Yes, and it usually sucks when you are talking about a story or comments. Have you noticed that slashdot comments are listed in chronological order? As for email, I don't know about you, but my email client lists things chronologically (or sorted by subject, if I choose). One of the reasons I dislike web-based email is reverse chronological order.
I don't really care if most sites do that. One of the reasons I find the internet less useful these days is because of stupid layout and ordering. It being popular doesn't make it useful.
The reason is, the newest stuff is up at the top, right there for you to see. So that you don't need to scroll all the way to the bottom of the screen every time to see if there is something new.
You are talking about completely different paradigms. Listing news headlines is very different to telling a story. Notice how the English language reads from top to bottom? Notice how stories usually start at the beginning?
We are talking about discussing a single issue here - why is it unusual to expect a coherent way of arranging the information?
After extensive clicking through links, I think I have a vague idea of what's going on here. What I don't understand is why none of the sources offer a clear explanation of what has happened. They spend a lot of time discussing irrelevant details, but none giving information on the background of the story.
It's incredibly cryptic, the way the links and stories are written. Reminds me of the way that blog comments are arranged in reverse chronological order. Incredibly annoying. To understand it, you need to read the last link you click on first. WTF, people? How about writing for humans?
I have a bit more trouble with straight (underage) boys camwhoring themselves out to older men.
Why?
And why do you assume that girls who cam are straight? Do you have more of a problem if lesbian girls do it for straight men? I just don't see the relevance of sexual preference here. A camwhore is a camwhore. A pedophile is a pedophile.
No shit, who do you think the majority of webcam consumers are? Horny guys. I'm not sure what the "no less" part is supposed to mean. Is that somehow more shocking than a guy doing it for a woman, or a woman doing it for a guy?
My real problem is when people bring real world issues and activism into these games. Dealing with this in-game makes playing a lot less enjoyable.
How is it possible to separate the real world from the game? Do you get equally offended when people mention what country they are from in the game?
Also, you seem to be more offended by the GLBT guild than by the people who shout "fags" or "gay" in the game - aren't they also bringing real-world agendas and politics into the game?
Of course they do. I'm not sure what this has to do with this partcular discussion, though.
A better example of this phenomenon is how "nigger," a derogative racial term for a black person is now commonly used as a friendly greeting among white guys.
What? "Nigger" is certainly not a common greeting among white guys, so I'm not sure what you are talking about. I'm sure that "nigger" is a very rare greeting among white people.
My guess is that we wouldn't be having this discussion if people were saying gay to mean that something was good.
Obviously, but that's not the case here. "Gay" = "bad" because the person using the word in that context thinks that gays are despicable.
Sure it has. I can say I've used 'gay' == 'stupid' == 'retarded', etc. It's not because of homophobia or hate
Actually, it is because of homophobia. Without homophobia, "gay" would never have become a word associated with "stupid" or "retarded." Whether you mean it or not, using the word in this way is associated with homophobia, because homophobia is how this meaning came about.
If that's true, then it's bloody stupid of you. The meaning of the word has not changed - the use of the word you are describing is rooted in homophobia. So, if you are gay, you must be self-hating. I know dozens of gay people, and none would use the term in that way. Why would a gay person promote their own degradation?
I still believe you are full of shit, otherwise, why are you posting as an anonymous troll?
You're right. I don't get it and I still don't get it. Why isn't it a "We Fully Comply With the Blizzard Terms of Service" guild instead of a GLBT guild?
Well, that would not be as interesting socially for the members. Why do they have guilds in various games for people from different countries, or with different interests? In your mind, those should be considered discriminatory and "promoting an agenda." Is it an agenda to want to play with, say, other players from New Zealand?
There is a difference between trying to avoid harassment and promoting an agenda.
OH NO!!!! The Gay Agenda! How horrible! You think other guilds don't promote agendas? I don't play WoW, but in the games I have played, they have "Wizard" guilds, "Evil" guilds, and other guilds with specific agendas and membership requirements.
