Someone doesn't understand encryption. If you have a decent crypto system then you can tell the world how it works and it doesn't make a bit of difference, because you aren't getting the data without a key.
Unless I misunderstand, JoeMerchant wasn't describing how the crypto worked, he was describing his personal method of coming up with a key.
Changing species != changing gender, and your analogy is flawed as GRS will bring you a lot closer to the gender of your choice than a "tail graft" would to the species of your choice. But I will agree with you in so far as I know someone for whom the current level of medical science is insufficient to deliver the level of change that they desire.
But that is beside the real point I want to make, which is what is a "real" woman anyway? For the obligatory car analogy, if I take a Ford Mustang, strip off the outer body, and put it on a Toyota Celica, has the Celica now become a Mustang? I suspect that if you asked that of anyone, anywhere, they would say "no".
But what if I take the Mustang and I replace all the insides with souped-up aftermarket parts. Is that still a Mustang? I suspect most people would say "of course", even though it's basically the same thing as the above.
Well as I said, those were simply the features that made them worth-while to myself. And I'd forgotten about the Gameboy Pocket battery changes. That would be another thing that made it worth-while (though IIRC it used AAA instead of AA). As for the GBA SP front-light vs GBA SP back-light, I'd say the difference between those two is about equal to the difference between the DS Phat and DS Lite screens.
I believe what DanTheManMS means is along the lines of "I already have a DS Lite, why should I buy a DSi?" Focusing just on upgrade releases and not new console iterations, in my opinion:
-The smaller size and crisper screen of the Gameboy Pocket made it a worth-while upgrade to the original Gray Brick.
-The front-lit screen of the GBA SP made it a worth-while upgrade to the original GBA (even to owners of GBAs modified with the Afterburner lighting system, again IMO, just as all of these are).
-The back-lit screen of the revised GBA SP made it a worth-while upgrade to the original GBA SP / original GBA.
-The clearer (back-lit?) screen of the DS Lite made it a worth-while upgrade to the DS Phat.
-The larger screen of the DSi XL made it a worth-while upgrade to the DSi/DS Lite/DS Phat.
For me at least (and I suspect DanTheManMS), the DSi was not sufficiently different enough from the DS Lite to justify the purchase. Yes, I am aware of what differences the DSi had, I'm just saying that I felt they were insufficient to justify a purchase.
It is called 3D because it's (for the most part) a 3D Mario game
I think aliquis was questioning why Nintendo used "Land" in the title, not why they used "3D" in the title.
Remember the old Super Mario Land game for the original Gameboy? While I don't remember much, what I do remember is that it was even less like a Mario game than Doki Doki Panic was, while Super Mario 3D Land is very much a standard "go beat up Bowser and rescue Princess Peach" Mario game. Definitely not like Super Mario Land for the original Gameboy at all. So why use "Land" in the title?
but with a stream, it's instant and you can watch what you want when you want.
As long as they still offer it streaming. On netflix, different titles come and go. There's also the curious instances of "only episodes 1-4 and 6-24 are available for streaming". WTF?
Flamebait? What, we aren't allowed to play devil's advocate anymore?
The question was a serious question. While I agree that a company should not be permitted to refuse to do business with a group of people defined by race, social standing, religion, sexual orientation etc, the AC said that companies may still refuse to do business on a uniformly applied policy. And I fail to see how refusing to do business based on any one of those criteria cannot be made to fit into a "uniformly applied policy".
I can't tell if you're trying to be funny or if you've just got a bone to pick with gun ownership. You did, however, get me to RTFA and I saw no such claim that they compared MRIs of people viewing guns being fired with MRIs of people viewing scenes of baby rabbit's skulls being crushed, kitten's necks being broken, and baby seals being clubbed.
BTW with antique greek or arab or russian and so on you anyway would have to "alliterate" the name to the ISO-latin alphabet, otr force everyone to learn greek, arab, cyryillic alphabets. So names keep being translated or anyway adapted to other languages needs very commonly today too.
That's.. not really the same thing as translating it to fit a language. Translating a name to a different language may produce a differently-pronounced name. Translating a name to a different alphabet should always produce a name that is still pronounced the same.
Just playing devil's advocate, but how exactly is refusing to do business with "nigger, jews and homosexual" not a uniformly applied policy? Unless the business makes exceptions for "nigger, jews and homosexual" that they like, they are uniformly refusing to do business with all "nigger, jews and homosexual", aren't they?
Even that doesn't meet the standards for entrapment.
Well that's kind of ridiculous. I'm sure a good argument could be made for "I feared for my life and did not want to start a confrontation". And it shouldn't matter how likely it is for the situation to turn deadly, only that the person being approached felt like it could if they refused.
I thought the 2nd Hobbit movie was to be written from scratch, to tell of the untold story between The Hobbit and LotR, or something like that. Has this changed?
it continues to amaze me that they become such sheep when Steam is mentioned.
