The Atari joysticks that came with my Atari 2600 outlasted all other joysticks of its age.
My neighbour and I "upgraded" to others that kept breaking. For example the TAC-2 was advertised as unbreakable such that if you break it, you get to replace it free of charge (imagine that guarantee today!) so we replaced our broken TAC-2's 2-3 times each.
Nothing beat the original Atari Joysticks.
Also, Microsoft peripherals such as keyboards and mice are typically very good. If only their software was as good...
I've long thought that it would be good if cargo ships were automated and/or remote controlled. Piloting cargo ships ought to be relatively easy compared to remote piloting drones in combat.
- Crew is valued higher than cargo, so piracy relies a lot on kidnapping crews for ransom. No crew, no crew ransom. That would change the bargaining balance.
- Also, if crews can't manually override the automatic/remote control, then they have no control over the ships course. That would make piracy even more difficult.
- Crews could stay home with their families.
- The system might evolve into having specialist crews that can be brought in to handle difficult situations.
Docking and leaving might require the presence of crews on ships, but crews could be shuttled between their ships and the docks.
Would be cool to have them combined. Flick a switch on your AR headset and the outside world is blocked out (with a change in optics?) turning it into a VR headset.
(Don't know how enough about the implementations. I expect they work very differently. But still, it would be cool if they could be combined.)
The climate debate is pretty much settled: humans are responsible for (at least) most of the current climate shock.
But this is just silly. Art is subjective, even for the artist. And even if all artists always painted with perfect colours that don't change over time, artists don't paint sunsets on a regular basis, but rather irregularly, such as when they're extra pretty.
This sort of study makes AGW proponents look desperate, and that's not a good way to convince people who prefer to stick their heads in the sand.
Yes, Delphi. It will enable you to have 1 code base for Win32, Win64, OSX, iOS, Android. You can also reuse your business layer for web apps.
The trick with good and maintainable Delphi is to not build software the way Delphi is advertised (which is quick and simple, using the latest fad), but rather to use good proper OO (with or without using the latest fad).
That said, it still falls into the same trap that your post is pointing out because, well... technologies evolve as people invent new ways (or sometimes better old ways) of doing things.
Might I weigh in here...? I've had acupuncture done by physiotherapists, not for anything to do with sickness*.
Some of my muscles around my hips are so tight that the hips begin to lock. The physio stabs the muscles, causing them to... basically spasm**. Thereafter they're too weak to continue being as tight as before. At least that's their explanation, and it seems to work.
* Until I looked at your links, I never knew that acupuncture was used to cure sickness. That makes about as much sense as using leeches to cure cancer.
** The spasm feels like I'm being electrocuted with a very strong electric current. Not particularly comfortable, really not.
If races didn't exist, then we wouldn't have names for them. Also, children always inherit the race(s) of their parents, without fail.
One could argue that race is really no more than family resemblance on very large scales. So fine, let's give a name to the concept of "very widespread family resemblance that provides visual cues of where a person's ancestry may have originated from". Perhaps a simple name. Let's call that concept "race". Howzat?
Little story...
When I was a kid I lived in central Africa, out in the sticks. Where we lived there were very few palefaces. (I must have stuck out, being a little blond kid.)
Then we moved to Europe. Where we lived, at the time, there were very few non-palefaces.
Two years later I was on the bus and friend said "Hey, look. There's a black man." After looking around for a moment I said "That woman's wearing a dark blue dress, but I can't see anyone wearing black.".
No one had taught be the concept of race.
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Of course, now that I know what races are, I can see that most of my friends are of other races. But each person is who they are, regardless of race.
Being racially aware is not the same thing as being racist. But of course race exists, so don't fall for that "Race does not exist" kool-aid.
Also... Those with the greatest numbers have the greatest potential power, but those who are more organised have the greatest actual power.
We (the common people) are not organised enough to stand up to governments, especially those governments that are able to keep tabs on what we're doing/organising.
One would think that by now we ought to have learnt our lessons and that we'd now be more careful. Alas, apparently we seem to be a very slow learning mob.
Actually, yes. Death is kinda... terminal. One will never need/want/use/reclaim that data or those devices ever again. As in: never ever!
Much better that my family get what was mine (it'll then actually be theirs due to inheritance) then them having to pay lawyers to prove that they are my inheritors and that I'm actually dead.
"They just don't make things as well as they did in the old days. I still have my grandfather's hammer/axe. I've changed the head three times and the handle four times, but it's still fine."
Prison / Jail is never the answer, and every single claim that they make that your loved one will get "help" in prison is a straight bullshit lie.
Agreed, and not just for drug use, but generally.
Modern society ought to have advanced enough by now to have other, better ways than the fairly archaic prison system. We have found a few alternatives (such as the Swiss system of drug rehab). But we need more options for other types of problems. I think it's time we made a serious effort to find better alternatives that yield better outcomes.
