The real issue is, it is actually okay to have any belief you want. Bat shit crazy or not. If you want to hate gays, that's your right. If you want to hate people that hate gays, that's also your right.
You have absolutely no right to burn or in any other way physically harm a person because of their beliefs or thoughts.
Considering the goal was to record HD video, 1920x1080 is all the resolution needed. That's about 3 megapixels. Anything beyond that for this purpose is a waste of resolution and a reduction in sensitivity. The best commercial cameras have resolutions easily 7.5x that so, 7.5x larger might be what was meant by the summary.
I'm not sure how well traditional watch sales would convert to iWatch sales. traditional watches are really more of a jewelry piece, not a highly functional device, they just happen to have a couple of functions. At the same time, it is very much not clear if iWatch devices would cannibalize iPad/iPod/Iphone sales. To just estimate $6 billion of sales at a product we don't even know if its real sounds like analysts trying to pump up AAPL share price.
In case you live under a rock, this is how all business is. Companies merge and acquire smaller competitors. They take the parts that help them and remove the dead weight.
They're just game studios, unless you had a vested interest in one of those studios, don't take it so personal.
browsers, phones, computers, cars, TVs, etc. People get tribal about everything that is branded. When did we go from having faith that brand X made good products go to "everything other than brand X is complete crap!"
There very well may be some generational issues with relative populations in different demographics, but your numbers and comment in general makes no sense.
We're talking about New York City. According to Wikipedia the New York City Sheriff is appointed by the mayor, not elected. I also doubt that everyone with a lost phone is going to be able to talk to this sheriff, there are just too many people.
You're painting with too wide a brush. Some services definitely should have a higher bar for data protection and they should suffer some consequences when there is a data breach, Twitter, Tumblr, and Pinterest are not those services.
These sites are not really that important. Don't reuse passwords (maybe don't reuse usernames too) and any breach at a site like this will not spread to other sites.
Inside the borders of the USA, your comment about merchants being prohibited from accepting cash for a purchase is completely nonsensical. "Legal tender for all debts, public and private." That's what it says right on the note.
People keep saying this, but it doesn't make it true. A sale at a merchant is not a debt. If the merchant sells it to you on credit and gives you an IOU, then you have a debt. That debt could be paid with cash. It is perfectly allowable for a merchant to not accept cash, this is often not done, but many stores restrict paying with large bills (100s and 50s) and that is totally legal. They could also tell someone with a bag full of pennies to piss off.
Actually, the only way your number can be perceived as inaccurate, is to realize it's coming from an Anonymous Coward with absolutely no data to back it up. You might claim that data exists, and it very well might, but you'll have to understand if other people don't believe your claims without more information.
This is an interesting thought. Anyone have any idea what legal status there is to propagating Monsanto plants by cuttings? I acknowledge that it isn't really feasible for many crops on a large farm, but plant cuttings is an interesting take on this subject.
I'm aware of those numbers, and I don't think " the killing of enemy soldiers during an active war" would include civilian deaths, or civilians that were victims of genocide. Those are clear cases of murder / war crimes.
The comment I was replying to referred to both World Wars and seemed to indicate that all deaths in those wars were murder. I was not trying to indicate that all deaths during those wars were justified by any means, but clearly many were. I don't believe US soldiers returning from war were charged with murder for their actions.
It would be of minor importance. The more important thing is how the exploit worked so that you can avoid it entirely. The idea is if one site was compromised, you really can't be sure that any other site isn't also compromised. Avoid the exploit not just one known exploited site.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with a car dealer (or GameStop) pushing used over new. Both new and used are just inventory items that they are trying to sell. If manufacturers are upset that the new products aren't selling enough, they need to make better products.
In order to buy a used game, someone had to buy it new and then decided they didn't want it anymore. If the game was better the original buyer might have kept it keeping it from going into the used market.
The fact that used games don't depreciate like cars is immaterial. Used games aren't magically creating additional copies. If a game has a user base of 1 million active users, they had to sell 1 million new copies.
Your rebuttal is weak. Listing alternative ways people blow through $50-$100 a month does not make any of those alternatives (or the original idea of playing video games) not idiotic.
Seems the GP's argument needs to be modified. "A person's actions can not be punished until they are found guilty". This does indeed say that if someone kills people and robs banks, but gets away with it, they will not be punished (the actions are still illegal).
...or, y'know, save some of that $20k for retirement or paying off existing student/mortgage debt.
Paying off mortgage debt is not a great choice currently. Sure you get the peace of mind that you owe less on your house, but that mortgage should be costing you 3-4% interest, is tax deductible, and is backed by a property that (should) appreciate in value over time. When you compare the asset appreciation and tax savings to the amount spent on interest, It probably costs sloce to nothing to carry that mortgage. There are many better investments for that extra money.
Buying a $50k car is not one of those better investments though.
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The real issue is, it is actually okay to have any belief you want. Bat shit crazy or not. If you want to hate gays, that's your right. If you want to hate people that hate gays, that's also your right.
You have absolutely no right to burn or in any other way physically harm a person because of their beliefs or thoughts.
