Don't discount the latter half of the GPs post, just because the first is tripe. Assassinating/collapsing foreign governments/officials is dumb, but that's never stopped the CIA from trying/succeeding in the past in the past. (Iran, Cuba, Iraq, Nicaragua, etc)
No. It's about a group of scaremongers, luddites and technophobes who refer to themselves as the Australian Christian Lobby, and their influence on 2-3 key members of our government.
It's not the glasses, it's the framerate. Standard theatre projectors run at 30fps, and 3D via polarisation effectively halves this. The reason it hurts is because you are essentially staring at a 15Hz display.
There's a lot Gimp has over Photoshop too. I spent 2-3 years using the Gimp, before switching to Photoshop for 2 years of graphic design courses. I don't use the Gimp anymore - Photoshop is more refined, and has a much simpler interface, and its treatment of multiple colourspaces is unmatched. I still miss several Gimp features though - being able to crop a layer to the visible area with a single click, having fine control over rendering tools like spirogimp and the fractal tool and the gradient tool. Sure, Photoshop has a gradient tool, but it's not a patch on the Gimps one.*
*These views are based on versions 2.2 - 2.4 of the Gimp and CS2 - CS4 of Photoshop
This would be fine, except for one thing. The idiots are sheep. They don't vote randomly, they follow the the leader. Sure they leader may be an intelligent/benevolent* influence, but even so, this doesn't change the fact the the crowd are still stupid.
*In my experience this is rairly the case. Rather, the crowd tend to follow the the loudest bigot who affirms their prejudices.
Not always. I'm on a zone 3 exchange (ESPR, Zone 3), with Telstra providing the only DSL2 DSLAM in the exchange, and I can only get ADSL1 from Internode, or iiNet, or Westnet, or any of the decent ISPs in the country.
All theft is crime, but that doesn't make all crime theft. Theft is the unlawful deprivation of property. When a song, or a game, or a show or a movie or any other copyrighted data is illegally downloaded, no deprivation occurs, thus no theft occurs. There is still a crime committed, and that crime is copyright infringement, not theft.
...except that they haven't done anything at all. There are just a few mumbles of 'concern' over something their voter-base is likely to disapprove of. I don't see that making a difference any-time soon.
It may not have occurred to you, but some people like to consider themselves as more than the some of their hormones. Not every is choking at the bit to jump into bed with the first person who says ok.
A lot of people here apparently haven't bothered to read even the summary, and as such are assuming we took a stand and kicked this guy out of office. This isn't true. Michael Atkinson won the election easily, and then announced he wouldn't be taking the job anyway, instead moving to a back-bench position in the Labour government to retire in 2014.
Yes, the arsehole is going, but no, we didn't beat him. The vast majority of voters, as always, don't know or care about these issues, so the battle is far from won.
For the record, his attitude towards video games aren't the only reason we want to be rid of him. The man has a history of saying stupid things in an an official capacity that come back to bite him. He accused a blogger of being a non-existent sock puppet for Liberal party criticism, and he lied about a bikie gang supposedly barbecuing a cat to threaten him. I'm sure you all remember him banning anonymous political speech in the lead up to the recent elections as well...
Really? Do you live in some wonderful happy secret land, or do you just live with your head in the clouds? In my experience, most people live by greedy impulse and make behavioural decisions based on the the perceived chance of avoiding unwanted consequences for their actions.
I'd argue that the vaccine shouldn't be pulled either, if the side-effect had a sufficiently low rate of occurrence, and immunisation acts as promised.
When I was 5 years old, a live Polio vaccine activated a genetic disposition to Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, ultimately leading me to have chronic Ankylosing Spondylitis. The disease has had a strongly negative effect on my quality of life, causing me at various points in my life to be wheelchair bound or bed-ridden. Despite this, actually having caught Polio would have made life far worse than it is now.
Taking a vaccine is a risk, but risks are inherent to all things in life. When you cross the street, you risk being hit by a car. Whenever you eat, drink or breathe you risk infection from any number of random diseases. But when the benefits are high enough, and the risks small enough, it's worth doing anyway. Educate people, and let them make there own choice maybe, but don't outright ban the shots.
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I kind of hope she DOES get elected in 2012. Maybe it will be the final straw in stopping my government from pandering the the US.
When the teacher left the classroom in my year 8 maths class, my classmates would raid his desk for drawing pins to throw into the ceiling fans.
Who gives a hoot? --------- Also, why the hell didn't it submit the first time I tried to post this?
Who gives a hoot?
