Simply change the zombies,germans,and other assorted baddies into Jack Thompsons and friends and you have political value and the law no longer applies
That's what I've been thinking. I can't come up with a situation where there isn't any 'political' value to a FPS. Well, maybe if there is no backstory, but pretty much any attempt will garner you at least a meager social commentary, which has political value in my book.
Yes, but any security at all, even if very easily circumvented, is better than no security. Sure, ROT-13 does nothing, but if someone is snooping and doesn't immediately understand, they're more likely to move on to less difficult targets.
Well, I can't speak officially, but I think an American company named 'Wang' has bigger problems than a slogan meaning something else in Britain.. Because really, and slogan involving Wang is going to be problematic.
Actually, I don't think the locking after 3 attempts was meant to stop brute force attemps, but rather to stop password guessing attempts, i.e. birthdays, mother's maiden name, children's names and ages... There are at least a couple dozen likely passwords for someone based on things you can find out about them. Having suffered through a couple lock-outs, I still think 3 is too low, however, 500 is too high to prevent this sort of thing.
I agree. However, the vast majority of people pushing for ID (not necessarily the vast majority of people who might agree with it) are those for whom ID is a way of getting creationism into the classroom. They are the ones making all the ruckus, so they are the ones that everyone sees and hears about.
Err, that's not exactly true. Most Native Americans were settled in villages, it's just that popular perception of them comes from the Great Plains tribes, who were nomadic.
A note to all who modded the parent funny:
I have recently filed for a patent on the correlation between finding a post humorous and modding that post up. My lawyers will be in touch with you shortly.
I dispute your claim that even bright christians are capable of evaluating new information that goes against their preconceptions, btw - purely anecdotal, but there you go.
Unfortunately, I believe this to be pretty much par for the course for the majority of humanity.
We have no influence over the planet? Are you kidding?
No. At least, not on a true global scale.
2. Drained the netherlands.
Well, the central US used to be under water as well, I don't think we had anything to do with that.
3. Generated the great dust cloud covering china.
Volcanoes and meteors have been doing this for much longer than we have.
4. Increased global radiation levels by a bit due to one accident.
Actually, that radiation was here to begin with. We may have brought it to the surface, but it was definitely here.
6. Caused the extinction of thousands of species.
But not millions, as has happened repeatedly in the past.
7. Facilitated the introduction of several species to new habitats, dramatically destablising the native biosphere.
While inconvenient for native fauna, I hardly think this is a global concern.
9. Increased gobal carbon dioxide levels by at least 27%
Unless I'm completely mistaken, they've been higher in the past. Not human's past, but life's past.
10. Cultivated 11% of Earth's total land surface..... And so on...
11% huh? While that is a whole lot of land, it's still only 11%.
And you are telling me that these don't matter?
Yeah, pretty much. Certainly we're completely capable of screwing ourselves over. But as your parent said, no, I sure don't think we're capable of completely screwing over life as we know it, let alone what else might evolve assuming we somehow manage that. Basically, if you're concerned with the impact we might be having on ourselves or future generations, then you're likely validated, but if you think we can screw up life ingeneral, then you clearly think too much of yourself.
I'm not exactly familiar with WoW, nor with its guild structure, but what it seem like you are saying is that there should be no guilds allowed formed mostly of friends in real life. This seems ludicrous to me.
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So what you're saying is that trig should be banned from schools?
Simply change the zombies,germans,and other assorted baddies into Jack Thompsons and friends and you have political value and the law no longer applies
That's what I've been thinking. I can't come up with a situation where there isn't any 'political' value to a FPS. Well, maybe if there is no backstory, but pretty much any attempt will garner you at least a meager social commentary, which has political value in my book.
Yes, but any security at all, even if very easily circumvented, is better than no security. Sure, ROT-13 does nothing, but if someone is snooping and doesn't immediately understand, they're more likely to move on to less difficult targets.
Well, I can't speak officially, but I think an American company named 'Wang' has bigger problems than a slogan meaning something else in Britain.. Because really, and slogan involving Wang is going to be problematic.
