The vast majority of responders are taking this matter of fact tact with their commnetary, talking about how impractical they are, how "inapporpriate" they are for most of their common uses, etc.
I guess it sounds real practical and smart to only stick to the stats and tangibles... but they are completely missing the HUGE point of SUV's to ALOT of people:
they are a status symbol.
People buy these to havw the best looking biggest vehicle out there. They are the same as sports cars, but justifyable to a family, dad, and even mom. Rich people will still buy them, they will continue to be low gas mileage, expensive to drive, and maybe not the best vehicle for the job.
But cmon, they are still the safest for the people inside, haul a ton of shit, are the best cars to drive from Los anegels to vegas in with a group of people, etc.
Would I buy one? No way... but It's naive to just do all this "im so practical" talk... it doesnt aknowledge the real market reasoning.
I used one to come back from physical therapy after a fighting injury (i do mixed martial arts).
It is a HELL of a workout of your leg muscles, and VERY effective. The workout I get fromt hat is comprable to doing wall sits which are a staple of my boxing class every night.... and your quads get a tremendous burn.
Unless the wii balancing board is somehow deficient, you'd sure as hell get a nice workout.
after i went through therapy with a balancing board, i bought one for home traning the next month.
You do realize we've all heard these complaints before, right?
but seriously, if you're going to complain about people doing stories on interesting professions, lives, etc, then you're in for a shitty entertainment experience going forward.
"Just another example of the lack of imagination from a script writer. Hey, let's create a show about doctors! No wait! How about cops! Uhhhh, got too many of those? Well... fashion? Talent? Housewives? Bummer, all taken? *has another scotch* Oh I know, let's do something that's been done before! Man, I'm good! It sucks.. promote original for God's sake!"
As opposed to how the actual despots in the regions of the world experiencing ethnic cleansing and warlords would act?
The US uses smart bombs designed to NOT kill innocent people, to save the civillian lives. it avoids churches (who am i kidding, mosques), etc. back in the day Hannibal would just start in the north and kill or enslave everyone till he hit the water in the south. Much closer but still back int he day, it was carpet bombing back to the stone age, sorry if we hit the daycare.
No other country has gone to such legth to try and only combat the enemy. unfortunately, the enemy knows that and blends in, uses civilians as sheilds, and pretends to be them, hides in mosques, etc.
Do you really think that swords is going to be fullt autonomous, like there isnt going to be a pilot to make sure. Of course there will be remote control to overide. While things like picking up a body or tracking may be automated, firing will have some sort of control, as do predators. Flight from gps point to gps point is automated, but theres a guy targetting and ultimately making the kill call.
In the end, I dont think we can call these "robots" in the sci-fi typical sense... they are a hybrid between remote control vehicle/aircraft and robot.
Maybe they have to first come up with some unique way to tie the fact this kids blind as loosely as possibly to blind (but otherwise completely unrelated) celebrities to make their case.
Now that would be a challenge.
Not a challenge for you, but for the fed. You're obviously good at it.
The vast majority of people on the net probably have little knowledge of how to bypass the block, and would be helpless to do anything. It may be correct.
The component they seem to miss is the resolve of those people that know how to do it to not only adapt their system to access anything they want, but to then make the fix for it easily accessible to the masses. They are willing to write scripts, make interfaces, patches, websites, directions, etc so that anyone can do it.
Thats the component they miss, and it is not a technical lack of understanding, but a cultural one.
I find it interesting that they decided (probably pretty intelligently) that the eaeiest way to do this project was robotrically, instead of trying to man a mission to antarctica through the winter.
i wonder if the same theory was applied to space travel would a mars mission be logically manned or not?
My guess is just to prove we can, rather than actual practicality, which I'm all for because it pushes out the boundaries of what we know, and sets a goal.
That said, i couldnt help thinking of the similarities of hostile environments. (without the distance issues)
Yeah, but then YOU'D be harder to spot. Think of the massive optics/lenses, accompanying gear needed to power it, communications, orbit maintenance (thrusters), fuel, etc. Now you're getting up there is size. Now supply it with this stuff so it works for years.
It's not just launching a canon elph with a wifi card.:)
In case you wondered as I did... the penalty for being 90% of the pirating...
"Huang was recently sentenced to four years in jail by a Taiwanese court. Three co-defendants received between 18 months and three years in jail. Six individuals were originally arrested in the case."
"its infrared cameras that stream video directly to ground control...which will allow troops to scan enemy targets from 5 kilometers away for up to 45 minutes at a time".
It was then opened with a #2 pencil, and read sitting at a desk by office depot. They examined the contents of the letter while sipping on some folgers coffee.
I just thought we should have all of the important facts of the story here.
Slashdot Mirror
that sounds hot.
meet me at alt.binaries.fetish.feet.voting
Eh, it won't send much of a signal. Around here you can get impeached for a blow job.
The vast majority of responders are taking this matter of fact tact with their commnetary, talking about how impractical they are, how "inapporpriate" they are for most of their common uses, etc.
I guess it sounds real practical and smart to only stick to the stats and tangibles... but they are completely missing the HUGE point of SUV's to ALOT of people:
they are a status symbol.
People buy these to havw the best looking biggest vehicle out there. They are the same as sports cars, but justifyable to a family, dad, and even mom. Rich people will still buy them, they will continue to be low gas mileage, expensive to drive, and maybe not the best vehicle for the job.
But cmon, they are still the safest for the people inside, haul a ton of shit, are the best cars to drive from Los anegels to vegas in with a group of people, etc.
