I think it is important to consider what he does with the money he receives from the movie. If he spend millions of dollars backing anti-gay rights movements, then it is perfectly reasonable for someone to boycott the movie, even if it is not directly related to his views.
This is like some weird, modified version of the Streissand effect at work.
Exactly. The average movie-goer was likely to be completely ignorant of Card's stance on homosexuality and his activities in that regard. It is likely that he has brought a lot more attention to that than there would be if he had just kept his mouth shut.
Holy crap, save yourself some serious pain and just use Chrome's native developer tools (which are, IMO, superior to Firebug) rather than using that crappy Firebug Lite hack.
The point is that the term "web browser" is outdated. Today, web browsers are essentially compatibility platforms for running non-utility type software. The point is being able to create an application or game and allowing your users to decide what operating system they want to use, or whether they want to run your software on a desktop, tablet, or phone. It's possible to do those things natively, but it typically requires a lot of support and testing.
Have you thought that perhaps you aren't doing these things on your browser because they have been previously unsupported, slow, or lacking critical features of native clients? There was a time when videos weren't watched on a computer, because a computer was for performing math calculations. We do more things on a computer now because computers have gotten better at doing them. The same goes for web browsers, which are nice as a mostly standardized platform for running software on a variety of clients.
I tried the Bing It On challenge, just for fun. On at least one question I thought I was selecting the Bing result, but it turned out that I chose Google 4 out of 4 times. Bing falls apart as soon as you try using any of the special "tricks" that Google provides.
Nothing breaks my suspension of disbelief in a movie more than seeing a tech-savvy kid or young adult using Bing. I've seen it in several movies now, and they always make it blatantly obvious that they are using Bing and not Google.
After PBR caught on with the hipster crowds, the price went up. I'm not sure if retail price has changed much, but I've been to bars that charge as much for a PBR as they do for a craft brew.
I apologize if that's how I came across. I certainly think it is possible that high-performing women might be outperforming their male peers. And you're right, I should have asked for a citation rather than give a possible explanation. I just saw what looked like a flaw in the analysis of whatever study was being referenced, but of course I couldn't know that without a citation.
It seemed like what the GP was suggesting was that when women chose not to have children, they will be more likely to succeed than men. Since men also make career sacrifices for family (although not to the same extent, biologically), I thought (based on my assumptions of what the study was suggesting) it was unfair to compare women who neglect to have children with men who may or may not neglect to have children. My point was not to suggest that because women are not superior, that they are in fact inferior. I think to suggest that any group, whether its based on gender, race, or hair color, is superior to another, is something which shouldn't be taken lightly and certainly not mentioned casually without a rigorous breakdown of the analysis.
Not when you're using AJAX to essentially stream data to the client, as opposed to a more traditional web interface which would require reloading the page to get new data. Getting that data via AJAX adds complexity to the system, but should typically be a faster and more responsive app.
It has also been found that Women who don't follow that biological plan typically do better than men it is just much more rare.
Well perhaps that is because the women in that particular group have an above average career drive, and are being compared to all men, not just those who share the same drive.
I don't understand the problem. If you have the source code and are concerned about the authenticity of the binary, why not just build it yourself and use your own binary?
I have a 360, and played it plenty more than I ever did my Wii. Nowadays most of the non-exclusive AAA games are being released on 360, PS3, as well as PC (although sometimes the PC port comes a bit later). Granted, some of the "special" features of the new consoles (forced Kinect, the touchpad on the PS4 controller) will probably limit how games get ported. I always buy the Nintendo console each generation not as a primary gaming device, but because I still love Nintendo's first party games (particularly the Zelda games).
It's funny watching my Xbox fanboy friends making ridiculous apologetic statements for Microsoft.
"You have to pay for online access for the PS4 now as well!" As though that's actually a supportive argument for the Xbox One.
"I'm glad there is always-on DRM so that I can download and play my games on other people's consoles while signed in!" As though MS is incapable of making the 24 connection requirement only necessary for digitally purchased games, and allow you to only play disc-purchased games when you have the disc.
"I always have internet, so this isn't a problem for me!" As though Xbox Live has never been down for several days at a time before (or been weird about not letting large numbers of people sign in while others have no problem)
I've never been a Sony fan, and I still don't know if I can trust the company that pulled the rootkit scandal. What I do know is that I am absolutely not going to a be a Microsoft customer this next generation. I will probably get a Wii U to play 1st party Nintendo games, and do the rest of my gaming on PC. Sony still has a shot at convincing me to get a PS4, but Microsoft has already lost me.
How is he right? "Game" does not have to mean cutting-edge, state-of-the-art 3D graphics with massively multiplayer mechanics. If you are making a simple 2D card game, how much advantage are you really getting from writing the game in C, spending a lot more time writing it, and then building it for each platform you'd like to distribute to? For simple games, HTML5 and JS allow you to write it quickly and easily distribute to many platforms. Sounds like you are just as bitter and old as the GGP.
For 2D games with simple mechanics, you don't need the performance of a fine-tuned engine written in C or C++ and natively compiled. Writing your game logic in JavaScript and rendering to an HTML5 Canvas is an easy way to distribute a simple game to many platforms.
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I think it is important to consider what he does with the money he receives from the movie. If he spend millions of dollars backing anti-gay rights movements, then it is perfectly reasonable for someone to boycott the movie, even if it is not directly related to his views.
This is like some weird, modified version of the Streissand effect at work.
Exactly. The average movie-goer was likely to be completely ignorant of Card's stance on homosexuality and his activities in that regard. It is likely that he has brought a lot more attention to that than there would be if he had just kept his mouth shut.
