Guns, as used by the police, have actual restrictions and policy in place to direct their use. These new nonlethal technologies are, well, new. Any policies in place aren't going to be as clearly defined, or as restrictive.
The fact that the police have guns, doesn't make push-button control of crowds any less scary.
I think the gist of people's interest is the overwhelming concern about the police having access to such technology, without any policy in place guaranteeing that it won't and/or can't be misused. It scares the heck out of me that I could be in a perfectly legal protest, and some officer in charge arbitrarily decides we're "not in compliance", and all they have to do is press a button to force people into submission.
And your contention that it should be alright to arrest people for interest in this subject is absurd. Plain and simple.
I *don't* always want a document to open in the application that created it, thus this change in the OS is a great improvement. Knowing (or being forced to accept) that a document will always open in the app that created it hardly seems like a power user situation. It seems more like a casual user situation, where the user doesn't understand the underpinnings, and just wants the document to open however the OS says it should open.
"When you mean "we"... do you mean "you" and your kid sitting on the side, watching?" was a joke, about you planting to play with the Legos even more than your sun.
The hours, sweat, blood and tears are what the music is about, not compensation. Is studio time expensive? Yes. Is accumulating money the reason you make music? Not in any dimension we can readily access with our current level of technology.
You misunderstand whom I'm replying to. If you notice where my post is nested, I'm not replying to the OP.
I'm replying to the person who said some of the $2000 over 2 years is likely to be roaming charges.
Roaming charges only occur when traveling outside of the US, and not enough iPhone users who also aren't already aware of the widely-known cost of roaming with an AT&T account travel outside the US. I wouldn't call it "likely" that the $2000 over 2 years would be roaming charges.
That's silly. Half of my mother's family are Texans, and they often use "y'all" to refer to the person they're talking to, not just as a plural. Saying it's almost never used to refer to a single person implies that you've made extensive audio recordings of every person who actually uses "y'all", and analyzed them.
I'm amazed that there are still people out there who don't realize typing in all caps constitutes yelling at the people who are reading it. Should the woman have been fired? No. The boss should have called her into the office and explained why typing in all-caps isn't acceptable.
The last two people whom I've asked if they've seen the trailer, have said "The last airbender?" and both times I've said "What?". I literally had no idea what they were talking about. That's what I get for not having any kids. I'm out of touch with the new kid shows.
I got the reference right off the bat, because A) Heaven's Gate is widely used as an example of "the movie that broke the studio", and B) Since the title refers to a movie (Avatar), I automatically knew it wasn't talking about a death cult.
It's amazing how 2 seconds of deductive reasoning results in "I know what he's talking about" instead of "Why is he talking about a death cult in relation to Avatar?"
"no indication of any actual story. Here's hoping there is one." ?
Really? There was extensive coverage of the story during SDCC, and you hope there is one? Yes, there's a story, and it's a good one.
While I'm one to take all points of view on a subject and contemplate and contrast them, I have a really hard time accepting that anyone who hasn't figured out they need a digital converter box, and that analog broadcast is going away, is anything other than lazy or stupid.
The group you're describing (folks who don't even know how cordless phones work, and don't care about having broadband internet) would care about and pay attention to the DTV transition precisely BECAUSE they don't want to switch to more advanced tech (cable, FiOS, satellite) for their viewing, but they don't want to suddenly have a box that only displays static.
If I were a neanderthal in the technology sense, I still wouldn't want to lose my free broadcast content that shows up on my glass picturebox, and I would pay attention to the countless ads on the sides of busses, and in the middle of my favorite shows, and anywhere else I would care to look, that tell me it's all going away if I don't buy another box.
I do, however, have to admit that I get the giggles when I think about some people being confused when they can't get any channels, and I get more giggles when I imagine someone asking me why their TV only shows static now, and I say "You know that digital TV transition they've been talking about for over two years, with all the ads everywhere? It finally happened".
I can't believe you equate Seth McFarlane with Seth Green. Is it really that hard to read the last names in a show's credits?
Simplified Translation: The guy behind Family Guy and American Dad has nothing to do with Robot Chicken.
I've seen some people say this, but I've never read anyone explain why. I switched when my Verizon contract ran out, and the only problem I've had (if you could call it that) is that AT&T's site takes 1-2 seconds longer to log into when paying my bill than Verizon's site did.
I get some kind of sick pleasure when someone posts a phrase like "brutally honest, independant voice" or "it was the best platform game of that decade" as if it were something any right-minded person would agree with, and then read as other people disagree. There's something about a person stating an opinion as a fact that really irks me, and I enjoy reading arguments questioning the assumption.
The person you're speaking to didn't mistake Nite Owl for Batman, they said he was a similar character, which is true in some ways. Also, he's based on Blue Beetle, but it had nothing to do with not having the rights.
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Guns, as used by the police, have actual restrictions and policy in place to direct their use. These new nonlethal technologies are, well, new. Any policies in place aren't going to be as clearly defined, or as restrictive.
The fact that the police have guns, doesn't make push-button control of crowds any less scary.
