They stuff 'em in church steeples. The church gets a new roof, and desperately needed cash, and the churchgoers get a better connection when texting with God.
Bacon Shortage. Stolen Maple Syrup. Clearly there is an international threat to our wholesome breakfast way of life. But where to the Presidential Candidates stand on this issue? Clearly the moderator dropped the ball by not bringing up this vital issue of world peace and security during the debate.
Well, at least he's trying to get his son to work for a living . . . Instead letting him blow all his dad's loot on drugs and whores, and becoming another Hollywood gossip story casualty . . .
"Learn to like" was a poor choice of words, considering the industry prefers phrases like, "Will bedazzle your balls off!" and "This new UI will make you cream in your jeans so often, that you won't need porn any more!" and "Our stuff sucks, use Nokia Maps instead!"
Microsoft is striving to be more like Apple now, with producing hardware, and all. So why don't they also do what Apple did, and bring back the original founder? He's tanned, rested, and ready for a new fight.
They're packed to the rafters with technology stuff from China.
And I guess most US households are, as well.
Although, back in the 80's, when Japan bashing was all the rage, I don't remember that the US ever accused Japan of military spying. Just good old industrial spying, which every county in the world does, more or less.
We used to put older programmers out to pasture writing documentation. Despite their cranky "Get off my lawn!" disposition, they were very good at it, like grandfathers telling a story:
"Children, let me tell you a story from a long time ago, in a far away place, about an associative array of function pointers . . . "
But now we lay off the older programmers.
And now we outsource the younger programmers, so they won't even get to be older programmers.
So there's your documentation for you, right there.
You're not thinking about the possible applications of this technology. You're suppose to fill your pockets with Harvard-spawned three-legged, vibrating, swarming robots, and then enjoy your commute to and from work more.
Anyone can get inked or pierced . . . but an extra ear or two . . . ? That is surely something that will annoy your parents:
"Why can't you just grow your hair long, like we did in the hippie 60's, or cut it short and color it green, like we did in the punk 80's?"
Right now, this was done to replace something that was missing. Will this technology advance, so you can add features that you didn't have before? Like, webbed feet and gill slits?
Every geek has one of these museums at home: cables with biomorph connectors, interfaces to nowhere, Ninja Star shaped floppy disks, 1K ICs, a smokey fan . . .
You just can't part with this stuff . . . you WILL find a use for it someday . . .
I ride a lot on commuter trains, and I notice that most folks who are talking on the phone really aren't saying anything. But many seem to have a fear of not talking on the phone. As soon as they end one call, they call someone else, to talk about what they talked about on the last call. When they lose their connection, they break out in a sweaty panic.
It reminds me of little kids, who get afraid and cry when their parents leave to room. The kids have a feeling of being abandoned: that their parents will be gone forever. It's almost the same way with folks with phones now. If they are not talking on the phone, they lose their lifeline to this universe, and will cease to exist.
I'd like to rephrase that a bit. No parent likes to be called a "poor parent", and all parents want to believe that they are doing the best for their children. However, the advertisers are a very powerful opponent. Parents need to view this as a challenge for them, that requires even more effort on their part, to achieve what is best for their children.
Fast food advertisers will always find a way to wiggle around any attempt to limit their effectiveness. The challenge for parents will always be there. It's up to the parents to master this opponent.
I believe that all you say is correct. Unfortunately, that also requires a lot of diligence and discipline from the parents. I have the impression that most folks are simply looking for an easy scapegoat:
It's the fast food advertising's fault.
It's the large drink size fault.
It's the soda can's fault.
Until folks fess up and accept take the responsibility, and realize that they have to take the difficult road, this won't change. Someone or something else will always be the fault for their children's obesity.
Slashdot Mirror
"Another dose of cocaine, Dr. Freud?"
"Yes, please, Detective Holmes!"
. . . and then there is Slashdot addiction. Can you survive for 8 hours without reading Slashdot when you are awake?
Do you:
I thought so. J'accuse y'all of being Slashdot addicts!
They stuff 'em in church steeples. The church gets a new roof, and desperately needed cash, and the churchgoers get a better connection when texting with God.
Bacon Shortage. Stolen Maple Syrup. Clearly there is an international threat to our wholesome breakfast way of life. But where to the Presidential Candidates stand on this issue? Clearly the moderator dropped the ball by not bringing up this vital issue of world peace and security during the debate.
What if alien life in 5 billion years has evolved to look nothing like it is today? They could be bags, of mostly energy, with no real bodies.
"Zodon, please place the Solid Gold Aliens Top 100 Hits CD in the player, so we can decode it."
"I can't, Korgos, we are bags of mostly energy, with no real bodies, and we have no hands."
We should have included a fart app on the CD. That one really never seems to get old.
