Arrogant? I think it's right on the money. If they sound OK in Winamp, they must not be THAT corrupted. I don't care if you can detect the problem on an oscilloscope. I'm much more concerned with what my ears hear.
The problem is that the results of this screening process don't tell you anything more about a person's fitness for a job than does the color of their underwear.
Read my lips. Genotype DOES NOT guarantee fitness!
I'm normally one who advocates reasoned debate, but this idea is pretty bloody contemptible. I reserve the right to evaluate any opinion I come into contact with, and by extension, the person who espoused it.
Huh? I musta missed that part of the Constitution where businesses were entitled to pick the best and healthiest people to be their employees.
'Scuse me while I trip Godwin's Law here, but you might check into Himmler's eugenics experiments during the second world war. That was the most advanced research ever dedicated to creating your master race...the better to serve the corporate beast.
In other words, your idea is absolutely sickening.
Now I don't want to belittle your situation, it is understandable that a military force would have very high standards for the physical condition of its troops (employees). Since your description of this condition doesn't seem to imply that it impedes your life in any way, and your.sig indicates that you didn't like the air force very much, it seems to me like you are well-advised to take your money and run. Have you been denied health insurance based on this condition? In my opinion, that would be an actionable offense on the part of the insurance companies (read...a bad and evil thing).
Anti-business? It's only anti-business for those businesses who are anti-employee. Yes, it might make fewer businesses relocate into this county, but dammit, it's the right thing to do. I'm usually one who favors limitation of government powers, particularly in matters of commerce, but firing somebody because they have a disease that a) hasn't manifested itself and b) doesn't affect their job performance in any form or fashion is absolutely reprehensible. I'd go so far as to call that "evil".
Original!=good. Original!=bad. Originality is orthogonal to quality. A really really good retelling of a story can be at least as enjoyable as the original story. STORIES like CTHD have been around for 2000 years, but that doesn't detract from their appeal or quality.
As for your comments about "western influenced" camera angles, I think it's pretty silly, as "westerners" invented the bloody camera. (Yes, I know that eastern cultures came up with a bunch of interesting technology while my ancestors were still picking lice out of each other's hair, but I'm pretty damn sure that the movie camera wasn't among them.)
Oh! I know! I can make my own "Agent dodging bullets" scene in Quake!
at 9fps. Woo.
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When businesses buy the law, it's now a LAW, enacted by government, and it's unconstitutional. That's not OK, and that's what the Supreme Court is for.
What we're talking about here is the freedom of a private citizen (or group of citizens, like a company) who reserves the right to decline to provide their services to any party. In other words, it's no more OK for the government to force a company to provide services for a party than it is for the government to PREVENT a party from receiving services.
Many anime fans really hate the poor-quality dubs that came over to the States. I much prefer subtitled anime, as even though I cannot understand what is being said (except for a word or two here and there) the inflections of the voices are far superior to the translations. Additionally, the "kewaii" little girl characters simply don't work with English voices, under any circumstances.
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Here's the thing, though. If I hang up a sign outside my building that doesn't permit, say, people with red shirts to come inside, that's my prerogative. I don't think I'd be allowed to discriminate against hiring people with red shirts, and people with red shirts might picket my business and try to talk me into changing my mind, but as a business owner I have the right to refuse service to whoever I choose.
Napster is within its rights to limit whatever traffic passes on their "network" as they see fit. They're no more obligated to give you a certain pattern of bits you want than NetNanny is.
Censorship occurs IFF a GOVERNMENT ENTITY writes a LAW that prevents somebody from expressing themselves. THE FIRST AMENDMENT DOES NOT PROTECT YOU FROM COMPANIES DECLINING TO BROADCAST YOUR "EXPRESSION". Period. Full stop. End of story.
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Umm...who do you think the days are named for now?
Saturday-Saturn (OK, he was a titan, but they're divine...)
Wednesday-Woden (who, if I remember right, was also known as Odin)
I think we ought to name the days for the virtues off of the demotivators calendars.
So, like, umm, don't buy one. Ferraris are expensive too.
And, if you want to cry about price, note that the new Visor Prism weighs in at $400. That makes your silly kvetching a little bit more scary for people who don't know what they're talking about.
