As a newbie, I disagree. I broke down and started playing about three weeks ago. Shortly after starting, a lv 80 friend of mine handed me 100 gold and told me to "have fun". What I noticed at first, was that I never really tapped in to the gold. The amount I made going through quests and selling crafted items - not burning time grinding or farming, seemed to be "just enough" to buy all my skills, alchemy components, repairs, etc. I wasn't running at a profit. But I wasn't running at a loss, either. As a couple-hours-a-night gamer, this seemed to be perfectly balanced. I was leveling at a good rate, was always equipped "well enough", and didn't have to waste my precious gaming time with mundane and repetitive tasks.
That all ended when I hit level 30 and went to my riding trainer.
35 gold?! WTF? So I tapped into my 100 gold "gift" and went on my way. But then I noticed the price of class and profession training skyrocketing as well. I've been running at a deficit since then, and figure that I'll need to seriously rethink my economic strategy within the next three levels. Because the gold I'm making just playing the game and auctioning BoE's isn't keeping up with my expenses.
He lies in the middle of the political spectrum and he feels that he might get a more of a chance to air his views with the democrats than with the republicans
Idealistic post - but entirely untrue. Specter is doing this as a matter of political survival, nothing more. As a Republican, he barely won his last primary in the previous election cycle. And after crossing the aisle several times this year, his polling numbers show that Republican voters are looking to punish him in his upcoming primary. However, he's still quite popular with Pennsylvania as a whole - a state who saw hundreds of thousands of moderate Republicans switch to the Democratic party in '08.
In order for Specter to win the General election (which he probably will, irrespective of Party) he first needs to win his Primary. And it appears that if he were to stay a Republican, the odds of a victory here aren't that good.
HAHAHAHAHAHA! That's a good one. Let me guess - you've never had a long term condition, injury or illness that required extensive use of your medical insurance? Believe me - if this ever happens to you, your perception of the issue will change pretty damn fast.
Yeah! I want my government deciding if I get care or not because they can make such a better decision that I can make for myself or my children.
I don't know how to break this to you, sparky, but today, that decision is made by the insurance companies, not you. Insurance companies that have a vested financial interest in denying as many claims as legally possible.
Because (aside from the piracy issue) there's no strategic need for a stable Somalia. Instability in Iraq has a very real possibility of drawing Iran and Saudi Arabia into a much more catastrophic regional conflict.
Yet, the best explanation offered by science is a big explosion of a big-ass ball of shit that has always just been there, with no creator nor concept of time.
If you're referring to the Big Bang, you might want to pick up your encyclopedia again. Your statement isn't even close to being right.
Actually that's quite a disingenious arguement. We only very recently started eating meat, and are still horribly equipped for it. Have you tried eating raw meat? Go on... and then tell me we're "supposed to eat meat" and it's natural.
Ummmm. You are aware that some of the vestigial organs we possess were once used to help aid in the digestion of raw meat, right? Once we learned how to cook our protein, evolution rendered these organs inert. Our earliest ancestors were carnivores, not omnivores.
Even if you cover the kettle and turn away, you can usually hear the cover rattling and clanking as the lobster tries to push it off. Or the creature's claws scraping the sides of the kettle as it thrashes around. The lobster, in other words, behaves very much as you or I would behave if we were plunged into boiling water (with the obvious exception of screaming). A blunter way to say this is that the lobster acts as if it's in terrible pain...
The system is built to prevent nullification. I was called to jury duty last year. As soon as we were seated to answer the judge's questions, we were all first put under oath. Under oath, we were all asked a very specific question.
"Will you be able to render a verdict using only the judge's instructions on how the law is to be applied."
I was under oath, and obligated to raise my hand indicating that I might not be able to do this. When I was questioned about my response, I had to answer honestly to the point that I could not follow the Judge's instructions if I felt the law was being applied in an unfair way. I was immediately dismissed.
If nothing else, it opens up exciting new directions in the field of Algae Vat Production in Alpha Complex.
Citizen, you are not of the proper security clearance to know the productivity rates of the Algae Vats. Please, take this ticking loyalty detector to the far end of the hall while counting to thirty. A ScrubBot will be by momentarily.
