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I wouldn't really call the evil actions 'rotten', rather more like pointlessly evil. They weren't often actions with evil intent, or ways to do things with evil motives, but instead they were just completely retarded and random evil things.
You can be evil, and still do 'good' things to achieve evil ends, but in that game, you are evil by doing stupid things like randomly kill people all the time, or pick fights for no apparent reason or benefit.
The evil in KOTOR was pretty stupid most of the time, and pointless other than to make your character 'evil' through random acts of violence rather than cold, calculated evil.
I guess in D&D terms, you could be lawful good, neutral, or chaotic evil. Not really any choice to be both evil and sane.
I don't know if Compiz Fusion retained the feature, but back when Beryl was separate, you could invert the cube and be inside it instead of outside it.
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Store it in 3 dimensions, fine, as a book, or as a stack of 2D windows, but use it in 2 dimensions.
It seems your pantry cans are being stored there until you access them for use.
It's little different than what nVidia and ATI have done to their reference boards in the past. Different numbers of pipelines and clocks just disabled in firmware.
It's almost like owning a crow bar. In many US states, while having a crowbar is fine, having intent to use it was a burglary tool is illegal.
All it takes is a cop to suspect you and find one to get you hauled in, at least for questioning. Just because you could use it to pop a door, there's a risk (very slight, admittedly) of having to waste time with cops for having a crowbar.
Goes for lockpicks too, and probably any object you can break a window with.
Of course, for any real damage to you to occur, they'd have to prove intent to burgle, (Or not, depending on why they are hassling you). Whereas in the CP thing, it looks like they're prepping for a blanket ban, and just skipping the intent part now. Fun times will be had by all.
I think I read a figure somewhere that they try to get $750 per song. The average settlement was somewhere between $2000 and $4000. And the poster lowballs it, using the $2000 figure, and claims over 4000 Ramen meals.
I'd mod you up, but I posted somewhere above. I have some friends that smoke up fairly often, and none of them even want to try heroine or coke or anything like that. Nothing past mushrooms really interest any of them. And shrooms are class X felony I think for distribution. Sad really
Lol next time I go downstairs to smoke I'll go look. There's another one about how many legitimate CDs you could have bought with the settlement money, I'll look for it too.
The Federal Gov't could do the same thing they do about speed limits. Technically, states are supposed to poll the average speed limit on streets, and every few years, change the limit to fit average use patterns.
Many roads would have higher speed limits than they do from this. The federal government does not directly impose a top speed limit, but they do refuse federal funding for roads if a state raises the limit past 65 (I think 65?)
So they could legalise drugs, but then still keep them effectively banned like that.
In fact, they did that with marijuana before, with the tax act of 1937.
You had to incriminate yourself to get a stamp, and having/selling weed without a stamp was against the law ($2000 fine and up to 5 years). A law created catch-22 intended to essentially outlaw marijuana without really outlawing marijuana.
Just remove the federal drug laws, and then decide that any state that does not make drugs illegal is refused funding for whatever they decide to write into the repeal.
You just aren't one of the people on one of the sides that is profiting. Not everyone on both sides of the law could profit, or it would be perpetual money motion.
They have some pretty interesting ad campaigns out at my university. In the dormitory food court, there are posters up that say the average out of court settlement of downloading 10 songs, and compare it to how much Ramen noodles you could buy. It is kind of funny actually.
Slander is pretty difficult to prove and prosecute. Switching the argument to Libel, which is written, I would imagine that a countersuit concerning false claims of infringement would require you to prove that the RIAA acted in bad faith; i.e. accused you of infringement while knowing you had not infringed.
If a countersuit like that were launched, they would likely hide behind whatever organisations they use to find people to sue, claiming that they were told you infringed, and believed it, thus acted in good faith.
Such a case would drag on until you ran out of money and settled.
It's basically the same as house robbers robbing people who are on vacation. They aren't around to see what you are doing and cannot respond in time to stop you.
Easy money.
Send your lawsuit letters to people you know are not home to receive them, and profit.
The only people I know who have used second life are people who were forced to use it in some class at Northern Illinois University. And they all think it is crap and the class sucks.
Yeah, but that doesn't matter much. The whole point of naming themselves Activision Blizzard is so they can try to whore out Blizzard's 'good' name. Smart people will know the difference you point out, and every one else who plays WoW will be duped. And that is the idea.
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I wouldn't really call the evil actions 'rotten', rather more like pointlessly evil. They weren't often actions with evil intent, or ways to do things with evil motives, but instead they were just completely retarded and random evil things.
You can be evil, and still do 'good' things to achieve evil ends, but in that game, you are evil by doing stupid things like randomly kill people all the time, or pick fights for no apparent reason or benefit.
The evil in KOTOR was pretty stupid most of the time, and pointless other than to make your character 'evil' through random acts of violence rather than cold, calculated evil.
