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Paranoia was way over the top. I liked the setting in the sense that you couldn't die because you had clones etc.
Problem is: Unless you have a group of players who has a very very strange sense of humour (read like mine) they'll hate it. Nothing is as it should be and with the right people it is a lot of fun.
Uh gee - remember Sept 11th? Illegals flying into the twin towers and the Pentagon and a field in PA? Murdered thousands? Ring a bell? Definitely have a need to watch out for who is coming into the country.
Only problem was that all of these people held legal Visas and were already in the country.
It is also equally important to note that there are a large number of athletes and serious exercisers who use coffee as a performance enhancer; they tend to not have diabetes type 2 and they tend not to consume their coffee with performance-undermining cakes.
Well, if rumours are true, then the caffein that is in a cup of coffee can give you a 30% performance boost.
De-fizzed coke on the run leg of an Ironman is helpful (though once you start it you better don't stop it).
And if you think Athletes aren't addicted to sweets I suggest you stand in a donutshop near the finishing line of the next Ironman;) Just make sure you jump out of the way in time.
Let's get rid of all the double-messages and ambiguities.
What? And tell the truth? And make it clear that there is no magic pill?
2.5 litres is not a large quantity though. Sure some 'health experts' (non-registered doctors) advocate drinking 5 litres a day (i agree this is misinformation unless there are special circumstances, like running a marathon in the Sahara everyday). 2.5 litres is around the 8 glasses avocated by your local doctor, your local hospital, your local government, your federal government, the UN.
You don't need to run a Marathon in the desert to require 5 litres of water a day.
I tend to weight myself before and after my runs in order to see how much I just lost. I can easily loose 2 or 3 pounds within a 3 hour training run despite drinking during that period.
(and where are the side-effects from drinking water?)
Try hypnatremia very well documented in Endurance athletes.
Having grown up in Germany and worked in the states as wel I can tell you what you got was an asshole, so to speak.
Managment Styles are different, so are cultural differences, and as far as I can tell Europeans in general are more outspoken than americans. Which can lead to interresting misconceptions on the side of the american who either don't take it serious (yeah yeah, my boss flips out on me as well, but he doesn't care) or they just plain misunderstand it.
Another prossibility is of course that they just wanted to "shut down" the US office.
A collegue has a five year old "Wallstreet" Powerbook. When Panther came out he installed it.
Guess what: It got faster.
Show me one PC Manufacturer (not alone Microsoft) who can manage something like that?
I have a five year old Dell Notebook.... XP I guess might run on it, or not. But the reality is I wouldn't even want to run XP on that thing.
I didn't own an Apple until I bought an iBook a year and a half ago (together with an iPod). But I can tell you right now that my next one will be an Apple again, because "It just works" and I don't feel completly abandoned by Apple once I walk out of the door.
This might be the case because Apple is still relativly small in comparision to other Computer companies, but at this point in time I don't really care, I get what I paid for, if not more so.
why would someone want to be online for a few hours? Unless you're addicted to Everquest or something...
Try being stuck in the middle of nowhere where there is nothing to do but attend "entertainment" like an Elvis Impersinator (and no, I wasn't in Vegas).
when on my iBook the Logicboard died a month after it was out of guarantee I called Apple, told them I am a very unhappy customer and I am not sure I want to spend $800 to replace OR by another Apple.
The end result? Within five minutes he called me back, told me to go to the closest store nearby, check it in AND they already sent out the spare part. Three days later I had it back.
So Apple is not all evil, it just depends on how you talk to them maybe?
I am not a sympathist by any means for terrorists or freedom fighters who surpass diplomatic measures to accomplish their goals by bringing death and destruction in its place. These people have lost a sense of equality and humanity and are in fact extremely horrible evil people.
Welll chum. I am sure than that you think Washington and his buddies should have never waged war against the British Crown?
Reading the list of responses (I don't see it offhand, but someone please post the link), its interesting to see the perspectives of many of the artists / producers (who've never seen a cent from that blank media levy).
