Anyone has the right to enter a community they are interested in and try to effect change on the undesirable elements of it. Don't get into a hissy-fit because the world at large agrees with it being undesirable leaving you one less place to be weird and awkward.
Haha nice flamebait. Post as coward so you don't lose karma?
Metal can fail too you know. Kind of like the metal on these airplanes. And I can guarantee more tires have fallen off cars in your hard-assed US of A than wings have fallen off Airbus A380s.
I've never personally had it happen but I have heard of it (usually from older American built cars;)) and it is nothing like getting a flat tire. Suggesting that it is tells me you aren't a good driver, if you've ever driven at all.
Nice try AC but there does not have to be a better service available for me to not think Netflix is worth it. And being as this is a very common sentiment about Netflix Canada it is clear that a lot of people feel the same. I do not watch TV simply for the sake of watching TV maybe that is the difference.
Mostly I am interested in the odd new show. And, being Canadian, if all I want is to watch an old re-run I can download it. Perfectly legal (currently).
Just because you like Netflix doesn't mean that everyone who doesn't is a troll.
You just listed about the best content on Netflix Canada. Didn't take very long did it? That was the person's point- there is very little on it. 90%+ is garbage not worth reading the title of. That is probably what gives people the biggest grudge against it. Having to sift through mountains of crap to find something that is "okay" to watch isn't exactly endearing.
Having the latest and greatest reserved for the cable/sat providers was also one of the parent poster's main complaints. You find some value. I, and many others, disagree.
Actually people are constantly coming up with improved typefaces. Look at 100 year old writing and see if it looks like modern writing. As an example see every designers favourite font: Frutiger
I hope there was more to it than that. There are cultural differences to what people find attractive. To claim that differences are caused by media is just flawed logic. There are many places that find wider women attractive that still have access to media and often their media reflects that. Places like Brasil and countries in the Caribbean will idolize women with larger booties than Canada/US will. For the most part media reflects culture and not the other way around.
That is not true about men. Men have the same nearly impossible to achieve image pushed on them from media that women do. Or have you not noticed that almost all ads portray men that must spend 4 hours a day at the gym? From my personal and anecdotal experience men do not want anorexic girls as you claim. We do, however, want healthy, slender girls. Girls usually want buff, tall and fit men as well. People cannot be faulted for being attracted to what they find attractive.
For the most part it really is just a matter of will power. Most people are too lazy to dedicate the effort to achieving what they want. And how exactly do you think cultures move to a state of "healthy and happy"? They first have to find the opposite of that distasteful in some way.
Yes... And that was exactly the point.. Niche products are more expensive. I am really not sure what you are even try to argue with. Some one that wants something "not too expensive" is not looking for a niche product because niche products are more expensive. No mention was ever made of people who do not mind spending more.
Essentially never to niche markets that do not want something "too expensive". I never said niche markets do not exist but by their very nature will be more expensive than mass market. The parent poster said they would have bought one "if it wasn't too expensive". I am saying that anyone who has to use the qualifier "not too expensive" will almost certainly not think that a niche car is affordable.
How can I choose not to do business with someone if it is forbidden to look? It doesn't sound like he's performing "exploits" to me. They talk about the hack being too easy to be respectable. To go back to the bank analogy if I discover their vault is actually a tent in the yard I should still be able to tell people that even though they have a "No Trespassing" sign by the sidewalk. If I ignored that sign, walked up to that tent and peered in to discover all the bank's money who do you think should be in trouble? Me or the bank?
You don't understand! The bank needs to be held responsible before there's a breach. People can suffer irreparable harm in these circumstances. If no one is allowed to even look at this banks security how do they know to go somewhere else? All they have is the bank's word.
You say that like the major consoles don't have marketplaces. From my understanding it is not terribly expensive to develop an indie game for xbox. With the current popularity of app stores I would be blown away if the next generation of consoles did not have Android/iPhone style marketplaces. (Also pretty disappointed.)
Actually, it is. I'm not going to unhook my 60 pound workstation from my multiple monitors and peripherals and lug it to the living room. Especially not when I just want to take an hour or so break from working.
I suppose I could instead buy a separate machine for my TV. Doing that I could even design/get it specifically designed for a livingroom environment. Hey- wait a minute.
So your alternative is pretend it doesn't exist? He has discovered a serious problem.
