As an aside, though - Why would you "friend" a deadbeat you haven't even bothered to talk to in 20 years? Anyone I would want to have stayed in contact with - I did.
Anyone can fall on hard times. Employment happens.
one company determines if you are friends with someone who was late paying back a loan;
why?
a few decades ago banks would ask you for character references when you applied for a loan.
If I friend a guy I knew 20 years ago in high school who didn't pay off a loan, what does that have to do with my ability to pay off a loan? Not a damn thing.
Some level of tracking, advertising and marketing IS worth it, even to the most tin-foil hatter types.
Regulation is better than none of it, period, because without it, life gets considerably harder and just downright shitty, even for adventurous people.
Would I hell want to go around trying to enter nondescript buildings trying to find out where the hell the café is.
Society would grind to a halt.
You're argument seems to be that if we didn't have advertising we'd never know where or what we need, when we need it. That's absurd. If we need some product or service, we can just look it up on the internet (or a phone book), rather than have their ads shoved down our throats 24-7. Even without that...if I need a toaster, I know what stores to go to.
"I look back at my decisions and wonder, 'How on earth could I, a junior analyst, possibly believe I could change the world for the better over the decisions of those with the proper authority?'"
That struck me as an apology for the action itself.
You really believe that? That statement is so densely packed with sarcasm you could use it as an armor piercing round.
Not the same direction. The industry just threw 3D TV at us and expected everyone to buy it. Nobody wanted it...not even while they were developing it. But in the case of the Rift...every gamer I know is just drooling over this thing. And so am I. Even if it makes me motion sick...I'll still throw out a few hundred dollars for it.
I don't think so. In otherowrds, there's tons of better ways to spend all the billions injected into this project.
Yes, the better ways seem to be blowing people up, monitoring their communications, and incarcerating the perpetrators of victimless crimes... essentially state sponsored terrorism. Wouldn't want to give any of that money to fund science when we can use it bash peoples heads in, right?
Can some explain to me why the only stories about 3D printing that make the news are ridiculously paranoid? Anyone can print out a secret key. Anyone can print out shitty plastic gun. What's next? Anyone can print out a bat'leth? Anyone can print out a plastic pressure cooker and make a plastic bomb? Anyone can print out plastic kiddie porn? Not one story discussing the incredible potential? Like, machines printing out copies of itself? Or the effects on a society and economy where any product can be downloaded and printed? None of that interesting stuff? Just the fear and paranoia stuff?
Of all the programs our government spends money on, you pick up NASA? I can see your argument with regard to having a manned space program which costs a great deal more. But this? Especially when it has clear commercial potential. WTF?
Well, considering the number of and resolution of images sent back Mars and the moon and various spacecraft is limited by the amount of time it takes to transmit all that data, and the amount of power it takes to transmit it...this is a no brainer. It's advantages are so blatantly obvious that it's kind of sad you can't see that. Are you sure you belong here?
Uh...windows has had a window based defrag utility at least since Windows 2000. Can't remember if 95 or 98 had it, but MS-DOS had a defrag utility. Not sure where you got this 5-years-ago thing.
Seriously, this entire thread is one of the best examples of why I hate both my industry and coworkers. It's just a horrible culture filled with petty superficial people.
I don't think it's necessarily industry. It's the anonymity of the internet that encourages petty behavior in otherwise normal people.
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As an aside, though - Why would you "friend" a deadbeat you haven't even bothered to talk to in 20 years? Anyone I would want to have stayed in contact with - I did.
Anyone can fall on hard times. Employment happens.
one company determines if you are friends with someone who was late paying back a loan;
why? a few decades ago banks would ask you for character references when you applied for a loan.
If I friend a guy I knew 20 years ago in high school who didn't pay off a loan, what does that have to do with my ability to pay off a loan? Not a damn thing.
Ah, the old, we-might-be-bad-but-we're-not-as-bad-the-really-really-bad-so-we're-not-so-bad argument. Gets 'em every time.
