So if you don't want the locked down version why not just do that instead of buying a Chrome OS computer? (Not you specifically, I just mean in general).
I also don' understand what the big deal is with the "Chrome OS Noteooks." If Chrome OS is really just an OS, can't I put it on any computer I want? Why would I be required to buy a computer that has Chrome OS pre-installed on it?
Thank you! I'm still in college and between my wife and I were still considered "poor". I don't get any money from the government, and I do just fine!
I don't waste 10 percent of my income on cigarettes. I don't waste money on buying lottery tickets every day. I don't waste money on expensive cable when I can watch hulu at any time (and net is pretty much necessary for school, although I could go without if I absolutely had to). We buy groceries from Sam's Club once a month and stock our freezer full of more than enough good food. We don't have kids yet because we're smart enough to know that you shouldn't have children unless you can afford them!
Also, I hear people complaining about how expensive it is where they live. I wonder if they realize it's not very expensive to move to another state? You can take your one week vacation, rent a cheapo u-haul and drive to another state fairly inexpensively.
There are a few people in the world that do everything right, and still get boned due to circumstances. I will be the first to admit that. But there is also a large number of people who make themselves poor with their own choices.
Did you forget that he is talking about a charity foundation though? Wouldn't the charity foundation keep going even after you die? Meaning that it doesn't matter whether it's not profitable until 30 years from now, since your goal wasn't to benefit yourself anyways.
I'm just saying it would be even worse than it already is. I'm not saying that rich kids don't currently have advantages.
It does seem a little bit different in my mind though. A middle class family can easily not smoke crack, give their child decent healthcare and education, and at least get them to a somewhat close level to the rich kids. In either scenario the poor are left hugely disadvantaged. What genetic engineering would do is create a broader gap between the middle class children and the upper class children than currently exists.
Whether or not it is immoral is something I can't really decide. It would definitely make a cool sci-fi movie though.
I'm guessing he would have already compared set rates with other competitors and filed a contract with one of them for X amount of dollars a month for "fire insurance." Or maybe he would just have house insurance that covers fire damages and not give a crap if his house burned down, since he would get a brand new one with new stuff from the insurance money.
It's mainly what Dthief said. Should people really be able to choose the DNA of their children? It's tied to the genetic engineering debate. If you think there is disparity between rich and poor now.... imagine when all the rich people can have their kids genetically altered to be smarter, more athletic, more mentally stable, better looking, ect. Not only would these children start off with the benefit of being rich and having connections, they would also be physically and mentally superior humans to the poor people. It's already near impossible for a poor person to become a rich person in a single lifetime, I can imagine it would be completely impossible once this has been going on for awhile.
Just because you took one semester of Guitar class and learned how to play a couple songs with G, D, and C chords, doesn't make you a"guitar player." Just because you sing along with the radio in your car, does not make you a singer. Just because you cook mac n' cheese out of the Kraft box does not make a cook. And just because you play an easy, stripped down, video game once in awhile, does not make you a gamer.
Honestly this is just a video of an Android phone with a typical d-pad and 4 face buttons instead of a keyboard slide-out. Every single game company (more or less) has used the 4 button scheme since the snes. Even the computer gamepads you can buy from logitech look exactly like a dualshock controller. There's no reason to believe this isn't just an Android phone with a playstation emulator on it. That would be good enough for me anyways. The only thing that keeps my using my psp instead of a smartphone is that my phone doesn't have real buttons. This would be perfect to load all my emulators on.
To add to this, who cares if they break the law? If the law is working against the citizens' it should be broken. Ever heard of civil disobedience?
Who gives a crap about following laws that don't benefit "we the people." I don't see any specific laws that wikileaks broke, but if they did then those laws were obviously engineered to protect the government from its people. In which case, more power to them. Those laws need to be broken.
Indeed. The only reason we are so squimish about it is because we don't see it anymore. If everyone was forced to go see animals get slaughtered we would simply lose the squimishness.
I've caught and gutted my own fish before. Does that count?
True but the penalty is ridiculous. If you get caught stealing 3 cd's at a store and you aren't even an adult yet, they will most likely just take them from you and call your parents. At most you will get a small fine for stealing under $100 worth of goods, which is only a misdemeanor.
If this becomes the norm we might as well start actually stealing from stores, since the penalty is so much smaller.
I downloaded it. I own an actual N64 and mario kart as well though so I don't feel any guilt. The emulator just has a much better picture going to my tv and I don't still have 4 working N64 controllers.
If people have no idea where other options are they are retarded.
And don't most computer illiterate people use IE? Last time I used IE (to navigate to the chrome download page on a new computer) the default search engine in the bar was bing. Meaning people that didn't pay any attention to their search engine would actually be defaulting to bing, not google.
Actually this would be pretty awesome. Make them easy to switch out (all you have to do is plug in a cartridge that has the actual chip inside it hidden). Games would still be made to run on a standard console, but the upgraded versions would run on higher settings. Just make it the same way as PC games, only hide the graphics settings from the user. Medium settings would be a normal console, high settings an upgraded one. The system would automatically detect which version of the console you are using and run the game at those settings.
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So if you don't want the locked down version why not just do that instead of buying a Chrome OS computer? (Not you specifically, I just mean in general).
I also don' understand what the big deal is with the "Chrome OS Noteooks." If Chrome OS is really just an OS, can't I put it on any computer I want? Why would I be required to buy a computer that has Chrome OS pre-installed on it?
