If Rainbow Six: Las Vegas covered hundreds of years of technology, say 1700-2200, I bet there's a pretty good chance you might end up with the kind of battle you're thinking of.
There's only so much that can be done to balance learning curve, detail, and fun. Most people don't know the difference, plenty who do don't care, the rest would be better off playing turn based hex wargames molded after specific battles.
Yeah, I can't say we'd be better off if everyone who thinks they're best informed were allowed to set policy, as they can be as dogmatic or ignorant as anyone, but at least there would be some kind of discussion about things that at least resembled informed debate.
Even rule by fan-boys sounds like it has more potential than rule by greedy life-long politicians or their appointees.
Oh no no no. When I have a chance I read every single comment on stories, but if you happened to have noted the purpose of technocrat, it was to bring smart people into a position to decide policy. There are plenty of smart people on slashdot, but the things they talk about, while interesting, are no closer to having a real world effect most of the time than if they had never said anything at all. The one exception might be ask slashdot, as I would hope that people looking for answers can take advice. Beyond that how much of what's said here is anything but a time sink?
It's always fun trying to explain away that assumption that some people seem to get that there's a right or wrong answer to anything, and that even if there was people wouldn't choose a wrong answer because it's more fitting to their personal opinions.
Dealing with a large group of people who think they know everything, and this is true for slashdot as well, is frequently boring, sometimes highly enlightening, and always at risk of showing just what terrifying abuse a person will subject truth and reason to.
From what I just read in a later post about some of the writers there I hope you don't think think right-wing survival nuts, "sovereign citizens", income tax evaders, so on and so forth are anything but the most thin of a fringe group of people.
There are plenty of people who own guns, or who keep some emergency food on hand just in case some disaster should befall them. Most of them were somewhat vindicated for their beliefs when Rita and Katrina hit, but they are normal everyday folks. Talking to them about disaster preparedness is awful, but that's true with a lot of people on a lot of things.
If you were just being sincer forget I said anything.
Wait, is that delusions of granduer or a God complex? Both?
Can't say I like the trolls, but pretending that what happens on the semi-productive section of Slashdot is of some grand importance seems like a bit of a reach.
When the majority of guns are removed there are less guns for criminals to steal, therefore less guns in the hands of criminals.
Explain to me why gun crime has skyrocket in the UK since their ban on handguns.
Crime is the result of poverty and opportunity, if you take away the guns there will still be crime, and there will still be gun crime. The fact that in Japan they do it with knives instead of guns doesn't make me feel the slightest bit better. Maybe I'm just a pragmatist, but I think we'd do more good in the world solving root causes than blaming inanimate objects for violence.
I'm going to violate every law of Slashdot logic here and keep right on feeding the troll.
Thankfully I don't actually have to think of anything to say, simply looking at an attention whore is good enough.
I''m headed to China in about 6 months, until then you'll have to settle for me working in the electronics disposal industry, spending day in and day out trying to explain to people exactly why it's cheaper to throw all their old equipment in a shipping container and ship it overseas instead of dealing with it responsibly.
Far less resources?
I bet 2.25 Million active duty soldiers of the PLA could be really effective in stopping the importation of electronics waste. There are plenty of nations in western Africa trying to prevent the exact same situation, they've banned the import and simply lack the manpower to enforce such a ban. China can pump money into the Great Firewall and buying up fleets of old Russian subs but they can't control imports into their country if they wanted to?
I'm not clearing the U.S. of anything, all that shit comes from somewhere and we both know exactly where that is. I'm just saying, putting forth a plan to build an entirely green city strikes me more as a propaganda shot than a move to clean up the country.
The beauty of our great nation is that if you don't want to defend yourself you're more than welcome not to.
How about this:
You don't want guns, you want to rely on the police. I support your choice.
I know how long it takes police to respond assuming I get my call through and they actually decide to dispatch anyone. In the event someone enters my house with the intent, either specifically or as afterthought, to harm me I'll be responsible for my own safety and that of my loved ones until the police arrive.
You do realize that gun crime has skyrocketed in the UK since their gun ban right?