Want a good example: try looking up "British Columbia" and "Softwood Lumber." I'm hoping that sometime the Canadian gov't might wake up and realize this, but I think they're too busy listening to the jingle of big-business coin in their pocket instead of the voices of taxpayers.
And with Martin now PM.... Yeah, I am sure they will ignore big business....
How does the Canadian RIAA plan to track down these uploaders without names, addresses and phone numbers from ISPs?
Unfortunatly they comply on their own:
WEB FIRMS TO NAME PIRATES
Robert Thompson, The Financial Post, 12/17/03
Three of Canada's largest Internet service providers said yesterday they will co-operate in identifying those accused of violating copyrights, as the Canadian Recording Industry Association prepares to launch lawsuits against digital music swappers.
The Canadian Recording Industry Association plans to launch lawsuits against Internet users that upload or share music files using peer-to-peer software. The lawsuits are expected in early 2004. CRIA says Internet file-sharing of music has caused sales of compact discs in Canada to fall by $450-million, or 23%, since 1999. Those ensnared by CRIA lawsuits could face fines of up to $1-million if the group successfully pursues criminal charges.
While CRIA, which represents Canada's music recording labels, can track users who share music on peer-to-peer networks, the association is only able to secure an Internet protocol address. An IP address identifies a computer connected to the Internet. However, CRIA will have to ask Canadian Internet service providers for personal information relating to the IP addresses to identify those it feels have violated copyrights.
To obtain personal information from Internet service providers, CRIA will have to turn to Canada's court system, according to Michael Geist, a law professor at the University of Ottawa. "It could be a difficult and lengthy process," said Mr. Geist, noting it might take a few months to obtain a court order and the information from ISPs.
However, yesterday, three of Canada's largest ISPs -- Telus Corp., Bell Canada and Rogers Cable -- said they would turn over personal information on their subscribers if presented with a court order.
"If they have a valid court order, our policy is to co-operate," said Taanta Gupta, a Rogers' spokeswoman.
In the United States, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act allowed the Recording Industry Association of America to send subpoenas to ISPs to obtain personal details of subscribers. Several U.S. ISPs fought the subpoenas, but eventually turned over the requested information.
Mr. Geist said some ISPs may decide to fight a court order obtained by CRIA. "It is possible that an ISP will challenge CRIA on this, but at the end of the day, I think [CRIA] will likely get their information," he said.
As the threat of lawsuits in Canada looms, many music swappers will wonder if they could be caught in the lawsuits. If CRIA follows the pattern set by the RIAA in the U.S., it may have already identified users it intends to sue. For many months, CRIA said it has had staff monitoring file shares using "Web crawlers" that piggyback on top of peer-to-peer software such as Kazaa and provides details of the users' activities. CRIA is also able to use the technology to gain access to a user's Internet protocol address, the key identifier of people on the Internet.
The threat of huge fines may make headlines, but Andrew Currier, an intellectual property lawyer at Torys in Toronto, said CRIA may use small claims courts in Canada to pursue civil actions. In Ontario, decisions in small claims court must be less than $10,000. Mr. Currier said criminal cases could also be launched.
"It would take a lot of effort to fight one of these lawsuits," said Mr. Currier. "It is kind of like a gorilla versus a mouse." However, Mr. Currier said it is possible a lawyer might take one of the uploading cases as a challenge to the Canadian Copyright Act.
I wouldn't say just yet that this is bad. Maybe one of the people they try to sue takes it to court. If they do it might be very interresting.
Remember, there is no court ruling in the US that deems P2P file sharing (note, it's called sharing, not stealing) illegal either. People just never had the guts to "go all the way".
There are people who read the law you say you could claim that the upload HAS to happen while you download. If that's the case than it could deemed legal in Canada to share music.
Not all is lost (yet). Plus, it is pretty much legal (French) (Warning, PDF link) to download anyways.
Take away guns or other weapons and people will still find ways to kill people they're real mad at.
True,
but it takes a lot more guts and energy to kill someone with a knife or strangle them than to just pull the trigger.
