Ah yes... The frequently romanticized vigilante justice. Alas in the real world it is generally a very bad thing to have a mob be the judge, jury and executioner.
Please tell us how in your mind you see gun nuts being able to tell between an honest judicial worker being smeared and one of those incompetent but well-hidden officials?
You'll be surprised. There are diamonds in the shit. Many knowledgeable people frequent this site, but many are repulsed from making a new thread. They jump on a good ones though.
So this is what stories are: Early threads of jokes by people that don't read the article or summary; Followed by people that read the summary then read relevant Wikipedia article; Finally by people that read the article. Somewhere in the last two categories, insightful or interesting thread will be made and the worthwhile comments will come.
Of course that won't happen if the good posters take up your attitude and just give up. So if you know something about the subject in the article, don't be shy and make a thread explaining the matter in your own words or make examples. Worst case scenario is that you get joke/grammar nazi responses or get down modded. The former doesn't matter as time goes on you will get insightful resposes after a while. As for the latter: Don't get discouraged. There are lots of us that read at -1.
Welcome to Slashdot. This place always got shit floating at the top. At least the site moved on past GNAA and Natalie Portman crap.
All the early posts are made by those that don't read the article or (at most) quickly skim wikipedia on the subject. So just do what the rest of us are doing: scroll down past first 3-4 threads and at that point you might come across something more insightful and worthwhile.
Are you implying that beyond feeling the usual smugness, I could also lovingly stare at a certificate on a wall proving my superiority to the grammar-challenged heathens?!
Where do I sign up? I believe that I have enough narcissism to qualify!
I agree! Judging by history, we need to wait till the president makes a promise, then kill him before he changes his/her mind. The next president will hopefully contin...
Ah crap! There are SWAT vehicles pulling up. Read the whole thread you illeterate NSA bastar..... NO CARRIER
I am not an American, so can't talk with authority. My personal thery why USA is so anti-isolationist in its actions is due to what happened during World War 2.
If I remember correctly, before attack on the Pearl Harbour, USA was content to just let the war play out. After the japanese attack all that sentiment vanished and never really returned. The theory is that you need to intervene before things develop further in order not to face a greater threat at a later time. Look at how allie's appeasement treatment of Germany work out during the beginning stages of the war.
Now this is a productive first step. Very hard to do so though, since it will become yet another political blog reflecting maintainer's political opinions. Even Groklaw, as awesome as it was, had rambling qualities (PJ had an ax to grind against SUN Microsystems for some reason).
If you look at some things you wrote several years back, you will find that you will be embarrased and shake your head at yourself. That shows that you are always changing and becoming wiser with time.
Of course with age it starts to work backwards, when your mind starts to deteriorate. But this is what this whole article is about: If we slow this process, it will give you much more time to keep advancing yourself.
In the end it would be quite a huge and beneficial achievement. Biotechnology is such a quickly progressive area of science at the moment. It is a very exciting time to be alive!
Moreover, the implication that 6 pooling is not a valid strategy is subjective.
Try 6 pooling over and over again, btw, you'll quickly discover it takes some flair to actually be good at it.
I will not argue that 6 pooling is not a valid strategy, nor will I disagree that its execution is quite involved and perhaps rewarding. It certainly will win you games against players who don't scout early.
But it is my opinion that cheese play does not result in a good game. Those games are over in about 5 minutes: Either your rush catches them unprepared and they quit or he was ready for it and you quit. There is no variety or subtlety to it. To do it over and over in order to become good at it is really pointless, other than to maybe get through the bronze ladder faster or maybe to grind out some portrait. May as well master the worker rush that will do the same thing in 3 minutes.
This event apparently left an impression on you and you think its one worth sharing, so you're kind of taking it seriously, yourself.
our final sentence, that this proves that people take the game "extremely seriously", which I can only surmise means too seriously in your judgement, is belied by the rest of the tone of your post and I think in general a facile statement considering that people put a lot of effort and care into their hobbies/sports.
I honestly did not expect my quick post recalling a recent example of amusing chat logs to be analyzed to such a degree. I do play quite often, so do agree that I take the game more seriously than most. That doesn't mean that I would start going berserk at someone that makes a comment about my play or deviates from the standard four-letter communication protocol.
