FPS's for example just need enough plot to get you to the next slaughter zone.
Wolfenstein 3D begins deep in a well-guarded castle, in a cell with a dead Nazi on the floor and you with a pistol, and this type of enemy uses pistols. That's a lot of plot right there. It's just told in an efficient manner.
The question is: who does have legal jurisdiction on data stored in a given country? The courts of that country, or the courts of the nationality of the company who manages the data storage? This is a matter that has to be decided by International treaties. While we're at it, let's try to establish an International cyber law enforcement system. In the meantime.
Why would I want to build an enforcement system when I don't know who's rules it will end up enforcing? Chinas? North Koreas? NSAs?
So then you're agreeing if I leave my door unlocked at night and someone comes in and steals something, it's my fault because the asshat thought it was okay to steal?
If "your stuff" includes, say, my medical files you left on the kitchen table, then yes, you're responsible. The burglar is guilty of burglary and you are guilty of negligence.
I'd say any teams and hopes we had with Russia should be maintained for the idea of brotherly love.
Just because you love your crazy axe murdering brother doesn't mean you should buy him an axe.
We need goodwill now. Money is of no concern when you're thinking of the results of what could happen if Russia and USA blood goes bad.
The problem is, it will go bad unless Putin gets what he wants, and what he apparently wants is to take over the neighbouring countries and rebuild Soviet Union. Which, of course, will bring him into a conflict with the EU, which in turn could lead to anything from World War III to EU dissolving from the stress to EU becoming a real federation to effectively counter the threat. To avoid such a chaotic situation with potentially catastrophic consequences Russia needs to be contained, and the most "goodwill" way of doing so is economic isolation.
Most of these photos don't even depict abuse, rather they depict some derp acting like a jackass and then resisting arrest, and getting a knee to the neck.
How does a picture depict a series of events? It can't. It's showing you one moment in time; it's your imagination that's supplying the previous and next moments, based on your preconceived worldview.
Death is a part of life. That doesn't mean it's good or shouldn't be fought against. Smallpox used to be a part of life too, and I doubt anyone's life is made worse by not having it around anymore.
I'd rather live with that than trying to force a 100 year old body to keep it's heart beating just because some family member doesn't know how to cope any other way.
The idea of longevity research, of course, is to make 100 year old body indistinguishable from a 20 year old body, not merely to "keep the heart beating".
And it costs our healthcare industry billions that could be spent much better.
Think about this: If you deliberately provoke a reaction, do you think it's possible that you just might succeed in getting one?
Yes. Now, would that excuse let me walk away with a not guilty verdict, or better yet avoid a trial entirely, after I'd beaten someone bloody with a baton? Because I don't think it would.
There are good cops and there are bad cops. The question is, is the law enforcement system itself good or bad? With all the plea bargaining, "anonymous tips" justifying searches, and even outright forging of evidence, it would seem that the system itself is corrupt.
The people in the US and Nazi Germany were the same, some good, some not so; but the systems they lived in were vastly different, and that mattered more for the overall outcome than individual preferences. Or think of a stock market, or even individual stock: blibs matter less than the general trend.
Progress is about creating plenty, yes. However, the granparent specifically cited economics, which is typically about creating an artificial shortage and then profiteering.
(and, at a tray price of over $9/unit, large atoms and even most molecules becoming enormously expensive.)
Why? Even U-238 would cost only $9/quark * 3 quarks/baryon * 238 baryons, for a grand total of $6426. Sure, it's a lot for home users, but for enterprise uranium with a guaranteed minimum half-life and ISO-certified electron orbitals that's a bargain.
If you're walking around with a firearm you're almost certainly a paranoid idiot. If the police weren't keeping an eye on you they wouldn't be doing their job.
The job of the police isn't to stalk people with disagreeable personalities, much less harass them, but to investigate suspected illegal activities. If you think paranoid idiots shouldn't have guns, take it up with the legislature. But as long as it's not actually illegal, it's not up to Joe Flatfoot to try to make it de facto so through abuse of power. In fact, such activity should result in Joe, not the paranoid idiot, facing the court.
I think you are being a bit hard on Dawkins. Most of the time he's debating people who refuse to look at any of the evidence, and often claim it doesn't exist. He's not speaking to open minded people who are simply trying to learn.
So basically Dawkins is a stereotypical obsessive-compulsive religious fanatic. He simply fixated on a different set of beliefs, and can't stand other people not sharing them. Thus he wastes his time trying to convince them of something they refuse to be convinced of.
The ultimate poison pill for any startup company. This would effectively prohibit any future funding or merger. "Gee, guys, you have a great idea and we'd love to buy you out to bring your idea to a larger audience, but our lawyers won't let us assume the liability of dealing with your data."
It's only a poison pill for companies who's business model is to cyberstalk people. Everyone else can simply not collect and record personally idenfiable data. And the stalkers should be poisoned and hopefully killed in utero.
So you're saying there's no government interest in preventing livestock from eating "byproducts" that are full of rat crap, bird droppings, and mold?
