Call me a conspiracy theorist but I'm starting to think that a good deal of the Vista gaming shittyness and DX10 pushing has more to do with driving xbox360 sales than anything else.
I'm just one example, but I work for a company that offers discounts on consoles. In the past 6mos I have bought a Wii (first), DS Lite (second), and a PS3 (third). Now, this past weekend I contemplated my slogging XP box and wondered "Should I just get rid of this thing?" I could get another Apple laptop, sell my XP box and aging G4 PowerBook and be ahead of the game (so to speak). Gaming on the consoles, Internet on the laptop and a greatly simplified life. We'll see what happens when Unreal Tournament 2007 (8?) comes out, but suffice it to say that yesterday I was this > close to going down to the Apple store and getting a 15" something or other.
Anybody who is too lazy to go to the polls or write the occasional letter to an elected official has no right to complain about government.
Is that so? And from where are these rights to complain granted? I don't remember anything in the Constitution along those lines, but I'm willing to know more.
You strike a happy medium between those who refrain from voting due to disgust or laziness, and those elected officials who think their only constituents are those who voted for them or their friends. If you flip your rationale over, you support the latter in saying that the only people who have a right to be heard are those who vote. It's a short jump from there to saying the only people who have a right to have their complaints addressed are those who voted for the person who decides what complaints deserve attention.
At least in the latter case, the monopoly has to be sufficiently competitive to become a monopoly.
So if I understand your point, are you saying that monopolies are more beneficial to customers the more the monopolist has to fight to get into that position?
This may seem on the surface like a coverup, but truth be told, most large organizations have rules that state that the average employee should not comment to reporters in any official capacity. I happen to work at such a company, and have no problem not talking to reporters. Does not follow. Just because you work for a company that forbids its employees from speaking to the media (is this a firable offense?), that doesn't mean that the NHSTA is not trying to cover up problems. There is no connection between the two at all.
This is the man who said "I am committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president" during the last campaign presidential, and incredible statement from someone who makes voting machines.
Hey, if the guy can keep his promises, why doubt him?
"...the CEO of Diebold promised that the system will be run more 'openly and independently.'
I'd be satisfied to initiate the download, eat dinner, then go back and enjoy the desired program without interruption, and at a higher resolution or less of a compression ratio. That option seldom seems offered, although it would be so much faster than Netflix US Mail delivery.
This solution conflicts with Microsoft's business rules.
From what I gather, cops move quicker when the homeowner gets in contact with the burglar because, in general, they're more worried about crimes (real or otherwise) directly against people (or corps.) than crimes against property.
The point of police work is to provide prosecutors with convictable people and it's easier to put people in jail (and for longer sentences) for "contact" crime than it is for property crimes.
Scooter leaked NOTHING; it was Bush critic Richard Armitage in the State Department who did the actual Valerie Plame leaking
I don't know where you get your information, but there was more than one leaker and the prosecutor did not yet know about Armitage until after Scooter lied. Lying to a grand jury is always a crime.
DefCon's founder, announced that they were changing the game. Instead of Spot the Fed, they were going to play Spot the Undercover Reporter and then announced, 'And there's one in here right now.'"
I don't see how this means they are hiding something. Are you saying that they're hiding what they were going to reveal by playing the original version of the game, "Spot The Fed?"
Here's what you wrote:
I have no objection to outing the mole and warning attendees, but the way they went about it suggests they're hiding something. I would have put up his picture with a message to welcome the NBC reporter, and encourage everyone's cooperation in NBC's coverage.
On one hand, you have a tragically flawed and misguided news organization, which builds and runs shows like To Catch a Predator. They're a really unsympathetic party. On the other hand, as many have pointed out, you have the fundamental truth that sometimes, undercover reporting is vital to the functioning of a free society.
Personally? I'll risk the tragically flawed and misguided news organization if it means I have a better chance of learning when my rights are violated by my government.
The problem with your theory is that there are more than two hands. For instance, let's say "on the third hand," when is the last time Dateline informed anybody that the government is violating their rights?
