I mean, I have a remote for Roku, one for the TV, one for the cable box, one for the dedicated skype device, one for Bluray, one for the speakers and two not-as-universal-as-I-thought remotes.
Sure, 4K on 60 inches with some apps was what I thought I wanted but being able to sit down and turn on Netflix with a single remote? Priceless.
Seriously, why all this conversation about remotes, smart apps, connectivity... all you need to a Logitech universal, the Harmony model comes is various 'flavors'. All my content runs via my Pioneer receiver for video and audio with a single HDMI out to my plasma (Samsung, not so smart).
I can control, via quite a bit of laptop setup frankly, my iPod, Wii, XBOX, satellite TV box, DVD multi-disk, BD player (which is smart but oh so slow), CD changer, tuner, Laser Disc (I know, old school) and if I cared to go get it out of the upstairs closet, an honest to god direct drive turntable. I also have a Chrome cast dongle plugged in but my only complaint is I have not (yet) added an audio out from the TV back to the receiver so I can hear decent cast content on my much better than the TV speakers.
So as much as I may like raspberries, I prefer to video switch via my high end receiver and use a universal remote that has really worked pretty well for several years. And yeah, been looking at Costco for a newer, less power hungry TV. And now I know to avoid Samsung, thanks to/.
Good luck eating butterscotch pudding after viewing that movie.
Oh man, as they say in 'net parlance, I really did LOL at that comment! Never liked butterscotch pudding but now I can't stop thinking about it. Hosting my own "America, fuck yeah" party this weekend with a screening of the uncut Team America... all the raunch and none of the edits.
Woohoo!
Why is it that the global warming deniers can't decide whether warming isn't happening, it is happening but it isn't human-caused, or it is happening, it is human-caused, but it isn't economical to do anything about it? It can't be all 3, yet the deniers can't seem to get their story straight.
The truth is that it's the 3rd option. Deniers first argue that it isn't happening. When science proves them wrong, they then argue that it is happening but isn't human caused. When science proves them wrong again, they fall back to their real position that despite it existing and being human caused, it isn't worth doing anything about because that would take work and cost money. It's very dishonest.
Well said. The question is this, IMO:
a) If warming/climate change is a myth *and* we do something about it, what is the cost? As stated above, economic impact. We pay more for solar, alternate fuels or vehicles, etc.
b) If warming/climate change is NOT a myth and we do *nothing* about it, what is the cost? Well, we all get permanent sunburns and move inland.
...Some of us BELIEVE that there is scientific consensus on the matter and that there is something happening to the climate which can be directly attributed to human activities, BUT that nothing should be done because it would jeopardize the economy, national security, etc...
Well said.
I believe these are the questions we need to ask:
If "global warming" is a myth and we do something about it, what do we have to lose? Cash. Economic hardship via higher prices at the pump, when buying a house, etc. If "climate change" is not a myth and we do nothing, what do we have to lose? The planet, our ability to survive here in far more inhospitable conditions. Let me think... which one would I choose?
Water vapor is a greenhouse gas so lets get rid of that why you're at it.
Wow, way to go Mr. Stumbles. Deflect from the primary posted issue. How long have you been strategizing for Fox News again? Or was it the Koch Brothers?
Now, these mirrors in space I mentioned could be used to cool the Earth too -- don't shine the reflected light on the Earth, but instead use them to shade part of the Earth. I think there are some international laws against such things right now, but such things could be a possible stop-gap solution to the problem of global warming. I don't know how practical the idea is -- it's probably more science fiction for now and has plenty of problems, but it's not totally unfeasable.
There are plenty of SciFi ideas that might help but even some relatively mundane ones as well. Change the Earth's albedo and we can lower temps, however there are some drawbacks like potentially less rain.
"Oklahoma killed a monster today. No moral issues apply."
Strangely enough I both agree and disagree, on different grounds. First, if someone murdered one of my family members, I would personally want revenge. It might get *me* the death penalty, but I would want the criminal to pay. But my own feelings are not the same as what society may want or need. All I can think of, and feel free to ridicule, is that if we *ever* hope to have world peace (or whirled peas) then we need to stop killing our fellow citizens. We will never advance as a culture if we keep up the cycle of killing. The continuation of the death penalty makes us so much like the countries listed above that still have the death penalty, whom all share a couple of things in common: they are most all considered repressive regimes AND they kill each other in the name of justice.
