I'm not so sure. Sometimes I wonder if I keep reading slashdot in the hopes that one day find something worthwhile. I think it's the principle of sunk costs - the fact that I have invested so much time in it already means I have to keep investing so that I can eventually read that one story that will make me a fortune, more attractive to women, and find that sense of fulfillment that means I no longer need to continuously read stuff on the interwebs...
Also, I did not vote, I was taught to vote my believes, not the lesser of 2 evils, and honestly, there is very little difference between them from my viewpoint.
While I certainly disagree with your approach, I understand this viewpoint. Wouldn't it be nice if there was always a choice "I do not believe any of these candidates are worthwhile choices for this office"
Then at least people that don't vote because they hate the crap candidates that our current system produces can be heard for their general disapproval instead of being regarded as lazy or not willing to participate in the political system. I bet voter turnout would skyrocket
Mr. McCain, since the government pretty much invented the internet, please feel free to step in occasionally to make sure capitalism doesn't drive it back into the ground.
Sort of...Al Gore was working within the government when he invented the internet, but he has since abandoned his work on the inter-tubes and is working on saving the world in general. Do you think that means the government retains the IP for the internets?
Probably, but the fact remains the same. Rudders on boats were first controlled with a stick, but you had to turn them in the opposite direction to which you were going. I'm not sure who the first people were to invent the steering wheel for the boat, but it was a pretty intuitive interface. I can turn the wheel a little or a lot, fast or slow, and many times over. When I'm going fast I turn it less than when I'm going slow. How can you get that in a joystick? They might have two inches in which I can move the stick. It's intuitive enough that planes went to wheels on sticks. Unless Toyota can come up with a new and better twist on a joystick, I don't see this as something that will succeed.
If I remember right, the Wright Brothers big contribution was that they came up with the idea of a joystick in a plane so as to control a 3-axis flight. A car really only moves in right-left-front-back. A joystick can easily be done on a car, since disabled people have been using these for a while now, but doesn't seem as intuitive as the centuries old wheel.
This is exactly what I need. You don't know how many times I've been driving and wished that I could use just my hands instead of me feet. This would free up my feet so I could use them to dial my cell phone, mess with the radio, flip people the middle toe...
If she was not supposed to be the target of the ad, but a tool used to implement the ad so that her friends would buy a car, then I am going to assume that she has done work for the advertising agency in assisting with the campaign. She agreed to do it without realizing it, but I bet they didn't tell her that she wasn't going to be paid for work she was doing. It looked like she held up her end of the deal flawlessly. She couldn't even work and slept with weapons! Now they simply need to pay her the previously not-disagreed to price of 10 million dollars. I bet her performance was probably more believable than several other actors I've seen who make a lot more money than that.
But did the messages say they were from Toyota in any real fashion, and give the option to opt-out? If they did, then there's no issue, but if they didn't then I hope she gets every dime she wants. "I'm running from the cops, I know where you live, and you're going to help me out - this message is from Toyota and click here to opt-out of future emails" wouldn't have terrified the crap out of her, but it would have been legal. The guy running this campaign was that same kid from recess who used to run around saying "Loserthatwantstogethitsays what" and then complains because the other kids asked for it.
I find the odds at casinos to be overwhelmingly generous actually. I rarely participate, but I recently made $3.50 after an hour or so of playing with 20 bucks. I thought it was fantastic. It's small money, but I walked away with more than I started and had some fun doing it. The casino provided a fun atmosphere for me and my friends to have some fun in, and the drinks were relatively cheap and the rooms were cheaper than the standalone hotel close by. If you like going to a casino, you only have the chance to lose what you bet, and that is the fee you pay for having an evening out. If you are at the casino to make money, then you'd be better off randomly guessing penny stocks to play. Heck, play the lottery. In any case, your chance of winning a life-changing sum of money is only slightly greater by playing than if you don't participate. For the rest of us, you simply help pay taxes that we don't have to pay.
They put a rootkit in there for just such a situation. Anybody tries to hack and it's dead! My computer is protected by the same rootkit in case the pirates try to sell me fake BRD.
I actually had to go to the M$ site to make sure that it was legit. They recommend visiting the help site at the end of the party as a fun way to wrap up, review, and answer questions! Guests are supposed to look forward to it!!! It must be a disgruntled M$ employee putting these videos out.
Is it a great idea? Are people really that lazy that they would buy specialized devices just so they don't have to hit a button? Does that make it easier? I realize that developing new technologies is a good thing, but you're really trying to sell me earphones I have to take out of my ears and then reinsert (but only one!) in order to answer a call? I wonder if you can change the volume based on the pressure that you shove them into your ears with...
