All they would find out about with me is:
1. I watch porn.
2. I'm in Debt.
3. I supposedly want to start a bank account with an African investor.
4. I must have a need for erectile dysfunction drugs.
5. I watch porn.
So they know about the endless hours of porn I watch? Hopefully not the midget porn though, right? I mean.. I was discreet about that. There weren't any ads I clicked on or anything.
Jobs talked so much smack on the Zune's WiFi capability, that I doubt he'd throw wifi into an iPod that would have a stronger functionality and actually keep your battery from discharging on power-up. Granted, I wouldn't put it past Apple to innovate something clever as they've always done. But, if Apple went to WiFi, I'm quite certain Microsoft would enable a more complex access as well.
Why haven't they already(ms)? Nobody has WiFi yet, why up the ante 2 full steps when nobody else even uses it at all? I'm sure that WiFi enabled (network/internet connectivity) iPods and Zunes would not only waste batteries in wholesale fashion, but they would also be pretty iffy when talking about security. Granted, movies and music being hacked into aren't a huge ordeal... but having millions of iPods roaming around with WiFi would have to be a pretty decent target for some type of exploitation. There are tons of other wifi-enabled objects floating around, yes.. But, I'm sure the platform they're running on is a bit more complex than a handheld jukebox.
More power to them if they can pull it off... if they can, MS will follow as they always do.
As for iTunes... screw iTunes and everything around it. I own an iPod Video, 20G iPod, nano and a zune. Once I grabbed the zune, I realized how much of a pain the iPods were... resetting, getting it to recognize, having to erase all my music when I installed a new OS or go to a new PC... clearing out all my music in any error, and starting over... every month. And the only thing they had over the zune was the click wheel... and that wasn't even a plus when you didn't lock it and put it in your pocket. Again, Apple is innovative and I dig 'em for throwing out great products... but, there are too many other products that have more features and have better and more reliable interfaces to work with than the iPod and iTunes nowadays. Now, it's just people buying a name as a status symbol. The ipod is now cliche.
I didn't say it wasn't out of line, those were your words.
BUT.. if Howard Stern said the same thing, nobody would make a big deal about it, would they?
Quite honestly, he could have said they were something quite worse and we wouldn't be having this converstation about HIM, would we?
Can't have double standards and make a point that is worth the time without realizing what the problem is actually about. It's not about what he said, but who he is. Your buddy wouldn't be fired from his job for saying that. Stern wouldn't. It's NOT right, but I know for sure that most of the population hasn't said something along those lines jokingly for whatever reason by ANY race whatsoever. What line do we cross, what race do you have to be and how many people do you have to know to be able to point fingers at anyone and make a HUGE deal about it so they lose their job.
Granted, Imus is a Douchebag and I'm sure with some of the stuff he's said in the past pales in comparison to this. And whether it's NOT RIGHT in your eyes or mine, doesn't make it RIGHT for a bunch of assholes who have said NO better than him in the past.. to make a HUGE deal over something like this.. enough to cost him his job. Besides, If one of the anti-racism icons said that about some basketball players even in a news conference, they'd all laugh about it.
With that said.. I respect your opinion and I'm not flaming you, personally.. I just think that small things like this should be punishable, published and frowned upon... BUT, when it crosses the line of HUGE publicity about some stupid comment from a douchebag... EVERYONE gets pissed. The anti-racist bigots run their mouths and spread it to the media like someone died or raped a child, everyone thinks that all white people are the same way.. the reverends get their publicity and others get angry not only because of the comment itself, but that it's a huge deal. It's nothing more than a "who's got the bigger dick" contest. If you want to abolosh racism, you need to quit making a big deal about small shit, and pay attention to the LARGE problems that are ceasing to exist due to people like me and you.
We need to get rid of the problem, and it's almost there... now the tables are turning and people are changing racism to a different problem.
Do you HONESTLY think that any of them or their relatives actually listened to the show? On top of that, do you think that any of those girls haven't ever been called something worse and just brushed it off? Granted, it's strong language, but there was probably worse that was said to them during basketball games they were in, in which they retaliated with something even more vulgar.