In actual fact, the only agenda this guild has is to discourage abusive language in the game world. What's so bad about that? You said you'd support it in a heartbeat, so what is your problem?
The second point is that the person starting the guild is upset because blizzard pointed out the fact that they are discriminating.
But they aren't discriminating.
By restricting a set of members based solely on sexual preference, it is in fact being discriminating.
So, you seem to want to take away the right of Freedom of Association, which is an important right in the US Constitution? So, people can't choose their friends, or form clubs?
You must have some pretty deep psychological problems if it angers you that GLBT people don't want you to use bogoted language. How are they creating "negative rights"? They are just asking to be treated with more respect. Just like you have the right to ask people to stop spamming you or calling you an idiot.
It is a game and if anyone thinks otherwise, I recommend blizzard doing something about that. People pay them for entertainment, not to be harrassed, bombarded, or in any way drug into the sludge of the normal day.
Don't you see the hypocisy in your comment? You don't want to be harassed or bombarded. That's exactly what the GBLT guild wants - to escape from the harassment.
How does them having a guild where they can play together "harass" you in any way? In contrast, they are the ones being harassed by all the homophobic comments.
If you really wanted to escape from "reality" - then why do the characters even have genders?
Maybe they would like to forget about all the political crap-ola with which we are inundated constantly in our activist-infested world for a change, and just go somewhere where they don't have to think about it.
If they want to get away from politics, then why do the homophobic players use politically-loaded terms like gay? As if that's not political in itself. If they wanted to avoid politics, they would avoid using that word in a demeaning way.
By your logic, it's just as likely that you're lying and actually are the CEO of Winternals.
No shot. That's exactly the point the other poster was trying to make, and it is true/
If you're going to get that technical, there's NO way to coraborate anything online.
That's the truth.
Being reasonable, however, my response had more backing than 90% of them on this topic.
That's bullshit. You did not provide any links, or give anything more than your opinion. How does that make your opinion more backed by fact than any of the other posts which disagree with you? One thing is obvious. If you do work for Best Buy, you are a good indication of the lack of intelleigence of their employees.
Apple going with Plasma displays? That's hilarious. Who'd want a junky plasma, when the big screen world is going LCD, and Apple pioneered big desktop LCDs?
looks like i'm officially a mac guy now -- going to have to put that white apple sticker on my rear bumper -- Yikes!
Don't forget, you will also need to buy a new wardrobe (black is a good choice, and quite slimming) and perhaps a portable latte-making machine.
Re:Dual boot? How about virtualization, too!
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I'm running it now - install is very fast, runtime very fast. Couple of notes though:
Can't access the physical CD
No sound
Have you tried installing Apple's drivers that came with Bootcamp on your Windows virtual machine? That might solve some of your problems. (but might not)
Any company that does that will be cutting their throats. Why would users put up with a company that treats their users like that, when there are many quality solutions that are Mac-native? Mac marketshare is increasing, not decreasing. Windows users will buy Mac hardware, then realize how inferior Windows is - and that will mean even more people demanding Mac-native versions.
Mac developers do extremely well, because they cater to their market, and have less competition. People have been saying this for years about VirtualPC, but it never comes true. We keep seeing more and better Mac software.
He's talking about a 4-hour plane ride in the middle of the night. Until you've tried it, shut up.
Not in the middle of the night, but yes, I've done that. Didn't have any problems with kids fighting each other if they did not have electronic entertainment.
Shows what you know. You might babysit childrens, but I _raise_ 2 childs 24/7, both under 26 months old (yes I work at home)
Well, actually, I am pretty much raising these children - it's not a babysitting job, they just aren't my children. So I hesitate to say "I have children" - but when I think about it, that is basically the case.
For your information, babysitter dude, no child will read a book for 4 hours unless they are autistic or strapped to a chair with the book in front of them, a-la Clockwork Orange.
