Ever notice how cereal boxes say stuff like "enlarged to show texture." or how all car commercials present the text "trained driver on closed course" or cigartte cartons proclaim, "we're pretty sure this is going to kill you."
ok. i paraphrased the last one, but these are all because we do pass laws requiring that companies don't misrepresent their products. The cereal flakes are actually quite small. You won't be doing donuts in that car. The action figures do not walk and talk. If we have decided that people are going to feel so ripped off by the actual size of their cereal flakes that we need laws governing how you can depict your cereal, it stands to reason that we might need to inform people that those models have been digitally altered to conform to unattainable levels of beauty.
I think you are scrutinizing too much. This is not guaranteeing that people's clothes are liked. It's about impressing people with a number on a hangar. If a shirt is on a hangar with an attractive number and someone buys it. The system is working as designed.
What a shame. Our species could have survived the zombie apocalypse, but our vanity drove us to wipe out the downs syndrome chromosones. iF ever another species with our intelligence arises, They'll appreciate the irony.
I played with a WP7 phone at GDC last year. In all honesty i was impressed with it. It was snappy and responsive. The ui was clean and presented information elegantly. Unlike past windows phones, it seemed well designed for the form factor. My biggest complaints were (and this was last year) the.net runtime on the device didn't provide the full suite of.net namespaces, and their xna implementation really gimped what should be a really powerful open gl es graphics system. Also, it's app library didn't really compare to ios and android.
Evolution is not a vector. It doesn't go in any direction. It doesn't work towards a goal. It is just random noise filtered by environmental conditions. As a species, we seem to a developed a curious evolutionary feedback loop. We evolved the intelligence to manipulate and understand our environment in ways that allow more of us to survive. Consequently, we are creating a lot of genetic diversity in our species. We may be better fit to surmount some tumultuous event in the future because the gene for down's syndrome also gives us immunity to the zombie virus or something like that. That's not backwards. That's survival.
It'd be like finding a compromise for those who resisted colour film and colour TV by simply switching on or off colour depending on whether the scene in question really made optimal use of it. It'd be totally jarring and terrible.
What's so important about a pure bloodline from Adam? Why does it matter if you are god? He can just make someone pregnant at anytime. It would seem to be within his power to start that embryo with whatever DNA he wants.
I don't think google's tos is the end of the world or anything, but it is pretty vague. out of curiosity i checked out apple's TOS applying to it's iCloud service.
by submitting or posting such Content on areas of the Service that are accessible by the public or other users with whom you consent to share such Content, you grant Apple a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Service solely for the purpose for which such Content was submitted or made available, without any compensation or obligation to you.
Notice how this wording specifically states that apple's right to display your content applies to content you are uploading as publicly accessible or accessible to authorized users.
I think the OP had a legitimate gripe. Not everyone wants to run a local executable from a company that has demonstrated a lot of interest in prying into your privacy. Granted, if you are choosing to store your files on drive, you must have some trust in them. However, what guarantee do the paranoid have that the drive client will not just be silently uploading everything you have to google. I'm not sure it's even hyperbole to suggest a point in the future where the drive client might say, "good news! you can now store everything you have on Drive! To make it easy for you, we've already uploaded all your data!"
Google could easily have provided a client built upon an open api and won a lot of favor.
I don't understand why everyone is so hacked off at this. This is clear evidence that UF is not where you want to go to study comp-sci. If you are a student you can forget about UF. If you are some other school, it means more prospective students for you. And really, do we need a bunch of half-assed computer science programs in this country? About the only people who get the shaft on this are the computer science staff at UF, as they need to find a new job, and students who enrolled in comp-sci at UF (though really it's not that hard to go to a different school. I know you kids think it's the end of the world, but it's not).
IANAP, but the whole premise seems convoluted, not to mention it seems to ascribe some sort of evolutionary goal to the dinosaurs. Isn't the reason any animal is the way it is just random mutation that either helps or doesn't hurt? It would seem to me like a dinosaur became big through such a mutation. What would be good about being big? You can overcome aggressors and rivals for mates. You can better protect your young. Those seem like simpler explanations for why the bigness cycle would continue with animals getting bigger and bigger until something changed to make bigness a liability. Big eggs appear to be a liability so it doesn't seem so mysterious that the animals that survive generation after generation are the ones that get big and lay tiny eggs.
