"Sure it looks cool as some guy uses it as a sword, but hey real swords have cylindrical handles for a reason."
Actually, many blades are more rectangular of hilt, which is more ergonomic for the sort of sharp blows a sword makes than a pure "cylinder". (A baseball bat or mace is percussive, the curves being more appropriate in that case.)
Make a partial eagle-claw grip, then make a round cylinder-grabbing hand position. The former is more comfortable than the latter for longer grips due to the design of your hand.
What a coincidence, the rest of us are skipping over fanboy posts such as these. If the Xbox 360 interests us, it is not necessarily at the exclusion of the PS3.
The PS2 and PS1 comments don't mean a thing, as most of us *already own the PS2*.
As much as Microsoft has a lesser image, the "it's from Sony" isn't as much of a draw as you seem to assume.
"Microsoft really messed up in japan with the first xbox, if you dont know games then there would be no obvious reason to think that japan is either a) a hugely influential videogame market or b) that the market and whole videogame culture is significantly different from the west.
It really was a rookie mistake on Microsofts part, surely at some point someone with a clue must of realised that Halo just wasn't going to get the japanese as excited as it did everybody else."
Microsoft wanting a world presence has little to do with their courting of the japanese market. They made the right move in getting their foot in the door, and *then* moving on to games that Japanese gamers may be more interested in.
They established a presence, and had no unrealistic expectations of destroying Sony.
There are also quality audio cable and speaker/amp fabricators that aren't Monster and Bose, and offer a more accurate balance between price/build quality.
"Regarding political participation, perhaps I should have more clearly explained that education about issues is often a prerequisite for activity. If no one knows about a problem, how are they to get involved?"
Political Telemarketing isn't about educating, it's about influencing a vote, "selling" the candidate to the voting "customer".
The calling parties are either uneducated about the issues that matter, or are recorded messages. If they had the capacity to influence others on the issues that matter, they likely wouldn't be making 7/hr in some stuffy call center.
"I think there is a demand for a private DNC registry."
Then why has the demand not been met as of yet, Captain Libertopia?
(Just to note- I voted Libertarian in the last election, however I'm a small-l lib. I believe in governmental reform should be attempted before "revolution".
"I think a problem with relations between the science community and the "common people" is that scientists come off as elitest, which makes a lot of people feel that the work they do is pointless. Considering so much science is funded by the government, ie, 'the people', it only makes sense to make it more appealing to them."
My point is not that we shouldn't bother getting others interested in astrophysics, but that there ought to be more interesting ways to go about it than observance of the constellations.
"I have to laugh at this. You are arguing for protectionism by arguing against protectionism?
My comment had nothing to do with these people making a living -- it had to do with the right to contact people with information."
I'm saying that *they* specifically don't deserve protectionism, it's not hypocritical to value a person's right to avoid commercial or political contact over the "right to contact people with (unrequested) information".
"However, telephone solicitation is very important to business, to charities, and to political organizations. How do we balance their needs with citizens' wants?"
Law Enforcement often leaves criminals unable to pay their rent and feed their children through illegal means.
I don't cry for them, and in a less extreme manner I certianly don't care if others are unable to make their living by harassing me at home. They don't need protectionism.
"In the U.S., the Do Not Call Registry was about as effective as well. The bosses signed up our business phone lines and nothing has really changed. We still get on average of 20-50 solicitation calls a day."
Wrong. It was *very* effective (though certainly not perfect) for home, however businesses are not eligible. You were/are not on the DNC, therefore you will never see a benefit.
"One reason (I'll let you decide if it's a good one) is that it can be used as a bridging point to talk to non-astrophysicists about what you do.
You can say you're studing gamma emissions at some location described by a bunch of numbers and letter (I have no idea how it's described, actually), or instead you say, 'near the handle of the Big Dipper'."
Does it really matter? If hearing "the big dipper" is the only thing that could keep a yokel excited about what you have to say, I don't think it's worth bothering to explain what you do for a living. We're not talking about tax accountants here, unless you're talking to a child or mentally handicapped person, there should be *something* else of interest that you can reference to keep interest.
Hey, even those pale before the embracing of "The Day After Tomorrow" as a rallying point to promote environmentalism. I could see the researchers quoted in support of the movie almost visibly gagging as they gushed their support for that piece of shit.
Sibilance may be a problem with poorly encoded MP3s, not with the Rio. I own an empeg/RioCar which using similar technology has none of those complaints.
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"Sure it looks cool as some guy uses it as a sword, but hey real swords have cylindrical handles for a reason."
Actually, many blades are more rectangular of hilt, which is more ergonomic for the sort of sharp blows a sword makes than a pure "cylinder". (A baseball bat or mace is percussive, the curves being more appropriate in that case.)
Make a partial eagle-claw grip, then make a round cylinder-grabbing hand position. The former is more comfortable than the latter for longer grips due to the design of your hand.