This is all to purpetuate the hate, to be the better good, to make the other look bad.
Racism isn't a huge problem like year ago. Actually, it probably wouldn't even be as bad as it is nowadays, if the "anti-racism" racists didn't feed the fuel by making a big deal out of things like this. Granted, racism exists, but the hate toward the bigots who point fingers at tiny issues FUEL the racism itself.
WHY? Because you have people like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson who need to fuel it. If there wasn't some type of racism to flame about, they wouldn't have a job. Honestly, do we need 10 paid "anti-racists" racist bigots to get together and gang up on another race because someone used a word or phrase that they, themselves have probably used 300 times before?
I just wish people would start being better than the issue itself and looking at those who fuel it and start it, like the rest of us who look at the KKK as stupid, or Neo-Nazi groups. They're ignorant, and we've got to put ourselves above them, and blow them off. They're like kids, they'll keep doing ignorant things until you ignore them.
Back on subject, Imus being fired was a bunch of issues thrown together:
1. Racism garbage perpetuation blown out of proportion.
2. Politics.
3. His ratings were dropping, they have new prospects, he didn't get along with the higher-up's, this made it easier.
If you remember... Howard Stern dropped the "N" bomb NUMEROUS times on air, and nobody thought anything of it. WHY? Because he's not a political icon and nobody takes him seriously.
Do you HONESTLY think that any of them or their relatives actually listened to the show? On top of that, do you think that any of those girls haven't ever been called something worse and just brushed it off?
You're exactly right. You have too many people that are cashing in on this, and running with it. And most of the time, they're charging you extra for shipping on top of that. You buy a pair of earrings for $2, they charge you $8 for shipping and send it with a $2 stamp. There are even "mystery" auctions that are basically lotteries that steal money from people as well.
Those who play poker for a living get the shit taxed out of them... those who win the lottery get taxed major bills. You even get taxed if you win a vehicle. Granted, it goes back to the "write-off" situation... but, people who enter in a poker tourney can't write off their entry fee.
I can see it coming about as a regular business tax, in some way. Whereas, you have to make X amount of dollars before you actually have to pay taxes. I know with design work I wasn't taxed until over $5,000... which would make sense. Either way, something would have to be done. Unfortunately, the decision would open a pandora's box of problems with future internet tax voting.
Well, I wasn't really thinking about games as much as the idea of Blue-ray taking off a bit more than HD-DVD... eventually Microsoft would join the bandwagon, considering it's an external drive already.
Well, he was putting blocks and such together way before he was 2... now he's moved on to puzzles and such.... BUT, his Monkey side comes about when he climbs on the counters and tries running around without his undies on. His sister just turned 1 and was walking when she was 8 months old (he didn't till he was 1.) She's a bit more civilized though... more like an orangutan. BUT, they still remind me of monkeys.
What about when she asks, "Does this make me look fat?" Though you really wish there were other buttons, "cancel" would be your best bet. The option for "OK" should not be available, because the temptation is tooooo strong.
Then again, I'd rather just play dead.
I agree. I'm beginning to realize that my father actually wasn't losing his hearing when I was growing up. It's amazing how well he can hear now that I have children of my own. But, for some reason he just smiles and laughs.
Sorry about the "M$" trouble, I didn't realize it offended anyone.. though I'm not anti-microsoft.
I think Microsoft is beginning to learn that being a little to assertive with certain technologies, and pushing them on others.. is becoming pretty hard to do, now that the market is becoming more and more competitive. They're to the point where they're beginning to actually let things unravel and ride the wave in. Good or bad, I don't know.. but it's still interesting as you said.
Their next feat will be to DNA map Michael Jackson, in an attempt to find out his origin. This will prove whether Michael is IN FACT a human. The problem lies within finding Michael, though DNA has been found on several African children.
I wish I could just pass out when my wife asks me some stupid question that I don't want to answer. Better yet, when I'm asked to fix a bug at work, it would be nice to just roll over and hit the snooze.