I didn't say they should do that the whole time - but there are plenty of other things kids can do without resorting to electronic screens. It is bad for their development. There are studies that have shown this.
Something must be wrong if you can't get them to stop fighting.
And yes english is my second language, but unlike you, I am tolerant of other and I do not lack basic reading skills.
Well, I am tolerant of others, which is why I asked whether English was your second language. If I were not tolerant, I would have just blasted you without asking.
Thats good english? Making arguments out of thin air not even related to anything, and that "you should babysit your children"? WTF?
I apologise, that was a hasty reply, and demonstrates the damaging effects that electronic media has on one's attention-span. I meant "You are saying you should babysit your children with TV."
That's fucking sick. I babysit children of that age - and they read books, and play with non-electronic toys. they aren't allowed to watch TV and play videogames. How are you raising your kids that they will fight if they don't have electronic entertainment?
In fact, you are saying you should babysit your children, no matter how much you deny it.
By the way, are you fluent in English, or is it a second language? Because you could probably do with some reading yourself, if English is supposed to be a language you communicate in.
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Yes, and it usually sucks when you are talking about a story or comments. Have you noticed that slashdot comments are listed in chronological order? As for email, I don't know about you, but my email client lists things chronologically (or sorted by subject, if I choose). One of the reasons I dislike web-based email is reverse chronological order.
I don't really care if most sites do that. One of the reasons I find the internet less useful these days is because of stupid layout and ordering. It being popular doesn't make it useful.
The reason is, the newest stuff is up at the top, right there for you to see. So that you don't need to scroll all the way to the bottom of the screen every time to see if there is something new.
You are talking about completely different paradigms. Listing news headlines is very different to telling a story. Notice how the English language reads from top to bottom? Notice how stories usually start at the beginning?
We are talking about discussing a single issue here - why is it unusual to expect a coherent way of arranging the information?
It's incredibly cryptic, the way the links and stories are written. Reminds me of the way that blog comments are arranged in reverse chronological order. Incredibly annoying. To understand it, you need to read the last link you click on first. WTF, people? How about writing for humans?
Why?
And why do you assume that girls who cam are straight? Do you have more of a problem if lesbian girls do it for straight men? I just don't see the relevance of sexual preference here. A camwhore is a camwhore. A pedophile is a pedophile.
No shit, who do you think the majority of webcam consumers are? Horny guys. I'm not sure what the "no less" part is supposed to mean. Is that somehow more shocking than a guy doing it for a woman, or a woman doing it for a guy?
How is it possible to separate the real world from the game? Do you get equally offended when people mention what country they are from in the game?
Also, you seem to be more offended by the GLBT guild than by the people who shout "fags" or "gay" in the game - aren't they also bringing real-world agendas and politics into the game?
Of course they do. I'm not sure what this has to do with this partcular discussion, though.
A better example of this phenomenon is how "nigger," a derogative racial term for a black person is now commonly used as a friendly greeting among white guys.
What? "Nigger" is certainly not a common greeting among white guys, so I'm not sure what you are talking about. I'm sure that "nigger" is a very rare greeting among white people.
My guess is that we wouldn't be having this discussion if people were saying gay to mean that something was good.
Obviously, but that's not the case here. "Gay" = "bad" because the person using the word in that context thinks that gays are despicable.
Actually, it is because of homophobia. Without homophobia, "gay" would never have become a word associated with "stupid" or "retarded." Whether you mean it or not, using the word in this way is associated with homophobia, because homophobia is how this meaning came about.
I still believe you are full of shit, otherwise, why are you posting as an anonymous troll?
If you don't care, then why are you so offended by it?
Well, that would not be as interesting socially for the members. Why do they have guilds in various games for people from different countries, or with different interests? In your mind, those should be considered discriminatory and "promoting an agenda." Is it an agenda to want to play with, say, other players from New Zealand?
