I think you give computer shops WAAAAY too much credit. I worked at one about 6 years back as the lead service tech The guys I worked with wouldn't even have recognized an OS that wasn't Windows XP, let alone understand what dd is or what can be done with it.
Well, for what it's worth, I think I get why you see this as a tarnish of their reputation. The part I don't get that blows me away is why you're taking it so personally though. I mean, this isn't even the first time that they've offered a platform specific bundle. They've had several Android bundles before after all. And for most intents and purposes, they are doing this under a different name. Well, kinda. I mean, it's still the same "humble" (pay what you will) format as all of the bundles, and they're not claiming it's a "indie" bundle.
And here the thing: Does this prevent them from continuing the indie bundles? In my mind, this is like going into a coffee store and seeing that they have all these independent brands of coffee, and then one day they put a sign out saying that they'll also carry Starbucks, and then people raging. I mean, it's not like you have limited storefront online. Why can't they do something similar to woot and even go so far as to have the humblebundle website and then do something like humblebundle.com/sellout?
I guess my primary point to getting behind what they do isn't the cross-platform or the lack of DRM (which are both awesome, don't get me wrong. I like Linux games). I get behind the money for charity aspect.
So, your out of touch old people are saying that being financially stable enough to have a safe location (ideal in raising children) and enough money to live comfortably (ideal in raising children) prior to having children is... selfish? Further, that the very idea of not forcing yoru offspring upon the world is selfish?
Well, my out of touch old people think Obama is personally going to break into their houses at night and steal their guns. All I can do is shake my head sadly and look to the future. If anything, fewer children should mean that we can better focus on educating them such that we can leave the "old ways" behind.
Does all your moral outrage help you sleep at night? Cause I can think of at least a handful of problems in the world far more severe and worth getting worked up about than the "injustice" served to you by a privately-owned corporation violating some imagined sense of principle you seem to possess by partnering with a publicly-owned corporation to offer you a bunch of existing games that were only ever developed for one platform, all to help out charities. I mean, those bastards, they might PROFIT from this, god forbid.
I really want to know: Do other companies commit injustice against you and leave you owed something as well because they besmirched whatever perception of their brand you happen to have? I mean, are you ready to attack Starbucks when they change their menu, or Apple because they happen to make a business decision you disagree with? What about your local thrift shop you frequent if they were to, say, refuse to sell tight jeans anymore? I could go on.
To me, bendable means that I can put it in my pocket and have it conform to the curve of my leg. I could put it in my back pocket and it might be less uncomfortable. Hell, if it's paper thin and as flexible as the summary claims it will be, I could stick the damn thing in my wallet.
Whatever "killer feature" even means, I'm in for one.
In response to your question, I don't think an if and only if relationship was proposed, but I'm not the writer.
In response to the rest of your statment, well, I never said any part of it WAS written well, only that I understood what the writer was trying to say.:-P
Fail is a verb. Give is another verb. Give is not being 'targeted'. Netflix is giving data centers tools to fail. "Fail" describes what the data centers are doing with the tools in which they are being given. Fail is being used in the infinitive here.
From the wiki page on Infinitives, as an example: "The letter says I'm to wait outside". You understand that in that sentence, "says" isn't being a 'target' of "wait", right? Why would you think otherwise in the summary? I mean, the only difference I can see there is the addition of a preposition to the end of the sentence. Perhaps you could parse the summary as "Netflix gives data center tools to fail [with]"?
Sometimes, sure. I normally burn through shoes. As in, have tears in a pair in a year given daily use, and sometimes even holes in the sole. I also normally buy shoes that cost no more than $50 or so. This year, I decided to try something different and bought a pair of Doc Martens for $100. I've hit a year and so far they've held up better than any other shoe I've given the same amount of punishment to. Verdict is still out on whether or not they will survive at least two years, which will determine whether it was a financially sound decision, but these also have the added bonus of being more comfortable.
