Lucky for you, they said it uses an RF remote. At least the engineers realized that no one would want to look at this crazy box the designers came up with and added a workaround. Shove it wherever you want, and enjoy the awesome remote.
Woosh to you, sir. He didn't say anything about disenfranchised taxpayers, so I brought them up because they are just as irrelevant as enfranchised non-taxpayers. He wanted to disenfranchise non-taxpayers, under the assumption that it's the people who don't pay taxes who drive up the deficit. Which is wrong. The majority of voters are taxpayers who are totally happy for the government to give them free stuff, deficits be damned.
Sure, it would be great if everybody who paid taxes realized they had a vested interest in keeping the government solvent, but no, they are whining bitches who think the government is stealing their money and also not giving them enough free stuff.
Hahahaha...you're funny. You mean there is a correlation between people who make money and people who want the government to be responsible? I find that hard to believe. And what about the honest taxpayers who can't vote? Funny how nobody cares about them because--oh wait, they can't vote so they don't matter. Nevermind.
Uh, what exactly is news about that at all? He can burn books all day long as I care. Does it matter which ones, except for the fact that glossy paper doesn't burn as good?
People are being offended because he is being offensive--aggressively offensive. Sure, I don't care if he has a pile of books and burns them, but that's not what he's doing. He didn't pick just any book, he picked a book that is considered a religious symbol by 1.3 billion people (plus those of us that respect their opinions), with the SPECIFIC INTENT of insulting them. It's not the physical process of combustion that is offensive, it is the guy's advertised intentions.
Likewise, if I held an anti-American rally and burned the American flag as part of the protest, that would be considered offensive by millions of patriotic Americans. But if I had a bunch of trash in my backyard that happened to include a flag and burned it up by accident, no one would give a damn.
Just saying, I'm glad that you are not easily offended, but not everyone can brush off such an explicit affront to their religion, heritage, and way of life.
So, why aren't the abstinence-only crowd promoting video games as a way of distracting kids from having sex? Sounds like a good policy to me and has research to back it up.
Just curious. I was amused by some of the other comments about how useless it actually is to the user, so wondered if there was an ulterior motive. I wonder if this will be another experiment like the "customizable background" fiasco earlier this summer.
Do people care what others think about their facebook posts? Do they think "Oh damn, I should have reworded my status update about those burned noodles, the grammar nazis are totally going to get me." I didn't think so.
There's a difference between not letting the world get you down, and not giving a shit if you annoy them for no reason. That's the difference between slashdot and facebook.
If you see people with 1000+ friends, they don't have 1000+ friends to converse & be friends with, that's just 1000+ people they can broadcast to.
A guy I know slightly commented, "Calling the people you're connected to on Facebook or Twitter 'friends' is ridiculous. How many of them would help you move your couch?"
Or bail you out of jail? Or drive you to alcohol treatment? Or bail you out of jail again? Seriously, what are friends for?
Further studies concluded that although 100% of facebook are grandchildren of someone, fewer than 20% were grandchildren of other facebook users, and only 87% of those had active (i.e. living) grandparents on facebook.
And why do they bother to say it? Because they're too stupid to realize it's stupid. If they realized that they should really shut up for a bit and listen to someone else, they wouldn't be so stupid, now would they?
I second this. But when my (much) younger brother was little we got him an old used Nintendo 64 with Mario and Lego Racers, and he played that happily for the better part of 6 years. Old video game consoles are pretty cheap to come by and much harder to break than a computer.
Sure, you can do anything in software if you have all the necessary information. If the software is going to take out microscopic grinding defects in every lens, then you will have to characterize each lens with science-grade calibration equipment, and record what lens, what zoom (rotation) and everything when you take the picture, so that the software can back out the aberrations after the picture is taken. This is essentially what NASA does with all their telescopes. Removing the problem in hardware with a larger CCD and lens system is much, much simpler, especially for a field photographer with a variety of lenses and configurations.
That may be the case, but then we are in a vicious downward cycle. How do you expect the contempt for juries to subside if qualified people continue to avoid jury duty? You are left with no one but nincompoops and they simply draw further criticism. The only solution is to stand up for the Constitution and do your duty regardless of public opinion (just like the rest of the judicial system).
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Lucky for you, they said it uses an RF remote. At least the engineers realized that no one would want to look at this crazy box the designers came up with and added a workaround. Shove it wherever you want, and enjoy the awesome remote.
Algae is a plant, mold is a fungus. Big difference.
Woosh to you, sir. He didn't say anything about disenfranchised taxpayers, so I brought them up because they are just as irrelevant as enfranchised non-taxpayers. He wanted to disenfranchise non-taxpayers, under the assumption that it's the people who don't pay taxes who drive up the deficit. Which is wrong. The majority of voters are taxpayers who are totally happy for the government to give them free stuff, deficits be damned.
