Cripes, it's been a while. I only vaguely remember the sword. I do remember beginning FFVIII and my main concern was that the main character's weapon (I said it'd been a while!) didn't seem to become so powerful as quickly as Cloud's did. The more I think about it, I reckon it was Barrett (in my game) that used the Ultima materia in the final showdown.
And you're right -- the very last battle was against a severely weakened Sephiroth, which wasn't too difficult to do.
I really must spend less time/.ing and go get my life back in front of the PSX!
I didn't really read the article too closely -- it had a few too many details and I'd prefer to wait for the movie. Having said that, Cloud seems to still love using his sword.
When I played the game, Cloud ended everything with about thirty uses of his ultima materia.
Unless the whole rebalancing of everything effected by Cloud rendered materia useless, what's the deal with the sword still?
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My point exactly. Which one(s) you choose is a related but separate issue.
Whether or not these fall into the category of 'theism,' or how the various subvarieties should be defined would be an important part of any such discussion.
And similarly, most theists I know are actually scientific agnostics, but functioning theists---ie we can't *truly* know there's an "other side," but there seems to be enough of a chance of it that to live our lives accordingly makes a bit of sense at least.
Admittedly, which version of events you listen to is another matter for debate...
We're also assuming that priests are wholesome looking.
I'm not Catholic, but I am ordained in a mainline Protestant Church. And I might be good looking, but my mother in law wouldn't let me near her daughter for two years because I look way less than wholesome.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe's not an allegory?
I'm going to have to go back to school to find out what an allegory is, because that book (as well, to a lesser extent, the other six) is the closest thing to an analogy I ever remember reading, with the (possible exception of Animal Farm.)
I don't post this as a troll---I'd actually be interested to find out if I've been labouring under a misapprehension after all these years.
Actually, I do believe you when you say that CS Lewis claimed it wasn't an allegory. Tolkien said the same thing about the LOTR (which I would agree with) but his son Christopher (and others) have pointed out that there is a lot more allegory in there than meets the eye.
Seems to defeat the purpose of an allegory, though.
Can I use a Linux operating system or an Apple Macintosh computer for e-tax?
e-tax is not compatible with Linux or Apple Macintosh computers. However, if you have suitable Windows Emulator software installed you may be able to use e-tax.
I guess those pesky Linux users don't earn enough to pay tax. Those Macs must be pretty big deductions though. Hope they can afford the Windows Emulator as well...
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Sorry, couldn't resist!
Seriously, having oversight of a small business here in Oz the biggest headache is, four years after GST introduction, trying to convince suppliers to give me proper tax invoices and so on. Having to do the whole withholding tax thing is a major headache, not to mention a great way to lose supply.
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I remember a few years ago some 'futurist' on TV was predicting that in 30 years everyone will need a PhD to get a job, even menial, unskilled work. I thought it was load of toss. If I'm employing a cleaner, I want them to be proven in the art of cleaning, not something I'm likely to never have heard of.
Having said that, I agree with your post. I did an Arts degree, with majors in philosophy and Australian Studies. People ask me what I got. I answer 'A B.A. Bachelor of Arts? Yes. And Bugger All.'
Having said that, I got a far better education than a lot of the people who went there to get jobs. I know an electrical engineer who can sign off on the safety of an aluminum smelter, but only because the electrician who has actually been into the plant room says it's okay. He wouldn't have had a clue, and he freely admits it. After ten minutes talking, he seemed to think I'd be able to pick the job up in a day or two.
And knowing anything about the world in which he lives, don't even start.
He's not the only one.
I'm afraid degrees are now seen as a ticket to a salary than anything else. And as a result we're seeing more and more drones being regurgitated. The sad thing is that these people are supposed to be our visionaries and community leaders.
But as always, those jobs will go to the people with vision, work ethic and determination.
Here's a thought whch occurred to me when you said teachers also subscribe to these sites.
Many colleges may have clauses buried deep within their constitutions which the students agree to at enrolment, giving the college all rights over any material produced for the institution, including run of the mill assignments.
Come up with a fairly new and original question for your students. Make sure you keep copies of all such essays submitted (even better, require the student to submit two copies.)
