You list a lot of great things about Steam, but you forgot the important one -
I don't play Counter-Strike unless Steam says I can play Counter-Strike. Whether I want to play it or not is a moot point, because the Steam authentication servers have to give me permission either way.
How does the government installing wireless everywhere save you money? The government is paying for that with tax dollars. You remember taxes? Where the government takes your money and gives it to someone else?
The biggest thing is that it makes politicians think they can keep playing with tax laws and eventually get everyone to over contribute. A politician wants to take all of your money because, well, they want to have your money.
The other thing is that it deprives you of things you could have done with the money - invest in your retirement, your child's education, or donate to a charity.
Sucks how American companies offer services in their countries first as they're developing new things eh? Nothing is stopping an Italian company from doing this. Come on guy, cut them some slack. No one can do everything at once.
BUT, if I were Google, I wouldn't do it in France. Just put up a site that says "Thanks for all the lawsuits. Enjoy your New Dark Age.":-)
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You make a greater point than your parent in this thread. The reality is Pixar has an environment like that because you need an environment like that to do the things they do.
I work for a defense contractor. I couldn't imagine what our office would be like if it were like Pixars. In our office everyone wants their own office, they want a hardwood desk, book shelf, maybe an extra table. Everyone is allowed to bring in their own decorations but what you see are diplomas, family pictures, awards, certifications, some books, and a whole lot of business materials.
It's quite possibly the most dull and sedated atmosphere I've ever been in, but it's what works. We're not looking for creativity as much as "by the numbers". They work at work and they play at home.
An acquaintance of mine has a small startup of ~20 people (mostly part-timers) and it's dependent on creativity. So despite their small budget their office is set up to foster an amazingly different environment than ours.
The only reason you'll ever find gnome software on my machine is because somehow somewhere it turned out to be a software dependency for something. My friend swears by the GNOME panel + Enlightenment but I can't do it.
I hated Konqueror too. And when Apple released Safari announcing it was based on Konqueror I was less than pleased. It used to bother me considerably because I used.mac and only Safari's bookmarks worked with.mac, but now I no longer have OSX on anything. I think I'm going to move to a CVS system of some sort in the near future.
Personally I've always thought they both sucked. In the meantime I've fallen for every damn "E.17 RELEASED!" April Fool's Day joke on Slashdot ever since.16.5 was released.
I never pay attention to my calendar so come that fateful day I go "HOLY CRAP! FINALLY!" and tell atleast 6 people.
Fair point. And the only response I have to that is the person quoting the article could have used a much better quote.
I swear I used to be able to read slashdot and actually know what an article was saying by the provided blurb. Now the blurb can be about martians even though the article is about rubber trees and it still gets posted.
The loudness of a motorcycle is a safety device and motorcyclists everywhere will defend it to the grave. Most cagers don't actively check their blindspots, mirrors, or even signal when they change lanes.
About the only defense us motorcyclists have on the street are our pipes. It makes you more aware of us when you're driving your car.
Actually the only question you are not allowed to ask in an interview is how severe is ones handicap. Other than that all other questions are legal. BUT, you're taught you're not allowed to ask those because should that person not be hired they have immediate grounds for a lawsuit.
Yeah, a shame that these so called "representatives" aren't even elected, so they don't even answer to the citizens of the countries they "represent". Don't you find it odd that the elected portion of the EU repeatedly turned down software patents while these "representatives" are going full steam ahead?
Not surprising at all. Europe is full of people who fully embrace the U.N., another organization with no elected officials who answer to no one. And they in turn create organizations with no elected officials who answer to know.
Personally I think you're right. I think this is just more proof that a lot of people are starting to see kids as an "inconvenience" in a lot of ways. They didn't think everything out and realize that they wouldn't be able to do all of the activities they used to be able to do. So they sit their kids in front of the tv, or a bear with a webcam, and leave them alone.
It's depressing. Even when I was watching cartoons as a kid my parents and grandparents still watched them with me.
What the hell is wrong with having many kids? Having only two kids means an eventual population decline.
BTW, I admitted in my first post I don't own an SUV. I drive a Honda Civic DX with crank windows and no cruise control. It's a piece of shit.
But I am moving to northern VA and buying a pickup truck to replace the Civic. The disadvantage of living in the city is I don't have anywhere pretty to live. So I'm going to buy a pickup truck so I can drive three hours to have somewhere nice to go ride my other petrol burning machine.
