Ever dealt with a poisonous snake cornered in a barn? A 160-pound wounded buck crashing around your back yard? A rabid raccoon threatening a domestic pet? A coyote stalking your neighborhood kids and animals? A mountain lion raiding a camp site?
No, because unlike you, I graduated college. Unlike you, I had a decent upbringing. See, while you were busy pulling legs off spiders, I was learning things, vacationing in europe, learning languages- improving myself, and giving myself a better shot in life. I wanted something more than camouflage fatigues and drunk, sub-literate "buddies." 'Wannabe-park-ranger' is nothing to aspire to.
Perhaps instead of hanging out at the "shooting range," you should have spent more time at what I like to call the "book range," or the "reading range."
How on Earth is someone going to talk millions of hunters and target shooters into adding a key encryption device to their already expensive repertoire of presses, measurement tools, and cleaning equipment?
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
What on earth does this mean? I'm I just totally missing the cleverness of your "u"/"you" wordplay? Are you pointing your finger at the reader for not being "honorable?" Or are you just a die-hard, silent-letter-hoarding anglophile?
Awesome, you just owned a bunch of ignorant slashlosers with your comment. The guy who modded you down was probably hyperventilating as he read your post. I just wish I could have seen his face- the gaping jaw, the cheeto falling out his spit-flecked mouth, neck veins bulging under auxiliary chins. He probably knocked over a stack of pizza boxes- with a rancid hand, encrusted from the morning's lonely ejaculation.
Well said. You just owned these spoiled Slashlosers. The guy who modded you down was probably hyperventilating as he read your post. To add insult to injury, you denied him the pleasure of adding you to his "foes" list- that would really "show" you, wouldn't it? I just wish I could have seen his face- the gaping jaw, the cheeto falling out his spit-flecked mouth, neck veins bulging under auxiliary chins. He probably knocked over a stack of pizza boxes.
...The problem (from the telco's point of view) is that Google is paying only one company for the bandwidth it uses. Wouldn't it be nice if they could all get a share by threatening to throttle Google's traffic on their networks? Not only that, you can squeeze out any small-time competition from the market by threatening to take away a big chunk of Google's users if they sign with a smaller company for bandwidth. Only why stop at Google, you could do it to anyone! Heck, maybe even political parties? (So, probably not but the telcos would love to do it anyways, I'm sure.)
When I first read your post, I got the impression that you didn't know what you were talking about. My impression has only strengthened over time. I think you would have been better off admiting your ignorance rather than engaging in name calling.
Excellent:-) (technically incorrect, but I'll let that slide)
This is a valid safety issue and your ad hominem attacks do not serve anyone well.
1. You should be embarrassed for writing that. Is that supposed to sound erudite? Are you imagining how it would sound in Patrick Stewart's voice before posting?
2. People who make "ad hominem" attacks don't care when you call them on it. Why don't you just call it "name calling," or a "personal attack?" Slanging Latin phrases just says to the world that you're insecure, and that you're not as educated as you'd like everyone to think.
It's a shame, but Wikipedia is at fault for trusting human nature to be good, when it isn't. We are a destructive species and Wikipedia is on the tipping point of being a big enough target for utter destruction.^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H ^H^H^H^H^Hfundamentally broken doomed to fail because it was founded on faulty assumptions.
So you'd like to exclude any and all encyclopedias that may be made out of date when/if the definition of "planet" is changed? How about all those written around the turn of last century which included racial reasoning for various abilities? Or the textbooks which until the last part of the 20th century claimed that Christopher Columbus was the first European to "discover" the Western Hemisphere?
Historical accuracy is always in debate. The point of an encyclopedia or any record isn't to be absolutely right the first time, it's to be as right as possible and then easily fixed in light of new information. Sure there are those on Wikipedia that don't try in the first place, but no one has ever been immune to stupid or lazy writers/fact checkers. The great thing about Wikipedia though is that it can easily be fixed, without having to go find all the old copies and destroy them, or wait until it's economical to produce a new edition.
Am I the only one that thinks the purely one dimensional rating systems used by games and movies are a bit two simplistic to make a good decision on?
Admittedly these days the reasons for getting a rating are usually given and this does help alot, but simply rating in a few more categories makes sense to me.
As an aside it does seem a bit absurd that a topless woman can raise the rating of a game/movie faster than a body count can. I just find it a sad commentary on society that violence is more acceptable than nudity.
I find the Thief series redefined what a FPS could be. The game had many things that made it unique. For one, you couldn't just attack a whole army of soldier, because you were guaranteed to get killed.
It also rewarded you for just sneaking around, stealing and not getting caught. At the time, it was the only game in the FPS category that you could complete without killing anyone. Even now, I haven't seen a game where you could do that.
The one thing that disappointed me the most was that no one else got into the thief genre. Once the company went belly up, I haven't seen a game that created the same tense, yet immersive environment that Thief 1 and 2 (haven't played 3).
Make sure, that when you find the entry for 'popular' in the dictionary, you resist the urge to quote it in your posts. It'll make it harder for me to tell that you're a layman with poor reasoning skills.
No they won't... these are Google engineers. Half of them are hippies that will grow all their own food and the other half will order it from an online auction in bulk, irradiated to last 100 years.
You've obviously never worked for Google, but I've already figured that out.
