When it comes right down to it (I know a lot of Amish) the proscriptions against technology are against UNNECESSARY and/or UNHELPFUL technology. I know a lot of them will, for example, light their homes with gaslights and candles, but have a diesel generator with electric lights for their dairy barn, because that's the only way to keep up with other modern farms, and dairy is a cash crop for them.
Similarly, I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest to see an Amish person using a modern kidney dialysis unit, but at the same time have broken arms splinted and in slings instead of in a modern cast--it's a question of "is it necessary", not "all tech is bad."
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Funny, but when I forget our anniversary, I apologise to J. and we move on with our life. I don't know where this stereotype of women being hung up on random stupid shit came from, but I'm sure glad I seem to have missed it.
Unless they've changed it, it was anything ending in.com or.net. If it were only www.*.com or www.*.net there wouldn't be nearly as many complaints....you half-informed dweeb.
There are two standard colors for the bottoms of aircraft used by the US military: Light sky blue and Mist IR-Suppressive Grey. (mostly I think they use grey nowadays)
Both of which are designed to be incredibly hard to see at altitude.
Camo != green/brown/black redneck shit. Camo = painting to match your environment (most high-altitude fighters are sky colors, most stealth aircraft are black for night missions, most air-to-ground aircraft are either so big it doesn't matter or are brown/green on top and grey/blue on the bottom.
Okay, well, there's that. But where's this evidence of a young earth? Hell, just based on stratification rates we know there had to be free-flowing water on the earth for at least 20ish million years (IIRC).
Now, this time, I want EVIDENCE, not "oh, well, your method might be incorrect". AFFIRMATIVE proof.
1) Morrowind was boring to you? I guess you're not an "explorer" type. And how could you handle Fallout, then? Especially Fallout 2 with it's pages of crappy dialogue and endless grid squares of terrain?
2) Small worlds suck--Morrowind was goddamn PACKED with detail as far as I was concerned--down to the fact that you could harvest crap off of damn near any plant.
3) I don't think you can really say that "If the game doesn't have exactly the same engine type, it's butchery"...compare Metroid and Metroid Prime, or Zelda 1 and Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Worthy sequels, COMPLETE viewpoint/control overhauls. Geez, open up the mind and let some air in, eh?
Y'know aside from getting stuck in the geometry when I used cheat codes, I never experienced one single bug in Morrowind (or Tribunal, or Bloodmoon) for the PC. Maybe I'm lucky. Or you're not.
I would guess the mechanism for whether a planet accumulates or sheds material is dependent on the amount/type of material already in the surrounding space.
In a dust cloud, I'd expect to see material accumulate around even relatively small bodies. OTOH, in a large open system like the asteroid belt, there's just no way.
Actually, it seems like it'd be based on the differential between the largest and smallest masses--a cloud of dust may not coalesce, but a cloud of dust with some big rocks will eventually be a thinner cloud of dust with bigger rocks.
Someone find me a mud client for windows that's a better value than zMud (feature-wise) at ~$25 for lifetime free upgrades (bought version 3, now has v7--Perl is now a valid scripting language woohoo!), and I'll be happy.
I don't need an automapper, but I DO need triggers and small scripts/programs in Perl.
Well, I'd argue that A) if there's a wingman floating around that isn't too busy with YOUR wingman, don't do a Cobra, B) it makes your IR signature less than if someone was staring at your tailpipe, C) I've never experienced (in sims) radar mattering much once everyone's in IR missile range, radar-homing missiles tend to be long-range with a long boost phase that makes them inaccurate at short range.
Finally, D) why the heck are we discussing this? Last I checked, there were exactly two fighters capable of performing a true Cobra, neither of which are frontline. (US/German X-35 research craft, Russian Su-37 ATF)
The Cobra has one application in a dogfight, but it's damn useful:
It's a highly effective way (at least in the sims) of getting some dude who's in your rear cone off your ass--and in fact, if you time it right, a cobra will essentially reverse your positions in that situation. I.e., you're now on the other guy's tail and in missile-firing position. Even if you can't get behind them, a Cobra puts your engine exhaust facing away from your tail and thereby reduces the chance of a successful IR shot.
