I am marrying a girl who likes Star Trek and RPG games. She's not incredibly into them, but enough to be considered nerdy. Certainly, most of the nerd girls I know usually had guys dripping off of them (even the very unattractive ones). In summary, I have no idea why you get relegated to "just friends." Could be that you're not displaying interest early enough, could be that they're too timid to take it to the next step, or it could be the "crazy religious thing" (depends on the religion and how into it you are; a lot of college guys aren't going to be interested in a no-sex-before-marriage relationship, for example).
Yes, that birth certificate is sufficient for proving citizenship. Fact Check was shown the short-form certificate in person. They also dug up the birth announcement. Obama was born in the U.S.
The original long form was inspected by Hawaii state officials. The form produced by the Obama campaign and posted on the web site is sufficient for proving citizenship (and is real and accurate). I don't see why Obama should allow any and everyone to inspect his personal document (and lets be clear, I sure as hell am not going to pass out my birth certificate to anyone who asks). Furthermore, even producing the originals will not stop claims of forgery. There is, in effect, no way Obama can prove to the conspiracy theorists' satisfaction that he was born in the United States, so I don't fault him for not trying.
Regardless, this has been gone over again and again, and there's no doubt that Obama was born in the United States. Even his birth announcement was dug up. See Fact Check's information on the matter.
Conservatives are just engaging in wishful thinking. They hope that something will come along that allows them to remove Obama (kind of like the whole Clinton thing).
I really wish they would do a proper (by my own definition of proper) sequel to Tactics on a main system. Keep most of the mechanics intact, a new, complex, interesting story, (as in, not "some-little-kid-reads-a-magic-book-and-gets-teleported-to-final-fantasy-land"), and some well-thought-out jobs and abilities. Hopefully on a non-portable system, like PS3/XBox.
FFTA and FFTA2 were fun, but they didn't feel like proper sequels. They were like the hamburger to FFT's steak.
What's the difference between Tidus, Lulu, Yuna, Auron, Kimahri, Rikku, and Wakka? Nothing except their weapons and limit breaks, and Kimahri had Blue Magic.
Not early on in the game. For a lot of the game, you have to follow a path that is unique to that character. Tidus is average, Lulu is black magic, Yuna is white magic, Auron is high attack/low speed, Rikku is high speed/items/thief lower attack, Kimahri is blue magic, and Wakka is high accuracy/strong vs flying. For much of the game you are encouraged to swap around characters to fit the situation (swap in Wakka is there are birds).
Where the uniqueness ends is late-game, when you can break into other characters' paths. Even then, your characters are still going to be somewhat different. For example, if you do Tidus and Auron's paths with Tidus, then he will be average speed and high physical attack, but still suck with magic. If you spend enough time levelling, then yes, the characters are going to converge, but thats late-late game. That's what impressed me about FFX's system: everyone starts out different, but you have the flexibility to make them the same.
True, although I just realized that I don't actually know whether there's a scientific basis for that thought. I recall reading that men build muscle mass more easily than women, but I have no idea if that has been empirically tested.
Well, I'd argue that its pretty well established that women can't compete in raw strength to the same level as men, so in many athletic fields they can't. But for anything not involving muscle mass, the evidence (overwhelmingly) indicates that aptitude discrepancies between genders is a problem of social expectations.
I wouldn't say that most atheists have a shallow understanding of theology. A lot of the evangelical atheists (the ones who go on about how "terrible" religion is) have a shallow understanding of basic human psychology. If you ever come across an atheist who parrots the old "Religion has caused more death and destruction in the world than all other causes," line, or the "Theists are inherently irrational while atheists are inherently rational" line, ask him to try to quantify those statement. Usually, they can't without going through mental gymnastics or redefining their terms (i.e., "But nationalism and racism are kind-of religions!", "Emotional outbursts aren't signs of irrationality!").
