hmmm... well not my favourite kind of music I admit but at least it takes some talent to produce it. Take you a good 4-5 years to get good enough to play that, whereas most of the other stuff you could walk in to a studio today and come out 1 hour later with a CD in your hand. Total talentless sh!te.
My absolute most hated music is RnB. Not only can not a single "artist" sing but they can't even create any music without stealing other peoples creativity. For christ sake they can't even name the genre anything orginal, they stole that too (ie R&B) !!
Especially when they stick their helmets on the tops of their heads like they do... brings new meaning to the term d*ckhead
Only other games I've played at all this year, (and that was only because I was extremely bored), were PS2 games:
Guitar Hero, God of War II & Prince of Persia
Guitar Hero was just a bit of stupid fun but I actually found God of War to be quite addictive. I'm not a fan of pure shoot-em-ups and so the extra skill based stuff you need to do in God of War really added to the fun. Also the PS2 version of Prince of Persia was pretty good too for similar reasons. It's not just about having to kill stuff.
Guitar Hero, God of War II & Prince of Persia
Guitar Hero was just a bit of stupid fun but I actually found God of War to be quite addictive. I'm not a fan of pure shoot-em-ups and so the extra skill based stuff you need to do in God of War really added to the fun. Also the PS2 version of Prince of Persia was pretty good too for similar reasons. It's not just about having to kill stuff.
Well for starters they are supposed to make it easier to catch terrorists and illegal immigrants, (because of course these people wouldn't be able to fake an ID card right??), and secondly it's the compulsion part that a lot of people object to. Supposedly you won't have to carry them with you all the time, so what's the point??? Apart from effectively making it a criminal offence not to be able to prove who you are? Animal Farm, 1984, 1939-1945 anyone??
We have perfectly adequate forms of identity in this country to prove our identity in every legitmate thing we may want to achieve. The only people that have any issues are the policeman on the street when he suspects you may have done something wrong. So in typical knee jerk reaction, the government proposes legislation to make the polices job easier, after all it's not as if the poor dears jobs aren't hard enough already right, with all that investigating and basic police work they might need to do? Wouldn't want them to have too hard a job of it and go around killing innocent people on the tube now would we?? (as opposed to taking a piss against a tree).
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Yeah right. If everyone thought like that about development we'd all still be driving these:
http://www.musclecarclub.com/o ... mages/ford-model-t-1a.jpg
Well I won't be buying it then.
That's a big improvement. Oddly enough the higher res version plays much quicker too, (probably lower server load).
Combine that with this...
http://www.ted.com/index.php/t ... kthrough_touchscreen.html
and you would have a real breakthrough in PC interfaces.
Personaly I can't wait.
Minimalist..
Only genuine complete (non-composite) picture of the Earth without terminator from space. Taken in 1972 by one of the Apollo 17 Mission Astronauts on their return to Earth.
Only genuine complete (non-composite) picture of the Earth without terminator from space. Taken in 1972 by one of the Apollo 17 Mission Astronauts on their return to Earth.
Your dad looks familiar.. You sure he isn't someone well known??
OK if we're doing this level of claims...
a) Been on the same track, at the same time as John Reynolds (not racing obviously) - you're probably all bored of that one huh?
b) John Barnes was couple of years above me at secondary school
c) David Milliband was in the year below me at school and was in the same classes as a good freind of mine.
and best of all
d) I once completely blanked the Iron Maiden drummer at a musical instrument show, (and I was a big IM fan at the time !!). I walked right up to and past him because I didn't recognise him in the flesh, didn't realise until later who he was when I saw him performing a masterclass at the show and It clicked why he had looked at me so expectantly when I walked up to him. He must have been expecting me to ask him for his autograph !!
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This is quite common on forums in my experience. It's a common tendency for some of the so called "regulars" to feel that somehow because they've contributed a lot to a forum over a period of time that some how they get kind of "privileges" and feel that they can say what they like to others, particularly so called "noobs".
To be honest I think this forum is kind of average in that regard. I've certainly seen a lot lot worse forums in terms of bullying, flaming and just generally unacceptable posting. I have to say though I have also seen one or two far better forum atmospheres. They all have one thing in common and that is a complete ban on posting any topics relating to politics, religion as well as any kind of flaming or personal insults etc. Any such threads/posts get deleted as soon as they're seen and the poster gets a polite warning to not do it again. Of course there are sometimes complaints about dictatorial moderating but it seems to work very well. Amazing really as one of the forums in question is frequented by the kind of people oft regarded as being bonehead kuckle draggers by the general public.
Actually it's not that difficult. Admittedly it is awkward at first but after a few drives in a "left hand" , (meaning the wheel is on the left), drive car it gets easier and by the time you've done maybe a total of 3-4 hours in one it pretty much becomes second nature.
Actually I don't buy in to that myth at all. At least not from the perspective of the "it's because we're free" argument.
