and this is exactly why there are so few that care about the political system.
between working two jobs, spending time with friends, watching television, playing video games, etc, modern youth can't be bothered to pay attention to what's going on.
beyond that, families don't talk anymore, parents don't engage their children in what's going on... if the parents even know what's going on; from this point we can see that it should be self-evident why generation x, y and (now/soon) z kids don't vote: they don't care, are (as a whole) not very responsible, and have little understanding about how the political system works.
to be preparing myself for a career amongst people that are so out of touch with reality (yes, i'm planning on attending law school in the near future).
how long until instant messager spammers are punished?
how about people who spread viruses?
what about the people whose systems are compromised and used to send out junk? aren't they also spamming? being part of a crime is enough to prosecute in many cases.
i'm sure that this was an issue years ago with telemarketers until it was reigned in and control restored, hopefully something like the national do not call list will be enlisted. at that point i could see punishments escalating. as it stands, nothing more than fines would be appropriate, perhaps paying damages. good bye profits
the most sincere form of flattery; considering how many times companies have tried to copy blizzard, wizards of the coast, warhammer, etc, it simply offers proof that the object of imitation is the epitomy of achievement (at the time) for what it aims to do.
i applaud blizzard for most of what they have done, but i also appreciate the original for what it offered; where would the copy/copies be (or would they even be?) without the original(s)?
my hat is off to you inventors of great themes/systems/ideas/engines.
why should i waste an extra $50 on a case because "it's pretty?" why shouldn't i spend that extra money on a better power supply or faster ram? when will people realize that function comes before appearance?
when i first bought my house and digital cable (that's where the best stations are, and a big package deal that includes cable internet), i found techtv and was astounded at the level of intelligence that channel spewed. here i had been watching the science, history, military, biography, etc channels to enrich my mind... and i had been missing out on this channel that not only tackled advanced pc problems and concerns, but also easier stuff to keep the average watched interested; genius!
a few weeks later i heard about the potential buy-out; i knew nothing about comcast (in eastern nd/western mn) and didn't care... until the day it was announced that the buy-out had taken place.
g4tv is a perfect example of why this country is tearing itself apart. everything is directed at children in the sub-30 age group. i'm only 23, but i can safely call these people children because it's a mental age condition that i'm referring to: the kids who sit around playing video games until they have to go to work at mcdonalds; the kids who spout obscenities all over because it must be cool; the children who listen to rap because they can't think for themselves and buy whatever they're told is cool; the children who think that video game design is cake and think they can do it too... even though they failed out of english in grade 3-9 (take your pick), opted for business math instead of algebra and took some sort of food or eco science course instead of chemistry because it's too hard; the babies that were left in daycares and in front of the television to grow up because their parents were too busy to take any notice, even when they started smoking at age 12.
this channel serves to do nothing (aside from x-play... most of the time) but show the whiny generation (what is it, gen z now?) that it's ok to avoid responsibility and get stoned in your parents' basement (luckily, that show about weed was very short-lived) because being smart is overrated.
aldous huxley made greater predictions in 'brave new world' than nostradamous ever could, this world is shaping into huxley's brave new world more and more.
i don't know if i should feel better or more sick that there are other countries with "justice systems" that are as screwed up as the usa. seriously, was that the worst crime those officers could be dispatched to handle?
let this be a lesson to all of you would-be-burglars: create several diversions by hiring kids to vandalize trees while you rob the city blind.
i've read nearly all of the republic and i grasp what you mean, very insightful. i agree that the system outlined is made up of pretty ideas, but after much discussion in one of my poli sci classes and with a few friends, we came to the conclusion that all of the forms of justice have legitimate claims to what justice means. i am a pretty strong advocate for the "might makes right" definition... to many ends. practically speaking, the winners of wars write the history books, spread the culture and fill the gene pool.
