On affirmative action, I like phrasing along the lines of "to address the problems of the past, move on past them, rather than continue to obsessively focus upon them"
I think the tendency to label an alternate political argument as something highly objectionable itself causes some problems. (Darkness404's Offtopic mods seem to be an example of this.)
Consider radically different solutions. I’ve tired of toeing the mainstream line myself.
If you could hold your nose and buy it despite its marketing
I have indeed seen Jitterbug's elderly-focused advertising.
For them and in general:
Is the product really best suited the assigned niche? Conversely, is it poorly suited to people outside that niche? If not, the niche marketing may be counterproductive. If you happen to be outside the niche but are otherwise interested, is it your fault for not being able to see past it, or their fault for putting that in your way? (Then again, the company may gain a lot for themselves and do a lot for those who are in the target niche; good for them and I'm OK with that, just with me staying away.)
P.S (My phone happens to be a garden-variety Samsung on Verizon, though.)
Sometimes/. is hyperbolically enthusiastic about Internet media 'piracy' stuff, but the oft-mentioned "torrent --> buy" pattern does really hold true much of the time.
Even for major labels, even for people who are assholes about torrenting (ironically)
I do wonder if the effeminate behavior is more bothersome to some people than the actual homosexual conduct. Granted, that transmutes a homophobia issue into a gender-roles issue
* The homosexual-male = effeminate thing seems to be one of many stereotypes often true, yet often false
Reminded of how the owner of a local store chain that includes a pharmacy funding a pharmacy school at one of the local colleges; he didn't make it obvious beyond the "stick donor's name on the building" sense.
...Upstate NY weather recognized as an advantage. Obnoxiously hot always did seem to bother me more than obnoxiously cold; I suppose that would hold even more true for servers that needed to be cooled as well.
There's a place for direct downloads (HTTP, whatever), but more "aboveboard" use of BitTorrent seems like a great idea; might help if it isn't seen as "mainly a pirate toy".:P
Being able to sleep in more often, I don't have to overcaffeinate myself, and I'm not riding my bicycle out to campus, so less sipping form an oversized water bottle...oh, you meant alcohol? Don't drink more of that either. 0 = 0. [still 21.:(]
...that I would make sure not to play music with siren sound effects off of CDs played into the car stereo. Howeve,r nto as big of an issue with the self-selection involved.
(NWA's "Gangsta Gangsta" is the only track i have that comes to mind right now as having that sound effect.)
I have sometimes been annoyed by the loudness of normal system beeps when I'm playing music loud, but my solution there is to turn the speaker volume down and turn the media program's own volume setting up.
I'd say that neither the "many of the deep cuts suck" problem nor the "bad mastering job" are *helping*
Granted, most of the CDs I bought I bought because I determined I like most or all the songs on the album, not because I heard good things about the post-production. Definitely not an audiophile in the stereotypical sense.
General Joseph *Hooker* (Union Army) was evidently one of many to recognize the morale boost? makes sense.
BTW: Sun-Tzu's The Art Of War doesn't seem to directly refer to this.
http://www.chinapage.com/sunzi-e.html (This page, which posts the 1910 Giles translation, uses the word 'spirit' where 'morale' might fit) 'Alcohol', 'drink', 'women', 'prostitute', and other such terms are not-found.
"A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return. This is the art of studying moods." might indirectly refer to this as a potential distraction, but the context more directly refers to general energy level
Much of '60s activism was powered by music. That's over. Today's musicians have near zero political effect.
Is the effect is positive or negative? People who don't like the entertainer and their product might think less of the associated sociopolitical opinions. Agreeing with someone's sociopolitical opinions just because you find them entertaining is clearly rather stupid. So, entertainers who are politically outspoken have power over the sheep, just as do other politicians and pundits.:P There’s no reason why you can’t agree with The Entertainer and The Activist aspects separately. (although I’m still careful to avoid cross-influence) For example, an eloquent pro-gay speech by Lady Gaga may not be more righteous than the same thing attributed to Jane Doe, but it's no _less_ righteous, Eh? Eh? The only difference is that Ms. Germanotta has a larger platform than Ms. Doe *. * IMHO, there may be some correlation; in short, being good at expressing oneself might show up in both art and politics. What makes you a master performer might also make you a master debater. C causing both A and B is quite fine.
The method of activism may be found annoying outside of entertainment as well, also with the effect of the activism ironically not being the intended one. For example, Gavin Newsom's "This door's wide open now. [Legally-recognized homosexual marriage is] going to happen, whether you like it or not." statement may have turned some people away from voting against Prop 8. *If the annoying activist is at all representative of what they're an activist for*, then it may make sense for that to garner less sympathy.
I suppose "right thing for the wrong reason" is a useless philosophical sidebar if it's the right thing anyway. Don't end up doing the wrong thing just because you're afraid of doing the right thing *for a 'bad' reason.
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cool; I'm currently working my way through Marooned in Realtime, a sequel that stands on its own IMHO; ought to see how it goes with the original.
On affirmative action, I like phrasing along the lines of "to address the problems of the past, move on past them, rather than continue to obsessively focus upon them"
Why should he/we throw away those advantages, or just give them to somebody else instead?
I've yet to see any satisfying practical arguments for why majority groups should support this kind of stuff, just idealistic moralizing.
I think the tendency to label an alternate political argument as something highly objectionable itself causes some problems. (Darkness404's Offtopic mods seem to be an example of this.)
Consider radically different solutions. I’ve tired of toeing the mainstream line myself.
If you could hold your nose and buy it despite its marketing
I have indeed seen Jitterbug's elderly-focused advertising.
