Now, be fair; the Americans did land at Normandy. Utah and Omaha beaches, iirc. While they only lost a few men at Utah Beach, there were serious casualties at Omaha Beach.
I apologise, my intentions were mistaken here. I'm all for peacekeeping and humanitarian operations. Aiding after the Tsunami is a good thing, as is helping to enforce the DMZ. Iraq isn't. Afghanistan wasn't.
Your de-mining bit though; rather ironic considering that when last I heard, the U.S. still hadn't signed the international treaty banning anti-personnel mines.
Invading a country and shooting people is -not- a good way to reduce terrorism. If your school system taught world history, you'd be able to see that example in Ireland and England. They're -still- fighting for independance. What in God's name makes you thing Iraq will be -any- different?
You know the prayer "God grand me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference"? You -really- need to trade in some of that courage for the other two attributes. You can't change the middle east, and if you'd stay the hell out of it, you wouldn't need to.
Just to clarify for all you US Customary unit folks; a temperature change of 1K is equal to a temperature change of 1C. The only difference between the two scales is the zero point. Celsius uses the freezing point of water, Kelvin uses absolute zero. The original submitter was absolutely correct.
Yes, and "shock and awe" wars are the best way of letting the rest of the world know that America won't let it's superpower status diminish the respect it gives to other nations.
Oh, and repeatedly saying that Iraq caused 9/11, doesn't make it true; it only makes stupid people think it is. (Darby Conley, Get Fuzzy comic) They didn't have WMD's, they didn't have facilities to manufacture large amounts of WMD's. They had oil, and GWB had a family grudge. Keep your military in your own damn country; no-one likes a nosy neighbour.
"...protect their illegal monopoly revenue stream. While none of those actions are illegal..."
Sorry, what? You seem to be saying that generating money from a monopoly is illegal, which isn't true. It's only illegal to abuse monopoly status.
I don't think you'd find a judge in North America to rule that refusing to provide updates to people with unlicensed software constitutes abuse of a monopoly.
Which isn't a sequel to the other Warcraft games because...?
Warcrafts 1 thru 3, including expansions, were RTS games, not MMORPGs. I'd say that discounts the 'sequel' label. If anything, WoW is closer to Diablo II.
Most people don't buy games for the story. I agree, if you're talking about a FPS. RPG's are an entirely different beast. The vast majority of people who play RPG's are playing for the story. My favorite game of all time is still FFVI, and it had 16 bit graphics.
Taking Japanese as a major was probably a mistake. The key is to take an unrelated field of study, and make japanese an extra, a resume booster. I can get a job as an engineer in japan, the fact that I've taken some japanese is just a bonus.
Forgive me for not having read the majority of the responses thus far, but I have exams I'm studying for.
I take engineering at the University of Alberta and decided to take introductory Japanese as my fourth year complimentary studies elective course. All I can say is that I -highly- recommend against using computers as an aid to learning a foreign language. There is simply no substitute for verbal and written practice.
Our university made extensive use of "web Course Tools" (webCT), including weekly marked assignments, and requiring us to upload pieces of dictation. These assignments were the most frustrating aspect of the course, especially given the sensitivity of trying to type in japanese text from an english keyboard. The number of times I typed 'wa' rather than 'ha' for a subject marker, or 'o' instead of 'wo' for a direct object marker would stagger you. 'nn' was also a sticking point.
Do yourself a favour, get a good textbook. We used the Nakama series here, and I recommend it highly; it comes complete with an audio cd set, so you can listen to what you've been learning, spoken by native Japanese.
Oh, and I hope your teachers are more forgiving when it comes to spelling for handwritten assignments, as well. Especially before they start teaching kanji.
Your reply is still in the domain of "Lindows, Inc. a corporation did something wrong and ripped off a 'little guy'."
Well, by now, Linspire is probably aware of the source of the artwork. Let's face it, there's gotta be someone there who reads slashdot. Chances are pretty good, too, that they've had an email or twenty sent their way.
Now, the most ethical thing to do on their part would be to pull their flash intro, until such time as they can change it to include the proper attribution (or different artwork). Strange though, it's still up and running as of five minutes ago.
They may not have stolen it intentionally, but they don't seem to be too inclined to rectify the situation.
The Canadian governmental servers have been hit pretty hard lately too. They sent out a mass email message to all employees warning them of forged email. Fortunately, the people who're doing this aren't that bright. -All- official government communication is bilingual; the fakes arent. I guess they don't speak french. On an amusing note, of the three warning signs we were given, poor grammar was #1.
It figures that a university would come up with a way to carry more textbooks!.. now if they could only make the seats in lecture theatres more comfortable.
Doesn't matter; I can vouch for it. A significant number of my professors at univerisity do consulting work to 'supplement' (readL increase exponentially) their teaching salary. As a result, there are a few who are -quite- well off, and only teach for the fun of it. Needless to say, they're the best profs to have.