...i'm not sure i remember gleaning that particular idea about justice from the republic... that gives less of a fascist image and more of a (the word suddenly escapes me) freedom-to-do-as-one-will-so-long-as-it-doesn't- interfere-with-the-interests-and-rights-of-another image.
as for the leviathan... what is it that keeps most people from driving as fast as they wish? why don't more people leave grocery stores with carts full of food without paying? why aren't there more occurrences of deadly "road rage?" fear of punishment. fear of who punishing? the leviathan - the law of the land; the maker of the law; the only one who can punish with impunity.
personally, i have a sick feeling that this country is sliding more and more out of a democracy into an oligarchy; just something else that supports hobbes' ideas that man is inherently selfish and bad.
honestly, i have not delved into locke's treatise on government, i've only read parts of his treatise on human understanding; any comments i make on locke would only serve to magnify my ignorance. although, i see a distinct perpendicularity between hobbes and locke in the consent to be governed, which seems to be the only thing they agree on. so it appears that the major difference between the two ideas of governmental function stem from two theories about how people would act in a "state of nature."
perhaps you haven't read plato's "republic" or hobbes' "leviathan?" in the republic, we learn that one of the definitions of justice is the will of the stronger - hence the reason that what the supreme court decides IS justice whether we agree with it or not. in the leviathan, we learn that all of us give up our sovereign rights to the governmental entity (which retains all of it's rights) in exchange for protection and security. the rights of life, libery and the pursuit of happiness are only granted to us by the sovereign as the sovereign sees fit, and can be revoked as the sovereign sees fit. arguing with the leviathan is as meaningless, futile and potentially dangerous as peeing against the wind or going naked and unarmed into the den of a bear/lion/big-scary-animal-with-big-teeth-and-claw s to demand back that shiny trinket it took from you while you weren't looking.
it's all well and good to say that we're losing privacies and rights, it's another altogether to act on those silly ideas. as plato, hobbes and various other great minds have taught us throughout history, the goverment is the all-powerful sovereign leviathan that we brought to life to help us, even if it demands that we bow before it.
are you going to be the first to openly go against the leviathan, provoke it and be crushed?
i've dealt with plenty of financial pros in my short lifetime, and the best thing i can say about talking to PROFESSIONAL people for tips on making money is this: you get what you pay for; these are people who make money by helping other people make money, they couldn't afford to eat if they gave everything away. you'll get some simple advice (stuff that anyone with "common sense" can tell you), but the real gold comes from people that are looking for more than a kind word of thanks
i can't wait to see how this turns out, i have a broken incisor. it is really miserable, just the root is left (no nerve) and there's a piece of some kind of porcelain glued to it. can i eat sandwiches and pizza like the rest of the world? no:( i would really like to see this become realistic soon.
that's a good point, a lot of the "horror" portions of games aren't nearly as horrifying as one might hope for them to be, hence the boredom that ensues.
racing games have their own scary adrenaline rushes... like when you're sure that you can catch that rx7 just ahead of you but then you get a "danger to manifold" warning and... ok ok, bad joke.
what i think would make racing games (simulators?) more exciting is the fear that something is going to break. the rally racing games where there is a warning about part of your suspension being weak before the race starts; why doesn't gran turismo have anything that exciting yet?
any thoughts on how long it will take for some sort of bill/law/something to be passed that declares email and instant messages to be as private as telephone calls and snail mail? i'm sorry if this is an old subject, but it bears re-addressing, this is a serious subject.
sure, if it's possible to create any means to scan a file for a known code, whatever (fell out of playing with highly technical pc stuff a few years ago), fine. i see this as being akin to using some sort of sniffing device on packages; if you were dumb enough to send a box of marijuana somewhere without any sort of insulation, you deserve to get caught.
however, i think it's another thing entirely different to punish someone for scanning their email to find a file that is an illegal picture... and had to be extracted from 2 or 3 passworded archives (i know, pretty simple). if you're going through all that trouble, you obviously weren't the intended receipient and you were pursuing an investigation without a warrant. hello? am i the only one that sees a problem with this?
if this does turn out to be a real threat, how long until spam starts containing images deemed to be child porn? the receiver gets arrested because he happens to have an email account? FOUL! just another reason that spam is almost the most important problem to tackle with the internet.
something to think about.