Of course, the point is that we're all human. We're all irrational and biased. We all have a shallow understanding of things we don't think to often about. We all try to turn opposing arguments into one-dimensional simplifications that are easy to counter. Hell, you can see all of this in my post above. Its hard to have a real, honest debate because its hard to fight our instincts. It essentially requires us to be inhuman.
Seriously. How can people spend so much time writing about "crying fanboys" or "xbots" or whatnot? Its a fucking *toy*. If you use terms like "xbot" you've already lost any rationality or sense of perspective.
I hate accusations of shills, but this certainly smells like it (and Sony has been caught with their pants down on this). No real gamer I've met has ever been this devoted to their toys, and I know a lot of gamers.
That's a great article and I bookmarked it. Sadly, I think a lot of people are going to read that and just indignantly think, "Well I know that *I* agree with those, but those other assholes definitely don't," thus missing the entire point.
I think the world would be a better place if we learned to think of our opponents as actual humans rather than ridiculous caricatures.
I'll start welcoming the transition to SSDs when we can get them in a GB/$ ratio greater than 1. SSDs are still terrible in terms of the amount of space you get for the price. The best case scenario is having an SSD for your OS/programs and a rotating disk for mass data storage.
Look, Jurily, if you don't want condescension you shouldn't dish it out. I fail to see how my post tops the "Mental disorders are fake and people who have them are just weak" mentality. Or did my "P.S., P.P.S" piss you off somehow?
And no, I don't have a lot of tolerance for people who belittle the problems of others.
And in common parlance, they're all use interchangeably for "A room with a toilet." That's just like using technically different names that specific disorders out of a broader classification of very similar disorders. If you like, you can just refer to the Anonymous Coward here who provides a more apt analogy.
I'm not sure how having different names for the same things means its not real. Otherwise I don't know how I manage to go to the bathroom/toilet/water closet/wash room every day. Care to make an intelligent argument?
P.S. That Wikipedia article cites scientific research/medical information. P.P.S Insisting that it isn't real, without supporting your assertions, doesn't make it not real. Sorry.
You should only diagnose disorders you can treat without drugging them. The rest is just life.
That's assuming that there are no mental disorders that require chemical treatment. That point of view isn't supported by the medical evidence out there. Someone with schizophrenia isn't going to get better by just dealing with it, and any serious doctor would laugh at the idea that its "just life."
Meanwhile, marijuana is illegal because it makes you smile.
So smoking a blunt to feel happy is OK, but taking a pill to help you through a rough patch is a sign of weakness or a shirking of personal responsibility? Give me a break.
Bipolar? Schizophrenia? Obsessive-compulsive disorder? There are plenty of real mental illnesses. Depression (as in, real depression, not the normal blues) is a real mental disorder too. You're throwing the baby out with the bathwater here.
Oh, and how about variables defined in a for-statement leaking out of their scope?
I can't comment on some of the other C++ standards issues that you mentioned (as I haven't done C++ on Windows in a long time), but I know that this hasn't been the case since VC++ 6.0. Newer versions of VC++ do have a compatibility flag that you can flip on if you need 6.0-style scoping, but current VC++ default to standards-complient scoping.
Which version of VC++ are you commenting about anyway? Its certainly true that 6.0 was horrible in terms of standards-compliance, but newer versions have improved dramatically. Last time I checked, it was in the upper-90's percent of standards compliance (which, admittedly, was years ago; what little C++ work I do these days is usually done on Linux).
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I am marrying a girl who likes Star Trek and RPG games. She's not incredibly into them, but enough to be considered nerdy. Certainly, most of the nerd girls I know usually had guys dripping off of them (even the very unattractive ones). In summary, I have no idea why you get relegated to "just friends." Could be that you're not displaying interest early enough, could be that they're too timid to take it to the next step, or it could be the "crazy religious thing" (depends on the religion and how into it you are; a lot of college guys aren't going to be interested in a no-sex-before-marriage relationship, for example).