1. Uhh...wireless modem. That was too easy. I LOVE to be able to get movie showtimes on my Palm. I'd love it even more if they were updated real-time.
2. The ability to have One Monolithic Datebook, easily updated anywhere in the known universe. No more updating your phone number lists on your phone, PDA, and computer separately. Synchronization is THE killer app for PDA's, and PalmOS has had it right from Day 1.
Stick with whatever you want, but pervasive wireless networking is going to change the world. This is a step in the right direction.
OK. Where do I get the test I have to pass before watching any more anime? Gosh...I thought it was just movies...didn't mean to step on your cultural schlong there, buddy.
People will continue to seek out the environments that provide them with rich interaction with others. For some, that's a chess table in a park. For others, it's a chat room after a three hour Quake deathmatch. It's axiomatic: For a given number of people, an increased number of activities means a decreased number of people per activity. This is not a new phenomenon, and it's not harmful. I bet people cried when we stopped having to be hunter gatherers, too. Oh well...life goes on.
As for on-line relationships, you're entitled to your opinion, but I vehemently disagree. I met my girlfriend in RL, but we've fostered our relationship online, with occasional RL weekends together. It's not for everybody, but it can and does work.
Start with grammar. Then work on composition. Then try oration. Then you have reason to expect that somebody might pay attention to what you have to say.
You're silly. My granny lives 2000 miles away from my mom. I'm not speaking for the poster, but this attitude that RL communities are going to somehow "go away" is just stupid. I now have the OPTION (say it with me...it's a good thing) of playing games, chatting, or pursuing a romantic relationship (I do all three) online.
See my post below, but it looks like the media guys just wanted to dog on another "outdated" weapons system. The RAM coating works great in rain (after an initial problem with its application).
Bombers are a necessary evil in this world, and I'd just as soon send our warriors into battle with the best available tools. That means expensive ones. It's better than the alternative...
Look, if all you want to do is play games, there's no value in throwing away buttloads^2 on a computer. In the future, the equation will be "if all you want to do is play games and use a basic Internet feed, there is no value in throwing away buttloads^2 on a computer".
Believe it or not, I used to not "get" console gaming either. The thing I really like about it is that you don't get in the upgrade rat race that happens in PC gaming. I argue that, on an annual basis, you have to spend more money on hardware to keep up with the current games on a PC than on a console. Sure, the PCs now have more graphical chrome than the PSX, and in a year or two they'll look better than the PSX2/GameCube/Whateverelsecomesout, but the game console gives you pretty darn reliable five-year access to new game titles. This is very attractive to a large number of people.
Again, I like gaming on my PC. There are lots of games that simply don't work on consoles. I can't figure out how the hell you'd play a good RTS with a gamepad, for instance, and a POV shooter would be just about as awful. However, I've never found a better driving game than Gran Turismo 2. I've never found a better fighting game than those available on the consoles. (Which one is my favourite changes week to week...: ) I love playing FF9 on a big TV loafing on my bed. There are lots of advantages to game consoles, so don't count 'em out of the fight yet.
Ah. Did some research (LOVE the Internet!) and found out what you were talking about on the B-2. Apparently, there was a coating applied to the radar absorptive material on the skin of the aircraft that deteriorated rapidly in the rain, increasing the aircraft's radar cross section. (No, Virginia, this didn't cause the airplane to fall out of the sky. Unless you hit it with a big radar guided SAM.)
However, the problem with the coating has been found and fixed, along with a lot of other teething problems which are to be expected in an engineering feat of this magnitude.
Click here for the link I found. Note that when I did a search on B-2 and rain, I came up with several other (less supportive) opinions on the B-2's performance, but none I read mentioned this new Block 30 upgrade to the fleet, so I suspect that a lot of the old objections are obsolete.
As far as whether the B-2 has a mission or not, anybody who doesn't think that China is at least a potential strategic threat hasn't been paying any attention to history. I would much rather live in a country everybody (sane) is scared to mess with (like America) than a country that is commonly used as an invasion route (like Belgium).
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Who would want it? Uhhhh...people who play ROMs all day? Just a guess...
There are a lot of people who pay more than this for a single old arcade game. I don't get that either, but this thingy is a great idea.