For them and in general:
Is the product really best suited the assigned niche? Conversely, is it poorly suited to people outside that niche? If not, the niche marketing may be counterproductive. If you happen to be outside the niche but are otherwise interested, is it your fault for not being able to see past it, or their fault for putting that in your way? (Then again, the company may gain a lot for themselves and do a lot for those who are in the target niche; good for them and I'm OK with that, just with me staying away.)
P.S
(My phone happens to be a garden-variety Samsung on Verizon, though.)
it pulled the money from my account but didn't give it to me.
shouldn't the add and subtract operations both be run before anything is committed?
I couldn't get through it. Granted, I couldn't get through LOTR in book form either, and I'm fairly sure what /. thinks of *that*.
Try Anthem, much shorter.
Sometimes /. is hyperbolically enthusiastic about Internet media 'piracy' stuff, but the oft-mentioned "torrent --> buy" pattern does really hold true much of the time.
Even for major labels, even for people who are assholes about torrenting (ironically)
I do wonder if the effeminate behavior is more bothersome to some people than the actual homosexual conduct.
Granted, that transmutes a homophobia issue into a gender-roles issue
* The homosexual-male = effeminate thing seems to be one of many stereotypes often true, yet often false
the @english50cent Twitter feed, retweeting @50cent and then explaining it in normal English.
http://twitter.com/english50cent
Yes, what you did certainly seems analogous.
The contrast in that case is humorous, but with you, +1 informative.
Reminded of how the owner of a local store chain that includes a pharmacy funding a pharmacy school at one of the local colleges; he didn't make it obvious beyond the "stick donor's name on the building" sense.
...Upstate NY weather recognized as an advantage.
Obnoxiously hot always did seem to bother me more than obnoxiously cold; I suppose that would hold even more true for servers that needed to be cooled as well.
U2 might be able to help you dismantle that. :P
There's a place for direct downloads (HTTP, whatever), but more "aboveboard" use of BitTorrent seems like a great idea; might help if it isn't seen as "mainly a pirate toy". :P
...Around here, I always seem hear 'follow the money' as the way to deal with online financial crooks.
As _Freakonomics_ put it, why do crack dealers still live with their mothers? Because they can't afford to move out
Epinepherine *is* also known as adrenaline, so this makes sense.
"Students drink more during the weekends".
Being able to sleep in more often, I don't have to overcaffeinate myself, and I'm not riding my bicycle out to campus, so less sipping form an oversized water bottle...oh, you meant alcohol? Don't drink more of that either. 0 = 0. [still 21. :(]
...that I would make sure not to play music with siren sound effects off of CDs played into the car stereo. Howeve,r nto as big of an issue with the self-selection involved.
(NWA's "Gangsta Gangsta" is the only track i have that comes to mind right now as having that sound effect.)
I have sometimes been annoyed by the loudness of normal system beeps when I'm playing music loud, but my solution there is to turn the speaker volume down and turn the media program's own volume setting up.
I'd say that neither the "many of the deep cuts suck" problem nor the "bad mastering job" are *helping*
Granted, most of the CDs I bought I bought because I determined I like most or all the songs on the album, not because I heard good things about the post-production. Definitely not an audiophile in the stereotypical sense.
General Joseph *Hooker* (Union Army) was evidently one of many to recognize the morale boost? makes sense.
BTW:
Sun-Tzu's The Art Of War doesn't seem to directly refer to this.
http://www.chinapage.com/sunzi-e.html (This page, which posts the 1910 Giles translation, uses the word 'spirit' where 'morale' might fit)
'Alcohol', 'drink', 'women', 'prostitute', and other such terms are not-found.
"A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return. This is the art of studying moods." might indirectly refer to this as a potential distraction, but the context more directly refers to general energy level
That's the kind of think I'd jump right to UrbanDictionary for - likewise, on some other things, I'd head right to Wikipedia.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=poopsocking
Basically, it's playing so obsessively that you end up taking a crap in a sock so you don't have to get up to use the toilet.
It may also depend on the union; some may be more focused on their specific niche, some may be focused on workers in general.
Much of '60s activism was powered by music. That's over. Today's musicians have near zero political effect.
Is the effect is positive or negative? :P
People who don't like the entertainer and their product might think less of the associated sociopolitical opinions.
Agreeing with someone's sociopolitical opinions just because you find them entertaining is clearly rather stupid.
So, entertainers who are politically outspoken have power over the sheep, just as do other politicians and pundits.
There’s no reason why you can’t agree with The Entertainer and The Activist aspects separately. (although I’m still careful to avoid cross-influence) For example, an eloquent pro-gay speech by Lady Gaga may not be more righteous than the same thing attributed to Jane Doe, but it's no _less_ righteous, Eh? Eh? The only difference is that Ms. Germanotta has a larger platform than Ms. Doe *.
* IMHO, there may be some correlation; in short, being good at expressing oneself might show up in both art and politics. What makes you a master performer might also make you a master debater. C causing both A and B is quite fine.
The method of activism may be found annoying outside of entertainment as well, also with the effect of the activism ironically not being the intended one. For example, Gavin Newsom's "This door's wide open now. [Legally-recognized homosexual marriage is] going to happen, whether you like it or not." statement may have turned some people away from voting against Prop 8.
*If the annoying activist is at all representative of what they're an activist for*, then it may make sense for that to garner less sympathy.
I suppose "right thing for the wrong reason" is a useless philosophical sidebar if it's the right thing anyway. Don't end up doing the wrong thing just because you're afraid of doing the right thing *for a 'bad' reason.