Why don't animals today get bigger and bigger today? Well, they just haven't had that mutation again. In the case of homo sapiens, the species seems to already have a gene that makes it want to gang up and kill any member who looks different so such a mutation would hardly be viable.
I know the thing that keeps me from inventing some world changing new gizmo is i don't think i can gain anything from it. Maybe if i knew i could win a thousand bucks, i'd do it.
I can't answer your question. I really don't think black people are born thinking it's appropriate to shout insults and threaten people. I know enough black people to know that they can be exactly the same as me. Maybe you haven't met enough of them?
I really don't think there's anything wrong with forming a stereotype that ghetto rat thugs are dangerous though. That's a lot more specific than black person, and it implies an individual who has made decisions to look and act a certain way. I know I harbor the same prejudice. I have people around my house that i don't trust as well. I eye them suspiciously and have had run ins with them.
I don't think it's BECAUSE they are black though. I theorize it's because of economic situation, familial situation, who they chose as role models, some peer feedback loop, etc. Whatever reason, they are bad individuals, or a bad group, but not a bad race. I've also seen white people in similar situations make the same choices to produce similar white ghetto rat thugs. I harbor the same prejudices against them.
Best Buy may not be Shangri La, but in many rural and semi-rural parts of the U.S., it's the nearest and best place to actually find a wide selection of electronics.
I live in a huge metropolitan area and the best place to find a wide selection of electronics is the internet. Isn't this the same for rural people?
What does your assailant's race have to do with him accosting you? Surely there must be more to his description that could lead you to form at least a more narrow prejudice.
That seems like a pretty defeatist attitude to have. Sure no matter what, odds are any single person will not be president. We only pick 1 every 4 to 8 years. That's a highly competitive industry. Yes, you need to be well connected to increase those odds. Being well connected is, after all, the very essence of politics, but you don't have to be rich or good looking to get those connections. Just pick a side (doesn't matter which one) and work your ass off in someone's campaign. There you go, i guarantee your odds would be far better than someone who just walks away from it all.
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Ever notice how cereal boxes say stuff like "enlarged to show texture." or how all car commercials present the text "trained driver on closed course" or cigartte cartons proclaim, "we're pretty sure this is going to kill you."
ok. i paraphrased the last one, but these are all because we do pass laws requiring that companies don't misrepresent their products. The cereal flakes are actually quite small. You won't be doing donuts in that car. The action figures do not walk and talk. If we have decided that people are going to feel so ripped off by the actual size of their cereal flakes that we need laws governing how you can depict your cereal, it stands to reason that we might need to inform people that those models have been digitally altered to conform to unattainable levels of beauty.
Yes. That is my prediction.
You are assuming these companies will have some value to someone.
I think you are scrutinizing too much. This is not guaranteeing that people's clothes are liked. It's about impressing people with a number on a hangar. If a shirt is on a hangar with an attractive number and someone buys it. The system is working as designed.
No. It might turn into a super advanced AI bent on taking over the world though.
What a shame. Our species could have survived the zombie apocalypse, but our vanity drove us to wipe out the downs syndrome chromosones. iF ever another species with our intelligence arises, They'll appreciate the irony.
I played with a WP7 phone at GDC last year. In all honesty i was impressed with it. It was snappy and responsive. The ui was clean and presented information elegantly. Unlike past windows phones, it seemed well designed for the form factor. My biggest complaints were (and this was last year) the .net runtime on the device didn't provide the full suite of .net namespaces, and their xna implementation really gimped what should be a really powerful open gl es graphics system. Also, it's app library didn't really compare to ios and android.
Evolution is not a vector. It doesn't go in any direction. It doesn't work towards a goal. It is just random noise filtered by environmental conditions. As a species, we seem to a developed a curious evolutionary feedback loop. We evolved the intelligence to manipulate and understand our environment in ways that allow more of us to survive. Consequently, we are creating a lot of genetic diversity in our species. We may be better fit to surmount some tumultuous event in the future because the gene for down's syndrome also gives us immunity to the zombie virus or something like that. That's not backwards. That's survival.
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It'd be like finding a compromise for those who resisted colour film and colour TV by simply switching on or off colour depending on whether the scene in question really made optimal use of it. It'd be totally jarring and terrible.
That seemed to work pretty well in Wizard of OZ.
I don't need anything changing in the interface of my car. what i need is a better, cleaner, less expensive power source for it.
