I've been playing videogames for years now, I've played CS, Doom, Unreal Tournament, etc. I never was really bothered by the violence or graphics because it was entertainment. I even thought GTA:San Andreas was an excellent game, despite it's dubious morals.
I have no problem with people publishing ManHunt2, or playing it. But is anyone else very disturbed by the idea of using a Wiimote to stab/strangle/maim people? This just seems over-the-top to me. I don't think I could play this even if it appealed to me.
Slashing interest rates to record lows (sub-1%) is going to create a subprime mortgage crisis. Anyone can see that coming, people will get easy mortgages fast and not be prepared for the adjustable rate rising. Many economists predicted a crisis, some didn't think it would be very bad. Frankly, this downtown is a necessary correction.
Inflation is probably not outpacing your salary, all those reasons inflation is overstated are rock solid. Compare your spending and consumption with last year. If your taxes increased (property taxes often do) factor that in. Unless your salary remained constant or you took a pay cut, it is impossible for inflation alone to account for a decline in real income, probably taxes and new purchases.
Actually virtual all economists agree that the inflationary rate is overstated by around 1%. It ignores increases in quality, tech innovation, and the substitution effect. (if prices at grocery stores rise, more people will go to Walmart for their groceries yet this is not counted) It's also acknowledged by most groups in the Federal Reserve.
Chances are if your wages are really increasing by that percentage, your spending or consumption is up (did you buy that iPhone..?). Inflation has recently been around 2.5-3%, realistically around 2%...so if you're exceeding that in salary increases, it's probably not due to inflation.
Let the battle begin......Canada has already asserted complete rights to the passage, Russia and the United States want it to be international waters. It matters because this passage is incredibly lucrative for the months of the year it's open.
What's even more ironic is one of the related groups in "petition: if f**k islam isn't deleted we r quitting" is named "THEY ARE TRYING TO SHUTDOWN FACEBOOK! PETITION TO KEEP IT, INVITE ALL!
The anti-evolutionist sentiment held by most of the Republican candidates is HARDLY the place to start the questioning. I'll give a sample of topics for candidates, so they can respond to questions that actually matter.
Romney- You once said you want to "double Guantanamo." Why do you condone, rather, endorse one of the darkest spots on America's record? Should we continue to deny them rights in the Geneva Convetnion?
Giuliani- Are you running as anything but the 9/11 candidate?
McCain- You've supported continuing the Iraq war voceriferously, when do we call it quits? After 1,000 troops are dead? 10,000? You joked about invading Iran, would you consider it?
Paul- You oppose abortion. Would you enact legislation to counteract (or severely restrict) Roe v. Wade?
There's a bunch more candidates, but why pick evolution? It is a fairly unimportant topic (considering the others at hand) and it is unlikely that a President will seriously impact what is taught in the tens of thousands of school districts across the nation (who pick their own cirriculum generally).
Amarok is lighter than iTunes, it can sync iPod's flawlessly, (rip and put on music from any computer, any iPod) iTunes is not a reason to stay on Mac/Windows.
Foreign airlines are not allowed to fly domestically within the United States. I have no idea why, but they aren't. That's why you cannot hop on a British Airways flight from DC to LA.
Deregulation helped the United States immensely. "The U.S. airline market was deregulated in 1978. The virtues of the move, though long debated, had become more than self-evident by the mid-1990s: With the government no longer dictating ticket prices and in-flight menus, airfares dropped 40 percent in real terms between 1978 and 1997, saving travelers an estimated $20 billion a year and more than doubling the total number of passengers. (Accident rates, meanwhile, were cut in half.)"
However, security concerns (both physical and employment) have prevented us from allowing foreign airlines to fly within the United States. The efficiency and lower price of increased competition robs us all, everytime you take a flight you are paying a premium to keep Europeans out.
this is long overdue and more importantly, would swing my preference. I would pay a bit more to fly Qantas with this service, it's just a shame they aren't allowed to fly domestically in the US
Very true. My university has a dual-T3 connection, and it's fast as hell. Except around 6-8pm, when everyone seems to be on. You'd be surprised at how much everyone on AIM and browsing the internet kills your speed, despite their low-bandwidth usage.
Then again, my torrenting habits probably don't help.
Mod parent insightful more than funny. Although I love the names and the creativity, "Vista Premium" sounds a hell of a lot better than "Feisty Fawn" when I'm seriously encouraging its' use to another person. I just generally go with "Ubuntu 7.04," but most people think that means version 7, revision 4. (April-2007, if you didn't know)
Wrong. Libby was not convicted of leaking information, he was convicted of deceiving and lying under oath.....exactly what Bill Clinton was. So please, let's put that into context. Neither were convicted of what everyone though.
I am a junior recruiter, and I would say take the year over again, if grad school is not a possible. Few recruiters really care how fast you get your degree as long as you did a decent job with it. There are a million reasons in which people can take 5 years to get their degree, generally at my office we would ignore it and move on.
But now, it's i-everything. iPod, iPhone, iTunes, and less you think it's all Apple products, iTrip, iRock, iGoogle (who freaked out when that appeared on their home page??)
Anyway, we have never heard any cussing from our kids
Just wait until start gaming and hear that grating annoying godawful pseudo-female voice say, "Additional Supply Depots required."
I always thought that if Microsoft played that audio clip when you got a BSOD there would be a lot of PC's flying out of Windows.
I know, you wouldn't believe it! I hung out with 3 of my friends on the way to Paris and watched a fat guy get mugged, it was pretty funny. But I was convicted on the Good Samaritan law and sentenced to two years in prison. I'm just getting back to my job now....Bee Movie in theaters this fall, see it!
