Haven't you ever heard law enforcement types saying that ignorance is no excuse? If not knowing about a law is no excuse for not breaking it (a ridiculous but very convenient proposition, if you ask me), then not remembering something after you knew it definitely won't be.
Any time you want to answer the question "What will happen to X in the event of Y?" you either need to try it, or you need a model.
Of course, if there happens to be a country at war... say, I dunno... Iraq... where events like burning cars in populated areas happen regularly, we could always just pay attention;)
Hmm. I agree with (and share, hence my post) your concern, but I don't see how the system you describe is any different. I'd definitely like something unlimited, but I'm more of a CRPG type, so I'm trying to find a good system that can also be coded.
After all, who is to say what it means for "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,"
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Unfortunately, the average person isn't too vigilant, so freedoms deteriorate until a few people with a clue get really pissed off and fight to get them returned.
No, it's not "opening a sealed envelope". Envelopes can contain toxic chemicals, weapons, etc. Computers only hold information. The difference is that they're now policing thought.
No reason to? Are you nuts? They deliberately slandered Corel in a childish, disrespectful manner. Taken with their monopoly status, that also constitutes (to my eyes at least) an abuse of power --- big surprise there.
Anyway, I'm waiting for the real apology, which should go more like: "Dear computer world. We suck. Sorry, we'll go now, and you'll all be better off for it." (And no, that's not childish or disrespectful; it's humor, justified by the companie's past).
I'd really like to see a better spell system, which allows much more flexibility, within certain rules.
I mean, the current magic system in most table-top RPGs is basically a set of pre-set actions: "lightning ball, 30' radius", "light candle without taking match from pocket". Might as well have a DM's story telling system that has options like "tell your players they've entered a "big room'" "tell your player to stop bitchslapping the orc".
What we really need is a system more like "you have 30 mana points" You know how to: "commanding stone; requires 5 points per kilogram per second" "apply the move command: takes 15 points per second" "apply the levitation command: 40 points per second" "apply dazzling special effects to your spell: 10 points per second, per cubic metre".
Then, you could be creative and say, "OK, then I'm going to dazzle this crowd by moving that ancient statue through the air to here..."
Of course, the DM would then reply "with no, sorry, you're not powerful enough", whereupon you'd get your ass kicked by the crowd.
Wouldn't it make more sense to make electricity directly from the solar energy and not involve the coal at all?
Bah, you're obviously thinking in terms of our limited earth sun. Obviously these guys are using the magic Kryptonian sun....or they might have thought of something that oil monopolies will pay them for;)
It is. The British system is much like the US system in that regard, it has been won by the same two parties for so long that it has become ingrained in the British psyche that these are the only two choices.
Although the regional voting in northern ireland is quite different from the national elections. It uses proportional representation, for one thing, and has been talked about as a model for the rest of the UK.
Bull, you clearly implied that my opinion was invalid, or unacceptable. The rest of your arguments about TV and such are interesting enough, but in no way disprove what I said. Either way, I stand by what I've said, I've no interest in going around in circles debating it with you, and the whether you can deal with that is your issue, not mine.
That sounds dangerously close to thinking that you can impose your opinions on the conduct of other people even where that conduct has no impact on you whatsoever.
YOU'RE the one questioning my right to speak my mind. And if you think that other people hurting themselves has "no impact on me whatsoever" then you really are showing your immaturity.
Interestingly simple (but wholely effective) implementation!:D Now, doesn't this invalidate microsoft's whole patent, if an implementation of their patent can be so trivial?
I agree with what I think you're suggesting: that there's no legitimate use for cocaine, and so there's no reason not to disable it.
However, I think you're missing a big downside. This amounts to curing a drug addiction with a drug. The problem with drugs isn't that people get high -- it's that people see them as an alternative to finding healthy, active, fulfilling ways to be happy, and then get adddicted to a passive, unhealthy lifestyle. To cure that, people need to find internal strength. Otherwise, gambling or alcohol or some other addiction will just get them instead.
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Haven't you ever heard law enforcement types saying that ignorance is no excuse? If not knowing about a law is no excuse for not breaking it (a ridiculous but very convenient proposition, if you ask me), then not remembering something after you knew it definitely won't be.