If I put my money in a bank you better believe that I feel entitled to get some binoculars and scope out their grounds to see if their vault has a gaping, truck-sized hole leading to the parking lot.
If he found this then so will someone else. And someone else may not have a problem with taking advantage of it. Protip: If someone is okay with breaking the law and stealing your identity then they really don't mind that obtaining that information is also illegal.
I'll never understand the mindset of "People are breaking the law, how do we fix it?! I know! let's make it more illegal!"
It's a social construct. And one that almost certainly has chemical/emotional and evolutionary backings. Ever noticed how people get jealous? Human infants are helpless and useless for years and require constant care. The spray the seed and run approach makes no sense for our species. Not if you want your offspring to survive.
What? Really? I suppose when a congested/poorly designed freeway gets an improved design you complain about "the man" only doing it so that all those peons can just get to work earlier in the morning as well?
The result of an improved shopping centre is only less money in your pocket if you desired to spend it in the first place. The only way a poorly designed shopping centre doesn't make you spend money is when you cannot find what you are looking for. If that is what you look for in a shopping experience have you ever considered just staying at home? Or going to the park instead? Mall's are for shopping (greasy teenagers aside) and shopping entails spending money.
So you're going to claim that a bad driver cannot bring down OS X or Linux? I've seen both of them crash enough to know that that is just not true.
There is certainly more tools and useful software available for Windows than Linux. Especially since any truly useful Linux software will get ported. It might take six clicks instead of three but a lot of the time it is of better quality anyway.
Not necessarily from a distance. Let's say a galaxy tab is roughly a foot high. The lawyer was viewing it from 10 feet away. Now a normal pickup truck is about 17 feet long (a quick lookup of f-150 on wikipedia gave me this number). Could you correctly identify two black trucks of the same configuration from 170 feet away? I probably could but I bet I'd have to squint. And I know there are a lot of people who wouldn't be able to. Even people who swear their Chev is way better than a Ford.
I'm not sure if I can trust the opinion of someone who's solution to a wet piece of electronics is "give it more power" (there's definitely an Apple user joke in there). You can say all the same things about an iphone. I hate the UI, don't want to take the time to jailbreak it. Unfortunately for your argument iphonehacks.com actually exists.
The amount of things you have to hack to get an iphone to do what you want is just as much as for an android phone. Maybe a little more for an iphone. The only difference here is you are defining "how the iphone ships" as what you want. But I would say the same about my android (and I don't even have a good one). All I've done is put a different launcher on it, which is just a matter of starting up the market. Neither are actual junk.
It's because of the Dr.Bob troll that used to spam every story about it. And now, in good slashdot form, a bunch of people have continued repeating a joke that wasn't funny to begin with.
"Petty" by your definition maybe. Few people turn to violence over what they consider to be "petty". Some would, but they just like to fight. I don't have to explain why people fight; it is certain that they do. I'm talking about violence in general. Take a look out of your basement, grab a history book, hell, turn on the TV and what do you see in all of it? It's pretty safe to say that conflict is every bit a part of the human condition as love, curiosity and any other trait you would consider "good". My point is you can't pacify humanity on wishful thinking.
Violence does not indicate losing control of ones emotions. No more than marrying someone because of love. Emotions are part of us to help guide our actions. We have to decide whether or not those emotions are pulling us in a sound direction (they sometimes do not). You have decided that violence is bad but others disagree. I don't get into fights and avoid them at all costs but I'm not going to sit here safely in front of my computer and assert that there is never a reason for violence.
If everything were perfect then no, no one would have to fight one another. Fighting is not "necessary" as long as everyone functions exactly like you (or close enough to not cause problems).
The power imbalance is exactly how i explained it. If everything were perfect then you are right and no one would need to fight one another. I think it is clear, however, that the world is not perfect. Fighting is extremely prevalent in the world and pretending that everything is peachy will not get you anywhere.
Firmer control over emotions is great but it's just not realistic. This article is perfect indication that some people are just assholes. Why should people be expected to bow down to a shithead in the name of "desensitization"? If this guy wasn't an asshole there wouldn't be a problem but he was an asshole. Eventually the "bigger man" gets fed up and decides the jackass needs to be taught a lesson.
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Anyone has the right to enter a community they are interested in and try to effect change on the undesirable elements of it. Don't get into a hissy-fit because the world at large agrees with it being undesirable leaving you one less place to be weird and awkward.
