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What is one thing you like to do above all else?
Key Gear replied to Jokarr's topic in General Discussion
Helping people. There is nothing that I like better than when I can create something or do something that makes the lives of others better in any way. The more people that I can help, the happier I am. -
6' even and 151 lbs. About 6 months ago, I was only 112 pounds due to stress and illness.
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Really, the easiest way to get games on a macintosh is to put windows on your mac and use bootcamp. Mac gaming tends to lag really far behind windows gaming. If you want to stick with mac though, then there are a few options. What kind of games do you like to play? Most of the games available for mac can be found in Apple's app store (should be in your finder). Another good site if you want to browse for games is the Mac Game Store. You can also try running windows games on Mac. There are a few good solutions. The wineskin project can be used to let some windows games run on macs. The Porting Team has a port database with quite a few working windows game wrappers in it. Crossover games from codeweavers lets you play windows games on mac as well. Personally, I have found that the best way to get windows games working on mac is using a game wrapper. If there is no game wrapper, then you can try crossover games. If crossover games doesn't work, then trying to use wineskin would be more trouble than its worth.
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That is a very nice set of projects that you have going right now, and C is a good choice for a favorite language. I agree with you on every language having pros and cons. (Especially because I still have to do some java coding every once in a while. The horror! Scala, Clojure, and Jruby make life with the JVM a little less painful though.) There are so many programmers and artists here in this forum. I wonder if eventually everything will line up and some of us could work together on a game of some type. That would be cool! Hmm, well there is no IRC server or channel, but there is a forum chatroom that you will be able to join once you have more than 5 posts.
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I think that being more descriptive is always a good thing. I'm pretty biased though... I am a bit long-winded myself. Your avatar can be up to 150x150. Your sig can contain images up to 600x100. I'm going from memory, but I think that swearing is prohibited in topic titles and tags. Other than that, it is expected to be kept to a minimum but not completely prohibited. You are in good company!
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Hello Ashbad, welcome to the herd! It is not surprising to me that you didn't enjoy the pilots. I didn't really like them very much myself. To me, the fourth episode of the first season is really when the series starts to shine. After that, every episode is really good. I think that you will like it here. This is a really nice forum. Feld0 is a great admin, and the moderators are all awesome. The other members are very friendly as well. I do some programming too. At present, I mostly do web development and statistics stuff. I use Javascript and Python now, but I hold a special place in my heart for Ruby. I salute your assembly skills! Java... Well, I share in your dislike of the language. Do you have a favorite programming language? Yeah, I gave up on picking a favorite pony a while ago, but I find myself having a consistent Pinkie Pie/Applejack bias these days.
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Well, that's bad. Does he not like fist bumps or something? -
Before I say anything else, I have to say that it is important to respect the views of others regarding spoilers. There are many different opinions on what is a spoiler and what is not a spoiler. The respectful thing to do is to assume that any and all information regarding an upcoming episode is a spoiler. If you treat all information about upcoming episodes as a spoiler, then you can keep everyone happy. People that don't want to see spoilers can avoid them and fully preserve the joy of a new experience. People that want to see spoilers can see that the information is there if they want to see it. Personally, I love spoilers. I spoil myself as much as possible before every episode. I really enjoy hunting down as many spoilers as possible, but that is what I enjoy - everyone is different. While I love spoilers, I think that it is super important to preserve the experience for those that have not seen the episode yet and want to avoid spoilers. I actually get very irritated when I see people spoiling the experience for other people, because it is really not fair. It is easy for people that want to see spoilers to find them, but avoiding spoilers that are not properly marked can be completely impossible. I understand that people want to talk about the episode, and I certainly do not think that no one should ever post anything that could be a spoiler. All I am saying is that there are just a few simple things that everyone should do to be respectful to those that do not want to see an episode spoiled. If you are posting a spoiler in a non-spoiler topic, then use the If you are posting a super spoiler (like a clip from an episode) in one of the episode speculation topics, then you should use the Do not post a status update that includes spoilers of any kind. Status updates are almost completely unavoidable. If you have a topic that talks about things from an upcoming episode or from an episode that aired that weekend, then you should include
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Daring, if you are troubled by something, then you should not do anything to make you feel uncomfortable. You need to do what you can to try to feel better. There is nothing wrong with stepping away from things when you need to, and no one will think any less of you.
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I love drinking apple cider. It really is good!
