But wait, it gets better! This decision is based on a copyright claim over the tiny fucking logo on the back of the watch! Ridiculous barely begins to describe it.
It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact companies tie achievements to their shitty multiplayer modes no one plays either, because it basically means if you are a completionist and like collecting achievements and don't get them on release week then they'll be permanently unobtainable a few weeks later.
Achievements are classic skinner box behavior modification - they're just trying to make you play longer and trick your brain into thinking you're having more fun than you actually are. Once you realize that it becomes much easier to ignore the ones that are neither an interesting challenge nor have some actual desirable reward associated with them.
Being a "completionist" is just self-imposed OCD. Unless you actually have OCD, in which case you might want to consult your doctor before playing video games.;)
I simplified and substituted Netflix for the real players. The real issue is that those players don't want to change their business to respond to changes in the technology and the overall ecosystem they operate in and it's a big fat lose-lose situation for the consumers because of that ecosystem is fubar.
I pay my ISP for bandwidth. ISPs want to charge Netflix for bandwidth too.
If i'm using more bandwidth now because of Netflix, that should be between me and my ISP, but ISPs don't want to mess with that relationship for fear of pissing off customers and spurring real competition in the marketplace. It's cheaper to buy legislation mandating your business model than to compete.
If we had real competition then net neutrality would be a non-issue because we could choose open networks over closed ones, but with the near-monopoly of the big operators in most markets, it's usually just a choice between their crappy service or another crappier, more expensive option.
Apple is more dangerous because the other villains are obvious. Apple makes people want to lock themselves into nice cozy cells. Sure the window is small, but what you can see through the bars is pretty and the chairs are comfy.
The problem with that is that we would have to rely on our two-party system to revamp the election process so that it weakened the two-party system.
If there's one thing both Democrats and Republicans can agree on it's that they don't want to make it easier for people other than Ds and Rs to get elected.
The people who just want free stuff aren't generally aware enough to know about the network neutrality issue. The proponents of network neutrality are concerned about censorship and about companies colluding to harm consumers and stifle innovation in order to defend their own slice of the market.
And also: wtf are you doing on slashdot with internet habits like those? Smells like astroturf.
Here's the thing about analogies - they are very good at taking a complex issue and making it understandable at a very surface level to an uninformed person. They are also very good at taking an issue and skewing it so that one side looks better than the other. If someone uses an analogy to describe something simple, they either think you are a drooling idiot or they are trying actually trying to influence you towards one side.
The only thing i hate worse than taking off those stickers is leaving them on.
My in-laws' just leave them on and it drives me nuts. I'm also the kind of guy who pretty much refuses to wear shirts and jackets with prominent logos. I'm sure you can see how mild anti-corporate sentiments plus a tendency towards some mild OCD-esque behaviors might come to a head on that point.
No. We're not talking about genetic drives. The desires to join a community, attract a mate and produce offspring are not driving people away from science. They are completely compatible with a career in science. The fact that you don't seem to recognize that is just indicative of your own problematic attitude.
It's the cultural pressures which elevate those things to paramount importance such that people spend all their time pursuing them instead of other things. People (not just women) are not interested in science because our culture does not value it. How many of the last decade's Nobel Prize winners can you name from memory? How many cast members from Jersey Shore can you name memory? (Cue pedantic twit who has never heard of Jersey Shore in 3...2...)
Blah blah blah...kids these days rant...blah blah blah...get off my lawn!
There's still a lot of cultural pressure telling women (everyone really) that the important things in life are popularity, beauty, love, and child-rearing.
It's kind of a wonder that anyone at all goes into science these days. Maybe they should make a "Real Physicists of MIT" show.
It's more likely that this is just some ambitious idiot in the FBI who thought Wikipedia and Wikimedia were related to Wikileaks and decided to take a shot at them. He/she probably knows that they brought down Al Capone on tax evasion and thought this might be a chance to do something similar.
Yeah...i don't think the British Broadcasting Corporation is too afraid that the United States' federal law enforcement arm is going to come after them.
It must be a miserable life you live, devoid of the ability to recognize exaggeration with humorous intent. Or you actually just enjoy acting superior to others because it's easy to do and makes you feel better about yourself.
If i hear them describe their tech as "magical" one more time i think i'm gonna blow a gasket. It may be sleek and cool, but it is not sufficiently advanced to be considered magical.
This is why you got modded troll in the first place. They could tell that this was where you were going with it, Mr Anonymous Tough Guy on the Internet.
Although i personally would have gone with redundant or off-topic since these same sentiments can be found in about 20 other posts in this thread, expressed better and alongside some discussion of the actual relevant issue - wiretapping laws being used inappropriately.
Roads, schools, firemen and, well, every other public service need funding. If backed by valid reasons, few people will contest a tax hike.
I don't know where you live, but around here, taxes are synonymous with communism and they reflexively vote against them.
Our public schools are ranked as some of the worst in the state and our state is ranked as one of the worst in the nation. Our teachers' pay barely puts them over the poverty line. Our roads are only getting desperately needed repairs because of federal stimulus money.
And still, every time a 0.01% tax increase comes up on a ballot they act like you're taking food right off their table.
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But wait, it gets better! This decision is based on a copyright claim over the tiny fucking logo on the back of the watch! Ridiculous barely begins to describe it.
It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact companies tie achievements to their shitty multiplayer modes no one plays either, because it basically means if you are a completionist and like collecting achievements and don't get them on release week then they'll be permanently unobtainable a few weeks later.