Let's apply this everywhere.
The only way it would be likely for this to happen, would be in an enterprise situation, rather than internet and home use situations.
In large companies that use application servers that hog quite a bit of resources when running apps and profiles, web based applications via the intranet could possibly use less resources and be replicated more easily than existing schemas. This can also be propagated to other web based technologies, whether it be linux OR windows based, making it much easier for companies to make decisions on equipment in the future, due to expenses. Web based applications bring about less need for higher storage in some cases, especially at the client desktop level.
This will, of course, come about as a type of "linux vs. windows" ordeal, whereas each OS is fit for different customers, depending on preference. BUT, you may see companies expanding to web based options for those who it may apply to, for future customer interest.
My grandfather who is 83 was T-Boned 2 weeks ago by a police officer who ran a stop sign without lights. Since there were other witnesses, the man claimed responsibility for his actions, but I'm certain he didn't receive any penalties for running the sign.
A few months ago, I was passing through a green light at about 3am after getting off work. An officer ran a red light, forced me into a raised median and slammed on his brakes. After seeing I made a recovery and went back on the road, he flipped his lights on as if, "Whoops.. now I'm on a call, I'll turn the sirens on."
I'm sure shit like this happens all the time, but people are so scared to report it, that they can't. They SHOULD be punished for not using due care.
I'm sure that they would rather write laws and point fingers at who's fault it is, rather than address it. I'm sure if the media said it would save lives, it would be George Bush's fault and Democrats would address it.
Parent's pay for them anyway. Most aren't going to care about the violence or content as long as it babysits enough to keep the kid out of their hair. The other half who don't buy them for their children, just complain about it while letting lighter games occupy their children..
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I know... it's so wrong.
but it feels so right.
All they would find out about with me is: 1. I watch porn. 2. I'm in Debt. 3. I supposedly want to start a bank account with an African investor. 4. I must have a need for erectile dysfunction drugs. 5. I watch porn.
So they know about the endless hours of porn I watch? Hopefully not the midget porn though, right? I mean.. I was discreet about that. There weren't any ads I clicked on or anything.
Well, now I know my secret is safe.
Oh wait.
Jobs talked so much smack on the Zune's WiFi capability, that I doubt he'd throw wifi into an iPod that would have a stronger functionality and actually keep your battery from discharging on power-up. Granted, I wouldn't put it past Apple to innovate something clever as they've always done. But, if Apple went to WiFi, I'm quite certain Microsoft would enable a more complex access as well.
Why haven't they already(ms)? Nobody has WiFi yet, why up the ante 2 full steps when nobody else even uses it at all? I'm sure that WiFi enabled (network/internet connectivity) iPods and Zunes would not only waste batteries in wholesale fashion, but they would also be pretty iffy when talking about security. Granted, movies and music being hacked into aren't a huge ordeal... but having millions of iPods roaming around with WiFi would have to be a pretty decent target for some type of exploitation. There are tons of other wifi-enabled objects floating around, yes.. But, I'm sure the platform they're running on is a bit more complex than a handheld jukebox.
More power to them if they can pull it off... if they can, MS will follow as they always do.
As for iTunes... screw iTunes and everything around it. I own an iPod Video, 20G iPod, nano and a zune. Once I grabbed the zune, I realized how much of a pain the iPods were... resetting, getting it to recognize, having to erase all my music when I installed a new OS or go to a new PC... clearing out all my music in any error, and starting over... every month. And the only thing they had over the zune was the click wheel... and that wasn't even a plus when you didn't lock it and put it in your pocket. Again, Apple is innovative and I dig 'em for throwing out great products... but, there are too many other products that have more features and have better and more reliable interfaces to work with than the iPod and iTunes nowadays. Now, it's just people buying a name as a status symbol. The ipod is now cliche.
Awesome.. I did not know that.
I didn't say it wasn't out of line, those were your words.
BUT.. if Howard Stern said the same thing, nobody would make a big deal about it, would they?
