If only there were some vehicle by which the use of such technology could be regulated. Some way the average citizen could influence how such technology were used. Maybe a system in which a citizen could register their voice with some ruling body that could hand down some form of edict or guideline that could reflect said citizen's preferences. Nah... that's just crazy talk. There's no way for an average citizen in the United States to affect change in our rules and regulations.
Were that the case, there wouldn't be so many persistent UI issues in Windows going all the way back to at least Windows 95. Why do windows still open with 50% of their contents not visible? Why are nodal dialogue boxes still so prevalent? Why are there still windows that can be resized, but the contents don't expand to fit the new size? And before anyone asks, it's not only third party applications that exhibit these issues. It's MS's own software, too. Even at the OS level. It's dumb.
This is actually a two way street. Learn enough at your current employer to demand higher wages at a different employer and jump ship. It's not all on the company side. You just have to know how to play the game (a game that has changed remarkably in the last 50-60 years).
Doesn't really matter how shitty or not shitty the food is, purely from a weight standpoint. Burn more calories than you consume and you'll lose weight. The problem, as you touched on in the second part of your comment, is that Americans eat far more calories than they consume. At least the fat ones. I was once one of those people.
I majored in graphic design in college (oh, so long ago). I still dabble in design every now and again. But I'm sorry, I just find a lot of the trappings of "branding" like this to be highly pretentious. The first three of the questions they're asking are fine (does it still look like Firefox, can the design language be extended to future projects, etc...) but things start getting shaky with the fourth question, "Do these systems reinforce the speed, safety, reliability, wit, and innovation that Firefox stands for?" And fall off the rails with the last one, "Do these systems suggest our position as a tech company that puts people over profit?" No. No they don't. Nor will they ever. That's not a concept that can be portrayed in a few shapes and colors. And you shouldn't even try. At the end of the day, they're just logos - a way to call up the memory of a company in a quick burst of visual flair. I wish companies/designers would stop trying to make these things more than they are.
You've managed to point out the lunacy of the SJW movement and its lack of necessity all in the same post, attempting to disprove either. You are absolutely correct in that comics have been diverse (actually, it goes back WAY past the 90s). The problem is that SJWs saw and see the medium as wildly homogeneous and lacking any diversity. So they felt the had to do something about it. What they did was replace classic characters Iron Man (to a black, female teenager), Hulk (to a young asian guy), Thor (to a female), Captain America (to a black man), Ice Man (well, not replaced physically, but they made a character that had been straight since the 60s into a gay man), etc... etc... And even worse, they did it willy-nilly and badly. Stories ceased to matter. All that mattered was representation and making sure to poke straight white dudes in the eye at every opportunity on social media. The people that were buying comics before this upheaval spanned several generations who, mostly, never had a problem with a black woman leading the X-Men or a black man taking up the mantle of Iron Man. That these self-same people are rebelling at what Marvel is doing now should speak volumes. And it is. It's just that SJWs don't comprehend what they're hearing because they started from a flawed premise.
You expand a market by bringing in new people. NOT by kicking your existing market out and trying to replace it with a market that doesn't yet exist. Comics tried the latter. It's failing miserably.
No, it wasn't a spinoff. Riri Williams, the young black teenage girl in question, literally replaced Tony Stark (whom they "killed" off) for years before they finally brought Stark back. The problems wasn't that they put Riri in the suit. The problem was that Riri was/is a TERRIBLE character. A terrible character that was part of Marvel's purposeful attempt to replace all of the classic characters with "diverse" characters, regardless of whether it made sense, was well written, or anything else that matters in fiction. The only thing that mattered were the characters' surface traits. I remember, back in the day, when Rhodey replaced Tony as Iron Man. It was a well written arc. It made complete sense based on what came before it. And Rhodey was/is a great character that had been built up over time. This had absolutely none of those things. So, while a certain loud group of people have shouted down (or tried) anyone who took issue with the direction Marvel took as being Nazis, fascists, homophobes, sexists, and racists, that characterization is without merit. Are there some of those people peppered in? Certainly. Because there are some of those people peppered into all groups. But there was/is a real, non-discriminatory criticism of Marvel's direction. And yeah, no one is forcing anyone to buy anything. Which is exactly why so many have stopped doing so. Thus, this article. And the swing and a miss by the industry to try to explain why sales are flagging.
