It seems that Maxis is eager to do everything they can to promote this Sims lookalike. Although they are right to pursue this branch of their franchise, The Sims having done so first puts them in troubled intellectual property waters. I even saw diamonds reminiscent of those in The Sims over the heads of charcters in Urbz screenshots. ..
Good luck Urbz, you may need it with the release of The Sims 2 not yet over the horizon.
I've considered this myself and I know many others have as well - without any outside impetus. During the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, many people speculated as to how the terrorist threat would play out. Terrorists want Bush in power. The reason for this is so simple that liberals and conservatives can agree. Every time that Bush attacks or threatens a predominantly Islamic country, extremists develop in the populations.
Bush's assault Afghanistan on generated massive "collateral damage" - that is, holes in civilians caused by US' guns. To some people, a 3/4 dead village can be a bit upsetting. It's no surprise that these people then rebel against the United States. They realize that Osama Bin Laden is leading the fight and join his rag-tag clan of militant jihadists.
Bush's invasion of Iraq has directly caused over 13,000 civilian deaths. If this is not enough to agitate a population into extremism, I do not know what is. Am I supposed to believe that "liberation" includes "the freedom of body from soul"? Iraqis have read US history, they know that when we crash a party we never leave. Seeing this trend, they fear an extended US led occupation in their own country. The result is a rebellion against the invader. This can manifest itself in many ways: roadside bombs, mortar attacks, and both domestic and overseas terrorism. Osama Bin Laden becomes their patron saint.
Osama Bin Laden wants Bush because Osama Bin Laden does not value human life. He does not care how many innocent deaths it takes to bring the ideals of radical Islam to the world. If Bush incites a World War in the Middle East, Bin Laden would exalt him. Osama's goal is to incite a religious war against western "infidels" and their tainted culture. These wars are giant recruiting posters for Bin Ladne.
If Bin Laden could vote in the US, he would vote Bush.
Excuse me, but you do not seem to understand the point I was making. Bush, by all that I can tell, does not want the draft right now - especially with the imminent election.
But, Bush may soon find that he has run out of reservists to ship overseas. My explanation was clear:
Bush may HAVE to reinstate the draft. If he intends to continue invading countries in the Middle East so that we can be prepared for the Second Coming, he's going to have to cough up an army. We don't have battle droids. So, I'd wager, should Bush win the election, the draft will be reinstated soon after (be it directly or more subtley - like how he ignored the assault weapon ban extension).
I KNOW that. I said that the Democrats have been the ones pushing this. I said that it is a fine line to walk because Bush may actually need the draft soon. Please, RTFP!
How nice that you only count the injured and dead as part of our overseas fighting population. Casualties are not a good measure of representation. Look at enlistment and tell me again that we don't have an imbalanced armed service.
If you use a lottery system that transcends all socio-economic boundaries, equal representation will be guaranteed in the armed forces. As is, the poverty stricken are left with nowhere to go but the army. Sometimes the lower-middle class is hit hard too, as parents cannot afford college for their children. Because they have enough to live day to day, they likely see college as a luxurious opportunity, but not an impossible one by any means. This is especially true with the government paying their way. That is, if the fine young men and women return from Afghanistan, Iraq, or (soon, I expect) Iran.
My personal opposition to this bill is the fact that it could be used as a cover for the real reason Bush might want to reinstitute the draft - a dearth of available service members to ship to other countries.
Admittedly, Democrats have pushed the bill from the start - so I am torn in loyalty. I agree with the idea, just not its timing or execution.
It is not harassing, it is your responsibility as a citizen of the United States of America. The least these students could get is get a little kick in the rear to go and vote.
If choosing your next president (or, as/.ers might comprehend, "[evil] overlord") is offensive to you, you ought to move to a fascist state in which your name is simply assigned to a predetermined vote.
Illegal? Private universities can require whatever they please so long as it is not discriminatory (or against an explicit state or federal law). If there is any question as to the legality of an action, it's up to the student to appeal to a court.
I challenge you to find a law that states that "In an optional educational environment, requirements of students must be germane to the topic being taught."
