What's worse is that I was reading the biography of Abraham Lincoln, and I got to choose which ending to buy. In the good ending, he drop-kicks the gun out of John Wilkes Booth's hands and ends up dating a former slave who looks like Halle Barry. Something just seemed wrong about the whole deal.
There are times when I have no problem with DLC. For example, I wouldn't expect Rock Band to include every bit of DLC available. In that case, you can see DLC as a way of giving the customer a choice of what content he or she is willing to pay for.
But charging extra for multiplayer mode in a sports game is ridiculous.
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But they are forming these ridiculous "Let's get 1 million people to support/oppose X" groups, which are promptly ignored, because you can find 1 million people to support or oppose nearly anything relevant.
Be confident without being overconfident. Know how to communicate and also when to leave other people alone. Don't be too pessimistic or too optimistic when setting goals. Don't be a pushover, but don't be a dick, either. Be productive, positive, and competent. Always work to improve yourself.
So, to put it another way:
be x, but don't be too much x be y, but don't be too much y be z, but don't be too much z
Agreed. I speak from experience. My first job was for a small company where the bosses loved cars and stuff that I considered "macho B.S.". Was I an elitist? Yes. But, I feel that my problems extended beyond "being the first on the chopping block". It was a fully unsatisfying experience, being the guy who just shows up, pulls his 8 hours, and leaves. I may not be ecstatic about every job I have, but fitting in is now a big requisite when I go on interviews.
(And I admit that I was a snob. I should have tried harder to fit in. You are preparing for the next few years of your life. Do you really want to half of every day alone in a cubicle? Or do you want some social interaction at the water cooler/lunch room/whatever?)
Exactly. And Nintendo's success wasn't by providing the most powerful hardware. Haters were dismissing it as a modded gamecube the day it came out. It was successful because it was fun, original, reasonably priced, and aimed at casual players. If they try to push customers into the standard upgrade cycle by throwing out a new system with a faster CPU and a better graphics card, that isn't going to make it any more fun or original, but it will be more expensive, and drive off some casual players.
De-toy the Happy Meal? That's easy. Just don't put the toy in there.
You may have a point about parents buying a McDouble instead of a cheeseburger (especially when it's a 10 cent price difference, and the regular cheeseburger isn't really promoted).
All I know is that, if you worked for WalMart, and were overly flirtatious toward a 19 year old co-worker, you would probably get fired for sexual harassment. If you were caught luring little boys from the toy department to the back room, is there any likely scenario in which the district manager would have you transferred to another country so you could keep your job and not get prosecuted.*
I would like to see the Catholic Church held up to the same moral standard as your local Walmart, strip club, or any other business in the secular world.
People think I'm wierd because I don't think the weather is interesting. Yes, I know it's hot. Did it rain yesterday? If I really cared, I would have gone outside.
These are idealized suppositions, not actualities. Someone who drinks is not necessarily someone who drives. Drunk driving is still a problem despite the laws, and I know of a person or two injured by drunk drivers.
You are right, that I was conflating the two, but I also stated that this is a problem that cannot be entirely "fixed". You are assuming that if any drunk drivers exist, all our attempts have failed. The question is, "what is the per capita drunk driving rate under one law, vs the rate under a different law, or no law".
As for your solution about punishment after the fact, it may work. I would suggest a work-around for people who quit drinking entirely.
We want less of things we cannot entirely get rid of (alcohol related deaths, for example), and more of things we cannot have in infinite quantities (like money). We also try to find a balance between contradictory values (my freedom to consume alcohol vs your freedom to not be run over). So, yes, it becomes a trade-off. How important is it that I, and a large majority of people like me, get alcohol, or that you, and a small minority of people like you, don't die*? Those are value judgments that science and math cannot answer in an objective fashion.
As for age, that's just a proxy for social responsibility.
* That sounds cruel, but the same question can be asked replacing "alcohol" with driving, leaving the house, playing sports, or hundreds of other activities.
And I also know that these guys are assholes who will look for any excuse to claim victory. I am wondering how many of them were actually confused, and how many of them were claiming standard procedure, while clinging to the numbers that gave them the outcome they wanted.
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But, so what?
If you understand programming, picking up any given language is straightforward.
If you don't understand programming, it doesn't really matter what languages you know.
But why learn VB 6, when you can be learning something useful?
Two states ought to be enough for everybody?
As long as they're not Texas and Arizona.
Can you write that in an XML format so I can autopost it to my facebook, myspace, and twitter pages? </ducks>
What's worse is that I was reading the biography of Abraham Lincoln, and I got to choose which ending to buy. In the good ending, he drop-kicks the gun out of John Wilkes Booth's hands and ends up dating a former slave who looks like Halle Barry. Something just seemed wrong about the whole deal.
There are times when I have no problem with DLC. For example, I wouldn't expect Rock Band to include every bit of DLC available. In that case, you can see DLC as a way of giving the customer a choice of what content he or she is willing to pay for.
But charging extra for multiplayer mode in a sports game is ridiculous.