Leaving out people over 50 leaves a gigantic hole in the supposed effectiveness of such an ID. It basically gives "terrorists" a road map or how to proceed. So, given that the stated goal of such IDs is to deal with terrorists, and there's a built in mechanism of the plan that severely hampers this goal, I can't help but wonder what the actual purpose of these infernal things is. And in so wondering, can't seem to come up with anything remotely good.
After having virus and spyware issues and all the other baggage of IE, it has been relatively easy to convert my clients to Firefox. The "learning curve" is normally less than a week, too. And for the rare site (Charleston County Government needs to recode their web site BADLY) that doesn't work in FF, my clients are now accustomed to using IETab.
Then you might want to check out the PS3. Bluetooth controllers, headsets, mice, and keyboards, SATA hard drive, WiFi, USB, Linux installable (instructions in the manual), supports DivX playback and DLNA networking, Ethernet... There's a LOT of "standard" stuff in the PS3. More than Sony has gotten credit for so far. The only thing really remotely "proprietary" in the PS3 is the Blu-Ray drive. And that seems to be making its way to becoming a standard as well.
I think it really started this past holiday, actually. I saw a TON of HDTVs leaving the Circuit Cities and Best Buys here. Everywhere I went that had electronics, there were people buying HDTVs. 2008 should see the uptake of HDTV increase much faster than previous years. Add in the whole switch to digital TV and the morons at big box stores telling customers that they NEED an HDTV or they won't be getting any TV at all, and HDTV is about to take off big time. Christmas 2008 should be absolutely huge for HDTV. HDM should follow relatively closely. It won't catch up to actual HDTV sales for a while, but it'll start to take off this year as well, with next year probably being its break out year.
Blu-ray comes with a significant price premium -- for both technical and licensing reasons -- over HD-DVD.
It is also more expensive because, outside of the PS3, hardware manufacturers aren't subsidizing Blu-Ray. Toshiba has been selling HD DVD players at a loss for some time now. In essence, they were dumping them. And THAT is why they are just about the only ones making HD DVD players. Technology needs to drop in price naturally. There is NO incentive for hardware companies to sell disc players at a loss, as they don't get royalties on the back end like Toshiba does. Toshy squeezed out any chance of real competition on the player front by counting on money from royalties. The other cost differences between Blu-Ray and HD DVD are pretty much insignificant at this point.
Add the value of combo discs that you can get for HD-DVD
Most of the people I've encountered that had HD DVD players HATED the combo discs. They were noticeably more expensive than their Blu-Ray counterparts (when the same title was available on both).
Er... no. They could give these things away for free, and if there is no content available for them, they'd still fail. There's a balance between cheap hardware and content support. Neither, in and of itself, is enough to win a format war.
"I also hate that unless I navigate back to the song I am listening to, I have to actually wait for the screen to darken and for it to return to the "player" screen in order to adjust the volume/go back to what is playing."
You don't. You can hit the "Now Playing" menu item on the front menu.
Couldn't agree more. He gave the cops plenty of reasons to arrest him. One (and the most egregious, imho) was calling in a non-emergency on the 911 line. Were I the cop, and especially given the guy's attitude, I'd have arrested him on that almost immediately after arriving on the scene. I think a pretty good case could be made for arresting him on suspicion of shoplifting. His "civil rights" were in no way being violated by asking him to show a store the contents of his bag. It's private property and the store is within its rights to protect the property contained within to a reasonable extent. Asking to sift through a bag upon leaving is not unreasonable. And I'd guess that one could make the case that he obstructed justice as well. Bottom line is that the guy was simply being an ass hole. And I have no sympathy for ass holes.
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If only there were some vehicle by which the use of such technology could be regulated. Some way the average citizen could influence how such technology were used. Maybe a system in which a citizen could register their voice with some ruling body that could hand down some form of edict or guideline that could reflect said citizen's preferences. Nah... that's just crazy talk. There's no way for an average citizen in the United States to affect change in our rules and regulations.
The printer companies have picked up on and adjusted for this. Now, many printers come with "starter" ink - cartridges that are well below capacity.
