Denial isn't just a river in Egypt. "Hacker" was decided back in the 80's. You can keep pretending if you like, though. Myself, I still like to delude myself that there's a chance "Firefly" may come back.
You might want to reconsider telling a developer "It's us or the console!" Considering the relative sales figures, that is a fight the PC absolutely cannot win.
Then they were ignoring Jesus' own words too. He specifically says "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret;" This is not ambiguous, this is a command. Christians are to pray in private. You blaspheme your own god with every public prayer. And yet you "pious" Christians are the first in line whenever your ostentatious shows of public prayer are in any way threatened by us heathens--you *push* to the front of the line to spit on the very words of your own Jesus. You hold up a book which you have never even read, ignoring the very commandments that were imparted you, and proclaim yourself "Christian." Hypocrites all.
A true believer can never see the flaws in his own idol. You can no more see contradictions in the Bible than a Muslim can see contradictions in the Koran, or a Mormon can see contradictions in the Book of Mormon, etc. But an outsider can see flaws and contradictions in all of them.
I would bet that the studios aren't nearly as concerned with any faux legitimacy this gives to already pirated songs as they are with the possibility of users sharing username/passwords for their iCloud accounts (sharing their entire music collections en masse). Jimmy re-downloading a song he's already ripped isn't nearly as bad for business as Jimmy sharing his 8,000 song music collection with all his friends.
Jesus also specifically said not to pray in public (maybe you should have actually READ that book you keep yammering about). Good luck trying to explain to him someday why you repeated defied one of the most prominent commands in the most important sermon of his career.
If you set the wayback machine to a time before political-correctness became the norm in comedy, you'll find that there was a time when humor could be both offensive AND funny at the same time. See Sam Kinison.
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He's fought them because they weren't sufficiently worshipful--and because they mentioned uncomfortable little issues like the daughter he denied for years (yes, one of the richest men in the U.S. let his daughter be raised on welfare with no father) or how he fucked over Steve Wozniak (the guy that really started Apple). Jobs doesn't like biographies because they inevitably show him as the shitheel-excuse-for-a-human-being he really is.
That's because the Zucker Brothers and Farelly Brothers died. Now a wannabe named Judd Apatow (who peaked on the Ben Stiller Show) is the closest thing we have to "funny" today. And that's just a sad state,
I've known this for years now. Duke was an iconic figure back in the days when Andrew Dice Clay was still alive. And if the developers had done their job when they were supposed to, instead of fucking around for years and years, they wouldn't have been faced with the challenge of bringing such an anachronistic character into 2011 (much less keeping the graphics updated). But the developers didn't do their job. They didn't release this in 1999, when they should have. And now it's just a weird mess, the leftovers of a game that might have fit in great in its era, but now is out-of-place--both graphically and socially.
Maybe it would work as a niche indie title like the Postal series. It's still a good laugh for those of us who actually like to be offended. But as a mainstream title, *of course* it's a fucking mess. The whole development process was a fucking mess. What did you expect to come out of that disaster, the next Halo?
I'm no fan of the Windows Phone, but I've also learned not to write off MS so quickly. Every time they come out with a new product, everyone laughs it off. And sometimes (as with the Zune) that proves to be warranted. But I also remember when the Xbox came out and Sony laughed that off. Then the Xbox 360 became the dominant brand in North America and suddenly Sony wasn't laughing anymore.
You can question the merits of their products, but there is little doubt that MS has a lot of marketing money to through behind a product if they really want too.
The U.S. has a VERY strong tradition of rugged individualism (going back to all that Manifest Destiny/"Go West Young Man" shit). Americans, as a consequence, are generally distrustful of any sort of collectivism. The American Dream (as generally understood) is that you work hard AS AN INDIVIDUAL and make your fortune.
Of course, real life never works out that way. In real life, standing alone is usually a great way to get run over.
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Denial isn't just a river in Egypt. "Hacker" was decided back in the 80's. You can keep pretending if you like, though. Myself, I still like to delude myself that there's a chance "Firefly" may come back.
Steam is like a vasectomy. It's intrusive and it looks like it will hurt a ton, but in reality it's painless and not a big deal.
And it also leaves you somewhat less a man for having accepted it.
You might want to reconsider telling a developer "It's us or the console!" Considering the relative sales figures, that is a fight the PC absolutely cannot win.