And that when Germany restricted handguns they only got back something like 20% of the weapons they were supposed to? Lord knows it's anarchy there.
And that states that not only have unrestrictive gun laws, but concealed carry have lower rates of violent crime than states that don't?
The problem with you, is that you don't draw any distinction between legal, law abiding gun owners, and criminals. In the last three months gun sales have skyrocketed and the economy is collapsing, which do you think causes more crime? Thankfully the supreme court disagrees with you.
That's why I don't like that it's a crime to vote against your states popular vote, and that the winning party gets to choose the electors. I think it'd be a lot more interesting around here with a shadow council picking leaders.
Have you ever seen some of the situations in China? Drainage ditches filled with shattered CRTs, people smelting PCBsby hand over open flames, electronics junkyards the size of cities?
I could care less how "progressive" a government is if they've spent the last 20 years profiting from turning their nation into a giant dump for hazardous waste.
I'm sure it's all just hearsay and hyperbole, just like when someone tries to tell me about the existance of Russia.
The assumption that the only use of sarcasm is to make others look inferior or express dislike without any actual thought is the exact reason I look on anyone who looks down on it as just as stupid. The language is what it is, you can belittle and hurt just as easily with well formed, detailed criticism, you can be graceful or not.
Sarcasm has never been the problem, assholes are the problem, and they were the problem long before they gave sarcasm a bad rap.
It also doesn't help that a lot of people make sarcastic comments as an childish emotional response and the comment could be equally acceptable taken in either manor. I'm probably more sarcastic than most, but for the sake of communication I lay it on pretty thick or not at all.
Or you have to modify, move, or simply request to be billed correctly for your service.
My ex spent (literally) seven hours on the phone with them because she moved and had service transferred to the new address and was promptly billed outrageously for "Early cancellation" as well as the new installation overhead. The final joke is that she was transferred between probably four different departments, and when she hit the fifth the woman said sorry and fixed the problem in less than five minutes.
The thing is, you can by the rights for public perfomances of these songs from third parties, which is very frequently what happens.
The Foo Fighters were just complaining about the use of Hero by some Republican, they've got no leg to stand on though, their recording label licensed the music to some party throwing services with rights to be played, and as long as the royalties are paid the song gets played.
That said, I don't think using a song for background music means the artists supports what's going on any more than I think Celine Deon supports murder if I blare My Heart Will Go On while running down pedestrians. Artists have so little control over what happens with their music, it's silly to think they support everything that happens with it.
He just announced Monday that there's absolutely 0 chance that there will ever be new RATM material so that he can focus on his side project The Nightwatchmen.
The whole unlawful combatant term was created during WWII and has nothing to do with the shameful administration l'm pretty sure you're referring to. The 2006 MCA only reaffirms the initial 1942 conditions in the face of the 1949 Geneva Convention. End result being that, no, you don't automatically fall under Geneva Convention or constitutional coverages.
A shameful sophistry it might be, but it's not like it's a new invention.
Well, the thing that I left out of my post is that I that I shop wherever I get the best the deal with the least amount of hassle, which frequently involves chain stores or an occasional trip far out of my way for that special independent store. I don't shed any tears for the death of the mom and pops, I was just making the point that it's silly to think that if mom and pop got ran out of business that if the chains jacked up their prices they'd be right back in the game. Running a brick and mortal business takes a lot of work up front, and it's not like anyone reasonable can afford the time or money to pop in and out of the market solely in response to gouging by other retailers. That said, I trust Target a lot more to try to keep Walmart in line than I do Uncle Jim's Local Hardwarium.
I think you'd see it differently if you were actually competing with Tigerdirect, which by the sound of your post, you're not.
When they open up a service center and start selling the same hardware you do for $200, because they could even if it's not profitable for as long as it takes to run you out of business, call me and see if you think MAP is just a marketing tool. You've even got the benefit of working in an business where you could basically run it out of your living room if you wanted to, so you don't even have to worry about issues of stock and and overhead like someone who runs a straight retail business.
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If Rainbow Six: Las Vegas covered hundreds of years of technology, say 1700-2200, I bet there's a pretty good chance you might end up with the kind of battle you're thinking of.