I guess in D&D terms, you could be lawful good, neutral, or chaotic evil. Not really any choice to be both evil and sane.
Oh yeah, and CF/Beryl work with KDE too, not really Gnome tied. Probably work with other desktop environments as well.
I don't know if Compiz Fusion retained the feature, but back when Beryl was separate, you could invert the cube and be inside it instead of outside it.
There weren't any doors though..
Quote: Store it in 3 dimensions, fine, as a book, or as a stack of 2D windows, but use it in 2 dimensions. It seems your pantry cans are being stored there until you access them for use.
Its a game cracking group...
Well, they probably all wanted to be labeled as Boilermakers, since Purdue is about the only thing in Lafayette/West Lafayette.
It's little different than what nVidia and ATI have done to their reference boards in the past. Different numbers of pipelines and clocks just disabled in firmware.
It's almost like owning a crow bar. In many US states, while having a crowbar is fine, having intent to use it was a burglary tool is illegal.
All it takes is a cop to suspect you and find one to get you hauled in, at least for questioning. Just because you could use it to pop a door, there's a risk (very slight, admittedly) of having to waste time with cops for having a crowbar.
Goes for lockpicks too, and probably any object you can break a window with.
Of course, for any real damage to you to occur, they'd have to prove intent to burgle, (Or not, depending on why they are hassling you). Whereas in the CP thing, it looks like they're prepping for a blanket ban, and just skipping the intent part now. Fun times will be had by all.
They only prosecuted that case because if they had more pictures, the DA wanted the opportunity to see them himself. (Sarcasm).
But I agree, that case was a complete and perfect example of snafu.
Hmm. Is Samhain irish? I think it's something weird like sow-in.
Yes. I was mixing that up with some old Highway laws. That is the correct example. If they go below 21, they are denied Federal Highway funding.
I think I read a figure somewhere that they try to get $750 per song. The average settlement was somewhere between $2000 and $4000. And the poster lowballs it, using the $2000 figure, and claims over 4000 Ramen meals.
Ok, I thought it was still stopping speed limits. My bad.
I'd mod you up, but I posted somewhere above. I have some friends that smoke up fairly often, and none of them even want to try heroine or coke or anything like that. Nothing past mushrooms really interest any of them. And shrooms are class X felony I think for distribution. Sad really
Lol next time I go downstairs to smoke I'll go look. There's another one about how many legitimate CDs you could have bought with the settlement money, I'll look for it too.
The Federal Gov't could do the same thing they do about speed limits. Technically, states are supposed to poll the average speed limit on streets, and every few years, change the limit to fit average use patterns.
Many roads would have higher speed limits than they do from this. The federal government does not directly impose a top speed limit, but they do refuse federal funding for roads if a state raises the limit past 65 (I think 65?)
So they could legalise drugs, but then still keep them effectively banned like that.
In fact, they did that with marijuana before, with the tax act of 1937.
You had to incriminate yourself to get a stamp, and having/selling weed without a stamp was against the law ($2000 fine and up to 5 years). A law created catch-22 intended to essentially outlaw marijuana without really outlawing marijuana.
Hurray. Link to 1937 Marihuana Tax Act
Just remove the federal drug laws, and then decide that any state that does not make drugs illegal is refused funding for whatever they decide to write into the repeal.
You just aren't one of the people on one of the sides that is profiting. Not everyone on both sides of the law could profit, or it would be perpetual money motion.
I think not since Saving Private Ryan came out in theaters. Or the first Matrix. Not sure which came out first.
They have some pretty interesting ad campaigns out at my university. In the dormitory food court, there are posters up that say the average out of court settlement of downloading 10 songs, and compare it to how much Ramen noodles you could buy. It is kind of funny actually.
Slander is pretty difficult to prove and prosecute. Switching the argument to Libel, which is written, I would imagine that a countersuit concerning false claims of infringement would require you to prove that the RIAA acted in bad faith; i.e. accused you of infringement while knowing you had not infringed.
If a countersuit like that were launched, they would likely hide behind whatever organisations they use to find people to sue, claiming that they were told you infringed, and believed it, thus acted in good faith.
Such a case would drag on until you ran out of money and settled.
It's basically the same as house robbers robbing people who are on vacation. They aren't around to see what you are doing and cannot respond in time to stop you.
Easy money.
Send your lawsuit letters to people you know are not home to receive them, and profit.
The only people I know who have used second life are people who were forced to use it in some class at Northern Illinois University. And they all think it is crap and the class sucks.
Yeah, but that doesn't matter much. The whole point of naming themselves Activision Blizzard is so they can try to whore out Blizzard's 'good' name. Smart people will know the difference you point out, and every one else who plays WoW will be duped. And that is the idea.
Guitar Hero Craft and Diablo of Duty.
It'll be like the intersport play in Baseketballs.
It wont. Rock Band clearly supports Sonic.