I'm a woman, and I agree 100% with you. Men who are "brave" enough to send me jokes like that and not wince or think I'm going to be pissed, are men worthy to have around.
I'd hope his college/university/whatever taught him exactly what you're saying. At least when I went to university, they taught me C as a base to understand how programming works, the logic behind it, and the basics of designing/writing/testing&debugging. From there, all the programming languages are really the same, with their own little differences. Like some other posted in here, knowing a standard programming language (C for example), some UML, SQL, and how to write a program, really puts you in a position to learn absolutely anything else. I'm glad my courses did teach me that
You're assuming everybody "evolves" the same way. I'd like to believe that, but the jocks and the cheerleaders will always be there, because there are parents that support and encourage that behavior.
When I was in HS, I didn't need other girls to relate to. I was happy to be friends with a bunch of geeky guys. And I still am:) I really don't feel comfortable with geek being mainstream, but I guess is because it's been an "underground thing" for so long.
As any stupid trend, people who follows it aren't "that" committed to the whole extent of it. Which means they say they don't wanna live, but they will never kill themselves. Even though I wouldn't mind some gene-pool cleansing, for the sake of humankind lol (j/k)
I have a similar, yet I guess smaller, problem. I read somewhere that they can also ask you for your pendrive/mp[3,4] player/CDs/DVDs. I always carry my mp3 player on flights for obvious reasons, but all my mp3 come from P2P sites. I will travel to the US in 3 weeks. Should I worry and bring my mp3 player empty or like the post, I'm being too paranoid?
You guys are approaching this like if it was a math problem. Well, I'm not surprised since you're all/.'ers hehe
Smart parents don't have smart kids because of their genetics (it helps though but is not decisive). Their kids are smart because smart parents stimulate their intellects early in the chidren's lives. They introduce their children to basic logic problems, art, music, writing/reading, even maths while they're still toddlers, which means more brain cell connections inside their young minds. And everybody knows how fast are the neurones in those early months to make connections, hence have more "intelligence". Less gifted parents could do the same with their children, but they prefer to babysit them with the tv. That's not very stimulating at all. Wait, nevermind, is TOO stimulating and then you have a hyperactive child who needs ritalin.
They can't really make up their minds about what a planet is anyways, so why bother. My guess they could add sub-cathegories to the Planet cathegory. If they have one for stars, why not for planets?
I agree, but usually those "saved" people don't breed or become uncapable of.
And I don't know about "de-evolving", but for me it seems like people "with low IQ" (I don't know how to say it without being offensive) are breeding more than smart people, because usually smart people leave having children for later, or even not even have them, for the sake of their careers. I don't have anything against pursuing what you wanna do with your life, but I'd rater have more smart kids being born.
Heheh Zelda music has really evolved through all their games, but it always have the same catchy tune you hear in Legend of Zelda 1. You play that music anywhere and you'll see all the Zelda fans jump. Everybody recognize it. In Twilight Princess you can also hear it too, but way more elaborated. I miss it everytime they don't add it to the games. I missed it in ocarina of time, even though it had great music.
Games like that have their music as their representative icon. Not many games have that.
You're forgetting that in a month WoW is releasing their next xpac. People *will* go back to WoW even if it's only to check out what's new. So I don't think anything said will be definitive till the WoW population stabilizes after the release of wrath of the lich king
Dunno. I stil think cellphone anntenas can affect more in this cancer matter than something that has happened before in Earth with no big impact at all. And sunburn is related more to ozone layer, which (as far as I know, I could be wrong) isn't affected by the earth magnetic field.
Well, the article stated that even if the magnetic poles shift happens in our lifetime, it doesn't mean that we won't have any magnetic field at all, just weaker. It states that at most we'll see aurorae in places never seen before, while the poles changes.
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Things like that already happen somewhat in WoW, when it comes to higher lvls acting as a help to lower lvls. Is a common thing that lower lvls will pay for runs through lower lvl instances by a higher lvl, or paying for them to help in a quest that requires more than one person. Or even paying for enchants, items and craft when you twink a character. There's always interaction between lower and higher levels.