Speed isn't life with 4th and 5th generation fighters--maneuverability and altitude are.
Your father probably flew early F-15s or F-4s, I'd bet.
I think YOU'RE missing the point, really. We're not discussing the idea that military games INDOCTRINATE (i.e., we're not on the same slope that says violent games lead to violence), we're saying that wargames EDUCATE on how battles are. No change in values is implied, just a change in how much you know.
Slow lingering death by virus vs. quick painless death in fireball.
If I gotta die, I choose fire.
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Which one?
And I'll see your cliche and raise you a "don't bother me about my country's past until you bother everyone else about their country's past, too." Haven't seen you dis on Germany or Britain or Russia lately, for actions they've taken in the past (or in Russia's case, now)
Genuine curiousity here: Suppose I, as a rational adult who satisfies many of the common criterian for emotional and mental maturity (college degree, soon-to-be married, good job, stable friendships, etc.), decide that I LIKE it when people see me naked (granting, trolls, that not many would like to see that. =P).
Is that still "organised prostitiution"? Where is the "disrespect" if I want to show off and other people want to see me show off, and are willing to pay me to do so?
If CNN is left-wing, then I post on Slashdot as Zeriel.
Oh, wait.
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Well, three things, kid. That's what EVERY country has been doing for centuries.
Secondly, I didn't vote for Bush. I won't vote for him again. In any arbitrarily-selected batch of civilians, 50% or better didn't vote for Bush.
Thirdly, I'm an anarchist and you're an idiot.
Bonus question: Which killed more people? Nazi concentration camps, the firebombing of Dresden, or the atom bomb over Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Or Stalin's everyday policies over a few decades?
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Yeah, because killing innocent civilians with no real decision-making power is justice regardless of where you do it or how or to who.
Idiot.
I'd say IHBT, except you're too stupid to be an actual troll.
If you'd bother checking history instead of propoganda, the right of return was always open until the suicide bombing started. No one ever forced Arabs OUT in the first place. When the Jews started settling Israel, they bought land legally and settled it, and then had to fight off Arab attacks ANYWAY. In the 1948 War, most of the Arabs who fled did so on the basis of rumor and speculation and fear that the Israelis would attack civilians in repraisals for Arab destructions of Jewish villages--which, I might add, never happened. And many Arabs that started said rumors stayed, and kept their land and that of their neighbors, and made a tidy profit out of being bastards to their brother Arabs.
Look at the Arab population still living in Israel. Full suffrage, full rights, full citizenship. I had an Arab Israeli professor in college, and several friends who visited Israel at various points, who all confirm it.
They'd probably give that to the Palestinians, even now, if asked.
It's this pro-terrorist propoganda I can't stand. The Israeli military is justified in just about every action it's taken against the PLO terrorists and their ilk.
You mean, the conditions the palestinians brought upon themselves when they refused to return to their homes in Israel (freely offered until the terrorist bombings started in earnest in the 70s), or when they took the UN Relief moneies and supplies and used them to build random mansions for the tribal leaders instead of the schools and hospitals that had been planned?
Yeah, it must be rough to be a population composed of fucking morons.
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When it comes right down to it (I know a lot of Amish) the proscriptions against technology are against UNNECESSARY and/or UNHELPFUL technology. I know a lot of them will, for example, light their homes with gaslights and candles, but have a diesel generator with electric lights for their dairy barn, because that's the only way to keep up with other modern farms, and dairy is a cash crop for them.
Similarly, I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest to see an Amish person using a modern kidney dialysis unit, but at the same time have broken arms splinted and in slings instead of in a modern cast--it's a question of "is it necessary", not "all tech is bad."
