good and evil are human constructs, as is morality in general.
GLaDOS is about as evil as a smart bomb... it just does what the programmers told it to do. evil implies choice and sentience.
Crosby: Schroeder, it's a machine. It doesn't get pissed off. It doesn't get happy, it doesn't get sad, it doesn't laugh at your jokes.
Ben and Crosby: It just runs programs
I recently had the same problem with Kubuntu. Was giving it a shot, had a soundcard burn out, swapped it for a very similar (but slightly different) SoundBlaster.
after hours of reading forum posts and trying to configure it via command line I gave up and reinstalled Kubuntu... which solved the problem.
I'm back on Windows7 now, because I think it's fucking retarded to have to reinstall the whole OS just to make a new soundcard function.
it depends on the claims being made. for instance, the chiropractor I go to makes no claims beyond being able to help you if you throw your back out, and I have found these claims to be justified. anecdotal I know, but not every single chiropractor out there is as you describe.
They should pick a platform or 3 that are the most popular and develop their own version of Android as well as quality applications and quality application reviews. They need to find the best apps in the app market and improve them and brand them so that they are guaranteed to work on their version of Android and have customer support or at least real bug tracking and message boards for suggestions to bug fixes.
right up until the carrier decides it doesn't like you stepping on their koolaid, blocks your stuff via ToS or bricking and then WHOOSH... your business model is gone.
I guess everyone's rates are a bit different, that's not surprising. What IS surprising is that the Canadian healthcare is not substantially less expensive than ours.
is to sit down and figure out how long it should take under ideal circumstances (no scope creep, no major fuckups, no outside holdups) and triple it.
That sounds awful, but it's almost always pretty close. Something always goes wrong, there is always some amount of re-work and there is always some scope creep.
Fellahs, this is the perfect time to show your lady you love her by giving her the best present she'll ever have:
Your cock.
Suggested ways to present your cock to her:
1. Wrapped in ribbons! Nothing says festive like pink ribbons on your pink monster. Bonus points for complicated bondage knots.
2. Under a codpiece! Feeling medeival? Why not proffer your pork to her the olde-fashioned way?
3. Covered in chocolate! Chicks dig chocolate, so why not give her a truly delectable dong? Warning: don't melt chocolate onto your cock, use chocolate sauce.
4. With a flower taped to it! Want her to feel really special? 'Cause nothing says special like a rose-laden trouser-snake.
5. Emblazoned with love poetry! Have a literary geek to impress? Put some Shakespeare on your schlong.
Disclaimer: actual use of any or all of the above methods may result in death or serious injury via penile kicking.
on the one hand, the part of me that despises RIAA tactics and obscene punitive damages thinks this is great: smack those bastards right where they'll notice, in the wallet.
on the other hand, talk of future discouragement aside, is the EFF becoming that which they hate? 400 grand for a letter of non-infringement? that's RIAAesque in its unreasonableness.
Trijicon does NOT make rifles, they make illuminated sights and illuminated 'scopes. (all of their products are luminous, hence the choice of verses, I imagine.)
anyhow, they have not marked any rifles. RTFA
Netflix also doesn't have the same business model that BlockBuster has I pay $x a month and I get unlimited rentals,
in point of fact blockbuster DOES have this same business model as an option... I'm currently using it, can't for the life of me remember what it's called, movieswing or moviepass or something. i pay a flat fee each month and get to keep 2 dvds or blurays checked out at any given time and can swap them as often as i like, even more than once a day (have done this on boring weekends)
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"constitutional republic" IS a technical specification.
there are certainly aspects of USA that are democratic, but it is not a democracy.
the usa HAS strong protection for minority rights
and the USA is NOT a democracy, it is a constitutional republic.
eh, agree to disagree. As the character in the game, I got the feeling that GLaDOS was not sentient, just craftily programmed.
hence I refer to GLaDOS as "it" while you refer to it as "she".
maybe the folks that programmed it would be considered evil.
GLaDOS is about as evil as a smart bomb... it just does what the programmers told it to do. evil implies choice and sentience.
Crosby: Schroeder, it's a machine. It doesn't get pissed off. It doesn't get happy, it doesn't get sad, it doesn't laugh at your jokes.
