Well, then he should have goten out of movies.
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Review: A.I.
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DUh. Make porn or snuff films if you are into exploration.
Tell it to the dead coal miners.
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Dial U for Union
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Maybe not for computers, but unions are a good thing. You need to realize who sets your wages, your company. I just got hired, and they froze my wages. Funny stuff people. Thay're expanding, and they froze my wages. Even funnier. I can't easily move around because I don't make that much, and have a no compete clause. Guess what? I stuck. I could use a union. I am a news videographer, and there really aren't that many of us around, so jobs are scarce. Feel that love.
You know, you shouldn't restrict the sale of Nazi memorabilia... you should restrict the sale of striped shirts, berets, and skinny ass little cigarettes. NEVER TRUST A SOCIETY THAT WORRIES MORE ABOUT THEIR BREAD THAN THEIR FREEDOMS. They are the equivalent of the fat kid hurling insults at you as the bus pulls away. Don't listen.
He has a good point about accountability, and the legal ramifications of altering someone else's copywright. THIS IS THE STUFF OF A WONDERFUL, EXCPENSIVE, PAINFUL MS LAWSUIT. Apply liberally.
I REMEMBER there was a game that Bond played with a nemesis that almost electrocuted him in Never Say Never Again.
Unfortunately, my boss won't play me in video games.
Like the first Superpower to bankrupt itself without a war... or how about the first country to bang a shoe one the UN table. OOOOOOOOR... how about the first Superpower in the world where you can't get heating oil in the Northern Latitudes? Yeah, I'm really concerned about national pride when I look at that sterling space monkey record. BUT I'm not a complete troll. THEY KEPT THE MIR TOGETHER WITH DUCT TAPE FOR YEARS, and that, my friend is no small feat keeping a space station afloat for years after expiration date, in an impossible economic climate. The Russians need some serious applause for that one. Whoop it up, peeps.
Perl? Perl Harbor? Wow. Gotta unhook occasionally there buddy. Crawl out of the programming pod, 'cause that subconscious is a gettin' to yer spellin'.:P
Oh, I get it. We are supposed to be civilized with cold-blooded butchers. Calm the fears of those in the gas chambers. Please. I'm sorry you're German. Yes, German regulars were good people like you and me, and got slaughtered. But the big difference is that we didn't start this. IF we hadn't got involved, you, and an entire German-speaking continent would be sitting around thinking of plans for wiping out the blacks, then the French, then anyone else that didn't fit in. If you are in the slightest way different than most in your country, then I would consider an apology for the fact that you are even alive... thanks to our dead grandfathers. I REALLY HATE THE FACT THAT WE ARE GETTING BASHED FOR PUTTING OUR GRANDFATHERS GENERATION ON THE LINE TO PREVENT WORLD WIDE GENOCIDE... people often can't fathom 7 MILLION PLUS dead, just because they were Jews. Screw historical takes. I know it is not fashionable around here, but I AM A PATRIOT. I've seen a lot of anti-patriot stuff around here, and well, then move some where else if you don't like it. Don't just vacation, do it. Live in a German or Japanese HIVE, or deal with life in a lawless country, you bastards. Don't be your standard petulant, bitchy/. anti-conventionalist... put your money where your mouth is. I ain't movin' anywhere without a Bill of Rights, so stick it kids. MOVE YOU WHINERS. Be a man.
Ahh, there is nothing better than the quick and satisfying simple downfield pass that requires 4 menu screens and a 116-thousand freaking button presses.
Then the little bastard calls an audible, and goes into a thousand seperate screens, AGAIN.
AIIIIIEEEEEE!!! YARS REVENGE!!! I NEED ONE BUTTON!!! JUUUUUST ONE FRIGGIN' BUTTON!!!
Y'know what? While we're at it, I have like tried for two days to get Tribes2 back up and running, and guess what? THEY'VE BEEN A TINKERIN' WITH IT SO DAMN MUCH, they destroyed the auto-update and moved the gaming server information on the same day. Wow. I have never seen such a colossal f*up like that ever. NOT ONLY CAN I NOT GET INTO THE GAME, MY COMPUTER WON'T BE ABLE TO FIND THE SERVERS WHEN THEY GET THERE. So Now that, my friends, is genius at work. An online game that neither is a game now, nor online. The funniest part? I use the most common parts to my box, so that these f*ups don't affect me. Oh, and I have Exile, and its great... I just happen to be going through the same things with Tribes2.