4K video is not 4 Megapixels. It's 3840 pixels × 2160 pixels, or about 8 Megapixels. The 4K is the horizontal resolution (3840 ~= 4k)
Considering the goal was to record HD video, 1920x1080 is all the resolution needed. That's about 3 megapixels. Anything beyond that for this purpose is a waste of resolution and a reduction in sensitivity. The best commercial cameras have resolutions easily 7.5x that so, 7.5x larger might be what was meant by the summary.
and the carbon footprint of building the bicycle too. We'd really have to account for every variable to have a valid comparison.
I'm not sure how well traditional watch sales would convert to iWatch sales. traditional watches are really more of a jewelry piece, not a highly functional device, they just happen to have a couple of functions. At the same time, it is very much not clear if iWatch devices would cannibalize iPad/iPod/Iphone sales. To just estimate $6 billion of sales at a product we don't even know if its real sounds like analysts trying to pump up AAPL share price.
In case you live under a rock, this is how all business is. Companies merge and acquire smaller competitors. They take the parts that help them and remove the dead weight.
They're just game studios, unless you had a vested interest in one of those studios, don't take it so personal.
Exactly. People will like to do what they like to do
For a lot of people this is sit on their couch, watch TV, and get fat. It's not completely bad to suggest better ideas for people.
browsers, phones, computers, cars, TVs, etc. People get tribal about everything that is branded. When did we go from having faith that brand X made good products go to "everything other than brand X is complete crap!"
possibly easier than ripping a CD.
How easy can you possibly make it? I never found ripping a CD to be very difficult.
There very well may be some generational issues with relative populations in different demographics, but your numbers and comment in general makes no sense.
We're talking about New York City. According to Wikipedia the New York City Sheriff is appointed by the mayor, not elected. I also doubt that everyone with a lost phone is going to be able to talk to this sheriff, there are just too many people.
You're painting with too wide a brush. Some services definitely should have a higher bar for data protection and they should suffer some consequences when there is a data breach, Twitter, Tumblr, and Pinterest are not those services.
These sites are not really that important. Don't reuse passwords (maybe don't reuse usernames too) and any breach at a site like this will not spread to other sites.
That link points out that a human is also an instance of an inverted pendulum. I think I see some real potential for this now.
Inside the borders of the USA, your comment about merchants being prohibited from accepting cash for a purchase is completely nonsensical. "Legal tender for all debts, public and private." That's what it says right on the note.
People keep saying this, but it doesn't make it true. A sale at a merchant is not a debt. If the merchant sells it to you on credit and gives you an IOU, then you have a debt. That debt could be paid with cash. It is perfectly allowable for a merchant to not accept cash, this is often not done, but many stores restrict paying with large bills (100s and 50s) and that is totally legal. They could also tell someone with a bag full of pennies to piss off.
Actually, the only way your number can be perceived as inaccurate, is to realize it's coming from an Anonymous Coward with absolutely no data to back it up. You might claim that data exists, and it very well might, but you'll have to understand if other people don't believe your claims without more information.
This is an interesting thought. Anyone have any idea what legal status there is to propagating Monsanto plants by cuttings? I acknowledge that it isn't really feasible for many crops on a large farm, but plant cuttings is an interesting take on this subject.
I'm aware of those numbers, and I don't think " the killing of enemy soldiers during an active war" would include civilian deaths, or civilians that were victims of genocide. Those are clear cases of murder / war crimes.
The comment I was replying to referred to both World Wars and seemed to indicate that all deaths in those wars were murder. I was not trying to indicate that all deaths during those wars were justified by any means, but clearly many were. I don't believe US soldiers returning from war were charged with murder for their actions.
It would be of minor importance. The more important thing is how the exploit worked so that you can avoid it entirely. The idea is if one site was compromised, you really can't be sure that any other site isn't also compromised. Avoid the exploit not just one known exploited site.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with a car dealer (or GameStop) pushing used over new. Both new and used are just inventory items that they are trying to sell. If manufacturers are upset that the new products aren't selling enough, they need to make better products.
In order to buy a used game, someone had to buy it new and then decided they didn't want it anymore. If the game was better the original buyer might have kept it keeping it from going into the used market.
The fact that used games don't depreciate like cars is immaterial. Used games aren't magically creating additional copies. If a game has a user base of 1 million active users, they had to sell 1 million new copies.
We don't need any games with more than one screen that has a blocky sprite that can jump.
Your rebuttal is weak. Listing alternative ways people blow through $50-$100 a month does not make any of those alternatives (or the original idea of playing video games) not idiotic.
The millions murdered in World War 1 & 2 never played video games.
And I'd wager most of those people didn't want any of the violence of that war.
As an aside, the killing of enemy soldiers during an active war is not usually referred to as murder.
It seems that this summary is suggesting that AIDS, Flu and Hepatitis are the basic building blocks of life. What biology class did samzenpus take?
Seems the GP's argument needs to be modified. "A person's actions can not be punished until they are found guilty". This does indeed say that if someone kills people and robs banks, but gets away with it, they will not be punished (the actions are still illegal).
...or, y'know, save some of that $20k for retirement or paying off existing student/mortgage debt.
Paying off mortgage debt is not a great choice currently. Sure you get the peace of mind that you owe less on your house, but that mortgage should be costing you 3-4% interest, is tax deductible, and is backed by a property that (should) appreciate in value over time. When you compare the asset appreciation and tax savings to the amount spent on interest, It probably costs sloce to nothing to carry that mortgage. There are many better investments for that extra money.
Buying a $50k car is not one of those better investments though.