Close, but not quite. As far as I'm aware, cloning doesn't reproduce the specific neural connections made in the brain, nor does it reproduce the knowledge of the host. Someone else copying your memories to a computer without your consent(a la 6th Day, starring: The Governator) would become illegal, however.
In this event, it is the specific arrangement of information in you brain that would be copyrightable, not the facts themselves. As such, only an attempt to reproduce the function of your brain (electrochemically, or otherwise) would constitute breach of copyright. Furthermore, as $DIETY is not a legal entity within the United States of America or allied nations, the works of $DIETY are not entitled to protection under the DMCA.
As an Edmontonian who works downtown, Grant MacEwan Community College (City Centre Campus) is on 104th ave, Anything resembling a high-rise is south (to about 97th Ave, including some apartments) of that. 130th ave is getting into the north end. Oh, and not all of the streets are numbered. (I can never remember if Jasper Ave is 101st, or 102nd, for example)
Just to make a point, the numbering typically isn't started in a corner, it's started at the center of town, from an arbitrarily high value. Usually 50th Street/Avenue. Most small towns will run from about 38th street, to 62nd, and roughly the same for avenues. Occasionally they'll start at 100, but that's just a case of being ambitious.
As for using negative numbering, not quite. What will happen is that streets will pick up a directional designation like Calgary uses. Most of the expansion in Edmonton right now is south, and west. West means higher street numbers (200+), south means smaller avenue numbers, so if anything, we'll end up with a 12th Ave South, or something along those lines.
I have the misfortune of growing in Devon, where we don't have a single numbered street in town. We named our streets after places we'd rather be: ie. Banff Court, St. Lawrence Avenue, etc. Nor is Devon organized on a grid. Consequently, I learned to navagate by landmarks, which makes searching for street-signs a bit counter intuitive.
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An exception for two zones (marked or not) would have been contrary to the spirit of the treaty.
.. but that type of request begs the question: Are the mines still there?
I can, however, understand asking for an extension to the time-frame
My friend, there are places retractable claws should -not- go.
Awesome! My first ad hominem flame! By a genuine AC, no less! I feel validated.
Now, be fair; the Americans did land at Normandy. Utah and Omaha beaches, iirc. While they only lost a few men at Utah Beach, there were serious casualties at Omaha Beach.
No offense intended; but there's enough people out there who -do- use the SI measurement system, and -still- don't know the difference.
I apologise, my intentions were mistaken here. I'm all for peacekeeping and humanitarian operations. Aiding after the Tsunami is a good thing, as is helping to enforce the DMZ. Iraq isn't. Afghanistan wasn't.
Your de-mining bit though; rather ironic considering that when last I heard, the U.S. still hadn't signed the international treaty banning anti-personnel mines.
Invading a country and shooting people is -not- a good way to reduce terrorism. If your school system taught world history, you'd be able to see that example in Ireland and England. They're -still- fighting for independance. What in God's name makes you thing Iraq will be -any- different?
You know the prayer "God grand me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference"? You -really- need to trade in some of that courage for the other two attributes. You can't change the middle east, and if you'd stay the hell out of it, you wouldn't need to.
Oh, Fuck You Too, and have a nice day. Ya hoser.
Just to clarify for all you US Customary unit folks; a temperature change of 1K is equal to a temperature change of 1C. The only difference between the two scales is the zero point. Celsius uses the freezing point of water, Kelvin uses absolute zero. The original submitter was absolutely correct.
Yes, and "shock and awe" wars are the best way of letting the rest of the world know that America won't let it's superpower status diminish the respect it gives to other nations.
Oh, and repeatedly saying that Iraq caused 9/11, doesn't make it true; it only makes stupid people think it is. (Darby Conley, Get Fuzzy comic) They didn't have WMD's, they didn't have facilities to manufacture large amounts of WMD's. They had oil, and GWB had a family grudge. Keep your military in your own damn country; no-one likes a nosy neighbour.
Yeah, yeah. (-1, Flamebait). Bring it.
"...protect their illegal monopoly revenue stream. While none of those actions are illegal..."
Sorry, what? You seem to be saying that generating money from a monopoly is illegal, which isn't true. It's only illegal to abuse monopoly status.
I don't think you'd find a judge in North America to rule that refusing to provide updates to people with unlicensed software constitutes abuse of a monopoly.
IANAL, of course.
A couple comments here:
Which isn't a sequel to the other Warcraft games because...?
Warcrafts 1 thru 3, including expansions, were RTS games, not MMORPGs. I'd say that discounts the 'sequel' label. If anything, WoW is closer to Diablo II.
Most people don't buy games for the story.
