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I'd also like to recommend, America's Test Kitchen. They're a bit less technical than Good Eats in food science, but much more concerned about practicality and simplicity. I recall a recent episode of Good Eats where the guy's solution to not having an Indian tandoori oven was to actually make one by cutting the bottom of a clay pot and slowly putting coals in it for several hours. Not that there's anything wrong with fussy cooking, plus it's entertaining to watch, but practical? Not really.
It's somewhat different then what the article is talking about, but I am reminded of it. In that Facebook game you gets points which can be used to lower the price of a real item by 1 cent which one has the option of buying, of course. All players of the game can lower the item's cost and it can go down a fair amount in some cases (1 dollar for a 10 dollar gift card for example).
I don't really have a point with this, I just find the strange combination of advertising plus discounting amusing, and somewhat relevant to the equally strange combination of electronic rewards for laudable goals. Speaking of which, I wonder why the Pokéwalker hasn't been mentioned in the article. God knows that evil was all over PAX East and Prime.
Dunno, I'm thinking it'll be easier for someone to just change their password... Oh wait, I notice this would also allow folks to sign out of public computers. K' so it's does have it's uses I guess.
Ah, but with the exception of telekinesis, everything you listed only existed in the Original Series. Star Trek, whether you like it or not made some effort to become more sci-fi, Star Wars canon remained the same. Not that this is bad since SW had a good premise, while original ST would've been too campy for modern audiences, but there ya go.
South Korea has internet cafes pretty much everywhere. Taking away someone's personal computer won't do squat.
Also even without the cafes there are many game addicts who're financially independent. You can't take their computer away anymore than you can forcibly take an obese man/woman's food. Not all game addicts are teens who leech off their parents y'know?
Facebook is telling me NK's page no longer exists... thought it's twitter and youtube is still around. Also, what do people make of NK identifying itself as male, and being interested in men?
Hey, don't knock Ferengi engineering. When was the last time their holodecks malfunctioned? Well, there was that one time in "Our Man Bashir", but that happened cause the Federation needed to dump a massive amount to data into the station computer and started deleting shit willy nilly. Otherwise, their (entertainment) shit, It Just Works.
fundie churches try to argue that homosexuality didn't exist until the 60's.
Really? The bible mentions homosexuality meaning it's been around for a while, and yet some folks believe same sex love is a recent phenomena? Do you recall who actually said that? I mean I know dumb Christians, but that's just a bit too dumb.
I can certainly see why someone would not want to post an article stating my site is losing relevance. At worst, people agree with that, and it hurts me. At best, people consider the whole thing a troll and start drama, and yes I know/. loves drama. Either way, the end result isn't good.
If we're ready to pull out in one month time, then it should be perfectly possible for the U.S to pull out right now. Sure, that won't be ideal, and I'm not saying we should leave right now. But how many folks here think Iraq will remain 99 percent stable if we removed all troops right now?
Though I am aware there's no order for female circumcision, where in the Quran or possibly which Hadith(s) forbids the act? I believe there's a hadith where the prophet mentions it's preferable for a woman to be circumcised source.
It is indeed hard to measure the effect on pleasure. But I have found that if my foreskin is pulled back while I'm wearing cloths, moving around is uncomfortable due to the friction caused by the fabric. Circumcised men don't have this problem of course. I can only assume this callus, or decrease in nerve sensitivity would adversely affect sexual pleasure.
Also, there's plenty of other acts that could increase health. Shaving all your hair, removing the tonsil and nails, etc. I don't think a possibility of better health if one is sexually incautious, or slovenly is enough to justify unnecessary surgery.
And yet, while the practice isn't universal in your faith (and a highly controversial point), Muslims do practice circumcision of both sexes. A act while pretty much decreases sexual pleasure...
Oh, I don't know about that. The proper way for a extremely religious couple to have sex is for the woman and man to cover up everything but the relevant parts, and for the man to finish quickly as possible which gives the woman little to no pleasure. There's no nudity the way we'd reckon it, and it most definitely lacks the intimacy and pleasure even basement dwelling virgins associate with sex.
