Does this mean I won't be receiving Amber Alert messages on my cellphone anymore? Because they are sending it to all cellphones, they know for certain some people will receive the text while driving.
I believe the both counts reference was talking about
1. It can afford to make a lot more mistakes
2. Desktop machines aren't going anywhere
While I think they are technically true, A lot of average consumers aren't interested in buying a bulky desktop system to replace the dying one when a tablet or laptop will suit their needs just fine. Power users, gamers and other enthusiasts aren't a significant part of the desktop market.
And while Microsoft still has some leeway, their comfort zone is rapidly shrinking. They need to make major changes in how they do things or they will end up in the like the dinosaurs of the La Brea tar pits. Thrashing around and screaming as they slowly perish.
Funny, I've recently started using myspace again. It has transformed itself into a place for content producers and things seem to be going well for it.
Yeah. I can totally see this. A teacher is now legally carrying in his classroom. A student who is pissed off at his girlfriend or at a test is going to end up in a shoving match with the teacher. This is not totally uncommon. But now the teacher is armed and you end up with a Professor Zimmerman vs. Student Trayvon Martin incident. The teach shoots the student dead, walks because of stand your ground and self defense, and the entire Internet is bombarded with nonstop crap for years to come by people thinking the professor is a neo-nazi child murder on the one hand, and a bunch of gun nuts praising him for killing one of his students because any other reaction might give gun control fanatics more political ammo.
Why do you want to do that to the Internet? Hasn't it suffered enough already?
But one could argue that a smart gun shows greater personal responsibility, not the removal of it. By purchasing a smart gun, you as the gun owner are saying, "I recognize that there are circumstances possible that despite my precautions the gun in my house could end up in hands that it shouldn't be. I choose to have a smart gun so that in that unlikely event, the gun wont be discharged."
The argument that a smart gun is discarding responsibility could be applied to anything that potentially interferes with the firing of a gun. For example, a gun safe is a an attempt to remove the responsibility using technology. You could even say a trigger safety similarly allowed a gun owner to abandon personal responsibility as it also helps reduce the chance the gun will go off without the owner wanting it too.
The responsibility of the gun owner doesn't change, it is to make sure the gun isn't used in an unauthorized manner or by unauthorized people, and that the owner only uses in a manner allowed by the law. If a new technology comes along that helps him or her do that, how is that lessening his responsibility.
But not necessarily inaccurate. I have occasionally wanted to to help people achieve enlightenment with a baseball bat. And I imagine many gun owners could easily fantasize about pulling out their pistol and doing something similar. For most people it stops as stray thought. But the thought does come up.
turned to his wife and said, "You fucking whore. You burned the goddamned chicken again and I know you know better. I should beat your ass with a baseball bat."
And afterwards, he told everyone, "I only curse and yell at people when I know they know better. My top food producer knows damn well how to prepare chicken and if she hands me burnt chicken with some lame-ass excuse, You will see fireworks."
And all of the Slashdot people said, "Well of course, Torvalds dinner is important. Without it he would fail to live and continue running the kernel development team. Besides, if she doesn't like it, she can always leave. Its not like there is anything inherently wrong with ihim screaming insults at her or threatening her with physical injury. Besides, lots of successful people treat their wives this way."
Did I miss any of the justifications?
She didn't ask anyone to be nice, she just asked that they try and make their point without verbal abuse or physical threats. That doesn't seem too extreme a request.
On the other hand, many of the people "working" for linus are doing this on their own dime. Push them too far and they might say, "Fuck off, I have better things to do then get yelled at by a twat in a bathrobe."
Well, we in America have a real big belief in greed. That's the whole justification behind trickle-down economics and the Ayn Rand/Atlas Shrugged bullshit. You raise taxes on the rich so they can't keep what they've acquired, then they will suddenly not want to bother succeeding anymore.
Now, now, it wasn't torture. It was just "enhanced interrogation." We would never countenance torture. Just like we would never support rape. Its just "enhanced kissing."
See, you're just being a negative Nancy. Try seeing things from Dropboxes' point of view. If you have all your stuff on their servers, then you will be paying them money. Yeah, that's pretty much it.
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Does this mean I won't be receiving Amber Alert messages on my cellphone anymore? Because they are sending it to all cellphones, they know for certain some people will receive the text while driving.
I believe the both counts reference was talking about
1. It can afford to make a lot more mistakes
2. Desktop machines aren't going anywhere
While I think they are technically true, A lot of average consumers aren't interested in buying a bulky desktop system to replace the dying one when a tablet or laptop will suit their needs just fine. Power users, gamers and other enthusiasts aren't a significant part of the desktop market.
