Parent, your comments are the natural interpretation that Russia hopes for, and it was how I initially received the news as well.
However upon consideration, when a country upsets the balance of power by deploying heavier defensive systems, the appropriate response is NOT to increase offensive capability in their direction.
The appropriate response is to increase/defensive capability/ in turn.
So why have they chosen the obviously antagonistic response? It's because they have already been beefing up their offensive ability confidentially and this is just a good opportunity to come out with an excuse. I would guess that the U.S is beefing up their offensive ability as well.
This announcement is pretty much just PR and no substance.
Handgun restrictions vary heavily from state to state.
For example, here in New Jersey, it took 3 written reference letters and 6 weeks of processing for my law-abiding honors-student volunteer firefighter friend to get his gun permit.
Transporting the gun requires that the gun be unloaded with the ammo kept away from the gun. The gun must be in the trunk. The gun must be locked in a safe.
There's a great deal of restrictions out there. The problem is that it doesn't do anything to discourage those who have acquired their guns illegally, like my other friend who owns an unregistered shotgun with a shaved off serial number.
Y'know, despite all the outcry regarding privacy and being seen in windows, it hasn't been brought up so far so I figure I may as well play Captain Obvious.
I found Street View to be useful. I live in New Jersey suburbs, close enough to go to NYC on occassion, but I don't live or work there. It gets awfully confusing trying to find my way through there. Map websites helped with this. Hybrid view in Googlemaps helped more since now I can distinguish areas by large patches of color in a top-down view.
Now with Street View, I know exactly what each corner looks like so I'll be able to recognize that turn when it comes up.
This is how Street View is meant to be used, and it has succeeded in being useful to me. I'm just saying, though this lady's cat has been seen in a window, the public now has gained a useful tool in navigating the streets.
Which outweighs the other? I don't know. I understand her position. I just know that I appreciate the added utility and I would be saddened to lose it. I would love it if the van could come through my neighborhood and outlying areas as well.
He'd be more useful teaching those working on anti-spam measures what methods he used to circumvent them, and helping them find ways to plug those holes. Once exhausted of useful counter-spam information, he will be credited an "appropriate" amount of his sentence, the rest of which will be served out with hand-labor.
And #@$% the slippery slope bullcrap. If he's guilty, he's guilty, if he's not, he's not. The system that decides his innocence or guilt is a seperate issue from how he should repay society if declared guilty. I say forced-labor with reward for good work is a good way to do just that.
Let's just be fair and penalize him for the amount of time that he's cost each person. Let's say a spam mail takes.2 seconds to delete. Hell, let's waive the cost in time and money for the development of anti-spam measures. Let's just keep it to.2 seconds per e-mail. Given the volume of time he's wasted, he's earned it all.
Doesn't look that way to me. Nintendo underestimated demand for the console and third-party developers are getting a late-start on this console because they placed their projects on the PS3 and Xbox360, hence the relative lack of non-firstparty games for this system until next year.
Now that the Wii looks like it will have a strong portion of the market, they'll be jumping on board and I expect to see a swell of games coming up for the Wii in the future when they are completed.
The cost appears to be prohibitive. The navigation is a little different, but not much utility is gained for moving menus from the tv screen to the remote. The bulk of the time in front of a TV is spent watching it rather than manipulating it.
There are two ways of taking care of a desire, you can fulfill it, or eliminate it. Whichever method is more expedient for the desire should be used.
I own a ton of random crap and I'm always buying electronics that I don't need. But they're all small and inexpensive things. Big things like vacations, cars, big HDTVs, I just give up interest in them until they become relatively cheap with relation to my income.
So it's basically just wanting what you can afford, and not wanting what you can't afford. Thankfully I was born into a middle-class life so I only have to worry about wants, rather than needs. I'm very fortunate that one of the biggest burdens I face is the burden of affluence.
The Clone Wars was a series of short episodes spotlighting events in the Clone War between the movies. Shown on the Cartoon Network. The stylized portrayal in this trailer matches the animated drawing in the Clone Wars episodes(which matches Samurai Jack, a show on the Cartoon Network).