However, it is a stated fact that the majority of Muslims around the world live in states that denounce a lot of the western worlds liberal ideals. Now if you want to argue about the strength with which individual muslims might disagree with our way of life then that's obviously a product of how moderate they are. I deliberately chose moderate as opposed to extremist because I honestly believe that an average muslim, (taken from the entire world population of muslims), disagrees with some of our ways of life quite strongly. That's not to say that they would ever consider doing anything against us for that belief, (as long as we don't try to impose it on them that is).
Obviously it's a given that the vast majority of muslims that live in the west are what could be considered "liberal" muslims otherwise they wouldn't be able to tolerate living here. The vast majority of muslims however live in compeletely different societies to our own with very fundamentaly different views on life to our own, (take the concept of decency as an example).
I'm not trying to simplify the belief system of the islamic world but it is incontrovertable that there are irreconcileable differences between us on some beliefs as to how we should live our lives.
By the way, I am in no way singleing out muslims in this regard. In fact I see it more to do with the issue of strongly held religious beliefs. In much the same way as many Christians have views that are diametrically and fundamentally opposed to liberal, humanist thinking.
Just in case my position gets misconstued I want to state that I consider myself a Humanist.
In case anyone doesn't know what that means the definition is here:
http://www.iheu.org/amsterdamdeclaration
Biggest mistake people make on U-Turns is if they feel the bike falling in they panic and hit the brake/pull in the clutch. When what you should be doing is giving it a bit more gas to pick the bike up again. Kind of counter intuitive but it's what works.
Agree with using the rear brake to stabilise the bike too. In fact you shouldn't touch the front at all doing a U-Turn. It's all about back brake and clutch control. Oh and balance too of course !
PS - Just concentrate on observation and trying to predict other road users actions and you'll be fine.
Good Luck.
Putting words in to his mouth rather aren't you?
I don't agree with a lot of what andy has said but I have to say that being worried about the fact that there are sections of the muslim community in this country that would like to see sharia law invoked and that the UK should be turned in to an undemocratic Islamic Theocracy is perfectly reasonable to my mind.
You can argue that it will never happen but then I'm sure there are plenty of people that said the same about Hitler prior to 1933.
On a personal level I feel that this country has to some extent become a victim of it's own liberal ideology, (and I'm a liberal !). Multiculturalism aside there comes a point when a country has to decide what kind of society it wants to be and take steps to preserve that. There is no argument that certain elements of the muslim community would like to overthrow the current state and change our society beyond recognition, and it seems that our political parties seem unwilling to openly discuss the issue, let alone challenge these beliefs unless they are taken to the point where violent acts are committed or supported.
There is little to no rational, intellectual open debate in the public eye on the issues of racial, religious and cultural tensions in this country and that is to a large extent due to the automatic response to people willing to critisise the behaviour/beliefs of other cultures and religions being labelled as racist.
The only issue with being liberal is that other people aren't. These other people will only seek to take advantage of our liberal acceptance of all that is different to change our society to their benefit. Potentially ultimately to something as unliberal as can be imagined.
Islam is offended by our liberal ways, and as liberals we tread carefully so as not to offend it's followers. Well to put it bluntly, I am offended by Islam. I'm offended with the way it subjugates women. I'm offended by it's inhumane system of Law. I'm offended by it's indoctrination of children in to the God myth. Could I as a politian ever get up and express those legitimate issues in public without fear of retribution? I don't believe so. Well so much for our liberal ideals.
Hey was one of those legs on the titles of "The Bill" yours then??
Very good point. I for one would much rather physics updates are restricted to significant change releases only. For me a simple change to tyre wear or clutch heating for example are too small to justify causing such an impact to the current users. Also, subtle changes tend to be appreciated less and so a steady trickle of such changes don't really register in the community consciousness and don't do much to appease those looking for quicker development.
Personally when a physics change comes out I expect to have to completely relearn how to drive the cars because there has been a significant change to the handling characteristics.
NB - note that when I say physics changes I mean changes to anything that might change the way a car behaves on the track. That would include things like changes to grip levels on curbing/in gravel traps; wind/weather effects; collision handling etc not just intrinsic car handling properties.
Similar thing to changes to existing track layouts, IMO they shouldn't really be done for the sake of it just to prevent "stagnation". They are also a double edged sword for the devs because they tend to split the community, with some liking the changes and some not.
As far as content updates go, I would suggest that to "appease" the masses it would probably be best for the devs to release them as and when they are ready rather than holding them back to major releases.
Having said that there still should be some logic applied to the releases, such as only releasing interiors changes when the interiors for all cars in a particular group have been completed etc
On a slightly different note, one thing about LFS that I've never been too keen on is the use of multiple layouts per circuit. I know it's a simple way of getting a lot of "different" circuits on to a single screen, but I find it really confusing when trying to learn layouts as so many of them have similar names. I often find myself taking a wrong turn as I have difficulty remembering which way the national layout goes vs the historic one for example. I'd much rather we had more circuits, and limited the layout variations to maybe two per circuit, (eg National/Club and GP/International). That would be a lot less confusing IMO. But then I'm an old git with a rapidly failing short term memory problem !
