I don't think that is a reason not to do it. To make an obvious analogy, kids can very easily download pornography from the Internet. Does that mean it shouldn't be a crime for a storekeeper to make money by selling it to them?
If it's been decided by society that it is inppropriate for someone under 18 to own or view a certain thing (which is another debate, I acknowledge), then sure you can police that at home, but I don't know many parents who would supervise their 17 year old when they're out shopping. That's when you need to trust either the kids or the system. Sadly the truth is that not all 17 year olds are mature enough to be trusted when there's something attractive on offer.
The 60s Hippy movement. You know, all that new-age mumbo jumbo stuff? Peace for all including the animals, Stop deforestations, Save the (insert animal), be vegan....etc
And here we have the conservative party line on environmentalists again. Breaking news that someone has a conspiracy theory on the suppression of science fails to shake the world. All rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. All is vanity. I think I might even go as far as to say, "move along, people."
Another opionion to FUD up the already FUDdy waters around Global Warming. Well, it is fun to see Conservatives being the ones spouting the conspiracy theories for a change, but there is no improvement to the crap science around environmental politics in sight here. We'll just go on believing as per our party lines.
Here's an interesting question to consider: Back before all this crap science started up, what motivated the first people to discover that Global Warming might have existed, and what motivated the first person to deny it?
Time to wait a heartbeat of two before responding to someone - without being interrupted by some pwner and their exclamation marks.
Shared expectations for the RP experience.
I played a couple of MMORPGs, and found each time that there were crowds of people wanting to level-up, other people talking about where they lived and what job they did (real life, of course), people asking for weapons. It's a really crowded, noisy environment. Like trying to LARP in a shopping mall: sure you can run around in a costume shouting at each other about whatever, but unless you're doing it specifically to entertain the locals it's going to be self-conscious and utterly unconvincing.
I don't think they're retards; they're merely evil.
Here's what I predict: consumers will say, "No hard copy, no extras, and I pay for distribution? No thanks" - and quite rightly so.
Then Ebineezer RIAA Exec says: "Aha! Aha! Look! We offered our content via P2P like everyone said we should and nobody paid for it! P2P networks are therefore only for people who want something for free, the dirty pirates, so now nobody can fault us for going after them with our lawyers out!"
And the great circle of life will continue to spin around and around.
I am sick of these damn articles where researchers find a correlation, and some journalist who doesn't know any better goes ahead and ascribes a cause. That's bad enough, but then everyone, including other scientists, including US, go about BELIEVING the cause invented by the journalist. We're the geeks; WE SHOULD KNOW BETTER!
People, all that we have is some statistics that say that meetings and moodiness are CORRELATED - not that one causes the other, nor that they aren't both caused by some external factor.
Let's all go to our elementary stats texts and read aloud from page one: CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION! CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION! CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION! CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION! CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION! CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION! CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION! CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION!
All players must own a copy of the Player's Handbook, the Dungeon Master's Guide and the Monster Manual. Each of these books must be activated with your unique code before you can use them. Players using unactivated or photocopied material will be disqualified from playing after thirty days. Players who multi-class their characters may find that they need to purchase new copies of the books in order to continue playing.
The Dungeon Master's guide comes with twenty adventure modules, which will provide satisfactory enjoyment. DMs may not invent their own adventure modules, nor make any changes to the material provided. However, they may send feature requests to Microsoft if any part of the adventure proves unsuitable for players. Feature requests will be addressed in the next edition of the Dungeon Master's guide.
Microsoft will be re-using the popular Windows 95 security. Rogues now have two options for opening a locked door: they may either succeed an "Open Lock" check, or turn the handle of the door. Many dungeons will also have back doors through which the characters may enter, by which they can pillage the treasure rooms and obtain quest items without having to meet the requirements to defeat the monsters.
Microsoft's adventure modules support standard d4, d6, d8, d10, d12 and d20 dice. Microsoft dice are also available, featuring a number of innovative improvements and extra features, which are required to successfully complete the adventure modules.
I'm also very sceptical toward the idea that human activities are changing the climate. And I'm also very sceptical towards the idea that we are NOT changing it.
Both ideas are so shrouded in vested interests and bad science that it seems impossible for an end-user like me to know what to believe.
Well, that doesn't happen at my local library. The books are on the shelves, and what the kids look at is governed by the kids' guardians and supervisors.
That's like saying the library isn't for kids cause there are some books there that are unsuitable. My local library has illustrated books about erotic photography, abortion and sex therapy. Those books are meant for adults, but the libary is meant for everyone. Can you see how that works?
By the way, I don't get any porn in my email. I don't publish my email address in plain text, and I don't write emails to people I don't know.
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How're you enjoying all the free speech and intelligent exchange of ideas?
Yeah, I'm just looking at the boobies too.
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Man we're never gonna look as dumb as them with their disks and their car stereos.
Don't forget it also would have taken a minute or two of reading emails from clients who wanted their gadgets marketed. Quality stuff.
Surely this is not a troll! Google's Do No Evil motto is common knowledge!
Or "A Donkey And A Stapler". Right?