What's so important about a pure bloodline from Adam? Why does it matter if you are god? He can just make someone pregnant at anytime. It would seem to be within his power to start that embryo with whatever DNA he wants.
by submitting or posting such Content on areas of the Service that are accessible by the public or other users with whom you consent to share such Content, you grant Apple a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Service solely for the purpose for which such Content was submitted or made available, without any compensation or obligation to you.
Notice how this wording specifically states that apple's right to display your content applies to content you are uploading as publicly accessible or accessible to authorized users.
I think the OP had a legitimate gripe. Not everyone wants to run a local executable from a company that has demonstrated a lot of interest in prying into your privacy. Granted, if you are choosing to store your files on drive, you must have some trust in them. However, what guarantee do the paranoid have that the drive client will not just be silently uploading everything you have to google. I'm not sure it's even hyperbole to suggest a point in the future where the drive client might say, "good news! you can now store everything you have on Drive! To make it easy for you, we've already uploaded all your data!"
Google could easily have provided a client built upon an open api and won a lot of favor.
We can finally get a hardware implementation of quake!
I don't understand why everyone is so hacked off at this. This is clear evidence that UF is not where you want to go to study comp-sci. If you are a student you can forget about UF. If you are some other school, it means more prospective students for you. And really, do we need a bunch of half-assed computer science programs in this country? About the only people who get the shaft on this are the computer science staff at UF, as they need to find a new job, and students who enrolled in comp-sci at UF (though really it's not that hard to go to a different school. I know you kids think it's the end of the world, but it's not).
The high-tech complex produces more energy than it consumes...
Pfft. Big deal. This applies to all coal fire plants as well.
True. They have also been observed to procreate prodigiously. I stand corrected. We probably are evolving into a race of giant super athletes.
IANAP, but the whole premise seems convoluted, not to mention it seems to ascribe some sort of evolutionary goal to the dinosaurs. Isn't the reason any animal is the way it is just random mutation that either helps or doesn't hurt? It would seem to me like a dinosaur became big through such a mutation. What would be good about being big? You can overcome aggressors and rivals for mates. You can better protect your young. Those seem like simpler explanations for why the bigness cycle would continue with animals getting bigger and bigger until something changed to make bigness a liability. Big eggs appear to be a liability so it doesn't seem so mysterious that the animals that survive generation after generation are the ones that get big and lay tiny eggs.
Why don't animals today get bigger and bigger today? Well, they just haven't had that mutation again. In the case of homo sapiens, the species seems to already have a gene that makes it want to gang up and kill any member who looks different so such a mutation would hardly be viable.
I know the thing that keeps me from inventing some world changing new gizmo is i don't think i can gain anything from it. Maybe if i knew i could win a thousand bucks, i'd do it.
I can't answer your question. I really don't think black people are born thinking it's appropriate to shout insults and threaten people. I know enough black people to know that they can be exactly the same as me. Maybe you haven't met enough of them?
I really don't think there's anything wrong with forming a stereotype that ghetto rat thugs are dangerous though. That's a lot more specific than black person, and it implies an individual who has made decisions to look and act a certain way. I know I harbor the same prejudice. I have people around my house that i don't trust as well. I eye them suspiciously and have had run ins with them.
I don't think it's BECAUSE they are black though. I theorize it's because of economic situation, familial situation, who they chose as role models, some peer feedback loop, etc. Whatever reason, they are bad individuals, or a bad group, but not a bad race. I've also seen white people in similar situations make the same choices to produce similar white ghetto rat thugs. I harbor the same prejudices against them.
While I agree, the government is never going to write that software with the goal of finding you the most/best deductions.
Best Buy may not be Shangri La, but in many rural and semi-rural parts of the U.S., it's the nearest and best place to actually find a wide selection of electronics.
I live in a huge metropolitan area and the best place to find a wide selection of electronics is the internet. Isn't this the same for rural people?
What does your assailant's race have to do with him accosting you? Surely there must be more to his description that could lead you to form at least a more narrow prejudice.
That seems like a pretty defeatist attitude to have. Sure no matter what, odds are any single person will not be president. We only pick 1 every 4 to 8 years. That's a highly competitive industry. Yes, you need to be well connected to increase those odds. Being well connected is, after all, the very essence of politics, but you don't have to be rich or good looking to get those connections. Just pick a side (doesn't matter which one) and work your ass off in someone's campaign. There you go, i guarantee your odds would be far better than someone who just walks away from it all.