And for those who are more pragmatic about the costs, putting aside the moral issues altogether, if you truly want to save some cash, stop killing prisoners.
"Each death penalty case in Texas costs taxpayers about $2.3 million. That is about three times the cost of imprisoning someone in a single cell at the highest security level for 40 years. ("Executions Cost Texas Millions," Dallas Morning News, March 8, 1992)."
Yes, I do feel somewhat out of place here in Texas, even though a native. Will we still have heinous crimes committed by murderous crazies? Probably for awhile, until we get that darn universal health care implemented, including mental health coverage. But until then, I just don't see how we can ever hope to have the kind of cooperative, collaborative civilization I read about as a teenager (and still once in awhile as an adult) in Science Fiction.
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Star Trek is not the origin of quatloos. Gene Roddenberry picked up the term from an archeologist while on vacation in Iraq. Quatloos are ancient clay tokens discovered among the ruins of the Akkadian city of Triskelion.
BS, Everyone knows Quatloos were first used on Triskelion. Come on...
I've been to Paris in the 1980's and you didn't want to go there then, its worse now.
Not true, not to change the subject. I lived in Paris, or just outside it, for a year and a half in 1990-91. And have visited 5-6 times over the past decade. Loved it. Not so much the Parisians. Many Americans think the French don't like Americans. BS. It is the Parisians and they don't like anyone, sort of like say New Yorkers. The people outside the city were fantastic. Friendly, helpful and they thought Americans were great. Never had any trouble in the countryside. But then again, they have a saying. "There are two kinds of people in France: Parisians and peasants." The Parisians displayed an equal opportunity rudeness quotient that was surprisingly balanced. They were rude to any and all, especially Frenchmen visiting Paris from "the countryside", not just Americans.
So if you visit France, be sure to see the Eiffel Tower, take a cruise on the Seine, eat at a cafe, visit a museum and then go somewhere else in the country. Head down to the Loire valley to see some castles or the Normandy coast, go see some wineries in Bordeaux. The people will be friendly and you will have a much better time than hanging out in the capital.
While I'm not sure it is relevant to the article, I do agree with you that private registrations are bothersome though I know I personally don't ever completely trust a site with a private registration. I intentionally leave WHOIS open for the world to see on my sites, but then again, you can actually find my details on the About pages of most of them without even having to go to WHOIS....snip.
I'm not worried about the address info on any of my sites however I do get cranky with spammers who send me email about renewing my domains (when they are not even close to expiration, nor are they my registrar) and even calling to ask me to use their search engine optimization! Oh yeah.
Frankly, it has made me go and change some of the actual information to invalid data just to keep them off my back. I also host a couple of private registrations due to customer requests, whatever their reason. This sounds more like another attempt to commercialize/monetize what has been a 'free' service.
Oh man, I loved The Watchmen! Greatest comic series ever. Too bad about the film though. Left too much out, but did a decent job of recreating some of the iconic artwork in some camera shots.
That tax revolt was against the previous regime (the British Empire), not the current government (United States of America). The Tea Party advocates for legislative reform of the tax code and containing spending, not revolts against the government. This is clearly a case of abuse of authority by a government agency intervening in the political process for the benefit of the current administration. You've got a pretty big evidentiary burden if you want to try to justify that.
Oh yeah, and that is why we saw so many of those innocent patriots carrying their AR-15s at Tea Party rallies. It was all in good fun, right?
Yeah, I wonder if they ruin it by missing the point the way the did with with David Brin's "Postman" (which would have won the Hugo and Nebula had it come out any other year).
Oh man, you had to remind me of that fiasco?! What a disappointment, after reading one of the better (best?) post apocalyptic America stories of all time and we had what's his name, the wolf-loving, baseball-playing and watery-world actor along with Tom Petty... sheesh. I sincerely *hope* this adaptation doesn't end up like that one.
I think I was in the 4th or 5th grade in Dallas, TX (I'm 56) and the librarian handed me a book she thought I would like, "Citizen of the Galaxy" by Robert Heinlein. An amazing start to a life long science fiction addiction. The Sci Fi aspects were not nearly as important as the social impact of a galaxy wide slave trade and governmental corruption.
