?
3D Realms has had a team dedicated to DNF for eight years now. The other Duke games were developed by different teams within 3DR, as were the rest of the games you've mentioned. So yes, they've been working only on DNF for eight years.
1. Going through customs is a pain in the ass.
2. See #1.
3. See #2.
Shipping to Canada is no easier than shipping to Mexico, England, Russia, China, or any other country. It takes less time, but the process is still the same. I've sent a few items to Canada and thus far have not had a problem, but I've been sending used items of small value. Not new computer equipment that I'm sure would be held up.
That's the worst goddamned joke I've ever fucking heard. I don't know which is worse. That you actually bothered to think it up... or that I found it funny. :|
Seriously, that's some fucking stupid shit. If you're going to be that fucking pedantic you need to GET A MOTHERFUCKING LIFE. Fucking dork.
You're basically right. Fedora is a slightly stripped RHEL (or more accurately, RHEL is a more featureful Fedora). Fedora is the direct replacement of the older Redhat line, and RHEL is the 'business class' version with better stability and support.
http://messageboard.tapeop.com http://www.proaudioweb.com Don't listen to me. Listen to the people that have been recording music for twice as long as I've been alive.
Insightful my ass. This is nothing but a patronizing jackass trying to be funny. Tubes do in fact impart qualities that are *VERY* difficult to quantize. Why the hell do you think it's taken this long to get modeling amps that are worth a shit? Tubes and transistors work differently, and it takes a fucking idiot to claim that you can make one emulate the other perfectly.
BTW, I'm not a tube guy. All my amps are solid state. I had a tube amp and didn't like it much.
We're not talking distortion here. We're talking resolution. Translating an analog signal to digital always introduces artifacts into the sound, even at high sample rates.