The circumstances under which a company could actually lose a trademark—such as abandonment and genericide—are quite limited. Genericide occurs when a trademark becomes the standard term for a type of good (‘zipper’ and ‘escalator’ being two famous examples). [...] Courts also set a very high bar to show abandonment (usually years of total non-use).
There's a pretty big difference between a game AI (which is fed machine-centric game state information, and has an extensive pre-programmed ruleset) adapting marginally to a player's actions, vs learning to play (and master) the entire game via screen inspection.
That's a fair point. Disease doesn't necessarily imply communicability.
But it sure as hell implies malaise in a biological organism. And frankly "touch disease" does sound like something that can be spread via touch.
So yes, it is a stupid name for this engineering defect. There are plenty of (still dramatic sounding) phrases that would be far more accurate. How about "touchscreen death" for example?
You're in this shit because the FPTP electoral college system makes a two party lock-in inevitable.
- Nearly 1 in 5 Americans voted for Ross Perot in 1992, and didn't receive any representation in government whatsoever.
- The last time a "third party" gained traction was 1860, with Lincoln's Republicans. There is a reason it hasn't happened since.
The system is broken. And the two-party duopoly has no interest in fixing it.
I'm sorry but acting like things would get better "if only more people voted for better candidates" is a hopelessly naive pipe dream. That requires viable 3rd party candidates, and the US system makes that effectively impossible.
So I'm afraid I must repeat (and I take no pleasure in saying this, believe me) your only three options this election are Trump, Clinton, or throwing your vote away.
Of course Clinton is horrible. But would you prefer Trump?
And I was replying to someone that was generalizing all Apple products as walled gardens that controlled all "music and software and movies and everything", without making a distinction between iOS and OSX, which are extremely different.
The difference is that Apple users opted in to that ecosystem by buying Apple products.
The difference is that Apple's walled garden is iOS, their mobile OS for phones and tablets only.
MacOSX, their desktop OS (ie, the equivalent of Windows) is still totally open. Yes, they have an App Store on MacOSX but it's totally optional and you can install anything you want on your machine.
Just give it up. That cat will never go back in that particular bag. English changes over time with usage.
Personally, I'm fine with it. Intuitively, "begs the question" means the same as "demands the question"... because "begs" and "demands" mean the same damn thing. Phrases making sense intuitively is a good thing, IMHO.
Just use "assumes the conclusion" for the fallacy (which again, makes more intuitive sense anyway), and stop trying to perpetuate the original meaning which will never, ever take over as the common usage again.
LOL, seriously? You're surprised to find people on Slashdot blaming the user instead of the design?
This place is full of people who take pride in operating complex interfaces and wail at the thought of "dumbing things down" for "stupid regular users". It's technical-literacy elitism.
It's the same crowd still expecting the Year of the Linux Desktop, and claiming Apple only became* successful because of good marketing.
I didn't "attack" or "insult" anyone. I disagreed with that you said, based on the wording you used (and it had nothing to do with "who" you replied to, wtf???). I'm sorry that you evidently have the thinnest skin on the entire internet, and fly off the handle at someone simply trying to have a discussion with you.
"Don't blame the reader"
Funny... that is not the wording I used. Someone once told me you should reserve quotation marks for actual quotes.
OP suggested you can lose weight by consuming less calories than you expend, you replied by saying "none of that works", because of the difficulty of measuring calories precisely.
My paraphrasing was accurate to the wording that you used (fine, I shouldn't have used quotation marks, but it was obvious from context that it was not a direct quotation, so I do not appreciate you calling it "lying").
If you meant something entirely different, I'm sorry but you did not communicate it clearly. Perhaps consider that instead of blaming the reader.
Most of the "crap" you see on webpages is stuff demanded by idiot project stakeholders (ie, the people paying for the work).
"But it's the designer's job to educate the client blah blah..." I hear you saying. Sure it is. Let me join you in fantasy land where the client always heeds that education and advice.:P
You can lead a client to water but you can't make them drink.
TL;DR it's more complicated than "web designers suck".
Before the leaks: "LOL stupid conspiratard thinking the govt spies on everyone, put your tinfoil hat back on" (don't tell me you never saw sentiments like this)
After the leaks: "Well duhh, of course the govt spies on everyone stupid. Everybody knows that, that's been common knowledge 4evar!"
TL;DR there's always assholes saying "nothing to see here".
