Thief 2: The Metal Age, my favourite of the series, contains far fewer zombies and other undead characters. Less of the crypts and more of the urban settings - mansions, banks, shipping warehouses, city streets etc. - make it, for me, a better title than the first in the series, although the general consensus is the opposite. I played T2 first, FWIW.
In what way is Lord of the Flies incredibly gross (or dull, for that matter)?
Granted, I read LotF fairly recently (aged 21) so can't speak from a schoolkid's perspective, but surely the book's premise would be intriguing to school-children? I know I'd rather have my teacher tell me about a bunch of kids running riot on a tropical island than hear about a couple of farmhands during the Depression...
What moron modded this troll? It's hilarious! If you're too slow to catch the joke then you shouldn't be allowed to connect to the Internet, let alone moderate.
True, but if you take the 'public place = no privacy' assertion to the logical limit you can end up with the following scenario:
Mandatory RFID tags that are deactivated when entering private property but active when in public space. Used for tracking people - after all, you're in public so anyone can and should know where you are, right?
While I agree with you on both counts - the 1984 (or Nineteen Eighty-Four, to be more exact) reference is faulty and public space is a big factor concerning privacy issues - I do believe that just because you are in a public place it doesn't necessarily mean that everyone should enjoy a free-for-all on where you are and what you're doing. There has to be a line somewhere, and I believe that letting your busybody neighbors and wannabe vigilantes spy on you from their armchairs is overstepping that line. True, someone can watch and follow you by going outside themselves, but at least it's more of a level playing field - you may be able to see them back. This 'Reality CCTV' idea is one-sided - the watcher is awarded complete privacy and anonymity because they're sitting in the comfort of their own home, yet the 'watchee' may be followed by tens of thousands of eyes. Yes, we are already watched by people we don't know through normal CCTV, but they are actively interested in protecting either property (store security) or people (the police, though they look out for property also). This system truly does let any Tom, Dick Or Harry watch people with completely guaranteed camoflauge and no enforced motive.
I'm not wary about privacy intrusion because I'm vain enough to think people are interested in me and what I'm doing or because I'm paranoid enough to think that I'll be stalked as part of a conspiracy theory (or because I have something to hide, before the dickheads reach for that tired argument); it's mainly principle. I just think it is sad that in modern society we're reduced to watching our neighbours through a fucking video camera like it's another reality TV show.
I did the same; I got an Intel article, a Samsung one, then tried to slip her the old 'Falun Gong' and whaddya know, I drop off their end of the Internet. Permanently.
Are there any other keywords that should have the same effect and that somebody else can try?
I guess that when I read the bit about copying disks I instinctively imagined those pack rats that build up their own Netflix library of burned films to get all their money's worth.
Of course, a DVD-RW makes far less sense for this purpose than a DVD-R, so I must be having a bit of a slow day today;)
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You are aware that the DS has two screens, right?
'Em as in the contraction of 'them' as in the NSA guys listening in to your conversation, I expect.
Thief 2: The Metal Age, my favourite of the series, contains far fewer zombies and other undead characters. Less of the crypts and more of the urban settings - mansions, banks, shipping warehouses, city streets etc. - make it, for me, a better title than the first in the series, although the general consensus is the opposite. I played T2 first, FWIW.
Funny, because I looked up the word 'dictionay' in the dictionary and there was a picture of you with a puzzled look upon your face. =)
In what way is Lord of the Flies incredibly gross (or dull, for that matter)?
Granted, I read LotF fairly recently (aged 21) so can't speak from a schoolkid's perspective, but surely the book's premise would be intriguing to school-children? I know I'd rather have my teacher tell me about a bunch of kids running riot on a tropical island than hear about a couple of farmhands during the Depression...
Take your fear and anger back to Stormfront.
No, you're well wide of the Mark with that one.
What moron modded this troll? It's hilarious! If you're too slow to catch the joke then you shouldn't be allowed to connect to the Internet, let alone moderate.
Can I get the encryption key to your post so that I can read it?
Speaking from experience, eh? :)
True, but if you take the 'public place = no privacy' assertion to the logical limit you can end up with the following scenario:
Mandatory RFID tags that are deactivated when entering private property but active when in public space. Used for tracking people - after all, you're in public so anyone can and should know where you are, right?
While I agree with you on both counts - the 1984 (or Nineteen Eighty-Four, to be more exact) reference is faulty and public space is a big factor concerning privacy issues - I do believe that just because you are in a public place it doesn't necessarily mean that everyone should enjoy a free-for-all on where you are and what you're doing. There has to be a line somewhere, and I believe that letting your busybody neighbors and wannabe vigilantes spy on you from their armchairs is overstepping that line. True, someone can watch and follow you by going outside themselves, but at least it's more of a level playing field - you may be able to see them back. This 'Reality CCTV' idea is one-sided - the watcher is awarded complete privacy and anonymity because they're sitting in the comfort of their own home, yet the 'watchee' may be followed by tens of thousands of eyes. Yes, we are already watched by people we don't know through normal CCTV, but they are actively interested in protecting either property (store security) or people (the police, though they look out for property also). This system truly does let any Tom, Dick Or Harry watch people with completely guaranteed camoflauge and no enforced motive.
I'm not wary about privacy intrusion because I'm vain enough to think people are interested in me and what I'm doing or because I'm paranoid enough to think that I'll be stalked as part of a conspiracy theory (or because I have something to hide, before the dickheads reach for that tired argument); it's mainly principle. I just think it is sad that in modern society we're reduced to watching our neighbours through a fucking video camera like it's another reality TV show.
Here's a BBC article on the subject as was in my submission for the exact same story about 5 days ago (grumble grumble).
War On Terra?
Jesus, that's pretty scary.
I did the same; I got an Intel article, a Samsung one, then tried to slip her the old 'Falun Gong' and whaddya know, I drop off their end of the Internet. Permanently.
Are there any other keywords that should have the same effect and that somebody else can try?
Is this where the 'I Like Puffy Nipples' website guy comes in?
Where do you go for your Soma holiday?
Or nominates your for permanent deletion, your family getting billed for the bandwidth.
And apparently now your own neighbours can spy on you!
For some reason the scene in The Pianist where that busybody old woman is shouting 'Jew! Jew!' jumps into my mind's eye.
Colon!
Until somebody hacks it so that the arrow points up.
College?
Is this "real" enough for you?
You forgot 'and bleached to fuck'.
Good point.
;)
I guess that when I read the bit about copying disks I instinctively imagined those pack rats that build up their own Netflix library of burned films to get all their money's worth.
Of course, a DVD-RW makes far less sense for this purpose than a DVD-R, so I must be having a bit of a slow day today
He explicitly stated he doesn't keep the image
And what becomes of the DVD-RW explicitly stated in his post? Is that destroyed also?