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| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Friday March 31 2006 4:41pm |
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So Wiskey, are you telling me that you cannot go down to RadioShack, get a remote controled airplane, and fix a camera and a transmitter to it? That is illegal? Please, you CAN own a survellience drone if you want (and have the time/money/skill). You can own a survellience SATELITE if you want and put it into orbit (if, of course, you have the cash). Nearscape, yes, recividism is high, but that is also because they tend to commit multiple crimes before being caught again. It is not 80 % punishment rate for a career of crimes, it is 80 % punishment rate PER crime that is important. The ironic thing in this debate is that I LIKE illegaly obtained evidence being used in court (provided there is nothing factually wrong with the evidence, such as it was planted, and I would have fines/prision time for the officers who screwed up). I LIKE a lot of what the Japanese are doing, but if you implemented those measures here, Intrigue would scream bloody murder. |
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| Posted by: nearscape | Posted on: Friday March 31 2006 4:24pm |
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I remember something like that from my Philosophy of Law class, I still have that text book and I may be able to pull something up. What I question, and you may not have been implying this, is that if punishment chances were the same in the U.S. and Japan, that the crime rates would also be the same. There's more to it than that, police state or no. For instance, recidivism in this country is abnormally high, so being caught over and over doesn't necessarily deter crime. That's where harsh punishments have their effect. Speaking of porno, Intrigue better get ready to breathe fast. Dangerous Driving, courtesy of Powerline! (percent sign may break the hyperlink, remove spaces and paste if it does) video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2851488008488190547&q=lelouch % 3E |
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| Posted by: B_W | Posted on: Friday March 31 2006 4:22pm |
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Also, with the motorcycles and etc, I can own a gun, a dog, a motorcycle, a radio, but I can't own a police robot. (unless jonney will build me one) I also can't own a stealth bomber, but I don't expect that to be used against citizens. (yet) I don't like the idea that the forces that are monitoring us on a daily basis can subdue us (all of us) without much of a fight. I don't expect the police to break down my door and haul me away today, but once someone gets that power (already put in place today) and abuses it, that's when things get out of hand. So we've got to speak up and shut this $hit down now, before it's 'too late'. Because there is no such thing as 'don't worry this will all be done in our best interest'. And more about Japan. Yes, I understand I was only there for ten days, but it's a feeling brother. Nobody disrespected me till I got back to the 'good ole USA'. That means alot to me. I am sure Japan has its problems...but the USA's got um too, and they are affecting me now. Goodness knows what we will have to look forward to. B_W |
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| Posted by: cROWsCAPE | Posted on: Friday March 31 2006 3:36pm |
| Actually, it's not an assumption, as there are studies that back up that when there is an 80 % chance of being punished, crime drops to extremely low levels. In contrast, raising the severity of punishment only has a slight effect on crime rate. If I still had my deviance and social control textbooks, I could give a direct reference. | |
| Posted by: nearscape | Posted on: Friday March 31 2006 3:35pm |
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The new Murloc expansion for WoW is revealed at last! www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/301531 Well, not really, but still neato. |
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| Posted by: nearscape | Posted on: Friday March 31 2006 2:59pm |
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"If law enforcement in the US solved 76 % of its crimes instead of 26 % , we would easily have comperable crime rates." This is just as much of an assumption as my thoughts on gun control. I didn't claim that was the end of the story, just that they're doing something right. I don't know all the rest of the factors, but I do know that I prefer their results and I look forward to returning. To live in a free society, you necessarily take risks. I'm sure it's not for everyone. But for me, I don't hold much stock in the right to own a gun. I'd much rather have to right to travel about unharrassed and safely (0 fatalities on Shinkansen, no TSA), the right to buy a beer at a convenience store at midnight, the right to gather on the streets at 5am without a gas mask, the right to crack jokes about airport security, and the right to buy a vibrating robotic vagina at the same store that sold me my Game Boy. "I would think that with all your desire for privacy, you would find something objectionable in police being able to pull you aside and frisk you just for the heck of it." I do object, which is why I'm annoyed that this happens in the States so often. Intrigue's harmless, legal property was seized and detained in Houston for 18 hours, without charge or evidence. Sure, we have laws on paper that theoretically prohibit it, but such laws don't apply to Homeland Security. And when dealing with local law enforcement, the reality is that you are assumed guilty until you can hire a lawyer expensive enough to prove that your rights were violated. I've never heard such complaints from my contacts in Japan, some of which have spent a great deal of time there, not always following the rules. I'll trust my own experience over charts, graphs, and blogs, thank you very much. Maintaining statistics costs money, and such money rarely surfaces without politics. If this government was serious about security, they would be sending those extra spy planes to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and France. Not to Summerfest. |