Basically what I got from these episodes is how cool Jedi/could/ be. It's much easier to have ridiculously over-the-top action if you just have to animate it. Doing it in live-action by wire-working stunt doubles to match storyboards is not so simple. So you have General Grievous who was leaping 40ft in the air, running on walls, battling multiple Jedi simultaneously and wielding multiple sabers with his arms AND feet.
To be shown in Episode 3...twirling them while slowly walking forward?
You should check them out. They're short, about the length of a commercial break.
Oh I've had plenty of issues. When it was first introduced it was pure crap. Resource hog to start with, plus a memory leak to make it even worse. Frequent lock-ups. I preordered Ragdoll Kung-fu and DoD:S, both pre-order discounts did not occur because the credit card billing system screwed up and instead of playing at release at a discount, I had to wait 3-4 days longer to have it reset, then had to pay full price.
However, overall Steam has improved considerably and I actually like Steam. It just hasn't been perfect. The resource issues have been solved AFAIK, and I can only hope the pre-order problem has also been resolved. When Steam works (I've bought several times on it) it's a great program. Given the option between Steam and retail, I choose Steam.
Y'know, I never realized it, but you're right about that Steam ad.
It only shows up once, but I think their ads have an almost guarenteed click-rate on me. I click them almost every time. I only just now realized that I've been clicking on a pop-up...
I'm immediately dubious, but I would first like to hear some excerpts before I reject the notion that "nature" is inherently better than cityscape. I need to hear more first.
Perhaps some examples from the growing body of scientific research?
After hearing the word "sensationalist" being used, it's hard not to try to associate Louv's claims with the word as well. "Think of the Children" is a common sarcastic quip on Slashdot, which is a reminder of situations where people have chosen to disregard the need for proof if the issue deals with their children.
I see reasons why children encounter less nature during their developing years, but I don't dispute that since it's not suprising to me. Sounds about right. However, what I don't see is reasons why nature is inherently better. I would like to know what advantages it brings in case similar or better benefits can be achieved without having to be tied down to a specific environment. There are quite a few benefits to urban living as well, and I think most would want to take the best from both worlds.
I might actually like these being standard issue in America...so long as the footage becomes a common requirement in prosecuting the charge.
-If a guy actually pulls the crime and is caught on tape, I'm glad he was caught.
-If a guy doesn't commit the crime, is accused of it, and the tape is mysteriously missing... The police have got some explaining to do.
So this can provide an account for what the cop is doing too, which I like. So you can't get pulled over for a search without cause. You're legally allowed to deny access to the cop, but denying access means the cop can now fine you for the taillight that you broke on his flashlight. Ooops, looks like you just broke your headlight too. Hmmm, looks like you ran the red light too. Let's see what other fines you racked up? Oh, you still sure you don't want to let me search your car? Because I can figure out what else you did.
Math teacher had a stop watch. Only 90%-100% correct quizzes counted. The tension ran/very/ high in that room. Victories were tallied up over time. I still remember the thrill of victory, everybody looked forward to the end of class quiz. Thanks Kumon!
Heh actually in some schools getting beaten on while screaming for help is the same as participating in a fist fight pursued by both parties. In school they don't care who started it, both are guilty and punished equally because the school doesn't want to confirm who's responsible for what. They just suspend both to be sure they get the guilty one.
I don't think it's fair either but that's how it is. Schools just kinda suck at consistency in their rules, plus rules vary heavily between schools.
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Parent, your comments are the natural interpretation that Russia hopes for, and it was how I initially received the news as well.
/defensive capability/ in turn.
However upon consideration, when a country upsets the balance of power by deploying heavier defensive systems, the appropriate response is NOT to increase offensive capability in their direction.
The appropriate response is to increase
So why have they chosen the obviously antagonistic response? It's because they have already been beefing up their offensive ability confidentially and this is just a good opportunity to come out with an excuse. I would guess that the U.S is beefing up their offensive ability as well.
