Uhhh if your drooling - why don't you actually download the thing - or at least CS: S beta. I was pretty happy to find out that my coupon gave me the ability to download the little bundle package that they have for sale, and considering I never played opposing force, getting it and HL2 on release day is a pretty fair deal.
Those with ATI cards and coupons shoudl visit http://ati.com/online/hl2 and check out that bundle because on release day you lose that "This will tide them over we hope" extras pack.
So is "Boy" but it's not a criminal fucking case when someone on/. says "that boy was up to no good" is it. Fucking PC should stop at "Personal Computer" and people should have the ability to think enough to take things in context.
Except the most rude people tend to be the "non-geek" users - especially true in chat rooms and forums.
Folks that have an internet connection but wouldn't know a modem from a monitor are usually the ones that get caught in the "hey, it's just the Internet, who cares if I'm an asshole" trap.
Most geeks, even those that "bully" online tend to realize it is a real person on the other end of the line, and the Internet is not some magical fairy land made by magic pixies that don't exist in the real world. The luddites are the ones that are being described in this story, and who I see when I do get bored enough to sit in a "mainstream" chat room.
They have in the past - this was a previous articles, the chant was a recording of Muslim prayers, and knowing how fanatical most followers of that faith are, it was offensive because the prayer wasn't being used as a prayer.
I wonder how offended the Saudi's where when I was over there defending their asses and didn't plug my ears when they blared these prayers over loudspeakers nationwide twice a day.
Now, imagine the outrage here if a fundamentalist Christian complained about the fact that DOOM 3 portrayed Hell in an incorrect light and it was pulled from the shelves? Now imagine my outrage that anyone lets ANY religious zealot steer an unrelated products availability. But you know, we have to be sensitive to those that consider us the devil, and will be rewarded in heaven for killing us infidels.
"Every man woman and child on the face of the planet is a religious zealot - it just depends what their religion is." - Jacob Dylan
So, you're telling me that the webmaster should have 50,000 Page views, but only 1,000 Banner Ad views - and therefore not get paid to provide you with the shit you read?
You are a fucking asstard then - and I know why you post AC. Let me guess you never purchase anything that is advertised - because you can't afford it? What do you do live in a cave with a stolen laptop and wi-fi - how else do bastards like you that can't even allow a graphic to disturb there little shell of a world?
But it's not "HIS" fucking work, it's a slap in the face to the original directors, ILM's brilliance, and the cast and crew every time he says "Well, you know that movie that made me a billionaire and bought me this nice ranch, and made me famous, well that movie sucked, so here's my retreaded version that ruins things you found enjoyable in the original"
He's pulling a fucking jedi mind trick on us - "We want to see the originals!" "Those aren't the movies you want to see."
Well, I for one am not going to tell him to move along - do however many mutilations you want George, but for the love of all that is holy, help future generations see the originals in a longer lasting format than VHS - let future F/X designers, cameramen, and actors see how much ground was broken by this film - you might be amazed at how much money you will make. It wouldn't hurt to sell both you know.
Ok, not to be a complete asshat here, the Constitution tells congress what laws they are allowed to pass to govern our privilages.
So, when something is given as a right by the Constitution, the congress cannot simply go "Oh, well you know that thing about a free press, well it's illegal now because we passed the 'Free Press Banishment and Newspeak Encouragement Act of 2005' so you don't have that right anymore" because it is beyond the scope of the power that "We the people" have given Congress by the Constitution. Further, it is considered in US Law, that any law found unconstitutional is "Null & Void" meaning that according to the courts, it "never existed."
There is much debate about what the 4th and other amendments provide in the way of rights, but it takes either a Constitutional amendment, or a ruling from the Supreme Court to affect the "rights" guaranteed by the Constitution to the people.
Hopefully we have now split enough hairs to keep Sy Sperling in business for a few more years.
Well, we can start with the 4th Amendment. The right to be secure in one's person houses, papers, and effects seems to uphold a consitutional right to privacy, when coupled with the 14th Amendment you have a pretty strong listing of rights (also remember, a right cannot be taken away from you with a law, laws regulate privilages - very important distinction.)
Also, you may want to examine Griswold v. Connecticut where the supreme court first upheld the right to privacy. Hope that helps you get a better grasp on a fundamental human right.
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My mother uses JOI internet for a whopping $6.95 a month and consistantly gets better connection speed, never a busy signal, better e-mail, and faster support and service than she ever got when she was an AOLer, so what is the point here?
