The problem is that it encourages people not to think critically. It teaches people that it's OK for them to say things that aren't true if it gets them the grade(or other favor) they want.
Someone who is actually teaching critical thinking would want all the flaws in all the arguments to be exposed. Asking someone to refrain from making valid arguments doesn't further the cause of critical thinking in any way whatsoever.
Exactly. It teaches lying and pandering. Which if I wanted to be a politician lying, pandering, and plagiarizing is status quo. If the class was a debate I'd understand taking a position that I oppose. But the Essay in question was a simple Opinion essay where my opinion was supposed to be on why they were ethical, and where having the opinion that on why they were unethical was just wrong.
Really? You're hung-up on that little point? Your domain name could be seized by ICE and who knows what else, and you're concerned that the Amazon caved to pressure to pull Wikileaks? This kind of thing has been going on for a long time before Wikileaks and Amazon. It's apart of the risk of doing business in this world. There is no way around it.
I'd also put that they aren't actually encouraged to have their own opinions and views. I remember being given an assignment, years ago, about writing why "Crispy Cream" was ethical as a business, but from my POV they weren't being ethical at all. Having that counter opinion cost me most of the credit on the paper.
Only if they can put out the same quality First Party development that Nintendo does. Which is no. They lack the quantity and quality of tallent to pull that off. They might be able to squeeze out of it just enough to justify a second run. Otherwise they'll just be like the Sega Master System or Turbo Graphics 16.
Treat every gun as if it were loaded. Treating a gun as if it weren't loaded is a good way to get people accidentally shot. Or did you fail basic hunter safety like Cheney did?
Nice to see you don't know how a Ponzi Scheme works.
Their are 5 steps to it and if you skip one it's not a Ponzi Scheme, but the critical part is Initial Investors Are Paid Off. This is where it falls apart. Not every Initial Investor actually gets Paid off. Not everyone has eligible survivors and not everyone lives long enough to collect. That's the critical part to the entire thing.
The system only fails when you have too few workers to support the retired population. So because of Declining Birth Rates like Japan, or because of increased life expectancy like most of the world. Which is eventually a problem, and the Social Security Surplus should never have been put into the General Fund, but that money can only delay a collapse due to the other two issues. If the other issues don't come up then the surplus is never used.
Only a few Games actually used Windows CE on the Dreamcast. I'd say that MS getting their initial experience on Console Systems through Sega did help in pushing them out of the market, but their internal fighting between Sega of America and Sega of Japan did more harm than anyone else could have.
They actually use subsets of OpenGL. A customized OpenGL ES to be precise. So they do in fact use OpenGL just not a 100% fully implemented OpenGL 3.0 API. In other words you're nit picking.
most, if not all, of my console games are OpenGL not DirectX.
I don't have a 360 so unless Sony, or Nintendo whet all Sega Level of Crazy and Licensed Windows CE I don't think they would permit DirectX code on their systems.
Same here but I really did want to lift my personal ban on Ubisoft for Draconian DRM so that I could get a few WiiU titles. Now it looks like I'll have to keep them on the games I don't Play, Buy, or even Rent list.
Depends on what that $300 "Conventional" Broadband Internet gets you. If it's like the lowest tier of DSL your $15/month you're looking at what? 180 per year vs 300 for Life. I just wish I knew what "Conventional" Broadband Internet would get me.
Actually it's taken from what Valve has said publicly. It was in "development limbo" up until windows 8 pissed off enough of their devs to actually get it out the door.
People jailbreak and pirate apps on the iPhone as well. It's not even hard from what the people I know who own an iPhone. I'd say the people buying Androids probably are going for it because it's cheaper, or that their are Options that are cheaper. People want Options when buying a phone because they want to see if their is something closer to their budget. We've seen lots of things showing how iPhone users and Apple Users are more willing to part with their cash. People who are Cheap or are less willing to part with their cash might be more willing to go with a Pirated version before they consider buying it, but that's just me making assumptions. I don't understand the fascination with getting apps on my phone. A few apps are needed to make it useful beyond a phone, but I prefer my PC for PC tasks and my Consoles for my Gaming tasks.
I keep hearing about that kind of things happening. Is it because FB is incompetent? I could see them forcibly doing some setting changes from time to time, but this seems oddly frequent. Or could it be a byproduct of using their NoSQL system?
My ISP already supports IP6RD if I had a modem with the firmware updated need I'd be on it already. At least it looks like my ISP has been trying to get their supported modems upgraded. They went from only having 1 modem that supports it to now having 3 modems. In a year or two I'll ether have a new modem that supports it or I'll have a upgraded the firmware. Upgrading to IP6 will take time since their is a lot of IP4 only hardware still out there that needs to be purged.
It was because McDonalds in France doesn't like their menus being photographed. They wen't to pretty extreme measures just for some foolish reason. McDonalds is trying to confirm that it was actually their employees in the pictures, and the motive. Still boils down to fear of cybernetic prosthesis. It would be like stealing a hearing aid because he might be able to record the conversation.
You should actually follow the link to the Source of that quote because you quoted it wrong. The 46 fps was dealing with eye strain, and not with Image Quality. The Eye Strain issue was resolved with a Higher Refresh Rate. That's why the frame rate settled on 24fps with a refresh of 48 or 72 hertz.
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The problem is that it encourages people not to think critically. It teaches people that it's OK for them to say things that aren't true if it gets them the grade(or other favor) they want.
Someone who is actually teaching critical thinking would want all the flaws in all the arguments to be exposed. Asking someone to refrain from making valid arguments doesn't further the cause of critical thinking in any way whatsoever.
