Oh come now, this is just more "get off my lawn" sour grapes. Every new generation that comes along thinks SNL stopped being funny about a decade ago.
I know an SNL writer and he tells me that SNL is no longer funny because Lorne Michaels has his pet writers who actually are no longer funny. The writers who are actually funny have no power and their stuff is chosen less frequently than the old guard. I find this ironic, since I too think that SNL hasn't been funny since about the Mike Meyers-Dana Carvey era, which means the old writers should be funny. However, by "old", I think my friend means the writers that came along during the Norm what's his face years (he was funny, the rest of the cast since then has been downhill).
Even without my little anecdote, I think it's a stretch to argue against the fact that SNL has been decreasing in quality since about the mid 1990s. It doesn't take an "get off my lawn" moment to realize this.
When Facebook added this "feature", the next time I logged in I was prompted with a big-ole dialog window informing me of all the changes, the implications of privacy, and how to change it if I didn't like the new settings.
That's all I really ask for and I don't find it unreasonable that Facebook is trying to get in as many areas as possible (through sharing everyone's stuff).
It's really easy to cancel a Facebook account too.
A driver benefits just as much from the tactile feedback they receive from the steering wheel as they do from looking where they are going. Why in the world would anyone want to steer a car and not be able to feel the road?
Evidently LOTS of people like to be removed from the driving equation given how many American cars are engineered to NOT give drivers any feedback (SUVs, large sedans like the Crown Victoria and its ilk, random crappy car with the sponge suspension and numb steering, etc.).
When you are in public, people can see you. When you broadcast signals, people can receive them. If you don't want to be seen, don't go out in public. If you don't want people to see the SSID of your AP, don't broadcast it.
If only the Google guy could have been as elegant as your example...
I guess there are only two pragmatic users left on slashdot. You and I are the only ones who seem to grasp the power of English to say the same thing two different ways.
This reminds me of the age-old slashdot argument that Al Gore really didn't say he invented the Internet, because, allthough he did say that, it was taken out of context, and what he really meant to say was...blah blah blah blah. Doesn't matter, what was said was said, and the Google guy just basically said: "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to be afraid of".
Interestingly enough, I agree with that sentiment, but find it grossly inappropriate coming from a private business. Since when has it become Google's responsibility to go sniffing around and figuring out who has something to hide?
oh yeah, like 99% of apple customers aren't about expressing themselves and their lifestyle with their choice of plastic crap.
Uh, no. Really. No. Most of us are about using a device that works well and is dependable.
you can always say "they're just jealous coz they can't afford one!"
Related to my first post, we really don't care what YOU use either. We just find it amusing that you get so obsessed with the stuff we buy for ourselves.
you are the most despicable class of consumer that i've ever known. fucking vermin.
More despicable than people who believe the grossly exaggerated stereotypes you present?
Surprise, I know, but I really really, for reals, don't care one bit what Joe Q. Public thinks about me when I'm using my MacBook at a coffee store.
I also don't care what people think about my Mazdaspeed 3 hatchback, which I personally think is totally awesome, but I bought it for me, not for my neighbor to think things about me.
I'm also not trying to "correct" what people think about me, because you can't "correct" opinions.
I'm am, however, pointing out the logical fallacy of statements like "middle class consumers worry about looking cool" or whatever. I'm pointing out that, in the name of quality discourse, broad brush strokes don't belong on slashdot, and that it is really inappropriate for such vapid comments like his to be modded "Insightful" when all he is doing is propogating tired. cliched stereotypes that say more about him than the actual people he's trying to mock.
Now where did I place my Frappmochachino and my beret?
Your snarky tone aside, there is a flaw in your logic. If they are measuring between two points in a straight line, and I get to the second point faster than the maximum speed limit, that doesn't mean I broke any speed limits. If I drive off-road, and get to the second point faster than allowed, that simply means I drove faster off-road than the highest maximum speed allowed for the fastest combination of roads and their respective speed limits.
This thing has too many loop holes. NASCAR, Formula 1 and Indy car drivers have all figured out how to defeat straight line speed limit enforcement, so it's only a matter of time for smart slashdotters to do be able to do the same.
And plenty of Apple customers don't care one bit about what people think about them, or if it is "cool" or not to be using a MacBook, iPod, iPad, iPhone, or whatever.
People who pay the ridiculous prices for stuff like premium sound and integrated video are suckers anyway. For a little more effort (i.e., being without your vehicle for a day or two) you can get three times the entertainment system in your car by going after-market.
And before anyone says it, yes I'm aware that most people don't need three times better system. Still, you can get the exact SAME system for probably a third of the cost if you go to your local car stereo shop.
Translation: do a few things really well at the expense of leaving out a long laundry-list of crappy features that nobody really wants anyways. Queue random slashdot dork comment about loving his Zune's FM tuner in 3...2...1...
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Oh come now, this is just more "get off my lawn" sour grapes. Every new generation that comes along thinks SNL stopped being funny about a decade ago.
I know an SNL writer and he tells me that SNL is no longer funny because Lorne Michaels has his pet writers who actually are no longer funny. The writers who are actually funny have no power and their stuff is chosen less frequently than the old guard. I find this ironic, since I too think that SNL hasn't been funny since about the Mike Meyers-Dana Carvey era, which means the old writers should be funny. However, by "old", I think my friend means the writers that came along during the Norm what's his face years (he was funny, the rest of the cast since then has been downhill).
Even without my little anecdote, I think it's a stretch to argue against the fact that SNL has been decreasing in quality since about the mid 1990s. It doesn't take an "get off my lawn" moment to realize this.