So I assume you use notepad?
But they are forming these ridiculous "Let's get 1 million people to support/oppose X" groups, which are promptly ignored, because you can find 1 million people to support or oppose nearly anything relevant.
Choice quote from the About Me page:
"... if it contradicts religious beliefs it should not be legal."
Nice...So, under his thinking, marriage is a violation of the First Amendment.
Be confident without being overconfident.
Know how to communicate and also when to leave other people alone.
Don't be too pessimistic or too optimistic when setting goals.
Don't be a pushover, but don't be a dick, either.
Be productive, positive, and competent.
Always work to improve yourself.
So, to put it another way:
be x, but don't be too much x
be y, but don't be too much y
be z, but don't be too much z
:)
Agreed. I speak from experience. My first job was for a small company where the bosses loved cars and stuff that I considered "macho B.S.". Was I an elitist? Yes. But, I feel that my problems extended beyond "being the first on the chopping block". It was a fully unsatisfying experience, being the guy who just shows up, pulls his 8 hours, and leaves. I may not be ecstatic about every job I have, but fitting in is now a big requisite when I go on interviews.
(And I admit that I was a snob. I should have tried harder to fit in. You are preparing for the next few years of your life. Do you really want to half of every day alone in a cubicle? Or do you want some social interaction at the water cooler/lunch room/whatever?)
Exactly. And Nintendo's success wasn't by providing the most powerful hardware. Haters were dismissing it as a modded gamecube the day it came out. It was successful because it was fun, original, reasonably priced, and aimed at casual players. If they try to push customers into the standard upgrade cycle by throwing out a new system with a faster CPU and a better graphics card, that isn't going to make it any more fun or original, but it will be more expensive, and drive off some casual players.
They need to come up with a new innovation first.
No NO NO,
The Steve Job Icon needs to be the man on the big screen from the 1984 video.
With an iPod control interface at the bottom?
De-toy the Happy Meal? That's easy. Just don't put the toy in there.
You may have a point about parents buying a McDouble instead of a cheeseburger (especially when it's a 10 cent price difference, and the regular cheeseburger isn't really promoted).
I'm sure our politicians would never be so careless....
Then you must grow 'em smarter over there than we do over here.
Could we borrow some of your breeding stock?
Why am I hearing the Austin Powers theme song right now?
All I know is that, if you worked for WalMart, and were overly flirtatious toward a 19 year old co-worker, you would probably get fired for sexual harassment. If you were caught luring little boys from the toy department to the back room, is there any likely scenario in which the district manager would have you transferred to another country so you could keep your job and not get prosecuted.*
I would like to see the Catholic Church held up to the same moral standard as your local Walmart, strip club, or any other business in the secular world.
But when did he become opposed to
'multiple forms of degradation and humiliation'
I thought he just preferred to move them around.
If we are to err, I'd rather we erred on the side of clean air than polluted air.
Or to put OP's suggestion another way...
If you're going to use cocaine, be sure to use plenty of downers, so that they cancel each other out.
People think I'm wierd because I don't think the weather is interesting. Yes, I know it's hot. Did it rain yesterday? If I really cared, I would have gone outside.
Promises kept - 110/504 = 21%
Promises broken - 19/504 = 3.8%
Promises "not kept" - 394/504 = 79%
It's all a matter of perspective - which side of the aisle you're looking from.
I would say the numbers are irrelevant until compared with past presidents. And even then, you would still have to ask whether each promise is equal.
These are idealized suppositions, not actualities. Someone who drinks is not necessarily someone who drives. Drunk driving is still a problem despite the laws, and I know of a person or two injured by drunk drivers.
You are right, that I was conflating the two, but I also stated that this is a problem that cannot be entirely "fixed". You are assuming that if any drunk drivers exist, all our attempts have failed. The question is, "what is the per capita drunk driving rate under one law, vs the rate under a different law, or no law".
As for your solution about punishment after the fact, it may work. I would suggest a work-around for people who quit drinking entirely.
We want less of things we cannot entirely get rid of (alcohol related deaths, for example), and more of things we cannot have in infinite quantities (like money). We also try to find a balance between contradictory values (my freedom to consume alcohol vs your freedom to not be run over). So, yes, it becomes a trade-off. How important is it that I, and a large majority of people like me, get alcohol, or that you, and a small minority of people like you, don't die*? Those are value judgments that science and math cannot answer in an objective fashion.
As for age, that's just a proxy for social responsibility.
* That sounds cruel, but the same question can be asked replacing "alcohol" with driving, leaving the house, playing sports, or hundreds of other activities.
And I also know that these guys are assholes who will look for any excuse to claim victory. I am wondering how many of them were actually confused, and how many of them were claiming standard procedure, while clinging to the numbers that gave them the outcome they wanted.
But that's only when your guy is in office, right?
(posting as anon as someone used their 15 modpoints to burn my karma and posting ability for the day. when will slashdot fix that?)
And posting ability? Can bad karma take away your ability to post?
Either you forgot to click "post anonymously", or you, sir, are very brave.