I would like to clarify some comments I made recently regarding Mr. Anonymous Coward. I would like to start by discussing Mr. Coward's tactics, mainly because they scare me. The thing I'm the most frightened about is that Mr. Coward keeps saying that governments should have the right to lie to their own subjects or to other governments. Isn't that claim getting a little shopworn? I mean, he has convinced a lot of people that public opinion is a reliable indicator of what's true and what isn't. One must pause in admiration at this triumph of media manipulation. His modes of thought may sound comfortable and simple, but it must not be forgotten that he claims to be supportive of my plan to push the envelope on our knowledge of the world around us. Don't trust him, though; he's a wolf in sheep's clothing. Before you know it, he'll lay the foundation for some serious mischief. Not only that, but Mr. Coward may have access to weapons of mass destruction. Then again, I consider him to be a weapon of mass destruction himself. If anything will free us from the shackles of his beer-guzzling endeavors, it's knowledge of the world as it really is. It's knowledge that as a concerned citizen, I will forge ahead in my brave quest to unmask Mr. Coward's true face and intentions in regard to animalism. That should serve as the final, ultimate, irrefutable proof that he is not just sophomoric. He is unbelievably, astronomically sophomoric.
Mr. Coward has warned us that eventually, simple-minded lunatics will destroy our culture, our institutions, and our way of life. If you think about it, you'll realize that Mr. Coward's warning is a self-fulfilling prophecy in the sense that Mr. Coward is like a magician who produces a dove in one hand, while the other hand is busy trying to withhold information and disseminate half truths and whole lies. Whatever your age, you now have only one choice. That choice is between a democratic, peace-loving regime that, you hope, may fight for our freedom of speech and, as the alternative, the fork-tongued and exploitative dirigisme currently being forced upon us by Mr. Coward. Choose carefully, because the picture I am presenting need not be confined to Mr. Coward's cock-and-bull stories. It applies to everything he says and does. Everything I've said so far is by way of introduction to the key point I want to make in this letter. My key point is that what he is doing is not an innocent, recreational sort of thing. It is a criminal activity, it is an immoral activity, it is a socially destructive activity, and it is a profoundly crass activity. Aside from the fact that from the very beginning, mindless carpetbaggers have labored to recruit into their ranks the sons and daughters of the powerful, famous, and rich, Mr. Coward commonly appoints ineffective people to important positions. He then ensures that these people stay in those positions because that makes it easy for Mr. Coward to turn once-flourishing neighborhoods into zones of violence, decay, and moral disregard. In summary, it is my prayer that people everywhere will join me in my quest to work beyond the predatory plasticity of Mr. Anonymous Coward's prognoses.
Keep in mind the microphones used to record the sound might not be capable of reaching that low as well. The AKG D112, a kick drum mic that is somewhat of a standard, only goes down to about 20Hz.
For one, rage against the machine is a horrible, horrible example. Try Aus-Rotten (who maybe you should listen to), or better yet, RAMBO.
I perhaps took for granted that my example, perhaps only I find rediculous. Inpsection is bullshit, and is primarily around to make revenue for the state of the many tickets they write. Don't Agree? My state raised the size of fines last summer (tourist season) to help balance to budget.
My point is, that regardless of my opinion of this law, it would be idiodic not to follow. I would be an ineffectual dissident. My point is that you have to pick and choose your battles, if your goal is actually anarchy, if you value freedom and autonomy for every one. If your just following what laws you choose, saying you're living the life now, with no goal for change (for others), you're merely being selfish and blind.
Of course anarchy (like all governments) requires that people be responsible, and I don't feel that they are. I know I'm not. I don't think we've progressed to point where people could handle it. (note: that I'm not arguing for our current system)
Well, I'm starting to ramble so I'll leave it at that. Rock out with your black bloc out.
Ditto to that. People sometimes forget that at one time reading books was considered unhealthy.
Bookstores today a filled with uptight pretentous assholes who look down upon those who read sci-fi, fantasy or comics (save for a few authors in each repective genre), considering them garbage, all the while reading whatever bestseller or political trash book they can find. It makes me not want to read!
Yeah, scrolls are pretty much useless in later levels of the original, and are there primarly to bail you out when you first start. I actually used the kunai a lot, however. The targeting system probably is what could of used the most cleaning up.
I'm guessing you probably won't like the first (PS2) one either...