Arrogant? I think it's right on the money. If they sound OK in Winamp, they must not be THAT corrupted. I don't care if you can detect the problem on an oscilloscope. I'm much more concerned with what my ears hear.
The problem is that the results of this screening process don't tell you anything more about a person's fitness for a job than does the color of their underwear.
Read my lips. Genotype DOES NOT guarantee fitness!
I'm normally one who advocates reasoned debate, but this idea is pretty bloody contemptible. I reserve the right to evaluate any opinion I come into contact with, and by extension, the person who espoused it.
Huh? I musta missed that part of the Constitution where businesses were entitled to pick the best and healthiest people to be their employees.
'Scuse me while I trip Godwin's Law here, but you might check into Himmler's eugenics experiments during the second world war. That was the most advanced research ever dedicated to creating your master race...the better to serve the corporate beast.
In other words, your idea is absolutely sickening.
Now I don't want to belittle your situation, it is understandable that a military force would have very high standards for the physical condition of its troops (employees). Since your description of this condition doesn't seem to imply that it impedes your life in any way, and your .sig indicates that you didn't like the air force very much, it seems to me like you are well-advised to take your money and run. Have you been denied health insurance based on this condition? In my opinion, that would be an actionable offense on the part of the insurance companies (read...a bad and evil thing).
But what the hell do I know, eh? : )
Anti-business? It's only anti-business for those businesses who are anti-employee. Yes, it might make fewer businesses relocate into this county, but dammit, it's the right thing to do. I'm usually one who favors limitation of government powers, particularly in matters of commerce, but firing somebody because they have a disease that a) hasn't manifested itself and b) doesn't affect their job performance in any form or fashion is absolutely reprehensible. I'd go so far as to call that "evil".
Original!=good. Original!=bad. Originality is orthogonal to quality. A really really good retelling of a story can be at least as enjoyable as the original story. STORIES like CTHD have been around for 2000 years, but that doesn't detract from their appeal or quality.
As for your comments about "western influenced" camera angles, I think it's pretty silly, as "westerners" invented the bloody camera. (Yes, I know that eastern cultures came up with a bunch of interesting technology while my ancestors were still picking lice out of each other's hair, but I'm pretty damn sure that the movie camera wasn't among them.)
And this is good...why?
Oh! I know! I can make my own "Agent dodging bullets" scene in Quake!
at 9fps. Woo.
When businesses buy the law, it's now a LAW, enacted by government, and it's unconstitutional. That's not OK, and that's what the Supreme Court is for.
What we're talking about here is the freedom of a private citizen (or group of citizens, like a company) who reserves the right to decline to provide their services to any party. In other words, it's no more OK for the government to force a company to provide services for a party than it is for the government to PREVENT a party from receiving services.
Mercy buckets. My phonetic Japanese is beyond horrible. : ) Or should I say ^_^
Many anime fans really hate the poor-quality dubs that came over to the States. I much prefer subtitled anime, as even though I cannot understand what is being said (except for a word or two here and there) the inflections of the voices are far superior to the translations. Additionally, the "kewaii" little girl characters simply don't work with English voices, under any circumstances.
Here's the thing, though. If I hang up a sign outside my building that doesn't permit, say, people with red shirts to come inside, that's my prerogative. I don't think I'd be allowed to discriminate against hiring people with red shirts, and people with red shirts might picket my business and try to talk me into changing my mind, but as a business owner I have the right to refuse service to whoever I choose.
Napster is within its rights to limit whatever traffic passes on their "network" as they see fit. They're no more obligated to give you a certain pattern of bits you want than NetNanny is.
Censorship occurs IFF a GOVERNMENT ENTITY writes a LAW that prevents somebody from expressing themselves. THE FIRST AMENDMENT DOES NOT PROTECT YOU FROM COMPANIES DECLINING TO BROADCAST YOUR "EXPRESSION". Period. Full stop. End of story.
Umm...who do you think the days are named for now?
Saturday-Saturn (OK, he was a titan, but they're divine...)
Wednesday-Woden (who, if I remember right, was also known as Odin)
I think we ought to name the days for the virtues off of the demotivators calendars.
One word.
Headset.
And that way, it doesn't cook your brain with microwaves either.
So, like, umm, don't buy one. Ferraris are expensive too.
