I see nothing but rednecks all day...I wonder if the rest of the world is comprised entirely of them? Did ya try actually looking at the numbers? Try checking out Amazon's bestsellers for the Computer and Video Games category for an idea.
Actually, IIRC, I think the cars in Minority Report seemed to only be automated on the highway. Didn't our favorite Scientologist drive it away from the factory and to his ex-wife's house? This is still a good idea and one which has already been tested, somewhere in California IIRC (without lane changes, though). A child has no business playing on a six-lane highway with cars moving at 80MPH anyway, just as a child has no business playing around on an airport runway.
As for the train switch problem, I remember a concept in one of my philosophy classes, although I don't remember what it's called, that stated something to the effect of the best choice being one which harms the fewest/benefits the most people. So, if you know there are more people on that train and your train than there are people who will be killed on the other track, it's a better choice to go ahead and throw the switch. I, for one, would kill a sleeping guy/playing child/family in a car to save two passenger trains from colliding and killing/injuring even MORE people...but that's just me.
Amazon probably outsources a lot of its call-center related jobs to India...so I'm not surprised the Indians are doing whatever they can to protect Amazon in order to keep as many jobs as possible.
Good...I think we were all pretty tired of Pyongyang sitting there, all fraction-like. Or maybe it's their nuclear shenanigans we're tired of. Either way, I'm glad it's whole again.
Oh man, thank you for that. I don't have mod points (just registered, and anyway you're already at +5) but I haven't laughed that hard in a really long time.
"I'd pay extra to be on a flight where everyone has enough maturity, patience and self-control to stop whining about loud drunk guys and the headphones-too-loud jerk - who happen to be much more easy to ignore than the kid behind me kicking my seat or playing with the fold down table while I'm trying to sleep, or the kid next to me screaming and crying for who knows what reason, or the kid across the aisle who's gotten airsick and just puked everywhere and it stinks like mad."
I love kids, I really do, and in fact, one time a little boy who was probably 6 sat next to me on a flight and was the friendliest kid ever, we played go fish for most of the flight...it was fun.
But at the same time, there are too many kids that can't/don't behave that well. Sometimes it's out of their control, but hey, that's what happens when you're young - you're not allowed to do "older people stuff" like (hypothetically, in the context of this thread) fly on a plane, or buy beer or porn.
So you go start your "no alcohol and no music" airline, and I'll start my "no kids" airline. We'll see who does more business.
Quit your bitching and calm down...the OP never said anything about DENYING people with children access to airline travel in general. There's a difference. Kids are annoying on flights. They scream, they cry, they puke, they play with the tray table while I'm trying to sleep (most annoying). I'm not saying they shouldn't be allowed on ANY planes, but to me there's nothing wrong with the concept of an airline that doesn't allow kids, as long as there are still alternative options for people who have kids. I'd jump on it myself if fares were competitive and it didn't cost more than, say, a 15% premium over airlines with children.
Here in Virginia, you can get a phishing license for like $10 at tons of different places...no need to steal identities to get them, they hand them out to just about anyone. I don't know what these guys were thinking...
I'm sure you're not alone. I don't even own an iPod, but whenever I use a friend's, I always do the same thing. I'm not sure if there's a sensitivity setting, but I find myself having to put WAY too much effort to not scroll too far or not far enough. Frankly, I can't stand the clickwheel. I'd rather click, because I know exactly how far a click takes me.
It's enough to make me think twice about buying an iPod when I do end up getting a decent portable DMP.
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Wow...I haven't had watery eyes from laughing in a REALLY long time...rock on, man...thank you.
I'll see your gain booster and raise you a punch in the face when you talk on the cell phone while sitting behind me at the movies =P
I see nothing but rednecks all day...I wonder if the rest of the world is comprised entirely of them? Did ya try actually looking at the numbers? Try checking out Amazon's bestsellers for the Computer and Video Games category for an idea.
Actually, IIRC, I think the cars in Minority Report seemed to only be automated on the highway. Didn't our favorite Scientologist drive it away from the factory and to his ex-wife's house? This is still a good idea and one which has already been tested, somewhere in California IIRC (without lane changes, though). A child has no business playing on a six-lane highway with cars moving at 80MPH anyway, just as a child has no business playing around on an airport runway.
As for the train switch problem, I remember a concept in one of my philosophy classes, although I don't remember what it's called, that stated something to the effect of the best choice being one which harms the fewest/benefits the most people. So, if you know there are more people on that train and your train than there are people who will be killed on the other track, it's a better choice to go ahead and throw the switch. I, for one, would kill a sleeping guy/playing child/family in a car to save two passenger trains from colliding and killing/injuring even MORE people...but that's just me.
Seminal? I'm putting my money on Paris.
Shut up you queer. Wait a minute...
Amazon probably outsources a lot of its call-center related jobs to India...so I'm not surprised the Indians are doing whatever they can to protect Amazon in order to keep as many jobs as possible.
I believe what he really said was "I'm going to FUCKING SQUIRT you my kid."
Good...I think we were all pretty tired of Pyongyang sitting there, all fraction-like. Or maybe it's their nuclear shenanigans we're tired of. Either way, I'm glad it's whole again.
Oh man, thank you for that. I don't have mod points (just registered, and anyway you're already at +5) but I haven't laughed that hard in a really long time.
You realize of course that some of us like to laugh at things called "jokes," right? Have those been invented in your neck of the woods?
"I'd pay extra to be on a flight where everyone has enough maturity, patience and self-control to stop whining about loud drunk guys and the headphones-too-loud jerk - who happen to be much more easy to ignore than the kid behind me kicking my seat or playing with the fold down table while I'm trying to sleep, or the kid next to me screaming and crying for who knows what reason, or the kid across the aisle who's gotten airsick and just puked everywhere and it stinks like mad." I love kids, I really do, and in fact, one time a little boy who was probably 6 sat next to me on a flight and was the friendliest kid ever, we played go fish for most of the flight...it was fun. But at the same time, there are too many kids that can't/don't behave that well. Sometimes it's out of their control, but hey, that's what happens when you're young - you're not allowed to do "older people stuff" like (hypothetically, in the context of this thread) fly on a plane, or buy beer or porn. So you go start your "no alcohol and no music" airline, and I'll start my "no kids" airline. We'll see who does more business.
Quit your bitching and calm down...the OP never said anything about DENYING people with children access to airline travel in general. There's a difference. Kids are annoying on flights. They scream, they cry, they puke, they play with the tray table while I'm trying to sleep (most annoying). I'm not saying they shouldn't be allowed on ANY planes, but to me there's nothing wrong with the concept of an airline that doesn't allow kids, as long as there are still alternative options for people who have kids. I'd jump on it myself if fares were competitive and it didn't cost more than, say, a 15% premium over airlines with children.
Here in Virginia, you can get a phishing license for like $10 at tons of different places...no need to steal identities to get them, they hand them out to just about anyone. I don't know what these guys were thinking...
I'm sure you're not alone. I don't even own an iPod, but whenever I use a friend's, I always do the same thing. I'm not sure if there's a sensitivity setting, but I find myself having to put WAY too much effort to not scroll too far or not far enough. Frankly, I can't stand the clickwheel. I'd rather click, because I know exactly how far a click takes me. It's enough to make me think twice about buying an iPod when I do end up getting a decent portable DMP.
Hmmm...AOL...tube clogging...I know there's a joke in there somewhere... "You've got internets!"
Agreed, however, I still think the cake should have been shaped like a chair.