In retrospect, maybe it wasn't as simple as I thought, would super monkey ball be a good example?
One of my personal favorite games is the PS2 version of Shinobi, and though it was considered 'difficult', it's difficultly progression was far different than the 'bag of items' type that you mention.
As the game progressed, you simply had to be better at the few things that you could do. You had to think and react far quicker, and it became (severly) less tolerent of mistakes.
Many older games (Atari, CollecoVision, NES) use a similar pattern as well. You simply have to get better at playing.
Although manipulation of a large amount of objects is appealing to some, and to me in certain games, I prefer the ones that impose more restrictions as you go on.
I think games today are far easier than many early ones, and many 'difficulties' in today's games are frustrations with the camera/viewpoint and the target audience.
Oh, and also check out some of those "Bushism" books , one of them had an intro (the second one, I think) about how it was getting harder to find bushisms (i.e. I know how hard it is to put food on your family), as they edit the speaches they post online, though that's of less relevence.
Well, a friend of mine was talking to me about it a while back so I don't have his specific links BUT
I did a quick check, and I found a link to a 'blog' that points out revisions in postings on whitehouse.gov.
Being a blog and all, I'd consider it's 'information' kinda questionable, and it's opinions somewhat colored (politically). It also apeared to be more about the website than specific speaches...But I digress
Have you ever seen any of those sites where they show edited bush speaches on.govs? Thhe link to the google cache and the current page, on slight stuff like 'major operations' from 'operations' and various stutters, and mispronounciations.
uhhh, then I can sleep peacefully at night knowing I live in a safe area, and am not wasting my time or money hoping my house is secure.
Your analogy isn't a whole lot better.
I'm comparing a fairly basic security component of house to a fairly basic component of a computer, hoping (and apparantly failing) that the previous poster would get that these are standard requirements (in an imperfect world) for each, and making a general (and correct statement) how people would act in each cricumstance.
What I am NOT doing, is comparing a computer to a neighborhood (much more massive in scope), or comparing the crimes existant on the internet (generally 'theft' or infrigment) to violent crime (murder), just to be inflammatory.
Granted the house is a bit weak, because you have to live somewhere, and you don't have to be on the internet...
I don't want anyone to make the neighborhoods safer except myself. I patrol the streets. I chase car thieves. I catch all murderers. I am Batman.
But seriously, your analogy is a little weak. A firewall and AV software are more like locks for your doors, If you leave shit open for anyone to walk right in... guess what...
This is kinda OT, but I remember seeing a special on the weapons of vietnam. At one point a man who had been explaining various weapons on the show pulled out this nasty looking beast that fired flechettes, that once they hit, would fishook and travel to some almost random point in your body.
The man then said "These were discontinued due to the fact they caused unneccasry suffering,[slight pause here] and also because they used non-standard amunition."
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If you refer to your washing machine as a computer, yes, feel free to call yourself computer literate.
Uh, why was this modded troll?
Man, on X-Box live those 9 year olds are most likely the ones doing the cussing.
Mr. Coward has warned us that eventually, simple-minded lunatics will destroy our culture, our institutions, and our way of life. If you think about it, you'll realize that Mr. Coward's warning is a self-fulfilling prophecy in the sense that Mr. Coward is like a magician who produces a dove in one hand, while the other hand is busy trying to withhold information and disseminate half truths and whole lies. Whatever your age, you now have only one choice. That choice is between a democratic, peace-loving regime that, you hope, may fight for our freedom of speech and, as the alternative, the fork-tongued and exploitative dirigisme currently being forced upon us by Mr. Coward. Choose carefully, because the picture I am presenting need not be confined to Mr. Coward's cock-and-bull stories. It applies to everything he says and does. Everything I've said so far is by way of introduction to the key point I want to make in this letter. My key point is that what he is doing is not an innocent, recreational sort of thing. It is a criminal activity, it is an immoral activity, it is a socially destructive activity, and it is a profoundly crass activity. Aside from the fact that from the very beginning, mindless carpetbaggers have labored to recruit into their ranks the sons and daughters of the powerful, famous, and rich, Mr. Coward commonly appoints ineffective people to important positions. He then ensures that these people stay in those positions because that makes it easy for Mr. Coward to turn once-flourishing neighborhoods into zones of violence, decay, and moral disregard. In summary, it is my prayer that people everywhere will join me in my quest to work beyond the predatory plasticity of Mr. Anonymous Coward's prognoses.