Sigourney Weaver was nominated for an Oscar for Aliens. Which, for a sci-fi/action movie in 1986 was absolutely unheard of. Show me all the other "generic action movies" (especially genre films) with Best Acting nominations please. Ripley's relationship with Newt was the heart and emotional core of Aliens (something which I might add, Alien entirely lacked), not a "desperate attempt to move the viewers".
Soldiers that get scared? You mean like every movie that attempts to portray combat with a hint of realism? Were the soldiers crying for their mothers on the beach in Saving Private Ryan "wimps" to you? You'd prefer a a bunch of fearless "ra ra ra!" macho clichés? Aliens is a metaphor for Vietnam, from tones of imperialism, failures in leadership, and themes of overconfidence and hubris. Or as Cameron himself put it: "Their training and technology are inappropriate for the specifics, and that can be seen as analogous to the inability of the superior American firepower to conquer the unseen enemy in Vietnam: a lot of firepower and very little wisdom, and it didn’t work".
In addition to its accolades, appearing on many "best of all time" lists, and cult status 30 years later, it has a 98% on RottenTomatoes, and is ranked the 64th highest film in IMDB's Top 250.
None of the above means your opinion of the movie is "wrong". But maybe, just maybe, you should consider the fact that your opinion is strictly in the minority on this one. Have a nice day.
there's no other succinct phrase in English that means what "begs the question" actually means
Says you. How about "presuming the conclusion". Which is actually a wording that is self-explanatory and makes sense.
As opposed to "begs the question", which intuitively means exactly what people use it for, "demands the question". What a crazy interpretation, right? It's almost like "beg" and "demand" are similar in meaning or something.
The original meaning of "begs the question" is de facto useless, because nobody understands it, in no small part because the words themselves naturally convey a different meaning.
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This is largely a myth.
Trademark Law Does Not Require Companies To Tirelessly Censor the Internet
There's a pretty big difference between a game AI (which is fed machine-centric game state information, and has an extensive pre-programmed ruleset) adapting marginally to a player's actions, vs learning to play (and master) the entire game via screen inspection.
That's a fair point. Disease doesn't necessarily imply communicability.
But it sure as hell implies malaise in a biological organism. And frankly "touch disease" does sound like something that can be spread via touch.
So yes, it is a stupid name for this engineering defect. There are plenty of (still dramatic sounding) phrases that would be far more accurate. How about "touchscreen death" for example?
That's actually brilliant.
Who knows, maybe social technology can solve this logjam.
Fair enough. I respect your opinion.
My point though, is that there are plenty of arguments of the "Anybody who reads this stuff and votes for TRUMP is a moron" variety too.
It's too simplistic to just say "candidate X is bad so don't vote for them". Because they're all bad.
No.
You're in this shit because the FPTP electoral college system makes a two party lock-in inevitable.
- The last time a "third party" gained traction was 1860, with Lincoln's Republicans. There is a reason it hasn't happened since.
The system is broken. And the two-party duopoly has no interest in fixing it.
I'm sorry but acting like things would get better "if only more people voted for better candidates" is a hopelessly naive pipe dream. That requires viable 3rd party candidates, and the US system makes that effectively impossible.
So I'm afraid I must repeat (and I take no pleasure in saying this, believe me) your only three options this election are Trump, Clinton, or throwing your vote away.
Of course Clinton is horrible. But would you prefer Trump?
It's easy to criticize. What do you propose as an alternative?
Because your options this election are:
1) Clinton
2) Trump
3) Throwing your vote away
Yeah they all suck. But those are your options.
And I was replying to someone that was generalizing all Apple products as walled gardens that controlled all "music and software and movies and everything", without making a distinction between iOS and OSX, which are extremely different.
They both mean "asking for something".
Yes, of course they differ in the details. Thank you for pedantically stating the massively obvious.
Yeah, how DARE they make the out-of-the-box setting "safe by default" for Average Joe users who don't know anything about security. The monsters!
Anybody that knows how to install their own software knows how to change this setting.
Stop inventing non-issues to bitch about.
The difference is that Apple's walled garden is iOS, their mobile OS for phones and tablets only.
MacOSX, their desktop OS (ie, the equivalent of Windows) is still totally open. Yes, they have an App Store on MacOSX but it's totally optional and you can install anything you want on your machine.
Just give it up. That cat will never go back in that particular bag. English changes over time with usage.
Personally, I'm fine with it. Intuitively, "begs the question" means the same as "demands the question"... because "begs" and "demands" mean the same damn thing. Phrases making sense intuitively is a good thing, IMHO.
Just use "assumes the conclusion" for the fallacy (which again, makes more intuitive sense anyway), and stop trying to perpetuate the original meaning which will never, ever take over as the common usage again.