Keith Richards.
So, you're saying that DOS was a Disk Operating System... Interesting... ;)
Were that the case, there wouldn't be so many persistent UI issues in Windows going all the way back to at least Windows 95. Why do windows still open with 50% of their contents not visible? Why are nodal dialogue boxes still so prevalent? Why are there still windows that can be resized, but the contents don't expand to fit the new size? And before anyone asks, it's not only third party applications that exhibit these issues. It's MS's own software, too. Even at the OS level. It's dumb.
Your knives must hate you. :p
This is actually a two way street. Learn enough at your current employer to demand higher wages at a different employer and jump ship. It's not all on the company side. You just have to know how to play the game (a game that has changed remarkably in the last 50-60 years).
Doesn't really matter how shitty or not shitty the food is, purely from a weight standpoint. Burn more calories than you consume and you'll lose weight. The problem, as you touched on in the second part of your comment, is that Americans eat far more calories than they consume. At least the fat ones. I was once one of those people.
I majored in graphic design in college (oh, so long ago). I still dabble in design every now and again. But I'm sorry, I just find a lot of the trappings of "branding" like this to be highly pretentious. The first three of the questions they're asking are fine (does it still look like Firefox, can the design language be extended to future projects, etc...) but things start getting shaky with the fourth question, "Do these systems reinforce the speed, safety, reliability, wit, and innovation that Firefox stands for?" And fall off the rails with the last one, "Do these systems suggest our position as a tech company that puts people over profit?" No. No they don't. Nor will they ever. That's not a concept that can be portrayed in a few shapes and colors. And you shouldn't even try. At the end of the day, they're just logos - a way to call up the memory of a company in a quick burst of visual flair. I wish companies/designers would stop trying to make these things more than they are.
I have literally never had Firefox crash on Android. Latest version across a OnePlus 5 and currently a OnePlus 6.
You've managed to point out the lunacy of the SJW movement and its lack of necessity all in the same post, attempting to disprove either. You are absolutely correct in that comics have been diverse (actually, it goes back WAY past the 90s). The problem is that SJWs saw and see the medium as wildly homogeneous and lacking any diversity. So they felt the had to do something about it. What they did was replace classic characters Iron Man (to a black, female teenager), Hulk (to a young asian guy), Thor (to a female), Captain America (to a black man), Ice Man (well, not replaced physically, but they made a character that had been straight since the 60s into a gay man), etc... etc... And even worse, they did it willy-nilly and badly. Stories ceased to matter. All that mattered was representation and making sure to poke straight white dudes in the eye at every opportunity on social media. The people that were buying comics before this upheaval spanned several generations who, mostly, never had a problem with a black woman leading the X-Men or a black man taking up the mantle of Iron Man. That these self-same people are rebelling at what Marvel is doing now should speak volumes. And it is. It's just that SJWs don't comprehend what they're hearing because they started from a flawed premise.
You expand a market by bringing in new people. NOT by kicking your existing market out and trying to replace it with a market that doesn't yet exist. Comics tried the latter. It's failing miserably.
No, it wasn't a spinoff. Riri Williams, the young black teenage girl in question, literally replaced Tony Stark (whom they "killed" off) for years before they finally brought Stark back. The problems wasn't that they put Riri in the suit. The problem was that Riri was/is a TERRIBLE character. A terrible character that was part of Marvel's purposeful attempt to replace all of the classic characters with "diverse" characters, regardless of whether it made sense, was well written, or anything else that matters in fiction. The only thing that mattered were the characters' surface traits. I remember, back in the day, when Rhodey replaced Tony as Iron Man. It was a well written arc. It made complete sense based on what came before it. And Rhodey was/is a great character that had been built up over time. This had absolutely none of those things. So, while a certain loud group of people have shouted down (or tried) anyone who took issue with the direction Marvel took as being Nazis, fascists, homophobes, sexists, and racists, that characterization is without merit. Are there some of those people peppered in? Certainly. Because there are some of those people peppered into all groups. But there was/is a real, non-discriminatory criticism of Marvel's direction. And yeah, no one is forcing anyone to buy anything. Which is exactly why so many have stopped doing so. Thus, this article. And the swing and a miss by the industry to try to explain why sales are flagging.
