I don't understand why this gets such negativity. I for one welcome the change in our stiff way of life. Living in a community makes people responsible and accountable. What happens when you take that away? Big city people. Have you met them? Everyone hates New Yorkers, Parisians, etc. Why? Because they don't live in a community, they're just another 'anon'.
I actually did go to China very recently and the stereotype is very strong. Sure, obese Chinese exist, but literally 99% are thin. But all this is moot as you've fallen into the strawman fallacy.
Isn't it unreasonable to require a warranty longer than a year for a consumer product? Realistically, if the device you bought is defective you should realize it within a few months. But certainly a year is long enough to notice a defect and get a replacement/repair.
Isn't it unreasonable to require your device to work properly for longer than a year. Realistically, if the device breaks down within two years it's poorly fabricated. But certainly if the device breaks down sooner and you have to buy a new one, the company makes more money.
As a Belgian I've seen Test-Achats do many very good things in the name of the consumers to protect them over time. It's no surprise either that not everything that gets accepted in the US gets through in Europe. My question tho would be if the US has anything similar that actively defends the consumers? Non-governmental that is.
I can get the same entertainment value from a copy of a movie or song as I can from the original.
The same thing can be said from your quote: Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
Does that mean I now owe you because I copied your quote and I can get the same entertainment from reading it as the original?
If it doesn't apply to your quote how about a magic trick, an acrobatic move, a cooking recipes? Where do you draw the line? Well you don't, because it's all the same thing. As long as copies leave the original intact, it has no value.
I'm still missing the point, then. Is this not an attempt to make a statement that copied money is equivalent to copied files? Please explain what I've missed, since I'm so stupid and you're so smart.
It's making a statement that by the way MPAA & RIAA considers virtual copies of a film/game/song to be worth as much as the original, you might as well put the same logic to currency. Which doesn't make sense the same way that virtual copies of a film/game/song being worth as much as the original.
The Doomsday clock is such a joke. Right now it's at 5 minutes to midnight, 7 minutes closer to midnight than at the Cuban Missile Crisis. How can anyone take this seriously?
Iran has attacked Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan by supplying weapons to the insurgents, and via its Lebanese puppets it indiscriminately sends rockets into Israel.
And guess who attacked Iraq and Afghanistan in the first place?
Some long-distance train hauls can take more than 7 days.
I don't know what trains you've used but I've done 1000km in a few hours. Any long-distance train that goes at that speed (and they should) isn't any national problem anymore.
Both sides will be crippled beyond repair, the remnants of their armies will continue to battle on ravaged planets, their hatred fueled by over four thousand years of total war. This will be a fight to the death. For each side, the only acceptable outcome will be the complete elimination of the other.
Because the average consumer doesn't want/have time/... to investigate every single thing he buys himself and thus likes to have someone else tell him what to buy, someone who's supposed to know everything about it.
Given that you are an agnostic ('no knowledge') I'm wondering how it is that you feel qualified to comment on the matter? If you have no knowledge in a given subject, does your opinion carry any weight?
Woah, it's been quite a while since I've read something this ignorant.
I don't know where you fetched those numbers but I first of all I haven't seen anyone use decimals with Celsius and I haven't ever seen -12C or below either, let alone -17C so I really wonder what nonsense those 'marks' are supposed to represent. And trying to argue FOR Fahrenheit as a 'ease of use' is just plain ridiculous.
People need to understand what being Introvert actually means. Being social or easily small-talking doesn't make someone extrovert, and you can't be 'extrovert' for this and that but 'introvert' for these. It just doesn't work that way.
Introversion is taking energy in mentally from being alone and being exhausted mentally by exposure to groups for a while.
Extroversion is taking energy in from social interactions while being depleted when alone.
You wouldn't have to be a genius then to come to Susan Cain's conclusion.
I should probably stop believing anything my school science teacher taught me.
The day I learned that the tongue map was actually a myth... boy did hate school for misinforming me like that.
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I don't understand why this gets such negativity. I for one welcome the change in our stiff way of life. Living in a community makes people responsible and accountable. What happens when you take that away? Big city people. Have you met them? Everyone hates New Yorkers, Parisians, etc. Why? Because they don't live in a community, they're just another 'anon'.
I actually did go to China very recently and the stereotype is very strong. Sure, obese Chinese exist, but literally 99% are thin. But all this is moot as you've fallen into the strawman fallacy.
