Does windows come preinstalled with an office suite? Email and IM Client? How about photo-management software? How about Social Networking? Free 2gig cloud storage? Ubuntu has all of this in the default install!
And can you imagine all the wailing and gnashing of teeth if Windows did come with all that preinstalled? The EU would have a cow.
Make a law that you have to hold a stock for at least a day
That's an interesting idea. But it's obviously flawed. Let's say i buy some pharma stock at 9am. At 12 pm the FDA announces that they have found that pharma's main product to be dangerous. Should I not be allowed to sell?
That's the risk you take when you invest. To turn your argument on it's head, you buy 1000 stocks in Prescott Pharmaceuticals at 9am. At 12 pm the FDA annoucnes that their main product causes "testicular cranberrying", you read that over lunch and rush to sell your stock at 12:05 pm. Meanwhile, Large Investment Bank Co. buys 10,000 stocks in Prescott at 11:59 am, the news breaks at 12 pm and their high speed trading network dumps all their stock at 12.00:01 PM. By the time you get to sell the price has already tanked and by 1 PM, Large Investment Bank Co. is buying back the stocks they shorted at 12.00:02 PM
You get screwed because unless you are Large Investment Bank Co. with access to high performance servers running right at the exchange, you can't possibly win.
Exactly this. High frequency trading really perverts what the markets are for. Make a law that you have to hold a stock for at least a day (maybe even just an hour would work) and you might restore some sanity to the market as well as giving those traders who don't have server farms running advanced trading algorithms a fighting chance.
I had a very similar thought. The obvious way to make use of the servers during hours when the markets are closed is to use them in other markets that are open. For example, trade the NYSE during the day and trade the Asian stock markets at night. Synergy!
And for the record, with all the mice, keyboards, Zunes, Xboxes, controllers, headsets and whatnot, i think it's hard to see MS as a software-only company.
And with all the music, movies, TV shows, software, etc., it's hard to see Sony as a hardware company.
Yes, Exactly this. Maybe other people have more tolerant and understanding spouses / kids / friends, but I think it's hard for most non-gamers to understand why you can't do x right now because you are too busy pretending to a solider fighting in a fake war with some people you've never met. And when you put it in those terms, it's really hard to argue with.
Multiplayer does not add value for everybody. I rarely if ever play multiplayer games because I simply don't have the time. If I'm playing single player games, I can usually get away with being interrupted by real-life but pausing (or saving) and coming back later. I can't do that in a multiplayer game. In a multiplayer game I have to make a commitment of a block of uninterrupted time to play, and my life just doesn't work that way.
The only multiplayer action I could realistically do would be short (~5-10 minutes) rounds in a shooter, and I want more than that from my gaming time.
Perhaps they should have assigned you "How to Not be a Pompous Asshole"? Then you'd learn not to insult people's intelligence just because they didn't like a book that you liked.
Actually, Snakes on a Plane did open in the #1 spot, but it didn't take in as much box office that weekend as pundits were suggesting. It dropped off rapidly after that when people realized what a truly awful movie it was. We can only hope for a sequel "More Motherfucking Snakes on More Motherfucking Planes!".
Actually, I remember as a kid writing a particularly scathing review of the Diary of Anne Frank in English class (no Amazon back then). No, I'm not proud of it. But honestly, I do stick by my assertion that it's a boring book to force a teenage boy to read. I just wouldn't use the same spiteful language to express that thought now days.
Nobody disputes that a good back rub can help with back problems. If something in your spine is out of place and causing (back) pain, a good whack could conceivably help. Just like a dislocated shoulder can sometimes be fixed through manipulation alone.
So, you had a back rub and it felt great. Great, nobody is disputing that back rubs feel great. If you RFTA you'd see that isn't what this is about.
What this is about is claims by the BCA that a nice back rub can cure a laundry list of aliments that have no connection to you back whatsoever such as: ADHD/learning disabilities, dizziness, high blood pressure, vision conditions, asthma, baby colic, bedwetting, carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, kinetic imbalance due to suboccipital strain (KISS) in infants and menstrual cramps.
If you can explain how a back rub can cure these conditions, then there's a Nobel prize in medicine with your name on it.
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Does windows come preinstalled with an office suite? Email and IM Client? How about photo-management software? How about Social Networking? Free 2gig cloud storage? Ubuntu has all of this in the default install!
And can you imagine all the wailing and gnashing of teeth if Windows did come with all that preinstalled? The EU would have a cow.
Urgh. Can they not at least categorize their add-ons? Like, maybe, this?
I like that idea.
Make a law that you have to hold a stock for at least a day
That's an interesting idea. But it's obviously flawed. Let's say i buy some pharma stock at 9am. At 12 pm the FDA announces that they have found that pharma's main product to be dangerous. Should I not be allowed to sell?
