You are being watched (profile), 23 Dec 2016 @ 8:36pm
Low crime rates
I'm very worried that the town of Madison is very much like the town of Sandford, Gloucestershire and that this is just an attempt to get rid of even more hooligans.
You are being watched (profile), 20 Jul 2016 @ 11:41am
In the navy You can sail the seven seas In the navy You can plunder as you please In the navy Come on now, people, make a stand In the navy Can't you see we need a hand In the navy Come on, rob for the motherland In the navy Come on and join your fellow man In the navy Come on people, and make a stand. In the navy (in the navy), in the navy (in the navy)
You are being watched (profile), 2 Jul 2016 @ 3:31am
Re: Re: The first time I saw that "trolley problem"…
Dodging the question is the entire point of pointless questions like this. It's the entire foundation of safety to ask such a hypothetical dilemma and find a way to avoid such a situation from occurring.
For a trolley that one assumes truly does have one switch that only switches tracks, there would be a sophisticated camera and computer system to determine when the trolley has to slow down or stop. Not to mention the fact that a trolley set up this way would be going slow enough that if it somehow isn't programed to start an emergency braking upon detecting a stalled vehicle (and the kid on the other track and the fact that the conductor hasn't pulled the switch to change tracks), it would be programed to go at speeds slow enough to dent the side of the bus and then push it along causing moderate damage (broken arms or legs; painful, but life threatening) to the kids inside the bus at most. A painfully slow trolley, but ten miles and hour is still at least twice as fast as a average human walking.
You are being watched (profile), 4 Mar 2016 @ 12:47pm
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I'd rather a corporation buy the dumbass congressman rather than the "smart" congressman. At least we know when the dumbass is being a dumbass (which happens to be every time he/she opens their mouth).
You are being watched (profile), 12 Feb 2016 @ 12:32pm
I like to read things here, thank you very much.
The number of legal threats against TD is probably so many that it would crash your web browser. Just like surfing 90% of the internet without some form of ad block would
You are being watched (profile), 13 Jan 2016 @ 10:08pm
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I would argue that at one point, copyright was an appropriate thing to have. It ensured that a content creator would be able to safely make money from their work for a reasonable amount of time without worry that someone else would simply steal the work and slap their name on it and not suffer repercussions.
The problem comes from being able (or forced to now-a-days to get anywhere; unless you turn to the internet) to transfer ownership of copyright to a corporation which is capable of making money from a content creator's work, better. Once they have seen that money roll in, they are reluctant to lose the cash cow they have on hand, so continue to make copyright worse and worse just to squeeze an extra buck from folks.
You are being watched (profile), 11 Nov 2015 @ 9:33am
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It's just a break in the clouds showing a ray of light. You'll look at it for a moment and marvel at the novelty of it before you look back down the road and pray that the storm you're driving through doesn't spawn a tornado in your path.
You are being watched (profile), 20 Oct 2015 @ 6:06am
Why it's being allowed
1) The people making Revision approached Square BEFORE even putting it on Steam to ensure there would be no backlash. (this, more than anything, is probably what did it)
2) You have to own a copy of the original Deus Ex. (honestly not to big a deal; if you're getting Revision, you probably love Deus Ex anyways)
3) Revision is generating zero profit. (this helps too I suppose)
You are being watched (profile), 25 Sep 2015 @ 4:00pm
Re: Wasn't/isn't there...
Like all things odd (say, a bunch of adults watching a kids show) that is viewed by Mainstream Media™ , only the bad was solely looked upon and constantly paraded about- porn pics drawn by people mostly- which didn't even cover a tenth of the things actually created by the fandom (music, animations, stories, etc) all in an attempt to make Something Different™ look bad.
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Low crime rates
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NIPA?
Is the reward a complete violation of basic human rights?
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Could be very handy with that 6 star rating they have going on right now.
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You can sail the seven seas
In the navy
You can plunder as you please
In the navy
Come on now, people, make a stand
In the navy
Can't you see we need a hand
In the navy
Come on, rob for the motherland
In the navy
Come on and join your fellow man
In the navy
Come on people, and make a stand.
In the navy (in the navy), in the navy (in the navy)
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Re: Re: Re: The first time I saw that "trolley problem"…
Damn it, sometimes even in proofreading I'll still miss that one little word that changes how an entire sentence is to be read.
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Re: Re: The first time I saw that "trolley problem"…
For a trolley that one assumes truly does have one switch that only switches tracks, there would be a sophisticated camera and computer system to determine when the trolley has to slow down or stop. Not to mention the fact that a trolley set up this way would be going slow enough that if it somehow isn't programed to start an emergency braking upon detecting a stalled vehicle (and the kid on the other track and the fact that the conductor hasn't pulled the switch to change tracks), it would be programed to go at speeds slow enough to dent the side of the bus and then push it along causing moderate damage (broken arms or legs; painful, but life threatening) to the kids inside the bus at most. A painfully slow trolley, but ten miles and hour is still at least twice as fast as a average human walking.
On the post: Company Cries Patent/Trademark Infringement After LARPer Guy Sells Some Foam Arrows He Didn't Make
With an intelligence score that low, I'm surprised he can even talk.
Appraisal (D&D's catch all for selling/buying) roll: Critical fail
Knowledge local (which covers law) roll: Crit fail
Bluff roll: Crit fail
Intimidate roll: Crit fail
Diplomacy roll: Crit fail
I'm expecting something spectacularly bad to happen to Jackson with those piss poor rolls. Like roll up a new character bad. :p
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I like to read things here, thank you very much.
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Re: Typo in the "from the" line
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The problem comes from being able (or forced to now-a-days to get anywhere; unless you turn to the internet) to transfer ownership of copyright to a corporation which is capable of making money from a content creator's work, better. Once they have seen that money roll in, they are reluctant to lose the cash cow they have on hand, so continue to make copyright worse and worse just to squeeze an extra buck from folks.
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Re: Send the DA nudes
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Send the DA nudes
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Why it's being allowed
2) You have to own a copy of the original Deus Ex. (honestly not to big a deal; if you're getting Revision, you probably love Deus Ex anyways)
3) Revision is generating zero profit. (this helps too I suppose)
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Re: Wasn't/isn't there...
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