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| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Friday March 31 2006 2:06pm |
| Oh, and trying to equate gun control with low crime doesn't work, otherwise you would expect Switzerland to be the Homicide Capital of the World, which it isn't. It probably has more to do with the fact that Japan is much closer to a police state than the US, what with its lose evidentiary rules and all. If law enforcement in the US solved 76 % of its crimes instead of 26 % , we would easily have comperable crime rates. It's just that pesky "freedom" that we are stuck with that keeps getting in the way. | |
| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Friday March 31 2006 2:00pm |
| On a scale of 1-10 on the Corruption Perceptions Index, Japan is ranked at a 7.3, while the US is ranked at a 7.6. Iceland is a 9.7, while Iran is a 2.9. So it's nice that in ten days you "clearly witnessed" that Japan's system is not as corrupt as the US, which you have spent a quater century in, but the people who do actually monitor these things on a consistent basis see the US as slightly better than Japan. Freedom House gives the US a rating of 1 and 1 in terms of political rights and civil liberties. It gives Japan a rating of 1 and 2. Iran is a 6 and 6. | |
| Posted by: nearscape | Posted on: Friday March 31 2006 12:27pm |
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"Again, if you are in Japan and the security droids go to stop you, you won't have a revolver to reach for." There are two very big problems with this line of reasoning, the first being the assumption a revolver is going to help you in the United States. In most situations where I'm likely to be assaulted here, by either the police or a violent criminal, it is *illegal* for me to actually be carrying a firearm with me anyways. Do so, and you are just more likely to get shot. Which is why I've never bothered to own one, it's just one more government list to be on. On the other hand, whatever Japan is doing in this department is actually working. Tough gun enforcement? Sounds good to me. I can walk the streets of Tokyo late at night, knowing that homicides are rare, and that as long as I behave myself I don't have to worry about the police bothering me. Though, I think your data on blade control is a little off, seeing as one of the stores in Akihabara where I bought my headphones clearly carried knives, swords, batons, and brass knuckles in the same aisle. The second assumption is that law enforcement in Japan is as corrupt and moronic as it is in this country, and we clearly witnessed that this is not the case. When they watch me through their little cameras, I actually believe they are doing it for my own protection, and not some scheme to get a pay raise or re-elected. Whatever we may feel about Koizumi's foreign relations blunders, he's done a great job of cleaning out the government and making it honest again, according to Jon's girlfriend (a Japanese Citizen). But you're right, we have a problem doing things peacefully in this country, and I'm not naive enough to believe that things would work out the same way here as they do in Japan. We've got too many notions of rebellion, victimhood, and entitlement burned into our heads. Fuuny thing I learned in Japan, though...when the government actually represents it's people, and treats them with respect, it has a tendency to suck the glamour out of rebellion and disorderly conduct. Peer pressure begins to work for peace, instead of against it. |
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| Posted by: B_W | Posted on: Friday March 31 2006 11:42am |
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Watch this video NOW. It's my man JACK in TOKYO. JB and I were just in this effing building. This is amazing! cmt24.net/cm/tvcm.html B_W |
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| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Friday March 31 2006 11:07am |
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Damn, this is what happens when you change your sentence structure midway through: "Using new technology such as drone aircraft is an unreasonable as" should be "Using new technology such as drone aircraft is not unreasonable as" |
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| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Friday March 31 2006 11:05am |
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Wiskey: If you don't want the government spying on you, do NOT live in Japan. Government survellience has exploded and there is not much public pressure against it. Did you use an internet cafe? If so, you might have had your surfing monitored. Again, if you are in Japan and the security droids go to stop you, you won't have a revolver to reach for. And it is not the right to free assembly, it is the right to peacably assemble. In this country, there seems to be a problem with people keeping to the "peacably" part, so we need survellience. Using new technology such as drone aircraft is an unreasonable as it puts no burden on the individual and it is simply gathering information that is in the public sphere anyway. Insterestly enough, like the dog and the motorcycle, the drone cannot spy on you without an opperator, so it really isn't different. However, things like tracking students with RFID tags [cough]Japan[cough] is different because it requires being intrusive to implement. |