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I respect those that enjoy the past generations, but I really do not care for them at all. The reason that I dislike the G1 ponies is because it was an 80s cartoon. It had many of the same flaws that other cartoons from that time period had, but, for me, these flaws were multiplied by the show's annoyingly unrealistic sappiness. I dislike G2 and G3 ponies because the shows were, quite honestly, not that good at all. On nearly any objective measure, those two generations were an abomination. I think that you are both right. Lauren Faust really, really liked to play with her G1 pony toys, and she did not like the tv show. In her own words: Quote was taken from here - http://msmagazine.co...ony-a-rebuttal/
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Books should not be banned. Period. If a book offends people, then they should not read that book. They have the freedom to make this choice for themselves, but they should not be allowed to take the choice away from others. Banning books is a slippery slope. Are we going to ban everything that is "offensive"? Who will be the one to control what is offensive and what is not offensive? One person's offensive reading material could easily be another person's work of great literature. Even if a book is extremely controversial, banning a book is just hiding from the controversy. It is cowardice. Instead of banning the book, it makes much more sense to talk about the book and to discuss why the book's perspective is controversial. If society bans everything that some group finds controversial, then we would eventually have no controversial literature whatsoever. The only reason that books are controversial is when they mention of include controversial matters. If we ban these books instead of discussing them, then we, as a society, will eventually lose our memory of these past controversies. Eventually this would lead to a society that is controlled by a very small number of intellectual and political elites. Why would this happen? It is very simple. If you take controversial books away, then all that remains are books that conform and that enforce the ideal of conformity. People would become complacent because their beliefs are never challenged. I would never want to live in a world where banning books is accepted as a solution. I find it very sad that so many books have been banned right here in the country that I call home. By the way, the first list is authentic. It is a list of books that have been banned in the U.S. that also includes books that were banned in the past but were unbanned later.
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I will now spend the next 48 hours doing nothing but playing games, watching ponies, and drinking soda. Life is good.
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Well, I didn't want it to be true, but I'm looking at the pictures of both toys and they are way too similar for it to be just a coincidence - most likely it is the same mould. Then you have some other evidence as well. According to Lauren Faust, Princess Cadence was not originally supposed to be an Alicorn. As much as I hate to say it, this looks like another case of Hasbro's financial interests influencing the writing of the show. -
Well, it looks like the debates imploded. It was very interesting while it lasted though. I can't say I was surprised after a certain debate thread went up...
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This is my view on this topic exactly. The fact that it is a show targeted to younger girls and their parents that just happens to be watchable by people outside of this demographic is what adds to "magic" of the show's appeal. As you say, if they attempt to shift the show to either side of the spectrum, then it is very likely that the show would lose its charm. I actually think that this is the reason why Jayson Thiessen has said, several times, that he does not want to change the show's formula too far away from its foundation. They did not necessarily anticipate attracting such a large and diverse audience of viewers. Now that they have, it would be very difficult to isolate which features of the show were essential to making it such a cross-demographic success. I particularly remember when he was participating in one panel event, and he was asked if he would incorporate fandom stories or other elements. I remember that he replied and said that he would have to be very careful if doing so. His reasoning was that there was a possibility that if he set out to implement elements from the fandom he might actually end up mistakenly removing the very elements of the show that had attracted this fandom to begin with. He all but referenced Suited for Success when he said that fans may love the show but we may not necessarily know what is best for it. I am reminded of Batman The Animated Series. I remember one day when I was watching a dvd that had some commentary on it from some of the key people behind BTAS (Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, et al). I remember that the guy interviewing them asked them what made BTAS such a success. They basically replied that the show's success was the product of so many different factors that it would be nearly impossible to pinpoint any exact thing. In that interview, I remember, very specifically, that Bruce Timm said something to the effect that the show's success was a product not only of the show itself but also of the era in which it was written. He would constantly wonder if one day he would wake up and the show would no longer be popular, but it kept on surprising him. He said that, as far as he was concerned, they were just ordinary people working as hard as they could on something that they loved. They didn't expect it to be as big of a deal as it became. I would imagine that the creators of Friendship is Magic feel similarly. They are just ordinary people working as hard as they can on something that they love. Regardless of how much we may want one thing or another, it may be the case that if the creators of the show stop and try to purposefully refine the show's audience, then the show would lose its appeal to all audiences.
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Wow... So many weighty topics today in Everfree Forest. Nobody is getting violent yet. I'm impressed!