I remember reading somehting about this somewhere that was bashing edutainment materials, and it said and made two very specific points about child development: That (1) intelligence is genetic and fixed, and that the intelligent ones will seek out information regardless of the circumstances, so therefore allowing them to play and be children was infinitely more important than cramming learning down their throat. And the other reason (2) was that interacting with other children let them go through the emotional stages of life faster than isolated (or self-isolating) individuals, and kept them emotionally well balanced. The study said that emotional well balance and the ability to handle stresses with others was the highest indicator of success as well. We-heeeeel then, it seems that all of this intelligence for intelligence sake is simply nerd crap, and that we often forget that we are truly in the antfarm. Smarts are already there; take the kid to soccer practice.
Wait a minute! I thought we were talking about prOn? Since when did the protection of minors from materials like prOn get into the conversation about that "mouthing off case" that everyone is upset about? Just because some cop had a bad day, we are dealing with this? Please stick to the subject, and I understand about the other case, really. You forget one little fact about prOn on the net... that now you don't go searching for pron, THE PRoN FINDS YOU! Trip up once, click on a link that is misleading, and all of the sudden it opens up a thousand screens, Hooooooray! MY KIDS NEED TO SEE THIS! YES, You're right. You're all right. This is certainly a first amedment issue when these bastards decide to trick my five year old into thinking all women are sluts for a buck, and yes, even better, hijacking my computer to do it. This is not the test model for freedoms. The fact that they intrude on our freedom of information with trickery does not qualify them as protected citizens. Please find some better people to hold up a First Amendment Case. At least Larry Flint didn't try to advertise so much, he just sold. Its fine to sell, (heck this is America, pull off some stunts too!) it is another thing entirely to try to trick someone into seeing what they might not want to choose to talk to their five year old about... JUUUUST YET. "DADDY... what's a c*** hungry super d*** munching b****? Its right here under Pikachu. Is she really 12 years old?"
I reserve the right to have my talks with children not interrupted by hidden nasty banner ads. Sorry about the rant.
And I mean it. Note the silly way that he backhands the citizens of the USA. Like we're all idiots. He probably lives in a country that gets a big fat foreign aid check from the USA, or worse, was in a country that we had to defend from totalitarianism. These are the SOBs of the world. The ones that believe the hype. THE ONES THAT SPIT IN AN AMERICAN'S FOOD OVERSEAS JUST ON "GENERAL PRINCIPLE." Basically, the ones that can't think for themselves... caught up in nationalism, or worse racism. Our grandfathers died defending these little trolls, to give them the freedom to spit in our faces, and tell us that "it is fortunate that they don't know any Americans." Then get over it, prick, and realize that people are nice the world over, they are just sometimes programmed to hate for no apparent reason or in the absence of true knowledge, like you are. Americans are a very kind and gentle people, a people that are more concerned about people's freedoms across the world than the world is concerned about them. Please don't spead anti-American sentiment without telling what country you come from, its just not sporting.
I am a televixen person and a local newsman, and all I hear is a bunch of whiny bastards that have never noticed how hard it is to appeal to the fickle Roman Colloseum that is television. How do you fix TV? Too stupid? PBS ALL THE TIME. Uhhh, NO. Too smart? WB all the time? NOT. TOO VIOLENT? THEN ITS CRAP CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING. TOO TAME? THEN IT IS "MOVIES FOR GUYS THAT LIKE MOVIES." You can't win. TV is very personal, and therefore you will have a reaction, that is secretly why you all like it. That is why there should be a variety. And please stop complaining about sitcoms... we all know they suck.
By making everything encrypted, it makes circumvention so darned time consuming that the average Joe doesn't want to waste the time. This is just like pushing someone under with a pile of lawsuits that are frivolous and useless.
At the end of the day, when no one will watch tewlevision because of all of this Sh*t, then the end will come for them. They have spelled their doom early.
Obviously, you haven't mined coal.
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Go be a coalminer, jerk. Don't talk about the hardworking people the world over that bust ass to let the executives play golf on the profits.
Some jobs are the pits. Literally. And to think that the power that runs your precious computer had to be personally dragged out of the earth by somebody... they surely don't need unions. Its only a dangerous job that hasn't changed much in centuries. I, being the child of unskilled trolls that you speak of only lost a grandfather to that business in a cave in. Yes, you are absolutely right about unions. We don't need to protect those poor, uneducated, loser workers. Hell, they're stupid. Because they are uneducated, I doubt they are human... they should at least be treated in a subhuman fashion.
