This is how Davros got his start, isn't it? First it's just one or two remote units for home security, then the next thing you know they're heavily armed and armored killing machines intoning "EX-TER-MIN-ATE!" at the neighbors.
Just wondering: When, exactly, will the credits stop rolling? This corpse has had so many silver bullets pumped into it that it's getting assessed by mineral developers.
Oh, sure. The spin will be about how "Big Pharma" is trying to suppress the "truth" about herbal remedies. So a report like this will be given roughly the same deference as the John Birch Society gives a White House press release. If it's not an out-and-out lie (to them), then it's a backhanded concession that they were right all along, because, hey, look how scared Big Pharma must be, to do this study to disprove our moonbat claims!
Actually, Mepis was the first distro I tried. For whatever reason, no matter how much I (figuratively) banged my head against the wall to get it to work, I, a mere end-user, just couldn't. Ubuntu was my last shot at a Linux distro and it's been golden.
I work in a public library. We use barcode scanners to keep things moving. The one box that has Vista installed on it suddenly slowed the input of those scanners to the point where it's actually faster to type the barcodes in with a keypad than use the scanners.
This isn't a perception problem. It's a PROBLEM problem!
Yes, I'll never forget how Doom II taught me about controlling my breathing, acquiring a good sight picture, and trigger squeeze.
No, wait. That was the Army.
"Political correctness?" Really? I think you'll find that bad parenting predates the term. One can find such parenting even in morally rigid, highly unrelativistic families. A hundred hours of GTA are nothing next to a lifetime under an abusive dogmatist for a father, for example. Parents who want to be the buddies of their kids, though annoying, do far less damage to society than the ones who do their best to grind the kids' self-esteem under their heels.
And saying the games are a catalyst still implies causation, which remains unproven.
Mmmm... no. Simulators are training, and the debriefings that follow their use aren't designed to help them deal with any sort of emotional trauma, but rather to evalutate how they did in said simulator and where room for improvement might lie.
Plus, add to that the fact that, unlike most folks who play GTA, soldiers in simulators are training for actual situations that they will face in real life. Real life, it's generally acknowledged, is generally the source of most physical and psychological trauma.
Actually, Clinton's more center-right in her political orientation. If, at this point in time, you still can't bring yourself to express regret for voting for the war, you ain't no liberal.
Of course, a real liberal would have never cast that vote in the first place, but I digress.
Anyway, Clinton fits nicely into the mold of "Building a Better America Through Censorship" types, which is one of the several reasons why she's not getting my vote in the Dem primary next year.
Make no mistake, I have Ubuntu, I love it, and use it 99.99% of the time when I'm home. But even with the best Linux distros, one is still taking a roll of the dice when buying new hardware. I'm currently having a problem with a new tablet I was given as a gift. The only Linux driver available for it is two years old and made for my brand's previous model. Needless to say, it's been something of a nightmare to get it up and running properly. I'm willing to do it because, well, I'm a masochist, apparently.
But most users won't.
They were originally signed to perform, but the robots protested, claiming that Britney and Jessica were "just too artificial".
"We gotta draw the line somewhere," GuitarBot was heard to say. "I mean, sure we're just steel and cables and processors and stuff, but those two are just flat-out fake, man!"
Spokespeople for Spears and Simpson had no comment.
I think writers should just come to grips with the fact that, once the pre-production starts, the story is out of their hands. Short stories and novels are expressions of personal vision, whereas the movie or miniseries or what-have-you based upon said short story or novel is the creation of a small community. That the two bear any similarity to each other is sometimes nothing less than a gift from God (compare Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Moonraker to the movie of the same name).
Comic writer Alan Moore acknowledges this fundamental difference, and takes pains to distance himself from the celluloid adaptations of his work. While this seemed quirky or exceptionally modest when it came to, say, From Hell, it was absolute genius when confronted with the massive stinker that was League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
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This is how Davros got his start, isn't it? First it's just one or two remote units for home security, then the next thing you know they're heavily armed and armored killing machines intoning "EX-TER-MIN-ATE!" at the neighbors.
