I hadn't read the book, and I had no idea it was Veidt that killed the Comedian. So maybe it was a little bit of fanboy love (fanboys get to be 'in' on it early in the movie). Or maybe I just missed it.
Re:I think you jumped the gun a little.
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Yes, much better to expect some lardass farting, and some joker complaining that it was really long (I went yesterday, and heard some lardass behind me fart a couple of times, and some whiny asshole said, during a quiet scene, "is this ever going to end").
Discoverable is probably better than intuitive (but once you know where to look for command help, and about conventions, command line stuff gets more discoverable, but not as immediately so).
Only a portion of the auction receipts were allocated to the coupon program (probably based on some estimate of the demand for converters). Really, it is a good thing that the FCC didn't have to deposit the auction funds in a 'converter box' account, and then move the funds after the program was complete (it is just a little unfortunate that the estimate was wrong).
It doesn't have to be full natural language, the machine can have a vocabulary. My point was that rather than replacing buttons, which is slow and painful, a voice interface can do things like search for what you said ([Play][the most recent][Colbert] could be pretty accurately handled with a simple heuristic; the mechanism for deciding when to respond to sounds would be more difficult).
Or just don't worry about obviously crazy people (unless they are coming at you with a knife or something). For the most part, the quietly crazy are much more dangerous.
You can activate a net10 phone without giving them any personal info (depending on whether you think that giving them a zip code to activate in is personal info).
Of course, they will still have a record of your calls and such, but it won't be attached to your name (and even normal people would be pissed off if they found out that their phone company was routinely selling their call history).
Also, whoever they buy airtime from (I think it is AT&T) is making money.
"UP. UP. UP. UP. DOWN." is a nightmare. "Play the most recent Colbert." is a dream.
Much of the problem stems from trying to bolt a new control system onto the old interface, rather than creating a new interface that works well with the new control. Facial gestures for control sounds dumb, but I wouldn't mind a television that turned down the volume if I stopped paying attention.
Also, reread my post in context; op said: "When I play games for a long stint I practically only eat fruit, and my body still screams at me to go and do a workout."
I was pointing out that this is essentially equivalent to "When I play games for a long stint I practically only eat sugar, and my body still screams at me to go and do a workout.", which isn't exactly stunning.
I believe that something like half of people would stop going to movies if those conditions were imposed. Probably more. That isn't going to be good for revenues.
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Really? When was it more valuable?
(and more to the point, when was there more worthwhile content? There is certainly more worthless content today, but the amount of content has grown considerably, so there is plenty of room for there to be more worthwhile content available.)
That's magical accounting. First, (hopefully) there is some value derived from the sitting and drooling. Second, as a practical matter, 100% of the time is not going to be opportunity cost (because paid work does not magically appear out of the ether any time you with to do paid work (note that television programming does magically appear out of the ether any time you want to watch television)).
There are also DVD sales and overseas licensing (I have no idea what the proportions are, but you can bet that the programmers are taking them into account).
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I hadn't read the book, and I had no idea it was Veidt that killed the Comedian. So maybe it was a little bit of fanboy love (fanboys get to be 'in' on it early in the movie). Or maybe I just missed it.
Yes, much better to expect some lardass farting, and some joker complaining that it was really long (I went yesterday, and heard some lardass behind me fart a couple of times, and some whiny asshole said, during a quiet scene, "is this ever going to end").
Discoverable is probably better than intuitive (but once you know where to look for command help, and about conventions, command line stuff gets more discoverable, but not as immediately so).
You can treat that kind of cancer with M&M's.
Only a portion of the auction receipts were allocated to the coupon program (probably based on some estimate of the demand for converters). Really, it is a good thing that the FCC didn't have to deposit the auction funds in a 'converter box' account, and then move the funds after the program was complete (it is just a little unfortunate that the estimate was wrong).
If you started doing mountains of blow again, you would think everything was great again.
It doesn't have to be full natural language, the machine can have a vocabulary. My point was that rather than replacing buttons, which is slow and painful, a voice interface can do things like search for what you said ([Play][the most recent][Colbert] could be pretty accurately handled with a simple heuristic; the mechanism for deciding when to respond to sounds would be more difficult).
The miniSD thing isn't that big a thing:
4GB for $8:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211343
16GB for $42 (which is only about $12 out of line with regular size SDHC)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134912
Knobs and things:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMeSw00n3Ac
Or just don't worry about obviously crazy people (unless they are coming at you with a knife or something). For the most part, the quietly crazy are much more dangerous.
You can activate a net10 phone without giving them any personal info (depending on whether you think that giving them a zip code to activate in is personal info).
Of course, they will still have a record of your calls and such, but it won't be attached to your name (and even normal people would be pissed off if they found out that their phone company was routinely selling their call history).
Also, whoever they buy airtime from (I think it is AT&T) is making money.
"UP. UP. UP. UP. DOWN." is a nightmare. "Play the most recent Colbert." is a dream.
Much of the problem stems from trying to bolt a new control system onto the old interface, rather than creating a new interface that works well with the new control. Facial gestures for control sounds dumb, but I wouldn't mind a television that turned down the volume if I stopped paying attention.
Also, reread my post in context; op said: "When I play games for a long stint I practically only eat fruit, and my body still screams at me to go and do a workout."
I was pointing out that this is essentially equivalent to "When I play games for a long stint I practically only eat sugar, and my body still screams at me to go and do a workout.", which isn't exactly stunning.
I wasn't trying to stop people eating fruit.
A pound of sugar has even more calories than the candy you mentioned. That other thing are worse doesn't make fruit good.
"Some guy told you"? Cripes.
Fruit isn't really a good food. It is nice that there are some vitamins, but it is mostly sugar.
As with everything, moderation is key.
BSG is crap too.
It's like Dragonball Z, except without the plot.
The comment I replied to was written as if the TV licensing is the only source of revenue.
I bet it is because the U.S. had the best photos of China.
I believe that something like half of people would stop going to movies if those conditions were imposed. Probably more. That isn't going to be good for revenues.
Really? When was it more valuable?
(and more to the point, when was there more worthwhile content? There is certainly more worthless content today, but the amount of content has grown considerably, so there is plenty of room for there to be more worthwhile content available.)
That's magical accounting. First, (hopefully) there is some value derived from the sitting and drooling. Second, as a practical matter, 100% of the time is not going to be opportunity cost (because paid work does not magically appear out of the ether any time you with to do paid work (note that television programming does magically appear out of the ether any time you want to watch television)).
There are also DVD sales and overseas licensing (I have no idea what the proportions are, but you can bet that the programmers are taking them into account).
You should proudly pay more and have them turn on more streams for overseas viewers (to make you even more proud).
We probably live in the same world, but you are having, oh, so much more fun.