They were after the grounding strap, which hopefully wasn't carrying much in the way of current.
He'd already knocked the protective shield loose with a crowbar. The racket drew my attention. When I confronted him he told me exactly what he was doing and carried right on until I dragged out my cell phone and called it in.
They live in a world of "should", then make every attempt to bend reality to match their world-view, often with disastrous results.
If the Pope would take off the fancy robes and actually interact with the world as it actually is, the world might be a better place.
I bought mine because I wanted a really light-weight device with a screen bigger than an iPhone (I'm getting old, can't read the fine print) that I could take places and browse, listen to music (yes, I figured out the workaround so I'm not paying Apple a fortune and it's legal) or if I'm really stuck, watch a movie.
I've had good luck with Apple products before (my 1984 Mac still works as a MIDI sequencer) and nothing else on the market fit the bill.
The act of putting me into the group "selfish elites" because they reached the same conclusion for the same (or other) reasons, is simply a logical fallacy - Undivided Middle. You cannot make the leap from "iPad owner" to "this person must be a 'selfish elite'" without tripping over it. It's the same logic as racism.
You can quickly write code to do lots of kewl things and advance to harder stuff like inter-process communications, mailers, http-friendly apps.
There's lots of people willing to help.
Just keep him off adult land by not adult-validating his account.
Children are generally referred to as he or she, hence in the possessive "his" or "hers". "It's" is the contraction of "it is". "Its" is the possessive of a thing eg. "its hard drive".
I dropped a psychology course I knew I wasn't going to pass and was wandering around the music education building trying to find something else to take when I poked my head into a room full of computers - a whole mishmash of Apple II's, DEC terminals, punch-card equipment (yes, I'm old) and an antique IBM1130 mainframe. I was about to back out again when the prof waved me in, sat me down, then forced me out the door eight hours later 'cause he wanted to go home and have supper.
I taught for three years then gave into the dark side and went back and got my certification in what I should probably have been doing in the first place.
I felt a bit queasy when the movie first started but that went away once my sense of balance decided to sit the movie out. Afterwards the floor seemed a bit shaky until it decided to wake up and start doing its regular work.
I had troubles with one of their games (clearly marked on the packaging) and emailed tech support.
Two weeks later I got an snarky email back saying they did not support games from other manufacturers.
There's one major outstanding bug (having to do with email) hearkening back to 2006 and another one that messes up your menus (turning them black) if you stray too close to a certain type of freeware TV set (may only affect some video cards, eg. mine) as well as a variety of other petty annoyances.
The big problem at the moment appears to be system-wide lag, especially at popular spots.
There is going to be a system-wide outage Wednesday 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. (probably PST) to address "database issues", which hopefully will improve the situation, which only got really bad about three weeks ago.
There are no goals, no objectives, no points or levels to completed.
That's because it isn't a game - it's a simulation. The point, like in most non-directed play, is to make your own fun. I'm doing it by programming in LSL (SL's development language - reminds me of really early PERL), seeing other people's kewl stuff and making friends. I've even got a boyfriend. He knows perfectly well that I'm not "real", but as it stands he doesn't have a hope in hell of getting a real girlfriend (yes, I'm using female atavars - it's a Jungian thing) for socioeconomic and cultural reasons, so I'll do in the meantime.
There was an article a few weeks ago (on here?) about people coming to Second Life for "shopping", because they couldn't afford to do it in real life. I can see their point. I just bought a brace of cannon for my front porch for $CAN 0.50 ($L100), positioning them nicely so they fire into my next door neighbour's front windows. Pity I can't do that in RL.
Why would the want to release another PC version?
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The current one is unplayable. I've tried several controllers and it's impossible to walk in a straight line. I've got so many fingers involved in just trying to stay still and not spin in circles there's nothing left over to shoot with.
I'm 53 and my gonads have been exposed to enough environmental issues (like the daystar) that I wouldn't trust them to another roll of the dice. My wife had her tubes tied years ago, having procreated to her satisfaction.
Would you forbid us matrimony?
A few years before, I would have been in the same situation, except with a male partner.
I suppose one of these days I should sit down and spend a year studying evolutionary theory in all its various forms (eg. micro, macro) so I can properly debate these idiots instead of going on what I can remember from high school (which was awhile ago and the field has moved on). The problem is, it would be pointless. You can't have a debate on any topic with an authoritarian/fundamentalist because you can't have a debate with them at all - they simply don't have the tools. Insults aside and nevertheless, here goes...
