Sometimes you have to play as the enemy. Otherwise it's just a bunch of people in an empty arena and nothing to do.
This is probably the reason that people start to think that the only way to solve ALL problems is to sit around a campfire and sing songs and share out feelings.
I really hope that this was a 2 part project. Where you have to also come up with a cost effective way at avoiding such attacks.
Actually, MSNBC does it ALLTHE TIME. Make sure to watch the video of the guy that's shot from the neck down and called a angry white racist. (The guy is actually black.)
You need to focus on what she would have said had she lived longer. What was she like with her parents as a teenager. Her favorite memories as a child. What it was like raising her daughters. These are all things her daughters would be asking her about later in life. They already know what she's like now. What would he advice be for them raising their own daughters? Any advice about which boys to avoid? Sports she played in high school? There's a lot they will have wanted to know about her.
As a Marine I can tell you that almost all games fail at making real combat games realistic. Just look at the currently popular FPS; Modern Warefare 2.
There's camping in absurd places, quick scoping, commando teleporting, spawn killing, bunny hopping, pistol sniping, modded controllers, laggers with laser bullets.
Here's what you can quote me on; "No developer that can get close to a realistic warfare game without making it as unfun as war actually is."
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Two, centrally generated electricity is generally going to be cleaner than all these scattered combustion engines we've got now. Even if you're burning smelly ol' coal, you've got a single source of pollution to monitor/control.
Wait, so are you saying that the problem with burning carbon based fuels is simply location?
How exactly is burning fuel that was transferred to the plant by burning fuel in order to produce steam to produce kinetic energy to produce electricity that's transferred hundreds of miles that produces a charge in a battery that's used to produce kinetic energy again..... more efficient?
It's physics, in every step of the process there is loss of energy. It's more efficient to have the fuel directly produce kinetic energy in the engine.
History has already been slowly rewritten over the last few decades
Here's a summary of "A Patriot's History of the United States":
For the past three decades, many history professors have allowed their biases to distort the way America’s past is taught. These intellectuals have searched for instances of racism, sexism, and bigotry in our history while downplaying the greatness of America’s patriots and the achievements of “dead white men.” As a result, more emphasis is placed on Harriet Tubman than on George Washington; more about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II than about D-Day or Iwo Jima; more on the dangers we faced from Joseph McCarthy than those we faced from Josef Stalin. A Patriot’s History of the United States corrects those doctrinaire biases. In this groundbreaking book, America’s discovery, founding, and development are reexamined with an appreciation for the elements of public virtue, personal liberty, and private property that make this nation uniquely successful. This book offers a long-overdue acknowledgment of America’s true and proud history
A lot of the higher quality rippers use the hearing impaired headphones that receive the wired or wireless transmitted audio. This sound is of much higher quality as it doesn't pick up outside noises from people sitting around.
For every thousand dollar technology and million dollar implementation there's a $2 work-around that's free to learn about.
- Kids in the 1950s did not study what we study today
- Kids today did not study what kids studied back in the 1950s
Given that chemistry was being taught in the 1950's as well as in the present, you assertion that they're taught differently is wrong.
Other than newer discoveries at the sub-atomic level, there not a lot of new things you'll be teaching someone at the college level that's different than what a 1950's student would have learned.
"Censorship under the guise of protecting our children or national security. Thank god that stuff only happens in China and not here in the United States...
Oh... er... ...nevermind"
I agree, I can't believe America is filtering Flickr under the guise of protecting our children or national security...
Oh... er... ...nevermind.... WE DON'T!
In fact we probably produce and host most of the filthiest stuff you can find on the internet.
Am I the only one a bit wierded out by the fact that slashdotters, self-proclaimed nerds, are criticizing the government because they don't think you can make an explosive out of liquid chemicals? For a bunch of nerds you are all seriously underestimating the power of chemistry. Hell, one need not make an explosive to cause a plane to go down; poisonous gasses would be enough.
I think the real fact is that most people are on this "Bash Bush and Blair" mode where reason is thrown out the window. Reason and logic have gone out the window and crazy conspiracies that don't follow the scientific method are the new religion.
Yup, when I was a kid I build several, my grandpa owned several acres and so did my dad. But I built mine from actual boards of wood I purchased with allowance. I also purchased the nails to hold them together. These kids seemed to forget that they need something to hold them together, so I'm doubting their story about just wanting to build a fort.
Thank you for the personal attacks. It would make you seem much smarter if it wasn't for several logical fallacies in the rest of your post.
