Hmm. I believe the great scholar Ice Cube said it best when he said, "Fuck that shit, cause I ain't the one, for a punk mothafucka with a badge and a gun, to be beatin on, and thrown in jail." While he was speaking specifically to police opression, the principle still applies.
People who become accustomed to the unchallenged power that comes with being a school administrator must be reminded frequently and forcibly that there is a world outside those walls, and they are being watched.
Thats strange. The sun has the same "illusion," but when the sun is close to the horizon you can look directly at it without pain or glare, but when it is high in the sky you can't. This indicates that the light is less concentrated, and so at least some of this must be because of diffusion, which should also increase the apparent size and "fuzzyness" of the object.
I will have to check the arc width of the moon experimentally myself before I believe this.
I guess its possible that the extra air between the sun and an observer filters out the painful end of the spectrum, leaving only the infrared and red ends (which is why sunrise and sunset can be looked at, IR can only damage your eyes if it physically cooks them, one would think).
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Yeah, the locked door blocking my character who is wielding a fusion cannon has really started to get on my nerves. Then again, tossing off fusion blasts inside a wooden building to get through doors should also eventually bring the structure down on your head. I'd like to see the ability to do either, with each having unique consequences in the game world. Having to find the red key to unlock the red door is kind of dumb when even I, the chair bound computer nerd, can walk up to and kick down 90% of the doors in the world.
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This, and the invisible wall thing, are probably two of the most frustrating contrivances I've come across in gaming. I've never understood why my highly trained marine is totally incapable of climbing a tree that an 8 year old child would conquer in a few minutes. I get so sick of not being able to climb things in games, or knowing I could jump up to something (when I can jump) but not being able to get there because the magical hand of invisible walldom is blocking my way.
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Your post ignores the realities of the situation the PATRIOT act was passed in. Your attempt at blatant deception shows that your values are in sync with those who wish to subvert our Republic into a tyranny. You are a slave-by-choice, and you seek to bring all of us down to your level.
As Bush continues to ignore the constitution in favor of increasing his own executive power, in his ever bolder attempts to convert the executive manager position of President into a neo-kingship, he will find that more and more people see through his ploy and begin to unite against him. It will finally be when his hubris blinds him to the true source of his power and he attempts to wield his power over a signifigant subset of the wealthy that he will find himself and his tribe of neoconservatives on a long trip down a short pier.
The surest way to destroy an empire is to remove its head before succession has been settled. Impeachment of DeLay and continued defeats of Frist politically will create a struggle for succession that could tear apart the fiscal conservative-social conservative coalition that has brought Red shirts to power.
The key to long term success is to demand a new movement to unprecedented levels of open government and government oversight. Removing the back room deal aspect of politicing can prevent things like Bush spying on your web browsing from ever being an issue.
We've been on this road for a while. I'm suprised you can still wear your own clothing on a plane, I figure by 2015 you'll get issued a suit of disposable paper "security clothing" when you pick up your ticket. And they'll still scan you with the naked rays when you go to get on the plane.
Just got done watching this, its absolutely amazing. As he goes on and keeps pulling out to the next level of gameplay, I find myself thinking "wow, cool... it'd be cool if you could go further, but I bet it stops here..."
Around the local stellar group level, I just stopped thinking and let the drool cup slowly fill up.
I've already given up on saving the US. Lucky for me my outlook is based on the future of the race, and I honestly believe that long term, the principles of freedom and openness will win out. The trick is to make sure the race lives that long, and the core component of that is to make sure that a petty, obese america that is about to choke to death on its own hubris doesn't lash out in its death throes and nuke the world. And, yes, Americans WILL start throwing nukes first rather than face the end of the age of the burger and the SUV.
But its not a charity they want to set up. Those people want to buy something with thier money. Think of it more like public broadcasting, everyone donates according to their means and how much they value the programming, and in return the public broadcasting production company churns out content.
This is like criticizing someone for donating time to open source development, when they could be building houses for habitat for humanity. The comparision doesn't even make any sense.
Actually nope, it was one post taking a swipe at NASA that got modified down troll twice. It sent me into bad karma and I've been stuck there since. I've seriously been considering just starting a new goddamn account, as once you're down to 0 no one reads your posts except the people you're replying to.
Is it arrogant for me to state that if I load my gun, charge a round, and pull the trigger the mechanical and chemcial process that results will send a bullet traveling out the end of my gun?
How is talking about science applied on a large scale arrogrant? I think you're anthromorphizing the issue.