in my book, both under/overclocking have benefits. i underclocked the gpu in my laptop in hopes of saving on heat and battery. if i ever get around to buying water-cooling, then i will look more closely at overclocking. i'm a fan of overclocking to get the best value. good example, the manchester core x2 and the toledo core. the 4400 with the toledo core performs almost on par with the 4600, at around $90 less. introduce some good cooling and overclock it to achieve approximately the performance of the fx60.
i've been using the number pad for somewhere in the 1-2 year mark (when i first started playing new fps games), but then again, i use the mouse with my left hand. i've found the number pad is way better just because everything is regularly spaced. the downside... only so many buttons within easy reach.
personally, i think this mouse would be a lot cooler if it had more buttons that are recognized and can be designated for functions... perhaps 8-15 buttons?
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between working two jobs, spending time with friends, watching television, playing video games, etc, modern youth can't be bothered to pay attention to what's going on.
beyond that, families don't talk anymore, parents don't engage their children in what's going on... if the parents even know what's going on; from this point we can see that it should be self-evident why generation x, y and (now/soon) z kids don't vote: they don't care, are (as a whole) not very responsible, and have little understanding about how the political system works.
how long until instant messager spammers are punished?
how about people who spread viruses?
what about the people whose systems are compromised and used to send out junk? aren't they also spamming? being part of a crime is enough to prosecute in many cases.
i'm sure that this was an issue years ago with telemarketers until it was reigned in and control restored, hopefully something like the national do not call list will be enlisted. at that point i could see punishments escalating. as it stands, nothing more than fines would be appropriate, perhaps paying damages. good bye profits
i applaud blizzard for most of what they have done, but i also appreciate the original for what it offered; where would the copy/copies be (or would they even be?) without the original(s)?
my hat is off to you inventors of great themes/systems/ideas/engines.
why should i waste an extra $50 on a case because "it's pretty?" why shouldn't i spend that extra money on a better power supply or faster ram? when will people realize that function comes before appearance?
a few weeks later i heard about the potential buy-out; i knew nothing about comcast (in eastern nd/western mn) and didn't care... until the day it was announced that the buy-out had taken place.
g4tv is a perfect example of why this country is tearing itself apart. everything is directed at children in the sub-30 age group. i'm only 23, but i can safely call these people children because it's a mental age condition that i'm referring to: the kids who sit around playing video games until they have to go to work at mcdonalds; the kids who spout obscenities all over because it must be cool; the children who listen to rap because they can't think for themselves and buy whatever they're told is cool; the children who think that video game design is cake and think they can do it too... even though they failed out of english in grade 3-9 (take your pick), opted for business math instead of algebra and took some sort of food or eco science course instead of chemistry because it's too hard; the babies that were left in daycares and in front of the television to grow up because their parents were too busy to take any notice, even when they started smoking at age 12.
this channel serves to do nothing (aside from x-play... most of the time) but show the whiny generation (what is it, gen z now?) that it's ok to avoid responsibility and get stoned in your parents' basement (luckily, that show about weed was very short-lived) because being smart is overrated.
aldous huxley made greater predictions in 'brave new world' than nostradamous ever could, this world is shaping into huxley's brave new world more and more.
i don't know if i should feel better or more sick that there are other countries with "justice systems" that are as screwed up as the usa. seriously, was that the worst crime those officers could be dispatched to handle?
let this be a lesson to all of you would-be-burglars: create several diversions by hiring kids to vandalize trees while you rob the city blind.
as for the leviathan... what is it that keeps most people from driving as fast as they wish? why don't more people leave grocery stores with carts full of food without paying? why aren't there more occurrences of deadly "road rage?" fear of punishment. fear of who punishing? the leviathan - the law of the land; the maker of the law; the only one who can punish with impunity.
personally, i have a sick feeling that this country is sliding more and more out of a democracy into an oligarchy; just something else that supports hobbes' ideas that man is inherently selfish and bad.