In Indiana, where coal miners do exsist, a multibillion dollar corporation changed its name so that it could appear on paper as a different entity, and not pay the miners that survived that lifestyle their pensions. They got away with it. They surely don't need protection.
You need to rethink your pathetic opinion of other human beings, and think a little less about yourself.
So you are saying that you are better than the masses because you are a geek? Christ, wake up. That is the kind of dangerous thinking that gave us Mr. Gates in the first place. When you think that you are better, then the truth is, you feel that everyone around you is "fair game." The real reason that Gates runs around like a James Bond villian is exactly because he likes to torture others, and control their lives. Don't be one of those bastards. Don't think that you are special, and especially because you are a computer dOOd. Worry about getting a wife, she'll cut you down to size.
Now I never thought that Microsoft would want to be in the middle of the music business like that, but it does make sense. And you know what? IT SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME. Why is it that we can't seem to all agree instead of M$ bullying us with the newest standards? Man, they bother the hell out of me. The other day I saw a bumper sticker that said, "MP3 is not a crime." I personally laughed, thinking about the people that defend Napster's obvious teft. Now I'm not laughing. I can't wait until the toilets I use have to have MS authentification, and have to hold it when there is a lag spike.
Are these digital pacemakers? Great, then you have software and hardware issues, right? IANApacemaker expert. But I have a divergent opinion about all of this.
This brings up an interestig question of maintenance. A LOT of my friends are television engineers and have been complaining about "digital" for years. I am a television photographer, and ultimately I despise anything digital. THE REASON? It gets in the way. REALLY. It should be digital in the edit... but get it the hell away from the cameras. Stop complicating simple things... because right now it is worse than traditional videotape. YES, because of computers, it has actually made TV worse... more time consuming and quirky.
My job is photography... I am not a software engineer... nor do I want to be. I need to focus on my work to make it visually appealing and tell a story instead of tracking bugs and patches. It is not "transparent" to fix anything on a digital video camera (OLD DAYS: ohhh, here is where the circuit board fried, let me get the soldering iron. NEW DAYS: let me check all of the circuits, and the software, I'll get back to you in a week when I find out where they aren't talking). Now you have to check all of the hardware, then do the software... ugggh. Here's the rub: THE QUALITY OF THESE CAMERAS IS NEGLIGABLE TO THEIR ANALOG COUNTERPARTS. Video cameras have set qualities set by hardware, the software really doesn't even need to be there. There are several television standards, but they all look about the same to the consumer, unless they are a/.er who bought a high-definition and surround sound... but most people even then can't really tell, nor should they care. People like TV, not the television.
So here is my question... a pacemaker regulates heartbeat exactly the same either analog or digital. So what is the distinct advantage to having a device like that with a programmable brain if the others work exactly the same? Don't we tweak analogs too? It seems to be similar to my television dilemma, that the powers that be almost always need to make something more complicated than it possibly needs to be... and therefore gumming up the works with unneeded repairs and down time.
Its the old VW bug argument. You still see them around. Why? 'Cause they are uncomplicated... more importantly, you don't need to hook them up to a computer to fix them. You need screwdrivers and a socket set. It is a superior design. Think design first.
With the people that can witness this, and the eventual selling of advertising space in the games portion of this idea... you get *KA-CHING*- PROFESSIONAL SPORTS QUALITY GAMERS. That's right!!! Look forward to televised clan drafts on ESPN2. Rolling tickers of stats like NASCAR. Whiny gamers that go free agent, and then only perform when their contracts are up. Wheaties box covers with fat smelly guys. Custom posters and pillowcases with "I OWN JOOOO!!!" and "I rOxOr!!!" emblazoned with your favorite character. Plebian catchphrases like, "Can you smell what the flamethrower is cookin?" Mouse doping. Caffeine screening. People who eventually can't afford to pay for a family of four to go to a match. Gamers that get famous and then decide they need to sell albums too, or make movies with Bugs Bunny. The fact that somehow Bo Jackson will be good at Quake and Tribes. And of course, force feedback injuries that knock you out for the whole season, and the fact that some celebrity gamer will always whine about "LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGG!!!!"