I don't have a problem with human space colonization, but I do have a problem with the government using my stolen tax dollars to fund it.
Well, that's too fucking bad 'cause no one is asking you.
:)
When Dr. Stephen Hawking speaks, the world fucking listens. And if he says we have to use some of "your" "stolen" tax dollars(like how I put quotes around the word 'your?' 'cause it isn't really "your" money! XD), hell, if he thinks the government needs to "steal" some more tax money from your parsimonious bitch ass, guess who's opinion we won't be asking?
You want to belive that it is not true. You make vague comments about the disparity of living conditons, but no actual facts - it makes it easier for you.
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Good. Maybe this will encourage "the taxpayers" to take some responsibility for their governance?
Refrain from using quotation marks next time.
No, because unlike you, I graduated college. Unlike you, I had a decent upbringing. See, while you were busy pulling legs off spiders, I was learning things, vacationing in europe, learning languages- improving myself, and giving myself a better shot in life. I wanted something more than camouflage fatigues and drunk, sub-literate "buddies." 'Wannabe-park-ranger' is nothing to aspire to.
Perhaps instead of hanging out at the "shooting range," you should have spent more time at what I like to call the "book range," or the "reading range."
Put them in prison when they don't.
What on earth does this mean? I'm I just totally missing the cleverness of your "u"/"you" wordplay? Are you pointing your finger at the reader for not being "honorable?" Or are you just a die-hard, silent-letter-hoarding anglophile?
You wear a uniform at work, don't you?
Awesome, you just owned a bunch of ignorant slashlosers with your comment. The guy who modded you down was probably hyperventilating as he read your post. I just wish I could have seen his face- the gaping jaw, the cheeto falling out his spit-flecked mouth, neck veins bulging under auxiliary chins. He probably knocked over a stack of pizza boxes- with a rancid hand, encrusted from the morning's lonely ejaculation.
Well said. You just owned these spoiled Slashlosers. The guy who modded you down was probably hyperventilating as he read your post. To add insult to injury, you denied him the pleasure of adding you to his "foes" list- that would really "show" you, wouldn't it? I just wish I could have seen his face- the gaping jaw, the cheeto falling out his spit-flecked mouth, neck veins bulging under auxiliary chins. He probably knocked over a stack of pizza boxes.
...The problem (from the telco's point of view) is that Google is paying only one company for the bandwidth it uses. Wouldn't it be nice if they could all get a share by threatening to throttle Google's traffic on their networks? Not only that, you can squeeze out any small-time competition from the market by threatening to take away a big chunk of Google's users if they sign with a smaller company for bandwidth. Only why stop at Google, you could do it to anyone! Heck, maybe even political parties? (So, probably not but the telcos would love to do it anyways, I'm sure.)
Get a job, "consultant."
None of them.
:)
A tip for frustrated out-of-work Americans: try not to misspell 'entitled' in your cover letters.
Excellent :-) (technically incorrect, but I'll let that slide)
Go graduate from community college.
1. You should be embarrassed for writing that. Is that supposed to sound erudite? Are you imagining how it would sound in Patrick Stewart's voice before posting?
2. People who make "ad hominem" attacks don't care when you call them on it. Why don't you just call it "name calling," or a "personal attack?" Slanging Latin phrases just says to the world that you're insecure, and that you're not as educated as you'd like everyone to think.
Fixed
Historical accuracy is always in debate. The point of an encyclopedia or any record isn't to be absolutely right the first time, it's to be as right as possible and then easily fixed in light of new information. Sure there are those on Wikipedia that don't try in the first place, but no one has ever been immune to stupid or lazy writers/fact checkers. The great thing about Wikipedia though is that it can easily be fixed, without having to go find all the old copies and destroy them, or wait until it's economical to produce a new edition.
I found something on wikipedia you may want to familiarize yourself with.
:)
Admittedly these days the reasons for getting a rating are usually given and this does help alot, but simply rating in a few more categories makes sense to me.
As an aside it does seem a bit absurd that a topless woman can raise the rating of a game/movie faster than a body count can. I just find it a sad commentary on society that violence is more acceptable than nudity.
It also rewarded you for just sneaking around, stealing and not getting caught. At the time, it was the only game in the FPS category that you could complete without killing anyone. Even now, I haven't seen a game where you could do that.
The one thing that disappointed me the most was that no one else got into the thief genre. Once the company went belly up, I haven't seen a game that created the same tense, yet immersive environment that Thief 1 and 2 (haven't played 3).
Make sure, that when you find the entry for 'popular' in the dictionary, you resist the urge to quote it in your posts. It'll make it harder for me to tell that you're a layman with poor reasoning skills.
You've obviously never worked for Google, but I've already figured that out.
Fuck off. Flickr has made it clear it doesn't want you, and I can see why.
Well, that's too fucking bad 'cause no one is asking you.
:)
When Dr. Stephen Hawking speaks, the world fucking listens. And if he says we have to use some of "your" "stolen" tax dollars(like how I put quotes around the word 'your?' 'cause it isn't really "your" money! XD), hell, if he thinks the government needs to "steal" some more tax money from your parsimonious bitch ass, guess who's opinion we won't be asking?
Sincerely,
-society
XD
You want to belive that it is not true. You make vague comments about the disparity of living conditons, but no actual facts - it makes it easier for you.
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