Politicians take note: George Orwell's Ninteen Eighty-Four is not a manual for statecraft.
That's just paranoia and coincidence. They really do have your best interests in mind. And they do hope you'll be showing up at the patriotism rally the day the citizen-protecting drones are launched from Airstrip One.
> Do these elements show socialization skills? Cooperative ability? Evaluation of morals? Imagine if the prison ruled that all
> players must be Lawful Good.
Then players will secretly be chaotic evil, masquerading as lawful good. Let's see them stop that!
So they're all gonna RP paladins then, huh?
(Sorry, one too many run-ins with players & DMs who think "You stole a crust of bread from the garbage for your children? CRIMINAL! DIE!" is expected paladin behavior.)
I never knew the full depth of Jack Chick's disconnect with reality until now... 7 gamers - 4 of them attractive girls and not a single one - of any them - overweight!
I know. It's like an advertisement for D&D. "Play Dungeons and Dragons! Meet cute girls! Spend your evenings with domineering sexy women DMs! Learn black magic and get that sourcebook you've always wanted!"
Especially since the alternative seems to be "Become a Christian! Pray! Dress up! Hang around with older men and only a few depressed- or bored-looking people your own age! Burn books! Pray... again!"
(I almost said "Hang around with domineering sexy women DMs!" in that last one, completely unintentionally. I think the tract has had an effect on me. Random thought: The D&D girls here are a bit crazy but that just means you need to catch them before they kill themselves and let them know you're starting your own campaign and they can keep playing their old character. I'm sure they'd be grateful... glaaah, this post is turning into every teenage D&D fantasy that doesn't involve succubi. Stopping now.)
Haha, yeah, and that's exactly the picture I had in mind:)
Probably the funniest of them, though there's others. (Including on bodybuilding sites, I shouldn't wonder.) Was tempted to do a "This is your dog, this is your dog on drugs." joke but seems cruel to make fun of a genetic condition by likening it to steroid use. Because the dog may read Slashdot and feel hurt, right...?
I hate it when systems specifically require odd crap though...requiring a mixed password (must have 2 of the 3 following features or something) is good but saying that my 8-character password must include at least two numbers is actually decreasing the keyspace fairly significantly since you can limit several parts of the password to 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 as opposed to every single letter/number/punctuation.
My personal favorite dumbass password requirement was an internal company one that checked your password for dictionary words and ruled any dictionary word in a password invalid. I thought that was stupid, and then I found out by accident that the dictionary contained "it". And then I realized it contained every two letter word I could think of. So "4!h8B^%iT2" was a weak password because iT is a dictionary word (?!?) and thus the password will be ZOMG dictionary hacked.
We also had like, six different internal systems, each with their own password requirements. One needed at least one number, another normalized mixed case to lowercase, one just didn't care about anything, etc. Passwords all had to be changed, but the dates on which they did was different. (Payroll password changes once a month. I only needed to access the payroll system once a month.)
Ultimately, even the dedicated never-write-it-down people like me had to give up and write their passwords down. I had my cheat sheet in my wallet, but a lot of people just had them at their desks. (Only monitor post-it-notes were caught by management. Paper under the keyboard? Never caught. In a desk drawer? Like the managers are gonna go around opening every drawer in the building!)
So kids who supposedly spend too much time being "plugged in" are going to take time to stop texting, surfing, whatever to complete a journal?
Two words: Online quizzes.
So we not only know about their media habits, but which Naruto character they are? Shame they didn't include that, I really want to see if the Hinatas as a group read more or less than the Sasukes.
(Good lord, I didn't even need to look character names up for that. I'm ashamed.)
Looks like both a large bovine, and one that has the double muscling gene. (Which also occurs in other species -- humans, dogs, and I believe also mice.)
A whippet with double muscling is a bizarre sight.
For audience members with a poor grasp on dog breeds:
It's a mutation, but sadly the whippet has been turned down for the X-Men on the grounds that it's female and only huge-muscled males are accepted as superheroes. Females must have the related huge-boobs-and-no-waist gene.
So, the first one builds a friend, then each builds a friend, and each of those builds a friend. Soon enough there will be millions, and they will be able to invade your blood cells!
I've got a clever plan to stop them. I treat my body poorly, so my blood cells and the rest of me will be in such bad shape that the invaders will be disgusted by the slum-like living conditions and leave. So while all you healthy people are dismantled by the Evil Nanobot Horde, they'll just leave me alone! I shall outlive all of you! Now hand me the phone, I'm gonna order some buckets of chicken.
For lying I was asked to go out in the parking lot and pick up a pile of shattered glass that the vigilant security guard had discovered that morning.(Banged head on desk)
Condolences. Worst I ever got was being 'volunteered' to spend my Friday lunch hours transcribing text from faxes into a staff computer, and then accused of vandalizing said computer one Monday. Why? They knew I'd used it on Friday. The fact that a staff member had used it the Friday afternoon after I did was irrelevant, as were the assorted weekend things happening in the building. I was the last kid known to be near it, so I was the first and only suspect.