My money for return on inverstment will always be on Nintendo. Honestly, there isn't a game company that hasn't felt the wrath recently of Mr. Bill and his money, and well, Nintendo is finacially sound. This is a huge deal in a business that has probably all of it invested in entertainment, which is extremely risky. Nintendo hasn't died because it is cautious, and it knows when to take profit. Someone please back me up on this one with some financial figures, I've seen them on/. before. Nintendo is watching and plays well... conservative, but still plays well. Wow... I can't believe all of the people that think that those resident evil games are even fun at all, and some of that other "in a room searchin" crap that Sony licenses. I see this whole debate differently than most. I think that Pikachu is great for kids, cause they're like pets and fun. Blowing off dino heads with a shogun from a parent's perspective is terrible for kids. Nintendo has made the better decision, they'll be fine. Games are mostly for little kids. We gripe cause we're all nerds that never grew up.
Its American responsibility, I think. If you can't stand the responsibility of taking harsh criticism, then stay out of a public forum. You in a sense, waive your right for others to hold comments back when you get into the public forum. There is precious little to say that the company (unfortunately, like most dot coms, accessible practically everywhere and IS PUBLIC) wasn't doomed from the start... and this lawsuit is vindication and a retrieval of investment on a bad business idea in an unstable market. Please remember, with freedo comes responsibility, and usually, most jerks insulate their lives and practices with lawyers. Twenty-three people might have had a beef with them, but honestly, there are probably 23 people I can think of off of the top of my head that would love to see me burn personally as well, and I go out of my way to avoid bad opinions. These things are unavoidable. They didn't ruin the company.
You are saying that there should be accountability for people who post stock tips or opinions anonymously on the internet and cause people to lose money?
WHAT, ALL OF THE SUDDEN THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE FACT YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN TRUST A COMPLETE SET OF STRANGERS THAT DON'T IDENTIFY THEMSELVES? Please, ctrl-alt-del your mind and reformat, your sense of accountability needs to be reset.
Honestly, if the cops were chasing after the REAL CRIMINALS as you say, we would be up to our eyeballs in petty theft, burglary, and other non-viloent offenses SO FAST THAT YOU MIGHT END UP HAVING TO GET A GUN TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY FROM EVERYONE COMING AND TAKING IT FIVE MINUTES LATER. It proliferates the idea of "ah, screw it" when it comes to things like drunk driving, speeding with a bus with kids in the back, dangerous negligence, etc. The gig with the libertarian no-drug enforcement issue is that drugs are bad. I mean this. 80% of all violent crime is committed under the comission of or influence of drugs. Drugs are the core reason why we kill each other right now; youmight be able to handle drugs, most people can't. That is the unfortunate fact. Deregulating them will cause pandemonium. More dropouts, more stealing, more desperate street killings, even if legal. Keep in mind that drugs make you into a person that loses inhibitions or behaves in an abnormal way. You don't need to be in that state when you find out that your wife wants a divorce. Cops are good people, they are protectors. Most cops are not crooked, so don't assume that they are. The officer in Cinci probably thought that he was reaching for a gun. If he shot someone intentionally in the back, he WILL GO TO JAIL. In Indiana, a state trooper went to jail for killing a man in a vehicular accident when he was angry and driving in a negligent fashion. HAVE SOME FAITH. And keep in mind that a cop got shot at in Cinci the other day, probably preventing looting and other petty crimes that you say they shouldn't be enforcing.
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DUh. Make porn or snuff films if you are into exploration.
Maybe not for computers, but unions are a good thing. You need to realize who sets your wages, your company. I just got hired, and they froze my wages. Funny stuff people. Thay're expanding, and they froze my wages. Even funnier. I can't easily move around because I don't make that much, and have a no compete clause. Guess what? I stuck. I could use a union. I am a news videographer, and there really aren't that many of us around, so jobs are scarce. Feel that love.
You know, you shouldn't restrict the sale of Nazi memorabilia... you should restrict the sale of striped shirts, berets, and skinny ass little cigarettes. NEVER TRUST A SOCIETY THAT WORRIES MORE ABOUT THEIR BREAD THAN THEIR FREEDOMS. They are the equivalent of the fat kid hurling insults at you as the bus pulls away. Don't listen.
He has a good point about accountability, and the legal ramifications of altering someone else's copywright. THIS IS THE STUFF OF A WONDERFUL, EXCPENSIVE, PAINFUL MS LAWSUIT. Apply liberally.
