the question is: did YOU achieve something, or did your modification achieve something?
There is no "I" separate from myself - if I modified myself, then it is still I myself that made the achievement.
ObCarAnalogy: If I tune up the engine of my car and it performs better, it is still my car performing better, even though it was modified. If I replace the axles on my Jeep with stronger versions, reinforce the frame, add protective plates over vulnerable components, and I find that the Jeep can now travel into areas it could never reach before, it is still my Jeep achieving these goals, despite having been changed.
ObLoCAnalogy: If I add a book to the Library of Congress, increasing the amount of knowledge stored in the LoC, the LoC is still the LoC, even though it has been altered, and hopefully increased some small amount, by the addition of the book.
ObMeatSackAnalogy: If I put in long hours of training, my body is altered. I may eventually accomplish tasks with ease that formerly were impossible - perhaps I can run longer distances, or climb more difficult mountains. But I do not become depressed or full of self-loathing because my goals were only accomplished by self-modification - my goals were made possible because of self-modification.
ObTreeAnalogy: If a tree falls in the forest, then it is still part of the forest, even though the forest has been altered.
ObDrinkAnalogy: If I've chugged a beer after each analogy above, then I've still flargled the orglepath, even though babiggle the snookerfarthing. (And obviously if you're drinking gin instead of beer, you'd instead be snargflaffling the orglepath instead of flargling it, but the principle remains the same.)
Make MS give them a free upgrade/sidegrade/downgrade to a working operating system compatible with their hardware.
So MS has to send everyone a free Linux CD?:-)
Re:Come back forwards on that reversal again...?
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So.. you're saying it floats, right?
Only if it doesn't weigh the same as a duck wouldn't. (And that obviously can't be not untrue, given that my earlier post clearly lacks the requisite 'which'.;-)
Come back forwards on that reversal again...?
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The lack of a Linux or Solaris release is a notable absence.
So if we have an absence of a lack, does that mean there is a Linux and/or Solaris release?:-P
And yes, I don't think I'm not being overly pedantic in noting the presence of an absence of a lack of internal bouyancy in the summary, since that's a term whose inapplicability wouldn't be not out of place in this sentence.
But if you consider that as a logical implication in a step of a deduction, then you are appealing to authority. Which is a fallacy.
Close, but the actual fallacy I committed was argumentum ad populum, a.k.a. 'appeal to the masses'. And yes, it was supposed to be a joke. I briefly thought about making the phrase 'logical fallacy' in my original post into an href to the Wiki 'ad populum' page as a signal that I had my tongue firmly planted in my cheek, but in the end I thought it'd be funnier to both mention the possible presence of a logical fallacy - and then claim that it must not exist by committing the exact same fallacy a second time.
Obviously I was wrong (since not a single moderator was willing to waste a +1 funny on the post), so I'm thinking you weren't the only person who couldn't decide if I was joking or not. Ah well, you win some, you lose some.:-)
My inbox now seems to be filling up with lobster thermidor aux crevettes instead.
Now that's what I call a posh meal - I didn't even know they made neckties for lobsters.
(I kid, I kid - I'm not actually that uncultured. I know a crevette is a sports car. Although I am a little unclear how the lobster reaches the gas pedal...)
[...] and they are poorly calibrated, quite a lot of the time the system clearly isn't responding the way he wants it to.
Not to sound too cynical, but the same not-quite-responding-right issues could also happen if the "holographic" images were completely prerecorded and the person merely an actor miming the corresponding hand actions (and occasionally being a little bit off in his timing).
I've been reading usenet for 15 years, I've never seen any child porn. Do I just not frequent the right groups?
Well, there's your problem.
<Cypher>...there's way too much information to decode the Usenet. You get used to it, though. Your brain does the translating. I don't even see the code. All I see is blonde, brunette, double-penetration MILF, redhead...</Cypher>
The current motion sensing is pretty bad, it flinches alot, it jumps around, it felt added on.
