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6781
« on: February 26, 2015, 09:42:03 PM »
Everyone on FB saying it's white and gold: 
6782
« on: February 26, 2015, 08:21:37 PM »
Arsenic and Old Lace is hilarious, congrats on getting the role!
6783
« on: February 26, 2015, 08:20:17 PM »
Tempe is the Valley's college town. While also being the only half-tolerable suburb, it is overrun by scene kids; anorexic sorority 'sisters' who all smoke and pop Adderall; fraternity 'brothers' whose parents are paying for them to go to the business school, party, wind up at St. Luke's with alcohol poisoning, reboot, do it all again the next weekend; and pretentious hippie parents who drag their kids behind their bicycles on streets where at any given time half of the drivers are drunk college students with SUV's. The other half are stoned. Come visit historic Mill Ave. to meet several stoners with dreadlocks who play bongo to wheedle money out of you to buy some ganja. Home sweet home.
6784
« on: February 26, 2015, 08:16:40 PM »
That experiment kind of reminds me of modern Japanese youth. I'm a very skeptical about applying those results to humans, though.
6785
« on: February 26, 2015, 07:08:24 PM »
I can't imagine they'll kill of Kanan just yet, but I can see them "killing" the Inquisitor, to see him come back in some sort of disfigured state. They can't ramp up to Vader yet, and he's the only real antagonist so far.
6786
« on: February 26, 2015, 07:01:30 PM »
Most militants are educated people.
I was listening to an NPR report about why there are so many doctors, engineers, and otherwise Western-educated scholars joining ISIS, and the basic explanation was that most Arab countries' governments and institutions treat people inhumanely, almost as indentured servants. There's little respect and those in power abuse the skills of those below. So the notion of empowerment and meaning that ISIS gives to these people tends to outweigh the savagery, kind of a role reversal, putting their enemies in their own former position of being dehumanized.
6787
« on: February 26, 2015, 06:55:20 PM »
I'm not sure how I feel about allowing Google to use infrastructure put in place by its competitors without paying any fee.
6788
« on: February 26, 2015, 03:35:23 PM »
That's not him, that's some fucktard Jihadi John apologists called Asim Qureshi
You're right, my mistake.
6789
« on: February 26, 2015, 02:45:30 PM »
Do you exercise? Are you on the phone/TV/internet right before bed?
I stopped working out a while back, don't really have time for it. I usually try to get off of computers by 11 and take sleeping pills by then, assuming I'm not busy working on schoolwork still.
Shit sucks, I took 8 zzzquil pills, 2 melatonin pills, and some other type of sleep aid last night at like 1:30 after finishing up schoolwork, I was still up till 4 in the morning.
Sleeping pills don't treat the causes, and can cause you to rely on them for sleep. Try exercising (yes, you have time, don't use that excuse). Avoid screens and other harsh light an hour before you intend to fall asleep (not the time when you go to bed). Try a nighttime tea. If you're serious about those dosages of sleep aids, you need to cut that off immediately.
I really don't, I've been busy with schoolwork every day pretty much, I've been working all week to get a midterm done, several discussion posts done, and I still have to start a 14 page final paper later today due at the end of Sunday after I get all that other shit out of the way. It's been like this for almost 3 weeks now, damn half semester courses try to pack in a full semester of work. I really do want to start working out again though since I've been putting back on a bit of the weight I was losing before starting classes. I've been doing things like drinking herbal teas for sleeping as well, but so far the only thing that has worked has been a cocktail of sleeping pills along with that. I tried the other day to sleep without taking anything, I just ended up laying in the dark for several hours unable to sleep.
If you're posting here you have enough free time in your schedule to work out. Anything beyond that is just bad time management. Exercise can do wonders go sleep problems.
6790
« on: February 26, 2015, 02:42:44 PM »
http://on.wsj.com/17AXrwdLONDON—The masked Islamic State militant known as Jihadi John, who has appeared in several videos showing the beheading of Western hostages, has been identified as British citizen Mohammed Emwazi, Western officials said.
Mr. Emwazi, who is in his 20s and was born in Kuwait, grew up in London and attended university here, according to officials and a person familiar with the situation. He appears to have been on the radar of British officials since at least 2009, when they believed he was trying to travel to Somalia for training with Islamist extremists—which he denied—according to correspondence between Mr. Emwazi and a civil-rights group he interacted with.
Western officials said Mr. Emwazi traveled to Syria in 2012, later joining Islamic State, and is believed to be moving around the region. -Born in 1988 -Went to University of Westminster It's amazing that someone growing up in Western education can believe this is okay.
