Isn't that rather like thinking with someone else's brain rather than your own?
*waits for someone to verbally masturbate over the wisdom of crowds and whatnot*
I think what seems silly to you (and me), seems awesome for people who just don't like to think or make choices. And I fear rather than to appease the higher-maintenance ones, the idea is to marginalize them.
In the end, (a big chunk of) market research is just about finding out what people are thinking, so you can find ways to make them think what you'd like them to think instead (ie. against their own interests, for your profit). If you can skip directly to telling them what to think because everybody is thinking it, that's, well, ace.
So yeah, it's thinking with someone else's brain, and that's exactly why it's being pushed. In case you haven't noticed, brainwashing and and robotics will pretty much be the womb in which the eternally infantile human of the future will be trapped; now take some Soma, enjoy the ride, and don't make a fuss.
That's all nice and smug coming from your armchair, but other than that, I'm not spending time debating this with some anonymous fuck. Whatever you say about yourself might as well be made up you heartless fuck.
So the standards of basic logic and actually backing up your claim don't apply to you... if you emotionally react strongly enough to something?
False dichotomy. Wikipedia could not suck balls, and be even simpler. Wikipedia sucks that way because it sucks that way, not because there is any advantage of it sucking that way.
"Most websites that look awesome"
So what? Try repeating that sentence, this time saying "ALL websites that look awesome". Bzzz, bullshit.
You're right! They only have what you give them, so don't give them anything... I'm not sure what your problem is with that?
"Besides, who gives a rat's ass what data they have."
You seem to be mighty excited, so.. you, for one. Certainly enough to make claims such as "in fact they keep little relevant personal data" with nothing to back it up:P
Some headers definately have to come first, since they pretty much indicate what the rest even means. But ETags for example... it would be wonderful to be able to send that stuff last...... but I don't think I'd be willing to cram fucking XML into packets just for that (not that there is any connection between the two, referring to the root of this thread). Fuck human readability, seriously... it has it's place but it's also highly, and mindlessly, overrated. Define it well and compact, and then you can still create viewers that turn the binary stuff into human readable things. What a concept!
For example, why do we send "status xxx: blah di bluh", instead of simply a two byte integer? Even respecting "has/had to be handled by systems which only do ASCII", it still should be "status: xxx", period, nothing more. I'm a complete noob, but even I have heard of DRY. If you want the string so badly, have a lookup table somewhere, instead of sending those strings around all the time... sorry for the rant, this stuff makes my blood boil:D
It's not like any of us can read ASCII without tools, either, nobody of us senses the magnetic patterns on the harddrive directly... so that "human-readable" is kind of a fucking joke. I mean, I know what it means, and it has merit to some extent, but still... it's also kinda dumb.
There isn't anything you cannot do with sufficient amounts of sand, water, leaves and grass. Why, you even could just declare leaves money, to hang out on the beach all day and just enjoy being rich (because when you're *that* filthy rich, you don't really have to pay for anything anyway, ever again; everybody will give you everything for free, in hopes of getting on your good side).
It's so easy and cheap to derp... but will you walk in the light of truth with me? Come on, you know you want to ^_^
Eddy declared that the Monitor's mission should be "to injure no man, but to bless all mankind."
[..]
The paper has been known for avoiding sensationalism, producing a "distinctive brand of nonhysterical journalism". In 1997, the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, a publication critical of United States policy in the Middle East, praised the Monitor for its objective and informative coverage of Islam and the Middle East.
Don't shit where you eat son, and respect your betters. Just an idea.
you might as well say they obviously didn't try that hard enough, hence the tank parade...
and who built the tanks, hmm? not high ranking party officials. they don't drive them, either.
also, I said "rise up", not "protest", not "ask". actually rising up would mean it's over before it began. when a dog shakes some fleas off, it's not a fight, is it.
and none of this applies only to china. rise the fuck up. whatever that may mean for you personally, do it.
Why do people assume that other people who are not interested in their public parading of their sexual practices, who might even find it repulsive, are being phobic?
Only you know, since that's your strawman. Why do you assume that's what I'd call homophobia?
Also, who's parading their sexual practice? They're parading the fact that they're human despite having a non-majority sexual orientation. What does the fact that you compare that to eating boogers tell me?
I don't care how it's called, anyway. I don't care if it's fear, or just a narrowminded "it's different, let's stomp it out" mentality. Show me a single smart person engaging in it... ! And show me how the AC citing Monty Python wasn't being a fuckwit in doing so, seeing the context of the quote, and considering Monty Python.
Don't try to become a protected special class
Surely you're referring to heterosexual, monogamous couples? Otherwise, wtf are you even talking about? So you have zero issues, you're just "repulsed", and you compare non-heterosexuality with eating boogers. Ummmkay.