I agree, though I think this idea is too timid. People will still end up driving too much if they are allowed to do it on their own. First the government needs to mandate carpooling to aid in congestion and pollution. Then they need to take all the cars off the road that are needlessly heavy or gas-guzzling. If the government owned all the cars, then all we need to do is rent them from the government and let them maintain everything. Then all tracking and taxes are covered at time of rental, and proof would be required to show you are using the most appropriate vehicle for your need. In the end we have the most fuel, cost, and environmentally efficient system there is.
The problems are always going to be there as long as people have freedom to drive when and where they want too in whatever they feel is "their" property.
Except, I bought a brand new Dell just yesterday that has XP. It's not a netbook either, but a high-end business machine. It's also available in retail boxes at my local Staples store and Wal-Mart, in both Home and Pro versions - even the upgrade versions! It seems if it were old enough not to support then retailers wouldn't still be carrying it. I might not be the greatest businessman, but I know stores don't tend to keep inventory on the shelf that is too "old" to sell.
I thought it was hilarious when I got one of these messages right after I got my OLPC XO. I was showing it off to some friends, got one of these messages, and let it scan and tell me I had 211 viruses, rootkits, and registry problems. 40 bucks to fix them, and for an extra 20 they would keep my registry clean for good!
All we can really do is let the industry die and THEN see if it is so valuable that it needs resurrecting. The fact that newspaper conglomerates keep harping on about how necessary they are for the proper functioning of democracy means nothing to me
I don't think the industry will ever die, just the conglomerates . Before they were around there were hundreds of newspapers that served the very local needs they were in. I just moved to a small town and what is in my newspaper? A bunch of AP crap that I can get from any other newspaper or website in any form I want. I generally don't care about the AP stories anyway. As big newspapers die, new forms of media and journalism will grow to feed the needs of the community. They aren't falling victim to the tyrants of the internet - they are failing to adjust their mindsets to a changing consumer market.
I'm not going to pay to look at national ads that I see everywhere, but I don't mind paying a small subscription to read local news and also get presented with ads for local retailers.
My (small ~1000 student) college disallowed routers when someone (from the IT helpdesk) hooked up a router for someone in the dorms backwards. That router started serving IP's and the whole network was down for 4 hours.
We weren't quite so hostile where I went, but it was still an issue to jump through if you wanted anything that didn't run windows or mac. We had to download norton AV to our machines. In the install script it would also put your windows and AV updates in their hands. If your machine didn't respond to the AV update twice a day (or each time you connected) then you got booted. This made it very difficult to have my own wireless router (our wireless coverage was lacking), to have linux running, or to play with vm's. Even after getting myself an "exception" on the system they still booted me on a fairly regular basis and it was a hassle to get back on. I understand why they managed it the way they did, and for the bulk of the students it was a non-issue, but for me (and my educational interests) it was very difficult to deal with.
It might be creepy, but what if we take it a bit further? Cows that feel no pain can also be made to feel happy, or at least not-unhappy. Then they won't even need to move, walk, or graze. We can feed them through a tube in a cow-sized box and they'll be just as happy and pain-free as can be. Of course, we then won't need the legs, tail, or other "cheap" pieces. I say we keep going until we have the ability to grow these things in skyscrapers. Just think about it- local fresh meat every day! No lengthy transportation costs! Greener living!
yeah, when I moved I thought about getting cable. They wanted $60 per month, plus $35 setup fee. I asked if it was alright if I did my own "setup", since nothing in the house needed to be touched, and the cable in the box outside (which wasn't locked or secured in any fashion, and which the coverhad happened to fall off in a recent storm) just needed to be connected to the other. They said "no". The best they could do is give me a 3-month intro price if I signed a contract. I didn't mean I needed to be the one to screw it in, I just didn't want to get screwed with a setup fee. I am not going to pay anyone for the privilege to be entered into their billing system.
At that point cable and the computer did divorce each other, and TWC was the one that lost out. I actually like it better. Between Hulu, the network websites, and colbertnation.com, I have everything I care to watch (plus more!) and with very limited commercials. (Did I mention free as well?) All TWC would have needed to do was drop the setup fee and I would have been too lazy to seek alternatives.
no. Haven't you watched the previews on almost any DVD in the last couple years? It says clearly, in black and white vibrating font, that downloading is stealing. If you are a downloader, you should also go to the store and steal a DVD. They show a re-enactment and everything.
