It's Illegal to kill a pest animal now? Okay, monkeys are intelligent. alright, they're somewhat intelligent. but they're protected by the gov't why? you can sure bet If it was humans undertaking this same behavior the men would have been right up in that situation laying down the law, I don't see why they just don't deal with it. Sounds like a sympathy beg to me. As for the behavior quirks, Is that really significant? We learned from numerous instances of interaction with monkeys in the past that they easily mimic and correctly apply our methods and tools after sufficient observation. Unless there is proof of the contrary, I'm going to step forward and say that they're just mimicking behavior that they have previously observed humans using.
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The right side panel of the Eee PC 701 has two more USB 2.0 ports, a VGA output, and even a flash card reader. The notebook uses a 4 cell battery that gives it just around 3 hours of battery life when it is on the move. As you may have noticed, there are no optical drives included with the Eee PC, and there is no room to add any to the notebook itself, so any DVD burners will have to be installed externally through one of the Eee PC 701's four USB 2.0 ports. I think grandparent's post is correct, here's to hoping they developed working drivers for their 4-in-1 card reader.
And Sadly, one of the most important VAs for this project, Tony Jay (voice of megabyte), Has died. Hearing his voice as a child watching reboot growing up, when it appeared later in my life, I had always recognized it as the voice of megabyte.
Not Quite True. Seasons 1 and 2 'bob' were voiced by Michael Benyaer. After season two we had "Web Bob" introduced, who has a Different VA than 'Guardian Bob'; Ian James Corlett. When 'Web Bob' is reborn into 'Guardian bob' by the return of Glitch, Michael Benyaer resumes VA'ing him.
1: that said, I've never understood why so many men insist on peeing standing up, when it's cleaner, more comfortable and doesn't cost more time to sit down.
eh? wha? It does in fact cost more time to sit down. Trousers, underwear, belt all have to be undone and dropped, whereas all you need to undo standing is a zipper. I've never understood why everyone seems to limit the practice to men however. It is quite common among women here as well. surprised to not see it happen everywhere, considering the apparent convenience.
That's Pretty much what I meant by turned, and By the whole raiding guild thing I'm referring to the Whole Miserable Failure mixup. I think the only guilds that escaped having members shorn away were Eminence, Arcanum and Fortis.
I Believe I touched on this a bit in my original Post. I could not just cut back my time played becuase of scheduling imposed on me my raiding guild. It's part of the reason I experienced freedom when I broke free of it all.
Actually, While I did want to quit, I didnt do it alone. Two things converged which together were enough to get me off the game. First, I Switched jobs, I basically went from one company to another doing the same work, but it was a mix up. Second, and any poster from malygos can confirm this. Roughly three months ago, around the time I quit, Over half the raiding guilds on malygos collapsed at the same time, including my own. Actually the collapse is largely due to the guild I was in at the time, as we recruited and turned over 50 members of some 4 AQ-level guilds, Leaving people behind and causing a large mess.
Anyways, In the same vien, While you say that my experience could not be equated to the prison since you can not option to leave a prison, you really can, via escape, and i'd like to say the amount of effort required for me seemed like it would have been the same, even if there was no real risk.
World Total Population: 6,499,697,060
World Total; People with 'Net: 1,043,104,886 (16%)
[Source: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm ]
Geh, that seems a bit high, but anyways. Gamasutra had an article saying 7 million people subscribe to wow these days... So that's less than 1% of the Population of the internet.
To Start this off, I'm going to state that I played WoW for well over a year and a half, From release to just two months ago. I've been a Raiding member in good standing on Malygos throughout the time I played. Yes, wow does foster a huge sense of community, Yes, it does form relationships. Indeed, I know of THREE couples who met, engaged, and married during the course of playing together. (this taken from my ingame relations with... say 200 people on a semi-regular basis) However...
