The Director

Realize that logically you are no better than any other human being. For everything that you feel you are the best at, there are two things that other people are better than you at.

Save up some cash and help him take some singing lessons. The lessons will help him figure out what genre his voice is best in (pop, rock, country, etc.) and will help him train his voice to sound the best that it possibly can. Or he can take up rapping, I guess.

I've honestly never seen the point of racism. I've constantly asked, "Why do you feel that way?" and gotten a variety of answers, but none of them were logical. For some, it's traumatic (i.e. being mugged by multiple people of all the same ways), some it's taught, and others it's simply ignorance. Logically though, none of these explanations hold up. Why would you feel negatively against millions of human beings because of the actions of a few. Why is it when someone of a different race than you does something negative to you you assume all of the people who are that race are bad? Why don't you feel that way when members of your own race do negative things to you? It's simple, we are egotistical. If we hate our own race, then we have to hate ourselves because we are part of that race. Of course, there are people who are self-loathing, but I'm talking about the average person. If you are taught racism though, things become a bit tricky. It takes A LOT to accept that the things you were taught as a child are incorrect. Even if you're surrounded by examples of how incorrect these things are, you have a tendency to try to justify the things you were taught as much as possible. For example, if you have a really close friend who is one of the races you've been taught to hate, you will assume they are the 'exception to the rule'. As far as ignorance goes, this is the one that I actually despise. Ignorance is something to be corrected, not embraced. Not knowing is weakness, and weakness is death. Anyways, racism is a horrible, pointless waste of energy. Complicated character, and I actually loved that. On the one hand he was a ******** but on the other hand he was trying to better himself and that's something I can respect. I wanted something original, and The Director was the only one that nobody had already taken/attempted to take. I originally went with The Chairman, but he hadn't been shown even in the slightest at the time. After about a week I realized how much the name matched my personality, even if the actual character and I aren't all that similar. Caboose, we've been over this. I don't watch until the season is finished so that I don't have to deal with all the cliffhangers. lol Well, Standardized Achievement Tests aren't perfect, but they are adequate enough to serve their current purpose while we continue to study the way the human mind works and learns. Personally, I don't believe that they define who people are or how much they actually know, but they give a decent estimate of it on average. The primary problem is that not everyone is good at tests, so even if they know a lot they may still fail. A director is a person who manages/supervises something. "The Director" without any additional title implies that I direct everything. And as far as you know, I do. Dude, the achievements issues suck. There's about a billion different issues and sub-issues to do with achievements, so this could be a tad extensive. Tell you what, do the following and then send me a PM if it doesn't work and I'll run through some further troubleshooting. 1. Make sure you are connected to XBL and try to open the Halo Channel app thingy. If it loads properly move to step two. If not, uninstall and reinstall it. 2. Make sure your console is on Energy-Saving. Settings > Power & startup and it's located on the right. Once that's saved and everything, simply turn off the console and wait about a minute and turn it back on. If it doesn't immediately pop, you may have to start up the MCC. If it doesn't pop after that, you may need to replay the mission to get it to pop.

Yep, seen this before then. Alright, here's a possible fix. 1. BOTH of you need to go onto your Xbox (main screen, not in any game) and go to Settings - Power & startup and make sure you both have Energy-saving underneath POWER OPTIONS. 2. Both of you turn off your consoles and wait about a minute then turn them back on. Try to connect to each other and see if you're able. If you are, excellent. If not... 3. Both of you need to turn off your consoles and restart your respective modems/routers. Pain in the butt? Yes. However, also likely to help. My friend and I (both live in the same city) had this issue, and it fixed after we did step three. If it doesn't work for you guys, you may have to actually call Microsoft Tech support. If that's the case, here's some tips. 1. Do not mention that the game is Halo. Simply state that you and your friend are having issues connecting to each other. 2. Do NOT allow them to refer you to any other tech support. If they attempt to, simply ask if you can speak to someone with a bit more experience than them, or ask for a supervisor. 3. Do every step they tell you, even if it sounds dumb and like it won't work. 4. Calling tech support always sucks. Be as patient as you can be. The more upset you act, the more the tech support guy wants to get off the phone with you and the less help you'll actually get.