Watch the websites and see how many essays appear answering that particular question. Match them up with the essays submitted... and sue the offenders for copyright violation.
Either that, or sue another lecturer somewhere for stealing your question.
Damn, must take my -- insert name of IP insistent brainwashing evil corporation here -- brain implant out..
I've got more blatant than that. When I was in college a guy in the year below me asked for some help on an assignment he had. It was a report on an out-training exercise, which I had done the year before. The guy was struggling, and I'm a nice bloke, so I agreed. He wanted to look at the assignment I did, so I gave him a copy of it.
I never really trusted the guy, so I asked a couple of friends in his year to keep an eye out for the assignment (it had to be presented in class). Sure enough, after the presentations they came straight to see me with the class copyt of his assignment.
It was identical.
When I say identical, I mean identical. I had used the ugliest, most garish template MS-Works (it all seems so silly in retrospect) could give me (the staff rewarded heavy use of dialogue boxes and 'general creativity.') The mastheads, the page borders and everything were the same.
And the text was definitely mine. My friends were tipped off to the problem because it even sounded like me speaking. They knew he couldn't have done it.
The funny part was, though, he'd used correction fluid to blank out our names (I did it as a joint project) and every occurence of 'us,' 'we,' and so on throughout the piece and replaced it with his handwritten name and appropriate pronouns. He popped it into a photocopier, and his essay was done.
I immediately went to the staff member responsible for these things and she just about had a heart attack, not least because of the ugly template. She started an enquiry, and it turned out every piece of work he'd done up that point had been 'written' the same way. He quietly resigned from the college a week later. Not so much as an apology for those of us he'd ripped off. He still maintains that he did the work.
Great teachers, lousy academics. Not such great police, either.
I think anyone that thinks they'll get away with a paper they found through Google deserves to fail. Come on, if you're that stupid I can't see how you deserve to actually graduate.
When I was at College we discovered a pretty simple system. Now the staff weren't the brightest --- in fact, most of the students in my year already had degrees, whereas some of the staff hadn't even finished High School. Great teachers, bad academics.
Anyway, we'd be given a book to read, prescribed by the syllabus. If the teacher was new on staff, chances were they hadn't read it. If they had been there longer and had read it, it would have been so long ago it didn't matter.
We came up with a guaranteed system to pass those book reviews.
Read the introduction, and copy out a good little anecdote or quote.
Read the last chapter, finding another quote to use.
Read the blurb on the back, mainly to find out what the book was about.
If you were gunning for top marks, read the write up about the author. Make sure you relate something of his or her experience in the essay.
Write the essay, making sure you explain both quotes and above all, agree with everything. If you disagree, the staff member may actually have to read it themselves in order to judge your argument.
Aim for the lower word limit. If you need to use the whole thing, well, see the previous point.
If you're having trouble with the essay, come up with a reason for handing the thing in late, and get an extension. People who do this will never be failed, beacause the staff are so happy you got the thing done.
The problem those of us with degrees had was that we simply couldn't do that. We were trained to go in boots and all, and none of those essays were hard. But funnily enough, the system worked better than hard work and thinking.
Great staff, though. In that situation, being around people with real life and trade experience was a worth a lot more than reading a book none of them clearly cared about.
Kathy Freeman carried an Australian Aboriginal flag when she won the 400 m sprint at the Commonwealth Games in 1998. She was threatened with all sorts of things if she did it again, but she told all the powers that be to get stuffed. She impressed the said powers so much that she was chosen to light the cauldron at the Olympics.
And then she won the 400 in Sydney, and did it again. Most Australians regard her as a hero. Telling the powers that be to get stuffed is a great Australian tradition.
I also got annoyed once albums starting costing more than one hours pay for me, and live concerts went up to three hours pay for me.
I know exactly what you mean. Here in Australia it's even more exorbitant. The last hourly wage I got was around $AU15 per hour (McDonald's might pay $12) but a new release CD costs at least $30.
And a concert can easily cost $100, or more.
So I don't give them my money any more, because I can't afford it. It's got to be something pretty special for me to pony up those sorts of prices.
