2) Thats a really ominous statement. Would your position make using coercion to inhibit religion justifiable?
It entirely depends on what the parent had in mind. If he means outlawing religious freedom, then I would be against it. If by limits he meant that a religious group should not have the power to enforce its beliefs upon society in general, then I am completely for it.
Maybe I should stop before I beat a dead horse even deader, but isn't atheism in and of itself a religion. There fore is Dr. Dawkins attempting to promote his religion as the only true religion and all other religions as less valuable than his?
If it means we still have the TSA and their nudie scanners then we all lose, whether we realize it or not.
Seriously,
If they can push this tech to the point where we see it in Total Recall (the original, haven't seen the remake so don't know if it is in there). I would absolutely love it, I would be thrilled to be able to go through airport security that quickly, YIPPEEE!!!!
Besides, I can't really see how anybody would be either offended by or excited by these images... I mean seriously I know there are strange psychopathic individuals out there, but then are they really any different the the strange psychopathic individuals excited by shoes, socks, mud, etc...
One of the side-effects of the traditional games and gamers being squeezed out of GenCon would be an increase in the size and importance of Origins which is already more of a gamers convention than GenCon has become.
I have to agree with this statement about GenCon. But Origins does not seem to suffer from this same problem. I believe this is because Origins appears to be more of a gamers game convention than GenCon is. Origins even has the Origins Awards which are internationally recognized awards along with Spiel des Jahres.
I was extremely happy with by Origins visit this year and am actually bowing out of GenCon this year.
This year Origins introduced the "Board Room" which was a nice place to find pick up board games which in past years was always accomplished in a haphazard manner while roaming the halls, of course hall roaming is still a great way to find a good pickup game.
Part of what makes the Republican party so scary...
This actually applies to both of the political parties. Both parties are only loyal to the party not to the American people, both parties have rogue elements but the vast majority of each will always tow the party line.
I have finally gotten so fed up with the whole thing and am now going to vote for the Constitution Party whenever possible and after that I will probably vote Libertarian Party and lastly on my list will be those Republicans that still believe in limited government because the vast majority of them no longer care about this.
Not true; there is also ease of access. Once you and all your friends are out in the real world with jobs and partners and all those things regular peopel do it's very hard to try and schedule a time to get together to gaming.
This is why my group of friends has switched over to boardgames. We all really like playing D&D but it is too hard to get everyone together regularly to keep a campaign up and running.
Therefore we switched to boardgames, there is no carry over from one session to the next and is doesn't matter which subset of the group shows up to play.
We are planning on adding Ticket to Ride and Amun-Re to our selection, these will likely replace Puerto Rico on an ongoing basis because although we all like the premise and strategy of Puerto Rico the visual feedback is a little low.
Yes, but that something would have to be in the right place to explain the gravitational anomalies, and given our observations of that place, it would have to be "hidden" in a certain kind of way.
But they aren't really anomolies are they? They are how things work, we just don't understand them.
Wouldn't it be easier (maybe even much easier) to say that gravity is not constant, we already have the concept of a strong and weak nuclear force that explain differences over distances of the nuclear force.
Using Occam's Razor wouldn't it be easier to assume that our gravitational equations are wrong and that a different one is needed to operate at galactic and intergalactic distances, or maybe that the gravitation functions are vary continuously with distance or mass or some other thing.
I don't know if it is one of the 10 best for everyone, but it is definitely one of my 10 best. I have used it to create some nice graphics for use in a board game I am working on.
I'm not sure if this will count (depends on definition of open source) but I would also nominate as my #1 overall:
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The argument about MMORPGs all drawing from the same pool of customers and simply trading them around in accordance with the latest fads is, and has been known to be for some time, complete and utter rubbish.
It's not complete rubbish as I know that many of the players of these games are signed up for multiple games. I personally only play Guild Wars as I don't like the monthly subscriptions, but I have two friends who plays WOW, SWG, UO, CoF and Guild Wars and two other friends who play 3 of those (WOW, CoF, GW) and another frind who plays EQ and GW.
So the total pool is definitely larger than the largest MMORPG but it is definitely not the total of all of them. I would probably venture a to say (without any stats to back it up) that 30%-40% of players play multiple MMORPGs if they play any at all.
Religion is not the reason for this attack (if it was al-Qaida which it now appears to be). The violence in that region and the cultural nature of dealing with things in a violent manner predate the establishment of Islam.
If every person in the middle east was Buddist, Hindi, Christian, Pagan, Aethist or Agnostic the culture of violence would still exist.
Besides the name of the country is the United States of America America is in our name so we can logically be called Americans. The name of your country is Canada not Canada of America or anything else.
Also I am allowed to call myself anything I want. If my name is John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt and I want to call myself Fred then that is perfectly ok.
You seem to have a major inferiority complex, I feel really sorry for you that you have to somehow attempt to feel better about yourself by trying to proclaim yourself as a "Real American" in the mold of Bill Cunningham.