SUVs should not be condemned. The people that buy them without the need for them should be. This is what pisses me off. I agree with you that they're socially irresponsible for the most part, but I atleast take aim my anger at the right place: the people - not the vehicle. SUVs aren't to blame for accidents anymore than any other vehicle, their drivers are (you still haven't provided proof of that argument, btw). I'd bet statistics show that SUV drivers are more likely to be eating and talking on their cellphone while driving and not show that SUVs are specifically to blame. SUVs aren't to blame for their extreme popularity, their owners are.
It's like blaming guns for violence instead of the people committing the crimes.
How many more of those fatal accidents are directly contributed to the fact that the person was in an SUV? Because there's definitely one constant: A human driver. Based on your statistical usage men shouldn't be allowed to ride motorcycles because they're involved in 90% of all motorcycle accidents.
Car manufacturers are price fixing SUVs? I wonder then, why don't they price fix all of their cars? I mean, surely Nissan, Toyota, Kia, GM and its subsidiaries, Ford and its subsidiaries, and Daimler-Chrysler could agree to price fix more than just SUVs.... or you need to come back to reality. If someone is willing to buy one product despite countless other substitute products then the product is not over priced. The DRAM argument is invalid because there is no substitute for RAM, but there are substitutes for SUVs. Apple hardware is also not "over-priced" by market standards. Many people buy them when they could be buying Dell or Gateway. Are they higher priced? Yea, probably. But they're not over-priced.
Maybe you're under-paid?
Yes, all combustion engines produce emissions and yes SUVs typically produce more. I support closing the loop-hole, but don't pretend SUVs are the devil when it comes to emissions. There are all sorts of other vehicles with large engines - look at the Dodge and Chrysler line and how many non-SUV vehicles share the Hemi. Even some small engines make horrible harmful emissions - The Dodge Neon SRT/4 gets a rating worse than that of a Dodge Ram 1500. First you will all fight the SUVs, then it'll be trucks, then sports cars and luxury cars. By the end of it I'm fucked into driving a Toyota Prius and hating every time I have to leave the house. But you'll be happy because no one has a better car than you. And just to make you happy motorcycles will be screwed into having mufflers and catalytic converters resulting in power ratings that haven't been seen since 1940.
Awesome.
So you're happy not owning an SUV, or a motorcycle, or Apple hardware. Congratulations. But why the desire to piss in everyone else's cereal?
Asphalt roads don't "suck." They're quieter than concrete roads, they don't require joints like concrete does, and they hold up to the environment better.
You are waating the corn husk if you're just tossing it in the trash. They could be turned into all kinds of things, like tobacco pipes. Think of it from the Native American point of view, killing a deer just for the meat and disposing the rest is a waste when you can use virtually every body part for *something*.
They're not dangerous. We've had atleast one SUV in my family since 1991 and it has yet to prove itself dangerous. Also, it turns out guns don't kill people, people kill people.
They're also not overpriced. Turns out people will still buy them at their current price, and since there is not a monopoly on the SUV market, these two facts prove they are not overpriced.
If you could show me a vehicle that increases the air-quality of our neighborhoods, that would be great. But last I checked my Civic, my motorcycle, my father's 6.0L V8 Yukon Denali, and even my office's contract officer's minivan all reduce air-quality.
You're solely attacking SUVs because they represent something you hate, can't have, or some other reason.
How do you feel about motorcycles? There's nothing safe about them. Or Apple electronic devices? They're all overpriced. What about camp fires? They hurt the ozone. What about aphalt roads? They're a petroleum based product.
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Because, surprise, it takes time and money to do things.
Kudos to the government for charging monthly for access. Charge the people that use it instead of taxing everyone for a handful of geeks to use it.
pseudomorphic heterojunction bipolar transistor
So is it hetero or not?
Or does it think it's hetero but it's really not?
I mean, not that there's anything wrong that or anything. I'm just confused.
You list a lot of great things about Steam, but you forgot the important one -
I don't play Counter-Strike unless Steam says I can play Counter-Strike. Whether I want to play it or not is a moot point, because the Steam authentication servers have to give me permission either way.
Save you money?
How does the government installing wireless everywhere save you money? The government is paying for that with tax dollars. You remember taxes? Where the government takes your money and gives it to someone else?
