Alien is committed to offering its customers the most cutting edge cases... with pretty good equipement.. for the highest margins possible. As an exercise, price out building an equivalent system to any of their offerings from components, except for the crazy case.
There are parents promising stuff for christmas? No wonder there are so many annoying impolite ingrates out there. Plus, what's the point of wrapping a present if the recipient already knows what it is?
Wait... I think I saw that movie. as it turns out the designer robots aren't all that great. The concept of failsafe seems to have escaped them... I mean, why even put sharp fangs on a snake-bot that's not supposed to ever bite a guest? Especially when rubber fangs would get the same visual effect. Same thing with the bullets. Why would the robot gunslinger even have real bullets? Just make sure all his firing lines are predetermined and make judicious use of squibs.
Why would you have a hermetically sealed control room, with no manual means of escape? or even a backup air-recycler?
Furthermore, there should've been separate radio-controlled power cutoff failsafes so "programming" wouldn't even enter into it.
Stupid robots. Think they know everything. Then they steal grandma's medicine.
I will continue to be baffled by people who, on the one hand complain about government oppression, but on the other hand will argue so vociferously in favor of funding that it with their own (but preferably someone elses a little moreso) money.
Suppose instead that the Government of Belgium offered full scholarships to the university of their choosing, anywhere in the world, for the children of anyone in sweeden who suicide bombed russian civilians in moscow to protest russian support of afghanistan.
In that case would not Russia be justified in deposing the government of Belgium?
We know that Iraq was doing something similar wrt. the israel/palestine conflict. If their policy extended to bombings of more countries than just israel, say.. the US perhaps, that would be a direct connection. If their policy was not that expansive, then the question becomes whether their stipends emboldened terrorists to unsupported (by iraq) projects. This would be an indirect connection, and not in and of it self justification a war of retribution for 9/11.
If on the other hand, the war was about more than just retribution, then the full motivations of that war, and the reasons Iraq was considered another front in the "war on terror" must be considered.
NONE OF THIS IS RELEVANT TO THE TOPIC OF THIS THREAD, which was the legality (or lack thereof) of holding prisoners without charge for certain terrorism related activities.
Why are we talking about Iraq? please read my previous post again. I did not intend to discuss the merits of the Iraq invasion in this thread, but rather the possible justifications for domestic policy regarding detention without filing charges.
I have found that the screenshots alone allow me to weed out a LOT of crappy games. Not enough eye-candy and I'm not really interested. I'm shallow like that. Too much eye-candy and I'm suspicious of cut-scenes being pawned off as regular gameplay. Since reliance on cutscenes generally means the gameplay will be stilted, that's a good indicator as well.
You can tell a lot about the interface to a game by its screenshots. Probably more than the marketeers really want you to know even. I haven't really bothered to actually read any reviews in a long time though. I think that Penny Arcade comic sums it up best.
Interesting your wording. It could be argued that Iraq's support for foreign (to Iraq) suicide bombers in the past (specifically their not insubstantial monetary support for their families) is tantamount sending them. The question then remains, did they directly support the families of the 9/11 attackers, and if not, did their support of terrorism in other theaters constitute tacit approval of the activity which DID affect us.
However I did not say specifically that we were being invaded by Iraqis. I said that we have been invaded, that particular act, by foreign nationals, is an invasion. I expressed reseverations that we may currently still be in the process of being invaded by similar groups.
In what way does the provision regarding the Writ of Habeas Corpus apply to the situation in Iraq?
The invasion is very slow. In fact, quite a few years span between noticeable effects, such that it may be difficult to say when the period of invasion is over, but it is undeniably true that we have been and may currently be being invaded by muslim extremists.
and yes, I count actions by foreign nationals resulting in thousands of deaths and colleratal damage as an act of invasion, regardless of their method of entry.
under the P.A.T.R.I.O.T.A.C.T. act? Are you sure you don't mean under the President's ennumerated authority under the constution to suspend the Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus in times of invasion?
Parent was pointing out a contradiction in the article, in which the statement "unfounded notions of racial superiority" is clearly refuted by the article's subsequent arguments which any thinking individual would interpret as a partial founding of the previously unfounded notions.
The fact that you could not tell the difference between what the parent was stating the article supported and what the parent actually believes himself (which was neither stated or implied by any of the parent's statements) is telling. Especially given your apparant predilection toward antisemitism.
It's one thing to deal with the very real fact that we can't just up and leave. It's quite another to argue against researching ways to leave on the basis that we shouldn't ever because we can't now.
We only need 2% of the population to be productive to pretty much support everyone else. So if.001% want to work on some pie-in-the-sky plan instead of the ordinary mundane make-work, why should we stop them?
Oil & efficiency has brought us into the age of Science and Art. I say to the artists: stop trying to tell the scientists what to do.
Suppose a film you produced turned out to be pretty crappy once the director, actors, et al were done with it? would you shelve it? dump more money on it? or try to recoup at least some of the loss?
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Alien is committed to offering its customers the most cutting edge cases... with pretty good equipement.. for the highest margins possible. As an exercise, price out building an equivalent system to any of their offerings from components, except for the crazy case.
There are parents promising stuff for christmas? No wonder there are so many annoying impolite ingrates out there. Plus, what's the point of wrapping a present if the recipient already knows what it is?
pfft. everyone knows it's "LFS" vs. "Gentoo and everyone else" ....
