I guess I would agree that, as far as *news* goes, "corrupt" is an excellent term for most of what we're fed today, no matter the outlet.
My point (I think!) was that, despite the deplorable state of news, there is still very good *information* to be had in some of today's newspapers, and that that might be worth paying for.
Yes, yes, lamestream media har har. But then you actually pick up the Sunday paper and find in-depth reporting that you would never have known otherwise, or the Book Review for top notch reviewing, or the New York Magazine for some of the best writing anywhere, or the Travel section to discover stuff you'd never see in Fodor's (which is outdated by the time you read it). Or the Arts section, for classical and theater news that are nearly impossible to find in any other non-niche periodical.
It's easy to see the main stream media as repetitive articles and bullshit, skewed commentary. But those of us who actually read the papers -- including the New York Times, WSJ, and even the more-dismal-by-the-second LA Times -- know that there's a great deal of value there that gets ignored when know-nothings talk about the "main stream media."
Say you have three author friends. Pass your book to each of them to proofread
This makes the assumption that authors are good at proofreading. Proofreading is a fairly specialized skill, and takes not just a good eye, but a fair amount of training/practice. Good proofreaders make a decent living because there are so few of them (and a million who suck).
I would venture to guess that few authors would be any good at it at all.
I'll add: When I'm driving, I get GPS and traffic info direct to my device. When I travel (frequently!), I get public transit info without having to decipher a new set of maps in every city. When I'm in the grocery store, I can immediately see if what I'm buying is cheaper at the store across the street. (I probably save $25 per month just in comparison shopping this way.)
If they'd had a string of hits, you (and Mr. Vesterbacka) would be right. But since they've had only a single success that they've been unable to reproduce, you're both jumping the gun.
Vesterbacka is -- fairly obviously -- trying to increase the profile of his company by pretending that consoles and phone apps compete with each other. They don't, and he knows it.
I'm a UX researcher at a university -- that's right, one of those government workers who don't produce anything and blow taxpayer dollars. I make a decent living, but it's still 20% less than I'd make in the private sector. I stay because 1) the benefits are decent (not great compared to many companies, but better than if I were consulting full time and working for myself); and 2) I like that my work is helping students learn instead of convincing shoppers to buy more.
I work with dozens of people not unlike myself -- people who can make a lot more and choose not to in order to (hopefully) make the world a better place.
As a conservative, I realize that it's easy to paint government workers with one brush; certainly I'm not impressed with most teachers, cops, or politicians -- hell, even some of my coworkers should be shown the door. But without many of us willing to work for less than we're worth, things would crumble.
I've ridden motorcycles with chain drive, belt drive, and shaft drive, and agree with you entirely -- chains suck compared to the others (but shaft is still better, with zero maintenance after 100K miles). Apparently there are also bicycles with shaft drive, but I've never seen one.
No one believes you (and "woosh" doesn't really work in that situation anyway. "Woosh" is generally applied to misunderstanding the context of a comment, not missing someone's sarcasm. The fact that you can't tell the difference gives weight to the opinion that the only John Locke you're familiar with is on TV).
No, a monopoly is the opposite of socialism. In fact, in pure capitalism, monopolies are nearly unavoidable -- the company with the most success will annex all lesser companies in the same business until only one remains. Dissolving the monopoly and distributing to the masses would be socialism.
The problem is the extent to which they lie to themselves about their "conservatism". The only reason Utah isn't a shithole like Nevada (where I live, btw) is that the Mormon church takes on the role of big government, providing social services and seeing to it that deviant behavior isn't (openly) tolerated. This is easy when most of the state is Mormon, and those Mormons are required to pay a tax to the church (and yes, you are ostracized if you don't pay -- they keep records).
(btw, every Mormon female I know was molested by a family member, but I don't know if that's a Mormon thing, or a Mormons-living-in-Las-Vegas thing.)
I think GP is complaining that people think HD means good (and it's certainly presented that way by the marketing for various devices), when in fact HD can be very, very shitty.
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Rifles can easily be broken down and parts replaced by a knowledgeable user, and there are tons of 3rd party add ons for them that work well across all brands without needing any special connectors, etc.
" there's no generic Windows OS, just microsoft's."
that's not true at all. 'Windows' was a term used regarding GUI OSs before MS existed.
You say it's not true, and then you prove the OPs point. Let me explain using an analogy:
Mops are used to clean floors. I decide I want to open a floor cleaning store and call it "Mops." According to your logic, I'd have no claim to the name "Mops" because people had used mops before me, even though my business was about lots more than just selling mops.
You'd be as wrong in that situation as you are in this one.
The 2 aren't equivalent at all. I'm not surprised Apple is trying to argue they are, but I'm pretty shocked that people on/. -- who generally get the whole IP thing -- can't see through it.