Would I buy one? No way... but It's naive to just do all this "im so practical" talk... it doesnt aknowledge the real market reasoning.
http://inversehiphop.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/prince-creep-live-video/
/. blocks links... so searching fro "prince creep" ... 2nd link at "inversehiphop" has it.
Not sure is
I normally love price when he does covers... not feeling this though.
dear lord, i just saw it.... thats no balance board... thats a fricken scale.
balance board in real traning is awesome... i apoligize for not researching the wii "board" before posting.
I used one to come back from physical therapy after a fighting injury (i do mixed martial arts).
It is a HELL of a workout of your leg muscles, and VERY effective. The workout I get fromt hat is comprable to doing wall sits which are a staple of my boxing class every night.... and your quads get a tremendous burn.
Unless the wii balancing board is somehow deficient, you'd sure as hell get a nice workout.
after i went through therapy with a balancing board, i bought one for home traning the next month.
I doubt anyones going to want to go wake up someone so utterly unimpressed with anything... sorry man.
Dont wait by the phone.
I just hope they dont make me pee to the side to reload. That could get messy.
You do realize we've all heard these complaints before, right?
but seriously, if you're going to complain about people doing stories on interesting professions, lives, etc, then you're in for a shitty entertainment experience going forward.
"Just another example of the lack of imagination from a script writer. Hey, let's create a show about doctors! No wait! How about cops! Uhhhh, got too many of those? Well... fashion? Talent? Housewives? Bummer, all taken? *has another scotch* Oh I know, let's do something that's been done before! Man, I'm good! It sucks.. promote original for God's sake!"
As opposed to how the actual despots in the regions of the world experiencing ethnic cleansing and warlords would act?
The US uses smart bombs designed to NOT kill innocent people, to save the civillian lives. it avoids churches (who am i kidding, mosques), etc. back in the day Hannibal would just start in the north and kill or enslave everyone till he hit the water in the south. Much closer but still back int he day, it was carpet bombing back to the stone age, sorry if we hit the daycare.
No other country has gone to such legth to try and only combat the enemy. unfortunately, the enemy knows that and blends in, uses civilians as sheilds, and pretends to be them, hides in mosques, etc.
Do you really think that swords is going to be fullt autonomous, like there isnt going to be a pilot to make sure. Of course there will be remote control to overide. While things like picking up a body or tracking may be automated, firing will have some sort of control, as do predators. Flight from gps point to gps point is automated, but theres a guy targetting and ultimately making the kill call.
In the end, I dont think we can call these "robots" in the sci-fi typical sense... they are a hybrid between remote control vehicle/aircraft and robot.
Would also likely point out his work in Michael Moore sci-fi films.
Damn, I'm totally independant, but I wish I was republican for a moment, if for nothing else but to throw out that zinger.
AHA! You just got the trademark on the "colour blue".
i got the trademark on the COLOR blue, which is good in the USA, not just across the pond!
Nice try, but shes not going to sleep with you. Even with her shackled on your basement apartment floor... she's still not going to sleep with you.
And no, that amore script your writing isnt going to work on her super advanced compy brain. She's not going to love you.
Sorry I had to be the one to say it.
Maybe they have to first come up with some unique way to tie the fact this kids blind as loosely as possibly to blind (but otherwise completely unrelated) celebrities to make their case.
Now that would be a challenge.
Not a challenge for you, but for the fed. You're obviously good at it.
This is the same story for every movie, they just change the titles and main characters a little.
Alot like hollywood these days.
The vast majority of people on the net probably have little knowledge of how to bypass the block, and would be helpless to do anything. It may be correct.
The component they seem to miss is the resolve of those people that know how to do it to not only adapt their system to access anything they want, but to then make the fix for it easily accessible to the masses. They are willing to write scripts, make interfaces, patches, websites, directions, etc so that anyone can do it.
Thats the component they miss, and it is not a technical lack of understanding, but a cultural one.
I find it interesting that they decided (probably pretty intelligently) that the eaeiest way to do this project was robotrically, instead of trying to man a mission to antarctica through the winter.
i wonder if the same theory was applied to space travel would a mars mission be logically manned or not?
My guess is just to prove we can, rather than actual practicality, which I'm all for because it pushes out the boundaries of what we know, and sets a goal.
That said, i couldnt help thinking of the similarities of hostile environments. (without the distance issues)
Yeah, but then YOU'D be harder to spot. Think of the massive optics/lenses, accompanying gear needed to power it, communications, orbit maintenance (thrusters), fuel, etc. Now you're getting up there is size. Now supply it with this stuff so it works for years.
:)
It's not just launching a canon elph with a wifi card.
In case you wondered as I did... the penalty for being 90% of the pirating...
"Huang was recently sentenced to four years in jail by a Taiwanese court. Three co-defendants received between 18 months and three years in jail. Six individuals were originally arrested in the case."
I wonder how rich they are off it.
"its infrared cameras that stream video directly to ground control...which will allow troops to scan enemy targets from 5 kilometers away for up to 45 minutes at a time".
Yeah, it sounds like that camera sucks.
it's the price we pay for being safe from T E R R O R I S M .
When you type terrorism all freaky and forboding like that, it makes me want to vote for bush. He's not even running. wth?
why dont you ever hear of these things.... which are WAY more seemingly complicated and amazing and "improbable", as the proof that god exists?
oh yeah, that would be horrific.
"IBM answered by sending a letter via FedEx."
It was then opened with a #2 pencil, and read sitting at a desk by office depot. They examined the contents of the letter while sipping on some folgers coffee.
I just thought we should have all of the important facts of the story here.
I read thais as a star trek item with a VOGON 3200 Speech Recognizer.
Vogon would be pretty impressive.
Profits?
We're talking about ford, right?
I think you mean hit them with more losses.