How do you improve on a 100% filibuster rate?
When Facebook added this "feature", the next time I logged in I was prompted with a big-ole dialog window informing me of all the changes, the implications of privacy, and how to change it if I didn't like the new settings.
That's all I really ask for and I don't find it unreasonable that Facebook is trying to get in as many areas as possible (through sharing everyone's stuff).
It's really easy to cancel a Facebook account too.
A driver benefits just as much from the tactile feedback they receive from the steering wheel as they do from looking where they are going. Why in the world would anyone want to steer a car and not be able to feel the road?
Evidently LOTS of people like to be removed from the driving equation given how many American cars are engineered to NOT give drivers any feedback (SUVs, large sedans like the Crown Victoria and its ilk, random crappy car with the sponge suspension and numb steering, etc.).
You want to know how to arrange your developers? Why in the world don't you just ask them?
Because what they want and what is best for a team of developers might not be the same thing?
When you are in public, people can see you. When you broadcast signals, people can receive them. If you don't want to be seen, don't go out in public. If you don't want people to see the SSID of your AP, don't broadcast it.
If only the Google guy could have been as elegant as your example...
I guess there are only two pragmatic users left on slashdot. You and I are the only ones who seem to grasp the power of English to say the same thing two different ways.
This reminds me of the age-old slashdot argument that Al Gore really didn't say he invented the Internet, because, allthough he did say that, it was taken out of context, and what he really meant to say was...blah blah blah blah. Doesn't matter, what was said was said, and the Google guy just basically said: "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to be afraid of".
Interestingly enough, I agree with that sentiment, but find it grossly inappropriate coming from a private business. Since when has it become Google's responsibility to go sniffing around and figuring out who has something to hide?
They blamed the dead guy before he killed himself.
I didn't know Alex Jones was a slashdot member.
you forgot time travel.
Interestingly enough, my post was modded +5 Insightful, not +5 Funny.
oh yeah, like 99% of apple customers aren't about expressing themselves and their lifestyle with their choice of plastic crap.
Uh, no. Really. No. Most of us are about using a device that works well and is dependable.
you can always say "they're just jealous coz they can't afford one!"
Related to my first post, we really don't care what YOU use either. We just find it amusing that you get so obsessed with the stuff we buy for ourselves.
you are the most despicable class of consumer that i've ever known. fucking vermin.
More despicable than people who believe the grossly exaggerated stereotypes you present?
Surprise, I know, but I really really, for reals, don't care one bit what Joe Q. Public thinks about me when I'm using my MacBook at a coffee store.
I also don't care what people think about my Mazdaspeed 3 hatchback, which I personally think is totally awesome, but I bought it for me, not for my neighbor to think things about me.
I'm also not trying to "correct" what people think about me, because you can't "correct" opinions.
I'm am, however, pointing out the logical fallacy of statements like "middle class consumers worry about looking cool" or whatever. I'm pointing out that, in the name of quality discourse, broad brush strokes don't belong on slashdot, and that it is really inappropriate for such vapid comments like his to be modded "Insightful" when all he is doing is propogating tired. cliched stereotypes that say more about him than the actual people he's trying to mock.
Now where did I place my Frappmochachino and my beret?
Your snarky tone aside, there is a flaw in your logic. If they are measuring between two points in a straight line, and I get to the second point faster than the maximum speed limit, that doesn't mean I broke any speed limits. If I drive off-road, and get to the second point faster than allowed, that simply means I drove faster off-road than the highest maximum speed allowed for the fastest combination of roads and their respective speed limits.
This thing has too many loop holes. NASCAR, Formula 1 and Indy car drivers have all figured out how to defeat straight line speed limit enforcement, so it's only a matter of time for smart slashdotters to do be able to do the same.
No kidding! I actually had to rewind my tapes, and up until about 1986, I actually had to flip the tape over on my own!
It takes even less time to smack kids who start screaming for entertainment.
It's even better when they are playing porn.
And plenty of Apple customers don't care one bit about what people think about them, or if it is "cool" or not to be using a MacBook, iPod, iPad, iPhone, or whatever.
Ipads are not news for nerds, nor are they stuff that matters. Yuck.
Egocentric much? I have absolutely NO interest in owning an iPad, but I don't pretend that they aren't big news.
With every Apple related post, there's always the angry slashdot guy who is mad that Apple killed the:
a) floppy disk
b) serial port
c) CD-ROM
d) DVD
e) USB1
f) CRT monitor
g) all of the above
It's ok though. The world's economy needs as many people to hang on to old-media as long as possible.
People who pay the ridiculous prices for stuff like premium sound and integrated video are suckers anyway. For a little more effort (i.e., being without your vehicle for a day or two) you can get three times the entertainment system in your car by going after-market.
And before anyone says it, yes I'm aware that most people don't need three times better system. Still, you can get the exact SAME system for probably a third of the cost if you go to your local car stereo shop.
Translation: do a few things really well at the expense of leaving out a long laundry-list of crappy features that nobody really wants anyways. Queue random slashdot dork comment about loving his Zune's FM tuner in 3...2...1...
So people who strive to achieve more than basic human needs, who desire to climb Maslow's hierarchy of needs, are now cult members? Funny, that.
Yes, because we all know it is impossible to develop your own software for the iPhone/Touch/iPad.
either doesn't see as a limitation, or limitations that are outweighed by other benefits of the product.
We have a winner. I'm copying and pasting this in every Apple Sux thread from here on out.