Let me spell it out:
"Windows" isn't actually a window -- it's an operating system. If they had called it "The Operating System" they'd have a hard time trying to keep anyone else from calling their OS "The Operating System."
There's no comparison between "Windows" and "App Store". It's not about "this name has been used before"; it's about a trademark-able name vs. a generic name. If I call my car parts store "Car Parts" you'd still be able to refer to your store as a car parts store.
It's called "descriptive trademarks" and you can read about it and its weaknesses -- assuming you can read -- here.
Right. But also, maybe we watch horror movies for a story, or to be frightened, rather than just to see something revolting.
There's nothing at all frightening about monkey brains or kids being harmed. Just like there's nothing frightening about the maggot-eating in the show "Fear Factor" -- it's just yucky. I find it bizarre that people can't tell the difference.
And if MSOffice cut your laptop battery life in half and caused your system to crash on a regular basis with no sign of MS fixing the problem, I bet you wouldn't be all that upset when your computer manufacturer decided not to build support for it in their OS.
Angry Birds cuts my OG Droid battery life in half, and it's the only app that's ever crashed. DAMN GOOGLE FOR NOT BANNING IT!!!
Wait, on second thought, if Google banned it I'd actually be kinda pissed, because it's my fucking decision what to run on my fucking device. I use Apple products, but that doesn't mean I support every decision they've ever made, or will ever make. If you consider that Apple-hating, so be it.
There are already enough great songs. I'd wager that you haven't heard 1% of them, and you won't in your lifetime. If no more songs were released, no more books written, no more films produced, there would still be more greatness available to every future generation to consume without tiring.
Part of the problem is that too many people are slaves to marketing that tells them what's happening RIGHT NOW is great, while everything else is passe. That's not true. In fact, that's counter-productive to cultural advancement, and a big reason we have thousands of Justin Biebers and Gagas, but no Schuberts, Coltranes, or Josquins.
Creative people have to be paid, or they can't/won't create.
Tens of thousands of people prove you wrong every day.
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I guess I would agree that, as far as *news* goes, "corrupt" is an excellent term for most of what we're fed today, no matter the outlet.
My point (I think!) was that, despite the deplorable state of news, there is still very good *information* to be had in some of today's newspapers, and that that might be worth paying for.
Yes, yes, lamestream media har har. But then you actually pick up the Sunday paper and find in-depth reporting that you would never have known otherwise, or the Book Review for top notch reviewing, or the New York Magazine for some of the best writing anywhere, or the Travel section to discover stuff you'd never see in Fodor's (which is outdated by the time you read it). Or the Arts section, for classical and theater news that are nearly impossible to find in any other non-niche periodical.
It's easy to see the main stream media as repetitive articles and bullshit, skewed commentary. But those of us who actually read the papers -- including the New York Times, WSJ, and even the more-dismal-by-the-second LA Times -- know that there's a great deal of value there that gets ignored when know-nothings talk about the "main stream media."
Say you have three author friends. Pass your book to each of them to proofread
This makes the assumption that authors are good at proofreading. Proofreading is a fairly specialized skill, and takes not just a good eye, but a fair amount of training/practice. Good proofreaders make a decent living because there are so few of them (and a million who suck).
I would venture to guess that few authors would be any good at it at all.
I'll add: When I'm driving, I get GPS and traffic info direct to my device.
When I travel (frequently!), I get public transit info without having to decipher a new set of maps in every city.
When I'm in the grocery store, I can immediately see if what I'm buying is cheaper at the store across the street. (I probably save $25 per month just in comparison shopping this way.)
If they'd had a string of hits, you (and Mr. Vesterbacka) would be right. But since they've had only a single success that they've been unable to reproduce, you're both jumping the gun.
Vesterbacka is -- fairly obviously -- trying to increase the profile of his company by pretending that consoles and phone apps compete with each other. They don't, and he knows it.
Citation please?
5 seconds of googling later...
I'm a UX researcher at a university -- that's right, one of those government workers who don't produce anything and blow taxpayer dollars. I make a decent living, but it's still 20% less than I'd make in the private sector. I stay because 1) the benefits are decent (not great compared to many companies, but better than if I were consulting full time and working for myself); and 2) I like that my work is helping students learn instead of convincing shoppers to buy more.
I work with dozens of people not unlike myself -- people who can make a lot more and choose not to in order to (hopefully) make the world a better place.
As a conservative, I realize that it's easy to paint government workers with one brush; certainly I'm not impressed with most teachers, cops, or politicians -- hell, even some of my coworkers should be shown the door. But without many of us willing to work for less than we're worth, things would crumble.
Yes, and GW never claimed that Iraq was involved in 9/11, and Clinton never denied having sex with Lewinsky.
After all, the definition of "is" is changeable depending on context.
True. That's why CD players, which were $300 in 1983, now cost over $600. Oh wait...