I REMEMBER there was a game that Bond played with a nemesis that almost electrocuted him in Never Say Never Again. Unfortunately, my boss won't play me in video games.
Looks like the price of Civilization III just went up, A LITTLE BIT.
Like the first Superpower to bankrupt itself without a war... or how about the first country to bang a shoe one the UN table. OOOOOOOOR... how about the first Superpower in the world where you can't get heating oil in the Northern Latitudes? Yeah, I'm really concerned about national pride when I look at that sterling space monkey record. BUT I'm not a complete troll. THEY KEPT THE MIR TOGETHER WITH DUCT TAPE FOR YEARS, and that, my friend is no small feat keeping a space station afloat for years after expiration date, in an impossible economic climate. The Russians need some serious applause for that one. Whoop it up, peeps.
Perl? Perl Harbor? Wow. Gotta unhook occasionally there buddy. Crawl out of the programming pod, 'cause that subconscious is a gettin' to yer spellin'. :P
Oh, I get it. We are supposed to be civilized with cold-blooded butchers. Calm the fears of those in the gas chambers. Please. I'm sorry you're German. Yes, German regulars were good people like you and me, and got slaughtered. But the big difference is that we didn't start this. IF we hadn't got involved, you, and an entire German-speaking continent would be sitting around thinking of plans for wiping out the blacks, then the French, then anyone else that didn't fit in. If you are in the slightest way different than most in your country, then I would consider an apology for the fact that you are even alive... thanks to our dead grandfathers. I REALLY HATE THE FACT THAT WE ARE GETTING BASHED FOR PUTTING OUR GRANDFATHERS GENERATION ON THE LINE TO PREVENT WORLD WIDE GENOCIDE... people often can't fathom 7 MILLION PLUS dead, just because they were Jews. Screw historical takes. I know it is not fashionable around here, but I AM A PATRIOT. I've seen a lot of anti-patriot stuff around here, and well, then move some where else if you don't like it. Don't just vacation, do it. Live in a German or Japanese HIVE, or deal with life in a lawless country, you bastards. Don't be your standard petulant, bitchy /. anti-conventionalist... put your money where your mouth is. I ain't movin' anywhere without a Bill of Rights, so stick it kids. MOVE YOU WHINERS. Be a man.
Ahh, there is nothing better than the quick and satisfying simple downfield pass that requires 4 menu screens and a 116-thousand freaking button presses. Then the little bastard calls an audible, and goes into a thousand seperate screens, AGAIN. AIIIIIEEEEEE!!! YARS REVENGE!!! I NEED ONE BUTTON!!! JUUUUUST ONE FRIGGIN' BUTTON!!!
Y'know what? While we're at it, I have like tried for two days to get Tribes2 back up and running, and guess what? THEY'VE BEEN A TINKERIN' WITH IT SO DAMN MUCH, they destroyed the auto-update and moved the gaming server information on the same day. Wow. I have never seen such a colossal f*up like that ever. NOT ONLY CAN I NOT GET INTO THE GAME, MY COMPUTER WON'T BE ABLE TO FIND THE SERVERS WHEN THEY GET THERE. So Now that, my friends, is genius at work. An online game that neither is a game now, nor online. The funniest part? I use the most common parts to my box, so that these f*ups don't affect me. Oh, and I have Exile, and its great... I just happen to be going through the same things with Tribes2.
I remember reading somehting about this somewhere that was bashing edutainment materials, and it said and made two very specific points about child development: That (1) intelligence is genetic and fixed, and that the intelligent ones will seek out information regardless of the circumstances, so therefore allowing them to play and be children was infinitely more important than cramming learning down their throat. And the other reason (2) was that interacting with other children let them go through the emotional stages of life faster than isolated (or self-isolating) individuals, and kept them emotionally well balanced. The study said that emotional well balance and the ability to handle stresses with others was the highest indicator of success as well. We-heeeeel then, it seems that all of this intelligence for intelligence sake is simply nerd crap, and that we often forget that we are truly in the antfarm. Smarts are already there; take the kid to soccer practice.
