Given I can see everything else perfectly, including the mosquitoes, macroblocking, and other digital artifacts that most people can not perceive, I doubt the problem is in my eyesight. More likely there's a flaw in the technology, or else just that one theater (not adjusted properly).
>>>that is what many savvy investors are counting on, because the fall in their stock price is really a reaction of fear.
In that case they should wait until 2011 because the stock will fall a lot lower after the US Dollar is abandoned as universal currency. To quote Obama's pastors: "America's roosters are coming home."
As for Apple they made a mistake - it happens. What matters next is how they handle the mistake so as to keep customers happy, and so far they've done a lousy job. No doubt many customers are now thinking their next "iPhone" will be an Android or Nokia model instead.
I don't know what alternative universe you live in, but this isn't even close to true. PS3 is the least popular of this generation's consoles (3rd place), and its number of units sold (about 30 million) is no better than what the Gamecube or Nintendo64 sold during their five year spans.
>>>Created the top selling console in history, the 145 million worldwide selling PS2 >>>Destroyed piece of crap HD-DVD format with Blu-Ray
AND he also created the top-selling PS1 (130 million). That's all true. They should have treated Ken better, rather than force him into retirement like an old unwanted dog. I hate when corporations treat human beings like "human resources". .
Fanboys are typically people too poor to own more than one console, hence they defend whichever one they've got. Since I own one of each (Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft), I am a "fanboy" of none of them. They're just pieces of plastic to me. In other words you guessed wrong.
>>>It's nothing but lies designed to obscure the fact that Barak Hussein Obama [...] wants to entrance our children with [one-payer monopoly] healthcare. The sooner he goes back to his hometown in [Chiacgo] the better. >>>
It still gives me a headache. When I went to see Journey t the Center of the Earth, I had to put those stupid 3D shades over my regular glasses and everything looked distorted - like watching through a prism.
I removed my glasses and just put the 3D shades on directly, and it still didn't look right. By the time the movie was over I didn't feel good at all - the same effect as reading a book nonstop for 16 hours, but the movie was only 2 hours long. I've never had that problem with the old red/blue technology.
>>>in the US the NSA can wiretap as much as they want. In Italy on the other hand, wiretapping must be requested by one prosecutor and approved by a judge
The same is true in the US. The problem is that nobody in the White House or Congress obeys the supreme law anymore, and for some reason think they don't need to get a search warrant. i.e. They are domestic enemies of the People's Constitution because they believe they are above the Law. They should all be kicked out.
BTW:
Wouldn't the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights negate this new Italian "only reporters can record" Law as unconstitutional? This wouldn't be the first time that the EU Court struck down the Italian government and said "no you can't do that".
>>>any statement you would make based on that "recording" would be labeled as everything from a "your version of the story", through "pure fantasy" to "slandering lies".
It depends upon accuracy. If you write fast and record word-for-word what someone is saying, they'd have a very difficult time denying the accuracy of your report. Of course with modern tech like cellphones, you could be recording someone and they'd never know it. Then just transcribe the audio to written form in the privacy of your office.
If the written account is challenge, simply release the audio to the net. Once that recording is released to the wild, it's too late for the tyrants..... er, I mean the government to stop it. See this audio recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5Dh1ZkPBL0#t=1m05s
Electronic companies want to continue the economic boom they experienced with the analog/SDTV to digital/HDTV transition. Now that it's complete, they need a new carrot to dangle in front of consumers, and they think 3DTV is it.
>>>"Given how fast technology turns over now, we knew going in that we had to pack a lot of horsepower into the PS3."
So why did Sony force-retire the Father of the Playstation, Ken Kutaragi? It sounds like he was visionary enough to "pack a lot of horsepower" into the PS3 for future growth. But instead of rewarding him, you put him out to pasture. Seems rather cruel.
>>>That would require assuming that the NHSTA was too stupid to be able to figure that out.
Well they are examining *recent* cars that already have the software bug fixed. That seems pretty stupid to me. They should be examining cars that carried the old pre-fix software, and which Toyota acknowledged had a "ignore brakes and gearshft" bug.
>>>. If this study is correct, then either there are a bunch of stupid Toyota drivers *OR* there is a problem with the PLACEMENT and/or SHAPE of the accelorator and break peddles. I'm leaning towards the latter
Or an even more simple answer: Our government has a new motto: We the Corporations. I cannot think of any other way to reach the conclusion in this study. Drives sat before Congress and testified that they pushed the brake and nothing happened. They shifted from "D" to "N" and even "R" but nothing happened. The computer was ignoring their inputs.