If you're talking about "legality" within a campus setting, that's WHOLLY up to the university's administration.
How did your high school teacher know that your dog was incapable of consuming an entire English thesis?
It's the same thing here - lies are rather transparent. You'd be surprised how many people, when asked who they voted for, would crumple.
This is not an outrageous requirement. If the students are not citizens, it could be an issue. However, that can be dealt with on a case by case basis.
If all teachers mandated voting as a class requirement, this country might have a better voting age distribution. The student population, a demographic overrepresented in both the radical left and right, ultimately has the lowest voter turnout rates.
If this (hopefully tenured) English literature professor recognizes this issue, why shouldn't she be permitted to address it? There is nothing harassing, offending, or illegal about it. Those in a political science class needn't be convinced to vote. All students go through English - I think it is ingenious to require voting in a class with such high enrollment.
That's the ultimate do-nothing game. The game's website likens it to installing an operating system as it requires the same attention span and commands the same respect for the "player" (read: none).
"Finally, hit the Sold! button to begin the game. The game will start immediately and you can safely familiarize yourself with the game's single interface screen as the game progresses on its own. Soon your avatar will will be seeking and destroying an exotic panopoly of beasts while you gaze proudly on. Missing, you will notice, is the tedious march from town, the bewildering maze of cookie cutter streets hiding some specific merchant or NPC, and the repetetive hunt for just the right beast to execute. Progress Quest supplies your character with an endless series of victims, as well as exciting quests which keep your quest log full to the brim at all times."
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P4 2.53GHZ, Radeon 128 5700 Ultra, 768 MB DDR, Maxtor 80 GB 7200, P4G8X Deluxe . ..BUT, even my secondary, recycled, Compaq 10gb hard drive hasn't crapped out.
"What's this guy whining about then?", you might ask.
Well, Windows XP has died on me. Numerous times. Numerous ways. It's like Mortal Combat - there's always another finisher to discover.
Hardware bloat is due to software bloat . ..software bloat is due to the prospect of hardware bloat once a product reaches the market. It's a vicious cycle.
When you're talking on the time scale of a nuclear winter at ground zero, asphyxiation becomes more believable - especially in an apartment.
Everyone's heard the urban legand about the guy who ate too many beans after sealing his house for winter. . .
Like, as our Department of Homeland Security advised - sealing your windows and doors with duct tape and plastic sheeting.
I mean, it's better to asphyxiate than glow green, right?
I am curious why other systems manufacturers like Dell, Compaq, or Hewlett Packard, do not overclock their products. I would expect that, with all of the setup time they already devote to their products, they would be able to click a few more times in the BIOS as well. Not to trivialize the process, but with the consistency granted by producing the same computer repeatedly, that is all that would be required.
These systems could then be sold at slightly elevated prices. The script-kiddie crowd would lunge at them, buying into a piece of the OC'ing action. The naive would purchase them for the in-between performance levels they would have. The rest would build their own computer and do it themselves. But, in the mean time, those companies get to gouge good customers - all while making them feel that their purchase was personalized.
Google's business is to make things easier to find and understand. How would an instant messaging program be applicable to this mission? The question is what spin Google could put on IMing to make it their own. Just like GMail added conversations and the Google search function, GMessage would need a catch.
Any month in which a single game worth playing is released for free is a good month. That said, the good folks over at Hack'n'Slash are on their way to delivering. Check it out here. Admittedly, it is an action rpg, not really an adventure game - but I figure that it would appeal to a similar crowd.
I have been trying to remember that movie for years now . . . the ending, when it comes, is wonderful. Now, just to ruin it for people (trust me, you don't want to wait for the movie to finish, it goes slower than the tractor-literally) he meets his brother, they say goodbye, and the credits roll.
I'm sorry, but that is incorrect. True, Bin Laden was supported by the Taliban. Bin Laden was fighting in the region for years against the Soviets. But the United States was his chief benefactor during those times. The United States hired Bin Laden to do this. However, 15 of the 19 hijackers on September 11'th were Saudis. Why aren't we invading Saudi Arabia?