I'm not sure sheep is really the right word here. Fairly certain most, if not everyone, on/. who uses Steam (myself included) are well aware that it is DRM. Hypocrite would seem to be a better word, though even then I would have to disagree. Finding some instances of DRM to be deplorable but other forms to be acceptable does not a hypocrite make.
Uh, sports competitors almost always have great bodies.
I'm guessing this is in response to this line?
Women's swimming would be merely a contest between flat-chested completely hairless females, while men's swimming would involve recently-castrated completely hairless males.
If so, I think AliasMarlowe's point was that since you don't have clothing to streamline an athlete's body, only athletes that are naturally streamlined would be presented by their respective countries. That means athletes with big breasts, testicles, and/or penises* would be out, since those parts would increase drag.
*While AliasMarlowe only mentioned castration, they also mention requiring a genetic test to determine an athlete's gender, so I suspect they were including the removal of the penis.
Yes it is misleading. There is an implied meaning in the "Made in the USA" label that they're trying to take advantage of.
You do realize that "Made in the USA" has an actual legal meaning, and it isn't just what you "think" it should mean, right?
Question, do you go after anyone who stamps the "Made in the USA" label on it if you don't feel it fits your definition, or is Google a special exception?
Isn't there a dongle that plugs into the nano headphone jack to give you real, physical buttons?
Actually, having just checked the Apple website, seems I am wrong. Coulda sworn I remembered hearing bitching about Apple removing physical buttons and providing a "proprietary dongle" instead.
I sure Apple will eventually kill the wheel on ipods and I think that will be a mistake.
I was under the impression that they basically already have. The only iPods that I am aware of that retain the wheel are the Shuffle and the Classic, both of which are long overdo for a refresh, according to Mac Rumors. However, I am not familiar with the user interface of the Nano and Touch. Do they reproduce the classic iPod wheel on the touch screen?
If I mister non-billionaire can make money this way, surely Mr.Gates can do better.
Isn't this how the Nobel Prizes are funded? I seem to recall hearing something about Mr Nobel which stated that when he died, he left instructions to use his assets to fund the whole Nobel Prize thing, and that the monetary rewards for those prizes are all derived from the continuing return on investment of those initial funds.
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Someone doesn't understand encryption. If you have a decent crypto system then you can tell the world how it works and it doesn't make a bit of difference, because you aren't getting the data without a key.
Unless I misunderstand, JoeMerchant wasn't describing how the crypto worked, he was describing his personal method of coming up with a key.
Changing species != changing gender, and your analogy is flawed as GRS will bring you a lot closer to the gender of your choice than a "tail graft" would to the species of your choice. But I will agree with you in so far as I know someone for whom the current level of medical science is insufficient to deliver the level of change that they desire.
But that is beside the real point I want to make, which is what is a "real" woman anyway? For the obligatory car analogy, if I take a Ford Mustang, strip off the outer body, and put it on a Toyota Celica, has the Celica now become a Mustang? I suspect that if you asked that of anyone, anywhere, they would say "no".
But what if I take the Mustang and I replace all the insides with souped-up aftermarket parts. Is that still a Mustang? I suspect most people would say "of course", even though it's basically the same thing as the above.
Well as I said, those were simply the features that made them worth-while to myself. And I'd forgotten about the Gameboy Pocket battery changes. That would be another thing that made it worth-while (though IIRC it used AAA instead of AA). As for the GBA SP front-light vs GBA SP back-light, I'd say the difference between those two is about equal to the difference between the DS Phat and DS Lite screens.
I believe what DanTheManMS means is along the lines of "I already have a DS Lite, why should I buy a DSi?" Focusing just on upgrade releases and not new console iterations, in my opinion:
-The smaller size and crisper screen of the Gameboy Pocket made it a worth-while upgrade to the original Gray Brick.
-The front-lit screen of the GBA SP made it a worth-while upgrade to the original GBA (even to owners of GBAs modified with the Afterburner lighting system, again IMO, just as all of these are).
-The back-lit screen of the revised GBA SP made it a worth-while upgrade to the original GBA SP / original GBA.
-The clearer (back-lit?) screen of the DS Lite made it a worth-while upgrade to the DS Phat.
-The larger screen of the DSi XL made it a worth-while upgrade to the DSi/DS Lite/DS Phat.
For me at least (and I suspect DanTheManMS), the DSi was not sufficiently different enough from the DS Lite to justify the purchase. Yes, I am aware of what differences the DSi had, I'm just saying that I felt they were insufficient to justify a purchase.
It is called 3D because it's (for the most part) a 3D Mario game
I think aliquis was questioning why Nintendo used "Land" in the title, not why they used "3D" in the title.
Remember the old Super Mario Land game for the original Gameboy? While I don't remember much, what I do remember is that it was even less like a Mario game than Doki Doki Panic was, while Super Mario 3D Land is very much a standard "go beat up Bowser and rescue Princess Peach" Mario game. Definitely not like Super Mario Land for the original Gameboy at all. So why use "Land" in the title?
but with a stream, it's instant and you can watch what you want when you want.