Furthermore Toyota engineers admitted it. They admitted there was a bug that made the computer ignore inputs from the brakes or gear shift. For a study to conclude it's driver error in the face of all this testimony and evidence shows that the study writers were biased.
>>>Why would 50 ISPs enter a small rural or suburban market of say 500 households - something to be split 50 ways?
(1) They probably wouldn't. My solution is intended to serve major population centers like the ~30 million person Megalopolis in the Northeast, or cities like Atlanta, Charlotte, Pittsburgh, and so on. The purpose is to give THESE people a pro-choice solution. - Rural markets would most likely have just one single ISP, like they often have just one single grocery store.
(2) Your example is rather bogus. The smallest market in the entire of the US is Glendive MT at 4000 homes. The median size market has 300,000 homes (Lincoln NE). I could easily imagine 5 or 6 ISPs competing in such an area, in the same way they have 5 or 6 different "brands" of grocery store to choose from.
>>>when someone consumes child pornography, they drive the creation of pornography
"When someone consumes images of murdered people, they drive the creation of more murders." That argument doesn't make any sense does it? Well neither does the one above it. Unless of course you think I should be jailed for having possession of the Lizzie Borden killings and other murder images?
Furthermore I would argue that child porn (and adult porn) DECREASES sex crimes. There's no need to go molest a neighbor or rape a woman if you can just download your fantasies off the net.
And finally I noticed you didn't explain how *drawings* of child sex (like japanese manga or anime) is a crime. Where's the victim that makes it a crime? - Or why nudity is so horrifying that you think it should be banned between ages 0 and 18. Why is a naked human any more disgusting than a naked pig or horse or deer?
Aside -
- And I'm sick of religious types trying to ram their morality upon me. - "The Bible says so" is no more a valid argument than referencing the Greek myths.
The number of times regulation has actually worked is an order of magnitude lower than how many times it failed.
For example the bousing bubble collapse (which put us in this present poor state) was caused by a 1997 regulation that required banks give loans to people, even if they were unable to pay it back. Its effect was not immediate it did create a bubble as everyone was borrowing money to get homes, and banks were not allowed to say no. Then in 2007 when the poor people could not pay back those government-forced loans, the bubble burst and the major banks started collapsing in 2008.
That's a failure CAUSED by regulation, rather than prevented .
>>>when someone tries to block child pornography, for example, you are not witnessing some horrible slippery slope to fascism
(1) Possession of children having sex should be no more illegal than possession of murdered people. You did not commit the crime. The molester or murderer is the one who committed the crime and should be arrested, not you for mere possession of an image.
(2) Neither should parents be arrested for posting photos of their family trip to the nudist or topless beach. But it has happened.
(3) Neither should artists be arrested for creating DRAWINGS of children in sex act. There's no victim; hence no crime.
The problem is not neutrality. The problem is the monopoly (or duopoly) that government granted these businesses. It's equivalent to if government suddenly announced, "You will no longer have a choice in grocery stores. Only Comcast Grocery will be allowed to operate within this city." Don't be surprised if the cost of food doubles or even triples as a result (no instantly but over a time).
I remember when Comcast was $30. That wasn't great but it was reasonable. Now it would cost me $80 ($85 with tax) to get equivalent service to what I had in 1997. They get away with it because they have a government-granted monopoly.
Yes as I said in a previous post, the word "legitimate" will eventually be used by follow-up laws (or overzealous police)(or asshole ISPs to exclude:
- Sites that don't adhere to the new Internet Fairness Doctrine (both sides of a story), Downloading nude women that APPEAR to be younger than 18 (see Australia where 20-something women can't post photos, because they have A-sized breasts), Downloading women who actually are younger than 18, but not committing any crime (such as topless photos from Brazilian or European beaches) - Peer-2-Peer, Nudist websites, Photos of your kids, Hate websites like KKK.org, So-called hate site like Teaparty.org. Downloading emulators for ancient NES games - And so on.
Government regulation brings *chains* not freedom. What we really need is a pro-choice solution that puts power in the hands of customers. The government can run 50-fiber bundles under all the streets, and then lease each of those lines to a different company. The customers would be able to choose among multiple ISPs: Comcast, Cox, Time-warner, AppleTV, Verizon, Virgin, Mom&Pop Cable, whatever. If one ISP sucks or blocks a website you want, just switch to a different ISP. You'd have upto 50 to choose from.