Of course it's true that more women have social lives. It's easier for them to make friends - especially with the opposite gender. Women know full well that they weild more power than males at this because they have something (most) men will put with about anything to get.
Beside that fact most women use this fact to manipulate the fuck out of their social circles willingly, yet bitch that being a woman is sooooo hard because med dominate everything. It's having their cake and eating it too.
Also, because of "traditional" gender roles, society thinks it's ok to know a woman as a person, whereas men are identified by "what they do" - think about it, the last time you met another person outside of work, if you were a man one of the first questions you probably got was "What do you do for a living?" where most women get "What do you like to do for fun?'
As a White Male in America, I would like to know why the fuck I am never represented in a diversity class - there is no more reviled human on the planet than a white male. Everyone else has a "culture" they can cling to for identity, women have the "men have kept us oppressed" thing to bond over, and all these damn diversity classes do is repeat the falicy that because I am white and have a penis the world was handed to me on fucking silver platter and I should feel guilty about it and be less successful that I can be.
Nothing raises my bullshit flag higher than this, I grew up as one of the only "crackers" in a poor black neighborhood, wasn't part of the "cool crowd" in school, and have never been hired to fill a quota, further, I have had more minority bosses in my career than anyone I know, and have gotten along just fine with them. BUT, the people that teach these diversity classes (while in the Air Force I took more training on Sexual Harrasment and political correctness than I did on marksmanship) literally ignore the fact that it's just as wrong to group all white males into a stereotype, quite the opposite, they are the only people you are allowed to be racist against.
So what is keeping us (those that think that IP laws are going too far) from creating lessons and propaganda just like the **AA/corporations are and giving them to schools for free in order to get the children educated with both sides of the arguement (now I know that isn't the way schools really work, BUT, if the option was there is would be great PR to prove that corporations are abusing their position here.)
I think it's pretty sad that businesses are allowed to indoctrinate our young in a day and age where saying the pledge is under attack - but without the same kind of package available from the other side, what do we expect?
Uhh... that was Oral Roberts (the most unfortunate name in history) - and among other less publicized threats made by God to Mr. Roberts, failure to raise the funds would also have left his speech peppered with "Oakaly-Doakalies" until the death sentance had been carried out.
The Baker's were involved in basically embezzeling from the PTL club.
Paul, in the opening of his letter to the Roman Church (Romans, new testament) says this:
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator--who is forever praised. Amen.
Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. - Romans 1: 19-27
In another letter to the Church in Corinth (1 Corinthians)
The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers.
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
"Everything is permissible for me"--but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"--but I will not be mastered by anything. "Food for the stomach and the stomach for food"--but God will destroy them both. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."[Gen 2:4, also quoted by Christ] But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. 1 Cor 6:7-20
So, yes Paul did address homosexuality in these strong terms, and there is nothing wrong with someone expressing their opinion that they agree with him. Although, I do love the fact that he points out that lawsuits between Christians are also just as bad.
No, this is/., he's saying that someone believes in any higher power that wasn't part of a science fiction series lacks them.
Religion is evil here, you're welcome to your opinions as long as they don't involve expressing your personal views on the existance of God. Because, if you were a true "Nerd" you would know he doesn't exist because tiny human brains haven't been able to duplicate him in a test tube - any other viewpoint will be modded into oblivion and be considered proof that you are not worthy to read or post on the site.
Using technology with the hopes of changing public opinion to support your own strongly held beliefs.... hmmm, seems like they ARE in the same industry - hell thay have almost the same business model. Just because the final product is different doesn't mean that Minute Made Orange Juice isn't competing with Coca-cola.
Other than that, you are absolutly correct in pointing out that trademark and copyright aren't the same thing, and for that I will have the damn sesame street "One of these things..." song in my head for hours. Damn you!
So, to not be a nutjob I only need to be an easily debunked, lying, wind-bag of nonsense. Then people will take me seriously (because it takes all of two or three minutes to debunk most of Moore's allegations, and most of America will not put that kind of effort into choosing the leader of the free world.)
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Uhhh if your drooling - why don't you actually download the thing - or at least CS: S beta. I was pretty happy to find out that my coupon gave me the ability to download the little bundle package that they have for sale, and considering I never played opposing force, getting it and HL2 on release day is a pretty fair deal.
Those with ATI cards and coupons shoudl visit http://ati.com/online/hl2 and check out that bundle because on release day you lose that "This will tide them over we hope" extras pack.