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Reminds me of my favorite superbowl commercial, I don't know how many times this got passed around the office.
I have no problem with people publishing ManHunt2, or playing it. But is anyone else very disturbed by the idea of using a Wiimote to stab/strangle/maim people? This just seems over-the-top to me. I don't think I could play this even if it appealed to me.
Inflation is probably not outpacing your salary, all those reasons inflation is overstated are rock solid. Compare your spending and consumption with last year. If your taxes increased (property taxes often do) factor that in. Unless your salary remained constant or you took a pay cut, it is impossible for inflation alone to account for a decline in real income, probably taxes and new purchases.
Chances are if your wages are really increasing by that percentage, your spending or consumption is up (did you buy that iPhone..?). Inflation has recently been around 2.5-3%, realistically around 2%...so if you're exceeding that in salary increases, it's probably not due to inflation.
Let the battle begin......Canada has already asserted complete rights to the passage, Russia and the United States want it to be international waters. It matters because this passage is incredibly lucrative for the months of the year it's open.
What's even more ironic is one of the related groups in "petition: if f**k islam isn't deleted we r quitting" is named "THEY ARE TRYING TO SHUTDOWN FACEBOOK! PETITION TO KEEP IT, INVITE ALL!
The iPhone, however, is not subsidized by the AT&T contract.
Romney- You once said you want to "double Guantanamo." Why do you condone, rather, endorse one of the darkest spots on America's record? Should we continue to deny them rights in the Geneva Convetnion?
Giuliani- Are you running as anything but the 9/11 candidate?
McCain- You've supported continuing the Iraq war voceriferously, when do we call it quits? After 1,000 troops are dead? 10,000? You joked about invading Iran, would you consider it?
Paul- You oppose abortion. Would you enact legislation to counteract (or severely restrict) Roe v. Wade?
There's a bunch more candidates, but why pick evolution? It is a fairly unimportant topic (considering the others at hand) and it is unlikely that a President will seriously impact what is taught in the tens of thousands of school districts across the nation (who pick their own cirriculum generally).
Amarok is lighter than iTunes, it can sync iPod's flawlessly, (rip and put on music from any computer, any iPod) iTunes is not a reason to stay on Mac/Windows.
(This was posted on Firefox 2.0 on an IBM Thinkpad, standard at the firm I work for)
Foreign airlines are not allowed to fly domestically within the United States. I have no idea why, but they aren't. That's why you cannot hop on a British Airways flight from DC to LA.
Deregulation helped the United States immensely. "The U.S. airline market was deregulated in 1978. The virtues of the move, though long debated, had become more than self-evident by the mid-1990s: With the government no longer dictating ticket prices and in-flight menus, airfares dropped 40 percent in real terms between 1978 and 1997, saving travelers an estimated $20 billion a year and more than doubling the total number of passengers. (Accident rates, meanwhile, were cut in half.)"
However, security concerns (both physical and employment) have prevented us from allowing foreign airlines to fly within the United States. The efficiency and lower price of increased competition robs us all, everytime you take a flight you are paying a premium to keep Europeans out.
this is long overdue and more importantly, would swing my preference. I would pay a bit more to fly Qantas with this service, it's just a shame they aren't allowed to fly domestically in the US
Note they aren't mandating 2nd-generation broadband that is a DEFINITION. And it's good they did that, because oftentimes I see advertisements for "broadband" internet that is just a few touches better than a 56k. That's why House Democrats called for a higher definition, right now, that definition includes any connection over 200Kbps, which Markey wants to boost more than 10 times. I doubt anyone on /. would consider 200kbps as "broadband."
Then again, my torrenting habits probably don't help.
Mod parent insightful more than funny. Although I love the names and the creativity, "Vista Premium" sounds a hell of a lot better than "Feisty Fawn" when I'm seriously encouraging its' use to another person. I just generally go with "Ubuntu 7.04," but most people think that means version 7, revision 4. (April-2007, if you didn't know)
That is legally completely irrelevent, and no one knows whether he did or not. His punishment for lying and deceiving under oath was quite excessive.
For the millionth time, Scooter Libby was not convicted of outing a federal agent. Check the facts.
Wrong. Libby was not convicted of leaking information, he was convicted of deceiving and lying under oath.....exactly what Bill Clinton was. So please, let's put that into context. Neither were convicted of what everyone though.
I am a junior recruiter, and I would say take the year over again, if grad school is not a possible. Few recruiters really care how fast you get your degree as long as you did a decent job with it. There are a million reasons in which people can take 5 years to get their degree, generally at my office we would ignore it and move on.
But now, it's i-everything. iPod, iPhone, iTunes, and less you think it's all Apple products, iTrip, iRock, iGoogle (who freaked out when that appeared on their home page??)
Or here's a direct link to the FCC comment site.
I wonder with the iPhone's wifi if this kinda thing will happen more often.
"You are attempting to screw over the populace, Allow or Deny?"
On second thought, I think Microsoft has pre-programmed that answer...
Anyway, we have never heard any cussing from our kids
Just wait until start gaming and hear that grating annoying godawful pseudo-female voice say, "Additional Supply Depots required."
I always thought that if Microsoft played that audio clip when you got a BSOD there would be a lot of PC's flying out of Windows.
I know, you wouldn't believe it! I hung out with 3 of my friends on the way to Paris and watched a fat guy get mugged, it was pretty funny. But I was convicted on the Good Samaritan law and sentenced to two years in prison. I'm just getting back to my job now....Bee Movie in theaters this fall, see it!