Wait... I think I saw that movie. as it turns out the designer robots aren't all that great. The concept of failsafe seems to have escaped them... I mean, why even put sharp fangs on a snake-bot that's not supposed to ever bite a guest? Especially when rubber fangs would get the same visual effect. Same thing with the bullets. Why would the robot gunslinger even have real bullets? Just make sure all his firing lines are predetermined and make judicious use of squibs.
Why would you have a hermetically sealed control room, with no manual means of escape? or even a backup air-recycler?
Furthermore, there should've been separate radio-controlled power cutoff failsafes so "programming" wouldn't even enter into it.
Stupid robots. Think they know everything. Then they steal grandma's medicine.
who did the court get the right to kill from?
I will continue to be baffled by people who, on the one hand complain about government oppression, but on the other hand will argue so vociferously in favor of funding that it with their own (but preferably someone elses a little moreso) money.
Your graph is not properly normalized however. What does it look like as percent of GDP? worse? better? same?
Your analogy is invalid.
Suppose instead that the Government of Belgium offered full scholarships to the university of their choosing, anywhere in the world, for the children of anyone in sweeden who suicide bombed russian civilians in moscow to protest russian support of afghanistan.
In that case would not Russia be justified in deposing the government of Belgium?
We know that Iraq was doing something similar wrt. the israel/palestine conflict. If their policy extended to bombings of more countries than just israel, say.. the US perhaps, that would be a direct connection. If their policy was not that expansive, then the question becomes whether their stipends emboldened terrorists to unsupported (by iraq) projects. This would be an indirect connection, and not in and of it self justification a war of retribution for 9/11.
If on the other hand, the war was about more than just retribution, then the full motivations of that war, and the reasons Iraq was considered another front in the "war on terror" must be considered.
NONE OF THIS IS RELEVANT TO THE TOPIC OF THIS THREAD, which was the legality (or lack thereof) of holding prisoners without charge for certain terrorism related activities.
Why are we talking about Iraq? please read my previous post again. I did not intend to discuss the merits of the Iraq invasion in this thread, but rather the possible justifications for domestic policy regarding detention without filing charges.
well "around 500 years" if you've got less than 1 digit of accuracy: 500±300 years.
I have found that the screenshots alone allow me to weed out a LOT of crappy games. Not enough eye-candy and I'm not really interested. I'm shallow like that. Too much eye-candy and I'm suspicious of cut-scenes being pawned off as regular gameplay. Since reliance on cutscenes generally means the gameplay will be stilted, that's a good indicator as well.
You can tell a lot about the interface to a game by its screenshots. Probably more than the marketeers really want you to know even. I haven't really bothered to actually read any reviews in a long time though. I think that Penny Arcade comic sums it up best.
Interesting your wording. It could be argued that Iraq's support for foreign (to Iraq) suicide bombers in the past (specifically their not insubstantial monetary support for their families) is tantamount sending them. The question then remains, did they directly support the families of the 9/11 attackers, and if not, did their support of terrorism in other theaters constitute tacit approval of the activity which DID affect us.
However I did not say specifically that we were being invaded by Iraqis. I said that we have been invaded, that particular act, by foreign nationals, is an invasion. I expressed reseverations that we may currently still be in the process of being invaded by similar groups.
In what way does the provision regarding the Writ of Habeas Corpus apply to the situation in Iraq?
Article 1, section 9:
Nahh, he's clearly not very good at hyperbole. seeing as cars really do cost 10^3 times as much as video games.
The invasion is very slow. In fact, quite a few years span between noticeable effects, such that it may be difficult to say when the period of invasion is over, but it is undeniably true that we have been and may currently be being invaded by muslim extremists.
and yes, I count actions by foreign nationals resulting in thousands of deaths and colleratal damage as an act of invasion, regardless of their method of entry.
epidemiology.
"or who cheats on women constantly,"
Ok, but your rep can't be hurting you too much if you have plenty of women with which to cheat on the other ones.
under the P.A.T.R.I.O.T.A.C.T. act? Are you sure you don't mean under the President's ennumerated authority under the constution to suspend the Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus in times of invasion?
What? like McCain-Feingold? Do not wait for the courts to solve your problems.
but.. um.. that got me thinking..
Is there an easy way to check to see if your password is stored in a plaintext file somewhere in the filesystem?
assuming the villages with big violent guys don't just raid and pillage the small peaceful villages.
Is this particular tidbit a fact though? It sure sounds like urban legend to me.
Parent was pointing out a contradiction in the article, in which the statement "unfounded notions of racial superiority" is clearly refuted by the article's subsequent arguments which any thinking individual would interpret as a partial founding of the previously unfounded notions.
The fact that you could not tell the difference between what the parent was stating the article supported and what the parent actually believes himself (which was neither stated or implied by any of the parent's statements) is telling. Especially given your apparant predilection toward antisemitism.
Wait.. are you using PR version numbers as your basis for comparison?
That's like saying windows 95 is more mature than [linux distro using kernel version 2.6.x] because as anyone can see, 95 > 2.6.
It's one thing to deal with the very real fact that we can't just up and leave. It's quite another to argue against researching ways to leave on the basis that we shouldn't ever because we can't now.
.001% want to work on some pie-in-the-sky plan instead of the ordinary mundane make-work, why should we stop them?
We only need 2% of the population to be productive to pretty much support everyone else. So if
Oil & efficiency has brought us into the age of Science and Art. I say to the artists: stop trying to tell the scientists what to do.
Suppose a film you produced turned out to be pretty crappy once the director, actors, et al were done with it? would you shelve it? dump more money on it? or try to recoup at least some of the loss?