honestly, i have not delved into locke's treatise on government, i've only read parts of his treatise on human understanding; any comments i make on locke would only serve to magnify my ignorance. although, i see a distinct perpendicularity between hobbes and locke in the consent to be governed, which seems to be the only thing they agree on. so it appears that the major difference between the two ideas of governmental function stem from two theories about how people would act in a "state of nature."
perhaps you haven't read plato's "republic" or hobbes' "leviathan?"w s to demand back that shiny trinket it took from you while you weren't looking.
in the republic, we learn that one of the definitions of justice is the will of the stronger - hence the reason that what the supreme court decides IS justice whether we agree with it or not.
in the leviathan, we learn that all of us give up our sovereign rights to the governmental entity (which retains all of it's rights) in exchange for protection and security.
the rights of life, libery and the pursuit of happiness are only granted to us by the sovereign as the sovereign sees fit, and can be revoked as the sovereign sees fit.
arguing with the leviathan is as meaningless, futile and potentially dangerous as peeing against the wind or going naked and unarmed into the den of a bear/lion/big-scary-animal-with-big-teeth-and-cla
it's all well and good to say that we're losing privacies and rights, it's another altogether to act on those silly ideas. as plato, hobbes and various other great minds have taught us throughout history, the goverment is the all-powerful sovereign leviathan that we brought to life to help us, even if it demands that we bow before it.
are you going to be the first to openly go against the leviathan, provoke it and be crushed?
i've dealt with plenty of financial pros in my short lifetime, and the best thing i can say about talking to PROFESSIONAL people for tips on making money is this: you get what you pay for; these are people who make money by helping other people make money, they couldn't afford to eat if they gave everything away. you'll get some simple advice (stuff that anyone with "common sense" can tell you), but the real gold comes from people that are looking for more than a kind word of thanks
i can't wait to see how this turns out, i have a broken incisor. it is really miserable, just the root is left (no nerve) and there's a piece of some kind of porcelain glued to it. can i eat sandwiches and pizza like the rest of the world? no :( i would really like to see this become realistic soon.
racing games have their own scary adrenaline rushes... like when you're sure that you can catch that rx7 just ahead of you but then you get a "danger to manifold" warning and... ok ok, bad joke.
what i think would make racing games (simulators?) more exciting is the fear that something is going to break. the rally racing games where there is a warning about part of your suspension being weak before the race starts; why doesn't gran turismo have anything that exciting yet?
any thoughts on how long it will take for some sort of bill/law/something to be passed that declares email and instant messages to be as private as telephone calls and snail mail? i'm sorry if this is an old subject, but it bears re-addressing, this is a serious subject. sure, if it's possible to create any means to scan a file for a known code, whatever (fell out of playing with highly technical pc stuff a few years ago), fine. i see this as being akin to using some sort of sniffing device on packages; if you were dumb enough to send a box of marijuana somewhere without any sort of insulation, you deserve to get caught. however, i think it's another thing entirely different to punish someone for scanning their email to find a file that is an illegal picture... and had to be extracted from 2 or 3 passworded archives (i know, pretty simple). if you're going through all that trouble, you obviously weren't the intended receipient and you were pursuing an investigation without a warrant. hello? am i the only one that sees a problem with this? if this does turn out to be a real threat, how long until spam starts containing images deemed to be child porn? the receiver gets arrested because he happens to have an email account? FOUL! just another reason that spam is almost the most important problem to tackle with the internet. something to think about.
in my book, both under/overclocking have benefits. i underclocked the gpu in my laptop in hopes of saving on heat and battery. if i ever get around to buying water-cooling, then i will look more closely at overclocking.
i'm a fan of overclocking to get the best value. good example, the manchester core x2 and the toledo core. the 4400 with the toledo core performs almost on par with the 4600, at around $90 less. introduce some good cooling and overclock it to achieve approximately the performance of the fx60.
i've been using the number pad for somewhere in the 1-2 year mark (when i first started playing new fps games), but then again, i use the mouse with my left hand. i've found the number pad is way better just because everything is regularly spaced. the downside... only so many buttons within easy reach. personally, i think this mouse would be a lot cooler if it had more buttons that are recognized and can be designated for functions... perhaps 8-15 buttons?