Have you ever watched TV, opened a magazine, set foot outside? Sex sells, sexuality is flaunted all the time, that sex is predominantly heterosexual. But *that* doesn't show up on your radar, does it? WTF does wanting to legally marry have to do with fucking in the streets, or whatever pitiful thing is going on inside your head when you write this stuff?
The post I replied to was talking about the human body, in contrast to machines. I didn't imply the human body is special in that regard, so huh? Also, what's so special about mammals?:P
Don't worry, we're OK, though frightened and angry. Moscow is full
of tanks and military machines, I hate them. They try to close all
mass media, they shutted up CNN an hour ago, Soviet TV transmits
opera and old movies. But, thanks Heaven, they don't consider
RELCOM mass media or they simply forgot about it. Now we transmit
information enough to put us in prison for the rest of our life:-).
Hope all will turn out well at long last...
Polina
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 91 21:12:26 +0300 (MSD)
Thank you, Larry!
Now all information media are on, CNN transmites our
"Time" TV program, and I can watch them both!
I'v heard (may be it was CNN) that they withdraw
armed forces from Baltics cities. I'm not near the
parliament, I'm still at the computer, but the situation
on the net became lighter now and I hope to sleep a little, it was
my dream during last two days:-)
You can't even imagine, how grateful we are for your
help and support in this terrible time! The best thing
is to know, that we aren't alone.
Looking at the above, and then looking at this "discussion", I have one word for all of you: regression.
Spectator sports were bullshit 2000 years ago, and are bullshit today. Only morons care. Case completely closed as far as I'm concerned.
Other than that, surely it must be nicer to run with a 96 gram shoe that fits perfectly, than with any old running shoe, so it's still a cool invention. (Just like soccer is a perfectly fine game, *until* people start piling into stadiums and waving flags ^^)
The human body either digests or kills anything that's not marked as belonging to the body. It does allow stuff on it's surface and in the lining of the stomach I guess, but other than that, it seems to shoot first and asks questions later. Of course it can be tricked or overwhelmed, but it's not nearly as laid back as you seem to think. (Which can lead to horrible conditions where some body cells aren't recognized for some reason, and mercilessly attacked.)
The human body = mean ass motherfucker. Don't even fucking look at the guy, or he will travel back in time and drop your parents before they can meet.
Computers and operating systems, definately consumer ones = uhm... Ralph Wiggum? Yeah, that seems about right:P
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*waits for someone to verbally masturbate over the wisdom of crowds and whatnot*
I think what seems silly to you (and me), seems awesome for people who just don't like to think or make choices. And I fear rather than to appease the higher-maintenance ones, the idea is to marginalize them.
In the end, (a big chunk of) market research is just about finding out what people are thinking, so you can find ways to make them think what you'd like them to think instead (ie. against their own interests, for your profit). If you can skip directly to telling them what to think because everybody is thinking it, that's, well, ace.
So yeah, it's thinking with someone else's brain, and that's exactly why it's being pushed. In case you haven't noticed, brainwashing and and robotics will pretty much be the womb in which the eternally infantile human of the future will be trapped; now take some Soma, enjoy the ride, and don't make a fuss.
That's all nice and smug coming from your armchair, but other than that, I'm not spending time debating this with some anonymous fuck. Whatever you say about yourself might as well be made up you heartless fuck.
That is exactly right. Now git.
False dichotomy. Wikipedia could not suck balls, and be even simpler. Wikipedia sucks that way because it sucks that way, not because there is any advantage of it sucking that way.
"Most websites that look awesome"
So what? Try repeating that sentence, this time saying "ALL websites that look awesome". Bzzz, bullshit.
And what do ads have to do with anything?
"Had you provided an insightful comment maybe then AC would have been a sensible choice."
Point out how it's not an insightful comment. Just you stating so doesn't cut it.
"Your post gave me that feeling I get when I see an old laptop that has covers missing and has been stripped of its hard-drive and RAM."
That's awesome. Now shit or get off the pot.
You're right! They only have what you give them, so don't give them anything... I'm not sure what your problem is with that?
"Besides, who gives a rat's ass what data they have."
You seem to be mighty excited, so.. you, for one. Certainly enough to make claims such as "in fact they keep little relevant personal data" with nothing to back it up :P
Nazis scum is despicable -- no argument needed, only a Nazi'd ask for one.
Does the above strike you as circular and maybe even unfair? GOOD.
Good.
Some headers definately have to come first, since they pretty much indicate what the rest even means. But ETags for example... it would be wonderful to be able to send that stuff last... ... but I don't think I'd be willing to cram fucking XML into packets just for that (not that there is any connection between the two, referring to the root of this thread). Fuck human readability, seriously... it has it's place but it's also highly, and mindlessly, overrated. Define it well and compact, and then you can still create viewers that turn the binary stuff into human readable things. What a concept!