Funny, but when I forget our anniversary, I apologise to J. and we move on with our life. I don't know where this stereotype of women being hung up on random stupid shit came from, but I'm sure glad I seem to have missed it.
I beg to differ--earl grey iced tea, with a touch of sugar and lemon, is interesting in a good way.
You seem to have three different schools of thought in Anarchism:
a s-king theory.
Syndico-anarchism, which is the traditional anarchist worker takeover into a pure socialist, non-hierarchial society.
Neo-anarchism, which is the libertarian ideal of no-rules-every-man-for-himself-with-contract-law-
"Modern Anarchy", which is the belief held by idiots that "Anarchy" = total fuckin' chaos, man, let's brick something!
Unless they've changed it, it was anything ending in .com or .net. If it were only www.*.com or www.*.net there wouldn't be nearly as many complaints. ...you half-informed dweeb.
Sorry, buddy, but that doesn't work in your sentence at all:
If you're trying to fathom anything at least do it as yourself rather than a faceless AC.
So what, he'd understand things better if he logged in? Or he'd be able to measure the depth of a body of water with greater skill?
You failed it big time. Just accept the criticism.
(I never post as AC. Ever.)
There are two standard colors for the bottoms of aircraft used by the US military: Light sky blue and Mist IR-Suppressive Grey. (mostly I think they use grey nowadays)
Both of which are designed to be incredibly hard to see at altitude.
Camo != green/brown/black redneck shit. Camo = painting to match your environment (most high-altitude fighters are sky colors, most stealth aircraft are black for night missions, most air-to-ground aircraft are either so big it doesn't matter or are brown/green on top and grey/blue on the bottom.
Okay, well, there's that. But where's this evidence of a young earth? Hell, just based on stratification rates we know there had to be free-flowing water on the earth for at least 20ish million years (IIRC).
Now, this time, I want EVIDENCE, not "oh, well, your method might be incorrect". AFFIRMATIVE proof.
What physical evidence? How does it compare with carbon-dating and other methods of radioactive-decay-based time measurement?
1) Morrowind was boring to you? I guess you're not an "explorer" type. And how could you handle Fallout, then? Especially Fallout 2 with it's pages of crappy dialogue and endless grid squares of terrain?
2) Small worlds suck--Morrowind was goddamn PACKED with detail as far as I was concerned--down to the fact that you could harvest crap off of damn near any plant.
3) I don't think you can really say that "If the game doesn't have exactly the same engine type, it's butchery"...compare Metroid and Metroid Prime, or Zelda 1 and Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Worthy sequels, COMPLETE viewpoint/control overhauls. Geez, open up the mind and let some air in, eh?
Y'know aside from getting stuck in the geometry when I used cheat codes, I never experienced one single bug in Morrowind (or Tribunal, or Bloodmoon) for the PC. Maybe I'm lucky. Or you're not.
Actually, I would say that the evidence supports no conclusion, Earth-created-for-humans or humans-evolved-to-fit-Earth.
I would guess the mechanism for whether a planet accumulates or sheds material is dependent on the amount/type of material already in the surrounding space.
In a dust cloud, I'd expect to see material accumulate around even relatively small bodies. OTOH, in a large open system like the asteroid belt, there's just no way.
Actually, it seems like it'd be based on the differential between the largest and smallest masses--a cloud of dust may not coalesce, but a cloud of dust with some big rocks will eventually be a thinner cloud of dust with bigger rocks.
Someone find me a mud client for windows that's a better value than zMud (feature-wise) at ~$25 for lifetime free upgrades (bought version 3, now has v7--Perl is now a valid scripting language woohoo!), and I'll be happy.
I don't need an automapper, but I DO need triggers and small scripts/programs in Perl.
Well, I'd argue that A) if there's a wingman floating around that isn't too busy with YOUR wingman, don't do a Cobra, B) it makes your IR signature less than if someone was staring at your tailpipe, C) I've never experienced (in sims) radar mattering much once everyone's in IR missile range, radar-homing missiles tend to be long-range with a long boost phase that makes them inaccurate at short range.