There is a difference between trying to avoid harassment and promoting an agenda.
OH NO!!!! The Gay Agenda! How horrible! You think other guilds don't promote agendas? I don't play WoW, but in the games I have played, they have "Wizard" guilds, "Evil" guilds, and other guilds with specific agendas and membership requirements.
In actual fact, the only agenda this guild has is to discourage abusive language in the game world. What's so bad about that? You said you'd support it in a heartbeat, so what is your problem?
But they aren't discriminating.
By restricting a set of members based solely on sexual preference, it is in fact being discriminating.
So, you seem to want to take away the right of Freedom of Association, which is an important right in the US Constitution? So, people can't choose their friends, or form clubs?
You must have some pretty deep psychological problems if it angers you that GLBT people don't want you to use bogoted language. How are they creating "negative rights"? They are just asking to be treated with more respect. Just like you have the right to ask people to stop spamming you or calling you an idiot.
Don't you see the hypocisy in your comment? You don't want to be harassed or bombarded. That's exactly what the GBLT guild wants - to escape from the harassment.
How does them having a guild where they can play together "harass" you in any way? In contrast, they are the ones being harassed by all the homophobic comments.
If you really wanted to escape from "reality" - then why do the characters even have genders?
You are full of shit.
If they want to get away from politics, then why do the homophobic players use politically-loaded terms like gay? As if that's not political in itself. If they wanted to avoid politics, they would avoid using that word in a demeaning way.
No shot. That's exactly the point the other poster was trying to make, and it is true/
If you're going to get that technical, there's NO way to coraborate anything online.
That's the truth.
Being reasonable, however, my response had more backing than 90% of them on this topic.
That's bullshit. You did not provide any links, or give anything more than your opinion. How does that make your opinion more backed by fact than any of the other posts which disagree with you? One thing is obvious. If you do work for Best Buy, you are a good indication of the lack of intelleigence of their employees.
A: Not ready for release until Web 3.1
Apple going with Plasma displays? That's hilarious. Who'd want a junky plasma, when the big screen world is going LCD, and Apple pioneered big desktop LCDs?
None ... they reproduce asexually, so no screwing is required.
Don't forget, you will also need to buy a new wardrobe (black is a good choice, and quite slimming) and perhaps a portable latte-making machine.
Have you tried installing Apple's drivers that came with Bootcamp on your Windows virtual machine? That might solve some of your problems. (but might not)
Mac developers do extremely well, because they cater to their market, and have less competition. People have been saying this for years about VirtualPC, but it never comes true. We keep seeing more and better Mac software.
Not in the middle of the night, but yes, I've done that. Didn't have any problems with kids fighting each other if they did not have electronic entertainment.
Well, actually, I am pretty much raising these children - it's not a babysitting job, they just aren't my children. So I hesitate to say "I have children" - but when I think about it, that is basically the case.
For your information, babysitter dude, no child will read a book for 4 hours unless they are autistic or strapped to a chair with the book in front of them, a-la Clockwork Orange.
I didn't say they should do that the whole time - but there are plenty of other things kids can do without resorting to electronic screens. It is bad for their development. There are studies that have shown this.
Something must be wrong if you can't get them to stop fighting.
And yes english is my second language, but unlike you, I am tolerant of other and I do not lack basic reading skills.
Well, I am tolerant of others, which is why I asked whether English was your second language. If I were not tolerant, I would have just blasted you without asking.
Thats good english? Making arguments out of thin air not even related to anything, and that "you should babysit your children"? WTF?
I apologise, that was a hasty reply, and demonstrates the damaging effects that electronic media has on one's attention-span. I meant "You are saying you should babysit your children with TV."
In fact, you are saying you should babysit your children, no matter how much you deny it.
By the way, are you fluent in English, or is it a second language? Because you could probably do with some reading yourself, if English is supposed to be a language you communicate in.