If you're pissed at someone and pull the trigger, chances are good they are dead, if you hit them in the head with a tire iron that might not quite be the case, plus they most likely saw the tire iron as you have to be very close in order to use it and they can (probably) outrun you.
"Smith and Wesson -- The Original Point and Click Interface"
Tolls are a great idea like they do now in London.
Problem with this is that it only works if you can get in the city by other means (e.g. Mass Transit).
This is a catch-22: Unless you provide alternatives all you do is drive companies and people away and soon you're left with an empty and decaying city.
I am sometimes suprised just how far some people are willing to take their "individualism".
As the other guy mentioned, people who hold believes like you should do the first step and cut themselves loose from anything from which they benefit without paying in full. If you surive: Good for you, if not I guess we have one person less to whine about how unfair it is for other to take their money.
You might be surprised, but in most european cities you don't need a car.
My parents had a car, they used it... A handful times a year, mainly to go on family vacation.
While I lived in Europe *I* didn't had a car and I was fine. Only since I am in North America I NEED a car because there is no mass transit and everything is so freaking far apart.
Most road traffic are people, but those are not the ones living and working in the city, rather people from outside, business and delivery trucks.
People live in NYC (or any other big city) made a conscious decision to do so. Why should I pay to make their lives more quiet? I didn't contribute to the problem. Why should I pay for the solution?
You want to live there, fine, you pay for it. Put a toll on the roads, whatever, but don't ask me to pay for it. If enough people don't like it, they'll move, and the problem will be solved. If enough people choose to pay an increased toll, you can have your soundproofing.
Most people living in the cities aren't the one who cause the noise pollution. It's the people from the outside who drive into the cities for work or entertainment because they can't get that in their subdivision.
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Paranoia was way over the top. I liked the setting in the sense that you couldn't die because you had clones etc.
Problem is: Unless you have a group of players who has a very very strange sense of humour (read like mine) they'll hate it. Nothing is as it should be and with the right people it is a lot of fun.
Geez, what kind of place are you living in?????
Only problem was that all of these people held legal Visas and were already in the country.
The whole fingerprinting system makes as much sense as preventing people to stand in line to get to the toilet on an airplane does.
M.
Well, if rumours are true, then the caffein that is in a cup of coffee can give you a 30% performance boost.
De-fizzed coke on the run leg of an Ironman is helpful (though once you start it you better don't stop it).
And if you think Athletes aren't addicted to sweets I suggest you stand in a donutshop near the finishing line of the next Ironman
What? And tell the truth? And make it clear that there is no magic pill?
You are aware though that your body is not burning fat? It is using sugar, hence the whole thing with the gels and Gatorade.
You don't need to run a Marathon in the desert to require 5 litres of water a day.
I tend to weight myself before and after my runs in order to see how much I just lost. I can easily loose 2 or 3 pounds within a 3 hour training run despite drinking during that period.
Try hypnatremia very well documented in Endurance athletes.
Go Google for more info.
Yeah, a bit.
Having grown up in Germany and worked in the states as wel I can tell you what you got was an asshole, so to speak.
Managment Styles are different, so are cultural differences, and as far as I can tell Europeans in general are more outspoken than americans. Which can lead to interresting misconceptions on the side of the american who either don't take it serious (yeah yeah, my boss flips out on me as well, but he doesn't care) or they just plain misunderstand it.
Another prossibility is of course that they just wanted to "shut down" the US office.
I have a 10 Gig iPod now for a year and a half and use it extensivly on all of my long runs. (read 1 - 2 1/2 hours).
No problems there. Occationally it would lock up, but you can just hard reset it and you're good again...
Replaced the headphones though as sweat and Apples Headphones don't go well together.
M.
Great attitude.
so I suggest all the OSS Programmers stop working right now and start selling their software for big money.
What would the world be coming to if information actually could be free! Imagine THAT.
Geez, let's hope the rest of the world never turns into the US "dog eats dog" kind of attitude.
A collegue has a five year old "Wallstreet" Powerbook. When Panther came out he installed it.