I worry about this part of the law. The word legitimate will eventually be used by follow-up laws (or overzealous police) to exclude:
- Peer-2-Peer - Nudist websites - Photos of your kids - Hate websites like KKK.org - So-called hate site like Teaparty.org - - Downloading software to emulate ancient Atari or Sega or NES games - Sites that don't adhere to the new Internet Fairness Doctrine (don't present both sides of a story) - Downloading nude women that APPEAR to be younger than 18 (see Australia where 20-something women can't post photos, because they have A-sized breasts) - Downloading women who actually are younger than 18, but not committing any crime (such as topless photos from Brazilian or European beaches) - And so on.
>>>Most democrats are bible-thumping "conservatives" too.
No that can't be. It makes my brain hurt to think Democrats are pro-"impose morality" too. Only the Republicans are supposed to be like that. I think I'll just pretend I didn't hear that. Tra-Lalalalalalala
Clearly the Constitution needs to be amended that, if any representative violates his oath to observe the constitution, then he/she will be charged with treason. With greater responsibility comes greater rewards AND punishment.
>>>for people to realize there is a lot of stuff not produced for kids
Let's get to to the CORE of this issue - it's those damn Republicans and their bible-thumping conservatism. The sooner we kick them out of Masschusetts' legislature, the sooner we can repeal idiotic laws like this.
(someone whispers in my ear) Whaddya mean MA is a Democrat-run state?
An even easier approach (and cheaper) is to file a credit card complaint. Item was charged but never delivered. That's a violation of the store's contract with the credit company, and the funds will be sucked out of their account, and put back into yours.
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Given I can see everything else perfectly, including the mosquitoes, macroblocking, and other digital artifacts that most people can not perceive, I doubt the problem is in my eyesight. More likely there's a flaw in the technology, or else just that one theater (not adjusted properly).
>>>that is what many savvy investors are counting on, because the fall in their stock price is really a reaction of fear.
In that case they should wait until 2011 because the stock will fall a lot lower after the US Dollar is abandoned as universal currency. To quote Obama's pastors: "America's roosters are coming home."
As for Apple they made a mistake - it happens. What matters next is how they handle the mistake so as to keep customers happy, and so far they've done a lousy job. No doubt many customers are now thinking their next "iPhone" will be an Android or Nokia model instead.
>>>PS3(3rd fastest),
I don't know what alternative universe you live in, but this isn't even close to true. PS3 is the least popular of this generation's consoles (3rd place), and its number of units sold (about 30 million) is no better than what the Gamecube or Nintendo64 sold during their five year spans.
>>>Created the top selling console in history, the 145 million worldwide selling PS2
>>>Destroyed piece of crap HD-DVD format with Blu-Ray
AND he also created the top-selling PS1 (130 million). That's all true. They should have treated Ken better, rather than force him into retirement like an old unwanted dog. I hate when corporations treat human beings like "human resources".
.
>>>* Bitter Dreamcast fanboy
>>>* Bitter Xbox fanboy
>>>* Bitter HD-DVD fanboy
Fanboys are typically people too poor to own more than one console, hence they defend whichever one they've got. Since I own one of each (Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft), I am a "fanboy" of none of them. They're just pieces of plastic to me. In other words you guessed wrong.
>>>It's nothing but lies designed to obscure the fact that Barak Hussein Obama [...] wants to entrance our children with [one-payer monopoly] healthcare. The sooner he goes back to his hometown in [Chiacgo] the better.
>>>
Fixed that for you. NOW it's accurate.
It still gives me a headache. When I went to see Journey t the Center of the Earth, I had to put those stupid 3D shades over my regular glasses and everything looked distorted - like watching through a prism.
I removed my glasses and just put the 3D shades on directly, and it still didn't look right. By the time the movie was over I didn't feel good at all - the same effect as reading a book nonstop for 16 hours, but the movie was only 2 hours long. I've never had that problem with the old red/blue technology.
>>>in the US the NSA can wiretap as much as they want. In Italy on the other hand, wiretapping must be requested by one prosecutor and approved by a judge
The same is true in the US. The problem is that nobody in the White House or Congress obeys the supreme law anymore, and for some reason think they don't need to get a search warrant. i.e. They are domestic enemies of the People's Constitution because they believe they are above the Law. They should all be kicked out.
