If all women had scientifically 'perfect' breasts then those perfect breasts would get pretty boring
Where has your penis gone? Breasts getting boring? What kind of silly, nonsensical, jibber-jabber is that?
Breasts NEVER get boring! I love my wife's breasts as much today as the day I married here!
Actually, come to think of it, it'd be pretty awesome for all women to have the same sized breasts. That's a whole level of insecurity that men wouldn't have to deal with any longer.
Now that we've seen yet another way to fight against cancer, we'll just watch it fade into obscurity as if it were really just a post on/.'s frontpage.
Have any of these medical breakthroughs actually born fruit? Have any become tenable?
1. Advertise unlimited Internet (ie: get lots of paying customers)
2. Throttle customer bandwidth (ie: don't use all that money to upgrade systems and screw customers)
3. Profit! (ie: Actual Profit)
Sure they've been there 6 years, but how long until the government just moves them to a different base where the laws aren't applicable? That way, we can keep them for another 6 years!
Buy a 7-dollar cable from Radio Shack and route the Headphone Jack directly into the Microphone jack on your computer (or use 2 computers - how many Slashdot readers really only have one computer?) and then use a free program like Audacity to record it and make an instant, non-DRMed MP3, OGG, etc.
10 cents is not a bad price.
Yeah, it's actually quite a shock. Who would have ever guessed that Shareholders would be more concerned with their investments than with changing the domestic policy of a foreign government? That's a total surprise.
I know, but that was before Jobs came back. I had a Power Computing Mac Clone. Actually, it might still be in my garage somewhere... hmmm... Anyways, it was a lot cheaper. When Jobs came and bought back the rights, and they came out with the iMac; that started the whole "this-computer-is-easy-to-use".
But if Apple did a "Certified Program" they'd lose their compatibility and optimization. Right now, since everything is in-house, they can write their software/firmware around the exact specifications of certain pieces of hardware. If they had to broaden that field, they couldn't optimize for specifics. The system would bog down more. And as far as compatibility goes, you'd have to start getting drivers for every other piece of hardware you buy. If it's in-house, that's not a problem.
The only time it becomes a problem is when you have a sales model and market base of "people-who-never-used-computers". I think we can all agree Apple cornered the market by selling their computers as "the easiest to use" or "plug it in and go". The customer base for that type of model doesn't need the complexity. And even though their "Power User" market is growing which makes that model less sustainable, I would imagine that they'll want to hang on to the "ease of use" as long as possible.
Even though Slashdot readers revel in the complexity of computer systems, I'm pretty sure Apple isn't going to change their model for us. I think we all know that for all of us that know a thing or two about computers, there's way more people out there who know jack-diddley about them.
If you're going to do it, just pop up a dialog box that says "'Random Running Program/Process' has encountered an error. If you do not restart, you will lose data. The computer will restart in 1-5 minutes"
Or even better, "You're computer has installed an update and requires a restart"
Most of the people who are running windows who are infected by the botnet for weeks/months/days probably aren't the users that are running SpyBot or Adware on a regular basis. If they see the message, they'll save everything and restart and not even think about it anymore. Even if a more advanced user questions the authenticity of the dialog box, if they know the computer is going to restart itself, they'll probably save everything they're working on.
I would guess (based on no scientific study or group of data) that the majority of people who see a message pop up on the screen are just going to click through it without a second thought. They're the same people that open up every email attachment and click on the banner ads that say "Your computer may be at risk!!ZOMG!!!"
If someone can patch their computer for them without them even knowing about it, is that really a bad thing? Do you think they'd EVER do it by themselves?
Well fortunately, online criminals have no way of pretending to be someone else so it should be a relatively painless procedure for businesses to check their identities.
It would seem that in order to prove the above fallacy, you would have to find a movie that did, in fact, capture everything from a book. I don't think that's ever happened.
To use the True Scotsman Example:
Argument: No book/story has ever been fully captured in a movie.
Reply: Well, the movie XXXX has done that.
Rebuttal: Well, no TRUE book/story has ever been fully captured in a movie.
(Using the above terminology) If you can't come up with a Reply that disproves the Argument, then the whole discourse stops at the Argument. The Rebuttal never occurs and is therefore not fallacious.
If there are any movies out there that are completely identical to the books they're based on, then I've never seen them. I would argue that since the mediums are so different, it's impossible to ever have a movie like that (or at least, so highly improbable to be near enough to impossible).
I definitely agree. There was a lot of superfluous stuff that wasn't necessary to the movie. I don't have a problem with the removal of stuff; I just don't like it when stuff is changed that doesn't need to be changed. I loved the first movie. There were a couple changes that I didn't think were necessary but didn't detract from the overall plot. And then I watched the second movie. Faramir capturing the Hobbits to bring them to Gondor, the elves coming to Helm's Deep, etc. I remember watching that movie and saying "What the hell? That never happened!"