6791
« on: February 26, 2015, 01:30:43 PM »
Depends on the clothes. A $150 two-piece suit is going to be very different from a $400 suit, and so on. Overall, more expensive brands bring quality of workmanship, like material, fit, sewing, and dyeing. Someone earlier in the thread mentioned buying flannel for $20...reality check, you're not buying flannel, you're buying a thick cotton shirt dyed tartan. Flannel is a high quality material, not a color pattern, and it costs more than typical cotton.
Those chinese kids really cost a lot, don't they?
What?
They don't exactly pay the workers who make the stuff a lot now. If it says made in china, then it was probably made by someone earning a couple pennies a day or something.
The average hourly wage of factory workers in China is around $1. You can't live on that here, but in China you can. I don't consider it unethical at all to patronize companies that export labor to China since they provide millions of jobs. The issue is in how those workers are treated; I often buy more expensive brands simply because I've researched them and know how they treat their foreign employees. Dirt-cheap brands are more likely to have abusive working conditions because of how marginal their profits are, needing to cut costs wherever possible. Or you can buy domestic products, which tend to be double the price. My everyday boots are American-made, my usual jacket is made from a very reputable company that uses Chinese laborers. I can tell you the exact cost of labor put into it, too. I'm not sure if you really meant to spark a discussion, but you're definitely able to be aware of where your products come from and whether it's it's ethically sourced.
6792
« on: February 26, 2015, 01:20:54 PM »
Do you exercise? Are you on the phone/TV/internet right before bed?
I stopped working out a while back, don't really have time for it. I usually try to get off of computers by 11 and take sleeping pills by then, assuming I'm not busy working on schoolwork still.
Shit sucks, I took 8 zzzquil pills, 2 melatonin pills, and some other type of sleep aid last night at like 1:30 after finishing up schoolwork, I was still up till 4 in the morning.
Sleeping pills don't treat the causes, and can cause you to rely on them for sleep. Try exercising (yes, you have time, don't use that excuse). Avoid screens and other harsh light an hour before you intend to fall asleep (not the time when you go to bed). Try a nighttime tea. If you're serious about those dosages of sleep aids, you need to cut that off immediately.
6793
« on: February 26, 2015, 01:18:17 PM »
Depends on the clothes. A $150 two-piece suit is going to be very different from a $400 suit, and so on. Overall, more expensive brands bring quality of workmanship, like material, fit, sewing, and dyeing. Someone earlier in the thread mentioned buying flannel for $20...reality check, you're not buying flannel, you're buying a thick cotton shirt dyed tartan. Flannel is a high quality material, not a color pattern, and it costs more than typical cotton.
Those chinese kids really cost a lot, don't they?
What?
6794
« on: February 26, 2015, 11:54:47 AM »
I'd be less inclined to support the intervention of Congress if there were more competition among ISPs and they all weren't notorious for screwing customers whenever possible.
6795
« on: February 26, 2015, 10:47:19 AM »
I really wish they'd stop going for the cinematic feel
You mean Ubishit saying "We do 30 fps because it's more cinematic."
No one should buy that shit, and I'm glad their not. People thought Activision was a shit company? Ubisoft has literally been trying their best to ruin their image the past 2 years, and it sucks.
I loved AC Black Flag too because it really saved the AC series after the blunder 3 was, but then they take away everything people loved about Black Flag, and then go to Unity about the French Revolution, which was LITERALLY JUST AFTER THE AMERICAN ONE. There was no point for that timeline OR game, and I hear the 360 version Rouge is far better.
AC4 was amazing. I should've just gone back and played that. I'm getting really sick of the retcon and modern-day stuff. What really bugs me about Unity so far is that Arno looks exactly like Ezio, has the same exact background, has no explanation for why he can just all of a sudden assassinate and parkour and shit (at least with Ezio they had a training sequence, and Edward was a badass pirate/Connor was a hunter). In the intro you climb a church in 15 seconds and then when they do the 'leap of faith' thing every game does, he's scared of it. I dunno, just little stuff throws off the experience with the story.
6796
« on: February 26, 2015, 10:44:58 AM »
Depends on the clothes. A $150 two-piece suit is going to be very different from a $400 suit, and so on. Overall, more expensive brands bring quality of workmanship, like material, fit, sewing, and dyeing. Someone earlier in the thread mentioned buying flannel for $20...reality check, you're not buying flannel, you're buying a thick cotton shirt dyed tartan. Flannel is a high quality material, not a color pattern, and it costs more than typical cotton.