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| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Friday March 31 2006 10:52am |
| First of all, the TSA is generally incompetent, but other than that, the TSA serves as the gatekeeper for ALL airlines. The fact that your airline decided to serve you with metal knives and glass bottles does not mean the TSA was behaving unreasonably. Of course, I'm one of the people who believe people should be allowed to carry guns onboard planes, but I'm not about to go around calling people "fascists" because they disagree with me. But that's another thing you can try to do: try to legally own a handgun in Japan! It's another one of those things that you can pass down to your grandchildren. And the Japanese are very effective at enforcing their strict gun-control (and sword and knife control) laws, as their police have much broader powers of search and seizure than those in the US. Strange, I would think that with all your desire for privacy, you would find something objectionable in police being able to pull you aside and frisk you just for the heck of it. If they happen to find something, you can surely expect it to be used against you, as there is no law preventing illegally obtained evidence from being introduced in court. But apparently you consider this "real freedom." To each his own I guess. | |
| Posted by: B_W | Posted on: Friday March 31 2006 10:47am |
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Intrigue, I really don't have a problem with automated drones on the borders...in fact I think that would be the one place where they would be useful. The borders should be watched. I don't really understand this 'government's work' comment, what else would they be doing? We have government computers now doing the 'government's work'. I just don't want them watching me, and American Citizen just 'because'. And when did Ann Coutler come up in conversation? I'm confused. Crow, Yes, I really can say that I experienced the freedom Japan had to offer in only 10 days. The way I can say that is not how I personally could act, but how I can see how the Japanese themselves acting. It's not that they are any more free, it's that they regulate themselves, and therefore take the watchful eye of the government off of them. They don't litter, they don't get rowdy, they don't treat other people's property with disrespect, they don't disturb other people overtly, etc. Police in Japan are friendly, mostly because they don't think you are a crimminal from the get go. Four weeks ago when I was in Minneapolis and had to deal with a police officer, he treated me like I was the 'enemy'. And I wasn't even the one driving. At 5:45 AM on a Sunday in Tokyo I saw thousands of young people leaving clubs and bars after drinking all night long, and there was no fighting, no yelling, no stumbling, and most importantly no police presence. It's like Madison State St. several times a week with no problems. If this happened in the US, the streets would be lined with shock troopers, or if Jim has his way, Robots armed with machine guns. I could go on and on. All I am saying here is that I felt the freedom I haven't ever felt here in the US...that's it. I'm not saying why or how, just that yes, in ten days I could experience this. Also Crow, On your 'Dogs and Motorcycles' comment. Those things can't spy on me or kill me without someone doing something. The day an 'autocop' (some kind of robot police drone) tries to harass me that's when I am reaching for my revolver. This is different and you know it. Oh, and the story I read said that they are using them to monitor 'public events'...why? Are public events not being monitored enough now? Do they need to monitor my free speech, and the right to free assembly more closely? This maks me SICK. I DON'T WANT THE GOVERNMENT SPYING ON ME, and I REALLY DON'T WANT IT TO BE EASY FOR THEM TO DO SO. B_W |
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| Posted by: nearscape | Posted on: Friday March 31 2006 2:47am |
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It's not really necessary to be a citizen to enjoy Japan's priviledges, that's the neat thing! Like my friend Jon, currently living and working there, with no plans of coming home. While the lack of immigration policy is a little stiff, it is likely to change soon due to the current population stall. Obviously, they're concerned about being overrun by Chinese refugees, and preserving what culture they have left for as long as possible. Not exactly sinister goals. If I had worked to create a society like that, I wouldn't want outsiders to fuck with it either. But the fact remains that on a daily basis, all 3 of us were continually astonished by how well their society regulates itself with a minimum of government interference. And speaking of "long enough", it took less than an hour in Houston to experience the stark contrast, as we were verbally and physically harrassed by TSA - without cause and without purpose - only to board a plane and be handed glass bottles and metal knives with our meal. Utterly rediculous. In other news, the new version of Legends is out, and includes a concept of a "glue gun", which you can coat terrain sections with to interrupt ski routes. Very interesting... www.legendsthegame.net/ |
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| Posted by: Intrigue | Posted on: Friday March 31 2006 1:52am |