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Excuse me, in this country we call our brainwashing camps "church," thank you very much.
People who become accustomed to the unchallenged power that comes with being a school administrator must be reminded frequently and forcibly that there is a world outside those walls, and they are being watched.
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You'd have to join the army first.
Lying to congress is a crime.
Yes but will there be a slashdot article about "Comet Creatures Fire Giant Rock into Earth to see if it is really made up of idiots."
Maybe thats why NASA timed this thing to hit on the 4th of July? They wanted to have the biggest fireworks in the history of the Universe :)
I guess its possible that the extra air between the sun and an observer filters out the painful end of the spectrum, leaving only the infrared and red ends (which is why sunrise and sunset can be looked at, IR can only damage your eyes if it physically cooks them, one would think).
Yeah, the locked door blocking my character who is wielding a fusion cannon has really started to get on my nerves. Then again, tossing off fusion blasts inside a wooden building to get through doors should also eventually bring the structure down on your head. I'd like to see the ability to do either, with each having unique consequences in the game world. Having to find the red key to unlock the red door is kind of dumb when even I, the chair bound computer nerd, can walk up to and kick down 90% of the doors in the world.
This, and the invisible wall thing, are probably two of the most frustrating contrivances I've come across in gaming. I've never understood why my highly trained marine is totally incapable of climbing a tree that an 8 year old child would conquer in a few minutes. I get so sick of not being able to climb things in games, or knowing I could jump up to something (when I can jump) but not being able to get there because the magical hand of invisible walldom is blocking my way.
At least there are no jumping puzzles.
Your post ignores the realities of the situation the PATRIOT act was passed in. Your attempt at blatant deception shows that your values are in sync with those who wish to subvert our Republic into a tyranny. You are a slave-by-choice, and you seek to bring all of us down to your level.
As Bush continues to ignore the constitution in favor of increasing his own executive power, in his ever bolder attempts to convert the executive manager position of President into a neo-kingship, he will find that more and more people see through his ploy and begin to unite against him. It will finally be when his hubris blinds him to the true source of his power and he attempts to wield his power over a signifigant subset of the wealthy that he will find himself and his tribe of neoconservatives on a long trip down a short pier. The surest way to destroy an empire is to remove its head before succession has been settled. Impeachment of DeLay and continued defeats of Frist politically will create a struggle for succession that could tear apart the fiscal conservative-social conservative coalition that has brought Red shirts to power. The key to long term success is to demand a new movement to unprecedented levels of open government and government oversight. Removing the back room deal aspect of politicing can prevent things like Bush spying on your web browsing from ever being an issue.
We've been on this road for a while. I'm suprised you can still wear your own clothing on a plane, I figure by 2015 you'll get issued a suit of disposable paper "security clothing" when you pick up your ticket. And they'll still scan you with the naked rays when you go to get on the plane.
Just got done watching this, its absolutely amazing. As he goes on and keeps pulling out to the next level of gameplay, I find myself thinking "wow, cool... it'd be cool if you could go further, but I bet it stops here..." Around the local stellar group level, I just stopped thinking and let the drool cup slowly fill up.
So I'm guessing you didn't laugh as hard as I did when Anakin killed the younglings in ROTS? :)
Guess I've played too many violent video games.
Thanks :)
When did God go gold!? Did they release it for PC or just X-Box and PS2?
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Of the limited posts I've made, these are the two that I really liked. Then again, its one of the topics I never get tired of thinking about.
We had to destroy America in order to save it.
I've already given up on saving the US. Lucky for me my outlook is based on the future of the race, and I honestly believe that long term, the principles of freedom and openness will win out. The trick is to make sure the race lives that long, and the core component of that is to make sure that a petty, obese america that is about to choke to death on its own hubris doesn't lash out in its death throes and nuke the world. And, yes, Americans WILL start throwing nukes first rather than face the end of the age of the burger and the SUV.
This is like criticizing someone for donating time to open source development, when they could be building houses for habitat for humanity. The comparision doesn't even make any sense.
Then again, you ARE a troll, so whatever.
Actually nope, it was one post taking a swipe at NASA that got modified down troll twice. It sent me into bad karma and I've been stuck there since. I've seriously been considering just starting a new goddamn account, as once you're down to 0 no one reads your posts except the people you're replying to.
Is it arrogant for me to state that if I load my gun, charge a round, and pull the trigger the mechanical and chemcial process that results will send a bullet traveling out the end of my gun?
How is talking about science applied on a large scale arrogrant? I think you're anthromorphizing the issue.