They thought this was going to prove their theory.
OK, which theory? All of evolutionary theory (your last paragraph implies that's your target)? Punctuated Equilibrium (note other discussion)? Survival of the fittest? Darwin's Finches?
Things were clipping along fine, then things suddenly went random.
Sounds like a working description of Punctuated Equilibrium as I (probably incorrectly) understand it.
So rather than that proving the theory incorrect, it proved that this was "more complex" than previously realized.
Here's what the article actually says...
Rather than a plodding equilibrium, even in a consistent environment, the interplay between these two kinds of genomic changes "is complex and can be counterintuitive,".
So rather than that proving the theory incorrect, it proved that this was "more complex" than previously realized.
No. It says that the overall theory is "complex and can be counterintuitive". So is General Relativity but I consider it pretty much a given - nuclear reactors work. The overall theory of "evolution" is a mainstay in biology - Darwin's theories were confirmed when genetics and DNA/RNA came along.
What you're doing is a "straw man". You have a mental concept you're calling "evolution", which you haven't even stated (but presumably is some variation on "plodding equilibrium" or other cast-by-the-wayside theory (is it??)), then proclaim that this particular experiment destroys your theory. Guess what? It does. That's straw man at its finest.
Anyone with a little intelligence should struggle with evolution.
ROFL!!!! Oh, stop it. Really!! An "appeal to intelligence"??? I would have thought you'd gone with "any idiot can see evolution is a crock".
There are hundreds of intricately complex systems within the human body.
...and some remarkably bad design decisions. What sane engineer would put the reproductive and excretory systems in the same pipe (I'm misquoting somebody)? Why don't humans have rotatable ears like cats? I want my tail back!!!
I'll leave the complexity debate to better hands. Random mutation? May I remind you about the bright shiny thing in the big blue room? It's the ultimate random event generator. We're having one tonight (SOHO predicts a CME - watch for Northern Lights).
To believe this all occurred by random mutations passed on through natural selection would take more faith than religion.
It's not a matter of faith. It's a matter of what I'm going to base my decision-making on. Here's two examples.
It's flu shot season. My understanding of evolutionary theory (bad as it is) leads me to believe there's some nasty bugs out there (eg. H1N1) that mutate over time. That time is long enough that this season's flu shot will be relevant, but last year's might noy. I'm getting my shots, thank you very much.
There's also the whole issue of GM wheat. I don't know where those genes came from or what's been done to them. I'd like to sit through a few generations (its or mine) and see what happens. For all I know they could cause something that makes gluten issues pale by comparison.
That's assuming consider the situation comedy the epitomy of humour - I don't. I find those shows pointless, repetive and boring. At best the "humor" [sic] consists of endless trading of insults - at worst it descends into racism, sexism and homophobia.
...if you come from a Roman Catholic, Anglican or other liturgical background. Many of the references (eg. the monks chanting and banging their heads) are "inside jokes" (in this particular case, "you're doing it wrong" on multiple levels).
The Roman Catholic church, in particular, is really into the relics of saints. The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch is not what one would normally consider in this context.
My wife has attempted to watch Monty Python and other surrealism-based comedy and can only stare at me with bafflement as I roll on the floor or with alarm as I start wheezing alarmly, unable to catch my breath. She just keeps saying over and over "but it doesn't make any sense" to which I attempt to reply "it's not supposed to make any sense - that's the point".
I'm wondering if it has something to do with cognitive dissonance. Some people ignore it, some pretend it's not there, some just get a headache and some won't be happy until it's resolved. I'm wonder if the last group of people are often bored with regular comedy with its predictable punchlines and situations, and are only amused (and that greatly) by humour that cannot be resolved with a punch line (or the punch line just makes matters worse).
What duress? A petition is hardly the point of a gun.0
In this case "do nothing" was a clear alternative but Brown chose to do the right thing even there were no huge consequences for doing otherwise.
Hinged design that opens up fairly flat.
A strap to prevent it opening too far and damaging the hinge.
Another strap on the back where you hold it.
Maybe something like this.