They often need more than medical help. They often need counseling and help to get back on track. But what they don't need is punishment for being addicts.
(Punishment for committing drug related crimes is a different matter.)
What you describe is political correctness. Where does it stop? Each one of us is a member in various groups of people: male/female, some race(s), social level, fitness level, etc.
PC is very bad for society because it stifles freedom of speech by creating polarised taboos. They're polarised in that, for any given topic, some people (usually the perceived underdogs) are allowed to speak negatively while others are not, regardless of the truth. Ironically, although PC tries to appear anti-bigotry, it is in itself bigoted because it establishes polarised taboos.
Taboos are bad because they prevent people from voicing legitimate concerns, thereby preventing people from having complete and honest discussions about those concerns. If people can't discuss legitimate problems, then improving our societies becomes hit and miss, usually miss.
That is why complete freedom of speech is so important, and why PC is do dangerous. And that is why your examples lead to a bad situation.
Many people have fallen for the misconception (or rather: lie) that PC is an attempt at tact. Of course, PC and tact are very different. Tact enables one to honestly state ones point without breaking down communications. In doing so, one is able to continue to convey opinions and the overall mood is improved, leading to a greater desire to understand and cooperate - all without compromising the truth.
Among those who confuse PC and tact there seem to be two camps:
- Those in the pro-PC camp don't seem to understand that enforcing PC actually hurts people. Sometimes PC hurts the very people that it intends to protect.
- Those in the militantly anti-PC camp seem to think that any attempt at tact is pandering to PC and fail to understand the value of respecting others, thereby "legitimising" the effort of the pro-PC group. (Well, at least that's how the pro-PC group sees it.) Not to mention that tactlessness breaks down communications, thereby rendering any speech (free or not) pointless.
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What's kept in the dark is that, in this kind of matter, nerds rule!
The Atari joysticks that came with my Atari 2600 outlasted all other joysticks of its age.
My neighbour and I "upgraded" to others that kept breaking. For example the TAC-2 was advertised as unbreakable such that if you break it, you get to replace it free of charge (imagine that guarantee today!) so we replaced our broken TAC-2's 2-3 times each.
Nothing beat the original Atari Joysticks.
Also, Microsoft peripherals such as keyboards and mice are typically very good. If only their software was as good...
I've long thought that it would be good if cargo ships were automated and/or remote controlled. Piloting cargo ships ought to be relatively easy compared to remote piloting drones in combat.
- Crew is valued higher than cargo, so piracy relies a lot on kidnapping crews for ransom. No crew, no crew ransom. That would change the bargaining balance.
- Also, if crews can't manually override the automatic/remote control, then they have no control over the ships course. That would make piracy even more difficult.
- Crews could stay home with their families.
- The system might evolve into having specialist crews that can be brought in to handle difficult situations.
Docking and leaving might require the presence of crews on ships, but crews could be shuttled between their ships and the docks.
Would be cool to have them combined. Flick a switch on your AR headset and the outside world is blocked out (with a change in optics?) turning it into a VR headset.
(Don't know how enough about the implementations. I expect they work very differently. But still, it would be cool if they could be combined.)
Nah, it wouldn't work. Consider the case of an air leak caused by a micro meteor...
Politicians would be using up the remaining air debating whether the leak is real, despite all the evidence, such as dropping air pressure.
Soldiers would be jump into action trying to plug the holes, though hopefully not with bullets.
Point taken. I wish someone would mod your post + informative.
The climate debate is pretty much settled: humans are responsible for (at least) most of the current climate shock.
But this is just silly. Art is subjective, even for the artist. And even if all artists always painted with perfect colours that don't change over time, artists don't paint sunsets on a regular basis, but rather irregularly, such as when they're extra pretty.
This sort of study makes AGW proponents look desperate, and that's not a good way to convince people who prefer to stick their heads in the sand.
You should've printed out spare 3D printer cartridges first.
3. Is Java or Objective C or Delphi.
FTFY
Yes, Delphi. It will enable you to have 1 code base for Win32, Win64, OSX, iOS, Android. You can also reuse your business layer for web apps.
The trick with good and maintainable Delphi is to not build software the way Delphi is advertised (which is quick and simple, using the latest fad), but rather to use good proper OO (with or without using the latest fad).
That said, it still falls into the same trap that your post is pointing out because, well... technologies evolve as people invent new ways (or sometimes better old ways) of doing things.
Tastes the future! Welcome to new synthetic flavours: Vin de Nylon, Vin de Phenolic, Cellulose Stout, Polyester Malt, Acrylic Vodka...
I'm sure she drove everyone insane by just writing... at all.
Might I weigh in here...? I've had acupuncture done by physiotherapists, not for anything to do with sickness*.