I use a Logitech Elite with a PS/2 : USB adaptor and have been experiencing some strange symptoms. Anywhere between minutes and days after a clean boot, some of the special keys do not function. There appears to be no relationship between key position and functionality.
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It seems that Maxis is eager to do everything they can to promote this Sims lookalike. Although they are right to pursue this branch of their franchise, The Sims having done so first puts them in troubled intellectual property waters. I even saw diamonds reminiscent of those in The Sims over the heads of charcters in Urbz screenshots. . .
Good luck Urbz, you may need it with the release of The Sims 2 not yet over the horizon.
I've considered this myself and I know many others have as well - without any outside impetus. During the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, many people speculated as to how the terrorist threat would play out. Terrorists want Bush in power. The reason for this is so simple that liberals and conservatives can agree. Every time that Bush attacks or threatens a predominantly Islamic country, extremists develop in the populations.
Bush's assault Afghanistan on generated massive "collateral damage" - that is, holes in civilians caused by US' guns. To some people, a 3/4 dead village can be a bit upsetting. It's no surprise that these people then rebel against the United States. They realize that Osama Bin Laden is leading the fight and join his rag-tag clan of militant jihadists.
Bush's invasion of Iraq has directly caused over 13,000 civilian deaths. If this is not enough to agitate a population into extremism, I do not know what is. Am I supposed to believe that "liberation" includes "the freedom of body from soul"? Iraqis have read US history, they know that when we crash a party we never leave. Seeing this trend, they fear an extended US led occupation in their own country. The result is a rebellion against the invader. This can manifest itself in many ways: roadside bombs, mortar attacks, and both domestic and overseas terrorism. Osama Bin Laden becomes their patron saint.
Osama Bin Laden wants Bush because Osama Bin Laden does not value human life. He does not care how many innocent deaths it takes to bring the ideals of radical Islam to the world. If Bush incites a World War in the Middle East, Bin Laden would exalt him. Osama's goal is to incite a religious war against western "infidels" and their tainted culture. These wars are giant recruiting posters for Bin Ladne.
If Bin Laden could vote in the US, he would vote Bush.
But, Bush may soon find that he has run out of reservists to ship overseas. My explanation was clear: Bush may HAVE to reinstate the draft. If he intends to continue invading countries in the Middle East so that we can be prepared for the Second Coming, he's going to have to cough up an army. We don't have battle droids. So, I'd wager, should Bush win the election, the draft will be reinstated soon after (be it directly or more subtley - like how he ignored the assault weapon ban extension).
I KNOW that. I said that the Democrats have been the ones pushing this. I said that it is a fine line to walk because Bush may actually need the draft soon. Please, RTFP!
. . . "I agree with the idea" of equal representation. Why must everybody take my words so far out of context?
How nice that you only count the injured and dead as part of our overseas fighting population. Casualties are not a good measure of representation. Look at enlistment and tell me again that we don't have an imbalanced armed service.
My personal opposition to this bill is the fact that it could be used as a cover for the real reason Bush might want to reinstitute the draft - a dearth of available service members to ship to other countries.
Admittedly, Democrats have pushed the bill from the start - so I am torn in loyalty. I agree with the idea, just not its timing or execution.
If choosing your next president (or, as /.ers might comprehend, "[evil] overlord") is offensive to you, you ought to move to a fascist state in which your name is simply assigned to a predetermined vote.
Illegal? Private universities can require whatever they please so long as it is not discriminatory (or against an explicit state or federal law). If there is any question as to the legality of an action, it's up to the student to appeal to a court.
I challenge you to find a law that states that "In an optional educational environment, requirements of students must be germane to the topic being taught."
If you're talking about "legality" within a campus setting, that's WHOLLY up to the university's administration.
I did a few more than 11 and it worked fine. It's true that this is odd for bugmenot. Is there a system to weed out troubled accounts?
How did your high school teacher know that your dog was incapable of consuming an entire English thesis? It's the same thing here - lies are rather transparent. You'd be surprised how many people, when asked who they voted for, would crumple.
