. . . legally cannot enter into binding contracts.
Actually, it's cannot be legally bound to a contract, which is legally something rather different (and even this is provisional, as some forms of contract are perfectly binding on minors. Marriage for instance. This will vary by jurisdiction).
Saw a movie once that illustrates how people can get this idea wrong. A kid did some yardwork for an old coot, on the promise of earning a dog. When the work was done the old coot refused to deliver the dog because the kid was a minor and thus the contract was not legally binding.
But the old coot was not a minor. The contract was both legal and binding on him. Of course recognizing that would have fucked up the whole end game of the movie.
So that's the reason you don't sign contracts with minors, because they are legal and binding, but only on you.
Of course, force-feedback wheels have turned that whole trend around, although I'd just about kill for force-feedback pedals.
Your gas pedal already gives force feedback by sharing identity with the mechanism give force feedback in a real car; a spring.
So you really want force feedback pedal.:)
And you don't really want that; per se. You just want the right kind of spring and sensor, pressure sensitive rather than travel sensitive. A dual density elastomer cone on a piezo element works nicely, although if you want to get really anal about it (not that I would, mind you, just speaking hypothetically, of course) you can use a real hydraulic system.
But I'll note that brake lockup isn't felt through the pedal, it's felt through the "seat of the pants" and the steering wheel.
Scientists are great at empirically testing this and that theory but they often have problems altering their own perceptions on existing and accepted information.
That is the very reason that "scientists" is plural. The flip side of that, however is that scientists are always coming up with new ideas, because that's what they're supposed to do.
Sometimes they do this in the same manner that legislators come up with new laws because that's what they're supposed to do, because it has become a publish or perish world. It doesn't matter what you publish, just the quantity of publication; and how often you and your buddies cite each other to drive up your stats.
Olympians don't retire because they WANT to, after all.
I've been known to train with them; and yes, actually (speaking of the successful older ones), most of them do.
I actually know one guy who made the team and rejected the seat. "Screw it, I'm not going to go through that shit again. Let some dumb kid have the berth."
Really. It's a miserable fucking life and sooner or later you start to realize there are other things to do and accomplish. Like actually see your kids or something. A few of them go into the business of teaching other how to be as dexterous as they are, because dexterity is a . ..learned.
. ..people are still eager and willing to go to a real electronics store and spend a couple hundred for a player that has a familiar brand name on it . ..
And which brand name has the DVD market "sewn up". ..?
Remember that once upon a time Apple had the personal computer market sewn up as well while IBM and DEC were duking it out for who would be king of the "real" computer world.
. ..you could say the same for Coca-Cola and Pepsi.. . you buy the brand-name every time
Stewarts/Polar/Adirondack, local brands; every time they're available.The local brands at my market have as much combined shelf space as the national brands do, so I can't exactly be alone. And my preference is for Vanilla Cream, not Malted Battery Acid.
Nobody wants an mp3 player. They want an iPod. That's the genius
My prediction was for ten years. Ten years ago "everyone" wanted a Sony Walkman. "Everyone" is an ass, and fickle, especially when it comes to fashion.
The moon does not have to escape the Earth's gravitational pull in order to be re-classified as a planet.
Well thank God for that. My head would probably asplode if they decided Mars wasn't a planet, although the Big Ass Red Round Thing has a nice alliterative ring to it.
However, it can also bring on RSI and hasten a loss of dexterity.
I know preteen musicians with that problem. Injury is injury. It isn't age related; except that with the wisdom experience brings older musicians are less likely to do that to themselves.
I think that "as people get older they lose dexterity" is pretty much unimpeachable as a general guideline.
In the sense that older people are more likely to have been hit by a bus, but being hit by a bus is not a function of age.
I have no doubt that Microsoft will capture close to 100% of the market: but the "market" for this device is "MP3 players other than iPods."
In ten years that will be virtually the entire market. There will be a few hundred makers and they'll be so cheap they'll be selling them in drug stores at the counter for pocket change.
Will someone PLEASE explain why a *software* company feels its necessary to enter markets in which it has a competitive disadvantage years after the competition?
To sell DRM technology. ACC is the target, not the silly iPod thingy, but they've done ok with mice, keyboards, joysticks, etc.
KFG
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The oldest Olympic competitor was 72 years old, although it's true he didn't win.
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I'm not sure what you expect to change.
Pepsi.
KFG
Bases on this post. . .
:)
But you obvioudly workes it out. You appear to have perplexes your other redponsentd do far though.
KFG
Every now and again, wholely against my better judgement, I feel the urge to respond to moderation.
My above post is the expression of an opinion on the difference between Linux Expo and the Open Summit; it is ontopic flamebait.
KFG
If you throw a banjo and a piano accordian off the top of the Empire State building, which one hits the ground first?
Who cares?!
KFG
. . . legally cannot enter into binding contracts.
Actually, it's cannot be legally bound to a contract, which is legally something rather different (and even this is provisional, as some forms of contract are perfectly binding on minors. Marriage for instance. This will vary by jurisdiction).
Saw a movie once that illustrates how people can get this idea wrong. A kid did some yardwork for an old coot, on the promise of earning a dog. When the work was done the old coot refused to deliver the dog because the kid was a minor and thus the contract was not legally binding.
But the old coot was not a minor. The contract was both legal and binding on him. Of course recognizing that would have fucked up the whole end game of the movie.