No. Livestock gets all these things from grass, and promptly digests them, whereas whatever contaminants the grains contain has a far more direct route to humans through the actual product of breweries.
IMO it is important to be able to trace food poisoning to their sources. All other components in the industrialized food chain can be traced. It certainly seems unreasonable that large breweries, to which is would incur little cost, doesn't have proper testing and tracking.
Hold it right there. We're talking about "brewing by-products", in other words, leftovers from food production. There's no way those can cause food poisoning, unless the beer itself will.
Also, none of this is taking into account that these by-products are not fed to people, they're fed to cows. So if anyone's getting food poisoning, it's the cows, not people. Sure, if a cow mysteriously dies and is then turned into steaks, you could get some second-hand food poisoning, but at that point you have much bigger WTF than what you fed to the animal.
So, I dunno what this is really about, but it certainly sounds insane.
Corporations and government combined is the definition of fascism according to Mussolini.
Corporations being in the government is fascism. A government buying things from a corporation is just business as usual. Or do you think it's a sign of creeping nazism that the government doesn't fuel its fire trucks exclusively from government-owned refineries?
And, frankly, we should all be happy that space flight is starting to de-orbit from heights of expense only a government can afford and enter the sphere of what a company - and eventually an individual - might.
When it's a corrupt one that isn't a "democracy" any more outside name, you don't.
In what way is US democracy corrupt? Do votes get miscounted? Are third-party candidates prevented from running? Do thugs block voting stations or watch behind your back when you vote?
By all appearances the US government accurately reflects the collective preferences of its citizens. If you have evidence to the contrary, let's hear it.
So if I'm the bad guy with the gun I just need to wait until my panicked, untrained victim with his low-precision gun has wasted its two bullets somewhere into the landscape and then put a bullet into his head?
No, you just need to shoot him. It's a murder, not a duel. You're the bad guy, you get to shoot first, since you initiated the conflict.
The problem is that those in charge in the EU will sit on their collective hands and do absolutely nothing until any problem has become so massive that they are dependent on US military assistance in order to hope to survive.
The problem is that many EU countries are dependent on Russian oil and gas. US military can't solve that problem.
Of course, Russia is also dependent on EU buying said resources. A disruption of trade would, at the very least, topple Putin. He's counting on EU being unwilling to take the pain, but it's becoming increasingly clear he's trying to rebuild Soviet Empire. Sooner or later he'll miscalculate, and at that point it's a question whether he can gets removed from power before starting another (world?) war as a desperation move.
But no, Russia cannot win a war with the EU. EU has 3.5 times as much population and almost 8 times as large economy. Even with all the inefficiency inherent in coordinating multiple independent militaries, it could only end in Russian defeat or nuclear escalation.
Pick whichever candidate promises higher taxes to fund more services? Stop believing corporate spin that tries to paint socialism bad? Stop voting right-wing, either the Obama or Bush variant?
I was dirt poor as a student in college, but I still managed to eat just fine and have a car I could get away with when I needed a break.
So you were dirt poor, except you had both property and income and could afford to waste them taking leisure drives? Good for you, but how is this relevant in a discussion about people who have trouble getting food?
It's not necessarily laziness but another symptom of the oversupply of labour. When there's a 100+ applications for every position, it's impossible to evaluate them without resorting to data mining techniques. And at that point, if your application is not Search Engine Optimized, for example if you lack a diploma, sucks to be you.
The underlaying problem is that our current economic model, and our model of employment as its subset, is based on the needs of the Industrial Era, which is ending. Capitalism is breaking down just like Feudalism before it, and whatever will replace it hasn't emerged into the mainstream yet. The question is: how long and painful will the transition be this time around?
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Wolfenstein 3D begins deep in a well-guarded castle, in a cell with a dead Nazi on the floor and you with a pistol, and this type of enemy uses pistols. That's a lot of plot right there. It's just told in an efficient manner.
Why would I want to build an enforcement system when I don't know who's rules it will end up enforcing? Chinas? North Koreas? NSAs?
If "your stuff" includes, say, my medical files you left on the kitchen table, then yes, you're responsible. The burglar is guilty of burglary and you are guilty of negligence.
Hmm... I don't think I've seen any references of Unicron engaging in food play before. A cauldron of human creativity, this site is.
Just because you love your crazy axe murdering brother doesn't mean you should buy him an axe.
The problem is, it will go bad unless Putin gets what he wants, and what he apparently wants is to take over the neighbouring countries and rebuild Soviet Union. Which, of course, will bring him into a conflict with the EU, which in turn could lead to anything from World War III to EU dissolving from the stress to EU becoming a real federation to effectively counter the threat. To avoid such a chaotic situation with potentially catastrophic consequences Russia needs to be contained, and the most "goodwill" way of doing so is economic isolation.
How does a picture depict a series of events? It can't. It's showing you one moment in time; it's your imagination that's supplying the previous and next moments, based on your preconceived worldview.
Death is a part of life. That doesn't mean it's good or shouldn't be fought against. Smallpox used to be a part of life too, and I doubt anyone's life is made worse by not having it around anymore.