Sure, it would be great if everybody who paid taxes realized they had a vested interest in keeping the government solvent, but no, they are whining bitches who think the government is stealing their money and also not giving them enough free stuff.
Hahahaha...you're funny. You mean there is a correlation between people who make money and people who want the government to be responsible? I find that hard to believe. And what about the honest taxpayers who can't vote? Funny how nobody cares about them because--oh wait, they can't vote so they don't matter. Nevermind.
Uh, what exactly is news about that at all? He can burn books all day long as I care. Does it matter which ones, except for the fact that glossy paper doesn't burn as good?
People are being offended because he is being offensive--aggressively offensive. Sure, I don't care if he has a pile of books and burns them, but that's not what he's doing. He didn't pick just any book, he picked a book that is considered a religious symbol by 1.3 billion people (plus those of us that respect their opinions), with the SPECIFIC INTENT of insulting them. It's not the physical process of combustion that is offensive, it is the guy's advertised intentions.
Likewise, if I held an anti-American rally and burned the American flag as part of the protest, that would be considered offensive by millions of patriotic Americans. But if I had a bunch of trash in my backyard that happened to include a flag and burned it up by accident, no one would give a damn.
Just saying, I'm glad that you are not easily offended, but not everyone can brush off such an explicit affront to their religion, heritage, and way of life.
I can see it now: "John Q Smith for County Council: Fight Teen Pregnancy! Encourage Your Children to Masturbate!"
So, why aren't the abstinence-only crowd promoting video games as a way of distracting kids from having sex? Sounds like a good policy to me and has research to back it up.
Yup, all the proof you need: http://scienceblog.com/35508/children-with-home-computers-likely-to-have-lower-test-scores/
Just curious. I was amused by some of the other comments about how useless it actually is to the user, so wondered if there was an ulterior motive. I wonder if this will be another experiment like the "customizable background" fiasco earlier this summer.
Do people care what others think about their facebook posts? Do they think "Oh damn, I should have reworded my status update about those burned noodles, the grammar nazis are totally going to get me." I didn't think so.
There's a difference between not letting the world get you down, and not giving a shit if you annoy them for no reason. That's the difference between slashdot and facebook.
If you see people with 1000+ friends, they don't have 1000+ friends to converse & be friends with, that's just 1000+ people they can broadcast to.
A guy I know slightly commented, "Calling the people you're connected to on Facebook or Twitter 'friends' is ridiculous. How many of them would help you move your couch?"
Or bail you out of jail? Or drive you to alcohol treatment? Or bail you out of jail again? Seriously, what are friends for?
Is it still arrogance if I actually am better than everyone else?
I've been wondering about that for a long time. I'm going to figure it out first, of course, because I am better than you.
Further studies concluded that although 100% of facebook are grandchildren of someone, fewer than 20% were grandchildren of other facebook users, and only 87% of those had active (i.e. living) grandparents on facebook.
Is this supposed to drive up ad revenue? Do they get the same kickback for a 300ms view as a 3.0s view?
And do the same thing three times? Sounds good.
Now that we know where Paradise is, when do we leave?
And why do they bother to say it? Because they're too stupid to realize it's stupid. If they realized that they should really shut up for a bit and listen to someone else, they wouldn't be so stupid, now would they?
omfg he just insulted a 4-digit UID!! may divine justice rain upon him in the form of embarrassing captions on all his facebook photos!
I second this. But when my (much) younger brother was little we got him an old used Nintendo 64 with Mario and Lego Racers, and he played that happily for the better part of 6 years. Old video game consoles are pretty cheap to come by and much harder to break than a computer.
Sure, you can do anything in software if you have all the necessary information. If the software is going to take out microscopic grinding defects in every lens, then you will have to characterize each lens with science-grade calibration equipment, and record what lens, what zoom (rotation) and everything when you take the picture, so that the software can back out the aberrations after the picture is taken. This is essentially what NASA does with all their telescopes. Removing the problem in hardware with a larger CCD and lens system is much, much simpler, especially for a field photographer with a variety of lenses and configurations.
You mean you can talk to extremists on the other side of the world without the government listening in...nope, not happening.
One such place is the Red Rectangle, a cloud of dust and gas around a young star in the Monocerous constellation.
Seriously, how could they miss such a great headline opportunity?
That may be the case, but then we are in a vicious downward cycle. How do you expect the contempt for juries to subside if qualified people continue to avoid jury duty? You are left with no one but nincompoops and they simply draw further criticism. The only solution is to stand up for the Constitution and do your duty regardless of public opinion (just like the rest of the judicial system).
This just in: Young People Enjoy Reading Negative Stories About Old People.
Sorry this got modded down, it was only a joke! I suppose mocking the trolls was in poor taste.