Then they were ignoring Jesus' own words too. He specifically says "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret;" This is not ambiguous, this is a command. Christians are to pray in private. You blaspheme your own god with every public prayer. And yet you "pious" Christians are the first in line whenever your ostentatious shows of public prayer are in any way threatened by us heathens--you *push* to the front of the line to spit on the very words of your own Jesus. You hold up a book which you have never even read, ignoring the very commandments that were imparted you, and proclaim yourself "Christian." Hypocrites all.
A true believer can never see the flaws in his own idol. You can no more see contradictions in the Bible than a Muslim can see contradictions in the Koran, or a Mormon can see contradictions in the Book of Mormon, etc. But an outsider can see flaws and contradictions in all of them.
I would bet that the studios aren't nearly as concerned with any faux legitimacy this gives to already pirated songs as they are with the possibility of users sharing username/passwords for their iCloud accounts (sharing their entire music collections en masse). Jimmy re-downloading a song he's already ripped isn't nearly as bad for business as Jimmy sharing his 8,000 song music collection with all his friends.
Sure, *he* can do it. He's Jesus (he can return from the dead too). What did he tell YOU to do?
People have been committing suicide for thousands of years. When is this time you speak of?
Jesus also specifically said not to pray in public (maybe you should have actually READ that book you keep yammering about). Good luck trying to explain to him someday why you repeated defied one of the most prominent commands in the most important sermon of his career.
Lucas will now have to spend the rest of his life working in the quick lube stall at Sony's fleet maintenance
Ha, he WISHES! For an offense like that, it's off to Sony's silicon mines. He'll dig right next to GeoHot.
Can someone please translate all that into NASCAR?
If you set the wayback machine to a time before political-correctness became the norm in comedy, you'll find that there was a time when humor could be both offensive AND funny at the same time. See Sam Kinison.
He's fought them because they weren't sufficiently worshipful--and because they mentioned uncomfortable little issues like the daughter he denied for years (yes, one of the richest men in the U.S. let his daughter be raised on welfare with no father) or how he fucked over Steve Wozniak (the guy that really started Apple). Jobs doesn't like biographies because they inevitably show him as the shitheel-excuse-for-a-human-being he really is.
Yes, I know it happened. But did they really have to show it?
His holiness is far too important to be profanely cast in mere statue, blasphemer!
American citizens have rights under the Constitution so they cannot be treated as "enemy combatants".
You just keep telling yourself that.
That's because the Zucker Brothers and Farelly Brothers died. Now a wannabe named Judd Apatow (who peaked on the Ben Stiller Show) is the closest thing we have to "funny" today. And that's just a sad state,
Is it OK to outsource my burning of Christians to members of rival abrahamic monotheist sects and subsects?
No, because Islam is the religion of peace and Jews can only be victims--never perpetrators. Only Christians and their subsects can do wrong.
What comes after forever?
My girlfriend.
I've known this for years now. Duke was an iconic figure back in the days when Andrew Dice Clay was still alive. And if the developers had done their job when they were supposed to, instead of fucking around for years and years, they wouldn't have been faced with the challenge of bringing such an anachronistic character into 2011 (much less keeping the graphics updated). But the developers didn't do their job. They didn't release this in 1999, when they should have. And now it's just a weird mess, the leftovers of a game that might have fit in great in its era, but now is out-of-place--both graphically and socially.
Maybe it would work as a niche indie title like the Postal series. It's still a good laugh for those of us who actually like to be offended. But as a mainstream title, *of course* it's a fucking mess. The whole development process was a fucking mess. What did you expect to come out of that disaster, the next Halo?
I'm no fan of the Windows Phone, but I've also learned not to write off MS so quickly. Every time they come out with a new product, everyone laughs it off. And sometimes (as with the Zune) that proves to be warranted. But I also remember when the Xbox came out and Sony laughed that off. Then the Xbox 360 became the dominant brand in North America and suddenly Sony wasn't laughing anymore.
You can question the merits of their products, but there is little doubt that MS has a lot of marketing money to through behind a product if they really want too.
That's one of those fake Chinese unions that only exist because Chairman Mao once said that unions were good.
Yeah, conditions in Apple Stores are terrible!
I bet if you had to deal with MacHeads all day, every day, you wouldn't say that so sarcastically.
The U.S. has a VERY strong tradition of rugged individualism (going back to all that Manifest Destiny/"Go West Young Man" shit). Americans, as a consequence, are generally distrustful of any sort of collectivism. The American Dream (as generally understood) is that you work hard AS AN INDIVIDUAL and make your fortune.
Of course, real life never works out that way. In real life, standing alone is usually a great way to get run over.
Nope, that's a crapload of toilets!