Wow, didn't expect you to be the one defend it or be a fan of the show. I left it on the TV for two episodes and couldn't get into it. I wonder if the scenarios are such that you have to have had a similar experience in order to relate to it or see the humour in it. Maybe I am expecting too much from it, considering the hype it gets. Weird that most of those who I know who like the show are college students, not quite the older 20-30 somethings I think the show is targetting.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
I also wonder how "How I Met Your Mother" ever became a success. I find it terribly unfunny.Originally Posted by Animeniax
I have this weird thing I do in video games when confronted with one and then another enemy. I'll shoot at the first enemy, but as soon as I see the second one, I'll switch to shooting at him. What always results is that they both fire on me and I die and they both survive. I don't understand why I always do it and how I can ever stop doing it.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Hmm, no idea. Your attention simply gets caught by the second guy perhaps?
I know the general rule in firefights is to kill the one closest to you first, the next etc etc. I have a bad habit of going after the sniper first if I see him though.
Disregarding the distance rule of thumb and the sniper exception, I have no trouble trying to kill the first enemy I see before I move onto the next. I'm a guy who finds focusing easy but multitasking difficult, so ignoring everything else until I've performed the task at hand works for me.
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It's always useful to think like a villain: Kill the weakest one(s) first, then the stronger.
Maybe you're taking habits from a different type of game and applying it (erroneously) to an fps? Like, say in a game like world of warcraft, you might be fighting someone or something, when someone/something else engages you as well. You might switch targets at that point to do something to the new target that temporarily takes it out of the fight, and then switch back to your initial target to finish it.
"You are not free whose liberty is won by the rigour of other, more righteous souls. Your are merely protected. Your freedom is parasitic, you suck the honourable man dry and offer nothing in return. You who have enjoyed freedom, who have done nothing to earn it, your time has come. This time you will stand alone and fight for yourselves. Now you will pay for your freedom in the currency of honest toil and human blood."
- Inquisitor Czevak
I too think it's one genre logic 'spilling over' to a different type of games.
your behavior in the game would be very reasonable if the game had a knock-back mechanism (hitting an enemy temporarily prevents him from action), or enemies had very low health or appeared only once the previous enemy was killed.
^ Power switch is on the back.
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^ Power switch is on the back again.
Why the hell would you put the ONLY power switch for the amp on the back??
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So that people don't see it.
Peace.
But they can't reach it neither when the equipment is stacked with other stuff.
You can make it pretty and slap it on the front.
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Probably for many reasons. To keep the front less cluttered, to keep the AC wires restricted to the back (although devices with an external PSU can still have the power switch on the back), to encourage people to keep the thing on instead of swiching it on and off continuously (I don't know why, but maybe the manufacturers are power company stock owners), because it's a tradition, etc.
I think the switch is there just to act as a surge protector, because it completely cuts all power instead of being in a soft standby state like most electronics are when you turn them "off"; A lot of electronics actually have this 'complete-off' switch on the back.
Or it could have simply been an oversight....people do make mistakes.
I've been watching a lot of the 2012 summer Olympics and been wondering, is it worse to strive for such supposed greatness (some believe it is greatness) and fail, or to do the average run-of-the-mill with your life like getting a decent paying job and starting a family? I guess that depends on what you consider meaningful, like do you consider having a family important or getting a post-graduate degree/doctorate as necessary. Or do you feel you have to do something more meaningful than the standard in order for you to look back on your life and feel it was worthwhile?
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
You pretty much answered your own question.
Every individual in this world have their own beliefs, values and a vision of what kind of legacy they want to leave behind when they die. Some people think getting a good job and raising a family is good enough and that's fine. However, almost anyone with a bachelors degree can do that nowadays; this includes raising a family because while it is biologically, physically and psychologically taxing, I'd like to say almost anyone can reproduce children. Others think it's worth it to have a shot at being the world champion at the sport that they love - so that they can inspire others or get acknowledgement from rivals of their own field.
I wish I could elaborate without getting too personal or revealing too much, but I can't so I won't. It just feels like I've done what I needed to to count my life as "successful" and it's not going to get any better or more worthwhile. So what then? Try something new? Make a drastic change?
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
As long as that "something new" is something that you like, or think you'll like.. I'd say go for it.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
This, pretty much.
IMO, if you feel like your life can't be more better or successful than it already is, you've pretty much peaked.
I'm sure there's a lot of things you can do to make yourself more successful, though.
I don't get why some people always default to the responses of "you're just a kid" or "I'm older, so I know what I'm doing" in any debate or argument. It pretty much has no relevance to the actual discussion and just because you're older or if someone else is a kid doesn't mean that they can't be more informed than others. If the older party's argument is truly sound, shouldn't they be able to sway or defeat the younger party's side? Not to mention that doing that is condescending and that anyone can use that argument in their 80's (including people suffering from Alzheimer's, etc.)...
You know, I used to think the same way, but now I think it does have some relevance. To be clear, I'm not saying people's arguments become any more sound as they grow older, nor am I saying that "I'm older, you're a child" should ever be used in an argument. But, as you grow older, experience leaves its mark on you and colors how you see things. I think it does make you wiser. Thing is, it doesn't make you smarter. If at this point in your life you're a superior critical/analytical thinker than the older person you're having a discussion with, you likely always will be. However, experience may have taught him something he thinks you'll learn eventually as you gain experience on your own, but he's not sure how to formulate that as a precise statement that can be analyzed and criticized.
Or maybe they just don't feel like having the discussion any longer and are being dismissive. I've seen it both ways.
"You are not free whose liberty is won by the rigour of other, more righteous souls. Your are merely protected. Your freedom is parasitic, you suck the honourable man dry and offer nothing in return. You who have enjoyed freedom, who have done nothing to earn it, your time has come. This time you will stand alone and fight for yourselves. Now you will pay for your freedom in the currency of honest toil and human blood."
- Inquisitor Czevak
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