Granted, this is anecdotal and doesn't necessarily imply that a $200 pair of shoes would be twice as good as these are, but there is sometimes a difference in quality between the immediately cheapest option and something somewhat more expensive. Having that been said, I enjoy my off-brand veggies and canned goods, and most of my clothes come from the bargin bin at Target, and a lot of my dress clothes come from Goodwill.
... Google has effectively bought data on all fifteen Safari users out there for 22.5M. Hardly a good bargain, but I suppose that might help them optimize black turtleneck and Starbucks coffee advertisements, or something.
Fucking liberal morons. You all think we could sing kumbaya with muslims who want us dead, think it's a great idea to kill unborn children, make past times out of making fun of anyone or any news source that is not liberal with complete intolerance, and support any cause that goes against Israel or its existence. You have no mind of your own and just spew out all the brainwashing you got in school and TV like good little mental midgets.
21 Ways to be a good Democrat
Fantastic. I'm a conservative who's been unable to vote Republican for my entire life as I've been unable to distinguish between the red team and the blue team for as long as I've been able to realize that they exist. Lets do this.
1. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand.
Actually, I like both. I think Capital Punishment should be more prevalent, if anything. Even if it were not, an unborn embryo that has a mother that doesn't want to save it isn't worth keeping. The child is better off in nonexistence. Really. Further, if you don't allow abortion in the case of medical risk to the mother, well, then you've dropped to the level of Northern Ireland, also known as being mere micrometers above the piece of utter shit that is the middle east as far as female human rights go.
2. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity.
Why can't I believe both create oppression?
3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans are more of a threat than U.S. nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Iran or Chinese and North Korean communists.
I"m not altogether sure I believe that strawman at all. I rather enjoy going to the shooting range, myself, and I rather dislike the notion of anyone having readily available nuclear arms, simply because I don't have them available myself.
4. You have to believe that there was no art before federal funding.
Where did this even come from?
5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical documented changes in the earth's climate and more affected by soccer moms driving SUV's.
I'm not convinced, but Have you seen a soccer mom drive an SUV? We could do with a few less doing so.
6. You have to believe that gender roles are artificial but being homosexual is natural.
As a Republican? I think you've forgotten who you're trolling mid-troll.
7. You have to believe that the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of federal funding.
Magic Johnson is the most immune person to HIV. Money is clearly a factor in limiting the spread of the virus. Clearly.
8. You have to believe that the same teacher who can't teach 4th-graders how to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex.
Some of the dumbest people I've encountered are the most prolific breeders. I'm not happy about this, but clearly, they know something you don't.
9. You have to believe that hunters don't care about nature, but loony activists who have never been outside of San Francisco do.
Interestingly, my republican coworker lamented the fact that he grazed a deer this last weekend, and that he had to chase it down to put it out of its misery. He seemed to actually feel bad about it. My liberal fag professor friend went fishing and talked about hooking fish without a second thought like they weren't living creatures.
10. You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it.
From the deepest pits of my copy of Fountainhead, and my own heart, I suggest you go fuck yourself.
And Christianity's prevalence was not until this, the most recent time of the two to six millennia decline. Not sure if you're a troll making the same point or serious, but you might be a compelling piece of evidence.
When I was a poor college student, my linux box was my old computer parts zip-tied into an old shoebox. There's your biodegradable chasis right there. Tell me when you've figured out how to make the stuff that's actually harmful to the environment biodegradable.
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I think you give computer shops WAAAAY too much credit. I worked at one about 6 years back as the lead service tech The guys I worked with wouldn't even have recognized an OS that wasn't Windows XP, let alone understand what dd is or what can be done with it.
Well, for what it's worth, I think I get why you see this as a tarnish of their reputation. The part I don't get that blows me away is why you're taking it so personally though. I mean, this isn't even the first time that they've offered a platform specific bundle. They've had several Android bundles before after all. And for most intents and purposes, they are doing this under a different name. Well, kinda. I mean, it's still the same "humble" (pay what you will) format as all of the bundles, and they're not claiming it's a "indie" bundle.