When it comes to guilds, I've seen hardcore raiding ones that have lvling guilds at one side, where the members can level and learn their classes, and then when they consider them ready, move them to the main guild.
I agree that it would be nice to see more interaction between Alliance and Horde besides battlegrounds and random pvp ganking. As someone mentioned before, something like a grial of some sorts that a faction could get and hide from the other, while that other wants to find it and retrieve it for itself, would be a great addition, and it doesn't go against the lore or what the two factions are supposed to be. A lot of people would like to see different things in WoW, but they usually forget (because probably they never played them), that this world is based on previous games, and there are certain things already set in stone (why is there an alliance and a horde faction, for example. I've seen people complaining about the factions and it puzzles me O.o)
It would also be nice if the major quest lines in a game could affect it permantently somehow, and not result in a temporary change, like the openings of the Ahn'Qiraj doors in Tanaris, in WoW 1.0. Or the more recent Sunwell zone, where both factions were able to upgrade and open different bosses inside the dungeon.
In any case, there are others MMOs to look at. I always see complains about WoW. After 3, almost 4 years of playing it, I still love it, because I just love the lore, the characters, and the idea. Yes, there are some boring things in the game, but doesn't that exist in all others?
That I don't understand. I live in a country where connections are slow, and the quality isn't the best, but at least we can choose between 2-4 ISPs depending where you live. I would only assume that in a big country like the US, it should only be better, but seems like you guys/gals are stuck with what your zone's ISP is. That kind of monopoly should be fought just like any other, why is still that way?
I love that, my friends and I used to spend hours, and hours, and hours just playing the game (N64 back then, then the GC version came around) and laughing. 4 players is the best setup.
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I like DB and DBZ. DBGT is a waste. And the "live" movie... /barf. That's all I'm going to say.
I'm a woman, and I agree 100% with you. Men who are "brave" enough to send me jokes like that and not wince or think I'm going to be pissed, are men worthy to have around.
I'd hope his college/university/whatever taught him exactly what you're saying. At least when I went to university, they taught me C as a base to understand how programming works, the logic behind it, and the basics of designing/writing/testing&debugging. From there, all the programming languages are really the same, with their own little differences. Like some other posted in here, knowing a standard programming language (C for example), some UML, SQL, and how to write a program, really puts you in a position to learn absolutely anything else. I'm glad my courses did teach me that
I have to admit that episode put a tear in my eye.
If they're such "talents", why are they being fired in the first place?
You're assuming everybody "evolves" the same way. I'd like to believe that, but the jocks and the cheerleaders will always be there, because there are parents that support and encourage that behavior.
:) I really don't feel comfortable with geek being mainstream, but I guess is because it's been an "underground thing" for so long.
When I was in HS, I didn't need other girls to relate to. I was happy to be friends with a bunch of geeky guys. And I still am
As any stupid trend, people who follows it aren't "that" committed to the whole extent of it. Which means they say they don't wanna live, but they will never kill themselves. Even though I wouldn't mind some gene-pool cleansing, for the sake of humankind lol (j/k)
That's true, but I don't know how much tension cow muscles go through when they're locked up being fed.
I have a similar, yet I guess smaller, problem. I read somewhere that they can also ask you for your pendrive/mp[3,4] player/CDs/DVDs. I always carry my mp3 player on flights for obvious reasons, but all my mp3 come from P2P sites. I will travel to the US in 3 weeks. Should I worry and bring my mp3 player empty or like the post, I'm being too paranoid?
You guys are approaching this like if it was a math problem. Well, I'm not surprised since you're all /.'ers hehe
Smart parents don't have smart kids because of their genetics (it helps though but is not decisive). Their kids are smart because smart parents stimulate their intellects early in the chidren's lives. They introduce their children to basic logic problems, art, music, writing/reading, even maths while they're still toddlers, which means more brain cell connections inside their young minds. And everybody knows how fast are the neurones in those early months to make connections, hence have more "intelligence". Less gifted parents could do the same with their children, but they prefer to babysit them with the tv. That's not very stimulating at all. Wait, nevermind, is TOO stimulating and then you have a hyperactive child who needs ritalin.
