Fundamentalists are, by definition, incapable of learning. They keep doing the same thing over and over again, no matter how many times it fails. Some other group of fundamentalists will fool the people of Kansas into electing them and, being utterly incapable getting it through their thick skulls that the people of Kansas don't want creationism in their public school science classes, they will try to get this crap pushed through again. And they will subsequently be utterly shocked when they are voted out of office in the following election, just like the last two groups of fundies were when they pulled the same thing.
Hot Coffee wasn't an easter egg (I'm defining an easter egg as something intentionally put in by the designers for players to find). It was something they were thinking of adding to the game but decided not to and it was accidentally left on the disk. It is impossible to access it without altering the actual code of the game.
So how do you propose to analyze this information and use it?
I never said it would be easy, or even possible.
you have to divide "the market" into meaningful sub-groups
That's my point. They aren't meaningful. They're arbitrary. Those subgroups are only a way to divide people by physical appearance, which is why it is the first thing that comes to mind when you want to divide people into groups.
So you propose they look at society as a whole and develop everything to be bland and acceptable to everyone?
Way to completely miss my point and put words in my mouth.
What I propose is that they make a wide variety of good, solid stories. You are never going to be able to make something that appeals to everyone, but my point is that which people the entertainment is going to appeal to is not defined by age and gender. It is defined by less obvious things like personality traits and subcultures which cross all age groups and both genders and is much more difficult to analyze.
Corporate America needs to seriously redefine, or possibly even abandon, the whole concept of 'demographics'. The whole idea is fundamentally flawed. It assumes that certain types of games/tv shows/movies only appeal to certain age groups and genders. It is based solely on stereotypes. Not only is it insulting to the consumer and puts crap entertainments on the market, but it is also costing the corporations money, not only in the cost of the demographics 'research' but also in lost potential profits.
The thing that always bothered me about that skit was that the first two things that the waitress mentioned didn't have spam. Egg and bacon, and Egg Sausage and Bacon.
No, no. Of course not. They could computer-generate a perfect replica of what William Shatner looked like when he was 25 and have the model play the part in the movie.
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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Fixed it for you
How are they showing originality if they are just doing what you say?
I disagree.
You're wrong.
THAT was the stupidest thing you could say about bullying.
Did you even bother reading what grandparent posted, or are you really that fucking stupid?
The next big challenge for OpenID proponents is teaching AOL's userbase how to make use of this new technology.
I think I see the flaw in your plan.
Fundamentalists don't want constructive dialog or understanding. They want their arbitrary beliefs to be the ultimate say-so on everything.
Fundamentalists are, by definition, incapable of learning. They keep doing the same thing over and over again, no matter how many times it fails. Some other group of fundamentalists will fool the people of Kansas into electing them and, being utterly incapable getting it through their thick skulls that the people of Kansas don't want creationism in their public school science classes, they will try to get this crap pushed through again. And they will subsequently be utterly shocked when they are voted out of office in the following election, just like the last two groups of fundies were when they pulled the same thing.
Hot Coffee wasn't an easter egg (I'm defining an easter egg as something intentionally put in by the designers for players to find). It was something they were thinking of adding to the game but decided not to and it was accidentally left on the disk. It is impossible to access it without altering the actual code of the game.
The Hawkman, the Quakemaster, the Mighty Steven Hawking don't needs to gives no props to no bitches
these fake blogs or 'flogs' are having a pernicious effect on our tendency to trust what seems genuine.
Good.
You are talking about the intent of the accused. Grandparent is talking about the intent of the lawmakers.
Hmm... I wasn't even thinking in terms of the company that was building the old system. I was thinking more about the government being embarrassed.
But that would certainly speed up the process.
How long will it take for the government to forbid the use of the new device?
Amusing aside:
Using the Bible Code method, you can find a 'prediction' of the death of Princess Diana in the book 'Moby Dick'
Also, Genesis contains the phrase "Darwin got it right"
So how do you propose to analyze this information and use it?
I never said it would be easy, or even possible.
you have to divide "the market" into meaningful sub-groups
That's my point. They aren't meaningful. They're arbitrary. Those subgroups are only a way to divide people by physical appearance, which is why it is the first thing that comes to mind when you want to divide people into groups.
So you propose they look at society as a whole and develop everything to be bland and acceptable to everyone?
Way to completely miss my point and put words in my mouth.
What I propose is that they make a wide variety of good, solid stories. You are never going to be able to make something that appeals to everyone, but my point is that which people the entertainment is going to appeal to is not defined by age and gender. It is defined by less obvious things like personality traits and subcultures which cross all age groups and both genders and is much more difficult to analyze.
Corporate America needs to seriously redefine, or possibly even abandon, the whole concept of 'demographics'. The whole idea is fundamentally flawed. It assumes that certain types of games/tv shows/movies only appeal to certain age groups and genders. It is based solely on stereotypes. Not only is it insulting to the consumer and puts crap entertainments on the market, but it is also costing the corporations money, not only in the cost of the demographics 'research' but also in lost potential profits.
The thing that always bothered me about that skit was that the first two things that the waitress mentioned didn't have spam. Egg and bacon, and Egg Sausage and Bacon.
Maybe I think about this stuff too much.
Isn't that the script that they turned into the movie 'Evolution' starring David Duchovny?
No, no. Of course not. They could computer-generate a perfect replica of what William Shatner looked like when he was 25 and have the model play the part in the movie.
I really, really hope that you're joking.
How the hell did 'plutoed' beat out 'embolden' for word of the year?
Well, I never use any format other than GIFs or JPGs. It's just safer.
I'm a web developer who uses Windows, and I test in Firefox
Of course, most of the time I forget to test in IE.
I thought that we weren't 100% certain that dark matter even exists
Great. Thanks for the post. Now, when the robots do start taking over, they'll know just what to do so that we don't suspect anything.