And then the aliens could really understand our intelligence level.
Well, at least he's trying to get his son to work for a living . . . Instead letting him blow all his dad's loot on drugs and whores, and becoming another Hollywood gossip story casualty . . .
Son promoting worked well for Kirk Douglas . . .
. . . like mold.
"Learn to like" was a poor choice of words, considering the industry prefers phrases like, "Will bedazzle your balls off!" and "This new UI will make you cream in your jeans so often, that you won't need porn any more!" and "Our stuff sucks, use Nokia Maps instead!"
Microsoft is striving to be more like Apple now, with producing hardware, and all. So why don't they also do what Apple did, and bring back the original founder? He's tanned, rested, and ready for a new fight.
They seem to be able to create cash for themselves from shit.
I have it on my N9, and have never even tried it yet. But now that there is so much hype about it, I guess I should take a look at it.
It is quite ironic, that an Apple recommendation would motivate me to use something on my Nokia.
All the world knows who Steve Jobs was. But very few of the gazillions who use Apple gadgets know who you are. Does that bother you?
They're packed to the rafters with technology stuff from China.
And I guess most US households are, as well.
Although, back in the 80's, when Japan bashing was all the rage, I don't remember that the US ever accused Japan of military spying. Just good old industrial spying, which every county in the world does, more or less.
We used to put older programmers out to pasture writing documentation. Despite their cranky "Get off my lawn!" disposition, they were very good at it, like grandfathers telling a story:
"Children, let me tell you a story from a long time ago, in a far away place, about an associative array of function pointers . . . "
But now we lay off the older programmers.
And now we outsource the younger programmers, so they won't even get to be older programmers.
So there's your documentation for you, right there.
That sounds like enough of an incentive to me.
You're not thinking about the possible applications of this technology. You're suppose to fill your pockets with Harvard-spawned three-legged, vibrating, swarming robots, and then enjoy your commute to and from work more.
Anyone can get inked or pierced . . . but an extra ear or two . . . ? That is surely something that will annoy your parents:
"Why can't you just grow your hair long, like we did in the hippie 60's, or cut it short and color it green, like we did in the punk 80's?"
Right now, this was done to replace something that was missing. Will this technology advance, so you can add features that you didn't have before? Like, webbed feet and gill slits?
I call it, "Computer History Museum!"
Every geek has one of these museums at home: cables with biomorph connectors, interfaces to nowhere, Ninja Star shaped floppy disks, 1K ICs, a smokey fan . . .
You just can't part with this stuff . . . you WILL find a use for it someday . . .
It did wonders for the noise on Detroit's streets.
Expect the editors to be arrested real soon.
Hopefully, they don't have any embassies anywhere in the Islamic World . . .
Being that they are being monitored by Iranian folks, they had better be careful about what they joke about in the future . . .
Kohoutek was hyped to be very spectacular . . . folks were even wishfully speculating that it might have been the Three Wise Men Jesus Birthday Star.
But it fizzled out. The Snoopy comics were probably more interesting.
not a class of spaceships?
Maybe the Star Trek folks will pick it up.
That's the best that you can hope for in our lifetimes . . .
I ride a lot on commuter trains, and I notice that most folks who are talking on the phone really aren't saying anything. But many seem to have a fear of not talking on the phone. As soon as they end one call, they call someone else, to talk about what they talked about on the last call. When they lose their connection, they break out in a sweaty panic.
It reminds me of little kids, who get afraid and cry when their parents leave to room. The kids have a feeling of being abandoned: that their parents will be gone forever. It's almost the same way with folks with phones now. If they are not talking on the phone, they lose their lifeline to this universe, and will cease to exist.
A successful female bar owner told me this a while back:
"Just make your bar a place that women like to come to. If there are women there, men will follow."
That old rule trumps any high tech.
I'd like to rephrase that a bit. No parent likes to be called a "poor parent", and all parents want to believe that they are doing the best for their children. However, the advertisers are a very powerful opponent. Parents need to view this as a challenge for them, that requires even more effort on their part, to achieve what is best for their children.
Fast food advertisers will always find a way to wiggle around any attempt to limit their effectiveness. The challenge for parents will always be there. It's up to the parents to master this opponent.
And, no, it is not simple and easy.
I believe that all you say is correct. Unfortunately, that also requires a lot of diligence and discipline from the parents. I have the impression that most folks are simply looking for an easy scapegoat:
Until folks fess up and accept take the responsibility, and realize that they have to take the difficult road, this won't change. Someone or something else will always be the fault for their children's obesity.
Condition those kids get nauseous and suicidal at the sight of fast food logos.
Make sure you have child lock doors on your car, in case they decide to jump out.
Our lives would be much easier without choice and free will.
"Conform to the norm!"