It... was... a... tree
On... public... land
Yes, a tree, does that mean it's ok for me to carve my name into it? How about spray paint it? The rest of the public has a say in that tree as well. Hence, it is a "public" tree and not a "Katy Smith, Sam Cannon and Amy Higgins" tree. And unfortunately, the public says, via laws, that this was vandalism and the police broke the law by not charging them, and I agree with them doing that.
There ought to be nothing wrong with kids playing in public trees, and I'd be willing to bet my house that the tree will survive an afternoon's attention from 3 twelve-year-olds.
I'm sure a tree would survive a good carving up, spray paint, heck even partial fire damage. However, that doesn't make it ok to vandalize, nor any easier on the park maintenance personel.
Nice spin put on it by the police spokesman "destroying an ornamental cherry tree by stripping every branch from it". It was a tree in a public park, not a centrepiece of an arrangement.
By "ornamental" they mean the type of cherry tree wiseguy. Here's a link since you were too lazy to look it up. "Many flowering cherry cultivars (known as 'ornamental cherries') have the stamens replaced by additional petals ("double" flowers), so are sterile and do not bear fruit. They are grown purely for their flowers and decorative value."
I'd love to see the twelve-year-old who could "strip every branch" from a tree... Certainly the ones in the picture didn't look up to it. Hercules'd have problems.
They're not ripping it up from the roots, they're breaking all the smaller branches, and consequentially, the flower bearing branches. If you look at the pictures you'll also see that a 20ft tree has a lot of small branches that even kids can break. And if you're making a fort out of it, you're breaking a hell of a lot of them off.
My dictionary defines "destroying" as "to put an end to the existence of". Somewhat emotive language for a few broken twigs, I feel. You don't lock young kids up over a few broken twigs; if you do anything, you drive them home and let their parents give them merry hell for being delivered home by the police.
Or you could just let them play. It's a friggin' tree!
Simon
Well, Simon, since we're not using Simonese, you should look up the exact definition. You should also note that the "ing" means that it was in the process of being destroyed. And if it's an ornamental cherry tree which has a purpose of being a very beautiful tree, then yes, it's being destroyed. You don't make a fort from "a few broken twigs" as you put it. You make a fort by stripping the tree of every branch you can possibly break.
Now that I'm warming up, why is a UK reporter, Khushwant Sachdave, reporting that the tree is 20 feet tall? Why not use the metric system? And why does he have a nice dress photo of the kids all together? A little odd if you ask me. What do you want to bet that the reporter told the whole story from both sides?
Here's a chunk I pulled from the article for those that didn't read it:
"Officers considered charging the children with criminal damage but eventually decided a reprimand - the equivalent of a caution for juveniles - was sufficient."
Since they were ripping apart an ornamental cherry tree, that's vandalism, the cops went light on them since they're young and haven't commited more crimes yet.
"Although the reprimand does not amount to court action and the children do not have a criminal record, their details will be kept on file for up to five years."
Ok, no problem, any background check will turn up nothing. Only way these reports show up is if a court requests the full record. Let's hope the little vandals don't do something to land them there. And they'll be 17 when it drops off. A full year before they're 18.
"The parents of the children, who all live in Halesowen, West Midlands, say they are angry with police for treating their children as hardened criminals and accused officers of over-reacting."
/sarcasim on Yeah, hardened criminals are given reprimands and released without charge to their parents as soon as they can come pick them up. /sarcasim off
I think they UNDER reacted to a clear cut case of vandalism. The parents should have been charged for damages.
And to all those people claiming building a treefort or "playing in" a tree is not anti-social... RTFA, they're talking about the vandalism.
Like most of us here, I am the computer repairman of my family. When I was asked to go help my step-mom with connection issues I attempted first to VNC into the computer. Nothing. Next I tried connecting to the router. Nothing. So I finally figure I have to drive over 40 minutes to do on-site repair. What do I see when I get there... A new computer. Apparently Geek Squad charged her $159 dollars to hook up the new computer. To any decent technician this would require plugging the computer into the router.... AND THAT'S IT! They told her that they needed to set up the router and make sure it was secure... Wait, the router I had a password on? So I try connecting to the router. My password doesn't work.. Guess what did? Yup! admin/admin. VERY secure indeed. Odd, the menu doesn't look the same... Wait a minute, the firmware is ancient!!! Security exploits wazoo! Where's the WPA2 I had set up? This firmware doesn't have it. Replaced with WEP... 64 bit WEP! Yeah, they really "secured" it. Now to find out the connection issues... What's this? 10 entries in the DHCP table? They only own 2 desktops now and 1 laptop. Yup, heavy traffic issues.