BTW:
Wouldn't the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights negate this new Italian "only reporters can record" Law as unconstitutional? This wouldn't be the first time that the EU Court struck down the Italian government and said "no you can't do that".
>>>any statement you would make based on that "recording" would be labeled as everything from a "your version of the story", through "pure fantasy" to "slandering lies".
It depends upon accuracy. If you write fast and record word-for-word what someone is saying, they'd have a very difficult time denying the accuracy of your report. Of course with modern tech like cellphones, you could be recording someone and they'd never know it. Then just transcribe the audio to written form in the privacy of your office.
If the written account is challenge, simply release the audio to the net. Once that recording is released to the wild, it's too late for the tyrants..... er, I mean the government to stop it. See this audio recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5Dh1ZkPBL0#t=1m05s
Electronic companies want to continue the economic boom they experienced with the analog/SDTV to digital/HDTV transition. Now that it's complete, they need a new carrot to dangle in front of consumers, and they think 3DTV is it.
>>>"Given how fast technology turns over now, we knew going in that we had to pack a lot of horsepower into the PS3."
So why did Sony force-retire the Father of the Playstation, Ken Kutaragi? It sounds like he was visionary enough to "pack a lot of horsepower" into the PS3 for future growth. But instead of rewarding him, you put him out to pasture. Seems rather cruel.
>>>That would require assuming that the NHSTA was too stupid to be able to figure that out.
Well they are examining *recent* cars that already have the software bug fixed. That seems pretty stupid to me. They should be examining cars that carried the old pre-fix software, and which Toyota acknowledged had a "ignore brakes and gearshft" bug.
>>>. If this study is correct, then either there are a bunch of stupid Toyota drivers *OR* there is a problem with the PLACEMENT and/or SHAPE of the accelorator and break peddles. I'm leaning towards the latter
Or an even more simple answer: Our government has a new motto: We the Corporations. I cannot think of any other way to reach the conclusion in this study. Drives sat before Congress and testified that they pushed the brake and nothing happened. They shifted from "D" to "N" and even "R" but nothing happened. The computer was ignoring their inputs.
Furthermore Toyota engineers admitted it. They admitted there was a bug that made the computer ignore inputs from the brakes or gear shift. For a study to conclude it's driver error in the face of all this testimony and evidence shows that the study writers were biased.
>>>Why would 50 ISPs enter a small rural or suburban market of say 500 households - something to be split 50 ways?
(1) They probably wouldn't. My solution is intended to serve major population centers like the ~30 million person Megalopolis in the Northeast, or cities like Atlanta, Charlotte, Pittsburgh, and so on. The purpose is to give THESE people a pro-choice solution. - Rural markets would most likely have just one single ISP, like they often have just one single grocery store.
(2) Your example is rather bogus. The smallest market in the entire of the US is Glendive MT at 4000 homes. The median size market has 300,000 homes (Lincoln NE). I could easily imagine 5 or 6 ISPs competing in such an area, in the same way they have 5 or 6 different "brands" of grocery store to choose from.
>>>when someone consumes child pornography, they drive the creation of pornography
"When someone consumes images of murdered people, they drive the creation of more murders." That argument doesn't make any sense does it? Well neither does the one above it. Unless of course you think I should be jailed for having possession of the Lizzie Borden killings and other murder images?
Furthermore I would argue that child porn (and adult porn) DECREASES sex crimes. There's no need to go molest a neighbor or rape a woman if you can just download your fantasies off the net.
And finally I noticed you didn't explain how *drawings* of child sex (like japanese manga or anime) is a crime. Where's the victim that makes it a crime? - Or why nudity is so horrifying that you think it should be banned between ages 0 and 18. Why is a naked human any more disgusting than a naked pig or horse or deer?
Aside -
- And I'm sick of religious types trying to ram their morality upon me.
- "The Bible says so" is no more a valid argument than referencing the Greek myths.
What's the last word in the paragraph? "Image". And what's the context of the post? "Internet" and "child pornography" i.e. more images
The number of times regulation has actually worked is an order of magnitude lower than how many times it failed.