So is "Boy" but it's not a criminal fucking case when someone on /. says "that boy was up to no good" is it. Fucking PC should stop at "Personal Computer" and people should have the ability to think enough to take things in context.
Mine is on a magnet on the fridge - taunting me daily like the evil bastard that it is - SOON YOU WILL EARN YOUR PUNISHMENT WHEN I PUT YOU TO USE!!!!
Reminds me of this.
Except the most rude people tend to be the "non-geek" users - especially true in chat rooms and forums.
Folks that have an internet connection but wouldn't know a modem from a monitor are usually the ones that get caught in the "hey, it's just the Internet, who cares if I'm an asshole" trap.
Most geeks, even those that "bully" online tend to realize it is a real person on the other end of the line, and the Internet is not some magical fairy land made by magic pixies that don't exist in the real world. The luddites are the ones that are being described in this story, and who I see when I do get bored enough to sit in a "mainstream" chat room.
But should your sensitive ears be cause for the publisher to have to pull it off the shelves? Hell no.
Interesting side effect of cutting school education budgets to pay for better sporting equipment so alumi can "cheer for the damn team!"
Most American high schoolers can't identify the STATE THEY LIVE in by it's shape!
They have in the past - this was a previous articles, the chant was a recording of Muslim prayers, and knowing how fanatical most followers of that faith are, it was offensive because the prayer wasn't being used as a prayer.
I wonder how offended the Saudi's where when I was over there defending their asses and didn't plug my ears when they blared these prayers over loudspeakers nationwide twice a day.
Now, imagine the outrage here if a fundamentalist Christian complained about the fact that DOOM 3 portrayed Hell in an incorrect light and it was pulled from the shelves? Now imagine my outrage that anyone lets ANY religious zealot steer an unrelated products availability. But you know, we have to be sensitive to those that consider us the devil, and will be rewarded in heaven for killing us infidels.
"Every man woman and child on the face of the planet is a religious zealot - it just depends what their religion is." - Jacob Dylan
So, you're telling me that the webmaster should have 50,000 Page views, but only 1,000 Banner Ad views - and therefore not get paid to provide you with the shit you read?
You are a fucking asstard then - and I know why you post AC. Let me guess you never purchase anything that is advertised - because you can't afford it? What do you do live in a cave with a stolen laptop and wi-fi - how else do bastards like you that can't even allow a graphic to disturb there little shell of a world?
But it's not "HIS" fucking work, it's a slap in the face to the original directors, ILM's brilliance, and the cast and crew every time he says "Well, you know that movie that made me a billionaire and bought me this nice ranch, and made me famous, well that movie sucked, so here's my retreaded version that ruins things you found enjoyable in the original"
He's pulling a fucking jedi mind trick on us - "We want to see the originals!" "Those aren't the movies you want to see."
Well, I for one am not going to tell him to move along - do however many mutilations you want George, but for the love of all that is holy, help future generations see the originals in a longer lasting format than VHS - let future F/X designers, cameramen, and actors see how much ground was broken by this film - you might be amazed at how much money you will make. It wouldn't hurt to sell both you know.
http://originaltrilogy.com sign the petition.
Ok, not to be a complete asshat here, the Constitution tells congress what laws they are allowed to pass to govern our privilages.
So, when something is given as a right by the Constitution, the congress cannot simply go "Oh, well you know that thing about a free press, well it's illegal now because we passed the 'Free Press Banishment and Newspeak Encouragement Act of 2005' so you don't have that right anymore" because it is beyond the scope of the power that "We the people" have given Congress by the Constitution. Further, it is considered in US Law, that any law found unconstitutional is "Null & Void" meaning that according to the courts, it "never existed."
There is much debate about what the 4th and other amendments provide in the way of rights, but it takes either a Constitutional amendment, or a ruling from the Supreme Court to affect the "rights" guaranteed by the Constitution to the people.
Hopefully we have now split enough hairs to keep Sy Sperling in business for a few more years.
Well, we can start with the 4th Amendment. The right to be secure in one's person houses, papers , and effects seems to uphold a consitutional right to privacy, when coupled with the 14th Amendment you have a pretty strong listing of rights (also remember, a right cannot be taken away from you with a law, laws regulate privilages - very important distinction.)
Also, you may want to examine Griswold v. Connecticut where the supreme court first upheld the right to privacy. Hope that helps you get a better grasp on a fundamental human right.