There's only so much that can be done to balance learning curve, detail, and fun. Most people don't know the difference, plenty who do don't care, the rest would be better off playing turn based hex wargames molded after specific battles.
Yeah, I can't say we'd be better off if everyone who thinks they're best informed were allowed to set policy, as they can be as dogmatic or ignorant as anyone, but at least there would be some kind of discussion about things that at least resembled informed debate. Even rule by fan-boys sounds like it has more potential than rule by greedy life-long politicians or their appointees.
Oh no no no. When I have a chance I read every single comment on stories, but if you happened to have noted the purpose of technocrat, it was to bring smart people into a position to decide policy. There are plenty of smart people on slashdot, but the things they talk about, while interesting, are no closer to having a real world effect most of the time than if they had never said anything at all. The one exception might be ask slashdot, as I would hope that people looking for answers can take advice. Beyond that how much of what's said here is anything but a time sink?
It's always fun trying to explain away that assumption that some people seem to get that there's a right or wrong answer to anything, and that even if there was people wouldn't choose a wrong answer because it's more fitting to their personal opinions.
Dealing with a large group of people who think they know everything, and this is true for slashdot as well, is frequently boring, sometimes highly enlightening, and always at risk of showing just what terrifying abuse a person will subject truth and reason to.
From what I just read in a later post about some of the writers there I hope you don't think think right-wing survival nuts, "sovereign citizens", income tax evaders, so on and so forth are anything but the most thin of a fringe group of people.
There are plenty of people who own guns, or who keep some emergency food on hand just in case some disaster should befall them. Most of them were somewhat vindicated for their beliefs when Rita and Katrina hit, but they are normal everyday folks. Talking to them about disaster preparedness is awful, but that's true with a lot of people on a lot of things.
If you were just being sincer forget I said anything.
Wait, is that delusions of granduer or a God complex? Both?
Can't say I like the trolls, but pretending that what happens on the semi-productive section of Slashdot is of some grand importance seems like a bit of a reach.
When the majority of guns are removed there are less guns for criminals to steal, therefore less guns in the hands of criminals.
Explain to me why gun crime has skyrocket in the UK since their ban on handguns.
Crime is the result of poverty and opportunity, if you take away the guns there will still be crime, and there will still be gun crime. The fact that in Japan they do it with knives instead of guns doesn't make me feel the slightest bit better. Maybe I'm just a pragmatist, but I think we'd do more good in the world solving root causes than blaming inanimate objects for violence.
Over compensation for what?
I'm going to violate every law of Slashdot logic here and keep right on feeding the troll. Thankfully I don't actually have to think of anything to say, simply looking at an attention whore is good enough.
Wooosh!
That was exactly my point. The government tried to reign in guns, 80% were never returned, and nothing bad happened.
I think that's a legitimate questions.
How is "I heard Ford could have fixed the pinto and didn't" more credible than anything he could have linked to?
I''m headed to China in about 6 months, until then you'll have to settle for me working in the electronics disposal industry, spending day in and day out trying to explain to people exactly why it's cheaper to throw all their old equipment in a shipping container and ship it overseas instead of dealing with it responsibly.
Far less resources?
I bet 2.25 Million active duty soldiers of the PLA could be really effective in stopping the importation of electronics waste. There are plenty of nations in western Africa trying to prevent the exact same situation, they've banned the import and simply lack the manpower to enforce such a ban. China can pump money into the Great Firewall and buying up fleets of old Russian subs but they can't control imports into their country if they wanted to?
I'm not clearing the U.S. of anything, all that shit comes from somewhere and we both know exactly where that is. I'm just saying, putting forth a plan to build an entirely green city strikes me more as a propaganda shot than a move to clean up the country.
The beauty of our great nation is that if you don't want to defend yourself you're more than welcome not to.
How about this:
You don't want guns, you want to rely on the police. I support your choice.
I know how long it takes police to respond assuming I get my call through and they actually decide to dispatch anyone. In the event someone enters my house with the intent, either specifically or as afterthought, to harm me I'll be responsible for my own safety and that of my loved ones until the police arrive.
You have your way, I have mine.
You do realize that gun crime has skyrocketed in the UK since their gun ban right?