Same thing here, from a couple of years ago. We bought our daughter a used iPhone before she went to college, advising her to turn off Data and only use WiFi, which she dutifully did. A couple of months later, I noticed we had a new $30 data plan added. Calling and complaining made no difference. She had an iPhone so therefore, according to AT&T she had to have a data plan. Sucks and since I have a pretty good discount rate otherwise due to my relatively large employer, it is hard to switch. But it still sucks. She has WiFi all over campus and doesn't need the Data plan.
//Came here to say the same.
I could mod you up, but instead I'll just say, every time I bitch about warm up time in one of these threads, someone replies that I should buy a bulb made this century or by a good manufacturer. Yet no one ever has an example of which ones are the "good manufacturers."\\
My bulbs are almost all CFL from Costco in our home. In over heads, like a lighted ceiling fan, I do not notice any warm up time at all. In lamps, I do notice a brief, perhaps 3 seconds of 'ramp up' to full brightness but nothing like what you stated. Try the store brand, Kirkland I believe, from Costco.
"What is that sweetie? Yes, it is nice how the handsome Khal Drogo mercilessly pounds the beautiful Princess Danerys on their wedding day! Just think, in only four years, you'll be her age! Yay!"
If I have a daughter, I am never letting her choose "Princess" as her future career.
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I mean, I have a remote for Roku, one for the TV, one for the cable box, one for the dedicated skype device, one for Bluray, one for the speakers and two not-as-universal-as-I-thought remotes. Sure, 4K on 60 inches with some apps was what I thought I wanted but being able to sit down and turn on Netflix with a single remote? Priceless.
Seriously, why all this conversation about remotes, smart apps, connectivity... all you need to a Logitech universal, the Harmony model comes is various 'flavors'. All my content runs via my Pioneer receiver for video and audio with a single HDMI out to my plasma (Samsung, not so smart). I can control, via quite a bit of laptop setup frankly, my iPod, Wii, XBOX, satellite TV box, DVD multi-disk, BD player (which is smart but oh so slow), CD changer, tuner, Laser Disc (I know, old school) and if I cared to go get it out of the upstairs closet, an honest to god direct drive turntable. I also have a Chrome cast dongle plugged in but my only complaint is I have not (yet) added an audio out from the TV back to the receiver so I can hear decent cast content on my much better than the TV speakers. So as much as I may like raspberries, I prefer to video switch via my high end receiver and use a universal remote that has really worked pretty well for several years. And yeah, been looking at Costco for a newer, less power hungry TV. And now I know to avoid Samsung, thanks to /.
A m00se once bit my sister... No realli!
You forgot: "Signed RICHARD M. NIXON Including the majestik møøse"
Good luck eating butterscotch pudding after viewing that movie.
Oh man, as they say in 'net parlance, I really did LOL at that comment! Never liked butterscotch pudding but now I can't stop thinking about it. Hosting my own "America, fuck yeah" party this weekend with a screening of the uncut Team America... all the raunch and none of the edits. Woohoo!
Gives a whole new meaning to, "My computer went down on me..."
No, no, no, you missed the lead in.
"What do you get when you cross a computer with a nun? A system that won't go down on you."
Why is it that the global warming deniers can't decide whether warming isn't happening, it is happening but it isn't human-caused, or it is happening, it is human-caused, but it isn't economical to do anything about it? It can't be all 3, yet the deniers can't seem to get their story straight.
The truth is that it's the 3rd option. Deniers first argue that it isn't happening. When science proves them wrong, they then argue that it is happening but isn't human caused. When science proves them wrong again, they fall back to their real position that despite it existing and being human caused, it isn't worth doing anything about because that would take work and cost money. It's very dishonest.
Well said. The question is this, IMO:
a) If warming/climate change is a myth *and* we do something about it, what is the cost? As stated above, economic impact. We pay more for solar, alternate fuels or vehicles, etc.
b) If warming/climate change is NOT a myth and we do *nothing* about it, what is the cost? Well, we all get permanent sunburns and move inland.
The police will more than likely create a training scenario for their officers that goes something like this:
"...then, inform the person with the recording device that he or she resembles a robbery suspect..."