I gave Geek Squad a call and they had no clue what was going on. They didn't even know if it was their work or something they contracted out. Yup, the Geek Squad is the equivalent of the Matag Repairman for computers.
One good thing to come of this is that through word of mouth through my step-mom, I'm getting a lot more work. The bad news is she is more likely to ask for help now, and I'm expected to work for free. =/
Slashdot Mirror
Sometimes you have to play as the enemy. Otherwise it's just a bunch of people in an empty arena and nothing to do.
This is probably the reason that people start to think that the only way to solve ALL problems is to sit around a campfire and sing songs and share out feelings.
I really hope that this was a 2 part project. Where you have to also come up with a cost effective way at avoiding such attacks.
Since when does a troll get modded "insightful" on /.? Has it really fallen to 4chan levels?
I'd be more worried about the "peaceful protesters" throwing stuff at my expensive flying camera.
Here's another one of my favorites. I made a list, that I have somewhere, of how the MSM spins for a hardcore liberal view.
Actually, MSNBC does it ALL THE TIME. Make sure to watch the video of the guy that's shot from the neck down and called a angry white racist. (The guy is actually black.)
You need to focus on what she would have said had she lived longer. What was she like with her parents as a teenager. Her favorite memories as a child. What it was like raising her daughters. These are all things her daughters would be asking her about later in life. They already know what she's like now. What would he advice be for them raising their own daughters? Any advice about which boys to avoid? Sports she played in high school? There's a lot they will have wanted to know about her.
iPhone users are sluts.
More money, more sex. No surprise.
iPhone users change "rule of x3" to "rule of x9".
Whores buy iPhones.
As a Marine I can tell you that almost all games fail at making real combat games realistic. Just look at the currently popular FPS; Modern Warefare 2. There's camping in absurd places, quick scoping, commando teleporting, spawn killing, bunny hopping, pistol sniping, modded controllers, laggers with laser bullets.
Here's what you can quote me on; "No developer that can get close to a realistic warfare game without making it as unfun as war actually is."
Unless you're a famous movie director.
Heck, anyone famous will simply be written off as quirky, but everybody else is viewed as a soon-to-be violent rapist murderer.
Anyone notice how the government is becoming more like the government in the movie "Idiocracy"?...."Brought to you by Carl's Jr."
Just think of the other applications:
Two, centrally generated electricity is generally going to be cleaner than all these scattered combustion engines we've got now. Even if you're burning smelly ol' coal, you've got a single source of pollution to monitor/control.
Wait, so are you saying that the problem with burning carbon based fuels is simply location?
How exactly is burning fuel that was transferred to the plant by burning fuel in order to produce steam to produce kinetic energy to produce electricity that's transferred hundreds of miles that produces a charge in a battery that's used to produce kinetic energy again..... more efficient?
It's physics, in every step of the process there is loss of energy. It's more efficient to have the fuel directly produce kinetic energy in the engine.
Here's a summary of "A Patriot's History of the United States":
Wasn't the Human Genome Project just used to map the human genome? I wasn't aware that they did "research and medical breakthroughs".
It's the difference between reading a book and writing a book.
I'm pretty sure Jerry Doyle is well aware of the situation. Just read his book, "Have You Seen My Country Lately?: America's Wake-Up Call".
A lot of the higher quality rippers use the hearing impaired headphones that receive the wired or wireless transmitted audio. This sound is of much higher quality as it doesn't pick up outside noises from people sitting around.
For every thousand dollar technology and million dollar implementation there's a $2 work-around that's free to learn about.
- Kids in the 1950s did not study what we study today
- Kids today did not study what kids studied back in the 1950s
Given that chemistry was being taught in the 1950's as well as in the present, you assertion that they're taught differently is wrong. Other than newer discoveries at the sub-atomic level, there not a lot of new things you'll be teaching someone at the college level that's different than what a 1950's student would have learned.
Seriously, what the hell is this doing on Slashdot?
Go back to CNN or MSNBC. I'm starting to see major political leanings on my nerd news.
"Censorship under the guise of protecting our children or national security. Thank god that stuff only happens in China and not here in the United States...
...nevermind"
...nevermind....
Oh... er...
I agree, I can't believe America is filtering Flickr under the guise of protecting our children or national security...
Oh... er...
WE DON'T!
In fact we probably produce and host most of the filthiest stuff you can find on the internet.
