If you are so intelligent, why are you committing the logical fallacy of broad-brush painting? I am intelligent and literate (or at least my Lit degree would make me think I am) AND I like NASCAR and some reality shows. I also like musicals, heavy metal, opera, ballet, and a variety of other otherwise incongruous-sounding activities.
I do, however, like your comment about the modern notion of the right wing to glorify ignorance and ridicule intellect (thanks GW!).
Doesn't sound like a real Libertarian to me. I understand the sentiment though. At some point the outliers will be so minuscule that they won't be worth the vendors' efforts to keep bringing along outdated technologies. Gotta draw the line somewhere, and I think dial-up connections are on the wrong side of the line I'm proposing be drawn.
My first thought was exactly in line with your post. Now I can sign my time card and access my work Sharepoint page faster, since those are the only two things I'd ever use IE for (because I have to, not because I want to).
because it is utterly, strategically foolish to build on a framework that is programmed by 50 ever-changing group of developers in a closed company that can change its priorities at any given point
But any good company will keep the same two or three strategic employees (through good compensation) to keep the framework focused. It's called management. Letting other 47 ever-changing guys run around unmanaged is akin to the inmates running the asylum.
- noone fixes any issues with the framework but those 50-100
- priorities of the company matter. if company thinks issues with that product/framework are lower priority, they wont get fixed until company decides otherwise.
"The Company" is those 50-100 people making the changes, and the 2 or 3 key people I mentioned above set priorities. How is this a bad thing? Again, no program could succeed letting all 47 other people make decisions...nothing would ever get done.
- the company decides whether something needs upgrading or not, noone else.
As opposed to random intern or new guy out of college? How is that bad? Besides, customers decide whether something needs upgrading or not, because they are the one paying for it.
it may decide to push an upgrade despite it is not necessary, and therefore cause a lot of hassle and expenses to everyone,
I've learned that "nice to have" features and things like training never happen because nobody is willing to pay for them. Therefore, companies don't push updates that aren't necessary (i.e. nobody is paying for).
I guess my mileage indeed varies, but this is my world view working for a 500 employee software company that has several product lines.
Why do people keep insisting that PSP and iPhone games will supplant full-blown console games? They aren't even the same thing, to start with. I mean, unless I can hook up my wheel and pedals to my iPhone, then hook it up to a large screen display and into my surround sound, this is like saying the Sony Walkman will replace live concert audio systems.
Well even though I rarely agreed with George Bush, it would be catastrophic for me to go without oxygen just because George Bush declared oxygen important to human life.
I miss the days when Apple was associated with liberal causes.
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I don't get those guys either. I just bought a decently spec'd Win7 box with 20" monitor for about $390 and threw in a 3d card for fun. I wouldn't have been able to build the same spec'd box for less money. Maybe it's different on the high end, but then again, I'd never spend money on the high end for a computer that runs Windows.
And every Mac tower I've owned has not even required a screw driver. But since the original complaint was that the all-in-one iMac requires "special tools" such as a torx wrench, phillips screw driver and suction cups, I called b.s.
You are comparing a small form factor all-in-one Mac Mini to a regular tower PC? Well, with that bad comparison, let me tell you...I have the damndest time hauling plywood in my Mini Cooper. I guess that makes a Ford F-150 a much better car.
While Apple strongly recommends that you retain the services of an Apple Authorized Service Provider to perform any product upgrades or expansions, you will not void your Apple warranty if you choose to upgrade or expand your computer yourself. However, if in the course of adding an upgrade or expansion product to your computer, you damage your Apple computer (either through the installation of, or incompatibility of the upgrade or expansion product), Apple's warranty will not cover the cost of repair, or future related repairs.
It wouldn't have mattered if they were wearing the press vests...the still would have been fired upon because they were mixed in with valid military targets. I have no problem with that aspect of the story. AS I was saying, my problem is with the author of the blog who blatantly considers journalists to be valid targets just because they are reporting from the enemy side.
I have a problem with the guy on the linked site declaring journalists as fair game because they are siding with the enemy. They are non-combatants, even if they are reporting from the enemy side. The author of the linked blog has it wrong in stating just by being embedded with enemy forces, they too become valid enemy targets.
Hmmm. I drive about 15 miles one way to work every day. While it seems tedious to do so, I enjoy every moment. It starts with driving a vehicle you enjoy. If I drove a Chevy Cobalt with automatic transmission, I'd probably tire of driving as well, but I don't--"no boring cars!"
Well you almost exactly right. A good racing sim provides the visual (and sometimes force-feedback) feedback you need to correct and sense when your car is losing traction from the in-car view. You most likely are switching to 3rd person because the game you are playing has a crappy in-car view, which makes it a poor game, in my humble opinion.