If you'd seen some of the headshots I've seen, you'd take that back.
Capcom wrote the book on sequels. Well, several books, actually. My personal favorite is Super Sequels Turbo Revenge X: III.
Hand lettering looks fucking beautiful. That is all.
Keep in mind the microphones used to record the sound might not be capable of reaching that low as well. The AKG D112, a kick drum mic that is somewhat of a standard, only goes down to about 20Hz.
For one, rage against the machine is a horrible, horrible example. Try Aus-Rotten (who maybe you should listen to), or better yet, RAMBO. I perhaps took for granted that my example, perhaps only I find rediculous. Inpsection is bullshit, and is primarily around to make revenue for the state of the many tickets they write. Don't Agree? My state raised the size of fines last summer (tourist season) to help balance to budget. My point is, that regardless of my opinion of this law, it would be idiodic not to follow. I would be an ineffectual dissident. My point is that you have to pick and choose your battles, if your goal is actually anarchy, if you value freedom and autonomy for every one. If your just following what laws you choose, saying you're living the life now, with no goal for change (for others), you're merely being selfish and blind. Of course anarchy (like all governments) requires that people be responsible, and I don't feel that they are. I know I'm not. I don't think we've progressed to point where people could handle it. (note: that I'm not arguing for our current system) Well, I'm starting to ramble so I'll leave it at that. Rock out with your black bloc out.
Even the most hardcore anarcho-punk bands have their tour vans inspected, registered and insured.
Bookstores today a filled with uptight pretentous assholes who look down upon those who read sci-fi, fantasy or comics (save for a few authors in each repective genre), considering them garbage, all the while reading whatever bestseller or political trash book they can find. It makes me not want to read!
Also, Shakespeare sucks, Dostovevsky pwns.
I'm guessing you probably won't like the first (PS2) one either...
In retrospect, maybe it wasn't as simple as I thought, would super monkey ball be a good example?
As the game progressed, you simply had to be better at the few things that you could do. You had to think and react far quicker, and it became (severly) less tolerent of mistakes.
Many older games (Atari, CollecoVision, NES) use a similar pattern as well. You simply have to get better at playing.
Although manipulation of a large amount of objects is appealing to some, and to me in certain games, I prefer the ones that impose more restrictions as you go on.
I think games today are far easier than many early ones, and many 'difficulties' in today's games are frustrations with the camera/viewpoint and the target audience.
Oh, and also check out some of those "Bushism" books , one of them had an intro (the second one, I think) about how it was getting harder to find bushisms (i.e. I know how hard it is to put food on your family), as they edit the speaches they post online, though that's of less relevence.
Being a blog and all, I'd consider it's 'information' kinda questionable, and it's opinions somewhat colored (politically). It also apeared to be more about the website than specific speaches...But I digress
http://www.differentstrings.info/archives/2003/08/ more_bush_revis.html
Whoops! I wish I were president...
Have you ever seen any of those sites where they show edited bush speaches on .govs? Thhe link to the google cache and the current page, on slight stuff like 'major operations' from 'operations' and various stutters, and mispronounciations.
Your analogy isn't a whole lot better.
I'm comparing a fairly basic security component of house to a fairly basic component of a computer, hoping (and apparantly failing) that the previous poster would get that these are standard requirements (in an imperfect world) for each, and making a general (and correct statement) how people would act in each cricumstance.
What I am NOT doing, is comparing a computer to a neighborhood (much more massive in scope), or comparing the crimes existant on the internet (generally 'theft' or infrigment) to violent crime (murder), just to be inflammatory.
Granted the house is a bit weak, because you have to live somewhere, and you don't have to be on the internet...
But seriously, your analogy is a little weak. A firewall and AV software are more like locks for your doors, If you leave shit open for anyone to walk right in... guess what...
because every movie in my local theatre sucks, but occasionally a decent one is released on DVD.
Shattered Soldier was fucking awesome! Now, the Contras for the PSX... Not so good.
(Score:5, Darkside)
The man then said "These were discontinued due to the fact they caused unneccasry suffering,[slight pause here] and also because they used non-standard amunition."
Handy against Freedom Fighters?
Like those small tape players they had a while back that played 1min clips.