Some of my muscles around my hips are so tight that the hips begin to lock. The physio stabs the muscles, causing them to... basically spasm**. Thereafter they're too weak to continue being as tight as before. At least that's their explanation, and it seems to work.
* Until I looked at your links, I never knew that acupuncture was used to cure sickness. That makes about as much sense as using leeches to cure cancer.
** The spasm feels like I'm being electrocuted with a very strong electric current. Not particularly comfortable, really not.
Of course race exists, but racism is learnt.
If races didn't exist, then we wouldn't have names for them. Also, children always inherit the race(s) of their parents, without fail.
One could argue that race is really no more than family resemblance on very large scales. So fine, let's give a name to the concept of "very widespread family resemblance that provides visual cues of where a person's ancestry may have originated from". Perhaps a simple name. Let's call that concept "race". Howzat?
Little story...
When I was a kid I lived in central Africa, out in the sticks. Where we lived there were very few palefaces. (I must have stuck out, being a little blond kid.)
Then we moved to Europe. Where we lived, at the time, there were very few non-palefaces.
Two years later I was on the bus and friend said "Hey, look. There's a black man." After looking around for a moment I said "That woman's wearing a dark blue dress, but I can't see anyone wearing black.".
No one had taught be the concept of race.
---
Of course, now that I know what races are, I can see that most of my friends are of other races. But each person is who they are, regardless of race.
Being racially aware is not the same thing as being racist. But of course race exists, so don't fall for that "Race does not exist" kool-aid.
Revolutions don't need to be violent. I think in some countries, and especially if done in the right way, they can be peaceful.
Also... Those with the greatest numbers have the greatest potential power, but those who are more organised have the greatest actual power.
We (the common people) are not organised enough to stand up to governments, especially those governments that are able to keep tabs on what we're doing/organising.
Betteridge's law of headlines: No
Nor did our ancestors farm sustainably.
One would think that by now we ought to have learnt our lessons and that we'd now be more careful. Alas, apparently we seem to be a very slow learning mob.
the only way that plane could have disappeared completely from radar was if it disintegrated.
...or flown into a worm hole, or gone into hyperspace.
Actually, yes. Death is kinda... terminal. One will never need/want/use/reclaim that data or those devices ever again. As in: never ever!
Much better that my family get what was mine (it'll then actually be theirs due to inheritance) then them having to pay lawyers to prove that they are my inheritors and that I'm actually dead.
A 20m plate of pork?!? Will need barrels of German brew to wash it down with.
"de-extinction" (there's got to be a better term)
entinction ?
They're going into a sun spot... you know, a hole where the sun don't shine (as brightly).
That reminds me of the old saying...
"They just don't make things as well as they did in the old days. I still have my grandfather's hammer/axe. I've changed the head three times and the handle four times, but it's still fine."
Prison / Jail is never the answer, and every single claim that they make that your loved one will get "help" in prison is a straight bullshit lie.
Agreed, and not just for drug use, but generally.
Modern society ought to have advanced enough by now to have other, better ways than the fairly archaic prison system. We have found a few alternatives (such as the Swiss system of drug rehab). But we need more options for other types of problems. I think it's time we made a serious effort to find better alternatives that yield better outcomes.
They often need more than medical help. They often need counseling and help to get back on track. But what they don't need is punishment for being addicts.
(Punishment for committing drug related crimes is a different matter.)
What you describe is political correctness. Where does it stop? Each one of us is a member in various groups of people: male/female, some race(s), social level, fitness level, etc.
PC is very bad for society because it stifles freedom of speech by creating polarised taboos. They're polarised in that, for any given topic, some people (usually the perceived underdogs) are allowed to speak negatively while others are not, regardless of the truth. Ironically, although PC tries to appear anti-bigotry, it is in itself bigoted because it establishes polarised taboos.
Taboos are bad because they prevent people from voicing legitimate concerns, thereby preventing people from having complete and honest discussions about those concerns. If people can't discuss legitimate problems, then improving our societies becomes hit and miss, usually miss.
That is why complete freedom of speech is so important, and why PC is do dangerous. And that is why your examples lead to a bad situation.
Many people have fallen for the misconception (or rather: lie) that PC is an attempt at tact. Of course, PC and tact are very different. Tact enables one to honestly state ones point without breaking down communications. In doing so, one is able to continue to convey opinions and the overall mood is improved, leading to a greater desire to understand and cooperate - all without compromising the truth.
Among those who confuse PC and tact there seem to be two camps:
- Those in the pro-PC camp don't seem to understand that enforcing PC actually hurts people. Sometimes PC hurts the very people that it intends to protect.
- Those in the militantly anti-PC camp seem to think that any attempt at tact is pandering to PC and fail to understand the value of respecting others, thereby "legitimising" the effort of the pro-PC group. (Well, at least that's how the pro-PC group sees it.) Not to mention that tactlessness breaks down communications, thereby rendering any speech (free or not) pointless.