I've ridden motorcycles with chain drive, belt drive, and shaft drive, and agree with you entirely -- chains suck compared to the others (but shaft is still better, with zero maintenance after 100K miles). Apparently there are also bicycles with shaft drive, but I've never seen one.
No one believes you (and "woosh" doesn't really work in that situation anyway. "Woosh" is generally applied to misunderstanding the context of a comment, not missing someone's sarcasm. The fact that you can't tell the difference gives weight to the opinion that the only John Locke you're familiar with is on TV).
No, a monopoly is the opposite of socialism. In fact, in pure capitalism, monopolies are nearly unavoidable -- the company with the most success will annex all lesser companies in the same business until only one remains. Dissolving the monopoly and distributing to the masses would be socialism.
The problem is the extent to which they lie to themselves about their "conservatism". The only reason Utah isn't a shithole like Nevada (where I live, btw) is that the Mormon church takes on the role of big government, providing social services and seeing to it that deviant behavior isn't (openly) tolerated. This is easy when most of the state is Mormon, and those Mormons are required to pay a tax to the church (and yes, you are ostracized if you don't pay -- they keep records).
(btw, every Mormon female I know was molested by a family member, but I don't know if that's a Mormon thing, or a Mormons-living-in-Las-Vegas thing.)
U.S. soil -- including non-miliary targets -- was attacked by the Japanese prior to Pearl Harbor.
It didn't hit home for Kansas farmers because much of this was covered up at the time in order to convince the enemy that it wasn't working.
Learning history can often make you look less foolish when making sweeping generalizations.
Funny how iTards all the sudden care about price.
I think GP is complaining that people think HD means good (and it's certainly presented that way by the marketing for various devices), when in fact HD can be very, very shitty.
Rifles can easily be broken down and parts replaced by a knowledgeable user, and there are tons of 3rd party add ons for them that work well across all brands without needing any special connectors, etc.
Try again.
You can't file a lawsuit resting on accusations substantiated only by your own inability to falsify them!
Of course you can file it; it just isn't likely to proceed.
Where in all these fictional people are the 80% of us who just don't give a shit?
" there's no generic Windows OS, just microsoft's."
that's not true at all. 'Windows' was a term used regarding GUI OSs before MS existed.
You say it's not true, and then you prove the OPs point. Let me explain using an analogy:
Mops are used to clean floors. I decide I want to open a floor cleaning store and call it "Mops." According to your logic, I'd have no claim to the name "Mops" because people had used mops before me, even though my business was about lots more than just selling mops.
You'd be as wrong in that situation as you are in this one.
The 2 aren't equivalent at all. I'm not surprised Apple is trying to argue they are, but I'm pretty shocked that people on /. -- who generally get the whole IP thing -- can't see through it.
Let me spell it out:
"Windows" isn't actually a window -- it's an operating system. If they had called it "The Operating System" they'd have a hard time trying to keep anyone else from calling their OS "The Operating System."
There's no comparison between "Windows" and "App Store". It's not about "this name has been used before"; it's about a trademark-able name vs. a generic name. If I call my car parts store "Car Parts" you'd still be able to refer to your store as a car parts store.
It's called "descriptive trademarks" and you can read about it and its weaknesses -- assuming you can read -- here.
By that logic, every caricature is a caricature of everyone.
Right. But also, maybe we watch horror movies for a story, or to be frightened, rather than just to see something revolting.
There's nothing at all frightening about monkey brains or kids being harmed. Just like there's nothing frightening about the maggot-eating in the show "Fear Factor" -- it's just yucky. I find it bizarre that people can't tell the difference.
And if MSOffice cut your laptop battery life in half and caused your system to crash on a regular basis with no sign of MS fixing the problem, I bet you wouldn't be all that upset when your computer manufacturer decided not to build support for it in their OS.
Angry Birds cuts my OG Droid battery life in half, and it's the only app that's ever crashed. DAMN GOOGLE FOR NOT BANNING IT!!!
Wait, on second thought, if Google banned it I'd actually be kinda pissed, because it's my fucking decision what to run on my fucking device. I use Apple products, but that doesn't mean I support every decision they've ever made, or will ever make. If you consider that Apple-hating, so be it.
I don't run MSOffice either, but if you wanted to sell me a computer specifically designed to disallow running it, I'd tell you to shove it.
Also, despite blocking Flash from running ads on websites, I could still allow it with a single click if I came across a useful use of it.
And finally, I also run NoScript, but that doesn't mean no scripts ever run on my machine -- I allow what I want to allow.
Part of the problem is that too many people are slaves to marketing that tells them what's happening RIGHT NOW is great, while everything else is passe. That's not true. In fact, that's counter-productive to cultural advancement, and a big reason we have thousands of Justin Biebers and Gagas, but no Schuberts, Coltranes, or Josquins.
Creative people have to be paid, or they can't/won't create.
Tens of thousands of people prove you wrong every day.