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They were after the grounding strap, which hopefully wasn't carrying much in the way of current. He'd already knocked the protective shield loose with a crowbar. The racket drew my attention. When I confronted him he told me exactly what he was doing and carried right on until I dragged out my cell phone and called it in.
They live in a world of "should", then make every attempt to bend reality to match their world-view, often with disastrous results. If the Pope would take off the fancy robes and actually interact with the world as it actually is, the world might be a better place.
I'd pass the long queue of drivers cursing and swearing at me for passing them.
I bought mine because I wanted a really light-weight device with a screen bigger than an iPhone (I'm getting old, can't read the fine print) that I could take places and browse, listen to music (yes, I figured out the workaround so I'm not paying Apple a fortune and it's legal) or if I'm really stuck, watch a movie. I've had good luck with Apple products before (my 1984 Mac still works as a MIDI sequencer) and nothing else on the market fit the bill. The act of putting me into the group "selfish elites" because they reached the same conclusion for the same (or other) reasons, is simply a logical fallacy - Undivided Middle. You cannot make the leap from "iPad owner" to "this person must be a 'selfish elite'" without tripping over it. It's the same logic as racism.
Particularly on hardware. We're always playing catch up as new stuff comes out.
10 years ago we got in a batch of 250 desktops. Every last one failed either out of the box or within one week.
Virtual Universities and whatnot.
You can quickly write code to do lots of kewl things and advance to harder stuff like inter-process communications, mailers, http-friendly apps. There's lots of people willing to help. Just keep him off adult land by not adult-validating his account.
Children are generally referred to as he or she, hence in the possessive "his" or "hers". "It's" is the contraction of "it is". "Its" is the possessive of a thing eg. "its hard drive".
I dropped a psychology course I knew I wasn't going to pass and was wandering around the music education building trying to find something else to take when I poked my head into a room full of computers - a whole mishmash of Apple II's, DEC terminals, punch-card equipment (yes, I'm old) and an antique IBM1130 mainframe. I was about to back out again when the prof waved me in, sat me down, then forced me out the door eight hours later 'cause he wanted to go home and have supper. I taught for three years then gave into the dark side and went back and got my certification in what I should probably have been doing in the first place.
I felt a bit queasy when the movie first started but that went away once my sense of balance decided to sit the movie out. Afterwards the floor seemed a bit shaky until it decided to wake up and start doing its regular work.
I had troubles with one of their games (clearly marked on the packaging) and emailed tech support. Two weeks later I got an snarky email back saying they did not support games from other manufacturers.
The big problem at the moment appears to be system-wide lag, especially at popular spots.
There is going to be a system-wide outage Wednesday 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. (probably PST) to address "database issues", which hopefully will improve the situation, which only got really bad about three weeks ago.
That's because it isn't a game - it's a simulation. The point, like in most non-directed play, is to make your own fun. I'm doing it by programming in LSL (SL's development language - reminds me of really early PERL), seeing other people's kewl stuff and making friends. I've even got a boyfriend. He knows perfectly well that I'm not "real", but as it stands he doesn't have a hope in hell of getting a real girlfriend (yes, I'm using female atavars - it's a Jungian thing) for socioeconomic and cultural reasons, so I'll do in the meantime.
There was an article a few weeks ago (on here?) about people coming to Second Life for "shopping", because they couldn't afford to do it in real life. I can see their point. I just bought a brace of cannon for my front porch for $CAN 0.50 ($L100), positioning them nicely so they fire into my next door neighbour's front windows. Pity I can't do that in RL.
The current one is unplayable. I've tried several controllers and it's impossible to walk in a straight line. I've got so many fingers involved in just trying to stay still and not spin in circles there's nothing left over to shoot with.
...and cite your sources. I suspect most are first-time alleric reactions or thermisol scare tactics.
I'm 53 and my gonads have been exposed to enough environmental issues (like the daystar) that I wouldn't trust them to another roll of the dice. My wife had her tubes tied years ago, having procreated to her satisfaction.
Would you forbid us matrimony?
A few years before, I would have been in the same situation, except with a male partner.
The distinction?
I suppose one of these days I should sit down and spend a year studying evolutionary theory in all its various forms (eg. micro, macro) so I can properly debate these idiots instead of going on what I can remember from high school (which was awhile ago and the field has moved on). The problem is, it would be pointless. You can't have a debate on any topic with an authoritarian/fundamentalist because you can't have a debate with them at all - they simply don't have the tools. Insults aside and nevertheless, here goes...