If all teachers mandated voting as a class requirement, this country might have a better voting age distribution. The student population, a demographic overrepresented in both the radical left and right, ultimately has the lowest voter turnout rates.
If this (hopefully tenured) English literature professor recognizes this issue, why shouldn't she be permitted to address it? There is nothing harassing, offending, or illegal about it. Those in a political science class needn't be convinced to vote. All students go through English - I think it is ingenious to require voting in a class with such high enrollment.
That's the ultimate do-nothing game. The game's website likens it to installing an operating system as it requires the same attention span and commands the same respect for the "player" (read: none).
"Finally, hit the Sold! button to begin the game. The game will start immediately and you can safely familiarize yourself with the game's single interface screen as the game progresses on its own. Soon your avatar will will be seeking and destroying an exotic panopoly of beasts while you gaze proudly on. Missing, you will notice, is the tedious march from town, the bewildering maze of cookie cutter streets hiding some specific merchant or NPC, and the repetetive hunt for just the right beast to execute. Progress Quest supplies your character with an endless series of victims, as well as exciting quests which keep your quest log full to the brim at all times."
Cue obligatory dual 220gb RAID array fanatic (i.e., sales rep.). . .
"What's this guy whining about then?", you might ask.
Well, Windows XP has died on me. Numerous times. Numerous ways. It's like Mortal Combat - there's always another finisher to discover .
Hardware bloat is due to software bloat . . .software bloat is due to the prospect of hardware bloat once a product reaches the market. It's a vicious cycle.
It's been used before in what I can only describe as haptic sensory feedback in a discreet, pleasure inducing, package. . .
Wired News carried the story
When you're talking on the time scale of a nuclear winter at ground zero, asphyxiation becomes more believable - especially in an apartment. Everyone's heard the urban legand about the guy who ate too many beans after sealing his house for winter. . .
Like, as our Department of Homeland Security advised - sealing your windows and doors with duct tape and plastic sheeting. I mean, it's better to asphyxiate than glow green, right?
I can't think of a Mac that can run games . . . *sorry, sorry, sorry, not meaning to flame*
I am curious why other systems manufacturers like Dell, Compaq, or Hewlett Packard, do not overclock their products. I would expect that, with all of the setup time they already devote to their products, they would be able to click a few more times in the BIOS as well. Not to trivialize the process, but with the consistency granted by producing the same computer repeatedly, that is all that would be required.
These systems could then be sold at slightly elevated prices. The script-kiddie crowd would lunge at them, buying into a piece of the OC'ing action. The naive would purchase them for the in-between performance levels they would have. The rest would build their own computer and do it themselves. But, in the mean time, those companies get to gouge good customers - all while making them feel that their purchase was personalized.
Google's business is to make things easier to find and understand. How would an instant messaging program be applicable to this mission? The question is what spin Google could put on IMing to make it their own. Just like GMail added conversations and the Google search function, GMessage would need a catch.
Any month in which a single game worth playing is released for free is a good month. That said, the good folks over at Hack'n'Slash are on their way to delivering. Check it out here. Admittedly, it is an action rpg, not really an adventure game - but I figure that it would appeal to a similar crowd.
I have been trying to remember that movie for years now . . . the ending, when it comes, is wonderful. Now, just to ruin it for people (trust me, you don't want to wait for the movie to finish, it goes slower than the tractor-literally) he meets his brother, they say goodbye, and the credits roll.
I'm sorry, but that is incorrect. True, Bin Laden was supported by the Taliban. Bin Laden was fighting in the region for years against the Soviets. But the United States was his chief benefactor during those times. The United States hired Bin Laden to do this. However, 15 of the 19 hijackers on September 11'th were Saudis. Why aren't we invading Saudi Arabia?
Good ones at least. Check out board game geek if you are a player and board game designers forum if you are a designer.
I use a Logitech Elite with a PS/2 : USB adaptor and have been experiencing some strange symptoms. Anywhere between minutes and days after a clean boot, some of the special keys do not function. There appears to be no relationship between key position and functionality.
Is it possible that the converter is responsible?