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What if you are using this equipment to get the "unlimited" service you thought you were buying when you signed up for "unlimited" internet?
I'm not so sure. Sometimes I wonder if I keep reading slashdot in the hopes that one day find something worthwhile. I think it's the principle of sunk costs - the fact that I have invested so much time in it already means I have to keep investing so that I can eventually read that one story that will make me a fortune, more attractive to women, and find that sense of fulfillment that means I no longer need to continuously read stuff on the interwebs...
Also, I did not vote, I was taught to vote my believes, not the lesser of 2 evils, and honestly, there is very little difference between them from my viewpoint.
While I certainly disagree with your approach, I understand this viewpoint. Wouldn't it be nice if there was always a choice "I do not believe any of these candidates are worthwhile choices for this office"
Then at least people that don't vote because they hate the crap candidates that our current system produces can be heard for their general disapproval instead of being regarded as lazy or not willing to participate in the political system. I bet voter turnout would skyrocket
Mr. McCain, since the government pretty much invented the internet, please feel free to step in occasionally to make sure capitalism doesn't drive it back into the ground.
Sort of...Al Gore was working within the government when he invented the internet, but he has since abandoned his work on the inter-tubes and is working on saving the world in general. Do you think that means the government retains the IP for the internets?
Probably, but the fact remains the same. Rudders on boats were first controlled with a stick, but you had to turn them in the opposite direction to which you were going. I'm not sure who the first people were to invent the steering wheel for the boat, but it was a pretty intuitive interface. I can turn the wheel a little or a lot, fast or slow, and many times over. When I'm going fast I turn it less than when I'm going slow. How can you get that in a joystick? They might have two inches in which I can move the stick. It's intuitive enough that planes went to wheels on sticks. Unless Toyota can come up with a new and better twist on a joystick, I don't see this as something that will succeed.
If I remember right, the Wright Brothers big contribution was that they came up with the idea of a joystick in a plane so as to control a 3-axis flight. A car really only moves in right-left-front-back. A joystick can easily be done on a car, since disabled people have been using these for a while now, but doesn't seem as intuitive as the centuries old wheel.
This is exactly what I need. You don't know how many times I've been driving and wished that I could use just my hands instead of me feet. This would free up my feet so I could use them to dial my cell phone, mess with the radio, flip people the middle toe...
To bad Amber Duick didn't live in Texas. They would have been able to arrest Toyota!
If she was not supposed to be the target of the ad, but a tool used to implement the ad so that her friends would buy a car, then I am going to assume that she has done work for the advertising agency in assisting with the campaign. She agreed to do it without realizing it, but I bet they didn't tell her that she wasn't going to be paid for work she was doing. It looked like she held up her end of the deal flawlessly. She couldn't even work and slept with weapons! Now they simply need to pay her the previously not-disagreed to price of 10 million dollars. I bet her performance was probably more believable than several other actors I've seen who make a lot more money than that.
But did the messages say they were from Toyota in any real fashion, and give the option to opt-out? If they did, then there's no issue, but if they didn't then I hope she gets every dime she wants. "I'm running from the cops, I know where you live, and you're going to help me out - this message is from Toyota and click here to opt-out of future emails" wouldn't have terrified the crap out of her, but it would have been legal. The guy running this campaign was that same kid from recess who used to run around saying "Loserthatwantstogethitsays what" and then complains because the other kids asked for it.
I find the odds at casinos to be overwhelmingly generous actually. I rarely participate, but I recently made $3.50 after an hour or so of playing with 20 bucks. I thought it was fantastic. It's small money, but I walked away with more than I started and had some fun doing it. The casino provided a fun atmosphere for me and my friends to have some fun in, and the drinks were relatively cheap and the rooms were cheaper than the standalone hotel close by. If you like going to a casino, you only have the chance to lose what you bet, and that is the fee you pay for having an evening out. If you are at the casino to make money, then you'd be better off randomly guessing penny stocks to play. Heck, play the lottery. In any case, your chance of winning a life-changing sum of money is only slightly greater by playing than if you don't participate. For the rest of us, you simply help pay taxes that we don't have to pay.
no problem. I run around in one all the time. I just use my SEP field generator. Sure, it's not really invisible, but it gets the job done.
They put a rootkit in there for just such a situation. Anybody tries to hack and it's dead! My computer is protected by the same rootkit in case the pirates try to sell me fake BRD.