Also been there, seen that. If you want to go dust off your Wii and try again, here's what worked for me (FWIW). Go to the sensor sensitivity section of the Wii setup menus. Slowly move your Wiimote around to cover the entire area near the TV, and watch for stray dots/blotches/etc on the sensor display. Two dots from the sensor bar are normal, but you may see more dots if there are other light sources within your Wiimote's field of view - the primary culprits I've encountered have been lamps and direct sunlight leaking between/around curtains near the TV. Things like that can cause nasty flinching/jumping if the Wii mistakes the lamp/sun/etc for one of the sensor bar light sources. (If you play with a group of people remember to move to each person's playing position and sweep the Wiimote around - a lamp that's behind you during solo play might end up in someone else's field of view after everyone's spread out in an arc in front of the TV.)
And of course if you've never been on this screen before, it's a good time to check your sensitivity settings - if the sensitivity is dialed down too low and you play far enough back from the TV, the Wiimote might be constantly gaining and then losing track of the sensor bar.
So eventually a lot of still able men were left with the prospect of either finding another woman somehow, or playing with Miss Rosy Palm for the next 5 to 10 years. Meanwhile the next tribe had plenty of women. Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Pinky?
I think so, Brain. But where would you get a life-size statue of Linus Torvalds and a pair of lime green lederhosen at this time of the night?
It might sound trite, but as long as the FBI behaves like a child, it should be treated like a child. Right now it seems like if we give them a baseball bat for little league then the next morning all the mailboxes along the street are smashed. If we lend 'em the car keys so they can go to youth prayer sessions, two hours later we're getting a phone call about how they wrapped the car around a telephone pole as they tried driving to the liquor store after getting thrown out of the local bar. And what's particularly galling is that they come back afterwards and ask if they can have a new Porsche because the old car doesn't go fast enough.
Let the FBI go a year without abusing their existing powers before they even get to ask for anything new. (Child equivalent: "No dessert until you clean your room.") Or use a more immediate reward/punishment system - if anyone abuses any privilege, the agent responsible is disciplined and the situation rectified (evidence tossed, etc). Otherwise the whole agency loses that privilege for a week the first time, a month the second time, then six months, then a year, etc. (Child equivalent: "If whoever threw that spitball doesn't fess up, the entire class is getting detention.")
I mean, seriously, it seems like my two-year old nephew has a better understanding of rights and responsibilities than the FBI does.
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There is no "I" separate from myself - if I modified myself, then it is still I myself that made the achievement.
ObCarAnalogy: If I tune up the engine of my car and it performs better, it is still my car performing better, even though it was modified. If I replace the axles on my Jeep with stronger versions, reinforce the frame, add protective plates over vulnerable components, and I find that the Jeep can now travel into areas it could never reach before, it is still my Jeep achieving these goals, despite having been changed.
ObLoCAnalogy: If I add a book to the Library of Congress, increasing the amount of knowledge stored in the LoC, the LoC is still the LoC, even though it has been altered, and hopefully increased some small amount, by the addition of the book.
ObMeatSackAnalogy: If I put in long hours of training, my body is altered. I may eventually accomplish tasks with ease that formerly were impossible - perhaps I can run longer distances, or climb more difficult mountains. But I do not become depressed or full of self-loathing because my goals were only accomplished by self-modification - my goals were made possible because of self-modification.
ObTreeAnalogy: If a tree falls in the forest, then it is still part of the forest, even though the forest has been altered.
ObDrinkAnalogy: If I've chugged a beer after each analogy above, then I've still flargled the orglepath, even though babiggle the snookerfarthing. (And obviously if you're drinking gin instead of beer, you'd instead be snargflaffling the orglepath instead of flargling it, but the principle remains the same.)
Dude, this is /. - "journalistic integrity" means that the ext3 filesystem mounted cleanly. :-P
So MS has to send everyone a free Linux CD? :-)
Only if it doesn't weigh the same as a duck wouldn't. (And that obviously can't be not untrue, given that my earlier post clearly lacks the requisite 'which'. ;-)
So if we have an absence of a lack, does that mean there is a Linux and/or Solaris release? :-P
And yes, I don't think I'm not being overly pedantic in noting the presence of an absence of a lack of internal bouyancy in the summary, since that's a term whose inapplicability wouldn't be not out of place in this sentence.
Youtube - making Digg users look mature since 2005.
Man, that's just so ironic.