Ben and Crosby: It just runs programs
I recently had the same problem with Kubuntu. Was giving it a shot, had a soundcard burn out, swapped it for a very similar (but slightly different) SoundBlaster.
after hours of reading forum posts and trying to configure it via command line I gave up and reinstalled Kubuntu... which solved the problem.
I'm back on Windows7 now, because I think it's fucking retarded to have to reinstall the whole OS just to make a new soundcard function.
This news is positively electrifying!
Reasonable responses, anyone?
You must be new here.
it depends on the claims being made. for instance, the chiropractor I go to makes no claims beyond being able to help you if you throw your back out, and I have found these claims to be justified. anecdotal I know, but not every single chiropractor out there is as you describe.
They should pick a platform or 3 that are the most popular and develop their own version of Android as well as quality applications and quality application reviews. They need to find the best apps in the app market and improve them and brand them so that they are guaranteed to work on their version of Android and have customer support or at least real bug tracking and message boards for suggestions to bug fixes.
right up until the carrier decides it doesn't like you stepping on their koolaid, blocks your stuff via ToS or bricking and then WHOOSH... your business model is gone.
I guess everyone's rates are a bit different, that's not surprising. What IS surprising is that the Canadian healthcare is not substantially less expensive than ours.
alright, let's play:
160B$/33M people = 4848$/person (per year)
divide by 12 months and you are looking at around $404.04 per person per month
well shit, that's a little bit MORE than I'm paying for healthcare plus health insurance here in the evil USA where healthcare costs so much...
very, VERY well said.
Parent poster's point still stands:
raise your fucking kids. If you don't wanna raise 'em and be responsible for 'em then don't fucking have 'em.
is to sit down and figure out how long it should take under ideal circumstances (no scope creep, no major fuckups, no outside holdups) and triple it.
That sounds awful, but it's almost always pretty close. Something always goes wrong, there is always some amount of re-work and there is always some scope creep.
Am I the only one who thinks the $3M remark is a red herring?
Treason is treason regardless of how much money you make doing it. He should swing for this, treason still has the death penalty.
Fellahs, this is the perfect time to show your lady you love her by giving her the best present she'll ever have:
Your cock.
Suggested ways to present your cock to her:
1. Wrapped in ribbons! Nothing says festive like pink ribbons on your pink monster. Bonus points for complicated bondage knots.
2. Under a codpiece! Feeling medeival? Why not proffer your pork to her the olde-fashioned way?
3. Covered in chocolate! Chicks dig chocolate, so why not give her a truly delectable dong? Warning: don't melt chocolate onto your cock, use chocolate sauce.
4. With a flower taped to it! Want her to feel really special? 'Cause nothing says special like a rose-laden trouser-snake.
5. Emblazoned with love poetry! Have a literary geek to impress? Put some Shakespeare on your schlong.
Disclaimer: actual use of any or all of the above methods may result in death or serious injury via penile kicking.
sadly, that's what IDPA has become these days... an arms race. IDSA is where it's at now for non-gamers.
"which car company did you say you worked for?"
"a major one."
hooray!
so, so true. and employers wonder why the turnover rate for developers is so high.
I am a developer, most of my friends are developers. I literally do not know a single developer who has ever stayed at a job more than 3 years.
on the one hand, the part of me that despises RIAA tactics and obscene punitive damages thinks this is great: smack those bastards right where they'll notice, in the wallet.
on the other hand, talk of future discouragement aside, is the EFF becoming that which they hate? 400 grand for a letter of non-infringement? that's RIAAesque in its unreasonableness.
it's 2^4 or 2^(2^2).
.45 Long Colt should have made the list.
Also, I think Vash's Angel Arms
Trijicon does NOT make rifles, they make illuminated sights and illuminated 'scopes. (all of their products are luminous, hence the choice of verses, I imagine.) anyhow, they have not marked any rifles. RTFA
Netflix also doesn't have the same business model that BlockBuster has I pay $x a month and I get unlimited rentals,
in point of fact blockbuster DOES have this same business model as an option... I'm currently using it, can't for the life of me remember what it's called, movieswing or moviepass or something. i pay a flat fee each month and get to keep 2 dvds or blurays checked out at any given time and can swap them as often as i like, even more than once a day (have done this on boring weekends)