I personally thought episode III should have ended with a scene of JarJar walking away, reaching up, pulling off a mask and it being Sideous underneath... Would also conveniently explain why the guy didn't appear at all in the later 3 films...
I do have one *tiny* question for every veggie, vegan et al - what do you think will happen to all the domestic animals (especially young ones - milk could still be used afterall, but there's no use for a calf if we're not eating veal) if the whole world turned veggie? I'd guesstimate that you'd a) see the extinction of about 80% of the breeds of cow, 90%+ of the varieties of pig, not to mention the ecological impact of western society suddenly losing 2/3rds of it's natural wildlife (farmers, already poor, aren't going to keep animals alive that are losing them money)...
Just curious as to how veggies view this...
(resists adding disclaimers - there is *NOTHING* worse than an article that to 50% of the population is flamebait ending with some crappy get-out clause. Mod me up, mod me down - but hey, mod me on my questions not my skill at escaping negativity;))
Thanks for reminding me of how copyright works... I have now a cunning plan! I will post a load of mp3's with suggestive titles (e.g. britney-spears-latest-album.mp3) to my homepage (all legit, o.c.), complete with a nice html page, all formatted preddy, with a note at the bottom witholding the right to copy to all agents, representatives, friends and family of record agencies and their unions... Then, one "anonymous tip" to the BMI later (uk based here, substitue APB for Sweden, RIAA for the states), sit back and a) watch the server logs carefully, and b) wait for the cease and desist letter... Then, when I have evidence that they've looked at it (Server logs + letter) that they've viewed the page... I'll sue them for copyright infringement (bc their local machine will almost certainly have cached the page)... Then slander/liabel (can never rember which one is which), and *THEN* extortion, and invasion of privacy (how are they gonna find my address from my web site w/o snooping on me? It's not in the whois...) Joy!
You use the operative word there I think - Caught. Just because organised crime is involved doesn't mean there'll be a major name court case, and even if the guys get arrested it might not even be a part of the case. Of the top of my head, an example of this: Al Capone. Multi-million dollar mob criminal, finally brought to court and imprisoned on tax grounds. Try searching the archives for *one* case where he was successfully prosecuted for extortion, racketeering e.t.c - there aren't any. Organised Crime is so because it is successful. Successful criminals *DONT* get caught.
Owning starfighters when you're pacifists is a good thing... there is a fine line between "Hey, I'm a good guy, I'm not going to attack anyone" and "Hey mr space-pirate/hut mafia, please come and buttfsck my planet"...
As an Aside, I'm currently working on a set of pages using the vlc plugin for FireFox to do pretty much what the article wants... Open Source OC, and currently pre-beta, but check it out: http://midworld.co.uk/~ctrlphreak/downloads/mps.zi p
(note: requires FireFox, Vlc and *nux to run... currently *REALLY* pre-beta)
Dude, where do you live? (Hard drugs = class A's I'm assuming) Me and a few friends'll come over and get some Sunshine Acid... Might even get my act together and get some kool-aid to go with it;)
That's not surprising. The higher the IQ, the more of the crappyness of the world you actually *understand*. And the more you understand, the more miserable it makes you.
Much simpler... replace http:/// with gpap:// (google page access protocol);)
Incidentally, is it me or are the anti-bot images getting worse? they're getting seriously pixellated...
Its true tho... without this banning of violent games, kids will end up becoming monsters like Government soldiers (Half-Life), Ordinary civilians (Hitman/gta - remember, the monsters in games are the things you kill...), etc...;)
Oh come off it... Real geeks are awaiting Serenity's release date... 'Trek and 'Wars are *way* too mainstream for real fanboys... The problem with pop-cult experience is that it doesn't really get visible to the mainstream until it's nearly dead...
Not to mention the potential career you have as an accountant after memorising all the stats, rules and tables... (disclaimer: Die hard D20/gurps fan here... jic someone missed the joke;) )
Precident is there to ensure fairness (IANAL, but i've done a fair share of law courses) - essentially, if you do something naughty today, and get sued for $100, then joe six-pack's going to be really pissed if he does the same thing tomorrow and ends up losing $100,000 - people need consistency in the law.
As an aside to the nicotine argument, there is one drug most people forget: Caffeine. LD:50 - 1.5-2g (I've nearly done this before now - it's not fun...) so about 10 cups of coffee, or 30 pro plus (7.5 no-doze for the americans, iirc) tablets... Addiction rates for caffeine are also completely off the chart - nicotine is the only stuff that comes anywhere near close. And (as someone who's now almost completely given up - I won't even drink cola bc of the caffeine content) I can tell you that the withdrawl symptoms are a bitch...
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I personally thought episode III should have ended with a scene of JarJar walking away, reaching up, pulling off a mask and it being Sideous underneath... Would also conveniently explain why the guy didn't appear at all in the later 3 films...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't "deleting the files and the program" sound awfully like "destroying the evidence"?
I'd buy that game too - Oh how I *HATE* those PowerPuff Girls....