I actually had to go to the M$ site to make sure that it was legit. They recommend visiting the help site at the end of the party as a fun way to wrap up, review, and answer questions! Guests are supposed to look forward to it!!! It must be a disgruntled M$ employee putting these videos out.
Is it a great idea? Are people really that lazy that they would buy specialized devices just so they don't have to hit a button? Does that make it easier? I realize that developing new technologies is a good thing, but you're really trying to sell me earphones I have to take out of my ears and then reinsert (but only one!) in order to answer a call? I wonder if you can change the volume based on the pressure that you shove them into your ears with...
The problems are always going to be there as long as people have freedom to drive when and where they want too in whatever they feel is "their" property.
stop pointing out stuff like that. We don't RTFA!
Except, I bought a brand new Dell just yesterday that has XP. It's not a netbook either, but a high-end business machine. It's also available in retail boxes at my local Staples store and Wal-Mart, in both Home and Pro versions - even the upgrade versions! It seems if it were old enough not to support then retailers wouldn't still be carrying it. I might not be the greatest businessman, but I know stores don't tend to keep inventory on the shelf that is too "old" to sell.
I thought it was hilarious when I got one of these messages right after I got my OLPC XO. I was showing it off to some friends, got one of these messages, and let it scan and tell me I had 211 viruses, rootkits, and registry problems. 40 bucks to fix them, and for an extra 20 they would keep my registry clean for good!
All we can really do is let the industry die and THEN see if it is so valuable that it needs resurrecting. The fact that newspaper conglomerates keep harping on about how necessary they are for the proper functioning of democracy means nothing to me
I don't think the industry will ever die, just the conglomerates . Before they were around there were hundreds of newspapers that served the very local needs they were in. I just moved to a small town and what is in my newspaper? A bunch of AP crap that I can get from any other newspaper or website in any form I want. I generally don't care about the AP stories anyway. As big newspapers die, new forms of media and journalism will grow to feed the needs of the community. They aren't falling victim to the tyrants of the internet - they are failing to adjust their mindsets to a changing consumer market.
I'm not going to pay to look at national ads that I see everywhere, but I don't mind paying a small subscription to read local news and also get presented with ads for local retailers.
My (small ~1000 student) college disallowed routers when someone (from the IT helpdesk) hooked up a router for someone in the dorms backwards. That router started serving IP's and the whole network was down for 4 hours.
We weren't quite so hostile where I went, but it was still an issue to jump through if you wanted anything that didn't run windows or mac. We had to download norton AV to our machines. In the install script it would also put your windows and AV updates in their hands. If your machine didn't respond to the AV update twice a day (or each time you connected) then you got booted. This made it very difficult to have my own wireless router (our wireless coverage was lacking), to have linux running, or to play with vm's. Even after getting myself an "exception" on the system they still booted me on a fairly regular basis and it was a hassle to get back on. I understand why they managed it the way they did, and for the bulk of the students it was a non-issue, but for me (and my educational interests) it was very difficult to deal with.
It might be creepy, but what if we take it a bit further? Cows that feel no pain can also be made to feel happy, or at least not-unhappy. Then they won't even need to move, walk, or graze. We can feed them through a tube in a cow-sized box and they'll be just as happy and pain-free as can be. Of course, we then won't need the legs, tail, or other "cheap" pieces. I say we keep going until we have the ability to grow these things in skyscrapers. Just think about it- local fresh meat every day! No lengthy transportation costs! Greener living!
yeah, when I moved I thought about getting cable. They wanted $60 per month, plus $35 setup fee. I asked if it was alright if I did my own "setup", since nothing in the house needed to be touched, and the cable in the box outside (which wasn't locked or secured in any fashion, and which the coverhad happened to fall off in a recent storm) just needed to be connected to the other. They said "no". The best they could do is give me a 3-month intro price if I signed a contract. I didn't mean I needed to be the one to screw it in, I just didn't want to get screwed with a setup fee. I am not going to pay anyone for the privilege to be entered into their billing system. At that point cable and the computer did divorce each other, and TWC was the one that lost out. I actually like it better. Between Hulu, the network websites, and colbertnation.com, I have everything I care to watch (plus more!) and with very limited commercials. (Did I mention free as well?) All TWC would have needed to do was drop the setup fee and I would have been too lazy to seek alternatives.
no. Haven't you watched the previews on almost any DVD in the last couple years? It says clearly, in black and white vibrating font, that downloading is stealing. If you are a downloader, you should also go to the store and steal a DVD. They show a re-enactment and everything.