That's great for when you're just walking around and stuff. But just wait, before you know it all your local grocers will require your ID to complete a purchase, or give you some $.10 discount on toilet paper..
I dunno.. there's a universe of possibilities where this could go bad down the road. I hate it.
It did. Somone going to school for upwards of 8 years should not understand contractions that were taught in 2nd grade - my bad.
Proofreading your comments before you post them for the rest of the world, stating just how brilliant you must be (after all why else the PhD comment?) would just be hypocritical, no?
I just had a job interview today and somehow in the midst of talking about the job we got on the track of computer games. It seems we both agreed the industry has been going downhill for quite some time. We both reminesced on the days when we found a good game and played it religiously, and how such games just don't exist anymore. I'm not talking about pac-man here. I'm talking about half-life, or tribes, or civilization. Sure there are a billion variants of these games now, but that's the whole problem - they're all variants of the same games.
Need for speed was cool. The 20th edition is not. Even halflife 2 sucks in comparison to its predecessor in part because its just a continuation... its been done already. Where the hell did the innovation go?
I find myself playing games less and less every year. As did my potential employer. As are my friends. You just can't find those games that inspire you to play them anymore. Graphics are NOT gameplay.
Honestly.. for however many millions of dollars this damn thing cost, you think someone would've had some insight about that possibility. I've seen tyco r/cs that are impossible to get stuck, and they only cost $50.
If I were to play the devil's advocate for just a moment I might be inclined to say, "And just why do you have that 'spare cash'?". But I won't because that would open another can of worms, and let's face it - everything is for the birds these days.
So you're implying the car makers are to blame for the hike in violent crimes because they're trying to safeguard peoples' $20+k investments? This makes no sense.
You can't blame the car makers for the car jackings. Do you sleep with unlocked doors? Would you bitch and moan at the maker of your locks if someone were to wait for you to get home and jump you for your keys to get in, because there's no other possible way into the house, and they wanna jack your shit?
There is a more fundamental issue at hand here I feel, but I can't put my FINGER on it..;)
I find it ironic that politicians even bring "morals" into question.
Which exact morals are they defending? The last time I checked, we as a nation, had no morals to speak of. The only morals I ever see are those that the law enforces which don't really count.
I'm tired of politicians deciding what the society should or shouldn't believe in. I always thought it was supposed to be the other way around.
Marshall Brain wrote a small novel (Manna) on the idea that some day we the non-rich 99% will all live in terrafoam housing - among other things - this seems like a baby-step in that direction.
Link to the book online - http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm
I can't help but wonder if this could backfire on wikipedia tho... suppose somewhere down the line they're heavily dependent on google's help.. and google disagrees with some content on it (read: investors aren't happy with content), there's a possibility of censorship or removal of content?
I know people are gonna fly off the handle at me for even suggesting google could ever do anything so wrong, but you never know... especially once the stock market becomes involved.
I agree whole heartedly with your response. Perhaps instead of merely observing, as so many of us have been doing for so long now, we should do something about it.
We need to gather together, organize, and discuss. We need a large forum for doing so. I'm tired of all the whining, and I think most others are as well. We need an open forum for debate.
Any suggestions on how/where to go? I have heard so many people in recent weeks talking about how piss poor everything is going, and how no one can do anything about it, that I feel its time to find a way for all these people to gather.
Perhaps a large website dedicated to this goal will help get the ball rolling? We could form committies in our respective communities from there.
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I guess.. if you can't beat it the legal way.. but who pays attention to laws anyways?
That's great for when you're just walking around and stuff. But just wait, before you know it all your local grocers will require your ID to complete a purchase, or give you some $.10 discount on toilet paper..
I dunno.. there's a universe of possibilities where this could go bad down the road. I hate it.
I have, and I REALLY don't think this is a good idea.
Oh come on, who modded this down? This is hilarious.
Dr negativity obviously lurks in the shows with his mod points on puppet strings.
Synergistic Processor Elements? They aren't seriously going to start calling it that... please lord no.
I refuse to use some old buzzword from the 90s' megacorporations to describe my computer hardware. Forget about it.
It did. Somone going to school for upwards of 8 years should not understand contractions that were taught in 2nd grade - my bad.