Unrelated Carnac Moment: Someone will post that Don't Talk to the Police link on this thread.
You got it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
...Some of us BELIEVE that there is scientific consensus on the matter and that there is something happening to the climate which can be directly attributed to human activities, BUT that nothing should be done because it would jeopardize the economy, national security, etc...
Well said.
I believe these are the questions we need to ask:
If "global warming" is a myth and we do something about it, what do we have to lose? Cash. Economic hardship via higher prices at the pump, when buying a house, etc. If "climate change" is not a myth and we do nothing, what do we have to lose? The planet, our ability to survive here in far more inhospitable conditions. Let me think... which one would I choose?
Water vapor is a greenhouse gas so lets get rid of that why you're at it.
Wow, way to go Mr. Stumbles. Deflect from the primary posted issue. How long have you been strategizing for Fox News again? Or was it the Koch Brothers?
1. "Occupy Everest"
Oh man...good one.
You should probably slog through this novel too - Flood, by Stephen Baxter, for a glimpse of at least one future.
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Now, these mirrors in space I mentioned could be used to cool the Earth too -- don't shine the reflected light on the Earth, but instead use them to shade part of the Earth. I think there are some international laws against such things right now, but such things could be a possible stop-gap solution to the problem of global warming. I don't know how practical the idea is -- it's probably more science fiction for now and has plenty of problems, but it's not totally unfeasable.
There are plenty of SciFi ideas that might help but even some relatively mundane ones as well. Change the Earth's albedo and we can lower temps, however there are some drawbacks like potentially less rain.
Strangely enough I both agree and disagree, on different grounds. First, if someone murdered one of my family members, I would personally want revenge. It might get *me* the death penalty, but I would want the criminal to pay. But my own feelings are not the same as what society may want or need. All I can think of, and feel free to ridicule, is that if we *ever* hope to have world peace (or whirled peas) then we need to stop killing our fellow citizens. We will never advance as a culture if we keep up the cycle of killing. The continuation of the death penalty makes us so much like the countries listed above that still have the death penalty, whom all share a couple of things in common: they are most all considered repressive regimes AND they kill each other in the name of justice.
And for those who are more pragmatic about the costs, putting aside the moral issues altogether, if you truly want to save some cash, stop killing prisoners.
"Each death penalty case in Texas costs taxpayers about $2.3 million. That is about three times the cost of imprisoning someone in a single cell at the highest security level for 40 years. ("Executions Cost Texas Millions," Dallas Morning News, March 8, 1992)."
Yes, I do feel somewhat out of place here in Texas, even though a native. Will we still have heinous crimes committed by murderous crazies? Probably for awhile, until we get that darn universal health care implemented, including mental health coverage. But until then, I just don't see how we can ever hope to have the kind of cooperative, collaborative civilization I read about as a teenager (and still once in awhile as an adult) in Science Fiction.
Star Trek is not the origin of quatloos. Gene Roddenberry picked up the term from an archeologist while on vacation in Iraq. Quatloos are ancient clay tokens discovered among the ruins of the Akkadian city of Triskelion.
BS, Everyone knows Quatloos were first used on Triskelion. Come on...
I've been to Paris in the 1980's and you didn't want to go there then, its worse now.
Not true, not to change the subject. I lived in Paris, or just outside it, for a year and a half in 1990-91. And have visited 5-6 times over the past decade. Loved it. Not so much the Parisians. Many Americans think the French don't like Americans. BS. It is the Parisians and they don't like anyone, sort of like say New Yorkers. The people outside the city were fantastic. Friendly, helpful and they thought Americans were great. Never had any trouble in the countryside. But then again, they have a saying. "There are two kinds of people in France: Parisians and peasants." The Parisians displayed an equal opportunity rudeness quotient that was surprisingly balanced. They were rude to any and all, especially Frenchmen visiting Paris from "the countryside", not just Americans.
So if you visit France, be sure to see the Eiffel Tower, take a cruise on the Seine, eat at a cafe, visit a museum and then go somewhere else in the country. Head down to the Loire valley to see some castles or the Normandy coast, go see some wineries in Bordeaux. The people will be friendly and you will have a much better time than hanging out in the capital.