Of course, if there happens to be a country at war... say, I dunno... Iraq... where events like burning cars in populated areas happen regularly, we could always just pay attention
Sure, but they're not searching the hard drive to find things stuffed under the keyboard.
Microsoft tried that too, but they even information about their top-secret cyborg chair-chucker program leaked out
"Men have become the tools of their tools." --- Henry David Thoreau US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862)
True, but it could probably easily be used for individual speakers, only flatter and smaller.
Hmm. I find your lack of faith disturbing. Do not underestimate the power of Linux:
"Linux can do endless loops in six seconds." -- Linus Torvalds.
Hmm. I agree with (and share, hence my post) your concern, but I don't see how the system you describe is any different. I'd definitely like something unlimited, but I'm more of a CRPG type, so I'm trying to find a good system that can also be coded.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Unfortunately, the average person isn't too vigilant, so freedoms deteriorate until a few people with a clue get really pissed off and fight to get them returned.
No, it's not "opening a sealed envelope". Envelopes can contain toxic chemicals, weapons, etc. Computers only hold information. The difference is that they're now policing thought.
No reason to? Are you nuts? They deliberately slandered Corel in a childish, disrespectful manner. Taken with their monopoly status, that also constitutes (to my eyes at least) an abuse of power --- big surprise there.
Anyway, I'm waiting for the real apology, which should go more like: "Dear computer world. We suck. Sorry, we'll go now, and you'll all be better off for it." (And no, that's not childish or disrespectful; it's humor, justified by the companie's past).
People should really give up on that and start using D
Very informative. Thanks -- to you, and the others who replied :)
I'd really like to see a better spell system, which allows much more flexibility, within certain rules.
I mean, the current magic system in most table-top RPGs is basically a set of pre-set actions: "lightning ball, 30' radius", "light candle without taking match from pocket". Might as well have a DM's story telling system that has options like "tell your players they've entered a "big room'" "tell your player to stop bitchslapping the orc".
What we really need is a system more like "you have 30 mana points" You know how to: "commanding stone; requires 5 points per kilogram per second" "apply the move command: takes 15 points per second" "apply the levitation command: 40 points per second" "apply dazzling special effects to your spell: 10 points per second, per cubic metre".
Then, you could be creative and say, "OK, then I'm going to dazzle this crowd by moving that ancient statue through the air to here..."
Of course, the DM would then reply "with no, sorry, you're not powerful enough", whereupon you'd get your ass kicked by the crowd.
Bah, you're obviously thinking in terms of our limited earth sun. Obviously these guys are using the magic Kryptonian sun.
Although the regional voting in northern ireland is quite different from the national elections. It uses proportional representation, for one thing, and has been talked about as a model for the rest of the UK.
You know, if the public had a few chewbaccas defending them in court, this kind of b.s. from corporations might be much less common
Bull, you clearly implied that my opinion was invalid, or unacceptable. The rest of your arguments about TV and such are interesting enough, but in no way disprove what I said. Either way, I stand by what I've said, I've no interest in going around in circles debating it with you, and the whether you can deal with that is your issue, not mine.
YOU'RE the one questioning my right to speak my mind. And if you think that other people hurting themselves has "no impact on me whatsoever" then you really are showing your immaturity.
A grown-up, who's been where you are, and learnt from it, like many of my friends, some of whom were dealers.
Interestingly simple (but wholely effective) implementation!
I agree with what I think you're suggesting: that there's no legitimate use for cocaine, and so there's no reason not to disable it.
However, I think you're missing a big downside. This amounts to curing a drug addiction with a drug. The problem with drugs isn't that people get high -- it's that people see them as an alternative to finding healthy, active, fulfilling ways to be happy, and then get adddicted to a passive, unhealthy lifestyle. To cure that, people need to find internal strength. Otherwise, gambling or alcohol or some other addiction will just get them instead.
You mean, like the way MS uses Linux on servers, and how a lot of its staff use Firefox?
Check out k-3d sometime :)
Jiggawhats is scientific-sounding? Are you sure?