The terrorists killed how many people on 9-11? What if we dropped one of our MOAB bombs right in the middle of an Iraq mall killing just as many or more? We'd SO be condemned for our actions. But the terrorists doing it wouldn't get nearly as significant of a result.
So you're saying that the employees and the companies in the World Trade Center symbolize the same thing as 3000 people in an Iraqi mall in 2007? Or maybe 3000 people are 3000 people no matter where they're killed?
Why use cryptic flags like -story and -journal that the user has to just magically know (i don't see any list of available flags by the filter box). Why not just use checkboxes or something of things to include? [x] stories [ ] journal
You don't understand. If they put actual containers on the list of prohibited items then that is the same thing as telling the terrorists how to make a bomb using those containers. So by keeping them off the list, they don't draw any attention to such uses and so we are all better protected.
You're going for +1 Funny vs. +1 Informative, right?
I've always said that the best way to have a secure airplane is to have a large scary combat knife strapped to the back of every seat. You think anyone's going to try monkey business if they're surrounded by armed people?
Genius! Capital suggestion! What do we do about the definition of "monkey business?"
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Why on earth would you buy a Tivo when you can rent a HD DVR for $10 from your cable company which is cheaper than the required Tivo subscription!
Because the cable co's DVR sucks. If you have low standards this may not mean much to you, but a lot of people think having a quality product is a reason for a company to survive.
Dont' worry about it. All of these "Linux Suxxx!!" stories are just planted PR pushback by Microsoft since Vista is a failure among everybody except those who are technically overcommitted or who have already paid.
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The government.
Call me a conspiracy theorist but I'm starting to think that a good deal of the Vista gaming shittyness and DX10 pushing has more to do with driving xbox360 sales than anything else.
I'm just one example, but I work for a company that offers discounts on consoles. In the past 6mos I have bought a Wii (first), DS Lite (second), and a PS3 (third). Now, this past weekend I contemplated my slogging XP box and wondered "Should I just get rid of this thing?" I could get another Apple laptop, sell my XP box and aging G4 PowerBook and be ahead of the game (so to speak). Gaming on the consoles, Internet on the laptop and a greatly simplified life. We'll see what happens when Unreal Tournament 2007 (8?) comes out, but suffice it to say that yesterday I was this > close to going down to the Apple store and getting a 15" something or other.
Anybody who is too lazy to go to the polls or write the occasional letter to an elected official has no right to complain about government.
Is that so? And from where are these rights to complain granted? I don't remember anything in the Constitution along those lines, but I'm willing to know more.
You strike a happy medium between those who refrain from voting due to disgust or laziness, and those elected officials who think their only constituents are those who voted for them or their friends. If you flip your rationale over, you support the latter in saying that the only people who have a right to be heard are those who vote. It's a short jump from there to saying the only people who have a right to have their complaints addressed are those who voted for the person who decides what complaints deserve attention.
This is a problematic ethic, to be sure.
At least in the latter case, the monopoly has to be sufficiently competitive to become a monopoly.
So if I understand your point, are you saying that monopolies are more beneficial to customers the more the monopolist has to fight to get into that position?
And wartime tends to necessitate the suspension of certain freedoms.
Those are the freedoms the military is fighting to protect, right?
maybe by defying it, the standards will now be reviewed, and eventually changed.
And your daily lesson in passive aggression comes to you from chef_raekwon today.
Not very Wu of him, if you ask me.
This may seem on the surface like a coverup, but truth be told, most large organizations have rules that state that the average employee should not comment to reporters in any official capacity. I happen to work at such a company, and have no problem not talking to reporters.
Does not follow. Just because you work for a company that forbids its employees from speaking to the media (is this a firable offense?), that doesn't mean that the NHSTA is not trying to cover up problems. There is no connection between the two at all.
Welcome to 10 years ago.
This is the man who said "I am committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president" during the last campaign presidential, and incredible statement from someone who makes voting machines.
Hey, if the guy can keep his promises, why doubt him?
"...the CEO of Diebold promised that the system will be run more 'openly and independently.'
