An increase in organ theft is difficult to anticipate. This advance would increase the number of available legitimate donors, driving down demand for blackmarket items. If I had to guess, blackmarket transplants would only rise proportionally to the number of legitimate transplants. Of course, free and clear ways to sell one's own organs would put that down for good. Oh, but then you're exploiting low-income organ sellers and other folks "who might not have their own best-interests in mind"... Or something!
Plus, Auto-tuning somebody doesn't make their singing sound any better. If they were singing great and the single problem with an otherwise issuable performance was a technical detail like the pitch or timing of the note, then whatever, fix it. Many vocalists hit off notes that are contextualized by the presentation of the material. None of this has anything to do with "authenticity" or whatever. Most pop music is conceived as a product, not as communication, anyway. The work of Jaco Pastorius is not diminished because I can play a fretless bass but then tune my bum notes afterwards. Presenting mixed recordings that are "statistically better" than his does not increase my rapport with an audience in an appreciable way. Auto-tune and other tricks are a great way to free determinants like looks and age when deciding what type of product you're going to be creating out of a singer.
I know it's an unpopular thought among the neo-Randian, faux-libertarian, techie subculture that believes writing an iPhone app is accomplishing something, and who believes in less government but wants it to look just like Star Trek,
I think you just created a Franken-jerk comprised of a few different people that irritate you...
I have a buddy that does this. He really hates "hipsters". Har.
You could spend craploads of money on a TV show like that one--I mean, countless gallons of gas, 30-some cameras running 12 hours a day--and still not see many tornadoes. There's great risk involved.
The problem with this is if taxpayers back the wrong technologies, ones that don't pan out in the long term, the subsidized tech may outcompete, artificially, tech that has a longer development pipeline but may be higher yield ultimately. I see this being possible with batteries, different kinds of photovoltaics, and even balancing nuclear against other energy sources.
Uh, say you're chasing a bad guy into a warehouse. You tell your friend, who is staying behind, that if you don't return within five minutes that he should call the cops. I don't know, maybe you have a bag of weed on you and it's not such a big deal (maybe the bad guy stole a bag of weed from me)...
So when you don't return, your friend calls the cops. Here, you have sent a message without actually sending a message.
This is what I intend to do by not voting.
Oh, there are a number of different ways to interpret the unwillingness to rock the vote by a registered voter, but that's better than me willingly giving a definitive "wrong answer" up front. At least when I don't vote, folks have the chance to interpret my un-vote as "well maybe he was into Ron Paul, but he thinks that Bob Barr is a jerk-off."
Duh. All you stupid compulsory vote fascists can move to Australia or something.
If the whole thing's made of a material with dynamically manageable properties, you never have to worry about wires and such getting cut. You only have to worry about disappearing bandwidth as the area of this material is reduced, which would be a moot point, as far as aeronautics are concerned, I guess.
I was doing this for a while. Who wants to watch those movies right when they come in? If you copy the DVD, you can watch it whenever. This is for stuff I'd never buy and almost certainly never watch twice. Spending a minute of my time to keep from being stressed about "Oh, I just gotta watch that movie sometimes this week..." seems okay.
People that live in third would countries can choose to work in those factories or continue having the lifestyle of their parents and grandparents. They see working indoors as a plus.
It would be wack for me to feel guilty for having been born and programmed in the United States.
Do you feel guilt? Do you make up for it by using your computer to blow peoples' minds? Har. Do you have a problem with fat people? Why don't you go build something, skinny?
Your point makes sense regarding how we think of most world leaders, but I always think of dictators as being the particularly nasty little kid down the block.
You remember the kid that would be mean to animals and collect pieces of contraband just for the hell of it. A collection of useless, unrelated doo-dads shown off with a slightly malevolent vibe: "I stole this from a construction site. Here are some shotgun shells. A page from a porno mag. A pocket knife. A [souvenir] bullwhip."
Or maybe I'm totally naive.
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An increase in organ theft is difficult to anticipate. This advance would increase the number of available legitimate donors, driving down demand for blackmarket items. If I had to guess, blackmarket transplants would only rise proportionally to the number of legitimate transplants. Of course, free and clear ways to sell one's own organs would put that down for good. Oh, but then you're exploiting low-income organ sellers and other folks "who might not have their own best-interests in mind"... Or something!
Why does it always seem universally agreed upon that advertising is lame? It's one of the top ways I find out about products I enjoy.
This is not news.