Well we aren't an official forum. We're a community forum. Run by the community for the community. That doesn't mean we can't help you out though. Okay, so for general troubleshooting: 1. Have your friend check HIS NAT type, because even if your NAT is open if his isn't then it could cause him to be unable to connect with you in the MCC. 2. Both you and your friend reset your MCC. To do this just press center button, press 'menu' (formerly known as start), and select quit. Wait about 5-10 seconds and then open it back up and try to connect with each other. If neither of those work I'm gonna need a bit more information to provide more specific troubleshooting. 1. How are you two trying to pair up? (i.e. you invite him, he invites you, you try to join each other via the profile page, you try to join each other's game using the in-game menu, etc.) 2. Are either of you able to play matchmaking while not partied up? If so, who has the longest wait time to find a match usually? 3. Do you guys have each other's accounts on each other's Xbox's? (I know it's an odd question, but it has happened...) 4. Are either of you (or both of you) in the Microsoft Preview Program? 5. What error messages (if any) do you get when you can't join him?

Easily hundreds, and easily months. Sometimes I hear something interesting and so I go to research it and end up on wikipedia, then I read the page and start clicking the links which lead to other pages, and so on and so on for hours on end. I take everything I read on wikipedia with a grain of salt, however, because even though it is considered "highly accurate" these days I still remember a time where their page on the United States Civil War read that the war was started by Australia... lmao

1. Cookie Monster 2. Considering up and down is relative an argument could be made for either or. So yes and no. 3. Gonna go with no on this one. It's one thing to create a wormhole, it's an entirely separate thing to create a stable wormhole. It may be possible in the future to create something close to the portal gun, but it wouldn't be the same. 4. Yes, but when I was in my early teens. 5. Depends on the game, and that's proprietary information. 6. Juggling records aren't made by length of time but by number of catches. Otherwise, you could simply juggle very slowly and break a record pretty easily. Anyways, the record for the most chainsaw juggling catches is 94 and was set in appx 37 seconds by Ian Stewart of Canada.

I do not. I saw a let's play on it and have since wanted to get it, but my computer is too old. Poor thing's on its last legs

That depends entirely on what one wants out of life, and even then it depends on the individual involved. For instance, a man who's born rich and handsome will have an easier time of completing the life-goal of becoming even richer than a man who's born ugly and poor will have completing the life-goal of marrying a super-model.

New Community Moderator! Are you excited? I sure am. I am pleased, proud, and privileged to present to you the newest member of our community moderator team. Please give a round of congratulations to... *drumroll*

That's literally all about willpower. You can try some psychological tricks though, but again it requires an actual will to do better. Pavlovian Response The way this works is that you have to will yourself to do whatever project you need to do without procrastinating. When you complete it early, simply reward yourself with something that you do not normally get. When you DO procrastinate, do something that you hate doing to punish yourself. The "Making Plans" Trick Whenever you have a project due at a certain date, make plans for the due date and the day prior. Then you're pushing your 'due date' closer pretty much forcing you to do the project early. The better the plans are (i.e. date with a hotty) the better this works.

Everyone has different coping mechanisms that work/don't work for them. There isn't really a 'normal' method of grieving either, and some people grieve longer than others. Typically though, the healthiest form of grieving is allowing yourself to go through the five stages of grieving. You won't necessarily go through them in this order, and each stage may last longer or shorter depending on your personality, and you might not even go through all of them. 1. Denial - This is usually the first and most common stage of grief. Some people skip this stage, but the majority of people feel as if the event is too harsh to have actually happened. "No, they can't be dead!" 2. Anger - Everyone feels angry at some point or another, but the anger you feel is different with grief. You assign blame to people regardless of whether or not they were at fault, you feel angry at yourself for not spending more time with the deceased, or you just snap at random things. 3. Bargaining - This is usually when people turn to their respective deities. You try to 'buy' back the person's life. Or you try to find a way to reverse the process of death. It sounds dumb, but it's perfectly normal. Some people skip this entirely though. 4. Depression - Everyone goes through this at some point in their life, but with grief it is a tad different as well. The depression in this case usually can't be gotten rid of by something as simple as an ice cream cone though. This is the hardest stage to work through for most people, but at the end of it the result is... 5. Acceptance - Once you reach this stage, you are at peace with the loss. You are able to go through your life without feeling as if it's over anymore. You will still grieve from time to time, and you'll be sad about your loss whenever you're reminded of it, but you'll be able to continue living.