This announcement is pretty much just PR and no substance.
Tanj you, you gorram rutting frelnik.
Handgun restrictions vary heavily from state to state.
For example, here in New Jersey, it took 3 written reference letters and 6 weeks of processing for my law-abiding honors-student volunteer firefighter friend to get his gun permit.
Transporting the gun requires that the gun be unloaded with the ammo kept away from the gun. The gun must be in the trunk. The gun must be locked in a safe.
There's a great deal of restrictions out there. The problem is that it doesn't do anything to discourage those who have acquired their guns illegally, like my other friend who owns an unregistered shotgun with a shaved off serial number.
Y'know, despite all the outcry regarding privacy and being seen in windows, it hasn't been brought up so far so I figure I may as well play Captain Obvious.
I found Street View to be useful. I live in New Jersey suburbs, close enough to go to NYC on occassion, but I don't live or work there. It gets awfully confusing trying to find my way through there. Map websites helped with this. Hybrid view in Googlemaps helped more since now I can distinguish areas by large patches of color in a top-down view.
Now with Street View, I know exactly what each corner looks like so I'll be able to recognize that turn when it comes up.
This is how Street View is meant to be used, and it has succeeded in being useful to me. I'm just saying, though this lady's cat has been seen in a window, the public now has gained a useful tool in navigating the streets.
Which outweighs the other? I don't know. I understand her position. I just know that I appreciate the added utility and I would be saddened to lose it. I would love it if the van could come through my neighborhood and outlying areas as well.
That was the half-life engine, which did start development with the quake engine as their foundation and by release, 70% had been replaced.
The Source engine was a new engine, I don't know how much had been transplanted from HL1, and if any of that had originated from id.
When I get solicited for surveys at the mall, I stop dead in my tracks, look right in their eyes and say, "I don't speak English." :D
Justice is good.
Mercy is better.
But Justice is still good.
But Mercy without Justice means there is no Justice.
Justice without Mercy, is just good.
I'd rather not have him teaching kids.
He'd be more useful teaching those working on anti-spam measures what methods he used to circumvent them, and helping them find ways to plug those holes. Once exhausted of useful counter-spam information, he will be credited an "appropriate" amount of his sentence, the rest of which will be served out with hand-labor.
And #@$% the slippery slope bullcrap. If he's guilty, he's guilty, if he's not, he's not. The system that decides his innocence or guilt is a seperate issue from how he should repay society if declared guilty. I say forced-labor with reward for good work is a good way to do just that.
Let's just be fair and penalize him for the amount of time that he's cost each person. Let's say a spam mail takes .2 seconds to delete. Hell, let's waive the cost in time and money for the development of anti-spam measures. Let's just keep it to .2 seconds per e-mail. Given the volume of time he's wasted, he's earned it all.
Or at least high-nosed snobbery.
Doesn't look that way to me. Nintendo underestimated demand for the console and third-party developers are getting a late-start on this console because they placed their projects on the PS3 and Xbox360, hence the relative lack of non-firstparty games for this system until next year.
Now that the Wii looks like it will have a strong portion of the market, they'll be jumping on board and I expect to see a swell of games coming up for the Wii in the future when they are completed.
You know what? Nevermind, this could probably sell well just for the cool-factor, there'll definitely be a niche market for that at least.
The cost appears to be prohibitive. The navigation is a little different, but not much utility is gained for moving menus from the tv screen to the remote. The bulk of the time in front of a TV is spent watching it rather than manipulating it.
Please explain hot grits. I seem to have missed this internet meme sprouting up and now I have no idea what it references.
I'd say both of you are correct.
There are two ways of taking care of a desire, you can fulfill it, or eliminate it. Whichever method is more expedient for the desire should be used.
I own a ton of random crap and I'm always buying electronics that I don't need. But they're all small and inexpensive things. Big things like vacations, cars, big HDTVs, I just give up interest in them until they become relatively cheap with relation to my income.
So it's basically just wanting what you can afford, and not wanting what you can't afford. Thankfully I was born into a middle-class life so I only have to worry about wants, rather than needs. I'm very fortunate that one of the biggest burdens I face is the burden of affluence.