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Crow, you have been on a far different path than that of those of us that appreciate our civil liberties now. Ann Coutler is a bigot and although she may of had some points in the past, i can not advocate here current stance on many topics. I for one do not want to live in a country where we have automated drones in our boarders doing the goverments work. It is a sick sad world when we want corporations like google to protect us from our own government, think about it, corporations are trying to protect us from something, doesn't that sound a little odd? JB you should check this out a 1 kilometer tall building in the UAE burjdubai.flipcorp.com/content/thetower.asp |
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| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Friday March 31 2006 12:14am |
| Nearscape, I REALLY doubt that you were in Japan long enough to have experienced whatever freedom it was offering. For instance, try becoming a Japanese citizen. That'll be a hobby you can pass on to your grandchildren, providing centuries of entertainment for all involved. | |
| Posted by: nearscape | Posted on: Thursday March 30 2006 11:37pm |
| Indeed, I'm not sure what these people are afraid of losing. Having experienced real freedom, liberty, and respect in Japan, I now know that this country hasn't had such things for a long time. | |
| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Thursday March 30 2006 9:49pm |
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Unmanned drones being used against American citizens? What's next? Dogs? Motorcycles? Automobiles? Helicopters? WHERE WILL IT END! If they ever start using radios, then it's the end of our civil liberties! |
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| Posted by: Intrigue | Posted on: Thursday March 30 2006 11:34am |
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first some humor, the old bk feels like this too me digg.com/technology/World_s_Best_Resignation_Letter_ except i have to encrypt everything for everyone, only for them to forget thier password and then require a duplicate version of the file. and then some more bad news for the land of the SAFE AND SECURE, get ready for a prefacist America! hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/30/0113220&from=rss |
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| Posted by: Peter | Posted on: Thursday March 30 2006 10:04am |
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Interesting article for those scientifically-inclined, but I think the article makes too great of a generalization about its role in cooling comps. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12063885/?GT1=7850 |
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| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Wednesday March 29 2006 11:59pm |
| Damn it! Oblivion is Final Fantasy VIII all over again. Everything scales with you, so everything will always be the same! Joy! I'm never going to be interested enough to bother finishing this thing. That was a waste of $50. | |
| Posted by: Dream BBQ Child | Posted on: Wednesday March 29 2006 6:34pm |
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It's been almost 3 weeks since I had a day off. 2 of those weeks were spent in dangerous proximity to the tower in Toronto that controls people's minds. Wonder if I'll be all right? |
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| Posted by: nearscape | Posted on: Wednesday March 29 2006 4:50pm |
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5600 out of 35,000,000? 1 in 6250? That sounds pretty optimistic to me, based on what I saw. What about all those underground trains? Shinjuku Station alone supposedly serves 2 million passengers a day. Imagine a series of derailments, cave-ins, and underground fires during rush hour. If their construction techniques are really that good, it's pretty fucking amazing. I'm sure they'll be tested soon enough. Although, I'm starting to wonder if living under the constant threat of annihilation isn't part of what makes the people of Tokyo so awesome. It gives them a certain perspective that we lack here in the "safe and secure" U.S. of A. |
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| Posted by: B_W's BACK! | Posted on: Wednesday March 29 2006 11:44am |
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Yo, yo, yo. B_W's back at work, and I am fresh as a daisy! I only have one thing to say... BWWWWWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah baby! That $hit over there was hot, but I'm glad to be back, and ready to be on the 'attack'. Later G's B_W oh and here's some bad news... news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060329/sc_afp/japanquakeestimate |
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| Posted by: nearscape | Posted on: Wednesday March 29 2006 11:37am |
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Close... It looks like StarCraft Ghost is going the way of the Babylon 5 and Stargate games. biz.yahoo.com/bw/060324/20060324005315.html?.v=1 |
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| Posted by: adam | Posted on: Wednesday March 29 2006 3:29am |
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"What did they use to brainwash you? Twirling spiral discs? Flashy strobing neon lights? Asian School Girls Gone Wild? " It was probably twirling spiral discs that had flashy strobing lights on them being held by Asian School Girls while playing "Yatta". -A |
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| Posted by: Peter | Posted on: Tuesday March 28 2006 9:45am |