Err the closest I can get is that I'm (very) loosely related to the Truman beer brewing family
Not a big fan of American Muscle cars in general, but the new variations are just terrible in general.
The orginal Mustang was much nicer IMO. Especially in the flesh. I've seen both at a classic car show once and the new one just looked like a big blocky plastic box. It's much larger than the orginal and doesn't have any of it's lines.
http://www.remarkablecars.com/ ... /shelby-mustang-030-1.jpg
The orginal Mustang was much nicer IMO. Especially in the flesh. I've seen both at a classic car show once and the new one just looked like a big blocky plastic box. It's much larger than the orginal and doesn't have any of it's lines.
http://www.remarkablecars.com/ ... /shelby-mustang-030-1.jpg
To be fair, it's not so much an issue of overall population but population distribution. There is quite clearly a ghetto mentality amongst a majority of the immigrant populations, (both white and non-white). To a large extent it's understandable if only from the point of view of finding "support" from a same language speaker in a foreign country, the brits do it in spain after all. However it does have a tendency to divide communities, especially when there are issues of lack of integration due to cultural or religious differences. Especially when those differences are non negotiable on the part of the immigrant populations, and they make little or no effort to integrate with the "natives", (again like the brits in spain), often putting their kids in to the same local schools resulting in self imposed segregation. When these populations just happen to be of non-european non-white origin it just highlights the lack of integration even more clearly.
On a personal note. As a Londoner I can assure you that I have personally seen school playgrounds with hardly any white faces in some areas, so it's clear where the concept of "being flooded" originates. It may be a non representative sample of the overall population but on an individual experience basis, (which from which most people form their opinions), it is all to easy to see why people feel that way in some areas of London. Anyone that doesn't agree with/believe what I'm saying need only take a trip down to the Aldgate East area of London for example.
http://www.answers.com/topic/newham
http://www.nationmaster.com/en ... -Borough-of-Tower-Hamlets
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Good point. Modern anthropology doesn't even support the concept of race, except for the singular HUMAN Race. Race is a human socio-political construct and has no basis in genetic or biological science.
Words fail me at this part of your post. No one deserves to die for their views, no matter how abhorent they may be.
There is never, ever, under any circumstances any justification in any way to physically attack let alone murder someone because of verbal provocation. I have to say I'm with andy on this point, (only). The guy should have been done for murder pure and simple and his two sons done for manslaughter. They should all be put in prison for a very long time in my book. There are legal avenues to deal with this kind of situation. Taking the law in to your own hands is not acceptable under any circumstances and should be dealt with severely.
You talk about comparisons, well words are words. Physical violence is physical violence and it's on another level completely. The two are in no way comparable. Murder is murder no matter what the motivation and should IMO be dealt with just as severely in every case.
This is somewhere were I think our law is going down the pan. I hear more and more cases of clear murder being reduced to manslaughter because of "provocation". There is no leway in the letter of the law, in this regard and it's clear to me the law is not being justly applied. There are only two tests for murder and they are intent and premeditation, and the law takes the view that it's imposible to have premeditation without intent. No matter how provoked you are, if you consciously pick up, (premeditation), any form of weapon and kill someone with it, you have murdered them. It can only be manslaughter if you kill in "the heat of the moment" and without the intention to kill.
Well that's a little different. Intel are involved in PCs. LFS is a PC game. They can be said to be in connected, (if not the same), industries. VW are a car manufacturer. No connection with the Gaming industry at all, (under normal circumstances).
Actually, that does make sense. Specifically the bit about the short notice. It wouldn't surprise me if they went to EA Games or who ever and asked for a car to be knocked up and were told "sorry doesn't fit in with our project life cycle and we're not willing/can't asign resources to do it, (in that time scale). Go talk to xxx". Eventually VW probably finaly heard of LFS and in desperation at wanting any sim at the launch, (as now the decision had been made up high you can believe it was going to happen no matter what!), finally approached them. At which point the LFS devs jumped at the chance.
Very likely a condition of the development. Probably there are conditions that haven't been met yet or even contractual issues that haven't been ironed out and so it hasn't been released to the game. Even possible there is some dispute, (payment?), that may never be resolved and so it may never make it in to the game !
Agree 100%. That is the true danger and irony of parties such as these.
Well said.
Which is exactly why holding beliefs should never be criminalised. Criminalising beliefs and/or organisations and political parties only drives people underground, where they can gain influence and membership in the margins in secret. It also allows them to play the victim card against state oppression etc and that will always find support amongst people and can be used as a lever in to more extreme views.
The best place for these parties/belief systems is out in the open where informed debate can take place and people can see them for what they are, (which is just plain wrong), and so support ulitmately disapears.
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