Screens that are more resistant to scratches, hinge mechanisms that don't get all loose and weird, higher resolution displays, better sound (with headphones the DS actually puts out decent sound, but the internal speakers are worthless), and larger ad-hoc wifi range.
The DS is a fantastic piece of hardware, don't get me wrong...but those are the improvements I would like to see the most, ESPECIALLY the larger ad-hoc range. When a bunch of friends and I are playing Civ Rev and I have to go to the bathroom, or one of them decides to dip out for a quick cig, it would be nice to be able to keep the wireless connected.
I personally wouldn't, but plenty of people would. Like I said, it isn't my place to judge someone's sexual appetites...but I'll judge the hell out of someone recklessly screwing around.
...I wouldn't say this is a problem with Facebook so much as a problem with fucking stupidity. It's not my place to question someone's sexual activity, but come on...who has sex with a stranger without using a condom?
Seriously though...my problem isn't that I feel like my privacy is being invaded...my problem is that it so easily could be. Tin foil hat, paranoid, whatever you want to call it...that's the honest truth.
So, your statement probably comes from the same spot is my guess. Of course, I don't know how old you are, but my guess is that your "back in the day" involves some time in your early, childhood/teenager years when you really have no worries, no mortgage, no taxes, don't have to worry about your next meal, or whether you'll have a job, haven't been jaded by bad relationships, and your hardest decision is what sugary cereal to eat in the morning.
I turn 26 in early April, but my "back in the day" comment was left purposely vauge for people to interpret however they choose.
For me personally, it means "any time before I was born."
I despise this website, but I COMPLETELY agree with this proposed amendment:
"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators or Representatives, and Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."
I no longer expect any privacy from my government. I want it, and I think it's fucked up that I don't have it...but I no longer expect it.
What the hell has happend to us as a country? Has it always been this fucked and we just have the means to know about it now? Or were things truly better back int he day?
I really don't think there's any short-term solution to the problem.
I agree, but I think the long-term solution will happen on its own. As more and more people who grew up with the internet get older, less and less computer illiterate people will be out there...eventually, there won't be anyone left who lived in a pre-internet world.
It would be interesting to see what age demographic is currently most likely to click on spam links...
I click on spam occasionally when it has be obfuscated enough for me to believe that it might be a real message. I have even found a few real messages that looked like spam.
This is one of the reasons I LOVE the default email client on my HTC Ozone...if there are links included in an email, it will show the display text and then in it will show where the link actually goes. The number of "OMG YOUR CREDIT CARD HAS BEEN HAX0R3D" emails I get that go somewhere like "freecoupondeals.com" is insane.
The type of people that would pay someone else $150 to set up a basic home theater also likely don't know you need to "sync" the glasses to the TV. The fee isn't JUST to "sync" the glasses...they are just including it as part of the whole set-up package.
I rarely defend Best Buy, but I agree...there is no malice in this offer, at least no more than Best Buy would usually muster.
HFCS is bad, but not NEARLY as bad as Crystalline Fructose, which makes an appearance in beverages like Vitamin Water. Do some google searching on it...it's much harder to break down in your liver than HFCS.
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I can't speak for others, but in my case I found the perfect woman (at least according to my standards) :-)
...but I'm more interested in:
Screens that are more resistant to scratches, hinge mechanisms that don't get all loose and weird, higher resolution displays, better sound (with headphones the DS actually puts out decent sound, but the internal speakers are worthless), and larger ad-hoc wifi range.
The DS is a fantastic piece of hardware, don't get me wrong...but those are the improvements I would like to see the most, ESPECIALLY the larger ad-hoc range. When a bunch of friends and I are playing Civ Rev and I have to go to the bathroom, or one of them decides to dip out for a quick cig, it would be nice to be able to keep the wireless connected.
