The internet was designed to be a durable, scalable, decentralized information delivery system so that, in the event of a nuclear attack, American military leaders would still have access to pornography.
Clearly, Bush's lack of proficiency in languages in general, and the English language specifically, is causing all other languages to slowly go out of style in favor of the New Neo-con Vernacular.
(If this made little to no sense it's because: #1, it's a joke and #2, it's 1:00 in the morning)
[quote]No real data? Bush cut taxes and now tax revenues are at record highs.[/quote]That is a logical fallacy... correlation does not equal causation - anyone who had ANY background in ANYTHING other than literature and philosophy should know this - ESPECIALLY anyone with a background in Economics, Math, or Science. There is a positive correlation between the # of TVs per person and the average lifespan (to steal an example from my Statistics textbook). With logic similar to yours (slightly more logical than what you said, even), I can say that more TVs leads to higher lifespans. In actuality there is a different variable that controls BOTH, and that is how developed the country is. A more developed country leads to both higher numbers of TVs and a longer lifespan.
I sincerely hope this is meant to be humor and not serious. The ridiculousness of this is amazing. Especially this:
I have to read *3* *books* *a* *week* on average. Hah! I've been reading three-four books per week on average since the FIRST GRADE (not picture books either - adult books, 300-800 pages long on average) and I'm sure I'm not alone.
No matter. Everyone makes mistakes - I know I sure do;). I did not know that/. doesn't let you reply twice to the same post - I just reply to my own post when I make a mistake.
I never said they were suggested by the article, hence why they were my hypotheses.
You got mad at me for assuming that there was something amiss when I never said suggested anything of the sort. You made a fool of yourself. Admit it and get over with it, you don't need to start coming up with new reasons to justify your anger at me.
Actually, you are the one who is a "GD moron". While you deserve a "-1 something", a "-1 No Reading Comprehension" would be much better.
If you would actually read you would note that I did not give more weight to one option than the other. I asked a question and presented THREE possibilities, only one of which implicated Microsoft in "something amiss". I was genuinely curious why all the other deeds done for this were by all the involved companies while this one is just Microsoft (according to the summary). That's why one of the questions I asked was if the other countries were backing this part too and the summary just failed to mention it.
I can't help but notice that your posting history is riddled with -1 Trolls and -1 Flamebaits. Maybe you weren't actually doing that and you just deserved a non-existant -1 No Reading Comprehension. Either way, you, sir, are the one with an extremely stupid comment.
Unless I've been understanding this wrong, this thing wasn't just a Microsoft prototype. It was submitted by several companies, so why is Microsoft the only one who is questioning it? Are the others backing Microsoft in their complains? Do the others not care enough? Or is there something more nefarious going on - do the others think that the FCC's claims are true?
Wow, I've never actually looked at labs.google.com before. From this, I have come to the conclusion that they're involved in some rather useless stuff - see Google Music Treds.
(As an aside, I have come to the conclusion that Google Talk's users have no taste in music - Avril Lavigne?!)
Actually, his implication had nothing at all to do with that. Statistically, it is very difficult to conduct a survey that is unbiased and this one most likely was biased. If they send papers to people requesting a response it could have self-selection bias. If they call people that is another type of bias because your results would be more geared towards some groups of people than others (people who work from home, the unemployed, housewives, etc.).
I'd like to see how they conducted their survey (too lazy to RTFA) but I would almost guarantee that there was some sort of bias present. As for whether or not it affected the outcome... that's a horse of a different color.
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Uhh... artificially high? The fact that concerts for good bands sell out so quickly shows that they're NOT artificially high.
The internet was designed to be a durable, scalable, decentralized information delivery system so that, in the event of a nuclear attack, American military leaders would still have access to pornography.
Clearly, Bush's lack of proficiency in languages in general, and the English language specifically, is causing all other languages to slowly go out of style in favor of the New Neo-con Vernacular.
(If this made little to no sense it's because: #1, it's a joke and #2, it's 1:00 in the morning)
Hey, I resemble that remark! (Actually, I'm currently in my fifth year of Spanish)
As long as you don't try to cross the water bridge.