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And it sure beats debugging the pizza that should have been put in the fridge last night.
I can't go on any further.
Unless you Americans have been doing something (else) strange to the English language, the word is spelt 'recipe,' not 'recipie.'
Of course, it may be the non-Americans committing this travesty, so I'll stop before I get flamed back.
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Cripes, it's been a while. I only vaguely remember the sword. I do remember beginning FFVIII and my main concern was that the main character's weapon (I said it'd been a while!) didn't seem to become so powerful as quickly as Cloud's did. The more I think about it, I reckon it was Barrett (in my game) that used the Ultima materia in the final showdown.
/.ing and go get my life back in front of the PSX!
And you're right -- the very last battle was against a severely weakened Sephiroth, which wasn't too difficult to do.
I really must spend less time
Or foam insulation, for that matter.
I didn't really read the article too closely -- it had a few too many details and I'd prefer to wait for the movie. Having said that, Cloud seems to still love using his sword.
When I played the game, Cloud ended everything with about thirty uses of his ultima materia.
Unless the whole rebalancing of everything effected by Cloud rendered materia useless, what's the deal with the sword still?
The site was /.ed when I tried to look at it. Or was it...?
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2) Can't answer that one. You might be right. The one thing I like about Konqueror is the status bar tells you in kb the size of the page and how much has loaded. AFAIR Opera has (or had) this feature too.
3) Edit --> Preferences --> Privacy --> Saved Passwords. Edit away. It's probably a good idea to make sure that you never save passwords for banking sites. If you want to reset any of your password choices you can do it here.
Dumb schmuck? Maybe that's their way of contributing to the greater community.
Then again, this is clear proof that the two aren't mutually exclusive.
Man, I thought I was doing well without having to RTFA, but you made me read it anyway.
The injustice is that you now get *good* karma!
My point exactly. Which one(s) you choose is a related but separate issue.
Whether or not these fall into the category of 'theism,' or how the various subvarieties should be defined would be an important part of any such discussion.
And similarly, most theists I know are actually scientific agnostics, but functioning theists---ie we can't *truly* know there's an "other side," but there seems to be enough of a chance of it that to live our lives accordingly makes a bit of sense at least.
Admittedly, which version of events you listen to is another matter for debate...
Of course, the problem is that if the wind does blow, you've lost your data.
And I don't want the job of recovering it.
I'm not Catholic, but I am ordained in a mainline Protestant Church. And I might be good looking, but my mother in law wouldn't let me near her daughter for two years because I look way less than wholesome.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe's not an allegory?
I'm going to have to go back to school to find out what an allegory is, because that book (as well, to a lesser extent, the other six) is the closest thing to an analogy I ever remember reading, with the (possible exception of Animal Farm.)
I don't post this as a troll---I'd actually be interested to find out if I've been labouring under a misapprehension after all these years.
Actually, I do believe you when you say that CS Lewis claimed it wasn't an allegory. Tolkien said the same thing about the LOTR (which I would agree with) but his son Christopher (and others) have pointed out that there is a lot more allegory in there than meets the eye.
Seems to defeat the purpose of an allegory, though.
Where do you want to go today?
All of those in the southern hemisphere repeat after me...
You Insensitive Clod!
e-tax is not compatible with Linux or Apple Macintosh computers. However, if you have suitable Windows Emulator software installed you may be able to use e-tax.
I guess those pesky Linux users don't earn enough to pay tax. Those Macs must be pretty big deductions though. Hope they can afford the Windows Emulator as well...
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Sorry, couldn't resist!
Seriously, having oversight of a small business here in Oz the biggest headache is, four years after GST introduction, trying to convince suppliers to give me proper tax invoices and so on. Having to do the whole withholding tax thing is a major headache, not to mention a great way to lose supply.
I remember a few years ago some 'futurist' on TV was predicting that in 30 years everyone will need a PhD to get a job, even menial, unskilled work. I thought it was load of toss. If I'm employing a cleaner, I want them to be proven in the art of cleaning, not something I'm likely to never have heard of.