My mother uses JOI internet for a whopping $6.95 a month and consistantly gets better connection speed, never a busy signal, better e-mail, and faster support and service than she ever got when she was an AOLer, so what is the point here?
Hmmm... because I work with none?
Read the last name in the e-mail address... it's French, no thank you.
"According to the story, 'Windows XP Starter Edition' will be limited..."
Gee, I wonder what they'll call it too. How about RTFBSOTFA (Reading the fucking brief summary of the fucking article.)
This site is already testing the theory.
Of course it's true that more women have social lives. It's easier for them to make friends - especially with the opposite gender. Women know full well that they weild more power than males at this because they have something (most) men will put with about anything to get.
Beside that fact most women use this fact to manipulate the fuck out of their social circles willingly, yet bitch that being a woman is sooooo hard because med dominate everything. It's having their cake and eating it too.
Also, because of "traditional" gender roles, society thinks it's ok to know a woman as a person, whereas men are identified by "what they do" - think about it, the last time you met another person outside of work, if you were a man one of the first questions you probably got was "What do you do for a living?" where most women get "What do you like to do for fun?'
As a White Male in America, I would like to know why the fuck I am never represented in a diversity class - there is no more reviled human on the planet than a white male. Everyone else has a "culture" they can cling to for identity, women have the "men have kept us oppressed" thing to bond over, and all these damn diversity classes do is repeat the falicy that because I am white and have a penis the world was handed to me on fucking silver platter and I should feel guilty about it and be less successful that I can be.
Nothing raises my bullshit flag higher than this, I grew up as one of the only "crackers" in a poor black neighborhood, wasn't part of the "cool crowd" in school, and have never been hired to fill a quota, further, I have had more minority bosses in my career than anyone I know, and have gotten along just fine with them. BUT, the people that teach these diversity classes (while in the Air Force I took more training on Sexual Harrasment and political correctness than I did on marksmanship) literally ignore the fact that it's just as wrong to group all white males into a stereotype, quite the opposite, they are the only people you are allowed to be racist against.
So what is keeping us (those that think that IP laws are going too far) from creating lessons and propaganda just like the **AA/corporations are and giving them to schools for free in order to get the children educated with both sides of the arguement (now I know that isn't the way schools really work, BUT, if the option was there is would be great PR to prove that corporations are abusing their position here.)
I think it's pretty sad that businesses are allowed to indoctrinate our young in a day and age where saying the pledge is under attack - but without the same kind of package available from the other side, what do we expect?
Uhh... that was Oral Roberts (the most unfortunate name in history) - and among other less publicized threats made by God to Mr. Roberts, failure to raise the funds would also have left his speech peppered with "Oakaly-Doakalies" until the death sentance had been carried out.
The Baker's were involved in basically embezzeling from the PTL club.
Paul, in the opening of his letter to the Roman Church (Romans, new testament) says this:
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator--who is forever praised. Amen.
Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
- Romans 1: 19-27
In another letter to the Church in Corinth (1 Corinthians)
The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers.
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
"Everything is permissible for me"--but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"--but I will not be mastered by anything. "Food for the stomach and the stomach for food"--but God will destroy them both. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."[Gen 2:4, also quoted by Christ] But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
1 Cor 6:7-20
So, yes Paul did address homosexuality in these strong terms, and there is nothing wrong with someone expressing their opinion that they agree with him. Although, I do love the fact that he points out that lawsuits between Christians are also just as bad.
No, this is /., he's saying that someone believes in any higher power that wasn't part of a science fiction series lacks them.
Religion is evil here, you're welcome to your opinions as long as they don't involve expressing your personal views on the existance of God. Because, if you were a true "Nerd" you would know he doesn't exist because tiny human brains haven't been able to duplicate him in a test tube - any other viewpoint will be modded into oblivion and be considered proof that you are not worthy to read or post on the site.
Using technology with the hopes of changing public opinion to support your own strongly held beliefs .... hmmm, seems like they ARE in the same industry - hell thay have almost the same business model. Just because the final product is different doesn't mean that Minute Made Orange Juice isn't competing with Coca-cola.
Other than that, you are absolutly correct in pointing out that trademark and copyright aren't the same thing, and for that I will have the damn sesame street "One of these things..." song in my head for hours. Damn you!
So, to not be a nutjob I only need to be an easily debunked, lying, wind-bag of nonsense. Then people will take me seriously (because it takes all of two or three minutes to debunk most of Moore's allegations, and most of America will not put that kind of effort into choosing the leader of the free world.)
Gee, I love this fucking country.