While it is possible to break a battle lance the same way as a tourney lance, they are really two different things: a tourney lance was designed to break, because you didn't want to kill the other fellow (who might very well be riding next to you in a real battle).
It's not just the earthworms. In North America, we have deer in plentiful supply. Deer are large and like to eat soy. So, in order to farm soy, you have to kill deer; it's not cost-effective to build secure fences. Soy ends up being just as cruel to animals (if not more so- a rifle shot, even if well-placed, results in more suffering than the cattle-slaughtering technology) as eating farmed beef.
how, exactly? I understand that the usual electronic detector won't work, so they use an electronic detector of some sort (this from the article), but how does that, um, happen? Anyone with more knowledge care to elaborate?
As far as I know, it isn't headquarters that says "no no, don't go there," it's the local church. They eventually stopped sending most of the missionaries to my house, but there is one veeeeery persistent woman in her early twenties who keeps trying, because the conversation is so good. If she gets a question she can't answer, she goes to the Watchtower Tract and Bible Company (the prophet of the JWs, as far as I know) and gets an answer.
The legality question has to do with Castro's government. The US pays for the use of Guantanamo Bay, and always has, meaning that it's Cuba's property and we rent it. Castro cashed the first check the US sent him, and the US decided that that meant they were allowed to stay, even though he would really like to evict them.
This is a sad thing, indeed. Sad because people would hold the school responsible and legally liable, sad because kids are being told that they can't be kids, sad because removing an athletic and only kind of competitive game takes away the ability to tire them out, avoid hurt feelings, and give the teachers a break.
I still have a scar on my cheek from a collision in a game of tag in second grade. It builds character, seriously.
While organic food is nice and makes one feel warm and fuzzy inside, it is more expensive to produce: cows without growth hormone don't get as big, give as much milk, etc; plants without pesticides get eaten by these little things called "bugs." Now, organic foods are in some cases healthier (apple sans poison? Huzzah!), but unless something really strange happens, I don't see how a naturally born animal will have health benefits over and above a clone.
That said, since there will be those who don't want to eat cloned beef (which is fine by me), I'd like to see "This beef is NOT cloned!" in the supermarket. Nobody to stop the non-clone cow producers from advertising as such; if someone falsely advertises cloned beef as not being cloned, then we can all be angry at them together. I don't think government restrictions are necessary in this case.
I hate to say it, but your founding fathers weren't really unbiased either. You took a country by force from its very natives while basically comitting mutiny against another country. Of course they needed guns.
That's it, right there. That's why we need guns. It has nothing to do with crime, or deer hunting, or aliens or sport. It's about being able to "mutiny" against our government.
Like most competitions with physical qualities, that which truly seperates the best players from the next tier is the speed at which the best players are capable of performing the same tasks. Watch a college football game and then compare it to a high school football game. The change of tempo is obvious. Think of it like boxing, different players have different hand speeds, and different reaction times.
That's exactly my point. I didn't say that the game is invalid, or that it isn't strategy; I said that it isn't the same game my roommates and I play when we play starcraft over the dorm network. Not that strategy no longer matters at all, but no matter how good my strategy gets, my ~20 actions per minute cannot compare to the quoted "low" 200 actions per minute of that german guy.
But on the more technical side, they have to seed the random variable with something. Whether or not it's an internal clock, I'm not sure. Either way, they have to derive a random number and it's possible that their seed isn't good enough or has too few states or is prone to being seeded at the same state, etc. Based on this information, I hate to break it to you but it is very hard to be truly random.
There must be bias on the internet. I remember reading the same thing not ten minutes ago in TFA... creepy.
My problem with this is that it isn't skill in "videogames" in general that they're displaying, per se, nor stratigic thinking. At that level of Starcraft, twitch becomes as important as it is in first person shooters, and everything else takes a back seat. I'd like to see competitive showings of games that aren't all twitch speed. I have nothing against Starcraft; I'd be hard pressed to argue for any other game as my all-time favorite. I just can't see myself watching it, any more than I watch tennis or ping-pong (not that they don't get airtime).
That said, since twitch becomes so important, they really do deserve to be called "Athletes."
While I myself am a christian, to simply state your beliefs as fact and deride others without making logical arguments only drives people away from the very beliefs you want to convince them of.
In my hometown, we had 4 restaraunts in the same location in the space of 2 years. One of these closed because the owner/manager/do-everything woman quit, leaving me unemployed. The other three had awful food. Just because the no-name place is new doesn't mean they're trying their hardest.
