The OSCE has no business sticking their nose into our affairs. While they perform an important role in 3rd world countries, WE are not a third world country, and the need for moderation simply does not exist in this nation.
Even if by some inconceivable event, the Communist Party candidate were elected, because of the system of checks and balances in our government, the country would continue functioning with very little noticeable change. (Aside from the president making budget allowances for grey hats, and little red books.)
We simply do not need to have our government validated by a foreign nation in order for it to be legal in the eyes of the world, and if it ever came down to it, our population is still able to own firearms...the people still have the ability for self moderation.....remember the old saying, The only true democracy is the one in which the people are able to take up arms and defend themselves from their own government.
While every other "civilized" nation hands over its personal weapons, the American People are perfectly capable of taking care of themselves, without outside influence. (In fact the last time I checked, it was the US that had to keep things in check on their continent, not once, but TWICE.)
Keep your nose out of our country, OSCE!!!
..that now when we get a buffer underrun when we're burning these paper disks that we now have the option of recycling, or rolling our favorite tobacco, or tobacco-like product so we can really "BURN" a disc?....lol
Or we'll hear things like, "No really, my dog really did eat my homework, it was on disc."
What's to stop someone from making an image of the CD, then baking it up to tape, and then breaking it out when ever their CD starts throwing craps?
(me thinks this wasn't an entirely well thought out copy-protection scam)
re-read the description of those machines. They have ATA interfaces, they just lack the HD. A trip to your local hardware store, and 5 minutes later, POOF, you have a new computer suitable for installing one of many OS's.
There is a LOT of subjective reasoning for locking threads in teh SWG message forums. Anything that criticizes SOE, SWG, the Developers, CSR's, or Moderators is promply locked to be buried in the multitude of posts from disgruntled players.
There is no such thing as freedom of expression or pointing out flaws in the game, management's mistakes, CSR's shortfalls, or moderator's prejudice (by prejudice I mean they give their "pet" posters a lot of leway in their subject matter, but those that have valid points but not on the "in" list are sumarily locked...of course if you call their hand, they'll emphaticly deny it.)
The fact is, SWG is a game that had a lot of potential, and because it has been nerfed so many times, each change that is supposed to promote "balance" consiquentially does more harm than good, as it unbalances many of the other professions in the process. Balance for the sake of balance is just stupid, and that's what the game is digressing into.
On a final note. I was raised on a farm, many moons ago. If there was a sick animal that was terminal, we'd take it out back and shoot it. SWG is getting to the point SOE should consider doing the same.
That's an easy one. We as individuals don't pad the pockets of the electorate with millions of dollars each voting season. That's why a high level corporate exec can get away with murder and see a day, maybe two behind bars.
Isn't capitalism great? *smirk*
As the Germans said. "This method is too costly, and we need to find a cheaper method."
"Mein Got, these brautvurst are giving me the worst gas...."...
(...and history was made).
Besides, shooting is too good for these people (spammers), and they should be made an example of.
(***DISCLAIMER*** I in no way support the holocaust, this is for the purposes of satire and no insult is intended)
hehe, it hadn't changed in the 20 years I've been living elsewhere. The town I grew up in, there's still the one screen theatre with the 1950's style 16mm screen, (sometimes wide screen movies hang off the sides of the screen and onto the curtains), the entire downtown area (which was once a thriving commerce centre), is nothing but a handful of antique shops and beanie-babies stores, (and I think a beauty shop/chainsaw repair)...it really sucks in oklahoma, but I think one of the things that draws people back, is that it's not an over-developed and over-regulated area, and if someone had the right idea they could have the next new industry on their hands, and because there's an over-abundance of unemployed labor, poof, you get a workforce over night.
Yeah, the economy in OK blows dog. (which is part of the reason I moved back. I got sick of living in an area where people had too much money.) That's not to say that I'm "well off" or that I've hit hard times, but it disgusted me completely that a population's solution to solving social problems was the throw money at it. Anyway, back on track...the economy in OK. There are a lot of people that who are highly educated here that aren't working. I know of several people that have advanced degrees in engineering, economics, ag-engineering, and the like, that have had to resort to subsistance farming and other things to make ends meet. (even selling produce on the side of the road.)
You *have* to live in a fairly populated area to get decent bandwidth. Don't call him a cockknocker because you live in suburbia, and he might happen to live where the tumbleweeds roam, ya lil' poo stabber. When I moved back here, I had to wait 3 years to get a decent net connection that was reliable and didn't delete their newsgroup messages every 8 hours. Frankly some people can't afford the luxury of living in an area where broadband is available, or the broadband companies view the area as too economically depressed to support a broadband network. So don't knock someone else's rant just because you happen to live in a decent area. FOAD Troll.