Well I race in real life (karting) and I can tell you that peripheral vision is over rated. Most of the time you are tunnel visioned way out on the horizon to find your braking and turn in points.
People new to karting that don't adapt quickly are the ones that look all around or focus 10-15 feet in front of their kart. You need to constantly be focused way out in front of the kart, peripheral vision be damned.
Only a moron can't differentiate between Nurburgring GT4 version and real life. Then again, only morons can't differentiate between stealing a cop car in GTA and real life either, based on the news stories you read...
You left out some important real sims (and I can't vouch for Live for Speed)...Grand Prix Legends, and the NASCAR 2004 series, for example. Also, the GT prologue was a lot more realistic than the previous versions...now if the full version ever arrives...
You've stumbled upon what I've said for years. If somebody is good at a lot of things, they are most likely going to be good at playing a computer game as well. If they are good at racing sims, given the seat time and budget required for real racing, they are probably apt to be pretty good at racing as well.
The serious sims are good at things like teaching you braking points, driving lines, memorizing parts of a track quickly based on visual cues, how to modulate the throttle to handle increasing/decreasing radius corners, etc. Sims are NOT good at doing things like recovering from locked up brakes or four wheel drifting, because you can't get a feel for the mechanics involved.
"Real" racing sims don't even allow for a third person view like this. This story validates why serious sims don't have that view. I used to race in online leagues where it was illegal to enter races without a steering wheel/pedal and the game forced the in-car view on everyone in the race.
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No. They are however trying to sue Android out of existence,
Citation please.
if you jailbreak your iPad to install a Python interpreter, according to Apple you're a criminal.
Citation please.
Seriously, could you inject any more personal bias? While I haven't heard of an Apple lawsuit against Android, I don't doubt one exists. I do, however, doubt that Apple has any motivation of suing them until they no longer exist.
Secondly, if you'd like to cite one single criminal case against anybody who has jailbroken their Apple product, I'm all ears. There's a difference between not providing support and pressing criminal charges against somebody.
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Well I downloaded well over 5 GB just last night and didn't even use a web browser to do so.
If you are so intelligent, why are you committing the logical fallacy of broad-brush painting? I am intelligent and literate (or at least my Lit degree would make me think I am) AND I like NASCAR and some reality shows. I also like musicals, heavy metal, opera, ballet, and a variety of other otherwise incongruous-sounding activities.
I do, however, like your comment about the modern notion of the right wing to glorify ignorance and ridicule intellect (thanks GW!).
Doesn't sound like a real Libertarian to me. I understand the sentiment though. At some point the outliers will be so minuscule that they won't be worth the vendors' efforts to keep bringing along outdated technologies. Gotta draw the line somewhere, and I think dial-up connections are on the wrong side of the line I'm proposing be drawn.
My first thought was exactly in line with your post. Now I can sign my time card and access my work Sharepoint page faster, since those are the only two things I'd ever use IE for (because I have to, not because I want to).
because it is utterly, strategically foolish to build on a framework that is programmed by 50 ever-changing group of developers in a closed company that can change its priorities at any given point
But any good company will keep the same two or three strategic employees (through good compensation) to keep the framework focused. It's called management. Letting other 47 ever-changing guys run around unmanaged is akin to the inmates running the asylum.
- noone fixes any issues with the framework but those 50-100
- priorities of the company matter. if company thinks issues with that product/framework are lower priority, they wont get fixed until company decides otherwise.
"The Company" is those 50-100 people making the changes, and the 2 or 3 key people I mentioned above set priorities. How is this a bad thing? Again, no program could succeed letting all 47 other people make decisions...nothing would ever get done.
- the company decides whether something needs upgrading or not, noone else.
As opposed to random intern or new guy out of college? How is that bad? Besides, customers decide whether something needs upgrading or not, because they are the one paying for it.
it may decide to push an upgrade despite it is not necessary, and therefore cause a lot of hassle and expenses to everyone,
I've learned that "nice to have" features and things like training never happen because nobody is willing to pay for them. Therefore, companies don't push updates that aren't necessary (i.e. nobody is paying for).
I guess my mileage indeed varies, but this is my world view working for a 500 employee software company that has several product lines.
One Single Console to Rule them All...isn't that a PC? I mean, isn't that the argument FOR PCs and against Macs in every PC vs. Mac thread ever?
Why do people keep insisting that PSP and iPhone games will supplant full-blown console games? They aren't even the same thing, to start with. I mean, unless I can hook up my wheel and pedals to my iPhone, then hook it up to a large screen display and into my surround sound, this is like saying the Sony Walkman will replace live concert audio systems.
Wow. You let your interests be manipulated by the opinions of others so easily? :-/
Guess you're not a fan of rottentomatoes.com or food reviews or editorial pages?