Haha nice flamebait. Post as coward so you don't lose karma?
;)) and it is nothing like getting a flat tire. Suggesting that it is tells me you aren't a good driver, if you've ever driven at all.
Metal can fail too you know. Kind of like the metal on these airplanes. And I can guarantee more tires have fallen off cars in your hard-assed US of A than wings have fallen off Airbus A380s.
I've never personally had it happen but I have heard of it (usually from older American built cars
Or hardware failure. If you are driving 100km/h and a wheel comes off good luck keeping it under control.
Nice try AC but there does not have to be a better service available for me to not think Netflix is worth it. And being as this is a very common sentiment about Netflix Canada it is clear that a lot of people feel the same. I do not watch TV simply for the sake of watching TV maybe that is the difference.
Mostly I am interested in the odd new show. And, being Canadian, if all I want is to watch an old re-run I can download it. Perfectly legal (currently).
Just because you like Netflix doesn't mean that everyone who doesn't is a troll.
You just listed about the best content on Netflix Canada. Didn't take very long did it? That was the person's point- there is very little on it. 90%+ is garbage not worth reading the title of. That is probably what gives people the biggest grudge against it. Having to sift through mountains of crap to find something that is "okay" to watch isn't exactly endearing.
Having the latest and greatest reserved for the cable/sat providers was also one of the parent poster's main complaints. You find some value. I, and many others, disagree.
I do. Notice how spam rarely just gets deleted and instead gets put into a folder. This is to manually check for false positives.
Actually people are constantly coming up with improved typefaces. Look at 100 year old writing and see if it looks like modern writing. As an example see every designers favourite font: Frutiger
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I hope there was more to it than that. There are cultural differences to what people find attractive. To claim that differences are caused by media is just flawed logic. There are many places that find wider women attractive that still have access to media and often their media reflects that. Places like Brasil and countries in the Caribbean will idolize women with larger booties than Canada/US will. For the most part media reflects culture and not the other way around.
That is not true about men. Men have the same nearly impossible to achieve image pushed on them from media that women do. Or have you not noticed that almost all ads portray men that must spend 4 hours a day at the gym? From my personal and anecdotal experience men do not want anorexic girls as you claim. We do, however, want healthy, slender girls. Girls usually want buff, tall and fit men as well. People cannot be faulted for being attracted to what they find attractive.
For the most part it really is just a matter of will power. Most people are too lazy to dedicate the effort to achieving what they want. And how exactly do you think cultures move to a state of "healthy and happy"? They first have to find the opposite of that distasteful in some way.
Yes... And that was exactly the point.. Niche products are more expensive. I am really not sure what you are even try to argue with. Some one that wants something "not too expensive" is not looking for a niche product because niche products are more expensive. No mention was ever made of people who do not mind spending more.
Essentially never to niche markets that do not want something "too expensive". I never said niche markets do not exist but by their very nature will be more expensive than mass market. The parent poster said they would have bought one "if it wasn't too expensive". I am saying that anyone who has to use the qualifier "not too expensive" will almost certainly not think that a niche car is affordable.
Selling to a niche market essentially means it's going to be "too expensive".
How can I choose not to do business with someone if it is forbidden to look? It doesn't sound like he's performing "exploits" to me. They talk about the hack being too easy to be respectable. To go back to the bank analogy if I discover their vault is actually a tent in the yard I should still be able to tell people that even though they have a "No Trespassing" sign by the sidewalk. If I ignored that sign, walked up to that tent and peered in to discover all the bank's money who do you think should be in trouble? Me or the bank?
You don't understand! The bank needs to be held responsible before there's a breach. People can suffer irreparable harm in these circumstances. If no one is allowed to even look at this banks security how do they know to go somewhere else? All they have is the bank's word.
You say that like the major consoles don't have marketplaces. From my understanding it is not terribly expensive to develop an indie game for xbox. With the current popularity of app stores I would be blown away if the next generation of consoles did not have Android/iPhone style marketplaces. (Also pretty disappointed.)
Actually, it is. I'm not going to unhook my 60 pound workstation from my multiple monitors and peripherals and lug it to the living room. Especially not when I just want to take an hour or so break from working.
I suppose I could instead buy a separate machine for my TV. Doing that I could even design/get it specifically designed for a livingroom environment. Hey- wait a minute.
