I believe you are completely correct that Apple are a juggernaut and only a fool would bet against them in the short- or mid-term. But I think you're wrong here:
Once it is clear that Apple can (and will because they have lost the agency model) match Amazon's prices and is in the ebook business to stay, Amazon won't be so anxious to lose money.
Apple has yet to release a serious reading device. I know people who enjoy reading on their iPads, but I've never met a single person who preferred it to e-ink, having tried both. I wonder how Apple's and Amazon's ebook sales compare?
intolerance of intolerance is not the same thing as intolerance itself
Except that it is. You are saying that everyone needs to work your value of tolerance into their belief system, changing that belief system as necessary. You'll get more results if you are clearer about what you want.
Fact is that racism is a double edge sword. It takes one person to stereotype and another to take it badly, without either of those, there's no conflict.
Why in the hell is it required that someone "take it badly?"
The PR person is a food blogger who does this for free in her spare time because she is married to one of the foundation Trustees. Cut her a little slack.
Congratulations, we appreciate your integrity and thoughtfulness. Your reward is a position with a company that will find numerous other ways to show you a humiliating lack of trust or regard for your privacy.
I'm still trying to make sense of this sentence from the summary:
Given that the unblocking of these sensitive keywords comes one week after Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao publicly denounced left-wing leader Bo Xilai's movement of 'striking down the ganster while reviving the red culture' as going down the path of Cultural Revolution, it could signal the silent start of a major political change.
Can someone tell me what hackingbear is getting at?
I don't follow the logic here. The world is full of countries that would not assure mutual destruction if we were to wage nuclear war on them. What about AMB technology is going to seriously change the status quo? Besides, all our efforts have been aimed at stopping relatively few missiles from a rogue state, not at providing a useful screen against the hundreds of missiles a major nuclear power could bring to bear.
Middle School includes the 8th grade. You can turn 14 in the 8th grade and not be considered especially old for your grade. That translates to turning 18 when you graduate high school. It's common.
They are ok with literal xenocide committed by a child soldier, but the moment the kid has to take a shower (and fight a bully), NOW it's pornographic?
I don't want to live on this pl- no. I don't want THESE people to live on my planet anymore.
Ender is a school child who kicks another school child to death in the school bathroom. Nobody has any question that it's happened, but not much seems to happen to Ender because of it.
Because of this particular scene in the book, I've always felt that it should not have been promoted as a children's book. I have also felt that Orson Scott Card is, IMO, unsavory for cooperating in promoting it as a children's book.
Spoiler alert: it's a pattern that foreshadows what happens at the end of the book. He lashes out in self defense against threats to his survival (or perceived threats) and immediately regrets it. It's not his fault that he kills. It is the fault of those who manipulate him and his peers so that these life-or-death conflicts keep occurring, without outside intervention.
I think this is a false dichotomy between long and short games. I want "long games" that are like Oblivion or Skyrim. They let me take what I want and leave the rest, creating my own adventures as long as I care to. I want "short games" like portal, that tell me a story and don't require the obsessiveness of a 14 year old to experience in their narrative fullness.
When I stopped buying video games, the average game took me about 60-80 hours to finish.
My friends now regularly finish games in as little 12-15 hours.
So where I paid $40 for my games, about $0.50/hour play time at best, my friends are now paying about $2-4/hour, and that's not even ten years later.
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Yes, only Chernobyl was run by not for profit communists.
You and I must be thinking of different communists.
and survey says its still most likely not Half Life Episode 3 or Half Life 3. thanks gaben, making sure to give gamers what we really want.
What I really wanted in the last few years was more Portal and I got it.
Cool. This is why you're not being sued by the DoJ, but several of the largest publishers are.
Once it is clear that Apple can (and will because they have lost the agency model) match Amazon's prices and is in the ebook business to stay, Amazon won't be so anxious to lose money.
Apple has yet to release a serious reading device. I know people who enjoy reading on their iPads, but I've never met a single person who preferred it to e-ink, having tried both. I wonder how Apple's and Amazon's ebook sales compare?
Dark ales tend to be better at cellar temperatures than ice cold.
The worst offender, IMO, is Heineken. It goes from drinkable but grassy tasting at cold temps to downright skunky at cellar temperatures.
intolerance of intolerance is not the same thing as intolerance itself
Except that it is. You are saying that everyone needs to work your value of tolerance into their belief system, changing that belief system as necessary. You'll get more results if you are clearer about what you want.
Fact is that racism is a double edge sword. It takes one person to stereotype and another to take it badly, without either of those, there's no conflict.
Why in the hell is it required that someone "take it badly?"
The PR person is a food blogger who does this for free in her spare time because she is married to one of the foundation Trustees. Cut her a little slack.
Because it looks like a baby elephant with fur?
I guess it doesn't fit your narrative well to refer to Zimmerman as Hispanic?
Sorry, but you are not legally (or, some would say, morally) obligated to cite inspiration.
Congratulations, we appreciate your integrity and thoughtfulness. Your reward is a position with a company that will find numerous other ways to show you a humiliating lack of trust or regard for your privacy.
I always liked Abyss.
Forget Avatar and Titanic... this is the kind of stuff he will be remembered for.
Given that the unblocking of these sensitive keywords comes one week after Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao publicly denounced left-wing leader Bo Xilai's movement of 'striking down the ganster while reviving the red culture' as going down the path of Cultural Revolution, it could signal the silent start of a major political change.
Can someone tell me what hackingbear is getting at?
5 Insightful? For linking to the Onion?
I don't follow the logic here. The world is full of countries that would not assure mutual destruction if we were to wage nuclear war on them. What about AMB technology is going to seriously change the status quo? Besides, all our efforts have been aimed at stopping relatively few missiles from a rogue state, not at providing a useful screen against the hundreds of missiles a major nuclear power could bring to bear.
Middle School includes the 8th grade. You can turn 14 in the 8th grade and not be considered especially old for your grade. That translates to turning 18 when you graduate high school. It's common.
Don't blame the kid if the book made him uncomfortable. It's supposed to make you uncomfortable. It's the parents that overreacted.
They are ok with literal xenocide committed by a child soldier, but the moment the kid has to take a shower (and fight a bully), NOW it's pornographic? I don't want to live on this pl- no. I don't want THESE people to live on my planet anymore.
FTFY for all nerdkind.
Ender is a school child who kicks another school child to death in the school bathroom. Nobody has any question that it's happened, but not much seems to happen to Ender because of it.
Because of this particular scene in the book, I've always felt that it should not have been promoted as a children's book. I have also felt that Orson Scott Card is, IMO, unsavory for cooperating in promoting it as a children's book.
Spoiler alert: it's a pattern that foreshadows what happens at the end of the book. He lashes out in self defense against threats to his survival (or perceived threats) and immediately regrets it. It's not his fault that he kills. It is the fault of those who manipulate him and his peers so that these life-or-death conflicts keep occurring, without outside intervention.
Neil Young was the first what?
Portal?
When I stopped buying video games, the average game took me about 60-80 hours to finish.
My friends now regularly finish games in as little 12-15 hours.
So where I paid $40 for my games, about $0.50/hour play time at best, my friends are now paying about $2-4/hour, and that's not even ten years later.