And, if you want to cry about price, note that the new Visor Prism weighs in at $400. That makes your silly kvetching a little bit more scary for people who don't know what they're talking about.
1. Uhh...wireless modem. That was too easy. I LOVE to be able to get movie showtimes on my Palm. I'd love it even more if they were updated real-time.
2. The ability to have One Monolithic Datebook, easily updated anywhere in the known universe. No more updating your phone number lists on your phone, PDA, and computer separately. Synchronization is THE killer app for PDA's, and PalmOS has had it right from Day 1.
Stick with whatever you want, but pervasive wireless networking is going to change the world. This is a step in the right direction.
OK. Where do I get the test I have to pass before watching any more anime? Gosh...I thought it was just movies...didn't mean to step on your cultural schlong there, buddy.
People will continue to seek out the environments that provide them with rich interaction with others. For some, that's a chess table in a park. For others, it's a chat room after a three hour Quake deathmatch. It's axiomatic: For a given number of people, an increased number of activities means a decreased number of people per activity. This is not a new phenomenon, and it's not harmful. I bet people cried when we stopped having to be hunter gatherers, too. Oh well...life goes on.
As for on-line relationships, you're entitled to your opinion, but I vehemently disagree. I met my girlfriend in RL, but we've fostered our relationship online, with occasional RL weekends together. It's not for everybody, but it can and does work.
Start with grammar. Then work on composition. Then try oration. Then you have reason to expect that somebody might pay attention to what you have to say.
You're silly. My granny lives 2000 miles away from my mom. I'm not speaking for the poster, but this attitude that RL communities are going to somehow "go away" is just stupid. I now have the OPTION (say it with me...it's a good thing) of playing games, chatting, or pursuing a romantic relationship (I do all three) online.
See my post below, but it looks like the media guys just wanted to dog on another "outdated" weapons system. The RAM coating works great in rain (after an initial problem with its application).
Bombers are a necessary evil in this world, and I'd just as soon send our warriors into battle with the best available tools. That means expensive ones. It's better than the alternative...
And they cost orders of magnitude more. 'Member that aphorism, "You get what you pay for"?
Look, if all you want to do is play games, there's no value in throwing away buttloads^2 on a computer. In the future, the equation will be "if all you want to do is play games and use a basic Internet feed, there is no value in throwing away buttloads^2 on a computer".
Believe it or not, I used to not "get" console gaming either. The thing I really like about it is that you don't get in the upgrade rat race that happens in PC gaming. I argue that, on an annual basis, you have to spend more money on hardware to keep up with the current games on a PC than on a console. Sure, the PCs now have more graphical chrome than the PSX, and in a year or two they'll look better than the PSX2/GameCube/Whateverelsecomesout, but the game console gives you pretty darn reliable five-year access to new game titles. This is very attractive to a large number of people.
Again, I like gaming on my PC. There are lots of games that simply don't work on consoles. I can't figure out how the hell you'd play a good RTS with a gamepad, for instance, and a POV shooter would be just about as awful. However, I've never found a better driving game than Gran Turismo 2. I've never found a better fighting game than those available on the consoles. (Which one is my favourite changes week to week...: ) I love playing FF9 on a big TV loafing on my bed. There are lots of advantages to game consoles, so don't count 'em out of the fight yet.
Ah. Did some research (LOVE the Internet!) and found out what you were talking about on the B-2. Apparently, there was a coating applied to the radar absorptive material on the skin of the aircraft that deteriorated rapidly in the rain, increasing the aircraft's radar cross section. (No, Virginia, this didn't cause the airplane to fall out of the sky. Unless you hit it with a big radar guided SAM.) However, the problem with the coating has been found and fixed, along with a lot of other teething problems which are to be expected in an engineering feat of this magnitude. Click here for the link I found. Note that when I did a search on B-2 and rain, I came up with several other (less supportive) opinions on the B-2's performance, but none I read mentioned this new Block 30 upgrade to the fleet, so I suspect that a lot of the old objections are obsolete. As far as whether the B-2 has a mission or not, anybody who doesn't think that China is at least a potential strategic threat hasn't been paying any attention to history. I would much rather live in a country everybody (sane) is scared to mess with (like America) than a country that is commonly used as an invasion route (like Belgium).