Having said that, I agree with your post. I did an Arts degree, with majors in philosophy and Australian Studies. People ask me what I got. I answer 'A B.A. Bachelor of Arts? Yes. And Bugger All.'
Having said that, I got a far better education than a lot of the people who went there to get jobs. I know an electrical engineer who can sign off on the safety of an aluminum smelter, but only because the electrician who has actually been into the plant room says it's okay. He wouldn't have had a clue, and he freely admits it. After ten minutes talking, he seemed to think I'd be able to pick the job up in a day or two.
And knowing anything about the world in which he lives, don't even start.
He's not the only one.
I'm afraid degrees are now seen as a ticket to a salary than anything else. And as a result we're seeing more and more drones being regurgitated. The sad thing is that these people are supposed to be our visionaries and community leaders.
But as always, those jobs will go to the people with vision, work ethic and determination.
And I've got bugger all of that, either.
Many colleges may have clauses buried deep within their constitutions which the students agree to at enrolment, giving the college all rights over any material produced for the institution, including run of the mill assignments.
Come up with a fairly new and original question for your students. Make sure you keep copies of all such essays submitted (even better, require the student to submit two copies.)
Watch the websites and see how many essays appear answering that particular question. Match them up with the essays submitted ... and sue the offenders for copyright violation.
Either that, or sue another lecturer somewhere for stealing your question.
Damn, must take my -- insert name of IP insistent brainwashing evil corporation here -- brain implant out..
I never really trusted the guy, so I asked a couple of friends in his year to keep an eye out for the assignment (it had to be presented in class). Sure enough, after the presentations they came straight to see me with the class copyt of his assignment.
It was identical.
When I say identical, I mean identical. I had used the ugliest, most garish template MS-Works (it all seems so silly in retrospect) could give me (the staff rewarded heavy use of dialogue boxes and 'general creativity.') The mastheads, the page borders and everything were the same.
And the text was definitely mine. My friends were tipped off to the problem because it even sounded like me speaking. They knew he couldn't have done it.
The funny part was, though, he'd used correction fluid to blank out our names (I did it as a joint project) and every occurence of 'us,' 'we,' and so on throughout the piece and replaced it with his handwritten name and appropriate pronouns. He popped it into a photocopier, and his essay was done.
I immediately went to the staff member responsible for these things and she just about had a heart attack, not least because of the ugly template. She started an enquiry, and it turned out every piece of work he'd done up that point had been 'written' the same way. He quietly resigned from the college a week later. Not so much as an apology for those of us he'd ripped off. He still maintains that he did the work.
Great teachers, lousy academics. Not such great police, either.
When I was at College we discovered a pretty simple system. Now the staff weren't the brightest --- in fact, most of the students in my year already had degrees, whereas some of the staff hadn't even finished High School. Great teachers, bad academics.
Anyway, we'd be given a book to read, prescribed by the syllabus. If the teacher was new on staff, chances were they hadn't read it. If they had been there longer and had read it, it would have been so long ago it didn't matter.
We came up with a guaranteed system to pass those book reviews.
The problem those of us with degrees had was that we simply couldn't do that. We were trained to go in boots and all, and none of those essays were hard. But funnily enough, the system worked better than hard work and thinking.
Great staff, though. In that situation, being around people with real life and trade experience was a worth a lot more than reading a book none of them clearly cared about.
I call porkies. You're reading /. for crying out loud.
Kathy Freeman carried an Australian Aboriginal flag when she won the 400 m sprint at the Commonwealth Games in 1998. She was threatened with all sorts of things if she did it again, but she told all the powers that be to get stuffed. She impressed the said powers so much that she was chosen to light the cauldron at the Olympics.
And then she won the 400 in Sydney, and did it again. Most Australians regard her as a hero. Telling the powers that be to get stuffed is a great Australian tradition.
I know exactly what you mean. Here in Australia it's even more exorbitant. The last hourly wage I got was around $AU15 per hour (McDonald's might pay $12) but a new release CD costs at least $30.
And a concert can easily cost $100, or more.
So I don't give them my money any more, because I can't afford it. It's got to be something pretty special for me to pony up those sorts of prices.