The biggest thing is that it makes politicians think they can keep playing with tax laws and eventually get everyone to over contribute. A politician wants to take all of your money because, well, they want to have your money.
The other thing is that it deprives you of things you could have done with the money - invest in your retirement, your child's education, or donate to a charity.
Sucks how American companies offer services in their countries first as they're developing new things eh? Nothing is stopping an Italian company from doing this. Come on guy, cut them some slack. No one can do everything at once.
:-)
BUT, if I were Google, I wouldn't do it in France. Just put up a site that says "Thanks for all the lawsuits. Enjoy your New Dark Age."
You make a greater point than your parent in this thread. The reality is Pixar has an environment like that because you need an environment like that to do the things they do.
I work for a defense contractor. I couldn't imagine what our office would be like if it were like Pixars. In our office everyone wants their own office, they want a hardwood desk, book shelf, maybe an extra table. Everyone is allowed to bring in their own decorations but what you see are diplomas, family pictures, awards, certifications, some books, and a whole lot of business materials.
It's quite possibly the most dull and sedated atmosphere I've ever been in, but it's what works. We're not looking for creativity as much as "by the numbers". They work at work and they play at home.
An acquaintance of mine has a small startup of ~20 people (mostly part-timers) and it's dependent on creativity. So despite their small budget their office is set up to foster an amazingly different environment than ours.
What's wrong with you, extraneous, comma, user person? :-)
All that article states is what everyone knows : markets change.
Manufacturing used to be THE industry for the U.S. It no longer is.
During the 90's anyone with a C.S. degree could get a job, now they're no longer as demanded.
In other news, the abacus is no longer in high demand.
i laughed :-)
The only reason you'll ever find gnome software on my machine is because somehow somewhere it turned out to be a software dependency for something. My friend swears by the GNOME panel + Enlightenment but I can't do it.
.mac and only Safari's bookmarks worked with .mac, but now I no longer have OSX on anything. I think I'm going to move to a CVS system of some sort in the near future.
I hated Konqueror too. And when Apple released Safari announcing it was based on Konqueror I was less than pleased. It used to bother me considerably because I used
Personally I've always thought they both sucked. In the meantime I've fallen for every damn "E .17 RELEASED!" April Fool's Day joke on Slashdot ever since .16.5 was released.
I never pay attention to my calendar so come that fateful day I go "HOLY CRAP! FINALLY!" and tell atleast 6 people.
Then my world crashes around me.
Is that really the only thing they do?
Do you do a lot of motorcycle riding?
Fair point. And the only response I have to that is the person quoting the article could have used a much better quote.
I swear I used to be able to read slashdot and actually know what an article was saying by the provided blurb. Now the blurb can be about martians even though the article is about rubber trees and it still gets posted.
The loudness of a motorcycle is a safety device and motorcyclists everywhere will defend it to the grave. Most cagers don't actively check their blindspots, mirrors, or even signal when they change lanes.
About the only defense us motorcyclists have on the street are our pipes. It makes you more aware of us when you're driving your car.
The poster implies we should all worry because half of the studies say it's a health risk...
But by that same logic none of us should worry because half of the studies say there is no damage.
I'm a minimalist w/ my cellphone for reasons other than radiation... but seems to me we need something better than "50% of studies say it's an issue."
Ah hell, who am I kidding, this is slashdot. I'm going to go burn my T610 now. That Bluetooth probably already killed my sperm anyway.
Actually the only question you are not allowed to ask in an interview is how severe is ones handicap. Other than that all other questions are legal. BUT, you're taught you're not allowed to ask those because should that person not be hired they have immediate grounds for a lawsuit.
Yeah, a shame that these so called "representatives" aren't even elected, so they don't even answer to the citizens of the countries they "represent". Don't you find it odd that the elected portion of the EU repeatedly turned down software patents while these "representatives" are going full steam ahead?
Not surprising at all. Europe is full of people who fully embrace the U.N., another organization with no elected officials who answer to no one. And they in turn create organizations with no elected officials who answer to know.
Are you noticing a trend yet?
It falls under individual rights or even protecting citizens though - which Libertarians think are one of the few responsibilities of a government.
Yea right, good luck with that. Women's Rights groups will castrate you for suggesting it.
Men just wouldn't know what to do with themselves.