It wasn't too long ago (maybe a month) that IBM said their were not enough skilled developers in the US and therefore they have to get more in school or move jobs offshore.
Well I know where they can get about 6,500 skilled developers (assuming half US and half EU)
Most (many?) school districts in the US do allow for this option, they are called vocational schools. These schools require students to take the basic academic courses but they are not college prep schools. In the part of Ohio where I live all students must attend their freshman (9th grade) year of high school and then have the option to leave and attend the sister vocational school. This school trains students in specific vocations (such as auto mechanics, cosmotology, etc...) but still supplies basic academic courses throughout their time at the school.
These students then graduate with those who stayed in the "college prep" high school. It is a fantastic program and I had always thought that these types of programs occured everywhere in the country.
Most grade school and high school standardized/proficiency tests in the US have both multiple choice and written portions in all subjects (math, history, social studies, language arts, etc...). I know this because my wife is a manager at one of the scoring/grading agencies for these tests. Her current project entails grading/scoring math tests for 6-8 graders, all written. She has also worked on projects for different subject matter including history, biology, and language arts.
Standardized tests all over the country are phasing out the multiple choice only tests (including the venerable Iowa Test) and replacing them with tests that combine multiple choice and short and long answer sections.
These pictures unlike what they said in the article, leave a lot to the imagination just take a look at this sample. I know that there really are some strange and perverted freaks out there but you can see a more enticing picture in a high school anatomy book. Or you just need to watch the Victoria's Secret fashion show on television (that leaves way less to the imagination).
If someone really gets their jollies by looking at backscatter images I really feel sorry for the person and they obviously are in need of psychological counseling for something.
100,000? Really? Can you point me to this statistic from a reputable source? Can you name one single government in the world that is actually beholden and listens to its people more?
As a prior poster pointed out, the US is "damned if they do, damned if they don't" if they US does something they are bullies, if they US doesn't do something they are arrogant and uncaring.
When the US has to deal with a bipolar world like that, where they never catch a break, why should they ever listen. Basically the despots around the world hate us but want our money and the more vocal EU nations (namely France and Germany) want us to be their lapdogs.
The Chinese government was allowed into the WTO several years ago on the condition that they would open their economy up to other nations of the world.
However, this new policy as well as others (such as pegging the yuan to the US$) do everything but open up the Chinese economy to foreign investment.
Maybe the US should create a blanket policy that only US made clothing will be allowed to be sold to the US government, I bet that would get China's attention.
The thing is either they want to be a part of the world economy or they do not. Their policies seem to indicate that they want to have the best of both worlds, i.e. foreign economies open to them yet their economy closed to the rest of the world.
It may be time for the WTO and the rest of the world to start telling China they can't have everything they want.
Maybe since we are stuck with these infernal things we should try to get them ammended to make them a little more palatable.
Maybe we can create a tiered patent structure with software patents being lower down on the list giving them a 3 or 5 year lifespan.
I know this is not the ideal solution since it would be better if they didn't exist at all but maybe this could be a compromise that fixes some of the headaches.
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2) Thats a really ominous statement. Would your position make using coercion to inhibit religion justifiable?
It entirely depends on what the parent had in mind. If he means outlawing religious freedom, then I would be against it. If by limits he meant that a religious group should not have the power to enforce its beliefs upon society in general, then I am completely for it.
Maybe I should stop before I beat a dead horse even deader, but isn't atheism in and of itself a religion. There fore is Dr. Dawkins attempting to promote his religion as the only true religion and all other religions as less valuable than his?
A process by which I can garner information, steps for process:
1) Gather inputs
2) Lookup data
3) Present results.
I believe that their is definitely no prior art for this patent and I can see multiple potential uses for it in the future.
If it means we still have the TSA and their nudie scanners then we all lose, whether we realize it or not.
Seriously,
If they can push this tech to the point where we see it in Total Recall (the original, haven't seen the remake so don't know if it is in there). I would absolutely love it, I would be thrilled to be able to go through airport security that quickly, YIPPEEE!!!!
Besides, I can't really see how anybody would be either offended by or excited by these images... I mean seriously I know there are strange psychopathic individuals out there, but then are they really any different the the strange psychopathic individuals excited by shoes, socks, mud, etc...
One of the side-effects of the traditional games and gamers being squeezed out of GenCon would be an increase in the size and importance of Origins which is already more of a gamers convention than GenCon has become.
Bible-thumping "family advocates" who care about everyone elses family but their own (I'm talking to you, Senator Hillary Clinton),...
Dude, Hillary is anything but a Bible-thumping "family advocate".
The decision remove booth babes had everything to do with sexual objectification of women and nothing to do with sin and fun.
I have to agree with this statement about GenCon. But Origins does not seem to suffer from this same problem. I believe this is because Origins appears to be more of a gamers game convention than GenCon is. Origins even has the Origins Awards which are internationally recognized awards along with Spiel des Jahres.
I was extremely happy with by Origins visit this year and am actually bowing out of GenCon this year.