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Back at work...yay? You've been gone in Tokyo for over a week and all you have to say upon your triumphant return is Back at Work Yay? I knew it....those Japanese have brainwashed you and have instilled their misguided work ethic into you Justin! What did they use to brainwash you? Twirling spiral discs? Flashy strobing neon lights? Asian School Girls Gone Wild? Good to see you are back Justin and I hope you had a great time (the same goes for B_W). |
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| Posted by: nearscape | Posted on: Tuesday March 28 2006 9:37am |
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Back at work. Yay. |
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| Posted by: GaijinScape | Posted on: Sunday March 26 2006 9:02pm |
| Signing off from Roppongi Hills...I'll be in Houston in about...one hour ago. :) | |
| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Friday March 24 2006 11:22am |
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Coolest toy EVER: x-entertainment.com/updates/entries/archives/00000749.html |
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| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Thursday March 23 2006 9:22pm |
| Well, I just came home from a lecture by Ann Coulter. Unfortunately, I was up in the balcony, which was composed of 70 % protesters/hecklers, so I really couldn't tell you anything Ann said. Also, Ann walked out. So next time you see her on television, talking about how she likes to laugh at liberal college kids and just likes to give them the floor to prove how dumb they are, it's all bull. Well, not the "liberal college kids are dumb" part, that was demonstrated quite effectively tonight, but the rest of it is. | |
| Posted by: adam | Posted on: Thursday March 23 2006 3:13pm |
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Sadly... That was after sleep... I'm working 4:30a - 1:30p right now. -A |
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| Posted by: Peter | Posted on: Thursday March 23 2006 2:15am |
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Adam, Get some sleep. You're not making any sense. |
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| Posted by: adam | Posted on: Wednesday March 22 2006 3:37am |
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Peter... I'm waiting for one of the following: 1. A message to come in saying "AP-URGENT: AMERICAN TOURISTS...HOSTAGE...JAPAN *URGENT*" or "BC-NEWSCHANNEL: AMERICAN..HOSTAGE..JAPAN *URGENT*" while I'm working on something for a newscast 2. An announcement to be made over the NBC Black Box similar to "Attention Stations... This is the Newschannel... Please roll on AMC1/23D as in David for live pictures from Tokyo where some Americans have taken hostages. A cut version will also turn on VOD. Once again, this is the Newschannel..." 3. Me to walk past the CNN News monitors and see live pictures 4. Headline News going Wall-to-wall with it. -A |
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| Posted by: TokyoScape | Posted on: Tuesday March 21 2006 10:41pm |
| Justin checking in from the Apple Store, Ginza, Tokyo. Sony building next stop. Hyaaah! | |
| Posted by: Peter | Posted on: Monday March 20 2006 9:36am |
| This has "International Incident" written all over it. I'm waiting to hear a news story of the American tourists who have taken over the "Hello Kitty" factory in a random hostage situation. Question: Did you guys run into Tenchi in Tokyo? What about any scantily-clad Japanese school girls with blue eyes and brown hair that have been abducted by a king with angel's wings who lives just beyond the moon in a kindgom known as Fanelia terrorized by Sir Issac Newton? No? I knew it! Anime has lied to me! I bet you they don't any have any transforming robots either! By the way, Sheets has asked if you wouldn't mind picking up some Hentai (Tokyo style). Just kidding. Enjoy the rest of your trip....And try not to get lost in translation....unless its with Scarlet Johanssen. Then go ahead and get lost! Ha! | |
| Posted by: Tokyo_Whisky | Posted on: Monday March 20 2006 4:39am |
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Greetings- Things to report: 1. They spell Whisky correctly here. 2. There is a place called "Bar Milwaukee" 3. Internet is scarse, so I am on a busy street corner, NS is watching my back. This $hit is hot. T_Whisky out. |
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| Posted by: intrigue | Posted on: Sunday March 19 2006 6:12pm |
| tokyo update post can be found at my blog. jdavid.net | |
| Posted by: intrigue | Posted on: Sunday March 19 2006 4:57pm |
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this place rocks, check out my blog for updates on the trip but for now maybe there is a reason to use vista 6 months after launch. www.gamespot.com/features/6143883/p-4.html |
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| Posted by: Big_Whisky | Posted on: Sunday March 19 2006 6:02am |
| BWAHHAHAHAHA!!!1 | |
| Posted by: TheOnion | Posted on: Sunday March 19 2006 6:01am |
| Tokyo, Japan - Holy shit. Man goes to fucking Tokyo. | |
| Posted by: nearscape | Posted on: Sunday March 19 2006 6:01am |
| HOLY LIVING FUCK | |
| Posted by: B_W | Posted on: Friday March 17 2006 8:59am |
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We, as in 'teh' justins and I, have made it to Huston. A land of depravity and large airpors. Soon we will be on our voyage. B_W |
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| Posted by: B_W | Posted on: Thursday March 16 2006 4:18pm |
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Where's Dr. Porter? It's time for a Marxist interpretation! www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/03/15 Sieze those means! B_W |