BTW when chemicals are tested in sensitive organs like rabbits' eyes, regulations require that the animal first be anaesthetized so that it will NOT feel any pain, in the event that damage does occur.
But that's not what Captain Planet taught me! From Captain Planet I learned that nuclear reactors are ticking time bombs of death and scientists who perform animal testing are evil and cruel and often women who wear tight pink jumpsuits! So I became a scientist and now I'm surrounded by a bunch of men! WHERE'S MY CRUEL WOMEN IN TIGHT PINK JUMPSUITS!?
I would in a heartbeat (of course, IANADeveloper). The more hype, the more expectation. The bar keeps creeping up. Eventually, the hype is so bad that a no-name but otherwise identical "great" game is merely "living up to the hype" once it's got the hyped brand plastered on it.
Sounds like someone at Acer needs to learn to put safety fuses between power domains, especially when you're feeding power from a fat power bus into a tiny wire.
Until they can get fuses for free, don't count on it.:(
How much do you have to pay for stock OEM windows? Because whenever I optimize a computer, it mostly involves removing the shoddy always-on software installed by the manufacturer / Best Buy.
Hell, don't even pay for it. Borrow a disk from someone and use the already-bought-and-paid-for OEM license key on the side of the case. Usually works.
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Politicians take note: George Orwell's Ninteen Eighty-Four is not a manual for statecraft.
That's just paranoia and coincidence. They really do have your best interests in mind. And they do hope you'll be showing up at the patriotism rally the day the citizen-protecting drones are launched from Airstrip One.
> Do these elements show socialization skills? Cooperative ability? Evaluation of morals? Imagine if the prison ruled that all > players must be Lawful Good.
Then players will secretly be chaotic evil, masquerading as lawful good. Let's see them stop that!
So they're all gonna RP paladins then, huh?
(Sorry, one too many run-ins with players & DMs who think "You stole a crust of bread from the garbage for your children? CRIMINAL! DIE!" is expected paladin behavior.)
I never knew the full depth of Jack Chick's disconnect with reality until now... 7 gamers - 4 of them attractive girls and not a single one - of any them - overweight!
I know. It's like an advertisement for D&D. "Play Dungeons and Dragons! Meet cute girls! Spend your evenings with domineering sexy women DMs! Learn black magic and get that sourcebook you've always wanted!"
Especially since the alternative seems to be "Become a Christian! Pray! Dress up! Hang around with older men and only a few depressed- or bored-looking people your own age! Burn books! Pray... again!"
(I almost said "Hang around with domineering sexy women DMs!" in that last one, completely unintentionally. I think the tract has had an effect on me. Random thought: The D&D girls here are a bit crazy but that just means you need to catch them before they kill themselves and let them know you're starting your own campaign and they can keep playing their old character. I'm sure they'd be grateful... glaaah, this post is turning into every teenage D&D fantasy that doesn't involve succubi. Stopping now.)
Nope, I'm stuck at 12 years old.
Boobies!
As always, it is far easier to drag the mean Slashdot age down than it is to bring it up.
You bunch of poopyheads.
Not sure what it means, but I'm tempted to plug-in Guitar Hero and jam along to your firewall logs.
Just let me finish my Klax game first.
U: The Archon V2.0
P: hqvqagsnyysbevg!ebg13
Haha, yeah, and that's exactly the picture I had in mind :)
Probably the funniest of them, though there's others. (Including on bodybuilding sites, I shouldn't wonder.) Was tempted to do a "This is your dog, this is your dog on drugs." joke but seems cruel to make fun of a genetic condition by likening it to steroid use. Because the dog may read Slashdot and feel hurt, right...?
My point is that 1984 is fictional literature and nothing like the current state of government. It's over-the-top hyperbole.
It's dystopian fiction. It's supposed to be.
Utopian fiction shows you how good the world would be if everyone just did exactly what the author thinks they should do.
Dystopian fiction shows you how bad the world would be if everyone just did exactly what the author thinks they WILL do.
Kinda hard to have a relationship with a Roomba....
I take it you've tried?
Like, a... physical... relationship? Owowowow brushes right up front owowowow no tubing owowow.
Just when I thought people who stick their bits in a regular vacuum cleaner couldn't be outdone for finding interesting ways to damage themselves.
I hate it when systems specifically require odd crap though...requiring a mixed password (must have 2 of the 3 following features or something) is good but saying that my 8-character password must include at least two numbers is actually decreasing the keyspace fairly significantly since you can limit several parts of the password to 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 as opposed to every single letter/number/punctuation.
My personal favorite dumbass password requirement was an internal company one that checked your password for dictionary words and ruled any dictionary word in a password invalid. I thought that was stupid, and then I found out by accident that the dictionary contained "it". And then I realized it contained every two letter word I could think of. So "4!h8B^%iT2" was a weak password because iT is a dictionary word (?!?) and thus the password will be ZOMG dictionary hacked.