Just wondering: When, exactly, will the credits stop rolling? This corpse has had so many silver bullets pumped into it that it's getting assessed by mineral developers.
Oh, sure. The spin will be about how "Big Pharma" is trying to suppress the "truth" about herbal remedies. So a report like this will be given roughly the same deference as the John Birch Society gives a White House press release. If it's not an out-and-out lie (to them), then it's a backhanded concession that they were right all along, because, hey, look how scared Big Pharma must be, to do this study to disprove our moonbat claims!
The Dark Side has already claimed this one. He has given in to his anger.
A Jedi craves not these things...
For a second there I thought that someone had finally invented the tricorder.
Actually, Mepis was the first distro I tried. For whatever reason, no matter how much I (figuratively) banged my head against the wall to get it to work, I, a mere end-user, just couldn't. Ubuntu was my last shot at a Linux distro and it's been golden.
... to let somebody suffer with Parkinson's Disease or Alzheimer's. Guys like His Holiness are why I left the church.
whatcouldpossiblygowrong?
I work in a public library. We use barcode scanners to keep things moving. The one box that has Vista installed on it suddenly slowed the input of those scanners to the point where it's actually faster to type the barcodes in with a keypad than use the scanners. This isn't a perception problem. It's a PROBLEM problem!
(fishes a quarter out of his pocket, the real-world value of his vast SL fortune) Don't go spending that all in one place!
Yes, I'll never forget how Doom II taught me about controlling my breathing, acquiring a good sight picture, and trigger squeeze. No, wait. That was the Army.
"Political correctness?" Really? I think you'll find that bad parenting predates the term. One can find such parenting even in morally rigid, highly unrelativistic families. A hundred hours of GTA are nothing next to a lifetime under an abusive dogmatist for a father, for example. Parents who want to be the buddies of their kids, though annoying, do far less damage to society than the ones who do their best to grind the kids' self-esteem under their heels.
And saying the games are a catalyst still implies causation, which remains unproven.
Mmmm... no. Simulators are training, and the debriefings that follow their use aren't designed to help them deal with any sort of emotional trauma, but rather to evalutate how they did in said simulator and where room for improvement might lie.
Plus, add to that the fact that, unlike most folks who play GTA, soldiers in simulators are training for actual situations that they will face in real life. Real life, it's generally acknowledged, is generally the source of most physical and psychological trauma.
But nice try, Mr. Thompson.
Actually, Clinton's more center-right in her political orientation. If, at this point in time, you still can't bring yourself to express regret for voting for the war, you ain't no liberal. Of course, a real liberal would have never cast that vote in the first place, but I digress. Anyway, Clinton fits nicely into the mold of "Building a Better America Through Censorship" types, which is one of the several reasons why she's not getting my vote in the Dem primary next year.
Make no mistake, I have Ubuntu, I love it, and use it 99.99% of the time when I'm home. But even with the best Linux distros, one is still taking a roll of the dice when buying new hardware. I'm currently having a problem with a new tablet I was given as a gift. The only Linux driver available for it is two years old and made for my brand's previous model. Needless to say, it's been something of a nightmare to get it up and running properly. I'm willing to do it because, well, I'm a masochist, apparently. But most users won't.
"Whiskey is carried into committee rooms in demijohns and carried out in demagogues." - Mark Twain
Yes, clearly, to paraphrase Rod Corddry, the facts are biased against the Republicans.
That's the catch when you run the entire government: Everything the government does (or fails to do) is suddenly YOUR responsibility.
Sign me up!
They were originally signed to perform, but the robots protested, claiming that Britney and Jessica were "just too artificial". "We gotta draw the line somewhere," GuitarBot was heard to say. "I mean, sure we're just steel and cables and processors and stuff, but those two are just flat-out fake, man!" Spokespeople for Spears and Simpson had no comment.
"Knave! Methinks thine attire doth explain why thou hast not lain with a wench in many a fortnight."
Comic writer Alan Moore acknowledges this fundamental difference, and takes pains to distance himself from the celluloid adaptations of his work. While this seemed quirky or exceptionally modest when it came to, say, From Hell, it was absolute genius when confronted with the massive stinker that was League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.