And here the thing: Does this prevent them from continuing the indie bundles? In my mind, this is like going into a coffee store and seeing that they have all these independent brands of coffee, and then one day they put a sign out saying that they'll also carry Starbucks, and then people raging. I mean, it's not like you have limited storefront online. Why can't they do something similar to woot and even go so far as to have the humblebundle website and then do something like humblebundle.com/sellout?
I guess my primary point to getting behind what they do isn't the cross-platform or the lack of DRM (which are both awesome, don't get me wrong. I like Linux games). I get behind the money for charity aspect.
So, your out of touch old people are saying that being financially stable enough to have a safe location (ideal in raising children) and enough money to live comfortably (ideal in raising children) prior to having children is... selfish? Further, that the very idea of not forcing yoru offspring upon the world is selfish?
Well, my out of touch old people think Obama is personally going to break into their houses at night and steal their guns. All I can do is shake my head sadly and look to the future. If anything, fewer children should mean that we can better focus on educating them such that we can leave the "old ways" behind.
How distant does a platform need to be before I can depend on it? I would think the closer the platform, the better off I would be.
Does all your moral outrage help you sleep at night? Cause I can think of at least a handful of problems in the world far more severe and worth getting worked up about than the "injustice" served to you by a privately-owned corporation violating some imagined sense of principle you seem to possess by partnering with a publicly-owned corporation to offer you a bunch of existing games that were only ever developed for one platform, all to help out charities. I mean, those bastards, they might PROFIT from this, god forbid.
I really want to know: Do other companies commit injustice against you and leave you owed something as well because they besmirched whatever perception of their brand you happen to have? I mean, are you ready to attack Starbucks when they change their menu, or Apple because they happen to make a business decision you disagree with? What about your local thrift shop you frequent if they were to, say, refuse to sell tight jeans anymore? I could go on.
To me, bendable means that I can put it in my pocket and have it conform to the curve of my leg. I could put it in my back pocket and it might be less uncomfortable. Hell, if it's paper thin and as flexible as the summary claims it will be, I could stick the damn thing in my wallet.
Whatever "killer feature" even means, I'm in for one.
Nope. Just TOW missiles.
Sorry, and thanks for the warning. I wouldn't want to impact the financial industry.
Microsoft tax is 0xFFFFFFCD USD. I am confused?
Is that better?
Microsoft tax is -50.00 USD. I am confused?
In response to your question, I don't think an if and only if relationship was proposed, but I'm not the writer.
:-P
In response to the rest of your statment, well, I never said any part of it WAS written well, only that I understood what the writer was trying to say.
Ah, that makes more sense then.
Fail is a verb. Give is another verb. Give is not being 'targeted'. Netflix is giving data centers tools to fail. "Fail" describes what the data centers are doing with the tools in which they are being given. Fail is being used in the infinitive here.
From the wiki page on Infinitives, as an example: "The letter says I'm to wait outside". You understand that in that sentence, "says" isn't being a 'target' of "wait", right? Why would you think otherwise in the summary? I mean, the only difference I can see there is the addition of a preposition to the end of the sentence. Perhaps you could parse the summary as "Netflix gives data center tools to fail [with]"?
It kind of repeats itself. Today, the inflammatory anti-apple story summary summary repeats itself.
That doesn't show that humans are neccarily shitty as guessing race, only that backwater hillbillies are.
Sometimes, sure. I normally burn through shoes. As in, have tears in a pair in a year given daily use, and sometimes even holes in the sole. I also normally buy shoes that cost no more than $50 or so. This year, I decided to try something different and bought a pair of Doc Martens for $100. I've hit a year and so far they've held up better than any other shoe I've given the same amount of punishment to. Verdict is still out on whether or not they will survive at least two years, which will determine whether it was a financially sound decision, but these also have the added bonus of being more comfortable.