Elaborate. There has never been a difference. If the NSA overhears you talking about buying a brick of weed, they send that to the DEA
Because we give spy agencies greater powers than we give to domestic law enforcement agencies...because of a little thing called the Bill of Rights.
And it's important to know the basics,
The basics: Buy low, sell high
Some level of tracking, advertising and marketing IS worth it, even to the most tin-foil hatter types. Regulation is better than none of it, period, because without it, life gets considerably harder and just downright shitty, even for adventurous people. Would I hell want to go around trying to enter nondescript buildings trying to find out where the hell the café is. Society would grind to a halt.
You're argument seems to be that if we didn't have advertising we'd never know where or what we need, when we need it. That's absurd. If we need some product or service, we can just look it up on the internet (or a phone book), rather than have their ads shoved down our throats 24-7. Even without that...if I need a toaster, I know what stores to go to.
You cannot trust Google or the cloud with your data.
Doesn't this really boils down to, you can't trust your government? Nothing is safe.
"I look back at my decisions and wonder, 'How on earth could I, a junior analyst, possibly believe I could change the world for the better over the decisions of those with the proper authority?'"
That struck me as an apology for the action itself.
You really believe that? That statement is so densely packed with sarcasm you could use it as an armor piercing round.
Loss of consciousness isn't death though.
Look back at how things have changed since 1863 and you can't begin to comprehend where we could be in even 100 more years.
I wasn't alive in 1863....and neither were you.
Alluding to an issue of mistrust
Now you know how it feels, NSA. Can we fire 90% of you? Please?
Found this: http://artbell.com/
Wow...might actually resubscribe to SiriusXM if that happens. Loved Coast to Coast before George Noory killed it.
In theory the moderation system should take care of that. Just filter out everything below 2.
Not the same direction. The industry just threw 3D TV at us and expected everyone to buy it. Nobody wanted it...not even while they were developing it. But in the case of the Rift...every gamer I know is just drooling over this thing. And so am I. Even if it makes me motion sick...I'll still throw out a few hundred dollars for it.
I don't think so. In otherowrds, there's tons of better ways to spend all the billions injected into this project.
Yes, the better ways seem to be blowing people up, monitoring their communications, and incarcerating the perpetrators of victimless crimes... essentially state sponsored terrorism. Wouldn't want to give any of that money to fund science when we can use it bash peoples heads in, right?
Can some explain to me why the only stories about 3D printing that make the news are ridiculously paranoid? Anyone can print out a secret key. Anyone can print out shitty plastic gun. What's next? Anyone can print out a bat'leth? Anyone can print out a plastic pressure cooker and make a plastic bomb? Anyone can print out plastic kiddie porn? Not one story discussing the incredible potential? Like, machines printing out copies of itself? Or the effects on a society and economy where any product can be downloaded and printed? None of that interesting stuff? Just the fear and paranoia stuff?
Of all the programs our government spends money on, you pick up NASA? I can see your argument with regard to having a manned space program which costs a great deal more. But this? Especially when it has clear commercial potential. WTF?
Well, considering the number of and resolution of images sent back Mars and the moon and various spacecraft is limited by the amount of time it takes to transmit all that data, and the amount of power it takes to transmit it...this is a no brainer. It's advantages are so blatantly obvious that it's kind of sad you can't see that. Are you sure you belong here?
Just what we need. Drones on the road.
Uh...windows has had a window based defrag utility at least since Windows 2000. Can't remember if 95 or 98 had it, but MS-DOS had a defrag utility. Not sure where you got this 5-years-ago thing.
Seriously, this entire thread is one of the best examples of why I hate both my industry and coworkers. It's just a horrible culture filled with petty superficial people.
I don't think it's necessarily industry. It's the anonymity of the internet that encourages petty behavior in otherwise normal people.
Who are these people who love the ribbon? He's the first one I've ever heard of.
It's not worth fighting....it's worth totally ignoring. This kitty has a nasty meow, but no teeth or claws.
Not sure I would seriously consider legal threats from someone who uses the word "coz" in their email.