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| Posted by: B_W | Posted on: Thursday March 16 2006 10:33am |
| ...booze up and riot! | |
| Posted by: Peter | Posted on: Thursday March 16 2006 9:23am |
| CS, But Gin makes a man mean! So says Milk and Cheese! | |
| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Wednesday March 15 2006 7:31pm |
| The reason they didn't stop to drink Lifetime Gin is because that's a chick drink. | |
| Posted by: B_W | Posted on: Wednesday March 15 2006 3:11pm |
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Peter, I think the twirling you are remembering, was the twirling YOU were doing while watching the LS battle. That doesn't count. ;) Can we get some sweet Lightsaber/lamprey footage in the haus? That would be pretty great. B_W |
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| Posted by: Peter | Posted on: Wednesday March 15 2006 2:30pm |
| NS, what are you talking about? Their 6 minute fight had more theatricality and "twirly ballerina moves than in all three prequels combined. | |
| Posted by: intrigue | Posted on: Wednesday March 15 2006 1:39pm |
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on the dawn of tokyo, i hear news that the math coprocessor might be coming to AMD machines agian. www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/15/amd_clearspeed_opteron_maths_co-pro/ |
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| Posted by: nearscape | Posted on: Wednesday March 15 2006 1:32pm |
| I dunno, I thought it was pretty good. Intentional Matrix posing aside, when they were actually fighting, I thought it was more convincing than that twirly ballerina shit in the prequels. The fighting on the ground really takes it up a notch and makes it seem less scripted. | |
| Posted by: Peter | Posted on: Wednesday March 15 2006 3:35am |
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The fight is kind of interesting, but I question a couple of things: 1) Why stop the battle to change to a backhand grip? 2) Wouldn't it be easier to roll away and stand back up than to fight on the ground for a minute and a half? 3) Why toss the saber out of your hand if you don't have to? Ryan tosses the saber up, stands up, catches his saber, then attacks. Why didn't he just get up and attack? 4) Why didn't they stop the fight to enjoy some Lifetime Gin (TM) or Big Whisky(TM)? After all, alcohol is the source of, and solution to, all of life's problems. Mind you, those elements were probably added to increase the cool factor. At least they didn't use Duel of the Fates and used Fire Fight for their score track. |
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| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Tuesday March 14 2006 10:22pm |
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Pretty good lightsaber fight, with a nice ending: video.google.com/videoplay?docid=672422470842718521 |
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| Posted by: intrigue | Posted on: Monday March 13 2006 9:37am |
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a "pirate" political party is forming in Sweeden. They will promote fiber to the door, free exchange of ideas, p2p file sharing, privacy law, relentless innovation and they hold thier meetings on old pirate ships. SIGN ME UP!!! www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70358-0.html?tw=wn_story_page_prev2 |
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| Posted by: intrigue | Posted on: Sunday March 12 2006 3:40pm |
| yes very cool, very like the movie TOYS. and I predict it will be used against americans in 20 years | |
| Posted by: intrigue | Posted on: Sunday March 12 2006 3:35pm |
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www.youtube.com/w/Ask-A-Ninja:-Question-9- % 22Ninja-Love % 22?v=bnM0NRnoWgs ninja love is funny |
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| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Friday March 10 2006 9:49am |
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Now this is cool, and I really like the name: www.strategypage.com/htmw/htarm/articles/20060310.aspx |
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| Posted by: nearscape | Posted on: Thursday March 9 2006 10:58pm |
| 7/10 | |
| Posted by: Peter | Posted on: Thursday March 9 2006 10:23pm |
| 7/10 for me | |
| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Thursday March 9 2006 4:33pm |
| 8/10 for the CS | |
| Posted by: B_W | Posted on: Thursday March 9 2006 3:53pm |
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Alright bitches, let's see how limp you are! www.malevole.com/mv/misc/killerquiz/ Serial Killer, or Computer Programing Language Inventor? B_W's a 7/10, give me your best shot! |
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| Posted by: nearscape | Posted on: Thursday March 9 2006 2:20pm |
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biz.yahoo.com/bw/060308/20060308005488.html Savage 2 this fall, they say. And cheap too. I'll be keeping an eye on this one. Sure, the first one was mostly broken, but represented considerable promise I thought... |
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| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Wednesday March 8 2006 10:03pm |
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Yeah, I've been looking at GalCivII for the past couple weeks. I found myself in Best Buy on Friday holding the game in my hands. I know it's stupid, but if the box said "DVD" instead of "CD" I would have walked out the door with it. Instead I got the collectors edition of Call of Duty II, which does say "DVD" on the box. And that's it. No more games. At least till Oblivion comes out. That also says "DVD." I was also thinking that we should check out America's Army to see if that could be a good LAN game. The best part about it is it's FREE! Well, okay, it's paid for by the American taxpayer. |
