This game represents everything I hate about modern games. Apparently we want better lighting, better animations more life-like graphics. This striving for hyper-realism is driving me nuts.
The computer allows us to make everything, and yet we insist on creating worlds that are essentially no different from the one we live in. Where is the weird, the fantastic, the horrible and the wonderful? Why do we settle, when we can have anything? When do we start creating art?
So they want nukes? Who can blame them? Given the "western leader"'s previous behavior in the region, they would be fools not to get a strong deterrent.
Does the employer benefit and did he ask for it? If yes and yes, then it is work. There is no such thing as a free lunch - it is a healthy capitalist principle and it works both ways.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult."
It was true then, it is true now and it will remain true in the future.
Respectful is a word being thrown around a lot by believers of some god or another, but it always means the same thing. Do not question, do not criticize. I am sorry, but I am not buying. People can believe whatever they want - I sincerely do not care. But when they ask me, to "respect" their particular brand of nonsense, I am all too happy to utter the words "Fuck off".
And "some people" would call Madeleine Bunting who is known for her advocacy of religion and her dislike of atheism, well biased. She has gone so far, as to suggest that atheists are unable criticize religion, because - get this - they are atheists! Wow, what a great source for your argument by authority.
Now show one, just one, of the fallacies used by Dawkins.
- Obama's lack of experience -- if he is elected, the 4 year presidential term will be the longest job he's ever held -- he's a talented Senator, but he's never actually run anything
I have heard that argument a lot from the republicans, and I don't get it. Perhaps you can explain it for me (I am not American, obviously). Considering that McCain is old, it is likely that Sarah Palin will become president at some point. Does she not suffer from the same lack of experience as Barack Obama?
And there are people who still argue that Turkey should be allowed to join the EU. We have enough problems as is, let us not compound them by giving (more) religious zealots power in Europe.
Crazy is a very poor way of describing him. He acts perfectly rational given his beliefs.
To describe him as crazy, removes his responsibility for his actions. If he truly were crazy, he would be no less a victim, than the people he has been involved in murdering. No, I want a sane, intelligent and rational Bin Laden - I want him caught, judged and sentenced and I want it done right. I want us to show the world, that we are, in every sense of the word, better.
Stating the obvious I know, but law is not software. You wrote summarized the problem in your first sentence: "everybody to agree on how to interpret them", which of course is impossible. Or to put it in term of software: natural language is based on a ambiguous grammar, thus a multitude of interpretations exists. To assume otherwise is a fallacy of logic and amounts to no more than an exercise in futility.
Am I the only one who is unsure whether to throw up or punch someone in the face, when you read something like "It shows insensitivity towards Muslim feelings and should be removed immediately."
It is your fucking dogma. I don't care. If you don't like, don't fucking watch it! There are thousands of religions in the world, with even more thousands taboos. If every religion were as whiny as the muslim, we could do nothing, but sit and shit on cave floors in some long forgotten dessert.
Here is a hint for you: Religious tolerance is NOT shutting up about your particular religion - religious tolerance is to accept that people don't care about your particular invisible man.
In a world where the vast majority of sexual offences are committed by friends and family, it seems odd that so much energy is wasted fighting "the stranger on the Internet" and so little energy is spent rescuing the woman and children being abused and intimidated within their own home.
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Basically you can't do anything without being an asshole. If I were you, I would get another job.
This game represents everything I hate about modern games. Apparently we want better lighting, better animations more life-like graphics. This striving for hyper-realism is driving me nuts.
The computer allows us to make everything, and yet we insist on creating worlds that are essentially no different from the one we live in. Where is the weird, the fantastic, the horrible and the wonderful? Why do we settle, when we can have anything? When do we start creating art?
Why call home? One of the many joys of going abroad is that you get to be alone and experience things on your own.
So they want nukes? Who can blame them? Given the "western leader"'s previous behavior in the region, they would be fools not to get a strong deterrent.
Does the employer benefit and did he ask for it? If yes and yes, then it is work. There is no such thing as a free lunch - it is a healthy capitalist principle and it works both ways.
If you don't like the dumbed down version, the actual article can be found here. It is quite readable.
And it is a crappy summary - as usual. Violence is not even mentioned in the article.
Amen brother. To quote the great Hoare:
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult."
It was true then, it is true now and it will remain true in the future.
Respectful is a word being thrown around a lot by believers of some god or another, but it always means the same thing. Do not question, do not criticize. I am sorry, but I am not buying. People can believe whatever they want - I sincerely do not care. But when they ask me, to "respect" their particular brand of nonsense, I am all too happy to utter the words "Fuck off".
Whoever modded this interesting is a fucking moron.
And "some people" would call Madeleine Bunting who is known for her advocacy of religion and her dislike of atheism, well biased. She has gone so far, as to suggest that atheists are unable criticize religion, because - get this - they are atheists! Wow, what a great source for your argument by authority.
Now show one, just one, of the fallacies used by Dawkins.
Didn't think so...
Why is this modded insightful? He clearly does not know what ethical means.
This is said without malice, there are good points in the post, but not about ethics.
Just give me Amarok. It is the only thing I miss from Linux.
That thing is fantastic.
- Obama's lack of experience -- if he is elected, the 4 year presidential term will be the longest job he's ever held -- he's a talented Senator, but he's never actually run anything
I have heard that argument a lot from the republicans, and I don't get it. Perhaps you can explain it for me (I am not American, obviously). Considering that McCain is old, it is likely that Sarah Palin will become president at some point. Does she not suffer from the same lack of experience as Barack Obama?
And there are people who still argue that Turkey should be allowed to join the EU. We have enough problems as is, let us not compound them by giving (more) religious zealots power in Europe.
Crazy is a very poor way of describing him. He acts perfectly rational given his beliefs.
To describe him as crazy, removes his responsibility for his actions. If he truly were crazy, he would be no less a victim, than the people he has been involved in murdering. No, I want a sane, intelligent and rational Bin Laden - I want him caught, judged and sentenced and I want it done right. I want us to show the world, that we are, in every sense of the word, better.
Yes, because a zombie born by a virgin and fathered by sky-guy is sane.
I pay about 60 USD for a 20 Mbps connection in Denmark - phone included.
Yes, because for some reason it is incredibly important to believe in the correct version of invisible super dude(s).
Anyone who spends any significant time on this is a moron.
Richard Dawkins is cool
Fucking hypocrites...
Certainly, but they are not derived from invisible skyman.
Keep your god out of this please... There is enough stupidity in the EU already.
Stating the obvious I know, but law is not software. You wrote summarized the problem in your first sentence: "everybody to agree on how to interpret them", which of course is impossible. Or to put it in term of software: natural language is based on a ambiguous grammar, thus a multitude of interpretations exists. To assume otherwise is a fallacy of logic and amounts to no more than an exercise in futility.
Am I the only one who is unsure whether to throw up or punch someone in the face, when you read something like "It shows insensitivity towards Muslim feelings and should be removed immediately."
It is your fucking dogma. I don't care. If you don't like, don't fucking watch it! There are thousands of religions in the world, with even more thousands taboos. If every religion were as whiny as the muslim, we could do nothing, but sit and shit on cave floors in some long forgotten dessert.
Here is a hint for you: Religious tolerance is NOT shutting up about your particular religion - religious tolerance is to accept that people don't care about your particular invisible man.
In a world where the vast majority of sexual offences are committed by friends and family, it seems odd that so much energy is wasted fighting "the stranger on the Internet" and so little energy is spent rescuing the woman and children being abused and intimidated within their own home.