Proofreading your comments before you post them for the rest of the world, stating just how brilliant you must be (after all why else the PhD comment?) would just be hypocritical, no?
What I find amazing is that you're studying for a PhD and yet you can't use the proper form of your. Not to mention you can't spell route. :|
I just had a job interview today and somehow in the midst of talking about the job we got on the track of computer games. It seems we both agreed the industry has been going downhill for quite some time. We both reminesced on the days when we found a good game and played it religiously, and how such games just don't exist anymore. I'm not talking about pac-man here. I'm talking about half-life, or tribes, or civilization. Sure there are a billion variants of these games now, but that's the whole problem - they're all variants of the same games.
Need for speed was cool. The 20th edition is not. Even halflife 2 sucks in comparison to its predecessor in part because its just a continuation... its been done already. Where the hell did the innovation go?
I find myself playing games less and less every year. As did my potential employer. As are my friends. You just can't find those games that inspire you to play them anymore. Graphics are NOT gameplay.
Honestly.. for however many millions of dollars this damn thing cost, you think someone would've had some insight about that possibility. I've seen tyco r/cs that are impossible to get stuck, and they only cost $50.
Hell I was making $25k just doing tech support on the phone here in Houston. It wasn't bad money, but the job sucked my balls.
Kudos to you my friend. Many moral brownie points awarded.
You very well could've gotten the same deal with comcast. That's how cable providers work. The more crap you add the cheaper it becomes to add more.
Want digital cable? $50
Want internet? $49
Want both together? $70
Want 1 premium? $10
2? $17
3? $24
all 5? $30
Get it?
1. Robots that punch each other for the heck of it
2. Kids
3. Christmas
4. Profit!!!
If I were to play the devil's advocate for just a moment I might be inclined to say, "And just why do you have that 'spare cash'?". But I won't because that would open another can of worms, and let's face it - everything is for the birds these days.
Objectivity is bullshit. Subjectivity is bullshit.
Is that all we're limited to?
So you're implying the car makers are to blame for the hike in violent crimes because they're trying to safeguard peoples' $20+k investments? This makes no sense.
;)
You can't blame the car makers for the car jackings. Do you sleep with unlocked doors? Would you bitch and moan at the maker of your locks if someone were to wait for you to get home and jump you for your keys to get in, because there's no other possible way into the house, and they wanna jack your shit?
There is a more fundamental issue at hand here I feel, but I can't put my FINGER on it..
Way to completely destroy any semblance of humor in that joke. Good job nerd.
I find it ironic that politicians even bring "morals" into question.
Which exact morals are they defending? The last time I checked, we as a nation, had no morals to speak of. The only morals I ever see are those that the law enforces which don't really count.
I'm tired of politicians deciding what the society should or shouldn't believe in. I always thought it was supposed to be the other way around.
Sounds like the buildings of the poor in the book Manna</ a>.
In the future only the wealthy 1% will live in actual buildings/houses. The rest of us get this inflatable bag of cement.
Sounds fun.
I hope that isn't Klingon.. I'd have to take away your time warner cable for the week.
Marshall Brain wrote a small novel (Manna) on the idea that some day we the non-rich 99% will all live in terrafoam housing - among other things - this seems like a baby-step in that direction.
Link to the book online -
http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm
I can't help but wonder if this could backfire on wikipedia tho... suppose somewhere down the line they're heavily dependent on google's help.. and google disagrees with some content on it (read: investors aren't happy with content), there's a possibility of censorship or removal of content?
I know people are gonna fly off the handle at me for even suggesting google could ever do anything so wrong, but you never know... especially once the stock market becomes involved.
I agree whole heartedly with your response. Perhaps instead of merely observing, as so many of us have been doing for so long now, we should do something about it.
We need to gather together, organize, and discuss. We need a large forum for doing so. I'm tired of all the whining, and I think most others are as well. We need an open forum for debate.
Any suggestions on how/where to go? I have heard so many people in recent weeks talking about how piss poor everything is going, and how no one can do anything about it, that I feel its time to find a way for all these people to gather.
Perhaps a large website dedicated to this goal will help get the ball rolling? We could form committies in our respective communities from there.
I don't know how these things work.
All I know is we need to be heard.
bravo!
encore! encore!
Then we turn around and blow the hell out of them and ingrain our "democratic" values in them. Its the same story, different spin.