I think the gist of people's interest is the overwhelming concern about the police having access to such technology, without any policy in place guaranteeing that it won't and/or can't be misused. It scares the heck out of me that I could be in a perfectly legal protest, and some officer in charge arbitrarily decides we're "not in compliance", and all they have to do is press a button to force people into submission. And your contention that it should be alright to arrest people for interest in this subject is absurd. Plain and simple.
So...you never wince?
I *don't* always want a document to open in the application that created it, thus this change in the OS is a great improvement. Knowing (or being forced to accept) that a document will always open in the app that created it hardly seems like a power user situation. It seems more like a casual user situation, where the user doesn't understand the underpinnings, and just wants the document to open however the OS says it should open.
"When you mean "we"... do you mean "you" and your kid sitting on the side, watching?" was a joke, about you planting to play with the Legos even more than your sun.
The hours, sweat, blood and tears are what the music is about, not compensation. Is studio time expensive? Yes. Is accumulating money the reason you make music? Not in any dimension we can readily access with our current level of technology.
I believe that to be true, as well.
You misunderstand whom I'm replying to. If you notice where my post is nested, I'm not replying to the OP. I'm replying to the person who said some of the $2000 over 2 years is likely to be roaming charges.
Yeah, the iffy 3G in some places isn't fun, but we've been lucky where I live, as far as AT&T's network is concerned.
I seriously doubt it happens enough to make a difference, compared to the regular $90 or more (depending on txt options) a month an iPhone user pays.
That is all.
Roaming charges only occur when traveling outside of the US, and not enough iPhone users who also aren't already aware of the widely-known cost of roaming with an AT&T account travel outside the US. I wouldn't call it "likely" that the $2000 over 2 years would be roaming charges.
That's silly. Half of my mother's family are Texans, and they often use "y'all" to refer to the person they're talking to, not just as a plural. Saying it's almost never used to refer to a single person implies that you've made extensive audio recordings of every person who actually uses "y'all", and analyzed them.
I'm amazed that there are still people out there who don't realize typing in all caps constitutes yelling at the people who are reading it. Should the woman have been fired? No. The boss should have called her into the office and explained why typing in all-caps isn't acceptable.
You would think with the available examples of successful businessmen in US history, you wouldn't pick the anti-semite.
The last two people whom I've asked if they've seen the trailer, have said "The last airbender?" and both times I've said "What?". I literally had no idea what they were talking about. That's what I get for not having any kids. I'm out of touch with the new kid shows.
I got the reference right off the bat, because A) Heaven's Gate is widely used as an example of "the movie that broke the studio", and B) Since the title refers to a movie (Avatar), I automatically knew it wasn't talking about a death cult. It's amazing how 2 seconds of deductive reasoning results in "I know what he's talking about" instead of "Why is he talking about a death cult in relation to Avatar?"
"no indication of any actual story. Here's hoping there is one." ? Really? There was extensive coverage of the story during SDCC, and you hope there is one? Yes, there's a story, and it's a good one.
While I'm one to take all points of view on a subject and contemplate and contrast them, I have a really hard time accepting that anyone who hasn't figured out they need a digital converter box, and that analog broadcast is going away, is anything other than lazy or stupid.
The group you're describing (folks who don't even know how cordless phones work, and don't care about having broadband internet) would care about and pay attention to the DTV transition precisely BECAUSE they don't want to switch to more advanced tech (cable, FiOS, satellite) for their viewing, but they don't want to suddenly have a box that only displays static.
If I were a neanderthal in the technology sense, I still wouldn't want to lose my free broadcast content that shows up on my glass picturebox, and I would pay attention to the countless ads on the sides of busses, and in the middle of my favorite shows, and anywhere else I would care to look, that tell me it's all going away if I don't buy another box.
I do, however, have to admit that I get the giggles when I think about some people being confused when they can't get any channels, and I get more giggles when I imagine someone asking me why their TV only shows static now, and I say "You know that digital TV transition they've been talking about for over two years, with all the ads everywhere? It finally happened".
I can't believe you equate Seth McFarlane with Seth Green. Is it really that hard to read the last names in a show's credits? Simplified Translation: The guy behind Family Guy and American Dad has nothing to do with Robot Chicken.
I've seen some people say this, but I've never read anyone explain why. I switched when my Verizon contract ran out, and the only problem I've had (if you could call it that) is that AT&T's site takes 1-2 seconds longer to log into when paying my bill than Verizon's site did.
I get some kind of sick pleasure when someone posts a phrase like "brutally honest, independant voice" or "it was the best platform game of that decade" as if it were something any right-minded person would agree with, and then read as other people disagree. There's something about a person stating an opinion as a fact that really irks me, and I enjoy reading arguments questioning the assumption.
Oops. Entirely unrelated to the original post.
Hopefully this action by Palm will severely limit the amount of developmer response, and Palm will learn a harsh lesson.
The person you're speaking to didn't mistake Nite Owl for Batman, they said he was a similar character, which is true in some ways. Also, he's based on Blue Beetle, but it had nothing to do with not having the rights.