For example the bousing bubble collapse (which put us in this present poor state) was caused by a 1997 regulation that required banks give loans to people, even if they were unable to pay it back. Its effect was not immediate it did create a bubble as everyone was borrowing money to get homes, and banks were not allowed to say no. Then in 2007 when the poor people could not pay back those government-forced loans, the bubble burst and the major banks started collapsing in 2008.
That's a failure CAUSED by regulation, rather than prevented
.
>>>when someone tries to block child pornography, for example, you are not witnessing some horrible slippery slope to fascism
(1) Possession of children having sex should be no more illegal than possession of murdered people. You did not commit the crime. The molester or murderer is the one who committed the crime and should be arrested, not you for mere possession of an image.
(2) Neither should parents be arrested for posting photos of their family trip to the nudist or topless beach. But it has happened.
(3) Neither should artists be arrested for creating DRAWINGS of children in sex act. There's no victim; hence no crime.
I agree:
The problem is not neutrality. The problem is the monopoly (or duopoly) that government granted these businesses. It's equivalent to if government suddenly announced, "You will no longer have a choice in grocery stores. Only Comcast Grocery will be allowed to operate within this city." Don't be surprised if the cost of food doubles or even triples as a result (no instantly but over a time).
I remember when Comcast was $30. That wasn't great but it was reasonable. Now it would cost me $80 ($85 with tax) to get equivalent service to what I had in 1997. They get away with it because they have a government-granted monopoly.
Yes as I said in a previous post, the word "legitimate" will eventually be used by follow-up laws (or overzealous police)(or asshole ISPs to exclude:
- Sites that don't adhere to the new Internet Fairness Doctrine (both sides of a story), Downloading nude women that APPEAR to be younger than 18 (see Australia where 20-something women can't post photos, because they have A-sized breasts), Downloading women who actually are younger than 18, but not committing any crime (such as topless photos from Brazilian or European beaches)
- Peer-2-Peer, Nudist websites, Photos of your kids, Hate websites like KKK.org, So-called hate site like Teaparty.org. Downloading emulators for ancient NES games
- And so on.
Government regulation brings *chains* not freedom. What we really need is a pro-choice solution that puts power in the hands of customers. The government can run 50-fiber bundles under all the streets, and then lease each of those lines to a different company. The customers would be able to choose among multiple ISPs: Comcast, Cox, Time-warner, AppleTV, Verizon, Virgin, Mom&Pop Cable, whatever. If one ISP sucks or blocks a website you want, just switch to a different ISP. You'd have upto 50 to choose from.
>>>legitimate service through the Internet
I worry about this part of the law. The word legitimate will eventually be used by follow-up laws (or overzealous police) to exclude:
- Peer-2-Peer
- Nudist websites
- Photos of your kids
- Hate websites like KKK.org
- So-called hate site like Teaparty.org
-
- Downloading software to emulate ancient Atari or Sega or NES games
- Sites that don't adhere to the new Internet Fairness Doctrine (don't present both sides of a story)
- Downloading nude women that APPEAR to be younger than 18 (see Australia where 20-something women can't post photos, because they have A-sized breasts)
- Downloading women who actually are younger than 18, but not committing any crime (such as topless photos from Brazilian or European beaches)
- And so on.
Government regulation brings *chains* not freedom
>>>Most democrats are bible-thumping "conservatives" too.
No that can't be. It makes my brain hurt to think Democrats are pro-"impose morality" too. Only the Republicans are supposed to be like that. I think I'll just pretend I didn't hear that. Tra-Lalalalalalala
Clearly the Constitution needs to be amended that, if any representative violates his oath to observe the constitution, then he/she will be charged with treason. With greater responsibility comes greater rewards AND punishment.
This might interest you:
The Free State Project - where parents raise children not some stranger 200 miles away in the legislature
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/freestateproject?ref=ts
>>>for people to realize there is a lot of stuff not produced for kids
Let's get to to the CORE of this issue - it's those damn Republicans and their bible-thumping conservatism. The sooner we kick them out of Masschusetts' legislature, the sooner we can repeal idiotic laws like this.
(someone whispers in my ear) Whaddya mean MA is a Democrat-run state?
>>>Apple didn't admit that a software patch wouldn't fix the iPhone until July 7th
When did this happen? I thought Apple was saying the software fix would change the signal meter and make everything perfect?
An even easier approach (and cheaper) is to file a credit card complaint. Item was charged but never delivered. That's a violation of the store's contract with the credit company, and the funds will be sucked out of their account, and put back into yours.