Quite honestly, he could have said they were something quite worse and we wouldn't be having this converstation about HIM, would we?
Can't have double standards and make a point that is worth the time without realizing what the problem is actually about. It's not about what he said, but who he is. Your buddy wouldn't be fired from his job for saying that. Stern wouldn't. It's NOT right, but I know for sure that most of the population hasn't said something along those lines jokingly for whatever reason by ANY race whatsoever. What line do we cross, what race do you have to be and how many people do you have to know to be able to point fingers at anyone and make a HUGE deal about it so they lose their job.
Granted, Imus is a Douchebag and I'm sure with some of the stuff he's said in the past pales in comparison to this. And whether it's NOT RIGHT in your eyes or mine, doesn't make it RIGHT for a bunch of assholes who have said NO better than him in the past.. to make a HUGE deal over something like this.. enough to cost him his job.
Besides, If one of the anti-racism icons said that about some basketball players even in a news conference, they'd all laugh about it.
With that said.. I respect your opinion and I'm not flaming you, personally.. I just think that small things like this should be punishable, published and frowned upon... BUT, when it crosses the line of HUGE publicity about some stupid comment from a douchebag... EVERYONE gets pissed. The anti-racist bigots run their mouths and spread it to the media like someone died or raped a child, everyone thinks that all white people are the same way.. the reverends get their publicity and others get angry not only because of the comment itself, but that it's a huge deal. It's nothing more than a "who's got the bigger dick" contest. If you want to abolosh racism, you need to quit making a big deal about small shit, and pay attention to the LARGE problems that are ceasing to exist due to people like me and you.
We need to get rid of the problem, and it's almost there... now the tables are turning and people are changing racism to a different problem.
Do you HONESTLY think that any of them or their relatives actually listened to the show? On top of that, do you think that any of those girls haven't ever been called something worse and just brushed it off? Granted, it's strong language, but there was probably worse that was said to them during basketball games they were in, in which they retaliated with something even more vulgar.
This is all to purpetuate the hate, to be the better good, to make the other look bad.
Racism isn't a huge problem like year ago. Actually, it probably wouldn't even be as bad as it is nowadays, if the "anti-racism" racists didn't feed the fuel by making a big deal out of things like this. Granted, racism exists, but the hate toward the bigots who point fingers at tiny issues FUEL the racism itself.
WHY? Because you have people like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson who need to fuel it. If there wasn't some type of racism to flame about, they wouldn't have a job. Honestly, do we need 10 paid "anti-racists" racist bigots to get together and gang up on another race because someone used a word or phrase that they, themselves have probably used 300 times before?
I just wish people would start being better than the issue itself and looking at those who fuel it and start it, like the rest of us who look at the KKK as stupid, or Neo-Nazi groups. They're ignorant, and we've got to put ourselves above them, and blow them off. They're like kids, they'll keep doing ignorant things until you ignore them.
Back on subject, Imus being fired was a bunch of issues thrown together:
1. Racism garbage perpetuation blown out of proportion.
2. Politics.
3. His ratings were dropping, they have new prospects, he didn't get along with the higher-up's, this made it easier.
If you remember... Howard Stern dropped the "N" bomb NUMEROUS times on air, and nobody thought anything of it. WHY? Because he's not a political icon and nobody takes him seriously.
Do you HONESTLY think that any of them or their relatives actually listened to the show? On top of that, do you think that any of those girls haven't ever been called something worse and just brushed it off?
You're exactly right. You have too many people that are cashing in on this, and running with it. And most of the time, they're charging you extra for shipping on top of that. You buy a pair of earrings for $2, they charge you $8 for shipping and send it with a $2 stamp. There are even "mystery" auctions that are basically lotteries that steal money from people as well.
Those who play poker for a living get the shit taxed out of them... those who win the lottery get taxed major bills. You even get taxed if you win a vehicle. Granted, it goes back to the "write-off" situation... but, people who enter in a poker tourney can't write off their entry fee.