That's wrong, too. You do not put a space before a colon, either.
Someone has obviously never tried to run Oblivion with Qarl's Texture Pack (note the two gigabyte download size).
[quote]No real data? Bush cut taxes and now tax revenues are at record highs.[/quote]That is a logical fallacy... correlation does not equal causation - anyone who had ANY background in ANYTHING other than literature and philosophy should know this - ESPECIALLY anyone with a background in Economics, Math, or Science. There is a positive correlation between the # of TVs per person and the average lifespan (to steal an example from my Statistics textbook). With logic similar to yours (slightly more logical than what you said, even), I can say that more TVs leads to higher lifespans. In actuality there is a different variable that controls BOTH, and that is how developed the country is. A more developed country leads to both higher numbers of TVs and a longer lifespan.
I have to read *3* *books* *a* *week* on average. Hah! I've been reading three-four books per week on average since the FIRST GRADE (not picture books either - adult books, 300-800 pages long on average) and I'm sure I'm not alone.
Not for long, if Polaris has their way.
In Soviet Russia, your car crashes Microsoft!
I seriously doubt my parents have cause to be disappointed. ;)
Disappointed with what? Your only cause was shown to be completely false, caused by a lack of understanding on your part.
No matter. Everyone makes mistakes - I know I sure do ;). I did not know that /. doesn't let you reply twice to the same post - I just reply to my own post when I make a mistake.
I never said they were suggested by the article, hence why they were my hypotheses.
You got mad at me for assuming that there was something amiss when I never said suggested anything of the sort. You made a fool of yourself. Admit it and get over with it, you don't need to start coming up with new reasons to justify your anger at me.
I think you looked at my history - I have one Offtopic. ;)
He has three Flamebaits, four Trolls, and also one Offtopic.
Actually, you are the one who is a "GD moron". While you deserve a "-1 something", a "-1 No Reading Comprehension" would be much better.
If you would actually read you would note that I did not give more weight to one option than the other. I asked a question and presented THREE possibilities, only one of which implicated Microsoft in "something amiss". I was genuinely curious why all the other deeds done for this were by all the involved companies while this one is just Microsoft (according to the summary). That's why one of the questions I asked was if the other countries were backing this part too and the summary just failed to mention it.
I can't help but notice that your posting history is riddled with -1 Trolls and -1 Flamebaits. Maybe you weren't actually doing that and you just deserved a non-existant -1 No Reading Comprehension. Either way, you, sir, are the one with an extremely stupid comment.
-1 Epic Fail
Unless I've been understanding this wrong, this thing wasn't just a Microsoft prototype. It was submitted by several companies, so why is Microsoft the only one who is questioning it? Are the others backing Microsoft in their complains? Do the others not care enough? Or is there something more nefarious going on - do the others think that the FCC's claims are true?
Wow, I've never actually looked at labs.google.com before. From this, I have come to the conclusion that they're involved in some rather useless stuff - see Google Music Treds.
(As an aside, I have come to the conclusion that Google Talk's users have no taste in music - Avril Lavigne?!)
Actually, his implication had nothing at all to do with that. Statistically, it is very difficult to conduct a survey that is unbiased and this one most likely was biased. If they send papers to people requesting a response it could have self-selection bias. If they call people that is another type of bias because your results would be more geared towards some groups of people than others (people who work from home, the unemployed, housewives, etc.).
I'd like to see how they conducted their survey (too lazy to RTFA) but I would almost guarantee that there was some sort of bias present. As for whether or not it affected the outcome... that's a horse of a different color.
Looks like someone's got a case of the... Tuesdays.
"computer-aided training simulator" sounds a little too close to "murder simulator".
Jack Thompson would have a field day.
You're right - I, as a teenager, am listening to the best music ever. Only, it's mainly the music of my parents' generation (give or take a decade).
I currently am listening to Warren Zevon. After that in the queue is Bob Dylan, followed by the Beatles, Woody Guthrie, and Jimmy Buffett.