I certainly don't dislike the movies, hell, I have the Boxed Set of the Extended Edition DVDs. I really enjoy the movies. I also agree that it's definitely one of the best adaptions of a book (or books) that I've ever seen. However, I still don't think it was the best way to do it. Rather than just cut out un-necessary parts and make slight alterations to account for them, he went and straight-out changed things that were completely contrary to what actually happened.
So, while I do like the movies and I enjoy watching them, I still think that it could have been better. Jackson certainly didn't change a lot of the story, but those few niggling points grind on my soul like nails on a chalkboard whenever I see them in the movies. So, I'm sticking with my original idea of him doing a decent job overall.
He definitely did a decent job. I wouldn't go so far as saying it was an "AWESOME" job. It had good actors, great special effect, and story line hacked apart like a Hannibal Lector movie.
Also, the news that's actually making it TO the Chinese people is so edited and biased that they're not getting the real facts about stuff.
I would think the Chinese Government would rather tells lies and half-truths to get as many people as possible pissed off at the West. If you can get everyone pissed off, you won't have to block or make up news coming out. We all know genuinely pissed off people have no problem telling the whole world about it on the internet. They'll be angry based on lies, but I'm pretty sure the Chinese Government (or any Government) is going to lose any sleep by lying to the public if it can make them - at least appear to be - stronger and more patriotic.
it is quite rare to find a slashdot-poster less informed than a musician
Really? What Slashdot are you reading? I see lots of dumb posts. They're the ones that don't get modded + anything. For all the +5's we see, there are a whole bunch of dumbasses posting as well.
Even though the military and leaders of this country (America) can appear to be a pack of phenomenal idiots, they usually are able to do stuff behind the scenes that can help.
If no one in the government had the foresight to see any of this coming since the internet came out, then we deserve to get attacked. I'll bet 10 to 1 that there's a counter-hacking group doing the same thing to other countries.
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If all women had scientifically 'perfect' breasts then those perfect breasts would get pretty boring
Where has your penis gone? Breasts getting boring? What kind of silly, nonsensical, jibber-jabber is that?
Breasts NEVER get boring! I love my wife's breasts as much today as the day I married here!
Actually, come to think of it, it'd be pretty awesome for all women to have the same sized breasts. That's a whole level of insecurity that men wouldn't have to deal with any longer.
Now that we've seen yet another way to fight against cancer, we'll just watch it fade into obscurity as if it were really just a post on /.'s frontpage.
Have any of these medical breakthroughs actually born fruit? Have any become tenable?
To justify a move to a tiered system to charge more for the same service.
Unfortunately, there's no "???" in this equation.
1. Advertise unlimited Internet (ie: get lots of paying customers)
2. Throttle customer bandwidth (ie: don't use all that money to upgrade systems and screw customers)
3. Profit! (ie: Actual Profit)
Sure they've been there 6 years, but how long until the government just moves them to a different base where the laws aren't applicable? That way, we can keep them for another 6 years!
The companies who pay us lots of money told us they didn't want bad reviews of their games displayed.
Buy a 7-dollar cable from Radio Shack and route the Headphone Jack directly into the Microphone jack on your computer (or use 2 computers - how many Slashdot readers really only have one computer?) and then use a free program like Audacity to record it and make an instant, non-DRMed MP3, OGG, etc. 10 cents is not a bad price.
I'm sure the reaction of physical violence isn't one most Slashdot readers would take. All that heavy breathing would just tire us out too quickly.
It probably has a creamy nougat filling.
Yeah, it's actually quite a shock. Who would have ever guessed that Shareholders would be more concerned with their investments than with changing the domestic policy of a foreign government? That's a total surprise.
Why would being black give him any insight on equality and..... oh, right...
I thought maybe if I skipped ahead, there would be some actual music in that video. Nope!
I know, but that was before Jobs came back. I had a Power Computing Mac Clone. Actually, it might still be in my garage somewhere... hmmm... Anyways, it was a lot cheaper. When Jobs came and bought back the rights, and they came out with the iMac; that started the whole "this-computer-is-easy-to-use".
But if Apple did a "Certified Program" they'd lose their compatibility and optimization. Right now, since everything is in-house, they can write their software/firmware around the exact specifications of certain pieces of hardware. If they had to broaden that field, they couldn't optimize for specifics. The system would bog down more. And as far as compatibility goes, you'd have to start getting drivers for every other piece of hardware you buy. If it's in-house, that's not a problem.