The idea of longevity research, of course, is to make 100 year old body indistinguishable from a 20 year old body, not merely to "keep the heart beating".
Really? On what, for example?
Yes. Now, would that excuse let me walk away with a not guilty verdict, or better yet avoid a trial entirely, after I'd beaten someone bloody with a baton? Because I don't think it would.
There are good cops and there are bad cops. The question is, is the law enforcement system itself good or bad? With all the plea bargaining, "anonymous tips" justifying searches, and even outright forging of evidence, it would seem that the system itself is corrupt.
The people in the US and Nazi Germany were the same, some good, some not so; but the systems they lived in were vastly different, and that mattered more for the overall outcome than individual preferences. Or think of a stock market, or even individual stock: blibs matter less than the general trend.
Progress is about creating plenty, yes. However, the granparent specifically cited economics, which is typically about creating an artificial shortage and then profiteering.
Why? Even U-238 would cost only $9/quark * 3 quarks/baryon * 238 baryons, for a grand total of $6426. Sure, it's a lot for home users, but for enterprise uranium with a guaranteed minimum half-life and ISO-certified electron orbitals that's a bargain.
The job of the police isn't to stalk people with disagreeable personalities, much less harass them, but to investigate suspected illegal activities. If you think paranoid idiots shouldn't have guns, take it up with the legislature. But as long as it's not actually illegal, it's not up to Joe Flatfoot to try to make it de facto so through abuse of power. In fact, such activity should result in Joe, not the paranoid idiot, facing the court.
That's a pretty big space station. Maybe start with something smaller and more practical, like a train ramp connecting to orbital ring for Earth?
So basically Dawkins is a stereotypical obsessive-compulsive religious fanatic. He simply fixated on a different set of beliefs, and can't stand other people not sharing them. Thus he wastes his time trying to convince them of something they refuse to be convinced of.
It's only a poison pill for companies who's business model is to cyberstalk people. Everyone else can simply not collect and record personally idenfiable data. And the stalkers should be poisoned and hopefully killed in utero.
No. Livestock gets all these things from grass, and promptly digests them, whereas whatever contaminants the grains contain has a far more direct route to humans through the actual product of breweries.
Hold it right there. We're talking about "brewing by-products", in other words, leftovers from food production. There's no way those can cause food poisoning, unless the beer itself will.
Also, none of this is taking into account that these by-products are not fed to people, they're fed to cows. So if anyone's getting food poisoning, it's the cows, not people. Sure, if a cow mysteriously dies and is then turned into steaks, you could get some second-hand food poisoning, but at that point you have much bigger WTF than what you fed to the animal.
So, I dunno what this is really about, but it certainly sounds insane.
Corporations being in the government is fascism. A government buying things from a corporation is just business as usual. Or do you think it's a sign of creeping nazism that the government doesn't fuel its fire trucks exclusively from government-owned refineries?
And, frankly, we should all be happy that space flight is starting to de-orbit from heights of expense only a government can afford and enter the sphere of what a company - and eventually an individual - might.
In what way is US democracy corrupt? Do votes get miscounted? Are third-party candidates prevented from running? Do thugs block voting stations or watch behind your back when you vote?
By all appearances the US government accurately reflects the collective preferences of its citizens. If you have evidence to the contrary, let's hear it.
No, you just need to shoot him. It's a murder, not a duel. You're the bad guy, you get to shoot first, since you initiated the conflict.
The problem is that many EU countries are dependent on Russian oil and gas. US military can't solve that problem.
Of course, Russia is also dependent on EU buying said resources. A disruption of trade would, at the very least, topple Putin. He's counting on EU being unwilling to take the pain, but it's becoming increasingly clear he's trying to rebuild Soviet Empire. Sooner or later he'll miscalculate, and at that point it's a question whether he can gets removed from power before starting another (world?) war as a desperation move.
But no, Russia cannot win a war with the EU. EU has 3.5 times as much population and almost 8 times as large economy. Even with all the inefficiency inherent in coordinating multiple independent militaries, it could only end in Russian defeat or nuclear escalation.
Pick whichever candidate promises higher taxes to fund more services? Stop believing corporate spin that tries to paint socialism bad? Stop voting right-wing, either the Obama or Bush variant?
I dunno, how do you effect change in a democracy?
So you were dirt poor, except you had both property and income and could afford to waste them taking leisure drives? Good for you, but how is this relevant in a discussion about people who have trouble getting food?
It's not necessarily laziness but another symptom of the oversupply of labour. When there's a 100+ applications for every position, it's impossible to evaluate them without resorting to data mining techniques. And at that point, if your application is not Search Engine Optimized, for example if you lack a diploma, sucks to be you.
The underlaying problem is that our current economic model, and our model of employment as its subset, is based on the needs of the Industrial Era, which is ending. Capitalism is breaking down just like Feudalism before it, and whatever will replace it hasn't emerged into the mainstream yet. The question is: how long and painful will the transition be this time around?
Why not? Engines at the bottom and empty fuel tanks above them. That sounds like a buoy to me.