Well even though I rarely agreed with George Bush, it would be catastrophic for me to go without oxygen just because George Bush declared oxygen important to human life.
I miss the days when Apple was associated with liberal causes.
I don't get those guys either. I just bought a decently spec'd Win7 box with 20" monitor for about $390 and threw in a 3d card for fun. I wouldn't have been able to build the same spec'd box for less money. Maybe it's different on the high end, but then again, I'd never spend money on the high end for a computer that runs Windows.
And every Mac tower I've owned has not even required a screw driver. But since the original complaint was that the all-in-one iMac requires "special tools" such as a torx wrench, phillips screw driver and suction cups, I called b.s.
You are comparing a small form factor all-in-one Mac Mini to a regular tower PC? Well, with that bad comparison, let me tell you...I have the damndest time hauling plywood in my Mini Cooper. I guess that makes a Ford F-150 a much better car.
And furthermore:
While Apple strongly recommends that you retain the services of an Apple Authorized Service Provider to perform any product upgrades or expansions, you will not void your Apple warranty if you choose to upgrade or expand your computer yourself. However, if in the course of adding an upgrade or expansion product to your computer, you damage your Apple computer (either through the installation of, or incompatibility of the upgrade or expansion product), Apple's warranty will not cover the cost of repair, or future related repairs.
You can't upgrade the hard drive on an iMac without voiding the warranty.
Wrong. What a tired myth. I upgraded my iMac hard drive and had warranty service on the computer months later.
You need specialized tools to remove the screen,
Wrong, unless you want to contend a $2 Torx screwdriver is "specialized". http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10210484-17.html
and it's generally a pain in the ass.
One out of three isn't bad.
It wouldn't have mattered if they were wearing the press vests...the still would have been fired upon because they were mixed in with valid military targets. I have no problem with that aspect of the story. AS I was saying, my problem is with the author of the blog who blatantly considers journalists to be valid targets just because they are reporting from the enemy side.
I have a problem with the guy on the linked site declaring journalists as fair game because they are siding with the enemy. They are non-combatants, even if they are reporting from the enemy side. The author of the linked blog has it wrong in stating just by being embedded with enemy forces, they too become valid enemy targets.
Hmmm. I drive about 15 miles one way to work every day. While it seems tedious to do so, I enjoy every moment. It starts with driving a vehicle you enjoy. If I drove a Chevy Cobalt with automatic transmission, I'd probably tire of driving as well, but I don't--"no boring cars!"
Well you almost exactly right. A good racing sim provides the visual (and sometimes force-feedback) feedback you need to correct and sense when your car is losing traction from the in-car view. You most likely are switching to 3rd person because the game you are playing has a crappy in-car view, which makes it a poor game, in my humble opinion.
Well I race in real life (karting) and I can tell you that peripheral vision is over rated. Most of the time you are tunnel visioned way out on the horizon to find your braking and turn in points.
People new to karting that don't adapt quickly are the ones that look all around or focus 10-15 feet in front of their kart. You need to constantly be focused way out in front of the kart, peripheral vision be damned.
I find it easier to drive an R/C car from the third person perspective than driving it from inside the cockpit.
Only a moron can't differentiate between Nurburgring GT4 version and real life. Then again, only morons can't differentiate between stealing a cop car in GTA and real life either, based on the news stories you read...
You left out some important real sims (and I can't vouch for Live for Speed)...Grand Prix Legends, and the NASCAR 2004 series, for example. Also, the GT prologue was a lot more realistic than the previous versions...now if the full version ever arrives...
You've stumbled upon what I've said for years. If somebody is good at a lot of things, they are most likely going to be good at playing a computer game as well. If they are good at racing sims, given the seat time and budget required for real racing, they are probably apt to be pretty good at racing as well.
The serious sims are good at things like teaching you braking points, driving lines, memorizing parts of a track quickly based on visual cues, how to modulate the throttle to handle increasing/decreasing radius corners, etc. Sims are NOT good at doing things like recovering from locked up brakes or four wheel drifting, because you can't get a feel for the mechanics involved.
"Real" racing sims don't even allow for a third person view like this. This story validates why serious sims don't have that view. I used to race in online leagues where it was illegal to enter races without a steering wheel/pedal and the game forced the in-car view on everyone in the race.
No. They are however trying to sue Android out of existence,
Citation please.
if you jailbreak your iPad to install a Python interpreter, according to Apple you're a criminal.
Citation please.
Seriously, could you inject any more personal bias? While I haven't heard of an Apple lawsuit against Android, I don't doubt one exists. I do, however, doubt that Apple has any motivation of suing them until they no longer exist.
Secondly, if you'd like to cite one single criminal case against anybody who has jailbroken their Apple product, I'm all ears. There's a difference between not providing support and pressing criminal charges against somebody.