While I'm not sure it is relevant to the article, I do agree with you that private registrations are bothersome though I know I personally don't ever completely trust a site with a private registration. I intentionally leave WHOIS open for the world to see on my sites, but then again, you can actually find my details on the About pages of most of them without even having to go to WHOIS. ...snip.
I'm not worried about the address info on any of my sites however I do get cranky with spammers who send me email about renewing my domains (when they are not even close to expiration, nor are they my registrar) and even calling to ask me to use their search engine optimization! Oh yeah. Frankly, it has made me go and change some of the actual information to invalid data just to keep them off my back. I also host a couple of private registrations due to customer requests, whatever their reason. This sounds more like another attempt to commercialize/monetize what has been a 'free' service.
Hear, hear. Great response.
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Quis custodiet ipsos custodet?
Oh man, I loved The Watchmen! Greatest comic series ever. Too bad about the film though. Left too much out, but did a decent job of recreating some of the iconic artwork in some camera shots.
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That tax revolt was against the previous regime (the British Empire), not the current government (United States of America). The Tea Party advocates for legislative reform of the tax code and containing spending, not revolts against the government. This is clearly a case of abuse of authority by a government agency intervening in the political process for the benefit of the current administration. You've got a pretty big evidentiary burden if you want to try to justify that.
Oh yeah, and that is why we saw so many of those innocent patriots carrying their AR-15s at Tea Party rallies. It was all in good fun, right?
Yeah, I wonder if they ruin it by missing the point the way the did with with David Brin's "Postman" (which would have won the Hugo and Nebula had it come out any other year).
Oh man, you had to remind me of that fiasco?! What a disappointment, after reading one of the better (best?) post apocalyptic America stories of all time and we had what's his name, the wolf-loving, baseball-playing and watery-world actor along with Tom Petty... sheesh. I sincerely *hope* this adaptation doesn't end up like that one.
I think I was in the 4th or 5th grade in Dallas, TX (I'm 56) and the librarian handed me a book she thought I would like, "Citizen of the Galaxy" by Robert Heinlein. An amazing start to a life long science fiction addiction. The Sci Fi aspects were not nearly as important as the social impact of a galaxy wide slave trade and governmental corruption.
"I have altered the details of our arrangement, pray I do not alter it any further."
Hmm, now who said that?
The guy who built the Death Star. It explains AT&T's logo...the blue color was just to alleviate a trademark dispute.
I believe he meant your had the tense in the quote wrong. "I am" vs. "I have"
Same thing here, from a couple of years ago. We bought our daughter a used iPhone before she went to college, advising her to turn off Data and only use WiFi, which she dutifully did. A couple of months later, I noticed we had a new $30 data plan added. Calling and complaining made no difference. She had an iPhone so therefore, according to AT&T she had to have a data plan. Sucks and since I have a pretty good discount rate otherwise due to my relatively large employer, it is hard to switch. But it still sucks. She has WiFi all over campus and doesn't need the Data plan.
Nonsense. He took lessons in standup from Al Gore.
Oh man, I really did LOL. Embarrassing here at work too... thanks!
//Came here to say the same. I could mod you up, but instead I'll just say, every time I bitch about warm up time in one of these threads, someone replies that I should buy a bulb made this century or by a good manufacturer. Yet no one ever has an example of which ones are the "good manufacturers."\\
My bulbs are almost all CFL from Costco in our home. In over heads, like a lighted ceiling fan, I do not notice any warm up time at all. In lamps, I do notice a brief, perhaps 3 seconds of 'ramp up' to full brightness but nothing like what you stated. Try the store brand, Kirkland I believe, from Costco.
Teleportation remains elusive "That's really neither here nor there"
+1 for humor!
And has anyone read The Physics of Star Trek? http://www.amazon.com/Physics-Star-Trek-Lawrence-Krauss/dp/0060977108
Great speculation on two possible explanations for the transporter; is it data or is it matter?
"What is that sweetie? Yes, it is nice how the handsome Khal Drogo mercilessly pounds the beautiful Princess Danerys on their wedding day! Just think, in only four years, you'll be her age! Yay!"
If I have a daughter, I am never letting her choose "Princess" as her future career.
Oh man, I literally 'laughed out loud'!