:-P
Maybe that's all we had left after bailing out the bankers? :-P
Close, but the actual fallacy I committed was argumentum ad populum, a.k.a. 'appeal to the masses'. And yes, it was supposed to be a joke. I briefly thought about making the phrase 'logical fallacy' in my original post into an href to the Wiki 'ad populum' page as a signal that I had my tongue firmly planted in my cheek, but in the end I thought it'd be funnier to both mention the possible presence of a logical fallacy - and then claim that it must not exist by committing the exact same fallacy a second time.
Obviously I was wrong (since not a single moderator was willing to waste a +1 funny on the post), so I'm thinking you weren't the only person who couldn't decide if I was joking or not. Ah well, you win some, you lose some. :-)
Oh, I just don't believe th >*pop*<
Well, that's what everyone believes, and if it weren't true then there obviously wouldn't be so many people who think that way.
(...I used to think there was a logical fallacy somewhere in there, but everyone tells me there isn't...)
Now that's what I call a posh meal - I didn't even know they made neckties for lobsters.
(I kid, I kid - I'm not actually that uncultured. I know a crevette is a sports car. Although I am a little unclear how the lobster reaches the gas pedal...)
Dude, like seriously man - if getting high is not the answer, then you're asking the wrong question...
Shut up, Mom!
Aaargh! You know who else liked to screw up the spelling of Godwin's name? Hitler ...errr... Tourqist, that's who!
(Now who's gonna be the first to call me a spelling Nazi? ;-)
Not to sound too cynical, but the same not-quite-responding-right issues could also happen if the "holographic" images were completely prerecorded and the person merely an actor miming the corresponding hand actions (and occasionally being a little bit off in his timing).
<Cypher>...there's way too much information to decode the Usenet. You get used to it, though. Your brain does the translating. I don't even see the code. All I see is blonde, brunette, double-penetration MILF, redhead ...</Cypher>
Also been there, seen that. If you want to go dust off your Wii and try again, here's what worked for me (FWIW). Go to the sensor sensitivity section of the Wii setup menus. Slowly move your Wiimote around to cover the entire area near the TV, and watch for stray dots/blotches/etc on the sensor display. Two dots from the sensor bar are normal, but you may see more dots if there are other light sources within your Wiimote's field of view - the primary culprits I've encountered have been lamps and direct sunlight leaking between/around curtains near the TV. Things like that can cause nasty flinching/jumping if the Wii mistakes the lamp/sun/etc for one of the sensor bar light sources. (If you play with a group of people remember to move to each person's playing position and sweep the Wiimote around - a lamp that's behind you during solo play might end up in someone else's field of view after everyone's spread out in an arc in front of the TV.)
And of course if you've never been on this screen before, it's a good time to check your sensitivity settings - if the sensitivity is dialed down too low and you play far enough back from the TV, the Wiimote might be constantly gaining and then losing track of the sensor bar.
The same place all of the calculators go - Silicon Heaven
What if I start referring to myself as an Idividual rather than an individual...
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... would that make me sufficiently capitalized...?
Listen dude, I know I ain't pretty, but for the millionth time - that's my face, not my #@$$%.
I think so, Brain. But where would you get a life-size statue of Linus Torvalds and a pair of lime green lederhosen at this time of the night?
It might sound trite, but as long as the FBI behaves like a child, it should be treated like a child. Right now it seems like if we give them a baseball bat for little league then the next morning all the mailboxes along the street are smashed. If we lend 'em the car keys so they can go to youth prayer sessions, two hours later we're getting a phone call about how they wrapped the car around a telephone pole as they tried driving to the liquor store after getting thrown out of the local bar. And what's particularly galling is that they come back afterwards and ask if they can have a new Porsche because the old car doesn't go fast enough.
Let the FBI go a year without abusing their existing powers before they even get to ask for anything new. (Child equivalent: "No dessert until you clean your room.") Or use a more immediate reward/punishment system - if anyone abuses any privilege, the agent responsible is disciplined and the situation rectified (evidence tossed, etc). Otherwise the whole agency loses that privilege for a week the first time, a month the second time, then six months, then a year, etc. (Child equivalent: "If whoever threw that spitball doesn't fess up, the entire class is getting detention.")
I mean, seriously, it seems like my two-year old nephew has a better understanding of rights and responsibilities than the FBI does.
Wii Sports isn't bundled with the console in Japan.
Tsai boo shr! That's just fahng-tzong fung-kwong duh jeh.