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...and some remarkably bad design decisions. What sane engineer would put the reproductive and excretory systems in the same pipe (I'm misquoting somebody)? Why don't humans have rotatable ears like cats? I want my tail back!!!
They thought this was going to prove their theory.
OK, which theory? All of evolutionary theory (your last paragraph implies that's your target)? Punctuated Equilibrium (note other discussion)? Survival of the fittest? Darwin's Finches?
Things were clipping along fine, then things suddenly went random.
Sounds like a working description of Punctuated Equilibrium as I (probably incorrectly) understand it.
So rather than that proving the theory incorrect, it proved that this was "more complex" than previously realized.
Here's what the article actually says...
Rather than a plodding equilibrium, even in a consistent environment, the interplay between these two kinds of genomic changes "is complex and can be counterintuitive,"
So rather than that proving the theory incorrect, it proved that this was "more complex" than previously realized.
No. It says that the overall theory is "complex and can be counterintuitive". So is General Relativity but I consider it pretty much a given - nuclear reactors work. The overall theory of "evolution" is a mainstay in biology - Darwin's theories were confirmed when genetics and DNA/RNA came along.
What you're doing is a "straw man". You have a mental concept you're calling "evolution", which you haven't even stated (but presumably is some variation on "plodding equilibrium" or other cast-by-the-wayside theory (is it??)), then proclaim that this particular experiment destroys your theory. Guess what? It does. That's straw man at its finest.
Anyone with a little intelligence should struggle with evolution.
ROFL!!!! Oh, stop it. Really!! An "appeal to intelligence"??? I would have thought you'd gone with "any idiot can see evolution is a crock".
There are hundreds of intricately complex systems within the human body.
I'll leave the complexity debate to better hands. Random mutation? May I remind you about the bright shiny thing in the big blue room? It's the ultimate random event generator. We're having one tonight (SOHO predicts a CME - watch for Northern Lights).
To believe this all occurred by random mutations passed on through natural selection would take more faith than religion.
It's not a matter of faith. It's a matter of what I'm going to base my decision-making on. Here's two examples.
It's flu shot season. My understanding of evolutionary theory (bad as it is) leads me to believe there's some nasty bugs out there (eg. H1N1) that mutate over time. That time is long enough that this season's flu shot will be relevant, but last year's might noy. I'm getting my shots, thank you very much.
There's also the whole issue of GM wheat. I don't know where those genes came from or what's been done to them. I'd like to sit through a few generations (its or mine) and see what happens. For all I know they could cause something that makes gluten issues pale by comparison.
A key component died and is unrepairable.
As you can well imagine things were pretty tense here until somebody muttered something about "pining for the fjords".
Thank you Monty Python.
That's assuming consider the situation comedy the epitomy of humour - I don't. I find those shows pointless, repetive and boring. At best the "humor" [sic] consists of endless trading of insults - at worst it descends into racism, sexism and homophobia.
...if you come from a Roman Catholic, Anglican or other liturgical background. Many of the references (eg. the monks chanting and banging their heads) are "inside jokes" (in this particular case, "you're doing it wrong" on multiple levels).
The Roman Catholic church, in particular, is really into the relics of saints. The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch is not what one would normally consider in this context.
My wife has attempted to watch Monty Python and other surrealism-based comedy and can only stare at me with bafflement as I roll on the floor or with alarm as I start wheezing alarmly, unable to catch my breath. She just keeps saying over and over "but it doesn't make any sense" to which I attempt to reply "it's not supposed to make any sense - that's the point".
I'm wondering if it has something to do with cognitive dissonance. Some people ignore it, some pretend it's not there, some just get a headache and some won't be happy until it's resolved. I'm wonder if the last group of people are often bored with regular comedy with its predictable punchlines and situations, and are only amused (and that greatly) by humour that cannot be resolved with a punch line (or the punch line just makes matters worse).
...and no, you don't grow out of it.
Any further discussion would be TMI.
What duress? A petition is hardly the point of a gun.0 In this case "do nothing" was a clear alternative but Brown chose to do the right thing even there were no huge consequences for doing otherwise.
Hinged design that opens up fairly flat.
A strap to prevent it opening too far and damaging the hinge.
Another strap on the back where you hold it.
Maybe something like this.