Achievements are classic skinner box behavior modification - they're just trying to make you play longer and trick your brain into thinking you're having more fun than you actually are. Once you realize that it becomes much easier to ignore the ones that are neither an interesting challenge nor have some actual desirable reward associated with them.
Being a "completionist" is just self-imposed OCD. Unless you actually have OCD, in which case you might want to consult your doctor before playing video games. ;)
Agree completely - you are correct.
I simplified and substituted Netflix for the real players. The real issue is that those players don't want to change their business to respond to changes in the technology and the overall ecosystem they operate in and it's a big fat lose-lose situation for the consumers because of that ecosystem is fubar.
I don't need to ask - i spelled it out in the original comment.
"It's cheaper to buy legislation mandating your business model than to compete."
It is double dipping, but not like you think.
I pay my ISP for bandwidth. ISPs want to charge Netflix for bandwidth too.
If i'm using more bandwidth now because of Netflix, that should be between me and my ISP, but ISPs don't want to mess with that relationship for fear of pissing off customers and spurring real competition in the marketplace. It's cheaper to buy legislation mandating your business model than to compete.
If we had real competition then net neutrality would be a non-issue because we could choose open networks over closed ones, but with the near-monopoly of the big operators in most markets, it's usually just a choice between their crappy service or another crappier, more expensive option.
No. Those are expressions of ideas. There's a difference.
Apple is more dangerous because the other villains are obvious. Apple makes people want to lock themselves into nice cozy cells. Sure the window is small, but what you can see through the bars is pretty and the chairs are comfy.
Blah blah blah overused quote about safety, security, liberty, yada yada.
Luck is what people who don't believe in the supernatural call forces that they do not fully comprehend.
The problem with that is that we would have to rely on our two-party system to revamp the election process so that it weakened the two-party system.
If there's one thing both Democrats and Republicans can agree on it's that they don't want to make it easier for people other than Ds and Rs to get elected.
The only winning move is not to play.
You are wrong across the board.
The people who just want free stuff aren't generally aware enough to know about the network neutrality issue. The proponents of network neutrality are concerned about censorship and about companies colluding to harm consumers and stifle innovation in order to defend their own slice of the market.
And also: wtf are you doing on slashdot with internet habits like those? Smells like astroturf.
Here's the thing about analogies - they are very good at taking a complex issue and making it understandable at a very surface level to an uninformed person. They are also very good at taking an issue and skewing it so that one side looks better than the other. If someone uses an analogy to describe something simple, they either think you are a drooling idiot or they are trying actually trying to influence you towards one side.
The only thing i hate worse than taking off those stickers is leaving them on.
My in-laws' just leave them on and it drives me nuts. I'm also the kind of guy who pretty much refuses to wear shirts and jackets with prominent logos. I'm sure you can see how mild anti-corporate sentiments plus a tendency towards some mild OCD-esque behaviors might come to a head on that point.
No. We're not talking about genetic drives. The desires to join a community, attract a mate and produce offspring are not driving people away from science. They are completely compatible with a career in science. The fact that you don't seem to recognize that is just indicative of your own problematic attitude.
It's the cultural pressures which elevate those things to paramount importance such that people spend all their time pursuing them instead of other things. People (not just women) are not interested in science because our culture does not value it. How many of the last decade's Nobel Prize winners can you name from memory? How many cast members from Jersey Shore can you name memory? (Cue pedantic twit who has never heard of Jersey Shore in 3...2...)
Blah blah blah...kids these days rant...blah blah blah...get off my lawn!
There's still a lot of cultural pressure telling women (everyone really) that the important things in life are popularity, beauty, love, and child-rearing.
It's kind of a wonder that anyone at all goes into science these days. Maybe they should make a "Real Physicists of MIT" show.
With Democrats like these, who needs Republicans?
Big business owns them all - the only difference is the stuff that makes them feign outrage.
Perhaps, or perhaps not.
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. Though in this case, i would substitute "conspiracy" for "malice," because malice does appear to be all over all over this, petty and impotent though it may be.
It's more likely that this is just some ambitious idiot in the FBI who thought Wikipedia and Wikimedia were related to Wikileaks and decided to take a shot at them. He/she probably knows that they brought down Al Capone on tax evasion and thought this might be a chance to do something similar.
Yeah...i don't think the British Broadcasting Corporation is too afraid that the United States' federal law enforcement arm is going to come after them.
I think i do see the reason - excess ego.
It must be a miserable life you live, devoid of the ability to recognize exaggeration with humorous intent. Or you actually just enjoy acting superior to others because it's easy to do and makes you feel better about yourself.
If i hear them describe their tech as "magical" one more time i think i'm gonna blow a gasket. It may be sleek and cool, but it is not sufficiently advanced to be considered magical.
Fuck you, Apple, you condescending wankers.
This is why you got modded troll in the first place. They could tell that this was where you were going with it, Mr Anonymous Tough Guy on the Internet.
Although i personally would have gone with redundant or off-topic since these same sentiments can be found in about 20 other posts in this thread, expressed better and alongside some discussion of the actual relevant issue - wiretapping laws being used inappropriately.
Roads, schools, firemen and, well, every other public service need funding. If backed by valid reasons, few people will contest a tax hike.
I don't know where you live, but around here, taxes are synonymous with communism and they reflexively vote against them.
Our public schools are ranked as some of the worst in the state and our state is ranked as one of the worst in the nation. Our teachers' pay barely puts them over the poverty line. Our roads are only getting desperately needed repairs because of federal stimulus money.
And still, every time a 0.01% tax increase comes up on a ballot they act like you're taking food right off their table.
Two of macho men's favorite pastimes rolled into one. Getting hammered and making out with small woodland creatures. Hawt.