So, in short you want the gaming industry to go the way of South Korea and create nothing but MMOs? Or maybe they should have used DRM afterall. Lets remember that game was released in 1998 when the pirates weren't quite so organized and efficient.
How would getting rid of DRM help when the primary issue of piracy is getting something for free? If game companies got rid of DRM, the only thing that'll happen is games will just be pirated even sooner.
It's probably a combination of knowing someone who a member of a faith, so you don't want to think badly of them. Combined with with a belief that there's already plenty of religion is silly comments out there (even the mass media does it on occasion), so there's no need to add more.
Two is a bit more likely than one because, while there is no proof of extraterrestrial life, we know at the very least sentient tool building life can exist. We don't even know if God is possible. It's analogous to a Middle Age person thinking humans can fly, vs. humans can walk on the moon.
That is the common counterpoint, but for it to be more than a hypothesis, it must look at (probably) childless career oriented women and compare their salaries to career oriented men. Does the book show the wage gap disappearing there? If so, I should consider borrowing it.
Indeed. All this talk of infringing reminds me of my part time job in a day care. "I didn't steal those cookies (it was my hand that did it lol)!" "My feet's not one the desk (my shoes are lol)! Really now folks, if you truly believe in piracy, try to argue about how it's benign, or if you're really daring how it's a good thing. Once you succeed there, folks would automatically join you in calling the act copyright infringement. But bringing up semantics doesn't change how someone views your actions, but it does make them think you're being defensive and anal. To make an analogy, if someone were to indignantly say I didn't torture that person, I raped that person, would you go; oh I'm so glad he corrected my vernacular ? And yes, I'm well aware rape and piracy are worlds apart in severity, it is like I said an analogy.
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I'd also like to recommend, America's Test Kitchen. They're a bit less technical than Good Eats in food science, but much more concerned about practicality and simplicity. I recall a recent episode of Good Eats where the guy's solution to not having an Indian tandoori oven was to actually make one by cutting the bottom of a clay pot and slowly putting coals in it for several hours. Not that there's anything wrong with fussy cooking, plus it's entertaining to watch, but practical? Not really.
Didn't Sony go on record claiming they wanted the PS3 to last a decade? If so, I'd say they still lost unless they can permanently patch this.
It's somewhat different then what the article is talking about, but I am reminded of it. In that Facebook game you gets points which can be used to lower the price of a real item by 1 cent which one has the option of buying, of course. All players of the game can lower the item's cost and it can go down a fair amount in some cases (1 dollar for a 10 dollar gift card for example).
I don't really have a point with this, I just find the strange combination of advertising plus discounting amusing, and somewhat relevant to the equally strange combination of electronic rewards for laudable goals. Speaking of which, I wonder why the Pokéwalker hasn't been mentioned in the article. God knows that evil was all over PAX East and Prime.
Eh, firmware updates also reversed piracy on the PSP, but that console aint exactly piracy free.
What kind of environmental nutcase thinks freezing the Earth's core is a good idea?!
Dunno, I'm thinking it'll be easier for someone to just change their password... Oh wait, I notice this would also allow folks to sign out of public computers. K' so it's does have it's uses I guess.
Ah, but with the exception of telekinesis, everything you listed only existed in the Original Series. Star Trek, whether you like it or not made some effort to become more sci-fi, Star Wars canon remained the same. Not that this is bad since SW had a good premise, while original ST would've been too campy for modern audiences, but there ya go.
South Korea has internet cafes pretty much everywhere. Taking away someone's personal computer won't do squat.
Also even without the cafes there are many game addicts who're financially independent. You can't take their computer away anymore than you can forcibly take an obese man/woman's food. Not all game addicts are teens who leech off their parents y'know?
Facebook is telling me NK's page no longer exists... thought it's twitter and youtube is still around. Also, what do people make of NK identifying itself as male, and being interested in men?
Yea, but without some xtreme editing that'll only mean a dead Jar Jar is hanging around and fucking up the universe.