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| Posted by: nearscape | Posted on: Wednesday March 8 2006 5:49pm |
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Did you see Tycho's post about ship design in Galacic Civilizations 2, Crow? That sounds pretty awesome. www.galciv2.com/ |
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| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Wednesday March 8 2006 5:31pm |
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No, it's going to be this year. However, if you go through the portal you'll be banned from the game. One of these day I'm going to get up the courage to try EVE online. I really like the idea that it takes time, real life time, for your character to learn skills. Why do I like this concept? Because it includes time when you are not online. So if you play only a couple hours a week, your character is not going to be falling too far behind those people who play 24 hours a day. Also, it's been estimated that with this system it would take someone two and a half years to max out his character. I love it! |
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| Posted by: nearscape | Posted on: Wednesday March 8 2006 3:10pm |
| July...2007, that I'd believe. | |
| Posted by: B_W | Posted on: Wednesday March 8 2006 11:18am |
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That was good. Good...but not great. B_W |
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| Posted by: Peter | Posted on: Tuesday March 7 2006 5:08pm |
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These people deserve an award! An exact reinactment of "The Simpsons" Intro with REAL PEOPLE!!!! video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=456abf68-c763-4c09-8e9f-6eb395c0e0ab&t=c156&f=06/64&p=hotvideo_viralvideos |
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| Posted by: intrigue | Posted on: Tuesday March 7 2006 11:42am |
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burning crusade ship date of july? www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/259896.asp?site=NLF0307 |
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| Posted by: nearscape | Posted on: Monday March 6 2006 7:06pm |
| just the way I like it! | |
| Posted by: intriuge | Posted on: Monday March 6 2006 6:31pm |
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it looks like it will be a rainy 55degrees in tokyo durring our trip www.wunderground.com/history/airport/RJTT/1972/3/17/PlannerHistory.html?dayend=28&monthend=3&yearend=1972&req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA |
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| Posted by: Peter | Posted on: Monday March 6 2006 4:22pm |
| My God! The Delta Source is real!!!!! (Those who don't get it..read the Zhan trilogy...now!) | |
| Posted by: B_W | Posted on: Monday March 6 2006 3:02pm |
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I ain't droppin no eaves sir! news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060306/sc_space/plantseavesdropfordefensepurposes |
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| Posted by: B_W | Posted on: Monday March 6 2006 12:09pm |
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nope...I'm wrong, wrong, WRONG! Wouldn't be 'teh' first time! B_W p.s. MarsCon was boss...and strange. |
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| Posted by: B_W | Posted on: Monday March 6 2006 12:07pm |
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I always thought that Franklin quote was Jefferson. B_W |
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| Posted by: B_W | Posted on: Monday March 6 2006 12:06pm |
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Thank goodness! oscars.movies.yahoo.com/news/associatedpress/20060306/783.html B_W |
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| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Sunday March 5 2006 8:05pm |
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Unfortunately, Franklin's quote is still wrong in CivIV. The quote is "essential liberty" for "temporary security." But at least they included some qualifiers. Many people neglect to put "some" in the quote, which if true would make you wonder why Franklin was involved in creating a government at all. Strangely, most people who like to shout the non-qualified quote whenever the ACLU looks askance at a security proposal are the same people that call for new medicare, welfare, or income redistrubtion plans without a second thought. The cognative dissonance in these people is astounding. The historians in my CivIV game will have much interest in the thousand year-war I've had with the barbarians over a cow heard. Apparently the Vandals REALLY like their cheese, and are willing to send wave after wave of archers into the axemen/swordsmen/whatever unit I have stationed there for the opportunity to taste some Havarti (Support Denmark!). |
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| Posted by: nearscape | Posted on: Sunday March 5 2006 3:51pm |
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I just like Ben Franklin's quote, as used in Civ IV: "A society that gives up some liberty to gain some security deserves neither and will lose both." I never asked for the government to give me freedom without risk, and I resent politicians taking it upon themselves. Any idiot who wants to win security with more government should move to Israel. |
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| Posted by: intrigue | Posted on: Sunday March 5 2006 1:58pm |