Yes, that birth certificate is sufficient for proving citizenship. Fact Check was shown the short-form certificate in person. They also dug up the birth announcement. Obama was born in the U.S.
The original long form was inspected by Hawaii state officials. The form produced by the Obama campaign and posted on the web site is sufficient for proving citizenship (and is real and accurate). I don't see why Obama should allow any and everyone to inspect his personal document (and lets be clear, I sure as hell am not going to pass out my birth certificate to anyone who asks). Furthermore, even producing the originals will not stop claims of forgery. There is, in effect, no way Obama can prove to the conspiracy theorists' satisfaction that he was born in the United States, so I don't fault him for not trying.
Regardless, this has been gone over again and again, and there's no doubt that Obama was born in the United States. Even his birth announcement was dug up. See Fact Check's information on the matter.
Conservatives are just engaging in wishful thinking. They hope that something will come along that allows them to remove Obama (kind of like the whole Clinton thing).
Agreed.
I really wish they would do a proper (by my own definition of proper) sequel to Tactics on a main system. Keep most of the mechanics intact, a new, complex, interesting story, (as in, not "some-little-kid-reads-a-magic-book-and-gets-teleported-to-final-fantasy-land"), and some well-thought-out jobs and abilities. Hopefully on a non-portable system, like PS3/XBox.
FFTA and FFTA2 were fun, but they didn't feel like proper sequels. They were like the hamburger to FFT's steak.
What's the difference between Tidus, Lulu, Yuna, Auron, Kimahri, Rikku, and Wakka? Nothing except their weapons and limit breaks, and Kimahri had Blue Magic.
Not early on in the game. For a lot of the game, you have to follow a path that is unique to that character. Tidus is average, Lulu is black magic, Yuna is white magic, Auron is high attack/low speed, Rikku is high speed/items/thief lower attack, Kimahri is blue magic, and Wakka is high accuracy/strong vs flying. For much of the game you are encouraged to swap around characters to fit the situation (swap in Wakka is there are birds).
Where the uniqueness ends is late-game, when you can break into other characters' paths. Even then, your characters are still going to be somewhat different. For example, if you do Tidus and Auron's paths with Tidus, then he will be average speed and high physical attack, but still suck with magic. If you spend enough time levelling, then yes, the characters are going to converge, but thats late-late game. That's what impressed me about FFX's system: everyone starts out different, but you have the flexibility to make them the same.
7. Very few worthless dual/triple techs
8. Positioning of enemies/AOE spells no longer matter.
9. Very little variance in magic and techs.
The combat system was the most disappointing part of Chrono Cross.
As the nerd women I know say, "The odds are good, but the goods are odd."
True, although I just realized that I don't actually know whether there's a scientific basis for that thought. I recall reading that men build muscle mass more easily than women, but I have no idea if that has been empirically tested.
Well, I'd argue that its pretty well established that women can't compete in raw strength to the same level as men, so in many athletic fields they can't. But for anything not involving muscle mass, the evidence (overwhelmingly) indicates that aptitude discrepancies between genders is a problem of social expectations.
I wouldn't say that most atheists have a shallow understanding of theology. A lot of the evangelical atheists (the ones who go on about how "terrible" religion is) have a shallow understanding of basic human psychology. If you ever come across an atheist who parrots the old "Religion has caused more death and destruction in the world than all other causes," line, or the "Theists are inherently irrational while atheists are inherently rational" line, ask him to try to quantify those statement. Usually, they can't without going through mental gymnastics or redefining their terms (i.e., "But nationalism and racism are kind-of religions!", "Emotional outbursts aren't signs of irrationality!").
Of course, the point is that we're all human. We're all irrational and biased. We all have a shallow understanding of things we don't think to often about. We all try to turn opposing arguments into one-dimensional simplifications that are easy to counter. Hell, you can see all of this in my post above. Its hard to have a real, honest debate because its hard to fight our instincts. It essentially requires us to be inhuman.