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+1 Obscure Gwar lyric (You didn't bargain on the power of the Death Pod, didja?)
Well... If she's an artist...
It depends. Do I get to bill by the hour?
As a newbie, I disagree. I broke down and started playing about three weeks ago. Shortly after starting, a lv 80 friend of mine handed me 100 gold and told me to "have fun". What I noticed at first, was that I never really tapped in to the gold. The amount I made going through quests and selling crafted items - not burning time grinding or farming, seemed to be "just enough" to buy all my skills, alchemy components, repairs, etc. I wasn't running at a profit. But I wasn't running at a loss, either. As a couple-hours-a-night gamer, this seemed to be perfectly balanced. I was leveling at a good rate, was always equipped "well enough", and didn't have to waste my precious gaming time with mundane and repetitive tasks.
That all ended when I hit level 30 and went to my riding trainer.
35 gold?! WTF? So I tapped into my 100 gold "gift" and went on my way. But then I noticed the price of class and profession training skyrocketing as well. I've been running at a deficit since then, and figure that I'll need to seriously rethink my economic strategy within the next three levels. Because the gold I'm making just playing the game and auctioning BoE's isn't keeping up with my expenses.
I see them in my office too: usually cranking out COBOL code.
On the internets, we call them "creationists".
No. Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 tell different creation stories.
Idealistic post - but entirely untrue. Specter is doing this as a matter of political survival, nothing more. As a Republican, he barely won his last primary in the previous election cycle. And after crossing the aisle several times this year, his polling numbers show that Republican voters are looking to punish him in his upcoming primary. However, he's still quite popular with Pennsylvania as a whole - a state who saw hundreds of thousands of moderate Republicans switch to the Democratic party in '08.
In order for Specter to win the General election (which he probably will, irrespective of Party) he first needs to win his Primary. And it appears that if he were to stay a Republican, the odds of a victory here aren't that good.
Two words: "pre-existing condition". Let me know when you have one of them, and then we can talk about shopping around for coverage.
HAHAHAHAHAHA! That's a good one. Let me guess - you've never had a long term condition, injury or illness that required extensive use of your medical insurance? Believe me - if this ever happens to you, your perception of the issue will change pretty damn fast.
I don't know how to break this to you, sparky, but today, that decision is made by the insurance companies, not you. Insurance companies that have a vested financial interest in denying as many claims as legally possible.
Because (aside from the piracy issue) there's no strategic need for a stable Somalia. Instability in Iraq has a very real possibility of drawing Iran and Saudi Arabia into a much more catastrophic regional conflict.
Whooooooosh!
We're not talking about "innocence" or "guilt" here. We're talking about "probable cause". Which is a much, much lower threshold to reach.
With an MP3 of "Turbo Lover" that plays on startup!
If you're referring to the Big Bang, you might want to pick up your encyclopedia again. Your statement isn't even close to being right.
^Argument from Incredulity - "God of the gaps" fallacy. Go stand in the corner.
^That's not always the case.
Wikipedia says, "You FAIL!1!!"
Ummmm. You are aware that some of the vestigial organs we possess were once used to help aid in the digestion of raw meat, right? Once we learned how to cook our protein, evolution rendered these organs inert. Our earliest ancestors were carnivores, not omnivores.
That...is...so...METAL!!!!!
The system is built to prevent nullification. I was called to jury duty last year. As soon as we were seated to answer the judge's questions, we were all first put under oath. Under oath, we were all asked a very specific question.
"Will you be able to render a verdict using only the judge's instructions on how the law is to be applied."
I was under oath, and obligated to raise my hand indicating that I might not be able to do this. When I was questioned about my response, I had to answer honestly to the point that I could not follow the Judge's instructions if I felt the law was being applied in an unfair way. I was immediately dismissed.
Citizen, you are not of the proper security clearance to know the productivity rates of the Algae Vats. Please, take this ticking loyalty detector to the far end of the hall while counting to thirty. A ScrubBot will be by momentarily.
You know, if you take that logic and apply it to the Resurrection, the entire religion disintegrates?
Fantastic! Now how do you rationalize the magical fruit and the talking snake??