The implication was you can't help but write in your hilariously condescending tone, so you pretend you have no need to do otherwise, while logic would dictate anyone with a genuine interest in their points being considered would take care with his tone to avoid being immediately disregarded. Get it? Think of "people taking what I say to heart" as the metaphorical grapes you don't give a damn about.
You don't have to be a psychologist to know that people who can relate to others in a constructive manner do so. Just admit you got so excited to talk down to someone you misinterpreted my original post. Me saying this doesn't seem like the best use of the AG's time is a far cry from claiming there's never been a damaging monopoly.
P.S. I love the passive aggressive slights you've been slipping in more frequently since I criticized you.
And part of posting on the internet is understanding bad taste is all over it.
I'll be the first to admit I've got an utterly tasteless sense of humor, but some part of me doubts my original post is the worst message she's had directed at her on the internet. I still think the post boils down to obviously playful and self-deprecating. Obviously not going to fly in the office, but enough to warrant your ruffled feathers and a grumpy demand to grow up?
I'm totally gonna email her a link to the thread and let her referee.
What kind of treatment? Compliments on her education, writing, and appearance?
Where did I so much as imply she writes to entertain anyone's nerdlust? Her genuine interest in science is exactly what inspires nerdlust instead of, say, the boring vanilla lust engendered by an attractive girl without an interest in science.
Read an article from http://badphysics.wordpress.com/, spend a few futile minutes googling for more pictures and trying to internally reconcile her ravishing looks with such effortless eloquence and boundless intelligence, and then fall even deeper into self-loathing despair with the realization that even your hypothetical best version of yourself wouldn't be good enough for her.
Or, you know, don't. But you get my point. Hopefully, because I don't.
A few random points to sate my own ego: -I did not state (or even intentionally imply) that luxury items are exempt from antitrust laws. I said that there has not been a damaging monopoly related to luxury items specifically as there have been with vital raw materials like oil.
-Luxuries tend to be defined by their necessity, not their price. Take a high-end chocolate bar, for example. Hell, any chocolate bar. Perfectly affordable, undeniable luxury.
-If you're going to bother attempting to write persuasively, it is downright silly to not care about your tone as it often has everything to do with how your arguments are received, regardless of their factual accuracy. Your comment about not giving a damn how your tone is perceived reeks of sour grapes.
I don't think you're posting from an intellectually honest position. I also think your "simple logical analysis" is colored with much more emotion and opinion than you are aware.
Where did I say regular books aren't also largely luxury items?
When it comes to life, an item is either a necessity or a luxury. How many people's lives would end as a direct consequence of denying them access to e-books?
I'm still kind of surprised by those sales numbers from what I've seen of pricing. I would have figured prices at or greater than paperback + cost of a reader would keep their sales figures laughably low. But then I suppose we've already established my lack of future prospects in the e-books market.
Aren't e-books selling at levels competitive with physical books?
Aren't they luxury items in the first place?
If the previous two points are true as I believe, it seems kind of silly that the best use of the Connecticut AG's time is making sure people aren't overpaying a few bucks for items they're obviously already comfortable purchasing at that price.
I would rather see a legal investigation into Amazon's and Apple's patent tactics and such. Their portfolios and legal strategies likely cause many more customers of many other companies to overpay many more total dollars for zero value.
Also, I think it's about time we removed those damn cheating compilers from programming classes. Let students actually understand assembler instead of just understanding how to push keys.
Use it as supposed motivation for a contrived AskSlashdot entry where you spin a tragic tale of brain injury that finds you without ability to use Google or your own creative faculties to come up with a use for hardware that, while eliciting a strong emotional response from some of the community's more lonely members, is likely less valuable than the electricity you will spend running it for a year.
I am predicting at least one defriending as I rub this piece of satire in some choice faces.
I don't think one can truly appreciate the evil addictive nature of those games until he has watched a loved one lose hours in a catatonic trance of digital fertilizing.
Wait.
Maybe there's something to her arguments about porn?
When I said my highschool was a series of hoops to jump through, I meant it, and sadly never discovered the magic of stimulant ADD therapy until long out of school.
Oh to think of the panic attacks and all-nighters that could have been averted with something as simple as Wikipedia available, let alone a calculator with megaBYTES of storage.
Think more sciency. Equations, conversions, laws, definitions, charts. Shit, a periodic table hidden in my calculator would have bumped my chemistry grade a full letter. Phase change maps, orbitals, and shit? Balanced redox reactions for any conceivable chemicals? Game over.
As for standardized tests, it's been too long for me to know. They allowed TI-83s the 7 years or so ago that I took it though.
Cloud html5 app syncing is great, but I'm curious if they've got 4g back compatible web 3.0 blueface interballs technology for the kind of futureproof idevice demands the superuser of yestermorrow is sure to be told he needs.
Now the kicker, does it run beowulf? Last time I tried to stync my grendel module.99x was torn to pieces before the crowdsourced beta swarm could move to India.
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Jealous?
The implication was you can't help but write in your hilariously condescending tone, so you pretend you have no need to do otherwise, while logic would dictate anyone with a genuine interest in their points being considered would take care with his tone to avoid being immediately disregarded. Get it? Think of "people taking what I say to heart" as the metaphorical grapes you don't give a damn about.
You don't have to be a psychologist to know that people who can relate to others in a constructive manner do so. Just admit you got so excited to talk down to someone you misinterpreted my original post. Me saying this doesn't seem like the best use of the AG's time is a far cry from claiming there's never been a damaging monopoly.