Exactly. So now schools can't require them, but if movie theaters do... The government will just let peer pressure do their work for them.
Both times I had the highest GPA of anyone in the class. I was never allowed to speak at graduation, or say anything.
Lucky bastard. I was 3rd in my high school class and they made me give a speech...
Actually, I don't think the locking after 3 attempts was meant to stop brute force attemps, but rather to stop password guessing attempts, i.e. birthdays, mother's maiden name, children's names and ages... There are at least a couple dozen likely passwords for someone based on things you can find out about them. Having suffered through a couple lock-outs, I still think 3 is too low, however, 500 is too high to prevent this sort of thing.
Attempted murder? Now what is that? Is there a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry?
They sue grannies who don't even own computers on a regular basis.
Yeah, every three weeks or so they go out and buy a new computer, only to turn around and sell it the next week....
I'm sorry, but the basement does not count as "out of the house"... ;)
I agree. However, the vast majority of people pushing for ID (not necessarily the vast majority of people who might agree with it) are those for whom ID is a way of getting creationism into the classroom. They are the ones making all the ruckus, so they are the ones that everyone sees and hears about.
Err, that's not exactly true. Most Native Americans were settled in villages, it's just that popular perception of them comes from the Great Plains tribes, who were nomadic.
A note to all who modded the parent funny: I have recently filed for a patent on the correlation between finding a post humorous and modding that post up. My lawyers will be in touch with you shortly.
Actually, I was heard a piece on WPR about just that.
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http://www.wpr.org/webcasting/ideas_audioarchives
Search for "A Measure of Media Bias"
I dispute your claim that even bright christians are capable of evaluating new information that goes against their preconceptions, btw - purely anecdotal, but there you go.
Unfortunately, I believe this to be pretty much par for the course for the majority of humanity.
More crap imported from the US.
Not if they were imported in 1935...
We have no influence over the planet? Are you kidding?
.... And so on...
No. At least, not on a true global scale.
2. Drained the netherlands.
Well, the central US used to be under water as well, I don't think we had anything to do with that.
3. Generated the great dust cloud covering china.
Volcanoes and meteors have been doing this for much longer than we have.
4. Increased global radiation levels by a bit due to one accident.
Actually, that radiation was here to begin with. We may have brought it to the surface, but it was definitely here.
6. Caused the extinction of thousands of species.
But not millions, as has happened repeatedly in the past.
7. Facilitated the introduction of several species to new habitats, dramatically destablising the native biosphere.
While inconvenient for native fauna, I hardly think this is a global concern.
9. Increased gobal carbon dioxide levels by at least 27%
Unless I'm completely mistaken, they've been higher in the past. Not human's past, but life's past.
10. Cultivated 11% of Earth's total land surface.
11% huh? While that is a whole lot of land, it's still only 11%.
And you are telling me that these don't matter?
Yeah, pretty much. Certainly we're completely capable of screwing ourselves over. But as your parent said, no, I sure don't think we're capable of completely screwing over life as we know it, let alone what else might evolve assuming we somehow manage that. Basically, if you're concerned with the impact we might be having on ourselves or future generations, then you're likely validated, but if you think we can screw up life ingeneral, then you clearly think too much of yourself.
That, sir, is the funniest thing I have read all day.
The question is, was NOVA's research among the 48%?
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Is anyone else concerned with the effect this could have on global warming?
One of them nailed his ass with DNA evidence.
;)
Umm, you sure it wasn't the other way around?
I'm not exactly familiar with WoW, nor with its guild structure, but what it seem like you are saying is that there should be no guilds allowed formed mostly of friends in real life. This seems ludicrous to me.
Well, it was a comic on Penny Arcade a week or so ago. I didn't check into the backstory at all, but that would be a good place to start looking.
It seems to me that FISA is a method by which FOREIGN countries can spy on U.S. citizens. That's not what happened.
Not quite. On behalf of a foreign power modifies espionage, not surveillance and search.
Yes