Happy to see common sense, perhaps struggling, but still win. It's long overdue for Europe to stand up to the crumbling US.
My kingdom for a modpoint!
Isn't it unreasonable to require a warranty longer than a year for a consumer product? Realistically, if the device you bought is defective you should realize it within a few months. But certainly a year is long enough to notice a defect and get a replacement/repair.
Isn't it unreasonable to require your device to work properly for longer than a year. Realistically, if the device breaks down within two years it's poorly fabricated. But certainly if the device breaks down sooner and you have to buy a new one, the company makes more money.
As a Belgian I've seen Test-Achats do many very good things in the name of the consumers to protect them over time. It's no surprise either that not everything that gets accepted in the US gets through in Europe. My question tho would be if the US has anything similar that actively defends the consumers? Non-governmental that is.
I can get the same entertainment value from a copy of a movie or song as I can from the original.
The same thing can be said from your quote: Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
Does that mean I now owe you because I copied your quote and I can get the same entertainment from reading it as the original?
If it doesn't apply to your quote how about a magic trick, an acrobatic move, a cooking recipes? Where do you draw the line? Well you don't, because it's all the same thing. As long as copies leave the original intact, it has no value.
That's kinda the point.
That you missed.
Now who's the moron?
I'm still missing the point, then. Is this not an attempt to make a statement that copied money is equivalent to copied files? Please explain what I've missed, since I'm so stupid and you're so smart.
It's making a statement that by the way MPAA & RIAA considers virtual copies of a film/game/song to be worth as much as the original, you might as well put the same logic to currency. Which doesn't make sense the same way that virtual copies of a film/game/song being worth as much as the original.
The Doomsday clock is such a joke. Right now it's at 5 minutes to midnight, 7 minutes closer to midnight than at the Cuban Missile Crisis. How can anyone take this seriously?
Iran has attacked Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan by supplying weapons to the insurgents, and via its Lebanese puppets it indiscriminately sends rockets into Israel.
And guess who attacked Iraq and Afghanistan in the first place?
Trolls trolling trolls.
Where are the mod points when you need them? This should be taught in school.
Some long-distance train hauls can take more than 7 days.
I don't know what trains you've used but I've done 1000km in a few hours. Any long-distance train that goes at that speed (and they should) isn't any national problem anymore.
Both sides will be crippled beyond repair, the remnants of their armies will continue to battle on ravaged planets, their hatred fueled by over four thousand years of total war. This will be a fight to the death. For each side, the only acceptable outcome will be the complete elimination of the other.
How people fail to see the double standard these politicians hold is beyond me.
When did "we" ever make any pretenses about being journalists or any sort of NEWS organization?
Well, you know.... like: "News for nerds, news that matters" perhaps?
Because the average consumer doesn't want/have time/... to investigate every single thing he buys himself and thus likes to have someone else tell him what to buy, someone who's supposed to know everything about it.
Last time I went outside it wasn't freezing here. Maybe not by much, but still not freezing.
Given that you are an agnostic ('no knowledge') I'm wondering how it is that you feel qualified to comment on the matter? If you have no knowledge in a given subject, does your opinion carry any weight?
Woah, it's been quite a while since I've read something this ignorant.
I don't know where you fetched those numbers but I first of all I haven't seen anyone use decimals with Celsius and I haven't ever seen -12C or below either, let alone -17C so I really wonder what nonsense those 'marks' are supposed to represent. And trying to argue FOR Fahrenheit as a 'ease of use' is just plain ridiculous.
They might want you to call it 'lobbying and campaign contributions', I call that outright corruption.
Worst signature I've seen on /. congrats.
People need to understand what being Introvert actually means. Being social or easily small-talking doesn't make someone extrovert, and you can't be 'extrovert' for this and that but 'introvert' for these. It just doesn't work that way. Introversion is taking energy in mentally from being alone and being exhausted mentally by exposure to groups for a while. Extroversion is taking energy in from social interactions while being depleted when alone. You wouldn't have to be a genius then to come to Susan Cain's conclusion.
I should probably stop believing anything my school science teacher taught me. The day I learned that the tongue map was actually a myth... boy did hate school for misinforming me like that.
Am I the only one wanting to scream 'Fermi Paradox!' at the top of my lungs whenever the probability of extraterrestrial life is discussed?