If you come in to my house in the middle of the night with a ski mask on, and I shoot you, I am defending myself with a firearm. You can attempt to redefine the terms to mean something different, but it won't work.
If you assume the Earth is a closed system, what do you suppose is causing it to not be really cold?
In other words, your argument is ridiculous. What's the power output of every plant on earth versus the energy from insolation? I'll give you a hint: It's not big.
Nor for professional curling. So what? (Is there professional curling? I have no idea.)
"you have no chance of entering the NFL"
I do not care.
"And believe me, a scholarship in a revenue sport is not a ride--you're an employee living in company housing eating at the company cafeteria and *you're* *not* *even* *allowed* *to* *take* *a* *regular* *job*."
Uh huh. I went to the University of Texas. Again: I have no sympathy for the plight of college athletes. If you want to go to school, you need to be going to school. If you can't hack the classes and do your two-a-days, you need to make a value judgement about what's more important to you. You know, like grown-ups do.
Same issue here. Couple people posted their crazytime on Facebook, or Myspace, or whatever, and ruined it for everybody else. Wah. There are much bigger problems. Get back to me when college is affordable for all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, creed, nativity, or ability to throw a damn ball.
If the NFL wants farm teams, they should organize farm teams. Do you really think that that would not happen, if the NCAA moneyball fairy just stopped?
You don't think there's a clause in the scholarship that lets the school off the hook if they so choose? There certainly should be. The school can and should make restrictions on behavior such as "You must not fail any classes, or we'll rescind your scholarship". "You must not act like a hooligan and brag about it in public" is not too far from that.
Don't like it? Don't take the ride.
I've got little sympathy for the tribulations of "student" athletes. Maybe that makes me a bad person.
First amendment travesty? There are a LOT of first amendment travesties that should be getting attention before this one. This is bread and circuses.
If you want their scholarship, you should play by their rules. If one of the rules is that you have to stand on one foot with one sock on for ten minutes when you wake up every morning, you have to decide whether the scholarship is worth it or not.
Seems pretty simple to me. Play by the rules, get free education. Or don't, and don't.
An idea cannot be "a disaster for physics". Scientists who think that theories are more important than observation and reasoning are "a disaster for physics". Fortunately, it's a disaster with a long history, and physics, somehow, continues to muddle forward.
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That's such a tired argument. I enjoyed Half Life way, way more than I enjoyed Quake. Your mileage may vary, but it's silly to argue that games were better in the Good Old Days.
Remember Sturgeon's Law. 90% of everything is crap. You only remember the good stuff.
OK, so you think that Apple products don't give you an adequate return on your investment. Good for you.
If you like shopping at big box stores, that's great. I don't. The Apple Store happens to be convenient for me, and I find the prices reasonable for the value returned. I also happen to have gotten superb customer service.
Have you ever heard of somebody getting superb customer service at a Best Buy?
"A much higher percentage of the apple products is overhead."
And R&D, and design. I think it's worth it. You don't. Go free market.
"Yes, the funny part is that people like you don't realize that the prices on the Apple store are also subsidizing the overhead on the Apple store."
This just doesn't make any sense. Apple did a cost-benefit analysis on starting a retail operation, and obviously somebody with an MBA figured they could move more product. Right, wrong, or indifferent, it seems to be working OK for them.
If you don't want to buy Apple products, great. But saying you don't want to buy them because they operate a retail store is pretty silly. I suppose you don't buy any store-branded products at other retail establishments either, do you? Because that would be, somehow, ostentatious.
Hmm. I didn't seem to have Apple backed into a corner when I broke my iPod (cracked the clickwheel because I bashed it into the corner of a desk while it was in my pocket), and they handed me a new one.
So, (my anecdote)+(your something like an anecdote)=not much, right?
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Missed some of those history classes, did you?
If you come in to my house in the middle of the night with a ski mask on, and I shoot you, I am defending myself with a firearm. You can attempt to redefine the terms to mean something different, but it won't work.
If you assume the Earth is a closed system, what do you suppose is causing it to not be really cold?
In other words, your argument is ridiculous. What's the power output of every plant on earth versus the energy from insolation? I'll give you a hint: It's not big.
"And if anyone asks again why Microsoft Vista is going to be so expensive"
It's because you, and people like you, will pay for it. Let me know how that works out for you, OK?
Don't like it? Pay for your own college.
"There is no minor league for football."
Nor for professional curling. So what? (Is there professional curling? I have no idea.)
"you have no chance of entering the NFL"
I do not care.