If people are really fooled by these fake reviews they deserve to waste their money on crap. Think of it as a punishment for being an idiot.
Thank you! I'm still in college and between my wife and I were still considered "poor". I don't get any money from the government, and I do just fine!
I don't waste 10 percent of my income on cigarettes. I don't waste money on buying lottery tickets every day. I don't waste money on expensive cable when I can watch hulu at any time (and net is pretty much necessary for school, although I could go without if I absolutely had to). We buy groceries from Sam's Club once a month and stock our freezer full of more than enough good food. We don't have kids yet because we're smart enough to know that you shouldn't have children unless you can afford them!
Also, I hear people complaining about how expensive it is where they live. I wonder if they realize it's not very expensive to move to another state? You can take your one week vacation, rent a cheapo u-haul and drive to another state fairly inexpensively.
There are a few people in the world that do everything right, and still get boned due to circumstances. I will be the first to admit that. But there is also a large number of people who make themselves poor with their own choices.
Did you forget that he is talking about a charity foundation though? Wouldn't the charity foundation keep going even after you die? Meaning that it doesn't matter whether it's not profitable until 30 years from now, since your goal wasn't to benefit yourself anyways.
Bravo, if I had mod points you would receive one.
I'm just saying it would be even worse than it already is. I'm not saying that rich kids don't currently have advantages.
It does seem a little bit different in my mind though. A middle class family can easily not smoke crack, give their child decent healthcare and education, and at least get them to a somewhat close level to the rich kids. In either scenario the poor are left hugely disadvantaged. What genetic engineering would do is create a broader gap between the middle class children and the upper class children than currently exists.
Whether or not it is immoral is something I can't really decide. It would definitely make a cool sci-fi movie though.
I'm guessing he would have already compared set rates with other competitors and filed a contract with one of them for X amount of dollars a month for "fire insurance." Or maybe he would just have house insurance that covers fire damages and not give a crap if his house burned down, since he would get a brand new one with new stuff from the insurance money.
Just speculation. I'm not a libertarian.
It's mainly what Dthief said. Should people really be able to choose the DNA of their children? It's tied to the genetic engineering debate. If you think there is disparity between rich and poor now.... imagine when all the rich people can have their kids genetically altered to be smarter, more athletic, more mentally stable, better looking, ect. Not only would these children start off with the benefit of being rich and having connections, they would also be physically and mentally superior humans to the poor people. It's already near impossible for a poor person to become a rich person in a single lifetime, I can imagine it would be completely impossible once this has been going on for awhile.
There is an indicator light on the Shift key. Double press shift and it lights up. AKA Caps Lock.
Ha! You really think the term "urbanization" is made up?
For Christ's sake, go to school. Maybe read a book even.
Guild Wars. And soon to be, Guild Wars 2.
This makes perfect sense to me.
Just because you took one semester of Guitar class and learned how to play a couple songs with G, D, and C chords, doesn't make you a"guitar player." Just because you sing along with the radio in your car, does not make you a singer.
Just because you cook mac n' cheese out of the Kraft box does not make a cook.
And just because you play an easy, stripped down, video game once in awhile, does not make you a gamer.
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World of World of Warcraft.
Aww damn... I always get on to people about that too...
You're Amish*
I take it your Amish?
Honestly this is just a video of an Android phone with a typical d-pad and 4 face buttons instead of a keyboard slide-out. Every single game company (more or less) has used the 4 button scheme since the snes. Even the computer gamepads you can buy from logitech look exactly like a dualshock controller. There's no reason to believe this isn't just an Android phone with a playstation emulator on it. That would be good enough for me anyways. The only thing that keeps my using my psp instead of a smartphone is that my phone doesn't have real buttons. This would be perfect to load all my emulators on.
To add to this, who cares if they break the law? If the law is working against the citizens' it should be broken. Ever heard of civil disobedience?
Who gives a crap about following laws that don't benefit "we the people." I don't see any specific laws that wikileaks broke, but if they did then those laws were obviously engineered to protect the government from its people. In which case, more power to them. Those laws need to be broken.
Since when were we supposed to consider the government and/or giant corporations our friend(s)?
So, am I the only one who thought of the giant solar panels in space on Gundam 00?
Indeed. The only reason we are so squimish about it is because we don't see it anymore. If everyone was forced to go see animals get slaughtered we would simply lose the squimishness.
I've caught and gutted my own fish before. Does that count?
True but the penalty is ridiculous. If you get caught stealing 3 cd's at a store and you aren't even an adult yet, they will most likely just take them from you and call your parents. At most you will get a small fine for stealing under $100 worth of goods, which is only a misdemeanor.
If this becomes the norm we might as well start actually stealing from stores, since the penalty is so much smaller.
I downloaded it. I own an actual N64 and mario kart as well though so I don't feel any guilt. The emulator just has a much better picture going to my tv and I don't still have 4 working N64 controllers.
If people have no idea where other options are they are retarded.
And don't most computer illiterate people use IE? Last time I used IE (to navigate to the chrome download page on a new computer) the default search engine in the bar was bing. Meaning people that didn't pay any attention to their search engine would actually be defaulting to bing, not google.
Actually this would be pretty awesome. Make them easy to switch out (all you have to do is plug in a cartridge that has the actual chip inside it hidden). Games would still be made to run on a standard console, but the upgraded versions would run on higher settings. Just make it the same way as PC games, only hide the graphics settings from the user. Medium settings would be a normal console, high settings an upgraded one. The system would automatically detect which version of the console you are using and run the game at those settings.