And that when Germany restricted handguns they only got back something like 20% of the weapons they were supposed to? Lord knows it's anarchy there.
And that states that not only have unrestrictive gun laws, but concealed carry have lower rates of violent crime than states that don't?
The problem with you, is that you don't draw any distinction between legal, law abiding gun owners, and criminals. In the last three months gun sales have skyrocketed and the economy is collapsing, which do you think causes more crime? Thankfully the supreme court disagrees with you.
That's why I don't like that it's a crime to vote against your states popular vote, and that the winning party gets to choose the electors. I think it'd be a lot more interesting around here with a shadow council picking leaders.
Have you ever seen some of the situations in China? Drainage ditches filled with shattered CRTs, people smelting PCBsby hand over open flames, electronics junkyards the size of cities?
I could care less how "progressive" a government is if they've spent the last 20 years profiting from turning their nation into a giant dump for hazardous waste.
I'm sure it's all just hearsay and hyperbole, just like when someone tries to tell me about the existance of Russia.
Is it more or less credible than "some shit I heard once"?
Puns. Goddamn puns.
The assumption that the only use of sarcasm is to make others look inferior or express dislike without any actual thought is the exact reason I look on anyone who looks down on it as just as stupid. The language is what it is, you can belittle and hurt just as easily with well formed, detailed criticism, you can be graceful or not. Sarcasm has never been the problem, assholes are the problem, and they were the problem long before they gave sarcasm a bad rap.
It also doesn't help that a lot of people make sarcastic comments as an childish emotional response and the comment could be equally acceptable taken in either manor. I'm probably more sarcastic than most, but for the sake of communication I lay it on pretty thick or not at all.
Or you have to modify, move, or simply request to be billed correctly for your service.
My ex spent (literally) seven hours on the phone with them because she moved and had service transferred to the new address and was promptly billed outrageously for "Early cancellation" as well as the new installation overhead. The final joke is that she was transferred between probably four different departments, and when she hit the fifth the woman said sorry and fixed the problem in less than five minutes.
The thing is, you can by the rights for public perfomances of these songs from third parties, which is very frequently what happens.
The Foo Fighters were just complaining about the use of Hero by some Republican, they've got no leg to stand on though, their recording label licensed the music to some party throwing services with rights to be played, and as long as the royalties are paid the song gets played.
That said, I don't think using a song for background music means the artists supports what's going on any more than I think Celine Deon supports murder if I blare My Heart Will Go On while running down pedestrians. Artists have so little control over what happens with their music, it's silly to think they support everything that happens with it.
I'm voting for played.
He just announced Monday that there's absolutely 0 chance that there will ever be new RATM material so that he can focus on his side project The Nightwatchmen.
The whole unlawful combatant term was created during WWII and has nothing to do with the shameful administration l'm pretty sure you're referring to. The 2006 MCA only reaffirms the initial 1942 conditions in the face of the 1949 Geneva Convention. End result being that, no, you don't automatically fall under Geneva Convention or constitutional coverages.
A shameful sophistry it might be, but it's not like it's a new invention.
Well, the thing that I left out of my post is that I that I shop wherever I get the best the deal with the least amount of hassle, which frequently involves chain stores or an occasional trip far out of my way for that special independent store. I don't shed any tears for the death of the mom and pops, I was just making the point that it's silly to think that if mom and pop got ran out of business that if the chains jacked up their prices they'd be right back in the game. Running a brick and mortal business takes a lot of work up front, and it's not like anyone reasonable can afford the time or money to pop in and out of the market solely in response to gouging by other retailers. That said, I trust Target a lot more to try to keep Walmart in line than I do Uncle Jim's Local Hardwarium.
I think you'd see it differently if you were actually competing with Tigerdirect, which by the sound of your post, you're not.
When they open up a service center and start selling the same hardware you do for $200, because they could even if it's not profitable for as long as it takes to run you out of business, call me and see if you think MAP is just a marketing tool. You've even got the benefit of working in an business where you could basically run it out of your living room if you wanted to, so you don't even have to worry about issues of stock and and overhead like someone who runs a straight retail business.