P.S. I love the passive aggressive slights you've been slipping in more frequently since I criticized you.
Give me back my shoes. You are a dog. They don't even fit.
"Just don't render it that way." - Adobe
And part of posting on the internet is understanding bad taste is all over it.
I'll be the first to admit I've got an utterly tasteless sense of humor, but some part of me doubts my original post is the worst message she's had directed at her on the internet. I still think the post boils down to obviously playful and self-deprecating. Obviously not going to fly in the office, but enough to warrant your ruffled feathers and a grumpy demand to grow up?
I'm totally gonna email her a link to the thread and let her referee.
How you like RIM, Jobs?
Dude, wait, what?
What kind of treatment? Compliments on her education, writing, and appearance?
Where did I so much as imply she writes to entertain anyone's nerdlust? Her genuine interest in science is exactly what inspires nerdlust instead of, say, the boring vanilla lust engendered by an attractive girl without an interest in science.
I think you got some wires crossed somewhere.
I'm still trying to figure out if you're talking about catching her on a day with low self-esteem... or rape.
Want to cry into your underwear with nerdlust?
Read an article from http://badphysics.wordpress.com/, spend a few futile minutes googling for more pictures and trying to internally reconcile her ravishing looks with such effortless eloquence and boundless intelligence, and then fall even deeper into self-loathing despair with the realization that even your hypothetical best version of yourself wouldn't be good enough for her.
Or, you know, don't. But you get my point. Hopefully, because I don't.
A few random points to sate my own ego:
-I did not state (or even intentionally imply) that luxury items are exempt from antitrust laws. I said that there has not been a damaging monopoly related to luxury items specifically as there have been with vital raw materials like oil.
-Luxuries tend to be defined by their necessity, not their price. Take a high-end chocolate bar, for example. Hell, any chocolate bar. Perfectly affordable, undeniable luxury.
-If you're going to bother attempting to write persuasively, it is downright silly to not care about your tone as it often has everything to do with how your arguments are received, regardless of their factual accuracy. Your comment about not giving a damn how your tone is perceived reeks of sour grapes.
I don't think you're posting from an intellectually honest position. I also think your "simple logical analysis" is colored with much more emotion and opinion than you are aware.
Where did I say regular books aren't also largely luxury items?
When it comes to life, an item is either a necessity or a luxury. How many people's lives would end as a direct consequence of denying them access to e-books?
Ah that makes sense.
I'm still kind of surprised by those sales numbers from what I've seen of pricing. I would have figured prices at or greater than paperback + cost of a reader would keep their sales figures laughably low. But then I suppose we've already established my lack of future prospects in the e-books market.
With specific regard to luxury items? Damn right.
Also, you use too many commas, and your overall tone comes across as arrogant and standoffish.
I need to adopt an even higher level of cynicism.
Aren't e-books selling at levels competitive with physical books?
Aren't they luxury items in the first place?
If the previous two points are true as I believe, it seems kind of silly that the best use of the Connecticut AG's time is making sure people aren't overpaying a few bucks for items they're obviously already comfortable purchasing at that price.
I would rather see a legal investigation into Amazon's and Apple's patent tactics and such. Their portfolios and legal strategies likely cause many more customers of many other companies to overpay many more total dollars for zero value.
But who the fuck am I?
I agree.
Also, I think it's about time we removed those damn cheating compilers from programming classes. Let students actually understand assembler instead of just understanding how to push keys.
Use it as supposed motivation for a contrived AskSlashdot entry where you spin a tragic tale of brain injury that finds you without ability to use Google or your own creative faculties to come up with a use for hardware that, while eliciting a strong emotional response from some of the community's more lonely members, is likely less valuable than the electricity you will spend running it for a year.
You have correct info on your facebook profile?
I am predicting at least one defriending as I rub this piece of satire in some choice faces.
I don't think one can truly appreciate the evil addictive nature of those games until he has watched a loved one lose hours in a catatonic trance of digital fertilizing.
Wait.
Maybe there's something to her arguments about porn?
There's an example of a good teacher.
When I said my highschool was a series of hoops to jump through, I meant it, and sadly never discovered the magic of stimulant ADD therapy until long out of school.
Oh to think of the panic attacks and all-nighters that could have been averted with something as simple as Wikipedia available, let alone a calculator with megaBYTES of storage.
Think more sciency. Equations, conversions, laws, definitions, charts. Shit, a periodic table hidden in my calculator would have bumped my chemistry grade a full letter. Phase change maps, orbitals, and shit? Balanced redox reactions for any conceivable chemicals? Game over.
As for standardized tests, it's been too long for me to know. They allowed TI-83s the 7 years or so ago that I took it though.
Cheating?
I envy highschool kids these days. Those hoops sure would have been a lot easier to jump through if I'd had access to these sorts of tools.
This is truly an historic post.
Cloud html5 app syncing is great, but I'm curious if they've got 4g back compatible web 3.0 blueface interballs technology for the kind of futureproof idevice demands the superuser of yestermorrow is sure to be told he needs.
Now the kicker, does it run beowulf? Last time I tried to stync my grendel module .99x was torn to pieces before the crowdsourced beta swarm could move to India.
Holy shit that is cool.
I wonder if investigative reporters will be able to utilize this. Datamining for the little guy.
Ah, the 2c series. Now THERE'S something parents should probably be concerned about.
Little 2c-t-7, little MDMA or Amphetamine, enjoy the synergistic MAOI and catecholamine releasing effects right up until your heart explodes.