"And believe me, a scholarship in a revenue sport is not a ride--you're an employee living in company housing eating at the company cafeteria and *you're* *not* *even* *allowed* *to* *take* *a* *regular* *job*."
Uh huh. I went to the University of Texas. Again: I have no sympathy for the plight of college athletes. If you want to go to school, you need to be going to school. If you can't hack the classes and do your two-a-days, you need to make a value judgement about what's more important to you. You know, like grown-ups do.
Same issue here. Couple people posted their crazytime on Facebook, or Myspace, or whatever, and ruined it for everybody else. Wah. There are much bigger problems. Get back to me when college is affordable for all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, creed, nativity, or ability to throw a damn ball.
If the NFL wants farm teams, they should organize farm teams. Do you really think that that would not happen, if the NCAA moneyball fairy just stopped?
Library of Congress estimates archival-quality (gold film) DVDs as good for at least 20 years.
As with any storage mechanism, if you want long-time archiving, update the media frequently.
Four whole years? Yeah, I'm totally taking YOUR word for it on archive media.
Four years...IMAGINE THAT!
FOUR WHOLE YEARS. Wow.
My mind is boggling. Really.
You don't think there's a clause in the scholarship that lets the school off the hook if they so choose? There certainly should be. The school can and should make restrictions on behavior such as "You must not fail any classes, or we'll rescind your scholarship". "You must not act like a hooligan and brag about it in public" is not too far from that.
Don't like it? Don't take the ride.
I've got little sympathy for the tribulations of "student" athletes. Maybe that makes me a bad person.
First amendment travesty? There are a LOT of first amendment travesties that should be getting attention before this one. This is bread and circuses.
If you want their scholarship, you should play by their rules. If one of the rules is that you have to stand on one foot with one sock on for ten minutes when you wake up every morning, you have to decide whether the scholarship is worth it or not.
Seems pretty simple to me. Play by the rules, get free education. Or don't, and don't.
What's that supposed to mean?
"Without business regulation we see a MORE competitive marketplace"
That's an article of faith, not a well-supported argument.
"Its easy to point the finger and cry that they lied, but is it really a lie if they didn't know any better?"
It's their job to know. I don't much care if they're incompetent or dishonest.
Then again, I take a dim view of the verbal excrement that comes out of most marketing departments...
An idea cannot be "a disaster for physics". Scientists who think that theories are more important than observation and reasoning are "a disaster for physics". Fortunately, it's a disaster with a long history, and physics, somehow, continues to muddle forward.
Good way to sell books. Sloppy way to think.
So, um, don't read them.
That's such a tired argument. I enjoyed Half Life way, way more than I enjoyed Quake. Your mileage may vary, but it's silly to argue that games were better in the Good Old Days.
Remember Sturgeon's Law. 90% of everything is crap. You only remember the good stuff.
Huh. I have exactly the opposite experience. Again: Yay free market.
OK, so you think that Apple products don't give you an adequate return on your investment. Good for you.
If you like shopping at big box stores, that's great. I don't. The Apple Store happens to be convenient for me, and I find the prices reasonable for the value returned. I also happen to have gotten superb customer service.
Have you ever heard of somebody getting superb customer service at a Best Buy?
"A much higher percentage of the apple products is overhead."
And R&D, and design. I think it's worth it. You don't. Go free market.
"Yes, the funny part is that people like you don't realize that the prices on the Apple store are also subsidizing the overhead on the Apple store."
This just doesn't make any sense. Apple did a cost-benefit analysis on starting a retail operation, and obviously somebody with an MBA figured they could move more product. Right, wrong, or indifferent, it seems to be working OK for them.
If you don't want to buy Apple products, great. But saying you don't want to buy them because they operate a retail store is pretty silly. I suppose you don't buy any store-branded products at other retail establishments either, do you? Because that would be, somehow, ostentatious.
You said "carriers", as if there are more than one. Are you familiar with the notion of a cartel?
MMORPGs are just like piracy! The game companies are entitled to that revenue, and it's down right commie pinko TERRORISM to deny them that money!
Somebody get me the President!
Hmm. I didn't seem to have Apple backed into a corner when I broke my iPod (cracked the clickwheel because I bashed it into the corner of a desk while it was in my pocket), and they handed me a new one.
So, (my anecdote)+(your something like an anecdote)=not much, right?
"hirearchically (is that even a word?)"
Yes. You just spelled it incorrectly.
So I'm supposed to do the math with numbers you pulled out of your ass?
Yeah. No.
But if a modded xbox is cheaper than your dedicated, thin client, who cares if there are extra components?