Wait a minute! I thought we were talking about prOn? Since when did the protection of minors from materials like prOn get into the conversation about that "mouthing off case" that everyone is upset about? Just because some cop had a bad day, we are dealing with this? Please stick to the subject, and I understand about the other case, really. You forget one little fact about prOn on the net... that now you don't go searching for pron, THE PRoN FINDS YOU! Trip up once, click on a link that is misleading, and all of the sudden it opens up a thousand screens, Hooooooray! MY KIDS NEED TO SEE THIS! YES, You're right. You're all right. This is certainly a first amedment issue when these bastards decide to trick my five year old into thinking all women are sluts for a buck, and yes, even better, hijacking my computer to do it. This is not the test model for freedoms. The fact that they intrude on our freedom of information with trickery does not qualify them as protected citizens. Please find some better people to hold up a First Amendment Case. At least Larry Flint didn't try to advertise so much, he just sold. Its fine to sell, (heck this is America, pull off some stunts too!) it is another thing entirely to try to trick someone into seeing what they might not want to choose to talk to their five year old about... JUUUUST YET. "DADDY... what's a c*** hungry super d*** munching b****? Its right here under Pikachu. Is she really 12 years old?" I reserve the right to have my talks with children not interrupted by hidden nasty banner ads. Sorry about the rant.
And I mean it. Note the silly way that he backhands the citizens of the USA. Like we're all idiots. He probably lives in a country that gets a big fat foreign aid check from the USA, or worse, was in a country that we had to defend from totalitarianism. These are the SOBs of the world. The ones that believe the hype. THE ONES THAT SPIT IN AN AMERICAN'S FOOD OVERSEAS JUST ON "GENERAL PRINCIPLE." Basically, the ones that can't think for themselves... caught up in nationalism, or worse racism. Our grandfathers died defending these little trolls, to give them the freedom to spit in our faces, and tell us that "it is fortunate that they don't know any Americans." Then get over it, prick, and realize that people are nice the world over, they are just sometimes programmed to hate for no apparent reason or in the absence of true knowledge, like you are. Americans are a very kind and gentle people, a people that are more concerned about people's freedoms across the world than the world is concerned about them. Please don't spead anti-American sentiment without telling what country you come from, its just not sporting.
I am a televixen person and a local newsman, and all I hear is a bunch of whiny bastards that have never noticed how hard it is to appeal to the fickle Roman Colloseum that is television. How do you fix TV? Too stupid? PBS ALL THE TIME. Uhhh, NO. Too smart? WB all the time? NOT. TOO VIOLENT? THEN ITS CRAP CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING. TOO TAME? THEN IT IS "MOVIES FOR GUYS THAT LIKE MOVIES." You can't win. TV is very personal, and therefore you will have a reaction, that is secretly why you all like it. That is why there should be a variety. And please stop complaining about sitcoms... we all know they suck.
By making everything encrypted, it makes circumvention so darned time consuming that the average Joe doesn't want to waste the time. This is just like pushing someone under with a pile of lawsuits that are frivolous and useless. At the end of the day, when no one will watch tewlevision because of all of this Sh*t, then the end will come for them. They have spelled their doom early.
Go be a coalminer, jerk. Don't talk about the hardworking people the world over that bust ass to let the executives play golf on the profits. Some jobs are the pits. Literally. And to think that the power that runs your precious computer had to be personally dragged out of the earth by somebody... they surely don't need unions. Its only a dangerous job that hasn't changed much in centuries. I, being the child of unskilled trolls that you speak of only lost a grandfather to that business in a cave in. Yes, you are absolutely right about unions. We don't need to protect those poor, uneducated, loser workers. Hell, they're stupid. Because they are uneducated, I doubt they are human... they should at least be treated in a subhuman fashion. In Indiana, where coal miners do exsist, a multibillion dollar corporation changed its name so that it could appear on paper as a different entity, and not pay the miners that survived that lifestyle their pensions. They got away with it. They surely don't need protection. You need to rethink your pathetic opinion of other human beings, and think a little less about yourself.
So you are saying that you are better than the masses because you are a geek? Christ, wake up. That is the kind of dangerous thinking that gave us Mr. Gates in the first place. When you think that you are better, then the truth is, you feel that everyone around you is "fair game." The real reason that Gates runs around like a James Bond villian is exactly because he likes to torture others, and control their lives. Don't be one of those bastards. Don't think that you are special, and especially because you are a computer dOOd. Worry about getting a wife, she'll cut you down to size.