It was meant to be a double meaning :-)
My favorite instance:
"Selling is legal...fucking is legal. Why isn't selling fucking legal?" -George Carlin
I personally wouldn't, but plenty of people would. Like I said, it isn't my place to judge someone's sexual appetites...but I'll judge the hell out of someone recklessly screwing around.
...I wouldn't say this is a problem with Facebook so much as a problem with fucking stupidity. It's not my place to question someone's sexual activity, but come on...who has sex with a stranger without using a condom?
Unless that's what they WANT us to think!
OH NOES!
Seriously though...my problem isn't that I feel like my privacy is being invaded...my problem is that it so easily could be. Tin foil hat, paranoid, whatever you want to call it...that's the honest truth.
So, your statement probably comes from the same spot is my guess. Of course, I don't know how old you are, but my guess is that your "back in the day" involves some time in your early, childhood/teenager years when you really have no worries, no mortgage, no taxes, don't have to worry about your next meal, or whether you'll have a job, haven't been jaded by bad relationships, and your hardest decision is what sugary cereal to eat in the morning.
I turn 26 in early April, but my "back in the day" comment was left purposely vauge for people to interpret however they choose.
For me personally, it means "any time before I was born."
Again, not referring to the census specifically, I just mean in general.
To answer your question though, Michael Jackson did a damn good job of hiding his race :p
...I wasn't referring to the census, I was just talking about in general.
Thanks for the boldness of your response, though...
You sure about that?
I realize most of those links are for British stories, but still...
I despise this website, but I COMPLETELY agree with this proposed amendment:
"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators or Representatives, and Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."
http://arkansasgopwing.blogspot.com/2009/11/amendment-28-proposed-by-citizens-of.html
I no longer expect any privacy from my government. I want it, and I think it's fucked up that I don't have it...but I no longer expect it.
What the hell has happend to us as a country? Has it always been this fucked and we just have the means to know about it now? Or were things truly better back int he day?
Sorry...I meant "computer literate" to mean "not stupid enough to click on obvious spam or phishing links"...just used the wrong phrase is all.
Pecker? I barely even know her!
I really don't think there's any short-term solution to the problem.
I agree, but I think the long-term solution will happen on its own. As more and more people who grew up with the internet get older, less and less computer illiterate people will be out there...eventually, there won't be anyone left who lived in a pre-internet world.
It would be interesting to see what age demographic is currently most likely to click on spam links...
I click on spam occasionally when it has be obfuscated enough for me to believe that it might be a real message. I have even found a few real messages that looked like spam.
This is one of the reasons I LOVE the default email client on my HTC Ozone...if there are links included in an email, it will show the display text and then in it will show where the link actually goes. The number of "OMG YOUR CREDIT CARD HAS BEEN HAX0R3D" emails I get that go somewhere like "freecoupondeals.com" is insane.
And to think, users were once considered gods and creators.
"No, Mr. End User...I expect you to DIE."
Really? I've always thought my writing was a bit lacking...I just do it because I enjoy it :/ I appreciate the praise though, thank you:-)
Never. On the (very) rare occasion I drink an American beer, it's either Shiner Bock, Yuengling, or Sam Adams Oktoberfest.
The type of people that would pay someone else $150 to set up a basic home theater also likely don't know you need to "sync" the glasses to the TV. The fee isn't JUST to "sync" the glasses...they are just including it as part of the whole set-up package.
I rarely defend Best Buy, but I agree...there is no malice in this offer, at least no more than Best Buy would usually muster.
HFCS is bad, but not NEARLY as bad as Crystalline Fructose, which makes an appearance in beverages like Vitamin Water. Do some google searching on it...it's much harder to break down in your liver than HFCS.
http://www.thefitshack.com/2007/03/28/what-is-crystalline-fructose/ for some examples.
Thanks, I think...? lol :-)
Clearly, younger-me was much better at this than I am now :(
That's usually how it goes. With most things, anyway ;-)
There is something else I've weaponized, but it won't give you that searing sensation...