I agree, if you're talking about a FPS. RPG's are an entirely different beast. The vast majority of people who play RPG's are playing for the story. My favorite game of all time is still FFVI, and it had 16 bit graphics.
Strange that World of Warcraft wasn't included in the article summary.
Damn; that's what case mods -should- look like. It's a shame they charge so much; even an 'overstock' set runs for $5500. Maybe if I win the lottery.
Taking Japanese as a major was probably a mistake. The key is to take an unrelated field of study, and make japanese an extra, a resume booster. I can get a job as an engineer in japan, the fact that I've taken some japanese is just a bonus.
Forgive me for not having read the majority of the responses thus far, but I have exams I'm studying for.
I take engineering at the University of Alberta and decided to take introductory Japanese as my fourth year complimentary studies elective course. All I can say is that I -highly- recommend against using computers as an aid to learning a foreign language. There is simply no substitute for verbal and written practice.
Our university made extensive use of "web Course Tools" (webCT), including weekly marked assignments, and requiring us to upload pieces of dictation. These assignments were the most frustrating aspect of the course, especially given the sensitivity of trying to type in japanese text from an english keyboard. The number of times I typed 'wa' rather than 'ha' for a subject marker, or 'o' instead of 'wo' for a direct object marker would stagger you. 'nn' was also a sticking point.
Do yourself a favour, get a good textbook. We used the Nakama series here, and I recommend it highly; it comes complete with an audio cd set, so you can listen to what you've been learning, spoken by native Japanese.
Oh, and I hope your teachers are more forgiving when it comes to spelling for handwritten assignments, as well. Especially before they start teaching kanji.
So the phrase "Reasonable hand-drawn facsimile" means nothing to you?
Your reply is still in the domain of "Lindows, Inc. a corporation did something wrong and ripped off a 'little guy'."
Well, by now, Linspire is probably aware of the source of the artwork. Let's face it, there's gotta be someone there who reads slashdot. Chances are pretty good, too, that they've had an email or twenty sent their way.
Now, the most ethical thing to do on their part would be to pull their flash intro, until such time as they can change it to include the proper attribution (or different artwork). Strange though, it's still up and running as of five minutes ago.
They may not have stolen it intentionally, but they don't seem to be too inclined to rectify the situation.
Whose definition of "grossly offensive" are we going by, anyways?
The Canadian governmental servers have been hit pretty hard lately too. They sent out a mass email message to all employees warning them of forged email. Fortunately, the people who're doing this aren't that bright. -All- official government communication is bilingual; the fakes arent. I guess they don't speak french. On an amusing note, of the three warning signs we were given, poor grammar was #1.
It figures that a university would come up with a way to carry more textbooks! .. now if they could only make the seats in lecture theatres more comfortable.
Doesn't matter; I can vouch for it. A significant number of my professors at univerisity do consulting work to 'supplement' (readL increase exponentially) their teaching salary. As a result, there are a few who are -quite- well off, and only teach for the fun of it. Needless to say, they're the best profs to have.
Close, but not quite. As far as I'm aware, cloning doesn't reproduce the specific neural connections made in the brain, nor does it reproduce the knowledge of the host. Someone else copying your memories to a computer without your consent(a la 6th Day, starring: The Governator) would become illegal, however.
In this event, it is the specific arrangement of information in you brain that would be copyrightable, not the facts themselves. As such, only an attempt to reproduce the function of your brain (electrochemically, or otherwise) would constitute breach of copyright. Furthermore, as $DIETY is not a legal entity within the United States of America or allied nations, the works of $DIETY are not entitled to protection under the DMCA.
Of course, IANAL, and IANATheologian.
As an Edmontonian who works downtown, Grant MacEwan Community College (City Centre Campus) is on 104th ave, Anything resembling a high-rise is south (to about 97th Ave, including some apartments) of that. 130th ave is getting into the north end. Oh, and not all of the streets are numbered. (I can never remember if Jasper Ave is 101st, or 102nd, for example)
Just to make a point, the numbering typically isn't started in a corner, it's started at the center of town, from an arbitrarily high value. Usually 50th Street/Avenue. Most small towns will run from about 38th street, to 62nd, and roughly the same for avenues. Occasionally they'll start at 100, but that's just a case of being ambitious.
As for using negative numbering, not quite. What will happen is that streets will pick up a directional designation like Calgary uses. Most of the expansion in Edmonton right now is south, and west. West means higher street numbers (200+), south means smaller avenue numbers, so if anything, we'll end up with a 12th Ave South, or something along those lines.
I have the misfortune of growing in Devon, where we don't have a single numbered street in town. We named our streets after places we'd rather be: ie. Banff Court, St. Lawrence Avenue, etc. Nor is Devon organized on a grid. Consequently, I learned to navagate by landmarks, which makes searching for street-signs a bit counter intuitive.
I said it was a translation; I didn't say it was readable ;)