I do have one *tiny* question for every veggie, vegan et al - what do you think will happen to all the domestic animals (especially young ones - milk could still be used afterall, but there's no use for a calf if we're not eating veal) if the whole world turned veggie? I'd guesstimate that you'd a) see the extinction of about 80% of the breeds of cow, 90%+ of the varieties of pig, not to mention the ecological impact of western society suddenly losing 2/3rds of it's natural wildlife (farmers, already poor, aren't going to keep animals alive that are losing them money)... Just curious as to how veggies view this... (resists adding disclaimers - there is *NOTHING* worse than an article that to 50% of the population is flamebait ending with some crappy get-out clause. Mod me up, mod me down - but hey, mod me on my questions not my skill at escaping negativity ;))
Thanks for reminding me of how copyright works... I have now a cunning plan! I will post a load of mp3's with suggestive titles (e.g. britney-spears-latest-album.mp3) to my homepage (all legit, o.c.), complete with a nice html page, all formatted preddy, with a note at the bottom witholding the right to copy to all agents, representatives, friends and family of record agencies and their unions... Then, one "anonymous tip" to the BMI later (uk based here, substitue APB for Sweden, RIAA for the states), sit back and a) watch the server logs carefully, and b) wait for the cease and desist letter... Then, when I have evidence that they've looked at it (Server logs + letter) that they've viewed the page... I'll sue them for copyright infringement (bc their local machine will almost certainly have cached the page)... Then slander/liabel (can never rember which one is which), and *THEN* extortion, and invasion of privacy (how are they gonna find my address from my web site w/o snooping on me? It's not in the whois...) Joy!
You use the operative word there I think - Caught. Just because organised crime is involved doesn't mean there'll be a major name court case, and even if the guys get arrested it might not even be a part of the case. Of the top of my head, an example of this: Al Capone. Multi-million dollar mob criminal, finally brought to court and imprisoned on tax grounds. Try searching the archives for *one* case where he was successfully prosecuted for extortion, racketeering e.t.c - there aren't any. Organised Crime is so because it is successful. Successful criminals *DONT* get caught.
Ah dude, Joss already *is* a big name writer/director - check the credits on Toy Story sometime...
Owning starfighters when you're pacifists is a good thing... there is a fine line between "Hey, I'm a good guy, I'm not going to attack anyone" and "Hey mr space-pirate/hut mafia, please come and buttfsck my planet"...
I'll stick with hallucinogenics rather than either thanx... but good point tho. *wanders off humming white rabbit by jefferson airplane*
As an Aside, I'm currently working on a set of pages using the vlc plugin for FireFox to do pretty much what the article wants... Open Source OC, and currently pre-beta, but check it out: http://midworld.co.uk/~ctrlphreak/downloads/mps.zi p
(note: requires FireFox, Vlc and *nux to run... currently *REALLY* pre-beta)
Dude, where do you live? (Hard drugs = class A's I'm assuming) Me and a few friends'll come over and get some Sunshine Acid... Might even get my act together and get some kool-aid to go with it ;)
That's not surprising. The higher the IQ, the more of the crappyness of the world you actually *understand*. And the more you understand, the more miserable it makes you.
Much simpler... replace http:/// with gpap:// (google page access protocol) ;)
Incidentally, is it me or are the anti-bot images getting worse? they're getting seriously pixellated...
Its true tho... without this banning of violent games, kids will end up becoming monsters like Government soldiers (Half-Life), Ordinary civilians (Hitman/gta - remember, the monsters in games are the things you kill...), etc... ;)
Wrapper != browser... It's not out-of-the-box functionality, so the article post is *technically* true...
Oh come off it... Real geeks are awaiting Serenity's release date... 'Trek and 'Wars are *way* too mainstream for real fanboys... The problem with pop-cult experience is that it doesn't really get visible to the mainstream until it's nearly dead...
Not to mention the potential career you have as an accountant after memorising all the stats, rules and tables... (disclaimer: Die hard D20/gurps fan here... jic someone missed the joke ;) )
Zealot you may be, but you've hit the nail on the head there... well said!
Precident is there to ensure fairness (IANAL, but i've done a fair share of law courses) - essentially, if you do something naughty today, and get sued for $100, then joe six-pack's going to be really pissed if he does the same thing tomorrow and ends up losing $100,000 - people need consistency in the law.
As an aside to the nicotine argument, there is one drug most people forget: Caffeine. LD:50 - 1.5-2g (I've nearly done this before now - it's not fun...) so about 10 cups of coffee, or 30 pro plus (7.5 no-doze for the americans, iirc) tablets... Addiction rates for caffeine are also completely off the chart - nicotine is the only stuff that comes anywhere near close. And (as someone who's now almost completely given up - I won't even drink cola bc of the caffeine content) I can tell you that the withdrawl symptoms are a bitch...
Given his relationship with chewbakka, my money's on shriveled, midget wookie...
I hope you H4xor'd it Nekkid - otherwise your box is toast ;)
Is it bad that the first thing i think of when someone mentions junk is "Have you seen my chance cube?" :S