6797
« on: February 26, 2015, 10:18:24 AM »
I really wish they'd stop going for the cinematic feel and just make it fun to run around and kill stuff.
You mean every AC between AC1 and Unity?
I mean in this game. Lots of little cutscenes and loading screens.
6798
« on: February 26, 2015, 10:01:20 AM »
Do you exercise? Are you on the phone/TV/internet right before bed?
6799
« on: February 26, 2015, 09:22:48 AM »
Got it, had a few issues with objects going through people's clothes in cutscenes, but I think that's just Ubisoft sucking at their jobs. Lip syncing is way off and the combat feels much heavier and slower. I really wish they'd stop going for the cinematic feel and just make it fun to run around and kill stuff.
6800
« on: February 26, 2015, 07:41:36 AM »
And if you can’t come, kill somebody where you are. For a bunch of fastidious militants, al-Baghdadi and his goons are pragmatic.
The casualness of one of the guy's first forum posts was pretty funny. 'Oh yeah is it cool if we just shoot Obama, or do we have to like, go over there and do stuff?'
6801
« on: February 25, 2015, 11:21:25 PM »
Louis.
6802
« on: February 25, 2015, 11:17:35 PM »
>Bringing up multiverse theory in an otherwise scientifically sound video
>Saying it's elegant when it's just a hypothetical catch-all of a theory
>mfw
it's more of a consequence of inflationary theory.
Still doesn't explain anything and people shouldn't pretend that it does.
Shhh...sleep now. Statics tomorrow.
6803
« on: February 25, 2015, 10:12:09 PM »
>Bringing up multiverse theory in an otherwise scientifically sound video >Saying it's elegant when it's just a hypothetical catch-all of a theory >mfw
6804
« on: February 25, 2015, 06:57:51 PM »
A lot. The one that stands out the most is TES3: Morrowind. Of course, that's just the vanilla game and DLC.
6805
« on: February 25, 2015, 06:32:03 PM »
If people that expressed interest in being content creators haven't done anything to demonstrate their willingness to follow through, then of course dump them. Don't make promises based on stuff some rando on a forum said they'd do.
6806
« on: February 25, 2015, 06:25:02 PM »
Sounds fun, but I feel like the Injustice's story is wasted on a fighting game.
6807
« on: February 25, 2015, 05:49:52 PM »
Anything that comes out of Mr. Torgue.
6808
« on: February 25, 2015, 05:46:24 PM »
They should pray harder.
That Alabama judge stopped marrying gays, but he wasn't quick enough. Bro you're too smart to be worried about Statics. Statics is easy. Dynamics might be a bitch, though.
6809
« on: February 25, 2015, 04:13:50 PM »
It'd be cool if boss fights weren't rigged so you die after half a second and have to watch the dialog and restart 50 times.
6810
« on: February 25, 2015, 04:10:29 PM »
http://www.wsj.com/articles/three-brooklyn-men-accused-of-plot-to-join-islamic-state-1424888001?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStoriesIf that link is behind a paywall, let me know. Three Brooklyn men who authorities said planned to travel to Syria to join the militant group known as Islamic State and wage jihad against the U.S. were arrested on Wednesday as part of a joint investigation by local and federal investigators.
One of the men was arrested at John F. Kennedy Airport, as he was about to board a flight bound for Istanbul, Turkey. Another was arrested in a raid in Brooklyn, and the third man was arrested in Florida, authorities said.
A criminal complaint unsealed on Wednesday named the three men as Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, Akhror Saidakhmetov and Abror Habibov.
[...]
They’re drawn, he said, by a message propagated on social media by Islamic State in particular that goes like this: “Troubled soul come, to the caliphate. You will live a life of glory. These are the apocalyptic end times. You will find a life of meaning here fighting for our so-called caliphate. And if you can’t come, kill somebody where you are.”
According to the complaint and affidavit unsealed Wednesday, Mr. Juraboev’s first post was under an alias: “Greetings! We too wanted to pledge our allegiance and commit ourselves while not present there. I am in U.S.A. now but we don’t have any arms. But is it possible to commit ourselves as dedicated martyrs anywhere while here? What I’m saying is, to shoot Obama and then get shot ourselves, will it do? That will strike fear in the hearts of infidels.” What's more worrying is the number of people that (1) aren't caught and (2) don't feel the need to travel outside of the country to do this.
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