Holy crap, save yourself some serious pain and just use Chrome's native developer tools (which are, IMO, superior to Firebug) rather than using that crappy Firebug Lite hack.
The point is that the term "web browser" is outdated. Today, web browsers are essentially compatibility platforms for running non-utility type software. The point is being able to create an application or game and allowing your users to decide what operating system they want to use, or whether they want to run your software on a desktop, tablet, or phone. It's possible to do those things natively, but it typically requires a lot of support and testing.
I hope you're continuing the joke, otherwise the *woosh* noise you likely just heard must have been deafening.
Have you thought that perhaps you aren't doing these things on your browser because they have been previously unsupported, slow, or lacking critical features of native clients? There was a time when videos weren't watched on a computer, because a computer was for performing math calculations. We do more things on a computer now because computers have gotten better at doing them. The same goes for web browsers, which are nice as a mostly standardized platform for running software on a variety of clients.
I tried the Bing It On challenge, just for fun. On at least one question I thought I was selecting the Bing result, but it turned out that I chose Google 4 out of 4 times. Bing falls apart as soon as you try using any of the special "tricks" that Google provides.
Nothing breaks my suspension of disbelief in a movie more than seeing a tech-savvy kid or young adult using Bing. I've seen it in several movies now, and they always make it blatantly obvious that they are using Bing and not Google.
After PBR caught on with the hipster crowds, the price went up. I'm not sure if retail price has changed much, but I've been to bars that charge as much for a PBR as they do for a craft brew.
Why'd you have to go and ruin bananas for me?!
I apologize if that's how I came across. I certainly think it is possible that high-performing women might be outperforming their male peers. And you're right, I should have asked for a citation rather than give a possible explanation. I just saw what looked like a flaw in the analysis of whatever study was being referenced, but of course I couldn't know that without a citation.
It seemed like what the GP was suggesting was that when women chose not to have children, they will be more likely to succeed than men. Since men also make career sacrifices for family (although not to the same extent, biologically), I thought (based on my assumptions of what the study was suggesting) it was unfair to compare women who neglect to have children with men who may or may not neglect to have children. My point was not to suggest that because women are not superior, that they are in fact inferior. I think to suggest that any group, whether its based on gender, race, or hair color, is superior to another, is something which shouldn't be taken lightly and certainly not mentioned casually without a rigorous breakdown of the analysis.
Not when you're using AJAX to essentially stream data to the client, as opposed to a more traditional web interface which would require reloading the page to get new data. Getting that data via AJAX adds complexity to the system, but should typically be a faster and more responsive app.
It has also been found that Women who don't follow that biological plan typically do better than men it is just much more rare.
Well perhaps that is because the women in that particular group have an above average career drive, and are being compared to all men, not just those who share the same drive.
I don't understand the problem. If you have the source code and are concerned about the authenticity of the binary, why not just build it yourself and use your own binary?
Because, once again, not every game has to have 3D graphics with realtime lighting and shading effects.
Do you really think the average MS Word user is going to deal with markup to create documents in LaTeX?
I have a 360, and played it plenty more than I ever did my Wii. Nowadays most of the non-exclusive AAA games are being released on 360, PS3, as well as PC (although sometimes the PC port comes a bit later). Granted, some of the "special" features of the new consoles (forced Kinect, the touchpad on the PS4 controller) will probably limit how games get ported. I always buy the Nintendo console each generation not as a primary gaming device, but because I still love Nintendo's first party games (particularly the Zelda games).
It's funny watching my Xbox fanboy friends making ridiculous apologetic statements for Microsoft.
"You have to pay for online access for the PS4 now as well!" As though that's actually a supportive argument for the Xbox One.
"I'm glad there is always-on DRM so that I can download and play my games on other people's consoles while signed in!" As though MS is incapable of making the 24 connection requirement only necessary for digitally purchased games, and allow you to only play disc-purchased games when you have the disc.
"I always have internet, so this isn't a problem for me!" As though Xbox Live has never been down for several days at a time before (or been weird about not letting large numbers of people sign in while others have no problem)
I've never been a Sony fan, and I still don't know if I can trust the company that pulled the rootkit scandal. What I do know is that I am absolutely not going to a be a Microsoft customer this next generation. I will probably get a Wii U to play 1st party Nintendo games, and do the rest of my gaming on PC. Sony still has a shot at convincing me to get a PS4, but Microsoft has already lost me.
the web browser has ways to go if you are trying to put a league of legends, world of warcraft, or COD in the browser.
I would argue that "ways to go" has been getting much shorter.
How is he right? "Game" does not have to mean cutting-edge, state-of-the-art 3D graphics with massively multiplayer mechanics. If you are making a simple 2D card game, how much advantage are you really getting from writing the game in C, spending a lot more time writing it, and then building it for each platform you'd like to distribute to? For simple games, HTML5 and JS allow you to write it quickly and easily distribute to many platforms. Sounds like you are just as bitter and old as the GGP.
For 2D games with simple mechanics, you don't need the performance of a fine-tuned engine written in C or C++ and natively compiled. Writing your game logic in JavaScript and rendering to an HTML5 Canvas is an easy way to distribute a simple game to many platforms.
All of that has been made irrelevant by paternity tests.
How do you carry on your family name with a female heir?
By not supporting archaic social customs that suggest males are superior to females and are the only way to extend your family legacy.
You forget not everyone has your cultural values
Right, some of us believe in equality.
I can't help but assume you're a shill, since the only other post you've made was promoting Windows Moving Maker...
Do you have to pay extra to not have Stuxnet installed out-of-the-box?