Plus, Auto-tuning somebody doesn't make their singing sound any better. If they were singing great and the single problem with an otherwise issuable performance was a technical detail like the pitch or timing of the note, then whatever, fix it. Many vocalists hit off notes that are contextualized by the presentation of the material.
None of this has anything to do with "authenticity" or whatever. Most pop music is conceived as a product, not as communication, anyway.
The work of Jaco Pastorius is not diminished because I can play a fretless bass but then tune my bum notes afterwards. Presenting mixed recordings that are "statistically better" than his does not increase my rapport with an audience in an appreciable way.
Auto-tune and other tricks are a great way to free determinants like looks and age when deciding what type of product you're going to be creating out of a singer.
I know it's an unpopular thought among the neo-Randian, faux-libertarian, techie subculture that believes writing an iPhone app is accomplishing something, and who believes in less government but wants it to look just like Star Trek,
I think you just created a Franken-jerk comprised of a few different people that irritate you...
I have a buddy that does this. He really hates "hipsters". Har.
I have an indigenous agrarian tribe living in my pancreas. Recently they've taken to raiding my liver...
Hehe.
Valentine's Day. Bummer.
You could spend craploads of money on a TV show like that one--I mean, countless gallons of gas, 30-some cameras running 12 hours a day--and still not see many tornadoes. There's great risk involved.
The problem with this is if taxpayers back the wrong technologies, ones that don't pan out in the long term, the subsidized tech may outcompete, artificially, tech that has a longer development pipeline but may be higher yield ultimately. I see this being possible with batteries, different kinds of photovoltaics, and even balancing nuclear against other energy sources.
There must be a position open for Stevie Wonder as well.
I'm only half joking.
Too bad Jaco Pastorius is dead. I'd have written him in for president...
Ooh, remember those great "How Things Work" (or whatever) books with the mammoth drawings all over?
Uh, say you're chasing a bad guy into a warehouse. You tell your friend, who is staying behind, that if you don't return within five minutes that he should call the cops. I don't know, maybe you have a bag of weed on you and it's not such a big deal (maybe the bad guy stole a bag of weed from me)...
So when you don't return, your friend calls the cops. Here, you have sent a message without actually sending a message.
This is what I intend to do by not voting.
Oh, there are a number of different ways to interpret the unwillingness to rock the vote by a registered voter, but that's better than me willingly giving a definitive "wrong answer" up front. At least when I don't vote, folks have the chance to interpret my un-vote as "well maybe he was into Ron Paul, but he thinks that Bob Barr is a jerk-off."
Duh. All you stupid compulsory vote fascists can move to Australia or something.
Don't you just wish you could be there to see it go down? If it does, that is.
If the whole thing's made of a material with dynamically manageable properties, you never have to worry about wires and such getting cut. You only have to worry about disappearing bandwidth as the area of this material is reduced, which would be a moot point, as far as aeronautics are concerned, I guess.
Funny story. Animals are so persistent! Ever had a really groovy hamster escape from a cage a bunch of times?
I was doing this for a while. Who wants to watch those movies right when they come in? If you copy the DVD, you can watch it whenever. This is for stuff I'd never buy and almost certainly never watch twice. Spending a minute of my time to keep from being stressed about "Oh, I just gotta watch that movie sometimes this week..." seems okay.
Yeah, word up, right?
"This is, uh, Hubert, uh, Shavis. I'm prepared you 10,000 barrels of oil for those archives..."
Robonomics!
...oh, nevermind.
Yeah, I just want to be a regular guy that can do more work and feel less fatigued.
Yes, but say you've just played a sold-out stadium show and need to make an impressive getaway...
I am confident that if there were a violent revolution, then segments of the military would be on the side of the revolution.
People that live in third would countries can choose to work in those factories or continue having the lifestyle of their parents and grandparents. They see working indoors as a plus. It would be wack for me to feel guilty for having been born and programmed in the United States. Do you feel guilt? Do you make up for it by using your computer to blow peoples' minds? Har. Do you have a problem with fat people? Why don't you go build something, skinny?
Your point makes sense regarding how we think of most world leaders, but I always think of dictators as being the particularly nasty little kid down the block. You remember the kid that would be mean to animals and collect pieces of contraband just for the hell of it. A collection of useless, unrelated doo-dads shown off with a slightly malevolent vibe: "I stole this from a construction site. Here are some shotgun shells. A page from a porno mag. A pocket knife. A [souvenir] bullwhip." Or maybe I'm totally naive.