The US is not at war and hasn't been for quite a few decades now, so.... yeah, there goes part of your argument. Unless "any armed conflict" is a war, at which case we can never criticize the government or its executive officers at any time, since the US always engaged in armed conflict *somewhere* in the world. There goes your "freedom of speech" and democratic political process. The President is a public figure and not royalty, we can say almost anything we really want about him or her.
What *really* happened is that the Dixie Chicks hurt your little bitty baby Texan feelings by saying that they were ashamed that the president at the time (who was, indeed, one of the worst presidents to ever occupy the office) was from Texas (not to mention that Texans managed to elect him as governor in their supreme wisdom). Grow up. It's people like you that perpetuate the idea that Texas is full of simpleminded idiots who still think we're living in the late 19th century. Protip: You're just a US State now. You will never be independant of the US, and you don't *want* to be, as you'd last about a month without the federal infrastructure. All you are, as a state now, is part of a buffer zone that keeps Mexico's problems from effecting the parts of the US that are actually important.
From my point of view, steam punk is "interesting" but not "compelling". I think you have to be of a certain mindset to really enjoy it. It's like the folks that really get off on alternate WWII history fiction, and what not.
While that is definitely true, the problem with both SWG and The Matrix Online was that SOE took what was a great player community and tried to morph the game into something that could compete with WoW. So you had great concepts like MXO with Radio Free Zion and the ability to move between servers, etc etc, and SOE basically drove it into the ground. SOE's really good at that. Pray they never get their mitts on your favorite MMO.
However, I don't have a ton of time to get involved with a corp, and, in spite of waiting about 3 years playing on-and-off, the PvE is still horrible.
Hoping that Jumpgate: Evolution or STO fixes that. I'm not really a "casual gamer" but I'm a gamer with many hobbies, and EVE requires it to be your only hobby to fully enjoy what it has to offer.
It is true, if I can see it from a public location, it isn't private. End of story. You might not agree with it, but legally, that's how it works. Even for LEOs, if I can see a something illegal or an illegal event occurring in plain sight, even though I am outside a house, I can enter or act upon that if I can see it from a public location.
Sorry, you might not like it, but that's how it goes.
They are idiots, unless Britain has a law that things visible from the public streets aren't permissible to photograph.
Expressing a preference or desire that is different than that enshrined in the law is hardly sufficient grounds to label someone an idiot.
It is, when the reasoning and way that it was handled is plainly idiotic.
Obviously, in the US this would be plainly moronic, since it is, indeed, the case, that in public there is no expectation of privacy.
Obviously it would be moronic to believe that the entire universe can be simply and neatly bisected into "public" and "private" areas.
You may be right, however, since the camera operators were clearly in public, you've constructed somewhat of a strawman. We were not speaking of borderline cases in this instance. If I can see it from the road, it isn't private.
If its an old warehouse, is it possible it was a club at one point? That'd explain both why there's a MIDI controller for that, and why it was inside the wall (someone probably never bothered to remove it when they made it into offices).
It heads in the direction of the men's bathroom, but there is nothing in there that could use it.
It is a strange thing. I suggest a very long fiber optic camera:) How old is the building? Hard to imagine what an office building would use a lighting controller for.
I work at a small nonprofit that rents out 2 seperate offices to other businesses across the hall. The other day I noticed a computer on the network that connected for 2 seconds then disconnected ONCE A DAY. So I ran around the office and disconnected the wireless for a day. IT STILL HAPPENED. So I went around to all of the plugs and looked to see if there was anything behind the faceplates for the ethernet jacks.
Needless to say, in one of our rented rooms there was a small black box labeled "SKYNET" hidden behind the wall. It was plugged into our network, had a huge power brick behind the wall, and then had a midi cable running out from it. Further research shows it to be an old-skool lighting control box. I have NO IDEA why they embedded it in the wall, other than the fact that its ugly.
But yea, yesterday I found SKYNET and disconnected it.