Granted, this is anecdotal and doesn't necessarily imply that a $200 pair of shoes would be twice as good as these are, but there is sometimes a difference in quality between the immediately cheapest option and something somewhat more expensive. Having that been said, I enjoy my off-brand veggies and canned goods, and most of my clothes come from the bargin bin at Target, and a lot of my dress clothes come from Goodwill.
Well, it's money well spent, again, and again, and again.
Should have been read as "Judge authorizes $22.5M Google Bribe to FTC in privacy case."
... Google has effectively bought data on all fifteen Safari users out there for 22.5M. Hardly a good bargain, but I suppose that might help them optimize black turtleneck and Starbucks coffee advertisements, or something.
Fucking liberal morons. You all think we could sing kumbaya with muslims who want us dead, think it's a great idea to kill unborn children, make past times out of making fun of anyone or any news source that is not liberal with complete intolerance, and support any cause that goes against Israel or its existence. You have no mind of your own and just spew out all the brainwashing you got in school and TV like good little mental midgets.
21 Ways to be a good Democrat
Fantastic. I'm a conservative who's been unable to vote Republican for my entire life as I've been unable to distinguish between the red team and the blue team for as long as I've been able to realize that they exist. Lets do this.
1. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand.
Actually, I like both. I think Capital Punishment should be more prevalent, if anything. Even if it were not, an unborn embryo that has a mother that doesn't want to save it isn't worth keeping. The child is better off in nonexistence. Really. Further, if you don't allow abortion in the case of medical risk to the mother, well, then you've dropped to the level of Northern Ireland, also known as being mere micrometers above the piece of utter shit that is the middle east as far as female human rights go.
2. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity.
Why can't I believe both create oppression?
3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans are more of a threat than U.S. nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Iran or Chinese and North Korean communists.
I"m not altogether sure I believe that strawman at all. I rather enjoy going to the shooting range, myself, and I rather dislike the notion of anyone having readily available nuclear arms, simply because I don't have them available myself.
4. You have to believe that there was no art before federal funding.
Where did this even come from?
5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical documented changes in the earth's climate and more affected by soccer moms driving SUV's.
I'm not convinced, but Have you seen a soccer mom drive an SUV? We could do with a few less doing so.
6. You have to believe that gender roles are artificial but being homosexual is natural.
As a Republican? I think you've forgotten who you're trolling mid-troll.
7. You have to believe that the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of federal funding.
Magic Johnson is the most immune person to HIV. Money is clearly a factor in limiting the spread of the virus. Clearly.
8. You have to believe that the same teacher who can't teach 4th-graders how to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex.
Some of the dumbest people I've encountered are the most prolific breeders. I'm not happy about this, but clearly, they know something you don't.
9. You have to believe that hunters don't care about nature, but loony activists who have never been outside of San Francisco do.
Interestingly, my republican coworker lamented the fact that he grazed a deer this last weekend, and that he had to chase it down to put it out of its misery. He seemed to actually feel bad about it. My liberal fag professor friend went fishing and talked about hooking fish without a second thought like they weren't living creatures.
10. You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it.
From the deepest pits of my copy of Fountainhead, and my own heart, I suggest you go fuck yourself.
11. You have to believe that the
So, to use the powers of hindsight, due process was skipped the moment the developers put the ability to distribute in Apple's hands?
Tragically, some people will just be incited to self-righteous rage and anger no matter how irrational. For what it's worth, I laughed aloud.
Garbage in, garbage out? :P
Maybe. I would have to dig out that article from a few weeks ago about the half-life of DNA.
And Christianity's prevalence was not until this, the most recent time of the two to six millennia decline. Not sure if you're a troll making the same point or serious, but you might be a compelling piece of evidence.
When I was a poor college student, my linux box was my old computer parts zip-tied into an old shoebox. There's your biodegradable chasis right there. Tell me when you've figured out how to make the stuff that's actually harmful to the environment biodegradable.