In the end, I don't really see what you are trying to say with your analysis: That I am just the same as was my opponent in question? I would disagree purely on the grounds that I never sunk down to insults over losing in a video game. Losses are valuable as it is the only way to learn and improve your play.
In the original Starcraft it was the case. In Starcraft 2 nukes are so extremely rarely seen that it is virtually unheard of. Marines-Marauders-Mines-Medevac balls is the standard.
As for carriers, sadly they had been so nerfed in Starcraft 2 that you also almost never see them. If the Protoss player managed to survive long enough to get Carriers, he normally got the forces to finish the game before the first one finally comes out.
The forums are bad indeed. But even worse are in-game chat if you make a deviation from a standard, automatic "glhf" at the start and "gg" at the end.
I remember one game when my opponent 6-pooled me (Extremely early rush that either right out kills an unprepared player or loses you the game) and his assault got crushed because I scouted it. But instead of responding to his "gg" in a standard way, I said "game could of been better without the cheese".
That hit a nerve: He/she went nuts! For the next 3 minutes me, my play abilities, all my closest relatives and my pets were called "gay" in a certain miss-spelled and obnoxious way that is stereotyped to 13 year olds. If you enjoy trolling, it is comedy gold. For some reason people playing this game take it extremely seriously.
Yes. Humanity is a way for wheat to make more of itself. Why without those bipedal, hairless apes to clear nice, fertile areas of land it would just go the way of the Dodo.
I have heard that the reason for that is that there isn't enough fat in our body tissues. That implies that if you put an obese person into the water, the shark might even come back for a second bite.
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Ah yes... The frequently romanticized vigilante justice. Alas in the real world it is generally a very bad thing to have a mob be the judge, jury and executioner.
Please tell us how in your mind you see gun nuts being able to tell between an honest judicial worker being smeared and one of those incompetent but well-hidden officials?
You'll be surprised. There are diamonds in the shit. Many knowledgeable people frequent this site, but many are repulsed from making a new thread. They jump on a good ones though.
So this is what stories are: Early threads of jokes by people that don't read the article or summary; Followed by people that read the summary then read relevant Wikipedia article; Finally by people that read the article. Somewhere in the last two categories, insightful or interesting thread will be made and the worthwhile comments will come.
Of course that won't happen if the good posters take up your attitude and just give up. So if you know something about the subject in the article, don't be shy and make a thread explaining the matter in your own words or make examples. Worst case scenario is that you get joke/grammar nazi responses or get down modded. The former doesn't matter as time goes on you will get insightful resposes after a while. As for the latter: Don't get discouraged. There are lots of us that read at -1.
As the case here :-)
Poland?! WTF? Get your history and geography straight!
The invaded Argentina. :-)
Welcome to Slashdot. This place always got shit floating at the top. At least the site moved on past GNAA and Natalie Portman crap.
All the early posts are made by those that don't read the article or (at most) quickly skim wikipedia on the subject. So just do what the rest of us are doing: scroll down past first 3-4 threads and at that point you might come across something more insightful and worthwhile.
If you enjoy complexity and not completely burnt out on MMOs yet, take a look at EVE Online. Extremely complex and brutal.
It is not for everyone though: People either love it or severely hate it. Biggest factor is that everything you do is PvP in nature.
While you are certanly preaching to the choir here, do you have any citations or proof for any of those claims?
The examples you provided are amazing. But in my experience as a developer, there is simply no time for creation of something so elaborate.
How long did it take you to create that documentation?
Are you implying that beyond feeling the usual smugness, I could also lovingly stare at a certificate on a wall proving my superiority to the grammar-challenged heathens?!
Where do I sign up? I believe that I have enough narcissism to qualify!
I agree! Judging by history, we need to wait till the president makes a promise, then kill him before he changes his/her mind. The next president will hopefully contin...
Ah crap! There are SWAT vehicles pulling up. Read the whole thread you illeterate NSA bastar..... NO CARRIER
I am not an American, so can't talk with authority. My personal thery why USA is so anti-isolationist in its actions is due to what happened during World War 2.
If I remember correctly, before attack on the Pearl Harbour, USA was content to just let the war play out. After the japanese attack all that sentiment vanished and never really returned. The theory is that you need to intervene before things develop further in order not to face a greater threat at a later time. Look at how allie's appeasement treatment of Germany work out during the beginning stages of the war.