While I'm a staunch 2nd ammendment supporter, you anti-gun types need to quit getting your knickers in a twist.
First of all the weapon only fires @ 33 m/s (that's 107.25 ft/s). While this is dangerous, it's hardly deadly or leathal unless you walk right up TO someone and shoot them in the ear or in the eye.
Second, it only fires a 2.75 gram slug, (that's 42 grains)...at 107 ft/s, this will hardly be overtly dangerous, and I'd wager that a person could catch the projectiles and throw them back and cause more damage.
Furthermore, it takes 25 seconds between each shot, do you really think a person weilding this weapon is going to get a change to get a second shot in 25 seconds? puuuleaze...I for one could take it away from that individual and shove up their arse in less time.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking Vasiljev's work, I think it's great that someone's actually getting off their ass and trying to build the thing, but come on, do you tree-hugging nature nazi's really think this gun is a threat? Do the math....after all, you liberal anti-gun types *do* consider yourself more intelligent that those of us that prefer to maintain our right to keep and bear arms. If that's the case, why are you so worried about this?
Sure it has the potential to be a weapon of contraversy, but the technology has quite a ways to go before we'll ever see a practical application, and chance are, you and I will both be long dead, so stop worrying about it. (and stop comparing it to columbine, that's the most idiotic and contrived reference I've ever had the misfortune of reading.) Vasiljev's work is a great step forward, but for the time being, it's still just a novelty.
(you know, it's funny how liberals never complain about someone with a concealed carry permit saves them from a mugging, but they're always the first ones to try to tell a person you don't have the right to own a firearm.)...bollocks I say.
You also forgot to include the time it takes to backup the tapes, and the time it takes to restore the backups. The bottlenecks things down significantly.
(also you have to count for fuel stops, traffic jams, and the occasional flat)...;-)
speaking as a former builder of cable systems
One cable nodehead supports 500 customer sites. This doesn't include in-home splitters and such, but it will support that as well.
As bandwidth requirements increase one of two things will happen. More fibre will be added to each node, (there are 4 fibre ports in most commercial node equipment), or they'll simply fragment the segment and add another node.
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The OSCE has no business sticking their nose into our affairs. While they perform an important role in 3rd world countries, WE are not a third world country, and the need for moderation simply does not exist in this nation. Even if by some inconceivable event, the Communist Party candidate were elected, because of the system of checks and balances in our government, the country would continue functioning with very little noticeable change. (Aside from the president making budget allowances for grey hats, and little red books.) We simply do not need to have our government validated by a foreign nation in order for it to be legal in the eyes of the world, and if it ever came down to it, our population is still able to own firearms...the people still have the ability for self moderation.....remember the old saying, The only true democracy is the one in which the people are able to take up arms and defend themselves from their own government. While every other "civilized" nation hands over its personal weapons, the American People are perfectly capable of taking care of themselves, without outside influence. (In fact the last time I checked, it was the US that had to keep things in check on their continent, not once, but TWICE.) Keep your nose out of our country, OSCE!!!
not exactly.... 1937 Pennies were made of steel because of the copper shortage. (I know, I have some)
..that now when we get a buffer underrun when we're burning these paper disks that we now have the option of recycling, or rolling our favorite tobacco, or tobacco-like product so we can really "BURN" a disc?....lol Or we'll hear things like, "No really, my dog really did eat my homework, it was on disc."
excuse me, I meant "Backing" up to tape.
What's to stop someone from making an image of the CD, then baking it up to tape, and then breaking it out when ever their CD starts throwing craps? (me thinks this wasn't an entirely well thought out copy-protection scam)
Which is why you should never let a Swede drive your car...hehe. you'll have to get the brakes fixed.
my mistake. I misunderstood your post, seemed like it read "you can't"...must've been the lack of coffee.
re-read the description of those machines. They have ATA interfaces, they just lack the HD. A trip to your local hardware store, and 5 minutes later, POOF, you have a new computer suitable for installing one of many OS's.
There is a LOT of subjective reasoning for locking threads in teh SWG message forums. Anything that criticizes SOE, SWG, the Developers, CSR's, or Moderators is promply locked to be buried in the multitude of posts from disgruntled players. There is no such thing as freedom of expression or pointing out flaws in the game, management's mistakes, CSR's shortfalls, or moderator's prejudice (by prejudice I mean they give their "pet" posters a lot of leway in their subject matter, but those that have valid points but not on the "in" list are sumarily locked...of course if you call their hand, they'll emphaticly deny it.) The fact is, SWG is a game that had a lot of potential, and because it has been nerfed so many times, each change that is supposed to promote "balance" consiquentially does more harm than good, as it unbalances many of the other professions in the process. Balance for the sake of balance is just stupid, and that's what the game is digressing into. On a final note. I was raised on a farm, many moons ago. If there was a sick animal that was terminal, we'd take it out back and shoot it. SWG is getting to the point SOE should consider doing the same.