They can't really make up their minds about what a planet is anyways, so why bother. My guess they could add sub-cathegories to the Planet cathegory. If they have one for stars, why not for planets?
I agree, but usually those "saved" people don't breed or become uncapable of.
And I don't know about "de-evolving", but for me it seems like people "with low IQ" (I don't know how to say it without being offensive) are breeding more than smart people, because usually smart people leave having children for later, or even not even have them, for the sake of their careers. I don't have anything against pursuing what you wanna do with your life, but I'd rater have more smart kids being born.
yeah I'm still waiting to be able to hook up my brain to the computer, since I read the neuromancer.
Even though I don't wanna get brain-gimped by some mistake or someone messing with it hehe
Heheh Zelda music has really evolved through all their games, but it always have the same catchy tune you hear in Legend of Zelda 1. You play that music anywhere and you'll see all the Zelda fans jump. Everybody recognize it. In Twilight Princess you can also hear it too, but way more elaborated. I miss it everytime they don't add it to the games. I missed it in ocarina of time, even though it had great music.
Games like that have their music as their representative icon. Not many games have that.
You're forgetting that in a month WoW is releasing their next xpac. People *will* go back to WoW even if it's only to check out what's new. So I don't think anything said will be definitive till the WoW population stabilizes after the release of wrath of the lich king
Dunno. I stil think cellphone anntenas can affect more in this cancer matter than something that has happened before in Earth with no big impact at all. And sunburn is related more to ozone layer, which (as far as I know, I could be wrong) isn't affected by the earth magnetic field.
Well, the article stated that even if the magnetic poles shift happens in our lifetime, it doesn't mean that we won't have any magnetic field at all, just weaker. It states that at most we'll see aurorae in places never seen before, while the poles changes.
Things like that already happen somewhat in WoW, when it comes to higher lvls acting as a help to lower lvls. Is a common thing that lower lvls will pay for runs through lower lvl instances by a higher lvl, or paying for them to help in a quest that requires more than one person. Or even paying for enchants, items and craft when you twink a character. There's always interaction between lower and higher levels. When it comes to guilds, I've seen hardcore raiding ones that have lvling guilds at one side, where the members can level and learn their classes, and then when they consider them ready, move them to the main guild. I agree that it would be nice to see more interaction between Alliance and Horde besides battlegrounds and random pvp ganking. As someone mentioned before, something like a grial of some sorts that a faction could get and hide from the other, while that other wants to find it and retrieve it for itself, would be a great addition, and it doesn't go against the lore or what the two factions are supposed to be. A lot of people would like to see different things in WoW, but they usually forget (because probably they never played them), that this world is based on previous games, and there are certain things already set in stone (why is there an alliance and a horde faction, for example. I've seen people complaining about the factions and it puzzles me O.o) It would also be nice if the major quest lines in a game could affect it permantently somehow, and not result in a temporary change, like the openings of the Ahn'Qiraj doors in Tanaris, in WoW 1.0. Or the more recent Sunwell zone, where both factions were able to upgrade and open different bosses inside the dungeon. In any case, there are others MMOs to look at. I always see complains about WoW. After 3, almost 4 years of playing it, I still love it, because I just love the lore, the characters, and the idea. Yes, there are some boring things in the game, but doesn't that exist in all others?
That I don't understand. I live in a country where connections are slow, and the quality isn't the best, but at least we can choose between 2-4 ISPs depending where you live. I would only assume that in a big country like the US, it should only be better, but seems like you guys/gals are stuck with what your zone's ISP is. That kind of monopoly should be fought just like any other, why is still that way?
Oh man, Miyamoto is my hero. Whoever says that Mario or Zelda aren't tokens of gaming, they're crazy
Physical violence IS very simple. It doesn't take a big brain to punch someone in the face. Hence the study.
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I've been a hacker all this time and I never noticed it? wow
I love that, my friends and I used to spend hours, and hours, and hours just playing the game (N64 back then, then the GC version came around) and laughing. 4 players is the best setup.
I wouldn't want to know about the kind of bugs this one would bring with it...
I have the impression that by now, most scientist find the "normal" breeding system way not challenging.