I can see it coming about as a regular business tax, in some way. Whereas, you have to make X amount of dollars before you actually have to pay taxes. I know with design work I wasn't taxed until over $5,000... which would make sense. Either way, something would have to be done. Unfortunately, the decision would open a pandora's box of problems with future internet tax voting.
Well, I wasn't really thinking about games as much as the idea of Blue-ray taking off a bit more than HD-DVD... eventually Microsoft would join the bandwagon, considering it's an external drive already.
Well, he was putting blocks and such together way before he was 2... now he's moved on to puzzles and such.... BUT, his Monkey side comes about when he climbs on the counters and tries running around without his undies on. His sister just turned 1 and was walking when she was 8 months old (he didn't till he was 1.) She's a bit more civilized though... more like an orangutan. BUT, they still remind me of monkeys.
Where's the application and how much does it pay?
What about when she asks, "Does this make me look fat?" Though you really wish there were other buttons, "cancel" would be your best bet. The option for "OK" should not be available, because the temptation is tooooo strong. Then again, I'd rather just play dead.
I think I was centered more around the PS3/360 thing.
I agree. I'm beginning to realize that my father actually wasn't losing his hearing when I was growing up. It's amazing how well he can hear now that I have children of my own. But, for some reason he just smiles and laughs.
Sorry about the "M$" trouble, I didn't realize it offended anyone.. though I'm not anti-microsoft. I think Microsoft is beginning to learn that being a little to assertive with certain technologies, and pushing them on others.. is becoming pretty hard to do, now that the market is becoming more and more competitive. They're to the point where they're beginning to actually let things unravel and ride the wave in. Good or bad, I don't know.. but it's still interesting as you said.
And so it begins. I wonder if M$ will start grabbing these up now since someone took the plunge and they use Samsung already.
I wouldn't doubt that we somehow evolved from crap-slinging, organ-grinding, spider monkeys. My 2 year old reminds me of it every day.
Good question. I think that they just really like playing with monkeys.
Their next feat will be to DNA map Michael Jackson, in an attempt to find out his origin. This will prove whether Michael is IN FACT a human. The problem lies within finding Michael, though DNA has been found on several African children.
I wish I could just pass out when my wife asks me some stupid question that I don't want to answer. Better yet, when I'm asked to fix a bug at work, it would be nice to just roll over and hit the snooze. Let's apply this everywhere.
The only way it would be likely for this to happen, would be in an enterprise situation, rather than internet and home use situations. In large companies that use application servers that hog quite a bit of resources when running apps and profiles, web based applications via the intranet could possibly use less resources and be replicated more easily than existing schemas. This can also be propagated to other web based technologies, whether it be linux OR windows based, making it much easier for companies to make decisions on equipment in the future, due to expenses. Web based applications bring about less need for higher storage in some cases, especially at the client desktop level. This will, of course, come about as a type of "linux vs. windows" ordeal, whereas each OS is fit for different customers, depending on preference. BUT, you may see companies expanding to web based options for those who it may apply to, for future customer interest.
My grandfather who is 83 was T-Boned 2 weeks ago by a police officer who ran a stop sign without lights. Since there were other witnesses, the man claimed responsibility for his actions, but I'm certain he didn't receive any penalties for running the sign. A few months ago, I was passing through a green light at about 3am after getting off work. An officer ran a red light, forced me into a raised median and slammed on his brakes. After seeing I made a recovery and went back on the road, he flipped his lights on as if, "Whoops.. now I'm on a call, I'll turn the sirens on." I'm sure shit like this happens all the time, but people are so scared to report it, that they can't. They SHOULD be punished for not using due care.
I'm sure that they would rather write laws and point fingers at who's fault it is, rather than address it. I'm sure if the media said it would save lives, it would be George Bush's fault and Democrats would address it.
Parent's pay for them anyway. Most aren't going to care about the violence or content as long as it babysits enough to keep the kid out of their hair. The other half who don't buy them for their children, just complain about it while letting lighter games occupy their children..