And while Microsoft still has some leeway, their comfort zone is rapidly shrinking. They need to make major changes in how they do things or they will end up in the like the dinosaurs of the La Brea tar pits. Thrashing around and screaming as they slowly perish.
Funny, I've recently started using myspace again. It has transformed itself into a place for content producers and things seem to be going well for it.
Apologies if the C isn't correct. Its been many years since I've even attempted writing something in it.
i think it would be a ".o" instead of a ".\", considering chelsea wants gender reassignment.
Now I know the plot of the next Grand Theft Auto: Reality Edition!
Scientific advances don't make your food prices go up. Massive greed makes your food prices go up.
Yeah. I can totally see this. A teacher is now legally carrying in his classroom. A student who is pissed off at his girlfriend or at a test is going to end up in a shoving match with the teacher. This is not totally uncommon. But now the teacher is armed and you end up with a Professor Zimmerman vs. Student Trayvon Martin incident. The teach shoots the student dead, walks because of stand your ground and self defense, and the entire Internet is bombarded with nonstop crap for years to come by people thinking the professor is a neo-nazi child murder on the one hand, and a bunch of gun nuts praising him for killing one of his students because any other reaction might give gun control fanatics more political ammo.
Why do you want to do that to the Internet? Hasn't it suffered enough already?
Yes, crossbows do in fact come with 15 round capacity.
But one could argue that a smart gun shows greater personal responsibility, not the removal of it. By purchasing a smart gun, you as the gun owner are saying, "I recognize that there are circumstances possible that despite my precautions the gun in my house could end up in hands that it shouldn't be. I choose to have a smart gun so that in that unlikely event, the gun wont be discharged."
The argument that a smart gun is discarding responsibility could be applied to anything that potentially interferes with the firing of a gun. For example, a gun safe is a an attempt to remove the responsibility using technology. You could even say a trigger safety similarly allowed a gun owner to abandon personal responsibility as it also helps reduce the chance the gun will go off without the owner wanting it too.
The responsibility of the gun owner doesn't change, it is to make sure the gun isn't used in an unauthorized manner or by unauthorized people, and that the owner only uses in a manner allowed by the law. If a new technology comes along that helps him or her do that, how is that lessening his responsibility.
But not necessarily inaccurate. I have occasionally wanted to to help people achieve enlightenment with a baseball bat. And I imagine many gun owners could easily fantasize about pulling out their pistol and doing something similar. For most people it stops as stray thought. But the thought does come up.
Got to hand it to the NSA, creating this competition was a PR windfall. Err, no wait, I think I need to go check on the definition of windfall.
The name reminds me of groups like the People's Front of Judea
And I get headaches whenever I'm forced to think about Honey Boo Boo. I bet there's a connection.
laziness has no minimum requirement.
turned to his wife and said, "You fucking whore. You burned the goddamned chicken again and I know you know better. I should beat your ass with a baseball bat."
And afterwards, he told everyone, "I only curse and yell at people when I know they know better. My top food producer knows damn well how to prepare chicken and if she hands me burnt chicken with some lame-ass excuse, You will see fireworks."
And all of the Slashdot people said, "Well of course, Torvalds dinner is important. Without it he would fail to live and continue running the kernel development team. Besides, if she doesn't like it, she can always leave. Its not like there is anything inherently wrong with ihim screaming insults at her or threatening her with physical injury. Besides, lots of successful people treat their wives this way."
Did I miss any of the justifications?
She didn't ask anyone to be nice, she just asked that they try and make their point without verbal abuse or physical threats. That doesn't seem too extreme a request.
That way, when you are verbally abused, no one on slashdot will notice it.
On the other hand, many of the people "working" for linus are doing this on their own dime. Push them too far and they might say, "Fuck off, I have better things to do then get yelled at by a twat in a bathrobe."
I know. I've heard they get to spend all day in a water park ... or something like that.
No, no, they are Christians. They can do any act no matter how evil and Jesus will forgive them. So it doesn't really matter to them how they act.
We invaded Iraq because of Hussein's massive imaginary stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. And probably oil.
Torture seems to do a pretty good job of it. The change may not be want you want, but you will change them.
Well, we in America have a real big belief in greed. That's the whole justification behind trickle-down economics and the Ayn Rand/Atlas Shrugged bullshit. You raise taxes on the rich so they can't keep what they've acquired, then they will suddenly not want to bother succeeding anymore.
Now, now, it wasn't torture. It was just "enhanced interrogation." We would never countenance torture. Just like we would never support rape. Its just "enhanced kissing."
See, you're just being a negative Nancy. Try seeing things from Dropboxes' point of view. If you have all your stuff on their servers, then you will be paying them money. Yeah, that's pretty much it.