That's the risk you take when you invest. To turn your argument on it's head, you buy 1000 stocks in Prescott Pharmaceuticals at 9am. At 12 pm the FDA annoucnes that their main product causes "testicular cranberrying", you read that over lunch and rush to sell your stock at 12:05 pm. Meanwhile, Large Investment Bank Co. buys 10,000 stocks in Prescott at 11:59 am, the news breaks at 12 pm and their high speed trading network dumps all their stock at 12.00:01 PM. By the time you get to sell the price has already tanked and by 1 PM, Large Investment Bank Co. is buying back the stocks they shorted at 12.00:02 PM
You get screwed because unless you are Large Investment Bank Co. with access to high performance servers running right at the exchange, you can't possibly win.
Exactly this. High frequency trading really perverts what the markets are for. Make a law that you have to hold a stock for at least a day (maybe even just an hour would work) and you might restore some sanity to the market as well as giving those traders who don't have server farms running advanced trading algorithms a fighting chance.
I had a very similar thought. The obvious way to make use of the servers during hours when the markets are closed is to use them in other markets that are open. For example, trade the NYSE during the day and trade the Asian stock markets at night. Synergy!
I shouldn't feed the troll, but for the record, I do not own an XBox, a PS3, a Wii or any other console. But thanks for playing moron.
You did a bang up job of proving my point.
And for the record, with all the mice, keyboards, Zunes, Xboxes, controllers, headsets and whatnot, i think it's hard to see MS as a software-only company.
And with all the music, movies, TV shows, software, etc., it's hard to see Sony as a hardware company.
a bunch of foaming at the mouth nutcases desperate to smear other consoles.
Pot calling kettle, come in kettle.
Yes, Exactly this. Maybe other people have more tolerant and understanding spouses / kids / friends, but I think it's hard for most non-gamers to understand why you can't do x right now because you are too busy pretending to a solider fighting in a fake war with some people you've never met. And when you put it in those terms, it's really hard to argue with.
Thanks. I really appreciate your sympathy. I hope you never get tied down with a job and a spouse.
Do they really think the only reason the kids aren't playing Scrabble is because they can play 'Beyonce' and 'Facebook' on the board? Really?
NO! You must obey the written rules! Or the whole world will descend into chaos!
You must not have a life, or be a kid.
Multiplayer does not add value for everybody. I rarely if ever play multiplayer games because I simply don't have the time. If I'm playing single player games, I can usually get away with being interrupted by real-life but pausing (or saving) and coming back later. I can't do that in a multiplayer game. In a multiplayer game I have to make a commitment of a block of uninterrupted time to play, and my life just doesn't work that way.
The only multiplayer action I could realistically do would be short (~5-10 minutes) rounds in a shooter, and I want more than that from my gaming time.
I never got the hate for the Mako controls in ME1, I had no problem with it (on PC).
Can I order my tickets in advance?
Perhaps they should have assigned you "How to Not be a Pompous Asshole"? Then you'd learn not to insult people's intelligence just because they didn't like a book that you liked.
Actually, Snakes on a Plane did open in the #1 spot, but it didn't take in as much box office that weekend as pundits were suggesting. It dropped off rapidly after that when people realized what a truly awful movie it was. We can only hope for a sequel "More Motherfucking Snakes on More Motherfucking Planes!".
Actually, I remember as a kid writing a particularly scathing review of the Diary of Anne Frank in English class (no Amazon back then). No, I'm not proud of it. But honestly, I do stick by my assertion that it's a boring book to force a teenage boy to read. I just wouldn't use the same spiteful language to express that thought now days.
Worst case, it'll cause a stoke leading to paralysis or possibly death, best case, it'll actually be as good as for my back.
FTFY
Thanks to sFurbo below for the links:
Adverse effects of spinal manipulation: a systematic review
Adverse Events Associated With Pediatric Spinal Manipulation: A Systematic Review
Wow! Somebody mod the parent up.
Nobody disputes that a good back rub can help with back problems. If something in your spine is out of place and causing (back) pain, a good whack could conceivably help. Just like a dislocated shoulder can sometimes be fixed through manipulation alone.
Some of them are just bad apples in order to lie to people.
But in this case, it's not a few bad apples, it's an entire professional organization that claims to represent chiropractors in Britain.
So, you had a back rub and it felt great. Great, nobody is disputing that back rubs feel great. If you RFTA you'd see that isn't what this is about.
What this is about is claims by the BCA that a nice back rub can cure a laundry list of aliments that have no connection to you back whatsoever such as: ADHD/learning disabilities, dizziness, high blood pressure, vision conditions, asthma, baby colic, bedwetting, carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, kinetic imbalance due to suboccipital strain (KISS) in infants and menstrual cramps.
If you can explain how a back rub can cure these conditions, then there's a Nobel prize in medicine with your name on it.