I felt this at first, too, and I can still always find something when I'm in the mood to watch TV. But I will admit that I'm increasingly frustrated that I can't find some shows or movies that I'd like to see, and by things disappearing off the lineup. Still good, but not perfect.
You think that's the case, but I respectfully submit that you're probably wrong. I point to the studies cited in Tom Vanderbilt's book "Traffic", which I don't have handy right now. But as I remember, the studies (performed with in-car sensors, including eye-tracking cameras) showed that people on a cellphone call tend to fix their gaze rigidly forward, stop looking at their mirrors, and are less likely to change speed. You may be looking at the road, but you're not really paying very close attention.
Same here. I wish I knew of a faster way to get from "The Internet is down!" to "Google Talk and Twitter were out at the same time." But I've become so reliant on the Internet for info that it's a chicken-and-egg problem to try and troubleshoot outages.
I recently bought a pair of those glove-like shoes (where each toe gets its own slot) that doesn't fit my feet very well. It got me to wondering if someone could use a 3D printer and some orthogonal pictures of my feet to make a better-fitting pair.
The article suggests it's certainly possible, but doesn't give any sense of cost.
If average folks become aware of how many cookies get set (along with getting a user-friendly way* of turning them off), that could have a huge and entertaining effect on the world of Internet marketing**.
For example, right now, I can assume enough website visitors have JavaScript enabled to make it almost 100% (and not worth writing HTML for the case where they don't). But if I can only reasonably assume, say, 50% of my visitors/email through-clickers/etc. have cookies active, that plays havoc with my reporting.
* "User-friendly" defined as "something my dad can do without asking me for help".
** I spend all day every workday in this world.
I would think that electronically controlled sewage treatment plants are at risk. Most people don't think about where their poo goes, but once it starts going nowhere, it will pile up very quick for communities.
That would make this hypothetical event a literal shitstorm.
That's an interesting point. I loathe the TSA, and their increasingly offensive gropings (now that I always decline their x-ray machines). But I'm trying to picture what I'd feel comfortable with as an airline traveler, on the spectrum from the current totalitarian overkill to no screening at all. Maybe bomb-residue sniffers and a check of luggage for guns?
You oversimplify. Facebook changes privacy policy for the worse, users complain, Facebook backs off (though rarely all the way) or offers (torturous and convoluted) ways to bypass new privacy violations.
I won't dispute the "base is full morons" point, but to say everyone there just whines to no effect is inaccurate.
In fact, the way Google Adwords works, some of those advertisers might think that bidding higher to move up in the list would help their dwindling click-through rates.
... What a waste of societies' resources to turn 1.5 tons of food into 100 pounds of food.
If you're talking about grass as the cattle feed, then that's *not* 1.5 tons of food. Not until I get those other three chambers installed in my stomach, anyway.
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I felt this at first, too, and I can still always find something when I'm in the mood to watch TV. But I will admit that I'm increasingly frustrated that I can't find some shows or movies that I'd like to see, and by things disappearing off the lineup. Still good, but not perfect.
You think that's the case, but I respectfully submit that you're probably wrong. I point to the studies cited in Tom Vanderbilt's book "Traffic", which I don't have handy right now. But as I remember, the studies (performed with in-car sensors, including eye-tracking cameras) showed that people on a cellphone call tend to fix their gaze rigidly forward, stop looking at their mirrors, and are less likely to change speed. You may be looking at the road, but you're not really paying very close attention.
Are you saying the strain in Spain was mainly due to lack of rain?
Minor correction: Jimmy Stewart flew bombers, not fighters.
Do you mean the jerry-rigging, or the posting by an ill-informed Grammar Nazi?
Better to have avoided such etymological confusion by saying "duck-taped solutions".
Same here. I wish I knew of a faster way to get from "The Internet is down!" to "Google Talk and Twitter were out at the same time." But I've become so reliant on the Internet for info that it's a chicken-and-egg problem to try and troubleshoot outages.
They were indeed the Vibram brand, not knock-offs. And happily, they weren't $100, either. I think I just have really long toes.
I recently bought a pair of those glove-like shoes (where each toe gets its own slot) that doesn't fit my feet very well. It got me to wondering if someone could use a 3D printer and some orthogonal pictures of my feet to make a better-fitting pair. The article suggests it's certainly possible, but doesn't give any sense of cost.
If average folks become aware of how many cookies get set (along with getting a user-friendly way* of turning them off), that could have a huge and entertaining effect on the world of Internet marketing**.
For example, right now, I can assume enough website visitors have JavaScript enabled to make it almost 100% (and not worth writing HTML for the case where they don't). But if I can only reasonably assume, say, 50% of my visitors/email through-clickers/etc. have cookies active, that plays havoc with my reporting.
* "User-friendly" defined as "something my dad can do without asking me for help".
** I spend all day every workday in this world.
I would think that electronically controlled sewage treatment plants are at risk. Most people don't think about where their poo goes, but once it starts going nowhere, it will pile up very quick for communities.
That would make this hypothetical event a literal shitstorm.
WW-III anyone?
I believe Santorum prefers to call it The Tenth Crusade.
Link?
Are you kidding? That would decimate the flying public!
That's an interesting point. I loathe the TSA, and their increasingly offensive gropings (now that I always decline their x-ray machines). But I'm trying to picture what I'd feel comfortable with as an airline traveler, on the spectrum from the current totalitarian overkill to no screening at all. Maybe bomb-residue sniffers and a check of luggage for guns?
I wouldn't hold my breath hoping for a worker-friendly, anti-Big Brother decision from the current Supreme Court.
I *am* on Facebook and Twitter, and I don't want either of them in my music player.
I don't think the ticket merchants really care if a sold-out event is any good or not.
Ticketmaster wouldn't care, but the venue that makes its money from drink sales certainly would.
This is also why it makes me unhappy when people use "Time on Page" as a meaningful reporting statistic in Google Analytics.
You oversimplify. Facebook changes privacy policy for the worse, users complain, Facebook backs off (though rarely all the way) or offers (torturous and convoluted) ways to bypass new privacy violations.
I won't dispute the "base is full morons" point, but to say everyone there just whines to no effect is inaccurate.
In fact, the way Google Adwords works, some of those advertisers might think that bidding higher to move up in the list would help their dwindling click-through rates.
They might pay *more*.
I think I saw a movie about that. What was it, "Bloat and Re-Render"?
... What a waste of societies' resources to turn 1.5 tons of food into 100 pounds of food.
If you're talking about grass as the cattle feed, then that's *not* 1.5 tons of food. Not until I get those other three chambers installed in my stomach, anyway.
Or at least chosen a different string.
How can one accelerate and not be able to maintain speed at the same time? I think you may be confused on the definition of "accelerate".
Wouldn't normally be this pedantic, but when you start a thread out by calling someone else an idiot...
Just be sure to consult your molecular biologist if you experience a nanotechnological enhancement lasting more than four hours.