Now this is a productive first step. Very hard to do so though, since it will become yet another political blog reflecting maintainer's political opinions. Even Groklaw, as awesome as it was, had rambling qualities (PJ had an ax to grind against SUN Microsystems for some reason).
I honestly doubt that.
If you look at some things you wrote several years back, you will find that you will be embarrased and shake your head at yourself. That shows that you are always changing and becoming wiser with time.
Of course with age it starts to work backwards, when your mind starts to deteriorate. But this is what this whole article is about: If we slow this process, it will give you much more time to keep advancing yourself.
In the end it would be quite a huge and beneficial achievement. Biotechnology is such a quickly progressive area of science at the moment. It is a very exciting time to be alive!
I wholeheartedly agree.
Moreover, the implication that 6 pooling is not a valid strategy is subjective.
Try 6 pooling over and over again, btw, you'll quickly discover it takes some flair to actually be good at it.
I will not argue that 6 pooling is not a valid strategy, nor will I disagree that its execution is quite involved and perhaps rewarding. It certainly will win you games against players who don't scout early.
But it is my opinion that cheese play does not result in a good game. Those games are over in about 5 minutes: Either your rush catches them unprepared and they quit or he was ready for it and you quit. There is no variety or subtlety to it. To do it over and over in order to become good at it is really pointless, other than to maybe get through the bronze ladder faster or maybe to grind out some portrait. May as well master the worker rush that will do the same thing in 3 minutes.
This event apparently left an impression on you and you think its one worth sharing, so you're kind of taking it seriously, yourself.
our final sentence, that this proves that people take the game "extremely seriously", which I can only surmise means too seriously in your judgement, is belied by the rest of the tone of your post and I think in general a facile statement considering that people put a lot of effort and care into their hobbies/sports.
I honestly did not expect my quick post recalling a recent example of amusing chat logs to be analyzed to such a degree. I do play quite often, so do agree that I take the game more seriously than most. That doesn't mean that I would start going berserk at someone that makes a comment about my play or deviates from the standard four-letter communication protocol.
In the end, I don't really see what you are trying to say with your analysis: That I am just the same as was my opponent in question? I would disagree purely on the grounds that I never sunk down to insults over losing in a video game. Losses are valuable as it is the only way to learn and improve your play.
Considering Virginity is a binary state of being, it can't possibly "boost it". It just helps ensure that it never changes state from the default. :-)
In the original Starcraft it was the case. In Starcraft 2 nukes are so extremely rarely seen that it is virtually unheard of. Marines-Marauders-Mines-Medevac balls is the standard.
As for carriers, sadly they had been so nerfed in Starcraft 2 that you also almost never see them. If the Protoss player managed to survive long enough to get Carriers, he normally got the forces to finish the game before the first one finally comes out.
The forums are bad indeed. But even worse are in-game chat if you make a deviation from a standard, automatic "glhf" at the start and "gg" at the end.
I remember one game when my opponent 6-pooled me (Extremely early rush that either right out kills an unprepared player or loses you the game) and his assault got crushed because I scouted it. But instead of responding to his "gg" in a standard way, I said "game could of been better without the cheese".
That hit a nerve: He/she went nuts! For the next 3 minutes me, my play abilities, all my closest relatives and my pets were called "gay" in a certain miss-spelled and obnoxious way that is stereotyped to 13 year olds. If you enjoy trolling, it is comedy gold. For some reason people playing this game take it extremely seriously.
You need to get some kind of an award for managing to dragg religion into this discussion.
Thank you for the link. First time I heard of it and quite like it. Open source games came a long way since I gave up on them.
It is odd that the page is still up. That means someone is still paying some host to keep it online or it was paid in advance for several decades.
You may want to look up the time Russia spent in Afganistan and Chechnya.
Yes. Humanity is a way for wheat to make more of itself. Why without those bipedal, hairless apes to clear nice, fertile areas of land it would just go the way of the Dodo.
Hmm. Small drill bits?
I have heard that the reason for that is that there isn't enough fat in our body tissues. That implies that if you put an obese person into the water, the shark might even come back for a second bite.
When I was learning to SCUBA dive, we jokingly been told the following procedure when we spot a large shark:
"Stab your buddy and swim away".