Seriously. How can people spend so much time writing about "crying fanboys" or "xbots" or whatnot? Its a fucking *toy*. If you use terms like "xbot" you've already lost any rationality or sense of perspective.
I hate accusations of shills, but this certainly smells like it (and Sony has been caught with their pants down on this). No real gamer I've met has ever been this devoted to their toys, and I know a lot of gamers.
Good point: they did only compare 64-bit versions (and my experience with Vista was 64-bit only).
Well, AnandTech benchmarked Windows 7 against XP. It did well, and beat XP in many categories. There you go, no need to thank me.
That's a great article and I bookmarked it. Sadly, I think a lot of people are going to read that and just indignantly think, "Well I know that *I* agree with those, but those other assholes definitely don't," thus missing the entire point.
I think the world would be a better place if we learned to think of our opponents as actual humans rather than ridiculous caricatures.
I'll start welcoming the transition to SSDs when we can get them in a GB/$ ratio greater than 1. SSDs are still terrible in terms of the amount of space you get for the price. The best case scenario is having an SSD for your OS/programs and a rotating disk for mass data storage.
Look, Jurily, if you don't want condescension you shouldn't dish it out. I fail to see how my post tops the "Mental disorders are fake and people who have them are just weak" mentality. Or did my "P.S., P.P.S" piss you off somehow?
And no, I don't have a lot of tolerance for people who belittle the problems of others.
And in common parlance, they're all use interchangeably for "A room with a toilet." That's just like using technically different names that specific disorders out of a broader classification of very similar disorders. If you like, you can just refer to the Anonymous Coward here who provides a more apt analogy.
I'm not sure how having different names for the same things means its not real. Otherwise I don't know how I manage to go to the bathroom/toilet/water closet/wash room every day. Care to make an intelligent argument?
P.S. That Wikipedia article cites scientific research/medical information.
P.P.S Insisting that it isn't real, without supporting your assertions, doesn't make it not real. Sorry.
You should only diagnose disorders you can treat without drugging them. The rest is just life.
That's assuming that there are no mental disorders that require chemical treatment. That point of view isn't supported by the medical evidence out there. Someone with schizophrenia isn't going to get better by just dealing with it, and any serious doctor would laugh at the idea that its "just life."
Meanwhile, marijuana is illegal because it makes you smile.
So smoking a blunt to feel happy is OK, but taking a pill to help you through a rough patch is a sign of weakness or a shirking of personal responsibility? Give me a break.
Bipolar disorder is not imaginary.
That seems rather presumptuous of you. Do you know Marxist Hacker? Because you're making a big assumption about him without pretty much any evidence.
You do realize that a disorder being over-diagnosed doesn't necessarily mean that it doesn't exist, right?
Bipolar? Schizophrenia? Obsessive-compulsive disorder? There are plenty of real mental illnesses. Depression (as in, real depression, not the normal blues) is a real mental disorder too. You're throwing the baby out with the bathwater here.
"I think therefor I am," was the first step in a long, convoluted attempt by Descartes to prove the existence of God.
Oh, and how about variables defined in a for-statement leaking out of their scope?
I can't comment on some of the other C++ standards issues that you mentioned (as I haven't done C++ on Windows in a long time), but I know that this hasn't been the case since VC++ 6.0. Newer versions of VC++ do have a compatibility flag that you can flip on if you need 6.0-style scoping, but current VC++ default to standards-complient scoping.
Which version of VC++ are you commenting about anyway? Its certainly true that 6.0 was horrible in terms of standards-compliance, but newer versions have improved dramatically. Last time I checked, it was in the upper-90's percent of standards compliance (which, admittedly, was years ago; what little C++ work I do these days is usually done on Linux).
Overall marketshare? I'm highly doubtful that a 1% marketshare includes servers, much less all the Linux-powered devices (like my router) out there.
I don't think I've ever seen an OS marketshare report that wasn't flawed in some way.