As long as they still offer it streaming. On netflix, different titles come and go. There's also the curious instances of "only episodes 1-4 and 6-24 are available for streaming". WTF?
Flamebait? What, we aren't allowed to play devil's advocate anymore?
The question was a serious question. While I agree that a company should not be permitted to refuse to do business with a group of people defined by race, social standing, religion, sexual orientation etc, the AC said that companies may still refuse to do business on a uniformly applied policy. And I fail to see how refusing to do business based on any one of those criteria cannot be made to fit into a "uniformly applied policy".
I can't tell if you're trying to be funny or if you've just got a bone to pick with gun ownership. You did, however, get me to RTFA and I saw no such claim that they compared MRIs of people viewing guns being fired with MRIs of people viewing scenes of baby rabbit's skulls being crushed, kitten's necks being broken, and baby seals being clubbed.
BTW with antique greek or arab or russian and so on you anyway would have to "alliterate" the name to the ISO-latin alphabet, otr force everyone to learn greek, arab, cyryillic alphabets. So names keep being translated or anyway adapted to other languages needs very commonly today too.
That's.. not really the same thing as translating it to fit a language. Translating a name to a different language may produce a differently-pronounced name. Translating a name to a different alphabet should always produce a name that is still pronounced the same.
Just playing devil's advocate, but how exactly is refusing to do business with "nigger, jews and homosexual" not a uniformly applied policy? Unless the business makes exceptions for "nigger, jews and homosexual" that they like, they are uniformly refusing to do business with all "nigger, jews and homosexual", aren't they?
Even that doesn't meet the standards for entrapment.
Well that's kind of ridiculous. I'm sure a good argument could be made for "I feared for my life and did not want to start a confrontation". And it shouldn't matter how likely it is for the situation to turn deadly, only that the person being approached felt like it could if they refused.
Hmm?
I thought the 2nd Hobbit movie was to be written from scratch, to tell of the untold story between The Hobbit and LotR, or something like that. Has this changed?
Learn something new every day... thanks AC!
it continues to amaze me that they become such sheep when Steam is mentioned.
I'm not sure sheep is really the right word here. Fairly certain most, if not everyone, on /. who uses Steam (myself included) are well aware that it is DRM. Hypocrite would seem to be a better word, though even then I would have to disagree. Finding some instances of DRM to be deplorable but other forms to be acceptable does not a hypocrite make.
Uh, sports competitors almost always have great bodies.
I'm guessing this is in response to this line?
Women's swimming would be merely a contest between flat-chested completely hairless females, while men's swimming would involve recently-castrated completely hairless males.
If so, I think AliasMarlowe's point was that since you don't have clothing to streamline an athlete's body, only athletes that are naturally streamlined would be presented by their respective countries. That means athletes with big breasts, testicles, and/or penises* would be out, since those parts would increase drag.
*While AliasMarlowe only mentioned castration, they also mention requiring a genetic test to determine an athlete's gender, so I suspect they were including the removal of the penis.
Hadn't considered links from other applications. Thanks.
Yes it is misleading. There is an implied meaning in the "Made in the USA" label that they're trying to take advantage of.
You do realize that "Made in the USA" has an actual legal meaning, and it isn't just what you "think" it should mean, right?
Question, do you go after anyone who stamps the "Made in the USA" label on it if you don't feel it fits your definition, or is Google a special exception?
Actually, having just checked the Apple website, seems I am wrong. Coulda sworn I remembered hearing bitching about Apple removing physical buttons and providing a "proprietary dongle" instead.
I sure Apple will eventually kill the wheel on ipods and I think that will be a mistake.
I was under the impression that they basically already have. The only iPods that I am aware of that retain the wheel are the Shuffle and the Classic, both of which are long overdo for a refresh, according to Mac Rumors. However, I am not familiar with the user interface of the Nano and Touch. Do they reproduce the classic iPod wheel on the touch screen?
Don't like Safari? Too bad, nothing else is available.
I don't yet own an iPad or an iPhone, but it looks like you may be wrong about that.
If I mister non-billionaire can make money this way, surely Mr.Gates can do better.
Isn't this how the Nobel Prizes are funded? I seem to recall hearing something about Mr Nobel which stated that when he died, he left instructions to use his assets to fund the whole Nobel Prize thing, and that the monetary rewards for those prizes are all derived from the continuing return on investment of those initial funds.
I think the other AC was talking about Dick Grayson as being a ward of Bruce Wayne's.
My house has a septic tank, you insensitive clod!
But you did make me lol.
But can you tell Windows "always combine Firefox windows, never combine notepad windows"?
Lying about where you live in order to receive a benefit you're otherwise not entitled to.
It's not lying, it's massaging the truth. :)
But seriously, say I live in an RV. Where exactly is my home address?
"What does it say on your driver's license?"
Fair enough, for this scenario anyway.