Just my two cents.
LOL, seriously? You're surprised to find people on Slashdot blaming the user instead of the design?
This place is full of people who take pride in operating complex interfaces and wail at the thought of "dumbing things down" for "stupid regular users". It's technical-literacy elitism.
It's the same crowd still expecting the Year of the Linux Desktop, and claiming Apple only became* successful because of good marketing.
* I use past tense here because I'm the first to admit Apple has taken some steps backward on usability in recent years.
Shit, accidentally clicked "Redundant" instead of "Insightful". Replying to undo my mod.
I didn't "attack" or "insult" anyone. I disagreed with that you said, based on the wording you used (and it had nothing to do with "who" you replied to, wtf???). I'm sorry that you evidently have the thinnest skin on the entire internet, and fly off the handle at someone simply trying to have a discussion with you.
Funny... that is not the wording I used. Someone once told me you should reserve quotation marks for actual quotes.
Have a nice day.
OK whatever you say dude.
OP suggested you can lose weight by consuming less calories than you expend, you replied by saying "none of that works", because of the difficulty of measuring calories precisely.
My paraphrasing was accurate to the wording that you used (fine, I shouldn't have used quotation marks, but it was obvious from context that it was not a direct quotation, so I do not appreciate you calling it "lying").
If you meant something entirely different, I'm sorry but you did not communicate it clearly. Perhaps consider that instead of blaming the reader.
I paraphrased.
Please explain how I mis-represented your position?
Good grief dude, listen to yourself... "Moderating calorie intake is useless because you can't be 100% accurate".
Ever heard the phrase "don't let perfect be the enemy of good"?.
Estimation and trial & error (eg tracking your actual weight over time and adjusting as needed) works just fine. You don't need exact numbers.
Design isn't created in a vacuum.
Most of the "crap" you see on webpages is stuff demanded by idiot project stakeholders (ie, the people paying for the work).
"But it's the designer's job to educate the client blah blah..." I hear you saying. Sure it is. Let me join you in fantasy land where the client always heeds that education and advice. :P
You can lead a client to water but you can't make them drink.
TL;DR it's more complicated than "web designers suck".
Before the leaks: "LOL stupid conspiratard thinking the govt spies on everyone, put your tinfoil hat back on" (don't tell me you never saw sentiments like this)
After the leaks: "Well duhh, of course the govt spies on everyone stupid. Everybody knows that, that's been common knowledge 4evar!"
TL;DR there's always assholes saying "nothing to see here".
A train doesn't have to deal with "different environments", just the opposite.
Sigourney Weaver was nominated for an Oscar for Aliens. Which, for a sci-fi/action movie in 1986 was absolutely unheard of. Show me all the other "generic action movies" (especially genre films) with Best Acting nominations please. Ripley's relationship with Newt was the heart and emotional core of Aliens (something which I might add, Alien entirely lacked), not a "desperate attempt to move the viewers".
Soldiers that get scared? You mean like every movie that attempts to portray combat with a hint of realism? Were the soldiers crying for their mothers on the beach in Saving Private Ryan "wimps" to you? You'd prefer a a bunch of fearless "ra ra ra!" macho clichés? Aliens is a metaphor for Vietnam, from tones of imperialism, failures in leadership, and themes of overconfidence and hubris. Or as Cameron himself put it: "Their training and technology are inappropriate for the specifics, and that can be seen as analogous to the inability of the superior American firepower to conquer the unseen enemy in Vietnam: a lot of firepower and very little wisdom, and it didn’t work".
In addition to its accolades, appearing on many "best of all time" lists, and cult status 30 years later, it has a 98% on RottenTomatoes, and is ranked the 64th highest film in IMDB's Top 250.
None of the above means your opinion of the movie is "wrong". But maybe, just maybe, you should consider the fact that your opinion is strictly in the minority on this one. Have a nice day.
The actual definition is "a prime number that results in a different prime when its decimal digits are reversed."
So, single digits, and palindromes (like 11) don't count.
Says you. How about "presuming the conclusion". Which is actually a wording that is self-explanatory and makes sense.
As opposed to "begs the question", which intuitively means exactly what people use it for, "demands the question". What a crazy interpretation, right? It's almost like "beg" and "demand" are similar in meaning or something.
The original meaning of "begs the question" is de facto useless, because nobody understands it, in no small part because the words themselves naturally convey a different meaning.
Just let it die. Seriously.
Then it really has nothing to do with the fingerprint anymore.