So that's the reason you don't sign contracts with minors, because they are legal and binding, but only on you.
KFG
Of course, force-feedback wheels have turned that whole trend around, although I'd just about kill for force-feedback pedals.
:)
Your gas pedal already gives force feedback by sharing identity with the mechanism give force feedback in a real car; a spring.
So you really want force feedback pedal.
And you don't really want that; per se. You just want the right kind of spring and sensor, pressure sensitive rather than travel sensitive. A dual density elastomer cone on a piezo element works nicely, although if you want to get really anal about it (not that I would, mind you, just speaking hypothetically, of course) you can use a real hydraulic system.
But I'll note that brake lockup isn't felt through the pedal, it's felt through the "seat of the pants" and the steering wheel.
KFG
I believe this is the most pretentiously-worded article blurb that has ever been seen on Slashdot.
Oooooooo, sounds like a challenge to me, excuse me, provocation (dare).
KFG
Might I interest you in a free kitten?
Free Kittens!
KFG
I might have to fire up the old Mac and actually try playing that someday.
KFG
Scientists are great at empirically testing this and that theory but they often have problems altering their own perceptions on existing and accepted information.
That is the very reason that "scientists" is plural. The flip side of that, however is that scientists are always coming up with new ideas, because that's what they're supposed to do.
Sometimes they do this in the same manner that legislators come up with new laws because that's what they're supposed to do, because it has become a publish or perish world. It doesn't matter what you publish, just the quantity of publication; and how often you and your buddies cite each other to drive up your stats.
KFG
. . .with some possible loss due to things like arthritis. . .
Oddly enough I had to take a couple months off of playing instruments and sports due to arthritis, once upon a time.
I was in my mid 20s. Decades down the road the experience that comes with age has taught me how to remain dexterous without prevoking it.
And your ass is mine in Asteroids.
KFG
Olympians don't retire because they WANT to, after all.
.learned.
I've been known to train with them; and yes, actually (speaking of the successful older ones), most of them do.
I actually know one guy who made the team and rejected the seat. "Screw it, I'm not going to go through that shit again. Let some dumb kid have the berth."
Really. It's a miserable fucking life and sooner or later you start to realize there are other things to do and accomplish. Like actually see your kids or something. A few of them go into the business of teaching other how to be as dexterous as they are, because dexterity is a . .
KFG
. . .people are still eager and willing to go to a real electronics store and spend a couple hundred for a player that has a familiar brand name on it . . .
.?
And which brand name has the DVD market "sewn up". .
Remember that once upon a time Apple had the personal computer market sewn up as well while IBM and DEC were duking it out for who would be king of the "real" computer world.
Michael who? I'm getting a what?
KFG
. . .you could say the same for Coca-Cola and Pepsi.. . you buy the brand-name every time
Stewarts/Polar/Adirondack, local brands; every time they're available.The local brands at my market have as much combined shelf space as the national brands do, so I can't exactly be alone. And my preference is for Vanilla Cream, not Malted Battery Acid.
Nobody wants an mp3 player. They want an iPod. That's the genius
My prediction was for ten years. Ten years ago "everyone" wanted a Sony Walkman. "Everyone" is an ass, and fickle, especially when it comes to fashion.
KFG
The moon does not have to escape the Earth's gravitational pull in order to be re-classified as a planet.
Well thank God for that. My head would probably asplode if they decided Mars wasn't a planet, although the Big Ass Red Round Thing has a nice alliterative ring to it.
KFG
However, it can also bring on RSI and hasten a loss of dexterity.
I know preteen musicians with that problem. Injury is injury. It isn't age related; except that with the wisdom experience brings older musicians are less likely to do that to themselves.
I think that "as people get older they lose dexterity" is pretty much unimpeachable as a general guideline.
In the sense that older people are more likely to have been hit by a bus, but being hit by a bus is not a function of age.
KFG
. . . it is the Linux 'movement' that seems bent on world domination.
.the crazy debate of free vs Free (i.e. "as in beer" vs "as in speech"
That is why it's ironic.
. .
Has nothing to do with Linux. That's about the Gnu General Public License.
I don't want to don a jumpsuit and collect lima beans that look like Linus Torvalds.
Well that's good, because that would really creep Linus out.
KFG
e)win
f)Profit!!!
KFG
I have no doubt that Microsoft will capture close to 100% of the market: but the "market" for this device is "MP3 players other than iPods."
In ten years that will be virtually the entire market. There will be a few hundred makers and they'll be so cheap they'll be selling them in drug stores at the counter for pocket change.
Whoever controls the codec wins.
KFG
Will someone PLEASE explain why a *software* company feels its necessary to enter markets in which it has a competitive disadvantage years after the competition?
To sell DRM technology. ACC is the target, not the silly iPod thingy, but they've done ok with mice, keyboards, joysticks, etc.
KFG
The oldest Olympic competitor was 72 years old, although it's true he didn't win.
He had to settle for silver.
KFG
. . .the fluorine creates small clusters of vacancies. . .
Apparently transistors aren't made of teeth. Go figure.
KFG
Nickle a packet, but then you only needed one.
Really screwed up the game when the pigeon got lost though.
KFG
. . .cracking it in digital format is far easier...
It isn't available in digital format.
KFG
And don't you dare photoshop the cover art to make it look like it looked before we photoshopped them. We're watching for that shit.
KFG