We also had like, six different internal systems, each with their own password requirements. One needed at least one number, another normalized mixed case to lowercase, one just didn't care about anything, etc. Passwords all had to be changed, but the dates on which they did was different. (Payroll password changes once a month. I only needed to access the payroll system once a month.)
Ultimately, even the dedicated never-write-it-down people like me had to give up and write their passwords down. I had my cheat sheet in my wallet, but a lot of people just had them at their desks. (Only monitor post-it-notes were caught by management. Paper under the keyboard? Never caught. In a desk drawer? Like the managers are gonna go around opening every drawer in the building!)
So, yay security?
So kids who supposedly spend too much time being "plugged in" are going to take time to stop texting, surfing, whatever to complete a journal?
Two words: Online quizzes.
So we not only know about their media habits, but which Naruto character they are? Shame they didn't include that, I really want to see if the Hinatas as a group read more or less than the Sasukes.
(Good lord, I didn't even need to look character names up for that. I'm ashamed.)
Looks like both a large bovine, and one that has the double muscling gene. (Which also occurs in other species -- humans, dogs, and I believe also mice.)
A whippet with double muscling is a bizarre sight.
For audience members with a poor grasp on dog breeds:
This is a whippet. This is a double-muscled whippet.
It's a mutation, but sadly the whippet has been turned down for the X-Men on the grounds that it's female and only huge-muscled males are accepted as superheroes. Females must have the related huge-boobs-and-no-waist gene.
So, the first one builds a friend, then each builds a friend, and each of those builds a friend. Soon enough there will be millions, and they will be able to invade your blood cells!
I've got a clever plan to stop them. I treat my body poorly, so my blood cells and the rest of me will be in such bad shape that the invaders will be disgusted by the slum-like living conditions and leave. So while all you healthy people are dismantled by the Evil Nanobot Horde, they'll just leave me alone! I shall outlive all of you! Now hand me the phone, I'm gonna order some buckets of chicken.
We don't want to get slashdot in trouble.
+5 funny? Dude, you are the bomb! You killed all of Slashdot!
For lying I was asked to go out in the parking lot and pick up a pile of shattered glass that the vigilant security guard had discovered that morning.(Banged head on desk)
Condolences. Worst I ever got was being 'volunteered' to spend my Friday lunch hours transcribing text from faxes into a staff computer, and then accused of vandalizing said computer one Monday. Why? They knew I'd used it on Friday. The fact that a staff member had used it the Friday afternoon after I did was irrelevant, as were the assorted weekend things happening in the building. I was the last kid known to be near it, so I was the first and only suspect.
The odds of a trained professional accidentally discharging a weapon
We left 'trained professional' way behind when said professional basically threatened to plug a couple of unarmed kids.
I watched a whole porno crosseyed , you insensitive clod! Glasses are a small price to pay for a larger picture and less eyestrain...
I watched poorly-drawn hentai and went crosseyed from trying to sort out the dubious anatomy, you insensitive clods!
BTW when chemicals are tested in sensitive organs like rabbits' eyes, regulations require that the animal first be anaesthetized so that it will NOT feel any pain, in the event that damage does occur.
But that's not what Captain Planet taught me! From Captain Planet I learned that nuclear reactors are ticking time bombs of death and scientists who perform animal testing are evil and cruel and often women who wear tight pink jumpsuits! So I became a scientist and now I'm surrounded by a bunch of men! WHERE'S MY CRUEL WOMEN IN TIGHT PINK JUMPSUITS!?
...that will last forever.
So, on the "things that will last forever that you can give to your girlfriend" scale, where between diamonds and herpes does a preorder for DNF sit?
No publisher would throw away 12 years of hype.
I would in a heartbeat (of course, IANADeveloper). The more hype, the more expectation. The bar keeps creeping up. Eventually, the hype is so bad that a no-name but otherwise identical "great" game is merely "living up to the hype" once it's got the hyped brand plastered on it.
Sounds like someone at Acer needs to learn to put safety fuses between power domains, especially when you're feeding power from a fat power bus into a tiny wire.
Until they can get fuses for free, don't count on it.:(
IDSPISPOPD - NoClip (walking through walls etc..,) (was simply NOCLIP in Doom II)
IDCLIP. All the Doom cheats started with ID.
How much do you have to pay for stock OEM windows? Because whenever I optimize a computer, it mostly involves removing the shoddy always-on software installed by the manufacturer / Best Buy.
Hell, don't even pay for it. Borrow a disk from someone and use the already-bought-and-paid-for OEM license key on the side of the case. Usually works.
It's "Tipsy Bear" from the care bear family.
I remember him. No Heart didn't cause him much trouble, but No Liver could defeat him easily.
I guess I should make it clear, that when I have a bomb in my rear, that I'm talking about McDonald's for lunch, not C4.
Given the ban on using the bathrooms for portions of the flight, I'm no longer sure which bomb will be worse.