Exactly. It teaches lying and pandering. Which if I wanted to be a politician lying, pandering, and plagiarizing is status quo. If the class was a debate I'd understand taking a position that I oppose. But the Essay in question was a simple Opinion essay where my opinion was supposed to be on why they were ethical, and where having the opinion that on why they were unethical was just wrong.
Really? You're hung-up on that little point? Your domain name could be seized by ICE and who knows what else, and you're concerned that the Amazon caved to pressure to pull Wikileaks? This kind of thing has been going on for a long time before Wikileaks and Amazon. It's apart of the risk of doing business in this world. There is no way around it.
I'd also put that they aren't actually encouraged to have their own opinions and views. I remember being given an assignment, years ago, about writing why "Crispy Cream" was ethical as a business, but from my POV they weren't being ethical at all. Having that counter opinion cost me most of the credit on the paper.
Only if they can put out the same quality First Party development that Nintendo does. Which is no. They lack the quantity and quality of tallent to pull that off. They might be able to squeeze out of it just enough to justify a second run. Otherwise they'll just be like the Sega Master System or Turbo Graphics 16.
Treat every gun as if it were loaded. Treating a gun as if it weren't loaded is a good way to get people accidentally shot. Or did you fail basic hunter safety like Cheney did?
Let the crowd have their Names and Contacts. If they're lucky 4chan stays out of it.
Your SSN does become public. Sometime after your Death.
Well, it *is* a Ponzi scheme to begin with:
Nice to see you don't know how a Ponzi Scheme works.
Their are 5 steps to it and if you skip one it's not a Ponzi Scheme, but the critical part is Initial Investors Are Paid Off. This is where it falls apart. Not every Initial Investor actually gets Paid off. Not everyone has eligible survivors and not everyone lives long enough to collect. That's the critical part to the entire thing.
The system only fails when you have too few workers to support the retired population. So because of Declining Birth Rates like Japan, or because of increased life expectancy like most of the world. Which is eventually a problem, and the Social Security Surplus should never have been put into the General Fund, but that money can only delay a collapse due to the other two issues. If the other issues don't come up then the surplus is never used.
Only a few Games actually used Windows CE on the Dreamcast. I'd say that MS getting their initial experience on Console Systems through Sega did help in pushing them out of the market, but their internal fighting between Sega of America and Sega of Japan did more harm than anyone else could have.
They actually use subsets of OpenGL. A customized OpenGL ES to be precise. So they do in fact use OpenGL just not a 100% fully implemented OpenGL 3.0 API. In other words you're nit picking.
most, if not all, of my console games are OpenGL not DirectX.
I don't have a 360 so unless Sony, or Nintendo whet all Sega Level of Crazy and Licensed Windows CE I don't think they would permit DirectX code on their systems.
Because MS makes Windows and bundle their API with it of course.
Besides that most, if not all, of my console games are OpenGL not DirectX.
Have you considered exploiting the Root Kit on your friend to show him the error of his ways?
Same here but I really did want to lift my personal ban on Ubisoft for Draconian DRM so that I could get a few WiiU titles. Now it looks like I'll have to keep them on the games I don't Play, Buy, or even Rent list.
They'll just think tweeting is even more OK than they do no.
Depends on what that $300 "Conventional" Broadband Internet gets you. If it's like the lowest tier of DSL your $15/month you're looking at what? 180 per year vs 300 for Life. I just wish I knew what "Conventional" Broadband Internet would get me.
Actually it's taken from what Valve has said publicly. It was in "development limbo" up until windows 8 pissed off enough of their devs to actually get it out the door.
People jailbreak and pirate apps on the iPhone as well. It's not even hard from what the people I know who own an iPhone. I'd say the people buying Androids probably are going for it because it's cheaper, or that their are Options that are cheaper. People want Options when buying a phone because they want to see if their is something closer to their budget. We've seen lots of things showing how iPhone users and Apple Users are more willing to part with their cash. People who are Cheap or are less willing to part with their cash might be more willing to go with a Pirated version before they consider buying it, but that's just me making assumptions. I don't understand the fascination with getting apps on my phone. A few apps are needed to make it useful beyond a phone, but I prefer my PC for PC tasks and my Consoles for my Gaming tasks.
Which character encoding should I use to make a Klingon based programming language?
I keep hearing about that kind of things happening. Is it because FB is incompetent? I could see them forcibly doing some setting changes from time to time, but this seems oddly frequent. Or could it be a byproduct of using their NoSQL system?
My ISP already supports IP6RD if I had a modem with the firmware updated need I'd be on it already. At least it looks like my ISP has been trying to get their supported modems upgraded. They went from only having 1 modem that supports it to now having 3 modems. In a year or two I'll ether have a new modem that supports it or I'll have a upgraded the firmware. Upgrading to IP6 will take time since their is a lot of IP4 only hardware still out there that needs to be purged.
It was because McDonalds in France doesn't like their menus being photographed. They wen't to pretty extreme measures just for some foolish reason. McDonalds is trying to confirm that it was actually their employees in the pictures, and the motive. Still boils down to fear of cybernetic prosthesis. It would be like stealing a hearing aid because he might be able to record the conversation.
Willing Test Subject. Perfect
This is a meaningless argument that isn't even a story. This should be on something lower than Idle Slashdot.
You should actually follow the link to the Source of that quote because you quoted it wrong. The 46 fps was dealing with eye strain, and not with Image Quality. The Eye Strain issue was resolved with a Higher Refresh Rate. That's why the frame rate settled on 24fps with a refresh of 48 or 72 hertz.