Immediately begin correcting the accident, unless you are injured then your immediate response should be to seek first aid. If your boss doesn't want you to clean it up they'll let you know. While you are cleaning, try to think of a way to prevent said accident from happening again. When your boss asks why or how it happened, tell him the exact reason and the solution you've come up with. That should lessen the anger. Any interaction with a wound can cause the wound to worsen (according to your body), which is why it hurts. As far as soap and peroxide, those kill bacteria AND some of your cells. That's what causes the pain, not simply an auto-pain reaction to an interaction with your wound. We're a community forum, meaning run by the community for the community. Nobody here is paid by 343i or Microsoft. Or at all for that matter. Don't worry, you're not the first one to ask. As a matter of fact Microsoft Support has been known to send people to us who are having issues with Halo because they're lazy and just google/bing "343i" If you want to suggest changes to Halo 5 you'll need to create a thread on www.halowaypoint.com (the site and forum run by 343i) If you're having trouble with any Halo title we can probably help you fix it. If you want to discuss your ideas for Halo 5 (or future releases) with the community then go ahead and create a thread here and people will let you know what they think. I'm also including this response in the PM you sent me, to make sure you see it.

Well, the jury has spoken! Lenny Killer, AKA Caboose The Ace AKA Caboosh Teh Aish has been found guilty by the Jury of the 343industries Community Forum! As the judge I shall be the one to decide his sentence, which shall be carried out immediately! The sentence is:

I wouldn't be at all surprised if Twam had realized that.

Yes, but they weren't murdered by a forum member. Jenny was killed by the spider, but the spider is claiming self-defense. Forensics is still determining whether the spider's claim is true or not. Eye witness testimony says that Jenny DID start the fight though, so the spider's claim cannot yet be outright dismissed.

Caboosh Teh Aish, henceforth known as Lenny Killer, is currently being tried for the murder of Lenny. You are the acting jury in this murder trial. Here is the evidence against him. Lenny Killer showed very little surprise and acted in a suspicious manner when he first received the news that Lenny had been murdered. He stated that his alibi was that at a cabin in the woods. When pressed he revealed that he was alone in the cabin and stated that he had not been here all week. When evidence to the contrary was presented, he attempted to lie and say that someone had been using his account without his permission. IP Analysis shows his claim to be false. It was then discovered that Lenny Killer had had previous issues with Lenny, even going so far as to admit his jealousy of Lenny's sexual magnetism. This jealousy boiled over when Lenny began making advances on Lenny Killer's crush, who's name is withheld for her personal safety. After some interrogation the lead detective got Lenny Killer to confess to the murder of Lenny and his Half-Cousin Larry. His confession was recorded as such. When he was questioned by staff member Jack of Harts, he confessed a second time. He used a radioactive poison known as Stupidium, which he had been cultivating for years for use on someone he disliked, to poison Lenny. Stupidium is a fast acting poison for which there is no cure or treatment. This evidence is irrefutable. Lenny Killer beyond a shadow of a doubt killed Lenny. If you care about justice at all, you will reach a guilty verdict.

Well, I like to know things. Little things, big things, simple things, complex things, relevant things, and things that probably won't matter no matter how long I live. To me a day without learning something is a day wasted, and I always double or triple check the things that I've learned and in the process of doing so I sometimes learn some new things. One of the other things I like to do is teach people new things. I don't just horde the knowledge that I gain, I try my best to share it with everyone.

You're going to need to learn some programming before you can do it, as well as how to use the iOS/Play Store dev tools and accounts. There are some courses that you can take online that can teach you how to program applications, but I haven't been able to find a free one as of yet. Once you get the knowledge down though the rest isn't all that difficult. It depends on the type of tummy ache that you have. If it's from overeating, laying on your side for a while will help calm your stomach down. If it's from overheating, getting your forehead, neck, and wrists wet with cool/cold water and getting some hydration will help immensely. If it's from indigestion (like gas), laying in the fetal position will not only help you pass said gas, but it will also allow you to relax while doing it resulting in your stomach feeling better. If it's from nausea or motion sickness then laying down or slowly sipping peppermint water might help. If it's from an actual illness (flu, cold, appendicitis, etc.) then I suggest taking some medication. Most of the things people do when effected by such things only work on a case by case basis. They... they don't. Not in real life. Even in Halo it isn't exactly specific on how it is supposed to function. A theory is that it allows objects moving slowly to enter and prevents objects that are moving near the speed of sound from entering, but that theory is broken when you ask how would it prevent grenades from entering. Huge discussions about this took place when Halo 3 was released because the game didn't offer any explanations for how it was supposed to function and neither did the lore, and yet it did function in a way that didn't make any sense. So basically the answer to your question is 'they work because they can'.