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on my own accord i have become suspicious about soda over the last year, without soda i have drasticly reduced the number of food comas that i have after eating. JB can attest to my likelyhood to fall alseep after a meal. this article is further evidence that soda only has negative value as a food product. www.heraldsun.com/state/6-708845.html |
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| Posted by: intrigue | Posted on: Sunday March 5 2006 12:37pm |
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nearscape, two things, 1.) css is heirarcticly based ( almost OO) 2.) css works best with xhtml or xml, but not html so if you want a clean css, then you will need to go xml(no classes needed) i dont know how happy safarri is with xml/css2 though firefox and ie6 work really well with it |
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| Posted by: intrigue | Posted on: Sunday March 5 2006 12:33pm |
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i feel like "edgar allen poe" now that crow is soooooo happy about the patriot act. is he going to go rat tap tapping at my internet door? |
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| Posted by: nearscape | Posted on: Saturday March 4 2006 11:46am |
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yeah, that's what I'm doing, got a central CSS file separate from all the html. That's where the maintenance gains are in my opinion. And on this little project I'm calling my own shots, so I can manage the class and id clutter a bit. I just see it potentially getting out of hand on a regular, real-world job, where I got designers on one side saying "make it pretty, to hell with functionality" and business people on the other side saying "make it idiot-proof and cheap and put all this legal crap in" and before you know it everything is an exception and you've got a million classes. Don't get me wrong, it's definitely a step in the right direction, and I'm totally going to use it for any new stuff I do on my own, it's just not quite the "savior of the interwebs" the O'Reilly folks make it out to be. Render render render...stuck at work...what else is new... So making really large cities in Civ IV gets kinda hard at the later levels. Citizens get pissy really fast when the city grows. I'm learning to preventing growth by micromanaging food plots. Also, I'm learning that the two traits of your leader is extremely important. In fact it might be a little too important, kind of like the "creative" point in MOO 2. It kind of determines the ways in which you can win ahead of time. Anyone else noticed that? |
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| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Friday March 3 2006 5:33pm |
| CSS is uncluttered IF you put it in a seperate file that the html page then loads. The only CSS you should then have in your html are class and id tags. All of the style will be in a seperate .css file. | |
| Posted by: nearscape | Posted on: Friday March 3 2006 4:54pm |
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Thanks for the border-width tip, I got something working now. Yah, CSS is pretty good, it achieves many of it's stated goals...but I'm finding the whole "uncluttered, presentation-free markup!" line to be a small fib. Sure, it gets rid of the annoying font, color, align, etc. crap, but as far as I can tell it is replaced with a bunch of class, id, link, and style crap. More maintainable? In general, yes. Uncluttered and presentation-free? Eh, I'm still trying to figure that out. I guess that's where the whole extensible markup thing comes in handy? |
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| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Thursday March 2 2006 8:48pm |
| w00t! PATRIOT Act reauthorized! w00t! 89-10! w00t! 'Course, you guys in WI have to get rid of the Feingold nut, but w00t! anyway! | |
| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Wednesday March 1 2006 8:15pm |
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Looks like it was border-width. Here is what googling "Safari CSS border" came up with: www.macedition.com/cb/resources/safari/bordertest1.html |
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| Posted by: CrowScape | Posted on: Wednesday March 1 2006 8:11pm |
| If I remember correctly, fixing borders has to do with setting a dimension somewhere, either in the block element that you are adding the border to, or perhaps specifying a border width. Although I know that I dealt with this problem (successfully), I can't remember exactly what it was. | |
| Posted by: nearscape | Posted on: Wednesday March 1 2006 5:02pm |
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So in my continuing efforts to wean my boss of the extra paperwork and MS Office nonsense he loves so much, I'm messing with a publish-to-web production scheduling system using Contribute. Anyway, I figure there are at least 4 people here that know more about CSS than me, 2 of which have Macs. My first issue: has anyone ever made borders work reliably on Safari? As in: tag.class {border-style: solid; border-color: #00D000;} Looks great in IE and Firefox. Can't see shit in Safari. This is a problem because he uses a Mac and if he can't see the same thing I see, the exercise is kind of moot. And speaking of Apple, they addressed a great many of my grievances with the new Mini release: 1) The G4 sucks and is too slow. Fixed. 2) 2 USB and no PS/2 is bullshit. Fixed. 3) I want Front Row. Fixed. |
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| Posted by: someone else | Posted on: Wednesday March 1 2006 1:59pm |
| P00T! | |