But who would hold a judge accountable? Another judge? Surely you jest. There's a reason the second amendment is a part of the united States Constitution...
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
Yep. To allow the people to form a militia to defend the state(s) in times of war/unrest.
Firefox 2 runs fine, with multiple extensions installed and active.
IE7 somehow fills up my physical AND virtual RAM, sitting idle. And bogs down badly, for no apparent reason. And crashes regularly. And usually takes the desktop down with it.
The Eugenics War took place during the late 1990s, well before Zefram Cochrane built the Phoenix (after World War III) and LONG before "young Kirk and Spock" (or even Johnathan Archer) were born.
How 'bout we do a study that looks at the places children actually learn that violence is good/cool/acceptable-response-to-affrontry?
Namely, professional boxing and wrestling, which glorifies fighting and shows kids that it's cool and fun to beat on each other?
How about the daily/nightly news, which shows them constant streams of violent outbreaks around the world?
How about their own parents, authority-figures, government officials and other adult role-models, who routinely demonstrate--and reinforce--that the best, most appropriate response when you've been attacked (verbally or physically), or even simply insulted or slighted, no matter how insignificant it may be, is to retaliate, preferably violently?
As for the "study".. uh.. playing games stimulates the emotional centers of the brain, and suppresses the part that governs self-control of those emotions?
Well, duh. Interactive stimuli generally activate the emotional centers, and when you're playing a game, which you know isn't real, controlling those emotions kinda hinders enjoyment of the game, I'd think.
Video games do not turn children into mindless killers. (Well, "America's Army" might, but it must be safe for everyone to play, since it never seems to be in the headlines, with Jack Thompson calling for bans and sanctions on it... right?)
The Protestant, Catholic and Hebrew versions all say "Thou shalt not kill."
But, that's not nearly as interesting as the fact that the original tablets ("which moses did break," Exodus 20) are entirely different from the second set ("the words that were on the first," Exodus 34).
Nevermind that the Protestant and Hebrew versions are different (some subtley, some majorly) from the Catholic version.
But, you go ahead and believe whatever you need to, to be able to sleep at night.:)
1. Of the highest order, quality, or degree; surpassing or superior to all others. 2. Excessive or exaggerated.
3. Grammar. Of, relating to, or being the extreme degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb, as in best or brightest."
The words, themselves, may not be superlatives, but they DO add to the excessive amount of adjectives used to describe the DS.;)
How about, "don't spend all your funds on frivolous lawsuits"?
You'll be amazed how much money you'd have if it wasn't all going into trying to mug other companies via the legal system.
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"He contributed NOTHING to the conversation. This is a thread which is in the GAMES section referring to a particular GAME system.
He went through the trouble of coming in to make a comment about how he "never understood the desire to sit in front of a television playing a video game or watching a show".
So he doesn't like to watch television OR play video games, but would like to point out the things that he does which he thinks are better?"
True, but he did not make a post that actually insulted anybody for the fact that they like to sit and play games or watch TV. He just expressed his non-understanding of it (explicitly), and wanted someone to explain it to him (implied, or so it seems to me).
A proper conversation/discussion requires 2 or more viewpoints, otherwise, it's just a group of like-minded people stroking each other's egos and accomplishing little or nothing.
Now, if he'd come in here, trumpeting about how "you're all stupid for wanting to sit in front of a TV and play video games, 'cause games are shit and you should be ashamed of yourselves for enjoying 'em," or something similar, then I'd be right there behind those who've posted only to attack him for it. As it is, he did nothing but offer a dissenting opinion.
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The second amendment is not just about defending the states. Here
Except that it is. What I quoted is the entirety of the text of the second amendment, and it's pretty unambiguous.
But who would hold a judge accountable? Another judge? Surely you jest. There's a reason the second amendment is a part of the united States Constitution...
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
Yep. To allow the people to form a militia to defend the state(s) in times of war/unrest.
What has that to do with the topic at hand?
Is that really a good idea?
How about "lurking in the dark" instead?
If Halo had a plot, I completely missed it. Half-Life has an great plot; if only they'd give it a friggin' ending.
This coming October, I will have had my land-line number for 10 years.
My parents have had the same number for about 23 years now.
My Aunt & Uncle have had the same number at least since I was a kid(probably longer), and I'll be 35 this year.
Speaking of "idiots"...
The word is "half", and one third is NOT "half".
Um.. yeah. That was the point of this series of posts/replies.
Not the brightest color in the Spaceballs: The Crayons® box, are ya?
