I don't think it'll be that bad. Apple gaming is a different market. They'll have their games, but their games are different and cater to different people. I don't think Apple can bring itself to make a device that's optimized for gaming, with 6-8 buttons and a couple d-pads or analog sticks. Until they do, they do not really cut into Nintendo's (or MS/Sony's) gaming segment.
Sony developed the solution with the PS3: Design a difficult-to-program console and don't sell very many. It practically filters out all the shovelware! They're willing to license this technique to Nintendo...
I think that's what he's referring to. 3D technology is the current poster boy for 'unwanted technology being pushed by the big corporations'.
It seemed more like Nintendo was following Sony's lead, not the other way around. Now, I'm a Nintendo fan, and will probably get a 3DS at some point, but the 3d will play pretty much no factor in that... to me, the 3DS is simply a DS with a better, faster processor and more memory. Nice, but nothing revolutionary, and nothing that makes purchasing it seem urgent.
I view Scientific American as a tragedy. It was great a few decades ago; it's now marketing-driven crap, no better than Discovery or Popular Science. I loved that magazine as a child, re-reading articles that were miles above my head over and over, trying to puzzle out what they meant. Now I avoid reading it. Sensationalist tripe.
There are 256x256 icons? At what point do these start being called 'images' instead?
I guess it makes sense, but that's one of those things that makes me feel numb... like a 35mb calculator application, or a 1.2 gig file to store a 20 minute anime rip.
There aren't a lot of hard facts here, but I'd estimate the percentage of female posters as no more than a couple percent, and the number of transgendered as less than one in a thousand. Plus, more importantly, you write like a guy.
I know that seems sexist (although I would argue it's not). I know that's doesn't prove anything with logical certainty. But as a practical matter, it doesn't need to.
We have a different type of electronic voting. Oregon uses vote by mail, and each person fills out a scan-tron form (something a 2nd grader can do). Not only is there a paper trail, but it is proven technology.
Voting intimidation is eliminated when you vote in your own home and you don't have to deal with crowded poll places. I don't understand why more states don't do this.
It's not a complete panacea. There is still potential of voter intimidation and fraud; intercepted mail, spouses voting for each other, and so on. At a polling place, at least a voter needs to present a voting card. The vote by mail just sends it to a particular address, and assumes the right person fills it out.
Still, it seems to work ok, and I think it makes large scale voting fraud very difficult. That's the real problem with electronic voting... when one agency can flip thousands of votes from one candidate to the other.
True. That Washington state recount was as blatant election fraud as anything that's happened in the last couple decades, but there seems to be no outcry about it. Is it because of the party of the declared winner? Or is it because a governor is just not as sexy a story as a president?
I agree that a verifiable paper trail is important, but as you say, it's an issue with both paper and electronic voting, and the solution is not as easy as it seems at first impression... at least not if you also want to retain anonymous voting.
On the other hand, take a paycheck from anybody making $30,000 or more per year. Subtract net pay from gross. You'll see 25% or more missing, due to all the various forms of taxes. That's certainly something every working stiff is acutely aware of.
Yeah, and the parents could also take their kids to the library on a regular basis. I still don't think you can walk into a home, find the library, and determine how successful someone will be.
Humans are too complex of a system to ever draw a 100% reliable cause and effect, but I expect there will be a huge correlation between the number of books and the future success of a child. Can you think of any other simple test that would correlate better?
Well, except for bringing him back to life in the sixties, and casting him as a soldier out of time, Without Stan Lee, Cap would be a mostly forgotten historical footnote, like (say) the original Human Torch.
This both enables people to refurbish packs (which has its consequences, since untracked Li-Ion cells can be *dangerous*), and to sell counterfeit packs (which is even worse).
On the plus side, it might allow refurbished packs and cheap offbrand replacements.
Really? I'd have thought it's an important distinction. Military and State resources and agents are qualitatively different targets than the civilian population, and many of our international treaties consider them as such.
I would still consider this a terrorist act, primarily because of the motivation... not to cripple enemy effectiveness, but to instill general fear in the population. However, it's different than an attack on, say, a public market.
You know, I'm sure that there is a 12 ft rope jungle gym in France, and a 30 ft in the USA. I could show you a picture of a French dwarf and a six foot tall American... what does that prove?
How about: Still have monkey bars, but put down wood chips under it instead of tarmac? Let kids get hurt, but design it so it won't crack skulls wide open?
I'm not overly paranoid, but ten years ago I was at a playground when a friend's son fell from the top of a long circular slide, and broke both his forearms. Now... the kid is fine, and I'm sure the summer in a cast taught him a lesson... but if he had tumbled a bit more during the fall, he could easily have broke his neck. I'm not advocated getting rid of the high slides, monkey bars, and so on; but where you can leave the important aspects intact (climbing, exploring), and make obvious changes that may result in less serious harm, why not do so? It'll still hurt when they fall.
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I don't think it'll be that bad. Apple gaming is a different market. They'll have their games, but their games are different and cater to different people. I don't think Apple can bring itself to make a device that's optimized for gaming, with 6-8 buttons and a couple d-pads or analog sticks. Until they do, they do not really cut into Nintendo's (or MS/Sony's) gaming segment.
Sony developed the solution with the PS3: Design a difficult-to-program console and don't sell very many. It practically filters out all the shovelware! They're willing to license this technique to Nintendo...