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This is going to sound silly.... But.... Well.... I have an intense fear of falling in video games. Only platformers. It started when I started playing Super Mario Bros 3 as a very small kid. I once played the game for 48 hours straight. That wasn't what did it though. That was fine. The problem was that I started having these crazy dreams when I was Mario and I would make it to the end of the level and I would be running towards the goal, then, I would just start falling - straight through the floor. Falling forever. I can recall the feeling as though it was happening right now. The terrible knowledge that I am going to hit the ground and splatter. Looking down and seeing nothing but darkness. The horrible sinking feeling when I realized that I had no idea when I would stop falling and just hit the ground. It wasn't the fall or even the knowledge that I was going to be obliterated. It was the horrible suspense of not having any clue when my last moments would be. I would never hit the ground. I would just wake up. In a cold sweat. I'm not really afraid of many things at all, but, for some reason, every time I have a looonnng fall in a platform game I sometimes get that same feeling again. Of course, maybe because of this, platformers tend to be my favorite games. It adds a little extra spice to the gameplay. And, I still play a lot of Super Mario Bros 3....
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Dude, you have a very, very nice family, and you are extremely fortunate..... Hey, do you wanna trade??? Errr.... I'm just kidding.
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I do not think that a doctor's job should be to diagnose kids either. In my case, the doctor's were on the schools side and they wanted me to receive medication. I think that the primary authority in the decision making process for a child's future should probably be the child's parent. While officials should step in when necessary to ensure a child's well-being, I fear that I would not like a world where doctors, teachers, and other officials have supreme authority over a child's future. I should clarify just one thing. I do not think nor have I intended to imply that all teachers are bad and that all schools are terrible. In fact, I believe the total opposite. I am a firm supporter of all forms of education, and it honestly makes me very happy to hear that your teachers are so well qualified and that your school district is so good. It is one of my dreams in life to be able to bring this type of experience to every child around the world. I understand that you may strongly dislike homeschooling, and I completely respect your right to feel this way. My only purpose in posting in this thread is to say that there is more than one type of homeschooling and it is important to consider this when you form an opinion one way or another.
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I agree with you. I, personally, think that it is a terrible thing when homeschooling is used by parents to isolate their children because they are so afraid of their children not following in their same path. Personally, I am very happy that I was given free reign to find my own way in life - without judgement. As for your second point. It depends heavily on the parent and the situation. As I said earlier, I admit that I was fortunate. My parent chose to homeschool me because the school system had deemed me to be a "slow learner". My parent believed that the school system was wrong and she refused to accept their diagnoses. The school system was wrong. I was not a slow learner. This worked out well for me because my parent was very well qualified and had more education and life experience than most teachers did. Teachers are just people. They have certifications, training, credentials, and experience much like everybody else. I respect teachers, but they are hardly the undisputed masters of their fields.
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What you have just described is the about the worst possible scenario that you could ever ger in a homeschooling environment. In reality, the benefits and costs of homeschooling depends heavily on the parents that are doing the homeschooling. Some parents use the DVD-based curriculum, and this definitely robs their children of much needed interaction with others. Some parents combine outside classes with textbooks and build an experience for their kids that mirrors a private-school environment. Some parents even homeschool their kids by just having a well-qualified private instructor. There are tradeoffs that are involved with every method that a parent can use to homeschool their kids. The one tradeoff that everyone usually highlights is the tradeoff in social interaction. Over time, I have heard several people bring up the argument of a tradeoff in the sciences as well. I have actually never heard complaints about the food until now though. As I said earlier, there is really no one way to homeschool and every method has its negatives, so I can only speak from my own experience. I was homeschooled from pre-kindergarten up through graduating high school. I had plenty of social interaction because my parent took the time to find classes outside of the home that she could put me in. I was able to take some AP science courses in this way. The food was good - nice homecooked southern meals. No leftovers because of how many siblings I have. I was homeschooled from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. I did well in both college and graduate school. I have had zero problems with social interaction (well, I am an introvert, but I think that is just my personality). I am not saying that my experience was typical - I was very fortunate to have the good experience that I had. However, I am saying that you should not hold negative opinions of homeschooling based on a few sources. Ultimately, I think that homeschooling is much like other types of schooling - it depends on the school. I also think that it is important to not spend too much time worrying about which type of schooling is better or what leads to better grades. Life goes on after school ends. If all goes well, then life goes on for quite a bit of time after your schooling years end. Life is a marathon and not a sprint. It is important to keep these things in perspective.
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Hello Maximum Rainbow! Welcome to the forums!