Funny, my experience is exactly reversed.
Firefox 2 runs fine, with multiple extensions installed and active.
IE7 somehow fills up my physical AND virtual RAM, sitting idle. And bogs down badly, for no apparent reason. And crashes regularly. And usually takes the desktop down with it.
Yeah, but they'll be able to sell it on eBay for real money!
The "SG1 movie" was the pilot episode (originally aired on Showtime), thrown onto a DVD.
The Eugenics War took place during the late 1990s, well before Zefram Cochrane built the Phoenix (after World War III) and LONG before "young Kirk and Spock" (or even Johnathan Archer) were born.
How 'bout we do a study that looks at the places children actually learn that violence is good/cool/acceptable-response-to-affrontry?
Namely, professional boxing and wrestling, which glorifies fighting and shows kids that it's cool and fun to beat on each other?
How about the daily/nightly news, which shows them constant streams of violent outbreaks around the world?
How about their own parents, authority-figures, government officials and other adult role-models, who routinely demonstrate--and reinforce--that the best, most appropriate response when you've been attacked (verbally or physically), or even simply insulted or slighted, no matter how insignificant it may be, is to retaliate, preferably violently?
As for the "study".. uh.. playing games stimulates the emotional centers of the brain, and suppresses the part that governs self-control of those emotions?
Well, duh. Interactive stimuli generally activate the emotional centers, and when you're playing a game, which you know isn't real, controlling those emotions kinda hinders enjoyment of the game, I'd think.
Video games do not turn children into mindless killers. (Well, "America's Army" might, but it must be safe for everyone to play, since it never seems to be in the headlines, with Jack Thompson calling for bans and sanctions on it... right?)
May I direct your attention here: "*Which* Ten Commandments?"
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The Protestant, Catholic and Hebrew versions all say "Thou shalt not kill."
But, that's not nearly as interesting as the fact that the original tablets ("which moses did break," Exodus 20) are entirely different from the second set ("the words that were on the first," Exodus 34).
Nevermind that the Protestant and Hebrew versions are different (some subtley, some majorly) from the Catholic version.
But, you go ahead and believe whatever you need to, to be able to sleep at night.
Except that your poor attempt at a joke doesn't work, since "boner" is spelled with a single 'n'...
The guys name is "bah-ner".
You -do- know that those games you play on your console are -also- "software," right?
They did not "have super-alcohol". They were exposed to a virus/substance that had alcohol-like effects on a person.
"Universal" means "the same, everywhere".
If evolution were universally accepted, there would, by definition, be no dissenters(i.e. believers in "god/creation").
If god/creation were universally accepted, there would, by definition, be no dissenters(i.e. believers in "evolution").
How, exactly, was my comment a troll?
Ah, the joys of people abusing their mod-points to be "cool"... *eyeroll*
Um... so does just having a Windows PC in the first place. ;)
As far as I'm aware, neither Bill nor MS has EVER had an original idea. MS-DOS wasn't even his work.
Yeah, but so did "Lisa" driving Marge's car...
From dictionary.com:
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"superlative adj.
1. Of the highest order, quality, or degree; surpassing or superior to all others.
2. Excessive or exaggerated.
3. Grammar. Of, relating to, or being the extreme degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb, as in best or brightest."
The words, themselves, may not be superlatives, but they DO add to the excessive amount of adjectives used to describe the DS.
How about, "don't spend all your funds on frivolous lawsuits"?
You'll be amazed how much money you'd have if it wasn't all going into trying to mug other companies via the legal system.
"He contributed NOTHING to the conversation. This is a thread which is in the GAMES section referring to a particular GAME system.
He went through the trouble of coming in to make a comment about how he "never understood the desire to sit in front of a television playing a video game or watching a show".
So he doesn't like to watch television OR play video games, but would like to point out the things that he does which he thinks are better?"
True, but he did not make a post that actually insulted anybody for the fact that they like to sit and play games or watch TV. He just expressed his non-understanding of it (explicitly), and wanted someone to explain it to him (implied, or so it seems to me).
A proper conversation/discussion requires 2 or more viewpoints, otherwise, it's just a group of like-minded people stroking each other's egos and accomplishing little or nothing.
Now, if he'd come in here, trumpeting about how "you're all stupid for wanting to sit in front of a TV and play video games, 'cause games are shit and you should be ashamed of yourselves for enjoying 'em," or something similar, then I'd be right there behind those who've posted only to attack him for it. As it is, he did nothing but offer a dissenting opinion.
*shrug*