Alright, this is a day when I wish I had some mod points kicking around. Insightful + 1.
If there's one thing that always drive me up a wall, it's all of this relativism when it comes to matters of culture. At least in America. For some strange reason, it's become taboo to flat out say, "in my eyes, this culture is fucking insane".
I mean, think about it: there are parts of the world where they believe that the grain that America gives them is giving them AIDS. There are parts of the world where people believe that raping a virgin (babies included) can cure AIDS. There are parts of the world where they execute/impose life sentences on drug dealers (of those who they believe to be drug dealers), yet child prostitution runs rampant, in a semi-open manner. The list goes on. I'll be honest, as far as I'm concerned, it's all fucking backwards.
(PS - I'm not saying America is above reproach, either. Not for a second. Hell, the rest of the world has no problem pointing out what they perceive to be our flaws. Why is it that we can never point out theirs?)
If he were a burglar who just wanted to look around and fiddle with the premises, he'd still go down for breaking and entering.
Take it one step further: if were a burglar who went in to where he wasn't welcome, looked around AND installed a webcam overlooking the shower, bedroom, what-have-you.
Hell freezes over; Devil announces installation of HVAC units.
Oddly enough, I did hear recently that the Earth's core was cooling. I never looked deeper into this for supporting evidence, but it gave me a chuckle nonetheless. Maybe hell is freezing over after all.
I'm glad someone has brought this up. Not only is less energy being used for home/office heating, think of the fuel not spent on all of the snow plows, snow blowers, and outdoor heaters (smoking patios, hotel entrances, etc.). Think of all of the fuel saved by all of the people who aren't leaving their cars idling in the morning before they get in them, or idling in the inevitable traffic that snowfall causes. The list could probably go on...
He pretty much is the Cure... or the cowboy from Howdy Doody. Or one of a gazillion others... Robert Smith is an insanely common name. A girlfriend once told me that there was a group of men, all named Robert Smith, who'd gather every year somewhere in the UK for a toast or dinner or some other gathering, merely because they were all given the exact same name, and that there are so many of them.
The original Total Annihilation is still one of my favorite multiplayers of all time. Maybe it's just the people I've played with, but it never once degenerated into the over-in-ten-minutes spaz-fest that online Age of Empires became whenever a new cheat/strategy/exploit surfaced. There's nothing better than fighting a moderate to slow-paced, epic battle with a few of your friends. The (over) abundance of units allowed each player to come up with their own style with no fear of being rushed to death by the build-order de jour. For example, I always found it satisfying (and wasteful, I know) to create a squad of Berthas and blind-firing into a known-populated area....
Call me old-fashioned, but I don't use any of them, truth be told (I buy DVDs or watch OnDemand)... However, I guess that still begs the question, what am I doing here, then?
I'm glad the Pentagon finally woke up to reality, where maybe it's not such a hot idea to pay some Indian contract programmers a few bucks an hour to write the firmware for your cruise missiles.
Maybe they'll come to their sense when said missiles keep mysteriously landing in Pakistan...
For plenty of Nethack fatalities, check out rec.games.roguelike.nethack, and search for either YASD (Yet Another Stupid Death) or YAAD (Yet Another Annoying Death).
I think we all need to send a polite letter to Mr. Yankovic that we cannot purchase his music because of his distributor. With any luck, that will add a semi-important figure to the cause.
You'd better hurry before he's too busy playing his PS3.
...and I'm sure that if he hadn't recently passed away, one of my state's Democratic ex-Congressmen (Gerry Studds) would be interested as well.
Why does this have to be a partisan issue instead of a cut and dry, "creepy old man" issue? Furthermore, what does this have to do with the BSA and the MPAA? Jeez.
I was about to post the exact same thing, and then got to thinking that perhaps they're not screening for angry repsonses, but rather those that may come across as "vulnerable". Most telemarketers I've spoken with (either commercial or for charity) have been akin to dealing with a strange and dangerous animal - in other words, they can smell fear (or rather, indecisiveness, malleability, etc.).
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Alright, this is a day when I wish I had some mod points kicking around. Insightful + 1.
If there's one thing that always drive me up a wall, it's all of this relativism when it comes to matters of culture. At least in America. For some strange reason, it's become taboo to flat out say, "in my eyes, this culture is fucking insane".
I mean, think about it: there are parts of the world where they believe that the grain that America gives them is giving them AIDS. There are parts of the world where people believe that raping a virgin (babies included) can cure AIDS. There are parts of the world where they execute/impose life sentences on drug dealers (of those who they believe to be drug dealers), yet child prostitution runs rampant, in a semi-open manner. The list goes on. I'll be honest, as far as I'm concerned, it's all fucking backwards.