Don't discount the latter half of the GPs post, just because the first is tripe. Assassinating/collapsing foreign governments/officials is dumb, but that's never stopped the CIA from trying/succeeding in the past in the past. (Iran, Cuba, Iraq, Nicaragua, etc)
No. It's about a group of scaremongers, luddites and technophobes who refer to themselves as the Australian Christian Lobby, and their influence on 2-3 key members of our government.
Dwarf Fortress. Nuff' said.
It's not the glasses, it's the framerate. Standard theatre projectors run at 30fps, and 3D via polarisation effectively halves this. The reason it hurts is because you are essentially staring at a 15Hz display.
Oh my goodness, so many spams and scams are coming through the portal - Somebody call Senator Conroy, quick!
There's a lot Gimp has over Photoshop too. I spent 2-3 years using the Gimp, before switching to Photoshop for 2 years of graphic design courses. I don't use the Gimp anymore - Photoshop is more refined, and has a much simpler interface, and its treatment of multiple colourspaces is unmatched. I still miss several Gimp features though - being able to crop a layer to the visible area with a single click, having fine control over rendering tools like spirogimp and the fractal tool and the gradient tool. Sure, Photoshop has a gradient tool, but it's not a patch on the Gimps one.*
*These views are based on versions 2.2 - 2.4 of the Gimp and CS2 - CS4 of Photoshop
This would be fine, except for one thing. The idiots are sheep. They don't vote randomly, they follow the the leader. Sure they leader may be an intelligent/benevolent* influence, but even so, this doesn't change the fact the the crowd are still stupid.
*In my experience this is rairly the case. Rather, the crowd tend to follow the the loudest bigot who affirms their prejudices.
Dammit, meant to say can't get ADSL1 from Internode, or iiNet, or Westnet, or any of the decent ISPs in the country.
Not always. I'm on a zone 3 exchange (ESPR, Zone 3), with Telstra providing the only DSL2 DSLAM in the exchange, and I can only get ADSL1 from Internode, or iiNet, or Westnet, or any of the decent ISPs in the country.
This is your pilot speaking. There is absolutely no cause for alarm.
All theft is crime, but that doesn't make all crime theft. Theft is the unlawful deprivation of property. When a song, or a game, or a show or a movie or any other copyrighted data is illegally downloaded, no deprivation occurs, thus no theft occurs. There is still a crime committed, and that crime is copyright infringement, not theft.
Yes, definitions DO matter.
...except that they haven't done anything at all. There are just a few mumbles of 'concern' over something their voter-base is likely to disapprove of. I don't see that making a difference any-time soon.
It may not have occurred to you, but some people like to consider themselves as more than the some of their hormones. Not every is choking at the bit to jump into bed with the first person who says ok.
What's the bet the most immediate target is Spain, for the cyber-crime of not enforcing US copyright law?
Yes, the arsehole is going, but no, we didn't beat him. The vast majority of voters, as always, don't know or care about these issues, so the battle is far from won.
For the record, his attitude towards video games aren't the only reason we want to be rid of him. The man has a history of saying stupid things in an an official capacity that come back to bite him. He accused a blogger of being a non-existent sock puppet for Liberal party criticism, and he lied about a bikie gang supposedly barbecuing a cat to threaten him. I'm sure you all remember him banning anonymous political speech in the lead up to the recent elections as well...
Unfortunately this only works with certain credit cards - when I tried this my visa debit card was rejected by steam for wrong location data.
Dark Sector was banned? I got it for free on the coverdisc of PC Powerplay (an Australian Gaming Magazine).
Non-maroons who do stuff like this, do it from net cafes using a chain of anonymous proxys, and they do not get caught.
Sounds to me like a real smooth crimson.
Really? Do you live in some wonderful happy secret land, or do you just live with your head in the clouds? In my experience, most people live by greedy impulse and make behavioural decisions based on the the perceived chance of avoiding unwanted consequences for their actions.
...If your government is trustworthy, which is why it should never happen.
I'd argue that the vaccine shouldn't be pulled either, if the side-effect had a sufficiently low rate of occurrence, and immunisation acts as promised.
When I was 5 years old, a live Polio vaccine activated a genetic disposition to Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, ultimately leading me to have chronic Ankylosing Spondylitis. The disease has had a strongly negative effect on my quality of life, causing me at various points in my life to be wheelchair bound or bed-ridden. Despite this, actually having caught Polio would have made life far worse than it is now.
Taking a vaccine is a risk, but risks are inherent to all things in life. When you cross the street, you risk being hit by a car. Whenever you eat, drink or breathe you risk infection from any number of random diseases. But when the benefits are high enough, and the risks small enough, it's worth doing anyway. Educate people, and let them make there own choice maybe, but don't outright ban the shots.