Finally, D) why the heck are we discussing this? Last I checked, there were exactly two fighters capable of performing a true Cobra, neither of which are frontline. (US/German X-35 research craft, Russian Su-37 ATF)
The Cobra has one application in a dogfight, but it's damn useful:
It's a highly effective way (at least in the sims) of getting some dude who's in your rear cone off your ass--and in fact, if you time it right, a cobra will essentially reverse your positions in that situation. I.e., you're now on the other guy's tail and in missile-firing position. Even if you can't get behind them, a Cobra puts your engine exhaust facing away from your tail and thereby reduces the chance of a successful IR shot.
Speed isn't life with 4th and 5th generation fighters--maneuverability and altitude are.
Your father probably flew early F-15s or F-4s, I'd bet.
I think YOU'RE missing the point, really. We're not discussing the idea that military games INDOCTRINATE (i.e., we're not on the same slope that says violent games lead to violence), we're saying that wargames EDUCATE on how battles are. No change in values is implied, just a change in how much you know.
Slow lingering death by virus vs. quick painless death in fireball.
If I gotta die, I choose fire.
Which one?
And I'll see your cliche and raise you a "don't bother me about my country's past until you bother everyone else about their country's past, too." Haven't seen you dis on Germany or Britain or Russia lately, for actions they've taken in the past (or in Russia's case, now)
Genuine curiousity here: Suppose I, as a rational adult who satisfies many of the common criterian for emotional and mental maturity (college degree, soon-to-be married, good job, stable friendships, etc.), decide that I LIKE it when people see me naked (granting, trolls, that not many would like to see that. =P).
Is that still "organised prostitiution"? Where is the "disrespect" if I want to show off and other people want to see me show off, and are willing to pay me to do so?
Seriously. Answer me if you can.
If CNN is left-wing, then I post on Slashdot as Zeriel.
Oh, wait.
Well, three things, kid. That's what EVERY country has been doing for centuries.
Secondly, I didn't vote for Bush. I won't vote for him again. In any arbitrarily-selected batch of civilians, 50% or better didn't vote for Bush.
Thirdly, I'm an anarchist and you're an idiot.
Bonus question: Which killed more people? Nazi concentration camps, the firebombing of Dresden, or the atom bomb over Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Or Stalin's everyday policies over a few decades?
Yeah, because killing innocent civilians with no real decision-making power is justice regardless of where you do it or how or to who.
Idiot.
I'd say IHBT, except you're too stupid to be an actual troll.
If you'd bother checking history instead of propoganda, the right of return was always open until the suicide bombing started. No one ever forced Arabs OUT in the first place. When the Jews started settling Israel, they bought land legally and settled it, and then had to fight off Arab attacks ANYWAY. In the 1948 War, most of the Arabs who fled did so on the basis of rumor and speculation and fear that the Israelis would attack civilians in repraisals for Arab destructions of Jewish villages--which, I might add, never happened. And many Arabs that started said rumors stayed, and kept their land and that of their neighbors, and made a tidy profit out of being bastards to their brother Arabs.
Look at the Arab population still living in Israel. Full suffrage, full rights, full citizenship. I had an Arab Israeli professor in college, and several friends who visited Israel at various points, who all confirm it.
They'd probably give that to the Palestinians, even now, if asked.
It's this pro-terrorist propoganda I can't stand. The Israeli military is justified in just about every action it's taken against the PLO terrorists and their ilk.
You mean, the conditions the palestinians brought upon themselves when they refused to return to their homes in Israel (freely offered until the terrorist bombings started in earnest in the 70s), or when they took the UN Relief moneies and supplies and used them to build random mansions for the tribal leaders instead of the schools and hospitals that had been planned?
Yeah, it must be rough to be a population composed of fucking morons.