While the inflation argument may hold water (i think it depends on what measure of inflation we decide to use), hardware is stupendously cheap right now (and has been becoming more and more inexpensive as time goes on, obviously). Buying a really decent "general use" computer is unbelievably affordable these days.
It's more than HE is a bloviator on the level of Bill O'Reilly, and seems to be wholly incapable of explaining things or making statements that don't seem out of place without a Russian leader banging his shoe on something.
While I am sure that if there was some magical occurrence that resulted in H1-B unavailable, that there'd be a lag in adjusting their business. However, I do believe that Microsoft could staff their business entirely with tech workers who are permanent residents or citizens, yes.
Would it be easy for them to do? Not necessarily, but it would be do-able.
The rest of your post is whargarbl. There's a lot of development ground that MS can (perhaps most) utilize that sits between Generic DeVry Graduate and Turing.
Calling it an anecdote may be stretching it a bit, but the point is the same: using a single data point as a generalization.
I'd be interested to know if the "legal requirement" is at all reflected in reality. Given that foreign technology workers are not magically able to do things that Americans cannot, unless you can pay them less, there is little use in even obtaining them.
In the first case, your main problem was driving a Grand Am. The second case, is buying a Scion. Try buying a car that is reliable and well-built and you'll be much better off.
It's not SUVs, it's people with AWD/4WD on their vehicles. The majority of people I see do stupid things in snow are pickups, AWD vehicles like some Subarus, and SUVs. Some people just don't realize that their ability to have better starting traction doesn't mean they've got better stopping ability (that and people panic when unexpected things happen, technology can't prevent that).
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The US is not at war and hasn't been for quite a few decades now, so.... yeah, there goes part of your argument. Unless "any armed conflict" is a war, at which case we can never criticize the government or its executive officers at any time, since the US always engaged in armed conflict *somewhere* in the world. There goes your "freedom of speech" and democratic political process. The President is a public figure and not royalty, we can say almost anything we really want about him or her.
What *really* happened is that the Dixie Chicks hurt your little bitty baby Texan feelings by saying that they were ashamed that the president at the time (who was, indeed, one of the worst presidents to ever occupy the office) was from Texas (not to mention that Texans managed to elect him as governor in their supreme wisdom). Grow up. It's people like you that perpetuate the idea that Texas is full of simpleminded idiots who still think we're living in the late 19th century. Protip: You're just a US State now. You will never be independant of the US, and you don't *want* to be, as you'd last about a month without the federal infrastructure. All you are, as a state now, is part of a buffer zone that keeps Mexico's problems from effecting the parts of the US that are actually important.
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From my point of view, steam punk is "interesting" but not "compelling". I think you have to be of a certain mindset to really enjoy it. It's like the folks that really get off on alternate WWII history fiction, and what not.
Another major, MAJOR problem with SWG at launch was that...
IT WAS STAR WARS BUT YOU HAD NO SPACE SHIPS TO PILOT
Classic example of "releasing the game before it was finished".
While that is definitely true, the problem with both SWG and The Matrix Online was that SOE took what was a great player community and tried to morph the game into something that could compete with WoW. So you had great concepts like MXO with Radio Free Zion and the ability to move between servers, etc etc, and SOE basically drove it into the ground. SOE's really good at that. Pray they never get their mitts on your favorite MMO.
I loved EO, I really did. Still love the concept.
However, I don't have a ton of time to get involved with a corp, and, in spite of waiting about 3 years playing on-and-off, the PvE is still horrible.
Hoping that Jumpgate: Evolution or STO fixes that. I'm not really a "casual gamer" but I'm a gamer with many hobbies, and EVE requires it to be your only hobby to fully enjoy what it has to offer.
It is true, if I can see it from a public location, it isn't private. End of story. You might not agree with it, but legally, that's how it works. Even for LEOs, if I can see a something illegal or an illegal event occurring in plain sight, even though I am outside a house, I can enter or act upon that if I can see it from a public location.
Sorry, you might not like it, but that's how it goes.
Expressing a preference or desire that is different than that enshrined in the law is hardly sufficient grounds to label someone an idiot.
It is, when the reasoning and way that it was handled is plainly idiotic.