That's an easy one. We as individuals don't pad the pockets of the electorate with millions of dollars each voting season. That's why a high level corporate exec can get away with murder and see a day, maybe two behind bars. Isn't capitalism great? *smirk*
As the Germans said. "This method is too costly, and we need to find a cheaper method." "Mein Got, these brautvurst are giving me the worst gas...."... (...and history was made). Besides, shooting is too good for these people (spammers), and they should be made an example of. (***DISCLAIMER*** I in no way support the holocaust, this is for the purposes of satire and no insult is intended)
Not in Oklahoma. If you get killed because of your own stupidity, it's your own damn fault. (the way it should be).
Yeah, but you can't come. :-P
hehe, it hadn't changed in the 20 years I've been living elsewhere. The town I grew up in, there's still the one screen theatre with the 1950's style 16mm screen, (sometimes wide screen movies hang off the sides of the screen and onto the curtains), the entire downtown area (which was once a thriving commerce centre), is nothing but a handful of antique shops and beanie-babies stores, (and I think a beauty shop/chainsaw repair)...it really sucks in oklahoma, but I think one of the things that draws people back, is that it's not an over-developed and over-regulated area, and if someone had the right idea they could have the next new industry on their hands, and because there's an over-abundance of unemployed labor, poof, you get a workforce over night.
Yeah, the economy in OK blows dog. (which is part of the reason I moved back. I got sick of living in an area where people had too much money.) That's not to say that I'm "well off" or that I've hit hard times, but it disgusted me completely that a population's solution to solving social problems was the throw money at it. Anyway, back on track...the economy in OK. There are a lot of people that who are highly educated here that aren't working. I know of several people that have advanced degrees in engineering, economics, ag-engineering, and the like, that have had to resort to subsistance farming and other things to make ends meet. (even selling produce on the side of the road.)
You *have* to live in a fairly populated area to get decent bandwidth. Don't call him a cockknocker because you live in suburbia, and he might happen to live where the tumbleweeds roam, ya lil' poo stabber. When I moved back here, I had to wait 3 years to get a decent net connection that was reliable and didn't delete their newsgroup messages every 8 hours. Frankly some people can't afford the luxury of living in an area where broadband is available, or the broadband companies view the area as too economically depressed to support a broadband network. So don't knock someone else's rant just because you happen to live in a decent area. FOAD Troll.
While I'm a staunch 2nd ammendment supporter, you anti-gun types need to quit getting your knickers in a twist. First of all the weapon only fires @ 33 m/s (that's 107.25 ft/s). While this is dangerous, it's hardly deadly or leathal unless you walk right up TO someone and shoot them in the ear or in the eye. Second, it only fires a 2.75 gram slug, (that's 42 grains)...at 107 ft/s, this will hardly be overtly dangerous, and I'd wager that a person could catch the projectiles and throw them back and cause more damage. Furthermore, it takes 25 seconds between each shot, do you really think a person weilding this weapon is going to get a change to get a second shot in 25 seconds? puuuleaze...I for one could take it away from that individual and shove up their arse in less time. Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking Vasiljev's work, I think it's great that someone's actually getting off their ass and trying to build the thing, but come on, do you tree-hugging nature nazi's really think this gun is a threat? Do the math....after all, you liberal anti-gun types *do* consider yourself more intelligent that those of us that prefer to maintain our right to keep and bear arms. If that's the case, why are you so worried about this? Sure it has the potential to be a weapon of contraversy, but the technology has quite a ways to go before we'll ever see a practical application, and chance are, you and I will both be long dead, so stop worrying about it. (and stop comparing it to columbine, that's the most idiotic and contrived reference I've ever had the misfortune of reading.) Vasiljev's work is a great step forward, but for the time being, it's still just a novelty. (you know, it's funny how liberals never complain about someone with a concealed carry permit saves them from a mugging, but they're always the first ones to try to tell a person you don't have the right to own a firearm.)...bollocks I say.
I don't do that anymore. :-) I guess I didn't say "former"....hehe.
You also forgot to include the time it takes to backup the tapes, and the time it takes to restore the backups. The bottlenecks things down significantly. (also you have to count for fuel stops, traffic jams, and the occasional flat)... ;-)
I wanna see a calculus equation on this. Wouldn't this be consider burst rate data transfer? (Old SkoOoL style)..hehe
speaking as a former builder of cable systems One cable nodehead supports 500 customer sites. This doesn't include in-home splitters and such, but it will support that as well. As bandwidth requirements increase one of two things will happen. More fibre will be added to each node, (there are 4 fibre ports in most commercial node equipment), or they'll simply fragment the segment and add another node.