I'd be satisfied to initiate the download, eat dinner, then go back and enjoy the desired program without interruption, and at a higher resolution or less of a compression ratio. That option seldom seems offered, although it would be so much faster than Netflix US Mail delivery.
This solution conflicts with Microsoft's business rules.
Who's blocking Jimmy?!
From what I gather, cops move quicker when the homeowner gets in contact with the burglar because, in general, they're more worried about crimes (real or otherwise) directly against people (or corps.) than crimes against property.
The point of police work is to provide prosecutors with convictable people and it's easier to put people in jail (and for longer sentences) for "contact" crime than it is for property crimes.
Scooter leaked NOTHING; it was Bush critic Richard Armitage in the State Department who did the actual Valerie Plame leaking
I don't know where you get your information, but there was more than one leaker and the prosecutor did not yet know about Armitage until after Scooter lied. Lying to a grand jury is always a crime.
You get a free press, you get all the ugliness of a free press.
She/Dateline is still free to do their story. Nothing and nobody has removed the Constitutional rights you refer to.
DefCon's founder, announced that they were changing the game. Instead of Spot the Fed, they were going to play Spot the Undercover Reporter and then announced, 'And there's one in here right now.'"
I don't see how this means they are hiding something. Are you saying that they're hiding what they were going to reveal by playing the original version of the game, "Spot The Fed?"
Here's what you wrote:
I have no objection to outing the mole and warning attendees, but the way they went about it suggests they're hiding something. I would have put up his picture with a message to welcome the NBC reporter, and encourage everyone's cooperation in NBC's coverage.
But then again..."his picture?"
On one hand, you have a tragically flawed and misguided news organization, which builds and runs shows like To Catch a Predator. They're a really unsympathetic party. On the other hand, as many have pointed out, you have the fundamental truth that sometimes, undercover reporting is vital to the functioning of a free society.
Personally? I'll risk the tragically flawed and misguided news organization if it means I have a better chance of learning when my rights are violated by my government.
The problem with your theory is that there are more than two hands. For instance, let's say "on the third hand," when is the last time Dateline informed anybody that the government is violating their rights?
the way they went about it suggests they're hiding something.
I don't understand this statement. How so?
The terrorists killed how many people on 9-11? What if we dropped one of our MOAB bombs right in the middle of an Iraq mall killing just as many or more? We'd SO be condemned for our actions. But the terrorists doing it wouldn't get nearly as significant of a result.
So you're saying that the employees and the companies in the World Trade Center symbolize the same thing as 3000 people in an Iraqi mall in 2007? Or maybe 3000 people are 3000 people no matter where they're killed?
Why use cryptic flags like -story and -journal that the user has to just magically know (i don't see any list of available flags by the filter box). Why not just use checkboxes or something of things to include? [x] stories [ ] journal
Checkboxes are not Web3.0 compliant.
And... since when was Dvorak a market analyst? I thought he was just a troll who posted absurd comments in order to draw readers...
Which is much different than his attempt at predicting the future in order to draw readers.
I am not sure of the details, but I have seen offers for $35 to $70 for an upgrade to economy plus on United the day of the flight.
Don't forget to include United's goatse.cx security process and poor customer service. Those are costs, too.
You don't understand. If they put actual containers on the list of prohibited items then that is the same thing as telling the terrorists how to make a bomb using those containers. So by keeping them off the list, they don't draw any attention to such uses and so we are all better protected.
You're going for +1 Funny vs. +1 Informative, right?
I've always said that the best way to have a secure airplane is to have a large scary combat knife strapped to the back of every seat. You think anyone's going to try monkey business if they're surrounded by armed people?
Genius! Capital suggestion! What do we do about the definition of "monkey business?"
Why on earth would you buy a Tivo when you can rent a HD DVR for $10 from your cable company which is cheaper than the required Tivo subscription!
Because the cable co's DVR sucks. If you have low standards this may not mean much to you, but a lot of people think having a quality product is a reason for a company to survive.
Dont' worry about it. All of these "Linux Suxxx!!" stories are just planted PR pushback by Microsoft since Vista is a failure among everybody except those who are technically overcommitted or who have already paid.