You should be installing this to a clean hard drive. Not upgrading, anyway. Have these people never installed a Windows operating system before?
Leaving out people over 50 leaves a gigantic hole in the supposed effectiveness of such an ID. It basically gives "terrorists" a road map or how to proceed. So, given that the stated goal of such IDs is to deal with terrorists, and there's a built in mechanism of the plan that severely hampers this goal, I can't help but wonder what the actual purpose of these infernal things is. And in so wondering, can't seem to come up with anything remotely good.
After having virus and spyware issues and all the other baggage of IE, it has been relatively easy to convert my clients to Firefox. The "learning curve" is normally less than a week, too. And for the rare site (Charleston County Government needs to recode their web site BADLY) that doesn't work in FF, my clients are now accustomed to using IETab.
Then you might want to check out the PS3. Bluetooth controllers, headsets, mice, and keyboards, SATA hard drive, WiFi, USB, Linux installable (instructions in the manual), supports DivX playback and DLNA networking, Ethernet... There's a LOT of "standard" stuff in the PS3. More than Sony has gotten credit for so far. The only thing really remotely "proprietary" in the PS3 is the Blu-Ray drive. And that seems to be making its way to becoming a standard as well.
I think it really started this past holiday, actually. I saw a TON of HDTVs leaving the Circuit Cities and Best Buys here. Everywhere I went that had electronics, there were people buying HDTVs. 2008 should see the uptake of HDTV increase much faster than previous years. Add in the whole switch to digital TV and the morons at big box stores telling customers that they NEED an HDTV or they won't be getting any TV at all, and HDTV is about to take off big time. Christmas 2008 should be absolutely huge for HDTV. HDM should follow relatively closely. It won't catch up to actual HDTV sales for a while, but it'll start to take off this year as well, with next year probably being its break out year.
Blu-ray comes with a significant price premium -- for both technical and licensing reasons -- over HD-DVD.
It is also more expensive because, outside of the PS3, hardware manufacturers aren't subsidizing Blu-Ray. Toshiba has been selling HD DVD players at a loss for some time now. In essence, they were dumping them. And THAT is why they are just about the only ones making HD DVD players. Technology needs to drop in price naturally. There is NO incentive for hardware companies to sell disc players at a loss, as they don't get royalties on the back end like Toshiba does. Toshy squeezed out any chance of real competition on the player front by counting on money from royalties. The other cost differences between Blu-Ray and HD DVD are pretty much insignificant at this point.
Add the value of combo discs that you can get for HD-DVD
Most of the people I've encountered that had HD DVD players HATED the combo discs. They were noticeably more expensive than their Blu-Ray counterparts (when the same title was available on both).
HD on cable looks ass compared to the disc formats.
Logitech Cordless Action Controller for PS2:
"Play longer--at least 50 hours of gameplay with vibration on."
50 hours seems a decent amount of time to me. I can't imagine that the DS3 would be significantly worse than that.
Er... no. They could give these things away for free, and if there is no content available for them, they'd still fail. There's a balance between cheap hardware and content support. Neither, in and of itself, is enough to win a format war.
"I also hate that unless I navigate back to the song I am listening to, I have to actually wait for the screen to darken and for it to return to the "player" screen in order to adjust the volume/go back to what is playing."
You don't. You can hit the "Now Playing" menu item on the front menu.
This assumes that the store doesn't have the right to hold someone they suspect of shoplifting until authorities arrive.
...about the demand for iPods? I have a feeling that they have always underestimated the demand.
Couldn't agree more. He gave the cops plenty of reasons to arrest him. One (and the most egregious, imho) was calling in a non-emergency on the 911 line. Were I the cop, and especially given the guy's attitude, I'd have arrested him on that almost immediately after arriving on the scene. I think a pretty good case could be made for arresting him on suspicion of shoplifting. His "civil rights" were in no way being violated by asking him to show a store the contents of his bag. It's private property and the store is within its rights to protect the property contained within to a reasonable extent. Asking to sift through a bag upon leaving is not unreasonable. And I'd guess that one could make the case that he obstructed justice as well. Bottom line is that the guy was simply being an ass hole. And I have no sympathy for ass holes.