So your alternative is pretend it doesn't exist? He has discovered a serious problem.
If I put my money in a bank you better believe that I feel entitled to get some binoculars and scope out their grounds to see if their vault has a gaping, truck-sized hole leading to the parking lot.
If he found this then so will someone else. And someone else may not have a problem with taking advantage of it. Protip: If someone is okay with breaking the law and stealing your identity then they really don't mind that obtaining that information is also illegal.
I'll never understand the mindset of "People are breaking the law, how do we fix it?! I know! let's make it more illegal!"
It's a social construct. And one that almost certainly has chemical/emotional and evolutionary backings. Ever noticed how people get jealous? Human infants are helpless and useless for years and require constant care. The spray the seed and run approach makes no sense for our species. Not if you want your offspring to survive.
What? Really? I suppose when a congested/poorly designed freeway gets an improved design you complain about "the man" only doing it so that all those peons can just get to work earlier in the morning as well?
The result of an improved shopping centre is only less money in your pocket if you desired to spend it in the first place. The only way a poorly designed shopping centre doesn't make you spend money is when you cannot find what you are looking for. If that is what you look for in a shopping experience have you ever considered just staying at home? Or going to the park instead? Mall's are for shopping (greasy teenagers aside) and shopping entails spending money.
So you're going to claim that a bad driver cannot bring down OS X or Linux? I've seen both of them crash enough to know that that is just not true.
There is certainly more tools and useful software available for Windows than Linux. Especially since any truly useful Linux software will get ported. It might take six clicks instead of three but a lot of the time it is of better quality anyway.
Not necessarily from a distance. Let's say a galaxy tab is roughly a foot high. The lawyer was viewing it from 10 feet away. Now a normal pickup truck is about 17 feet long (a quick lookup of f-150 on wikipedia gave me this number). Could you correctly identify two black trucks of the same configuration from 170 feet away? I probably could but I bet I'd have to squint. And I know there are a lot of people who wouldn't be able to. Even people who swear their Chev is way better than a Ford.
I'm not sure if I can trust the opinion of someone who's solution to a wet piece of electronics is "give it more power" (there's definitely an Apple user joke in there). You can say all the same things about an iphone. I hate the UI, don't want to take the time to jailbreak it. Unfortunately for your argument iphonehacks.com actually exists.
The amount of things you have to hack to get an iphone to do what you want is just as much as for an android phone. Maybe a little more for an iphone. The only difference here is you are defining "how the iphone ships" as what you want. But I would say the same about my android (and I don't even have a good one). All I've done is put a different launcher on it, which is just a matter of starting up the market. Neither are actual junk.
It's because of the Dr.Bob troll that used to spam every story about it. And now, in good slashdot form, a bunch of people have continued repeating a joke that wasn't funny to begin with.
"Petty" by your definition maybe. Few people turn to violence over what they consider to be "petty". Some would, but they just like to fight. I don't have to explain why people fight; it is certain that they do. I'm talking about violence in general. Take a look out of your basement, grab a history book, hell, turn on the TV and what do you see in all of it? It's pretty safe to say that conflict is every bit a part of the human condition as love, curiosity and any other trait you would consider "good". My point is you can't pacify humanity on wishful thinking.
Violence does not indicate losing control of ones emotions. No more than marrying someone because of love. Emotions are part of us to help guide our actions. We have to decide whether or not those emotions are pulling us in a sound direction (they sometimes do not). You have decided that violence is bad but others disagree. I don't get into fights and avoid them at all costs but I'm not going to sit here safely in front of my computer and assert that there is never a reason for violence.
If everything were perfect then no, no one would have to fight one another. Fighting is not "necessary" as long as everyone functions exactly like you (or close enough to not cause problems).
The power imbalance is exactly how i explained it. If everything were perfect then you are right and no one would need to fight one another. I think it is clear, however, that the world is not perfect. Fighting is extremely prevalent in the world and pretending that everything is peachy will not get you anywhere.
Firmer control over emotions is great but it's just not realistic. This article is perfect indication that some people are just assholes. Why should people be expected to bow down to a shithead in the name of "desensitization"? If this guy wasn't an asshole there wouldn't be a problem but he was an asshole. Eventually the "bigger man" gets fed up and decides the jackass needs to be taught a lesson.