This year Origins introduced the "Board Room" which was a nice place to find pick up board games which in past years was always accomplished in a haphazard manner while roaming the halls, of course hall roaming is still a great way to find a good pickup game.
I have finally gotten so fed up with the whole thing and am now going to vote for the Constitution Party whenever possible and after that I will probably vote Libertarian Party and lastly on my list will be those Republicans that still believe in limited government because the vast majority of them no longer care about this.
This is why my group of friends has switched over to boardgames. We all really like playing D&D but it is too hard to get everyone together regularly to keep a campaign up and running.
Therefore we switched to boardgames, there is no carry over from one session to the next and is doesn't matter which subset of the group shows up to play.
Our current selection of games we play are Settlers of Catan, Puerto Rico and for a little extra fun Betrayal at House on the Hill
We are planning on adding Ticket to Ride and Amun-Re to our selection, these will likely replace Puerto Rico on an ongoing basis because although we all like the premise and strategy of Puerto Rico the visual feedback is a little low.
But they aren't really anomolies are they? They are how things work, we just don't understand them.
Wouldn't it be easier (maybe even much easier) to say that gravity is not constant, we already have the concept of a strong and weak nuclear force that explain differences over distances of the nuclear force.
Using Occam's Razor wouldn't it be easier to assume that our gravitational equations are wrong and that a different one is needed to operate at galactic and intergalactic distances, or maybe that the gravitation functions are vary continuously with distance or mass or some other thing.
I don't know if it is one of the 10 best for everyone, but it is definitely one of my 10 best. I have used it to create some nice graphics for use in a board game I am working on.
I'm not sure if this will count (depends on definition of open source) but I would also nominate as my #1 overall:
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Why can't the call it RSS.Net or RSS++ or RSS#
It's not complete rubbish as I know that many of the players of these games are signed up for multiple games. I personally only play Guild Wars as I don't like the monthly subscriptions, but I have two friends who plays WOW, SWG, UO, CoF and Guild Wars and two other friends who play 3 of those (WOW, CoF, GW) and another frind who plays EQ and GW.
So the total pool is definitely larger than the largest MMORPG but it is definitely not the total of all of them. I would probably venture a to say (without any stats to back it up) that 30%-40% of players play multiple MMORPGs if they play any at all.
If every person in the middle east was Buddist, Hindi, Christian, Pagan, Aethist or Agnostic the culture of violence would still exist.
Also I am allowed to call myself anything I want. If my name is John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt and I want to call myself Fred then that is perfectly ok.
You seem to have a major inferiority complex, I feel really sorry for you that you have to somehow attempt to feel better about yourself by trying to proclaim yourself as a "Real American" in the mold of Bill Cunningham.
Well I know where they can get about 6,500 skilled developers (assuming half US and half EU)
Besides they don't by American made goods, they buy Chinese made goods.
These students then graduate with those who stayed in the "college prep" high school. It is a fantastic program and I had always thought that these types of programs occured everywhere in the country.
Standardized tests all over the country are phasing out the multiple choice only tests (including the venerable Iowa Test) and replacing them with tests that combine multiple choice and short and long answer sections.
You are accurate of course, but sometimes it still amazes me how blatantly obvious it is.
How on earth can this be Offtopic when the parent was Insightful?
Either they are both Offtopic or neither of them are.
Who the crap is getting mod points on this site?
You gotta be kidding. That isn't Insightful. It is more like Funny or possibly even Flamebait or Trolling but I would stick with funny.
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If someone really gets their jollies by looking at backscatter images I really feel sorry for the person and they obviously are in need of psychological counseling for something.
100,000? Really? Can you point me to this statistic from a reputable source? Can you name one single government in the world that is actually beholden and listens to its people more?
As a prior poster pointed out, the US is "damned if they do, damned if they don't" if they US does something they are bullies, if they US doesn't do something they are arrogant and uncaring.
When the US has to deal with a bipolar world like that, where they never catch a break, why should they ever listen. Basically the despots around the world hate us but want our money and the more vocal EU nations (namely France and Germany) want us to be their lapdogs.
The Chinese government was allowed into the WTO several years ago on the condition that they would open their economy up to other nations of the world.
However, this new policy as well as others (such as pegging the yuan to the US$) do everything but open up the Chinese economy to foreign investment.
Maybe the US should create a blanket policy that only US made clothing will be allowed to be sold to the US government, I bet that would get China's attention.
The thing is either they want to be a part of the world economy or they do not. Their policies seem to indicate that they want to have the best of both worlds, i.e. foreign economies open to them yet their economy closed to the rest of the world.
It may be time for the WTO and the rest of the world to start telling China they can't have everything they want.
Maybe since we are stuck with these infernal things we should try to get them ammended to make them a little more palatable.
Maybe we can create a tiered patent structure with software patents being lower down on the list giving them a 3 or 5 year lifespan.
I know this is not the ideal solution since it would be better if they didn't exist at all but maybe this could be a compromise that fixes some of the headaches.