Obviously it would be moronic to believe that the entire universe can be simply and neatly bisected into "public" and "private" areas.
You may be right, however, since the camera operators were clearly in public, you've constructed somewhat of a strawman. We were not speaking of borderline cases in this instance. If I can see it from the road, it isn't private.
MPCHc has a Vista64 build now, fyi.
I love MPChomecinema, use it all the time, but I routinely have problems with GIGANTIC SUBTITLES IN MKVS, if they play correctly at all.
Media Player Classic was great, but it's no longer updated and has several security flaws that are un patched.
There's a current and very good fork called Media Player Classic Homecinema, you just needed to do a very small amount of research.
They are idiots, unless Britain has a law that things visible from the public streets aren't permissible to photograph.
Obviously, in the US this would be plainly moronic, since it is, indeed, the case, that in public there is no expectation of privacy.
If its an old warehouse, is it possible it was a club at one point? That'd explain both why there's a MIDI controller for that, and why it was inside the wall (someone probably never bothered to remove it when they made it into offices).
The only problem:
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MIDI CABLE IS GOING TO.
It heads in the direction of the men's bathroom, but there is nothing in there that could use it.
It is a strange thing. I suggest a very long fiber optic camera :) How old is the building? Hard to imagine what an office building would use a lighting controller for.
I work at a small nonprofit that rents out 2 seperate offices to other businesses across the hall. The other day I noticed a computer on the network that connected for 2 seconds then disconnected ONCE A DAY. So I ran around the office and disconnected the wireless for a day. IT STILL HAPPENED. So I went around to all of the plugs and looked to see if there was anything behind the faceplates for the ethernet jacks.
Needless to say, in one of our rented rooms there was a small black box labeled "SKYNET" hidden behind the wall. It was plugged into our network, had a huge power brick behind the wall, and then had a midi cable running out from it. Further research shows it to be an old-skool lighting control box. I have NO IDEA why they embedded it in the wall, other than the fact that its ugly.
But yea, yesterday I found SKYNET and disconnected it.
I will sleep soundly tonight with this knowledge.
I must be old, because I didn't think anything but "oh, a Skynet joke".
A kindergarten party?
While the inflation argument may hold water (i think it depends on what measure of inflation we decide to use), hardware is stupendously cheap right now (and has been becoming more and more inexpensive as time goes on, obviously). Buying a really decent "general use" computer is unbelievably affordable these days.
The average home user still has a job. So.. yeah.
It's more than HE is a bloviator on the level of Bill O'Reilly, and seems to be wholly incapable of explaining things or making statements that don't seem out of place without a Russian leader banging his shoe on something.
While I am sure that if there was some magical occurrence that resulted in H1-B unavailable, that there'd be a lag in adjusting their business. However, I do believe that Microsoft could staff their business entirely with tech workers who are permanent residents or citizens, yes.
Would it be easy for them to do? Not necessarily, but it would be do-able.
The rest of your post is whargarbl. There's a lot of development ground that MS can (perhaps most) utilize that sits between Generic DeVry Graduate and Turing.
Calling it an anecdote may be stretching it a bit, but the point is the same: using a single data point as a generalization.
I'd be interested to know if the "legal requirement" is at all reflected in reality. Given that foreign technology workers are not magically able to do things that Americans cannot, unless you can pay them less, there is little use in even obtaining them.
I kinda doubt that applies to highly skilled persons such as stunt pilots. Seems to me they are two rather disparate populations.
In the first case, your main problem was driving a Grand Am. The second case, is buying a Scion. Try buying a car that is reliable and well-built and you'll be much better off.
It's not SUVs, it's people with AWD/4WD on their vehicles. The majority of people I see do stupid things in snow are pickups, AWD vehicles like some Subarus, and SUVs. Some people just don't realize that their ability to have better starting traction doesn't mean they've got better stopping ability (that and people panic when unexpected things happen, technology can't prevent that).
The lesson that life has risks?
Do you put your kids in a football helmet and surround them with a layer of duct-taped pillows before they go out to play, too?