Am I the only one a bit wierded out by the fact that slashdotters, self-proclaimed nerds, are criticizing the government because they don't think you can make an explosive out of liquid chemicals? For a bunch of nerds you are all seriously underestimating the power of chemistry. Hell, one need not make an explosive to cause a plane to go down; poisonous gasses would be enough.
I think the real fact is that most people are on this "Bash Bush and Blair" mode where reason is thrown out the window. Reason and logic have gone out the window and crazy conspiracies that don't follow the scientific method are the new religion.
Yup, when I was a kid I build several, my grandpa owned several acres and so did my dad. But I built mine from actual boards of wood I purchased with allowance. I also purchased the nails to hold them together. These kids seemed to forget that they need something to hold them together, so I'm doubting their story about just wanting to build a fort.
Yes, a tree, does that mean it's ok for me to carve my name into it? How about spray paint it? The rest of the public has a say in that tree as well. Hence, it is a "public" tree and not a "Katy Smith, Sam Cannon and Amy Higgins" tree. And unfortunately, the public says, via laws, that this was vandalism and the police broke the law by not charging them, and I agree with them doing that.
I'm sure a tree would survive a good carving up, spray paint, heck even partial fire damage. However, that doesn't make it ok to vandalize, nor any easier on the park maintenance personel.
By "ornamental" they mean the type of cherry tree wiseguy. Here's a link since you were too lazy to look it up. "Many flowering cherry cultivars (known as 'ornamental cherries') have the stamens replaced by additional petals ("double" flowers), so are sterile and do not bear fruit. They are grown purely for their flowers and decorative value."
They're not ripping it up from the roots, they're breaking all the smaller branches, and consequentially, the flower bearing branches. If you look at the pictures you'll also see that a 20ft tree has a lot of small branches that even kids can break. And if you're making a fort out of it, you're breaking a hell of a lot of them off.
Well, Simon, since we're not using Simonese, you should look up the exact definition. You should also note that the "ing" means that it was in the process of being destroyed. And if it's an ornamental cherry tree which has a purpose of being a very beautiful tree, then yes, it's being destroyed. You don't make a fort from "a few broken twigs" as you put it. You make a fort by stripping the tree of every branch you can possibly break.
Now that I'm warming up, why is a UK reporter, Khushwant Sachdave, reporting that the tree is 20 feet tall? Why not use the metric system? And why does he have a nice dress photo of the kids all together? A little odd if you ask me. What do you want to bet that the reporter told the whole story from both sides?Since they were ripping apart an ornamental cherry tree, that's vandalism, the cops went light on them since they're young and haven't commited more crimes yet.
Ok, no problem, any background check will turn up nothing. Only way these reports show up is if a court requests the full record. Let's hope the little vandals don't do something to land them there. And they'll be 17 when it drops off. A full year before they're 18.
Yeah, hardened criminals are given reprimands and released without charge to their parents as soon as they can come pick them up.
I think they UNDER reacted to a clear cut case of vandalism. The parents should have been charged for damages.
And to all those people claiming building a treefort or "playing in" a tree is not anti-social... RTFA, they're talking about the vandalism.
Like most of us here, I am the computer repairman of my family. When I was asked to go help my step-mom with connection issues I attempted first to VNC into the computer. Nothing. Next I tried connecting to the router. Nothing. So I finally figure I have to drive over 40 minutes to do on-site repair. What do I see when I get there... A new computer. Apparently Geek Squad charged her $159 dollars to hook up the new computer. To any decent technician this would require plugging the computer into the router.... AND THAT'S IT! They told her that they needed to set up the router and make sure it was secure... Wait, the router I had a password on? So I try connecting to the router. My password doesn't work.. Guess what did? Yup! admin/admin. VERY secure indeed. Odd, the menu doesn't look the same... Wait a minute, the firmware is ancient!!! Security exploits wazoo! Where's the WPA2 I had set up? This firmware doesn't have it. Replaced with WEP... 64 bit WEP! Yeah, they really "secured" it. Now to find out the connection issues... What's this? 10 entries in the DHCP table? They only own 2 desktops now and 1 laptop. Yup, heavy traffic issues.
I gave Geek Squad a call and they had no clue what was going on. They didn't even know if it was their work or something they contracted out. Yup, the Geek Squad is the equivalent of the Matag Repairman for computers.
One good thing to come of this is that through word of mouth through my step-mom, I'm getting a lot more work. The bad news is she is more likely to ask for help now, and I'm expected to work for free. =/