The Clone Wars was a series of short episodes spotlighting events in the Clone War between the movies. Shown on the Cartoon Network. The stylized portrayal in this trailer matches the animated drawing in the Clone Wars episodes(which matches Samurai Jack, a show on the Cartoon Network).
/could/ be. It's much easier to have ridiculously over-the-top action if you just have to animate it. Doing it in live-action by wire-working stunt doubles to match storyboards is not so simple. So you have General Grievous who was leaping 40ft in the air, running on walls, battling multiple Jedi simultaneously and wielding multiple sabers with his arms AND feet.
Basically what I got from these episodes is how cool Jedi
To be shown in Episode 3...twirling them while slowly walking forward?
You should check them out. They're short, about the length of a commercial break.
It's actually named Simlish.
Oh I've had plenty of issues. When it was first introduced it was pure crap. Resource hog to start with, plus a memory leak to make it even worse. Frequent lock-ups. I preordered Ragdoll Kung-fu and DoD:S, both pre-order discounts did not occur because the credit card billing system screwed up and instead of playing at release at a discount, I had to wait 3-4 days longer to have it reset, then had to pay full price.
However, overall Steam has improved considerably and I actually like Steam. It just hasn't been perfect. The resource issues have been solved AFAIK, and I can only hope the pre-order problem has also been resolved. When Steam works (I've bought several times on it) it's a great program. Given the option between Steam and retail, I choose Steam.
Y'know, I never realized it, but you're right about that Steam ad.
It only shows up once, but I think their ads have an almost guarenteed click-rate on me. I click them almost every time. I only just now realized that I've been clicking on a pop-up...
I'm immediately dubious, but I would first like to hear some excerpts before I reject the notion that "nature" is inherently better than cityscape. I need to hear more first.
Perhaps some examples from the growing body of scientific research?
After hearing the word "sensationalist" being used, it's hard not to try to associate Louv's claims with the word as well. "Think of the Children" is a common sarcastic quip on Slashdot, which is a reminder of situations where people have chosen to disregard the need for proof if the issue deals with their children.
I see reasons why children encounter less nature during their developing years, but I don't dispute that since it's not suprising to me. Sounds about right. However, what I don't see is reasons why nature is inherently better. I would like to know what advantages it brings in case similar or better benefits can be achieved without having to be tied down to a specific environment. There are quite a few benefits to urban living as well, and I think most would want to take the best from both worlds.
What if you were in Soviet Russia where Steve Ballmer welcomes a beowulf cluster of chair overlords being thrown at him for ????? and profit?
I might actually like these being standard issue in America...so long as the footage becomes a common requirement in prosecuting the charge.
-If a guy actually pulls the crime and is caught on tape, I'm glad he was caught.
-If a guy doesn't commit the crime, is accused of it, and the tape is mysteriously missing... The police have got some explaining to do.
So this can provide an account for what the cop is doing too, which I like. So you can't get pulled over for a search without cause. You're legally allowed to deny access to the cop, but denying access means the cop can now fine you for the taillight that you broke on his flashlight. Ooops, looks like you just broke your headlight too. Hmmm, looks like you ran the red light too. Let's see what other fines you racked up? Oh, you still sure you don't want to let me search your car? Because I can figure out what else you did.
This happened in my elementary school.
/very/ high in that room. Victories were tallied up over time. I still remember the thrill of victory, everybody looked forward to the end of class quiz. Thanks Kumon!
Math teacher had a stop watch. Only 90%-100% correct quizzes counted. The tension ran
Heh actually in some schools getting beaten on while screaming for help is the same as participating in a fist fight pursued by both parties. In school they don't care who started it, both are guilty and punished equally because the school doesn't want to confirm who's responsible for what. They just suspend both to be sure they get the guilty one.
I don't think it's fair either but that's how it is. Schools just kinda suck at consistency in their rules, plus rules vary heavily between schools.
This is a scary topic to go down.