What a coincidence, the rest of us are skipping over fanboy posts such as these. If the Xbox 360 interests us, it is not necessarily at the exclusion of the PS3.
The PS2 and PS1 comments don't mean a thing, as most of us *already own the PS2*.
As much as Microsoft has a lesser image, the "it's from Sony" isn't as much of a draw as you seem to assume.
"Microsoft really messed up in japan with the first xbox, if you dont know games then there would be no obvious reason to think that japan is either a) a hugely influential videogame market or b) that the market and whole videogame culture is significantly different from the west.
It really was a rookie mistake on Microsofts part, surely at some point someone with a clue must of realised that Halo just wasn't going to get the japanese as excited as it did everybody else."
Microsoft wanting a world presence has little to do with their courting of the japanese market. They made the right move in getting their foot in the door, and *then* moving on to games that Japanese gamers may be more interested in.
They established a presence, and had no unrealistic expectations of destroying Sony.
Having used it, I'm sure that you'll agree that it didn't do a very good job at organizing :)
From a fellow Miamian, I would imagine that the santero that owns them casts some sort of anti-cat spell.
Anecdotes *are* useless on the individual scale.
If you consider not being a moron "pretentious", so be it. Such lines of faulty reasoning lead to pseudoscience and illogical conclusions.
False dichotomy. Bose sucks *AND* pseudoscientific "audiophile" companies exist.
There are also quality audio cable and speaker/amp fabricators that aren't Monster and Bose, and offer a more accurate balance between price/build quality.
"Regarding political participation, perhaps I should have more clearly explained that education about issues is often a prerequisite for activity. If no one knows about a problem, how are they to get involved?"
Political Telemarketing isn't about educating, it's about influencing a vote, "selling" the candidate to the voting "customer".
The calling parties are either uneducated about the issues that matter, or are recorded messages. If they had the capacity to influence others on the issues that matter, they likely wouldn't be making 7/hr in some stuffy call center.
I'm sure they'll come up with a private DNC any time now to help him with that.
"I think there is a demand for a private DNC registry."
Then why has the demand not been met as of yet, Captain Libertopia?
(Just to note- I voted Libertarian in the last election, however I'm a small-l lib. I believe in governmental reform should be attempted before "revolution".
"when he called them, they said it takes them a couple days to get parts to Iraq."
Somehow I doubt that.
Unofficially, the TV IV is a new and relatively popular subforum of SA.
A bit, yes. OTOH, it looks better organized, so I'll need to hunt through menus less to access common features.
Now that you mention it, yes.
"I think a problem with relations between the science community and the "common people" is that scientists come off as elitest, which makes a lot of people feel that the work they do is pointless. Considering so much science is funded by the government, ie, 'the people', it only makes sense to make it more appealing to them."
My point is not that we shouldn't bother getting others interested in astrophysics, but that there ought to be more interesting ways to go about it than observance of the constellations.
"I have to laugh at this. You are arguing for protectionism by arguing against protectionism?
My comment had nothing to do with these people making a living -- it had to do with the right to contact people with information."
I'm saying that *they* specifically don't deserve protectionism, it's not hypocritical to value a person's right to avoid commercial or political contact over the "right to contact people with (unrequested) information".
The latter, obviously.
"However, telephone solicitation is very important to business, to charities, and to political organizations. How do we balance their needs with citizens' wants?"
Law Enforcement often leaves criminals unable to pay their rent and feed their children through illegal means.
I don't cry for them, and in a less extreme manner I certianly don't care if others are unable to make their living by harassing me at home. They don't need protectionism.
"In the U.S., the Do Not Call Registry was about as effective as well. The bosses signed up our business phone lines and nothing has really changed. We still get on average of 20-50 solicitation calls a day."
Wrong. It was *very* effective (though certainly not perfect) for home, however businesses are not eligible. You were/are not on the DNC, therefore you will never see a benefit.
Exactly. The media still attended and promoted the event.
"One reason (I'll let you decide if it's a good one) is that it can be used as a bridging point to talk to non-astrophysicists about what you do.
You can say you're studing gamma emissions at some location described by a bunch of numbers and letter (I have no idea how it's described, actually), or instead you say, 'near the handle of the Big Dipper'."
Does it really matter? If hearing "the big dipper" is the only thing that could keep a yokel excited about what you have to say, I don't think it's worth bothering to explain what you do for a living. We're not talking about tax accountants here, unless you're talking to a child or mentally handicapped person, there should be *something* else of interest that you can reference to keep interest.
Hey, even those pale before the embracing of "The Day After Tomorrow" as a rallying point to promote environmentalism. I could see the researchers quoted in support of the movie almost visibly gagging as they gushed their support for that piece of shit.
Enrollment of both did swell, yes.
Sibilance may be a problem with poorly encoded MP3s, not with the Rio. I own an empeg/RioCar which using similar technology has none of those complaints.
Yeah, but is she going to go "HE'S SO DREEEAMY" every time a new guy comes on screen?