The only time it becomes a problem is when you have a sales model and market base of "people-who-never-used-computers". I think we can all agree Apple cornered the market by selling their computers as "the easiest to use" or "plug it in and go". The customer base for that type of model doesn't need the complexity. And even though their "Power User" market is growing which makes that model less sustainable, I would imagine that they'll want to hang on to the "ease of use" as long as possible.
Even though Slashdot readers revel in the complexity of computer systems, I'm pretty sure Apple isn't going to change their model for us. I think we all know that for all of us that know a thing or two about computers, there's way more people out there who know jack-diddley about them.
If you're going to do it, just pop up a dialog box that says "'Random Running Program/Process' has encountered an error. If you do not restart, you will lose data. The computer will restart in 1-5 minutes"
Or even better, "You're computer has installed an update and requires a restart"
Most of the people who are running windows who are infected by the botnet for weeks/months/days probably aren't the users that are running SpyBot or Adware on a regular basis. If they see the message, they'll save everything and restart and not even think about it anymore. Even if a more advanced user questions the authenticity of the dialog box, if they know the computer is going to restart itself, they'll probably save everything they're working on.
I would guess (based on no scientific study or group of data) that the majority of people who see a message pop up on the screen are just going to click through it without a second thought. They're the same people that open up every email attachment and click on the banner ads that say "Your computer may be at risk!!ZOMG!!!"
If someone can patch their computer for them without them even knowing about it, is that really a bad thing? Do you think they'd EVER do it by themselves?
http://xkcd.com/301/
:D
Yeah, no kidding. I thought I would get modded as +5 Smartass
Well fortunately, online criminals have no way of pretending to be someone else so it should be a relatively painless procedure for businesses to check their identities.
It would seem that in order to prove the above fallacy, you would have to find a movie that did, in fact, capture everything from a book. I don't think that's ever happened.
To use the True Scotsman Example:
Argument: No book/story has ever been fully captured in a movie.
Reply: Well, the movie XXXX has done that.
Rebuttal: Well, no TRUE book/story has ever been fully captured in a movie.
(Using the above terminology) If you can't come up with a Reply that disproves the Argument, then the whole discourse stops at the Argument. The Rebuttal never occurs and is therefore not fallacious.
If there are any movies out there that are completely identical to the books they're based on, then I've never seen them. I would argue that since the mediums are so different, it's impossible to ever have a movie like that (or at least, so highly improbable to be near enough to impossible).
I definitely agree. There was a lot of superfluous stuff that wasn't necessary to the movie. I don't have a problem with the removal of stuff; I just don't like it when stuff is changed that doesn't need to be changed. I loved the first movie. There were a couple changes that I didn't think were necessary but didn't detract from the overall plot. And then I watched the second movie. Faramir capturing the Hobbits to bring them to Gondor, the elves coming to Helm's Deep, etc. I remember watching that movie and saying "What the hell? That never happened!"
I certainly don't dislike the movies, hell, I have the Boxed Set of the Extended Edition DVDs. I really enjoy the movies. I also agree that it's definitely one of the best adaptions of a book (or books) that I've ever seen. However, I still don't think it was the best way to do it. Rather than just cut out un-necessary parts and make slight alterations to account for them, he went and straight-out changed things that were completely contrary to what actually happened.
So, while I do like the movies and I enjoy watching them, I still think that it could have been better. Jackson certainly didn't change a lot of the story, but those few niggling points grind on my soul like nails on a chalkboard whenever I see them in the movies. So, I'm sticking with my original idea of him doing a decent job overall.
He definitely did a decent job. I wouldn't go so far as saying it was an "AWESOME" job. It had good actors, great special effect, and story line hacked apart like a Hannibal Lector movie.
...ISN'T going to lose any sleep...
Also, the news that's actually making it TO the Chinese people is so edited and biased that they're not getting the real facts about stuff.
I would think the Chinese Government would rather tells lies and half-truths to get as many people as possible pissed off at the West. If you can get everyone pissed off, you won't have to block or make up news coming out. We all know genuinely pissed off people have no problem telling the whole world about it on the internet. They'll be angry based on lies, but I'm pretty sure the Chinese Government (or any Government) is going to lose any sleep by lying to the public if it can make them - at least appear to be - stronger and more patriotic.
Really? What Slashdot are you reading? I see lots of dumb posts. They're the ones that don't get modded + anything. For all the +5's we see, there are a whole bunch of dumbasses posting as well.
(paraphrasing)
If you're in a free society, it's not safe. You can either have safety, or freedom. But you can't have both at the same time.
Even though the military and leaders of this country (America) can appear to be a pack of phenomenal idiots, they usually are able to do stuff behind the scenes that can help. If no one in the government had the foresight to see any of this coming since the internet came out, then we deserve to get attacked. I'll bet 10 to 1 that there's a counter-hacking group doing the same thing to other countries.