Every person I know of who quit seems grateful that they did so, Acting as if they finally kicked some long drug habit, or Finally escaped from some prison. Mind you, I come from the raid game, but there are those who would say that is the entirety of WoW. Take a second and ask yourself why would they be grateful they have quit? geh. the Game is addictive, in the same sense that having a weekly game of pool is addictive. You make excuses to other people IRL to excuse the fact that you can't do anything from 6pm to 10pm mon, tues, thurs, sat, sun. (etc, your raids may very) This is why I think that many people are grateful they quit, and it's the reason I am grateful of such. It gives a sense of freedom from the scheduling of one's time. People will argue, rightfully so, that people schedule thier time for leasure and all sorts of other reasons.. But I think the situation is kinda different when you're trying not to let 40 other people down.;p
Don't Take this post wrong please. While I am grateful I quit, I met a great bunch of people while i did play, and can actually comfortably say that if I were to end up with just my clothes on my back in any number of about two dozen cities across north america (and one aussie city) I could find a friend that I made in game who'd be nice enough to let me crash there. So that's nice. I've also had my fair share of good memories with friends, Drunk in Strat, or just trying to push the envelope in PvP. the game has and does create a strong community, but it has it's downsides for sure.
Throwing money away? No more than, actually, probably less than on other video games. For a game to pass on my budget, i'd like to get one hour of enjoyment out of it for every dollar I spend. Let's just say that to me wow's Ratio is far better than 1:1. I spend a good $60 on Saint's Row, and i got perhaps 30 hours of fun out of it. WoW is a great deal as an entertainment source.
But you forget, the Major venue that a classical musician in these days will make his or living is in Performances. A mentionable chunk of those same musicians will also supplement thier income with Musical tutoring. a Cellist(for example) primarily makes his living working for an opera, an orchestra, or some other like institution. If they don't, they arent considered professionals. To a Classical Musician music is not something they own a copyright to. they perform the works of others, they provide music as a SERVICE. And as for the extremely expensive, rare instruments? Afaik, and I am not an expert on such matters, those rare instruments are provided to classical musicians by patrons of the arts.
Reread his post before you start to flame. He said in his first example, his boss screwed him, so a number of his coworkers and himself screwed back. that's understandable, trollish or childish as it is. In his SECOND example, he says that although it would be too easy to take this stuff that lies behind his desk, He "Didnt even fondle the packaging". Meaning while he's aware the possibility exists, he would not consider doing it to his current boss. I don't have a problem with users flaming, but get your facts straight first, please.
geh, forgot to include that i don't live in a major center, I live in estevan, Saskatchewan, which is pretty much a pointless town excepting the two coal power plants. Last time I looked, pop 11,500
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It's Illegal to kill a pest animal now? Okay, monkeys are intelligent. alright, they're somewhat intelligent. but they're protected by the gov't why? you can sure bet If it was humans undertaking this same behavior the men would have been right up in that situation laying down the law, I don't see why they just don't deal with it. Sounds like a sympathy beg to me. As for the behavior quirks, Is that really significant? We learned from numerous instances of interaction with monkeys in the past that they easily mimic and correctly apply our methods and tools after sufficient observation. Unless there is proof of the contrary, I'm going to step forward and say that they're just mimicking behavior that they have previously observed humans using.
FTFA : The right side panel of the Eee PC 701 has two more USB 2.0 ports, a VGA output, and even a flash card reader. The notebook uses a 4 cell battery that gives it just around 3 hours of battery life when it is on the move. As you may have noticed, there are no optical drives included with the Eee PC, and there is no room to add any to the notebook itself, so any DVD burners will have to be installed externally through one of the Eee PC 701's four USB 2.0 ports. I think grandparent's post is correct, here's to hoping they developed working drivers for their 4-in-1 card reader.
And Sadly, one of the most important VAs for this project, Tony Jay (voice of megabyte), Has died. Hearing his voice as a child watching reboot growing up, when it appeared later in my life, I had always recognized it as the voice of megabyte.
Not Quite True. Seasons 1 and 2 'bob' were voiced by Michael Benyaer. After season two we had "Web Bob" introduced, who has a Different VA than 'Guardian Bob'; Ian James Corlett. When 'Web Bob' is reborn into 'Guardian bob' by the return of Glitch, Michael Benyaer resumes VA'ing him.
1: that said, I've never understood why so many men insist on peeing standing up, when it's cleaner, more comfortable and doesn't cost more time to sit down. eh? wha? It does in fact cost more time to sit down. Trousers, underwear, belt all have to be undone and dropped, whereas all you need to undo standing is a zipper. I've never understood why everyone seems to limit the practice to men however. It is quite common among women here as well. surprised to not see it happen everywhere, considering the apparent convenience.
That's Pretty much what I meant by turned, and By the whole raiding guild thing I'm referring to the Whole Miserable Failure mixup. I think the only guilds that escaped having members shorn away were Eminence, Arcanum and Fortis.