(PS - I'm not saying America is above reproach, either. Not for a second. Hell, the rest of the world has no problem pointing out what they perceive to be our flaws. Why is it that we can never point out theirs?)
If he were a burglar who just wanted to look around and fiddle with the premises, he'd still go down for breaking and entering.
Take it one step further: if were a burglar who went in to where he wasn't welcome, looked around AND installed a webcam overlooking the shower, bedroom, what-have-you.
...and if they can vote in elections, they can certainly vote with their wallets!
...what the queers are doing to the soil?
Hell freezes over; Devil announces installation of HVAC units.
Oddly enough, I did hear recently that the Earth's core was cooling. I never looked deeper into this for supporting evidence, but it gave me a chuckle nonetheless. Maybe hell is freezing over after all.
13 - you make up your own for this one
Gladly.
13 - Please disregard the above. I'm clearly drunk.
...Microsoft serves you to malware.
I'm glad someone has brought this up. Not only is less energy being used for home/office heating, think of the fuel not spent on all of the snow plows, snow blowers, and outdoor heaters (smoking patios, hotel entrances, etc.). Think of all of the fuel saved by all of the people who aren't leaving their cars idling in the morning before they get in them, or idling in the inevitable traffic that snowfall causes. The list could probably go on...
Wasn't he in the Cure?
He pretty much is the Cure... or the cowboy from Howdy Doody. Or one of a gazillion others... Robert Smith is an insanely common name. A girlfriend once told me that there was a group of men, all named Robert Smith, who'd gather every year somewhere in the UK for a toast or dinner or some other gathering, merely because they were all given the exact same name, and that there are so many of them.
The original Total Annihilation is still one of my favorite multiplayers of all time. Maybe it's just the people I've played with, but it never once degenerated into the over-in-ten-minutes spaz-fest that online Age of Empires became whenever a new cheat/strategy/exploit surfaced. There's nothing better than fighting a moderate to slow-paced, epic battle with a few of your friends. The (over) abundance of units allowed each player to come up with their own style with no fear of being rushed to death by the build-order de jour. For example, I always found it satisfying (and wasteful, I know) to create a squad of Berthas and blind-firing into a known-populated area....
Ah, the old read mail, real fast routine. Love it...
Call me old-fashioned, but I don't use any of them, truth be told (I buy DVDs or watch OnDemand)... However, I guess that still begs the question, what am I doing here, then?
Seriously... most of HBO's programming -- and other networks' -- is available online. The Pirate Bay said so.
I'm glad the Pentagon finally woke up to reality, where maybe it's not such a hot idea to pay some Indian contract programmers a few bucks an hour to write the firmware for your cruise missiles.
Maybe they'll come to their sense when said missiles keep mysteriously landing in Pakistan...
One Gun Per Child? That oughta fix that problem.
...and it squeeked, if memory serves, which just added to it....
With all the negative press Sony has been getting, this couldn't come at a worse time
Or couldn't come at a better time.
For plenty of Nethack fatalities, check out rec.games.roguelike.nethack, and search for either YASD (Yet Another Stupid Death) or YAAD (Yet Another Annoying Death).
Also, check out the Top Deaths List at alt.org.
... e.g. Mark Foley and David Scondras. I have it on good authority that they have the IM thing down pretty well.
I think we all need to send a polite letter to Mr. Yankovic that we cannot purchase his music because of his distributor. With any luck, that will add a semi-important figure to the cause.
You'd better hurry before he's too busy playing his PS3.
...and I'm sure that if he hadn't recently passed away, one of my state's Democratic ex-Congressmen (Gerry Studds) would be interested as well.
Why does this have to be a partisan issue instead of a cut and dry, "creepy old man" issue? Furthermore, what does this have to do with the BSA and the MPAA? Jeez.
No word yet on if that includes helping the MPAA file lawsuits against 80 year old grandmothers.
...or merely helping 80-year-old defendants cross the street, en route to the courthouse.
I was about to post the exact same thing, and then got to thinking that perhaps they're not screening for angry repsonses, but rather those that may come across as "vulnerable". Most telemarketers I've spoken with (either commercial or for charity) have been akin to dealing with a strange and dangerous animal - in other words, they can smell fear (or rather, indecisiveness, malleability, etc.).
Is Second Life the Paris Hilton of Virtual Worlds?
I dunno, how easy is Second Life?
(The summary already states that it's ubiquitous, apparently useless and is subject to frequent downtime...)
Thanks for adding that - I was trying to find a consise way of articulating that and was coming up blank... Perhaps someone will mod you up?