I think that's what he's referring to. 3D technology is the current poster boy for 'unwanted technology being pushed by the big corporations'.
It seemed more like Nintendo was following Sony's lead, not the other way around. Now, I'm a Nintendo fan, and will probably get a 3DS at some point, but the 3d will play pretty much no factor in that... to me, the 3DS is simply a DS with a better, faster processor and more memory. Nice, but nothing revolutionary, and nothing that makes purchasing it seem urgent.
Sadly, I'd redbox that movie.
I view Scientific American as a tragedy. It was great a few decades ago; it's now marketing-driven crap, no better than Discovery or Popular Science. I loved that magazine as a child, re-reading articles that were miles above my head over and over, trying to puzzle out what they meant. Now I avoid reading it. Sensationalist tripe.
Wait, wait, wait...
There is a fanatically liberal, pro-western slant to topics and opinions
"Liberal" and "pro-western" at the same time? Is that even possible?
(for defensive purposes, I should let the mods know I'm kidding...)
There are 256x256 icons? At what point do these start being called 'images' instead?
I guess it makes sense, but that's one of those things that makes me feel numb... like a 35mb calculator application, or a 1.2 gig file to store a 20 minute anime rip.
There aren't a lot of hard facts here, but I'd estimate the percentage of female posters as no more than a couple percent, and the number of transgendered as less than one in a thousand. Plus, more importantly, you write like a guy.
I know that seems sexist (although I would argue it's not). I know that's doesn't prove anything with logical certainty. But as a practical matter, it doesn't need to.
We have a different type of electronic voting. Oregon uses vote by mail, and each person fills out a scan-tron form (something a 2nd grader can do). Not only is there a paper trail, but it is proven technology.
Voting intimidation is eliminated when you vote in your own home and you don't have to deal with crowded poll places. I don't understand why more states don't do this.
It's not a complete panacea. There is still potential of voter intimidation and fraud; intercepted mail, spouses voting for each other, and so on. At a polling place, at least a voter needs to present a voting card. The vote by mail just sends it to a particular address, and assumes the right person fills it out.
Still, it seems to work ok, and I think it makes large scale voting fraud very difficult. That's the real problem with electronic voting... when one agency can flip thousands of votes from one candidate to the other.
True. That Washington state recount was as blatant election fraud as anything that's happened in the last couple decades, but there seems to be no outcry about it. Is it because of the party of the declared winner? Or is it because a governor is just not as sexy a story as a president?
I agree that a verifiable paper trail is important, but as you say, it's an issue with both paper and electronic voting, and the solution is not as easy as it seems at first impression... at least not if you also want to retain anonymous voting.
On the other hand, take a paycheck from anybody making $30,000 or more per year. Subtract net pay from gross. You'll see 25% or more missing, due to all the various forms of taxes. That's certainly something every working stiff is acutely aware of.
The thing is, he didn't win, he stole the election. The same thing happened in Florida.
You're taking that on faith, not on evidence. That's a poor way to make decisions.
give rise to the space-inductrial complex. And the rise of the space lobby.
God, wouldn't that be great?
Well, I know you're male.
oh yeah and I should have capitalized the first word of every sentence. there,
That is very true, and of everything you've said, it would have the largest beneficial impact on your life.
Hmm. They don't have a monopoly on app stores, but they're trying to legally enforce a monopoly on App Store (tm).
I doubt that modern textbooks are more free of distortions than older textbooks. They just have distortions that are currently more popular.
Yeah, and the parents could also take their kids to the library on a regular basis. I still don't think you can walk into a home, find the library, and determine how successful someone will be.
Humans are too complex of a system to ever draw a 100% reliable cause and effect, but I expect there will be a huge correlation between the number of books and the future success of a child. Can you think of any other simple test that would correlate better?
At least he's not anonymous.
Stan Lee had nothing to do with this character.
Well, except for bringing him back to life in the sixties, and casting him as a soldier out of time, Without Stan Lee, Cap would be a mostly forgotten historical footnote, like (say) the original Human Torch.
This both enables people to refurbish packs (which has its consequences, since untracked Li-Ion cells can be *dangerous*), and to sell counterfeit packs (which is even worse).
On the plus side, it might allow refurbished packs and cheap offbrand replacements.
Really? I'd have thought it's an important distinction. Military and State resources and agents are qualitatively different targets than the civilian population, and many of our international treaties consider them as such.
I would still consider this a terrorist act, primarily because of the motivation... not to cripple enemy effectiveness, but to instill general fear in the population. However, it's different than an attack on, say, a public market.
It looks like the "oil and gas" ministry was bombed.
They probably thought that would blow up the biggest.
You know, I'm sure that there is a 12 ft rope jungle gym in France, and a 30 ft in the USA. I could show you a picture of a French dwarf and a six foot tall American... what does that prove?
How about: Still have monkey bars, but put down wood chips under it instead of tarmac? Let kids get hurt, but design it so it won't crack skulls wide open?
I'm not overly paranoid, but ten years ago I was at a playground when a friend's son fell from the top of a long circular slide, and broke both his forearms. Now... the kid is fine, and I'm sure the summer in a cast taught him a lesson... but if he had tumbled a bit more during the fall, he could easily have broke his neck. I'm not advocated getting rid of the high slides, monkey bars, and so on; but where you can leave the important aspects intact (climbing, exploring), and make obvious changes that may result in less serious harm, why not do so? It'll still hurt when they fall.
(This is partly just devil's advocate.)