I Believe I touched on this a bit in my original Post. I could not just cut back my time played becuase of scheduling imposed on me my raiding guild. It's part of the reason I experienced freedom when I broke free of it all.
Actually, While I did want to quit, I didnt do it alone. Two things converged which together were enough to get me off the game. First, I Switched jobs, I basically went from one company to another doing the same work, but it was a mix up. Second, and any poster from malygos can confirm this. Roughly three months ago, around the time I quit, Over half the raiding guilds on malygos collapsed at the same time, including my own. Actually the collapse is largely due to the guild I was in at the time, as we recruited and turned over 50 members of some 4 AQ-level guilds, Leaving people behind and causing a large mess.
Anyways, In the same vien, While you say that my experience could not be equated to the prison since you can not option to leave a prison, you really can, via escape, and i'd like to say the amount of effort required for me seemed like it would have been the same, even if there was no real risk.
World Total Population: 6,499,697,060 World Total; People with 'Net: 1,043,104,886 (16%) [Source: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm ] Geh, that seems a bit high, but anyways. Gamasutra had an article saying 7 million people subscribe to wow these days... So that's less than 1% of the Population of the internet.
To Start this off, I'm going to state that I played WoW for well over a year and a half, From release to just two months ago. I've been a Raiding member in good standing on Malygos throughout the time I played. Yes, wow does foster a huge sense of community, Yes, it does form relationships. Indeed, I know of THREE couples who met, engaged, and married during the course of playing together. (this taken from my ingame relations with... say 200 people on a semi-regular basis) However... Every person I know of who quit seems grateful that they did so, Acting as if they finally kicked some long drug habit, or Finally escaped from some prison. Mind you, I come from the raid game, but there are those who would say that is the entirety of WoW. Take a second and ask yourself why would they be grateful they have quit? geh. the Game is addictive, in the same sense that having a weekly game of pool is addictive. You make excuses to other people IRL to excuse the fact that you can't do anything from 6pm to 10pm mon, tues, thurs, sat, sun. (etc, your raids may very) This is why I think that many people are grateful they quit, and it's the reason I am grateful of such. It gives a sense of freedom from the scheduling of one's time. People will argue, rightfully so, that people schedule thier time for leasure and all sorts of other reasons.. But I think the situation is kinda different when you're trying not to let 40 other people down. ;p
Don't Take this post wrong please. While I am grateful I quit, I met a great bunch of people while i did play, and can actually comfortably say that if I were to end up with just my clothes on my back in any number of about two dozen cities across north america (and one aussie city) I could find a friend that I made in game who'd be nice enough to let me crash there. So that's nice. I've also had my fair share of good memories with friends, Drunk in Strat, or just trying to push the envelope in PvP. the game has and does create a strong community, but it has it's downsides for sure.
Throwing money away? No more than, actually, probably less than on other video games. For a game to pass on my budget, i'd like to get one hour of enjoyment out of it for every dollar I spend. Let's just say that to me wow's Ratio is far better than 1:1. I spend a good $60 on Saint's Row, and i got perhaps 30 hours of fun out of it. WoW is a great deal as an entertainment source.
But you forget, the Major venue that a classical musician in these days will make his or living is in Performances. A mentionable chunk of those same musicians will also supplement thier income with Musical tutoring. a Cellist(for example) primarily makes his living working for an opera, an orchestra, or some other like institution. If they don't, they arent considered professionals. To a Classical Musician music is not something they own a copyright to. they perform the works of others, they provide music as a SERVICE. And as for the extremely expensive, rare instruments? Afaik, and I am not an expert on such matters, those rare instruments are provided to classical musicians by patrons of the arts.
Reread his post before you start to flame. He said in his first example, his boss screwed him, so a number of his coworkers and himself screwed back. that's understandable, trollish or childish as it is. In his SECOND example, he says that although it would be too easy to take this stuff that lies behind his desk, He "Didnt even fondle the packaging". Meaning while he's aware the possibility exists, he would not consider doing it to his current boss. I don't have a problem with users flaming, but get your facts straight first, please.
geh, forgot to include that i don't live in a major center, I live in estevan, Saskatchewan, which is pretty much a pointless town excepting the two coal power plants. Last time I looked, pop 11,500
I Live in Saskatchewan, which is a sort of Testbed/Socialist State. We poineered the free healthcare, etc. My provider is Sasktel.
So Does Canada, But I'm still paying $30/month (cdn) for 10mbps down, 2.5mbps up ADSL.