For example, why do we send "status xxx: blah di bluh", instead of simply a two byte integer? Even respecting "has/had to be handled by systems which only do ASCII", it still should be "status: xxx", period, nothing more. I'm a complete noob, but even I have heard of DRY. If you want the string so badly, have a lookup table somewhere, instead of sending those strings around all the time... sorry for the rant, this stuff makes my blood boil :D
It's not like any of us can read ASCII without tools, either, nobody of us senses the magnetic patterns on the harddrive directly... so that "human-readable" is kind of a fucking joke. I mean, I know what it means, and it has merit to some extent, but still... it's also kinda dumb.
There isn't anything you cannot do with sufficient amounts of sand, water, leaves and grass. Why, you even could just declare leaves money, to hang out on the beach all day and just enjoy being rich (because when you're *that* filthy rich, you don't really have to pay for anything anyway, ever again; everybody will give you everything for free, in hopes of getting on your good side).
That's a side of Bruce Springsteen I never heard about before! Thanks for sharing.
It has an E instead of an A. That's good enough, right?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christian_Science_Monitor
It's so easy and cheap to derp... but will you walk in the light of truth with me? Come on, you know you want to ^_^
Don't shit where you eat son, and respect your betters. Just an idea.
May you be distracted by happy occurances and opportunities for love on your way to revenge.. but failing that, may you kick his ass :P
you might as well say they obviously didn't try that hard enough, hence the tank parade...
and who built the tanks, hmm? not high ranking party officials. they don't drive them, either.
also, I said "rise up", not "protest", not "ask". actually rising up would mean it's over before it began. when a dog shakes some fleas off, it's not a fight, is it.
and none of this applies only to china. rise the fuck up. whatever that may mean for you personally, do it.
Only you know, since that's your strawman. Why do you assume that's what I'd call homophobia?
Also, who's parading their sexual practice? They're parading the fact that they're human despite having a non-majority sexual orientation. What does the fact that you compare that to eating boogers tell me?
I don't care how it's called, anyway. I don't care if it's fear, or just a narrowminded "it's different, let's stomp it out" mentality. Show me a single smart person engaging in it... ! And show me how the AC citing Monty Python wasn't being a fuckwit in doing so, seeing the context of the quote, and considering Monty Python.
Surely you're referring to heterosexual, monogamous couples? Otherwise, wtf are you even talking about? So you have zero issues, you're just "repulsed", and you compare non-heterosexuality with eating boogers. Ummmkay.
Have you ever watched TV, opened a magazine, set foot outside? Sex sells, sexuality is flaunted all the time, that sex is predominantly heterosexual. But *that* doesn't show up on your radar, does it? WTF does wanting to legally marry have to do with fucking in the streets, or whatever pitiful thing is going on inside your head when you write this stuff?
Riddle me this, you smug clowns.
The solution is to rise up, not to play along.
The post I replied to was talking about the human body, in contrast to machines. I didn't imply the human body is special in that regard, so huh? Also, what's so special about mammals? :P
Awwww! Isn't it cute how you're projecting :D
Also See Noam Chomsky, or Gustav Landauer.
With what? With "does allow stuff [..] in the lining of the stomach", for example? :P
What's with the snarks? What's so funny?
http://cis471.blogspot.com/2011/01/before-twitter-revolutions-there-was.html
http://w2.eff.org/Activism/russian_coup_netuse.article
Looking at the above, and then looking at this "discussion", I have one word for all of you: regression.
Spectator sports were bullshit 2000 years ago, and are bullshit today. Only morons care. Case completely closed as far as I'm concerned.
Other than that, surely it must be nicer to run with a 96 gram shoe that fits perfectly, than with any old running shoe, so it's still a cool invention. (Just like soccer is a perfectly fine game, *until* people start piling into stadiums and waving flags ^^)
Yeah, that's what I was thinking of, but the term escaped me; thanks. They may be rare, but when they occur, oh boy :(
You mean they're no longer using individual brush strokes, because they have complete symbols now?
Or did you mean to say they forgot how computers work? You wish ^^
The human body either digests or kills anything that's not marked as belonging to the body. It does allow stuff on it's surface and in the lining of the stomach I guess, but other than that, it seems to shoot first and asks questions later. Of course it can be tricked or overwhelmed, but it's not nearly as laid back as you seem to think. (Which can lead to horrible conditions where some body cells aren't recognized for some reason, and mercilessly attacked.)
The human body = mean ass motherfucker. Don't even fucking look at the guy, or he will travel back in time and drop your parents before they can meet.
Computers and operating systems, definately consumer ones = uhm... Ralph Wiggum? Yeah, that seems about right :P