Guess what: It got faster.
Show me one PC Manufacturer (not alone Microsoft) who can manage something like that?
I have a five year old Dell Notebook.... XP I guess might run on it, or not. But the reality is I wouldn't even want to run XP on that thing.
I didn't own an Apple until I bought an iBook a year and a half ago (together with an iPod). But I can tell you right now that my next one will be an Apple again, because "It just works" and I don't feel completly abandoned by Apple once I walk out of the door.
This might be the case because Apple is still relativly small in comparision to other Computer companies, but at this point in time I don't really care, I get what I paid for, if not more so.
Try being stuck in the middle of nowhere where there is nothing to do but attend "entertainment" like an Elvis Impersinator (and no, I wasn't in Vegas).
Sorry to hear that.
when on my iBook the Logicboard died a month after it was out of guarantee I called Apple, told them I am a very unhappy customer and I am not sure I want to spend $800 to replace OR by another Apple.
The end result? Within five minutes he called me back, told me to go to the closest store nearby, check it in AND they already sent out the spare part. Three days later I had it back.
So Apple is not all evil, it just depends on how you talk to them maybe?
Are we a bit of a military man?
What is so cool about a Stealth Bomber?
The bombs? The plane? The crew?
Please, do tell.
Welll chum. I am sure than that you think Washington and his buddies should have never waged war against the British Crown?
Here's the link.
And with Martin now PM.... Yeah, I am sure they will ignore big business....
M.
Unfortunatly they comply on their own:
I wouldn't say just yet that this is bad. Maybe one of the people they try to sue takes it to court. If they do it might be very interresting.
Remember, there is no court ruling in the US that deems P2P file sharing (note, it's called sharing, not stealing) illegal either. People just never had the guts to "go all the way".
There are people who read the law you say you could claim that the upload HAS to happen while you download. If that's the case than it could deemed legal in Canada to share music.
Not all is lost (yet). Plus, it is pretty much legal (French) (Warning, PDF link) to download anyways.
True,
but it takes a lot more guts and energy to kill someone with a knife or strangle them than to just pull the trigger.
If you're pissed at someone and pull the trigger, chances are good they are dead, if you hit them in the head with a tire iron that might not quite be the case, plus they most likely saw the tire iron as you have to be very close in order to use it and they can (probably) outrun you.
"Smith and Wesson -- The Original Point and Click Interface"
Tolls are a great idea like they do now in London.
Problem with this is that it only works if you can get in the city by other means (e.g. Mass Transit).
This is a catch-22: Unless you provide alternatives all you do is drive companies and people away and soon you're left with an empty and decaying city.
I am sometimes suprised just how far some people are willing to take their "individualism".
As the other guy mentioned, people who hold believes like you should do the first step and cut themselves loose from anything from which they benefit without paying in full. If you surive: Good for you, if not I guess we have one person less to whine about how unfair it is for other to take their money.
You might be surprised, but in most european cities you don't need a car.
My parents had a car, they used it... A handful times a year, mainly to go on family vacation.
While I lived in Europe *I* didn't had a car and I was fine. Only since I am in North America I NEED a car because there is no mass transit and everything is so freaking far apart.
Most road traffic are people, but those are not the ones living and working in the city, rather people from outside, business and delivery trucks.
Most people living in the cities aren't the one who cause the noise pollution. It's the people from the outside who drive into the cities for work or entertainment because they can't get that in their subdivision.
So yes, you are causing it.
Legal drinking age for Beer and Wine in Germany is 16, for the "harder stuff" (e.g. Vodka) it is 18.
Cigarettes are cool once you're 16 too.
I started reading it.... And stopped.
It's a shame because some of his other work I liked, but with Otherland I just felt snoring.
Meanwhile Neal Stephensons Quicksilver is a joy to read, I love it and I already dread the moment I am done with it.
I have a 10Gig iPod now for a year and a half and I use it exztensivly during my runs (up to 2 1/2 hours long). No problems, works fine.
Occasionally it locks up but that is only very briefly.
Love it.
M.