Imagine the enormous amount of identity theft that could take place. 50% of computers will have the same password!
I don't think that is a reason not to do it. To make an obvious analogy, kids can very easily download pornography from the Internet. Does that mean it shouldn't be a crime for a storekeeper to make money by selling it to them?
If it's been decided by society that it is inppropriate for someone under 18 to own or view a certain thing (which is another debate, I acknowledge), then sure you can police that at home, but I don't know many parents who would supervise their 17 year old when they're out shopping. That's when you need to trust either the kids or the system. Sadly the truth is that not all 17 year olds are mature enough to be trusted when there's something attractive on offer.
Here's an interesting question to consider: Back before all this crap science started up, what motivated the first people to discover that Global Warming might have existed, and what motivated the first person to deny it?
Mr Bush, is that you?
("Terrorism enabler". Is that your word for flamebait, or just anything you don't agree with?)
...which are all rip-offs of Wolfenstein 3d?
Nothing is too elaborate to protect us from Janet's Terror-Boobs!
Faces.
Meaningful gestures.
Time to wait a heartbeat of two before responding to someone - without being interrupted by some pwner and their exclamation marks.
Shared expectations for the RP experience.
I played a couple of MMORPGs, and found each time that there were crowds of people wanting to level-up, other people talking about where they lived and what job they did (real life, of course), people asking for weapons. It's a really crowded, noisy environment. Like trying to LARP in a shopping mall: sure you can run around in a costume shouting at each other about whatever, but unless you're doing it specifically to entertain the locals it's going to be self-conscious and utterly unconvincing.
I don't think they're retards; they're merely evil.
Here's what I predict: consumers will say, "No hard copy, no extras, and I pay for distribution? No thanks" - and quite rightly so.
Then Ebineezer RIAA Exec says: "Aha! Aha! Look! We offered our content via P2P like everyone said we should and nobody paid for it! P2P networks are therefore only for people who want something for free, the dirty pirates, so now nobody can fault us for going after them with our lawyers out!"
And the great circle of life will continue to spin around and around.
I am sick of these damn articles where researchers find a correlation, and some journalist who doesn't know any better goes ahead and ascribes a cause. That's bad enough, but then everyone, including other scientists, including US, go about BELIEVING the cause invented by the journalist. We're the geeks; WE SHOULD KNOW BETTER!
People, all that we have is some statistics that say that meetings and moodiness are CORRELATED - not that one causes the other, nor that they aren't both caused by some external factor.
Let's all go to our elementary stats texts and read aloud from page one: CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION! CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION!
CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION! CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION!
CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION! CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION!
CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION! CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION!
Why do we get so many geek trolls on the D&D threads? Jeez, this is SLASHDOT - didn't you read the front page?
The Microsoft of Roleplaying:
All players must own a copy of the Player's Handbook, the Dungeon Master's Guide and the Monster Manual. Each of these books must be activated with your unique code before you can use them. Players using unactivated or photocopied material will be disqualified from playing after thirty days. Players who multi-class their characters may find that they need to purchase new copies of the books in order to continue playing.
The Dungeon Master's guide comes with twenty adventure modules, which will provide satisfactory enjoyment. DMs may not invent their own adventure modules, nor make any changes to the material provided. However, they may send feature requests to Microsoft if any part of the adventure proves unsuitable for players. Feature requests will be addressed in the next edition of the Dungeon Master's guide.
Microsoft will be re-using the popular Windows 95 security. Rogues now have two options for opening a locked door: they may either succeed an "Open Lock" check, or turn the handle of the door. Many dungeons will also have back doors through which the characters may enter, by which they can pillage the treasure rooms and obtain quest items without having to meet the requirements to defeat the monsters.
Microsoft's adventure modules support standard d4, d6, d8, d10, d12 and d20 dice. Microsoft dice are also available, featuring a number of innovative improvements and extra features, which are required to successfully complete the adventure modules.
I'd be wary of Interactive Fiction written by a Nethack addict.
You are in a room. Exits lead north and east.
You can see a *.
Suddenly a D attacks you!
>_
or...
It is very dark. Better be careful or you might be eaten by a g.
I'm also very sceptical toward the idea that human activities are changing the climate. And I'm also very sceptical towards the idea that we are NOT changing it.
Both ideas are so shrouded in vested interests and bad science that it seems impossible for an end-user like me to know what to believe.
Well, that doesn't happen at my local library. The books are on the shelves, and what the kids look at is governed by the kids' guardians and supervisors.
Point conceded.
That's like saying the library isn't for kids cause there are some books there that are unsuitable. My local library has illustrated books about erotic photography, abortion and sex therapy. Those books are meant for adults, but the libary is meant for everyone. Can you see how that works?
By the way, I don't get any porn in my email. I don't publish my email address in plain text, and I don't write emails to people I don't know.
At least we know it isn't only fundamentalist Christians that blame the deaths of their idiot offspring on RPGs.
Your prediction has a snowball's chance in Hell of coming true if, and only if, Microsoft release an open-source IE7 for Linux.
...please form an orderly queue?