Hey, don't knock Ferengi engineering. When was the last time their holodecks malfunctioned? Well, there was that one time in "Our Man Bashir", but that happened cause the Federation needed to dump a massive amount to data into the station computer and started deleting shit willy nilly. Otherwise, their (entertainment) shit, It Just Works.
fundie churches try to argue that homosexuality didn't exist until the 60's.
Really? The bible mentions homosexuality meaning it's been around for a while, and yet some folks believe same sex love is a recent phenomena? Do you recall who actually said that? I mean I know dumb Christians, but that's just a bit too dumb.
Eh, considering that there are dozens of free alternatives besides this one, I'd say not really.
I can certainly see why someone would not want to post an article stating my site is losing relevance. At worst, people agree with that, and it hurts me. At best, people consider the whole thing a troll and start drama, and yes I know /. loves drama. Either way, the end result isn't good.
If we're ready to pull out in one month time, then it should be perfectly possible for the U.S to pull out right now. Sure, that won't be ideal, and I'm not saying we should leave right now. But how many folks here think Iraq will remain 99 percent stable if we removed all troops right now?
Oh calm down Jean-Luc. It's not like you've any real interest in Engineering.
Though I am aware there's no order for female circumcision, where in the Quran or possibly which Hadith(s) forbids the act? I believe there's a hadith where the prophet mentions it's preferable for a woman to be circumcised source.
It is indeed hard to measure the effect on pleasure. But I have found that if my foreskin is pulled back while I'm wearing cloths, moving around is uncomfortable due to the friction caused by the fabric. Circumcised men don't have this problem of course. I can only assume this callus, or decrease in nerve sensitivity would adversely affect sexual pleasure.
Also, there's plenty of other acts that could increase health. Shaving all your hair, removing the tonsil and nails, etc. I don't think a possibility of better health if one is sexually incautious, or slovenly is enough to justify unnecessary surgery.
And yet, while the practice isn't universal in your faith (and a highly controversial point), Muslims do practice circumcision of both sexes. A act while pretty much decreases sexual pleasure...
Oh, I don't know about that. The proper way for a extremely religious couple to have sex is for the woman and man to cover up everything but the relevant parts, and for the man to finish quickly as possible which gives the woman little to no pleasure. There's no nudity the way we'd reckon it, and it most definitely lacks the intimacy and pleasure even basement dwelling virgins associate with sex.
So, in short you want the gaming industry to go the way of South Korea and create nothing but MMOs? Or maybe they should have used DRM afterall. Lets remember that game was released in 1998 when the pirates weren't quite so organized and efficient.
How would getting rid of DRM help when the primary issue of piracy is getting something for free? If game companies got rid of DRM, the only thing that'll happen is games will just be pirated even sooner.
It's probably a combination of knowing someone who a member of a faith, so you don't want to think badly of them. Combined with with a belief that there's already plenty of religion is silly comments out there (even the mass media does it on occasion), so there's no need to add more.
Two is a bit more likely than one because, while there is no proof of extraterrestrial life, we know at the very least sentient tool building life can exist. We don't even know if God is possible. It's analogous to a Middle Age person thinking humans can fly, vs. humans can walk on the moon.
That is the common counterpoint, but for it to be more than a hypothesis, it must look at (probably) childless career oriented women and compare their salaries to career oriented men. Does the book show the wage gap disappearing there? If so, I should consider borrowing it.
Indeed. All this talk of infringing reminds me of my part time job in a day care. "I didn't steal those cookies (it was my hand that did it lol)!" "My feet's not one the desk (my shoes are lol)! Really now folks, if you truly believe in piracy, try to argue about how it's benign, or if you're really daring how it's a good thing. Once you succeed there, folks would automatically join you in calling the act copyright infringement. But bringing up semantics doesn't change how someone views your actions, but it does make them think you're being defensive and anal. To make an analogy, if someone were to indignantly say I didn't torture that person, I raped that person, would you go; oh I'm so glad he corrected my vernacular ? And yes, I'm well aware rape and piracy are worlds apart in severity, it is like I said an analogy.