I can afford to burn karma on an OT post- does anyone know the usual tendency of native Germans to accept the new "official" spellings? I tend to use the Eszett (sharp S, not sure of spelling, since I've only ever heard it pronounced, not spelled) because I like the look of it, not out of any ideological opposition to language change. I know the Swiss have always preferred "ss," but how is it elsewhere? Gibt es Deutschlaendern here on slashdot?
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While it is possible to break a battle lance the same way as a tourney lance, they are really two different things: a tourney lance was designed to break, because you didn't want to kill the other fellow (who might very well be riding next to you in a real battle).
One could have the Borg as a metaphor for a modern United States. Just a thought.
Those who would exchange security for convinience deserve Tetris!
It's not just the earthworms. In North America, we have deer in plentiful supply. Deer are large and like to eat soy. So, in order to farm soy, you have to kill deer; it's not cost-effective to build secure fences. Soy ends up being just as cruel to animals (if not more so- a rifle shot, even if well-placed, results in more suffering than the cattle-slaughtering technology) as eating farmed beef.
Thanks. I read the entire article. Then I was confused, so I re-read it. Somehow I managed to miss that part both times. I asked how this works.
how, exactly? I understand that the usual electronic detector won't work, so they use an electronic detector of some sort (this from the article), but how does that, um, happen? Anyone with more knowledge care to elaborate?
Well, we snore. Rats don't.
The article doesn't mention global warming at all! I'll agree with the "very cool" part, but mentioning global warming seems unnecessary.
Your certainty is unfounded, AC. I'm very much an anarchist on general principles; the point is that the original analogy is not proper.
East Germany had a wall around West Berlin, to keep their own citizens in. This is to keep other people out.
As far as I know, it isn't headquarters that says "no no, don't go there," it's the local church. They eventually stopped sending most of the missionaries to my house, but there is one veeeeery persistent woman in her early twenties who keeps trying, because the conversation is so good. If she gets a question she can't answer, she goes to the Watchtower Tract and Bible Company (the prophet of the JWs, as far as I know) and gets an answer.
The legality question has to do with Castro's government. The US pays for the use of Guantanamo Bay, and always has, meaning that it's Cuba's property and we rent it. Castro cashed the first check the US sent him, and the US decided that that meant they were allowed to stay, even though he would really like to evict them.
I still have a scar on my cheek from a collision in a game of tag in second grade. It builds character, seriously.
That said, since there will be those who don't want to eat cloned beef (which is fine by me), I'd like to see "This beef is NOT cloned!" in the supermarket. Nobody to stop the non-clone cow producers from advertising as such; if someone falsely advertises cloned beef as not being cloned, then we can all be angry at them together. I don't think government restrictions are necessary in this case.
That's it, right there. That's why we need guns. It has nothing to do with crime, or deer hunting, or aliens or sport. It's about being able to "mutiny" against our government.
That's exactly my point. I didn't say that the game is invalid, or that it isn't strategy; I said that it isn't the same game my roommates and I play when we play starcraft over the dorm network. Not that strategy no longer matters at all, but no matter how good my strategy gets, my ~20 actions per minute cannot compare to the quoted "low" 200 actions per minute of that german guy.
There must be bias on the internet. I remember reading the same thing not ten minutes ago in TFA... creepy.
That said, since twitch becomes so important, they really do deserve to be called "Athletes."
How much does it cost to make a season of Star Trek?
While I myself am a christian, to simply state your beliefs as fact and deride others without making logical arguments only drives people away from the very beliefs you want to convince them of.
In my hometown, we had 4 restaraunts in the same location in the space of 2 years. One of these closed because the owner/manager/do-everything woman quit, leaving me unemployed. The other three had awful food. Just because the no-name place is new doesn't mean they're trying their hardest.
I can afford to burn karma on an OT post- does anyone know the usual tendency of native Germans to accept the new "official" spellings? I tend to use the Eszett (sharp S, not sure of spelling, since I've only ever heard it pronounced, not spelled) because I like the look of it, not out of any ideological opposition to language change. I know the Swiss have always preferred "ss," but how is it elsewhere? Gibt es Deutschlaendern here on slashdot?
The vast majority of what goes on in the world, from legislation to war, can be attributed to people's desire to control other people's actions.
Letztes Jahr gab keine Insektenüberlordschaften.
I'd debate you on that one. Yegge is probably a genius (or at least close to it), but he doesn't have "god-like" programming skills.