Personally I think you're right. I think this is just more proof that a lot of people are starting to see kids as an "inconvenience" in a lot of ways. They didn't think everything out and realize that they wouldn't be able to do all of the activities they used to be able to do. So they sit their kids in front of the tv, or a bear with a webcam, and leave them alone.
It's depressing. Even when I was watching cartoons as a kid my parents and grandparents still watched them with me.
What the hell is wrong with having many kids? Having only two kids means an eventual population decline.
BTW, I admitted in my first post I don't own an SUV. I drive a Honda Civic DX with crank windows and no cruise control. It's a piece of shit.
But I am moving to northern VA and buying a pickup truck to replace the Civic. The disadvantage of living in the city is I don't have anywhere pretty to live. So I'm going to buy a pickup truck so I can drive three hours to have somewhere nice to go ride my other petrol burning machine.
SUVs should not be condemned. The people that buy them without the need for them should be. This is what pisses me off. I agree with you that they're socially irresponsible for the most part, but I atleast take aim my anger at the right place: the people - not the vehicle. SUVs aren't to blame for accidents anymore than any other vehicle, their drivers are (you still haven't provided proof of that argument, btw). I'd bet statistics show that SUV drivers are more likely to be eating and talking on their cellphone while driving and not show that SUVs are specifically to blame. SUVs aren't to blame for their extreme popularity, their owners are.
It's like blaming guns for violence instead of the people committing the crimes.
How many more of those fatal accidents are directly contributed to the fact that the person was in an SUV? Because there's definitely one constant: A human driver. Based on your statistical usage men shouldn't be allowed to ride motorcycles because they're involved in 90% of all motorcycle accidents.
Car manufacturers are price fixing SUVs? I wonder then, why don't they price fix all of their cars? I mean, surely Nissan, Toyota, Kia, GM and its subsidiaries, Ford and its subsidiaries, and Daimler-Chrysler could agree to price fix more than just SUVs.... or you need to come back to reality. If someone is willing to buy one product despite countless other substitute products then the product is not over priced. The DRAM argument is invalid because there is no substitute for RAM, but there are substitutes for SUVs. Apple hardware is also not "over-priced" by market standards. Many people buy them when they could be buying Dell or Gateway. Are they higher priced? Yea, probably. But they're not over-priced.
Maybe you're under-paid?
Yes, all combustion engines produce emissions and yes SUVs typically produce more. I support closing the loop-hole, but don't pretend SUVs are the devil when it comes to emissions. There are all sorts of other vehicles with large engines - look at the Dodge and Chrysler line and how many non-SUV vehicles share the Hemi. Even some small engines make horrible harmful emissions - The Dodge Neon SRT/4 gets a rating worse than that of a Dodge Ram 1500. First you will all fight the SUVs, then it'll be trucks, then sports cars and luxury cars. By the end of it I'm fucked into driving a Toyota Prius and hating every time I have to leave the house. But you'll be happy because no one has a better car than you. And just to make you happy motorcycles will be screwed into having mufflers and catalytic converters resulting in power ratings that haven't been seen since 1940.
Awesome.
So you're happy not owning an SUV, or a motorcycle, or Apple hardware. Congratulations. But why the desire to piss in everyone else's cereal?
Asphalt roads don't "suck." They're quieter than concrete roads, they don't require joints like concrete does, and they hold up to the environment better.
You are waating the corn husk if you're just tossing it in the trash. They could be turned into all kinds of things, like tobacco pipes. Think of it from the Native American point of view, killing a deer just for the meat and disposing the rest is a waste when you can use virtually every body part for *something*.
Some Libertarians don't agree with killing innocent people. I know, it's a far-fetched idea.
They're not dangerous. We've had atleast one SUV in my family since 1991 and it has yet to prove itself dangerous. Also, it turns out guns don't kill people, people kill people.
They're also not overpriced. Turns out people will still buy them at their current price, and since there is not a monopoly on the SUV market, these two facts prove they are not overpriced.
If you could show me a vehicle that increases the air-quality of our neighborhoods, that would be great. But last I checked my Civic, my motorcycle, my father's 6.0L V8 Yukon Denali, and even my office's contract officer's minivan all reduce air-quality.
You're solely attacking SUVs because they represent something you hate, can't have, or some other reason.
How do you feel about motorcycles? There's nothing safe about them. Or Apple electronic devices? They're all overpriced. What about camp fires? They hurt the ozone. What about aphalt roads? They're a petroleum based product.