Now I never thought that Microsoft would want to be in the middle of the music business like that, but it does make sense. And you know what? IT SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME. Why is it that we can't seem to all agree instead of M$ bullying us with the newest standards? Man, they bother the hell out of me. The other day I saw a bumper sticker that said, "MP3 is not a crime." I personally laughed, thinking about the people that defend Napster's obvious teft. Now I'm not laughing. I can't wait until the toilets I use have to have MS authentification, and have to hold it when there is a lag spike.
Are these digital pacemakers? Great, then you have software and hardware issues, right? IANApacemaker expert. But I have a divergent opinion about all of this. This brings up an interestig question of maintenance. A LOT of my friends are television engineers and have been complaining about "digital" for years. I am a television photographer, and ultimately I despise anything digital. THE REASON? It gets in the way. REALLY. It should be digital in the edit... but get it the hell away from the cameras. Stop complicating simple things... because right now it is worse than traditional videotape. YES, because of computers, it has actually made TV worse... more time consuming and quirky. My job is photography... I am not a software engineer... nor do I want to be. I need to focus on my work to make it visually appealing and tell a story instead of tracking bugs and patches. It is not "transparent" to fix anything on a digital video camera (OLD DAYS: ohhh, here is where the circuit board fried, let me get the soldering iron. NEW DAYS: let me check all of the circuits, and the software, I'll get back to you in a week when I find out where they aren't talking). Now you have to check all of the hardware, then do the software... ugggh. Here's the rub: THE QUALITY OF THESE CAMERAS IS NEGLIGABLE TO THEIR ANALOG COUNTERPARTS. Video cameras have set qualities set by hardware, the software really doesn't even need to be there. There are several television standards, but they all look about the same to the consumer, unless they are a /.er who bought a high-definition and surround sound... but most people even then can't really tell, nor should they care. People like TV, not the television.
So here is my question... a pacemaker regulates heartbeat exactly the same either analog or digital. So what is the distinct advantage to having a device like that with a programmable brain if the others work exactly the same? Don't we tweak analogs too? It seems to be similar to my television dilemma, that the powers that be almost always need to make something more complicated than it possibly needs to be... and therefore gumming up the works with unneeded repairs and down time.
Its the old VW bug argument. You still see them around. Why? 'Cause they are uncomplicated... more importantly, you don't need to hook them up to a computer to fix them. You need screwdrivers and a socket set. It is a superior design. Think design first.
With the people that can witness this, and the eventual selling of advertising space in the games portion of this idea... you get *KA-CHING*- PROFESSIONAL SPORTS QUALITY GAMERS. That's right!!! Look forward to televised clan drafts on ESPN2. Rolling tickers of stats like NASCAR. Whiny gamers that go free agent, and then only perform when their contracts are up. Wheaties box covers with fat smelly guys. Custom posters and pillowcases with "I OWN JOOOO!!!" and "I rOxOr!!!" emblazoned with your favorite character. Plebian catchphrases like, "Can you smell what the flamethrower is cookin?" Mouse doping. Caffeine screening. People who eventually can't afford to pay for a family of four to go to a match. Gamers that get famous and then decide they need to sell albums too, or make movies with Bugs Bunny. The fact that somehow Bo Jackson will be good at Quake and Tribes. And of course, force feedback injuries that knock you out for the whole season, and the fact that some celebrity gamer will always whine about "LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGG!!!!"
My money for return on inverstment will always be on Nintendo. Honestly, there isn't a game company that hasn't felt the wrath recently of Mr. Bill and his money, and well, Nintendo is finacially sound. This is a huge deal in a business that has probably all of it invested in entertainment, which is extremely risky. Nintendo hasn't died because it is cautious, and it knows when to take profit. Someone please back me up on this one with some financial figures, I've seen them on /. before. Nintendo is watching and plays well... conservative, but still plays well. Wow... I can't believe all of the people that think that those resident evil games are even fun at all, and some of that other "in a room searchin" crap that Sony licenses. I see this whole debate differently than most. I think that Pikachu is great for kids, cause they're like pets and fun. Blowing off dino heads with a shogun from a parent's perspective is terrible for kids. Nintendo has made the better decision, they'll be fine. Games are mostly for little kids. We gripe cause we're all nerds that never grew up.
Its American responsibility, I think. If you can't stand the responsibility of taking harsh criticism, then stay out of a public forum. You in a sense, waive your right for others to hold comments back when you get into the public forum. There is precious little to say that the company (unfortunately, like most dot coms, accessible practically everywhere and IS PUBLIC) wasn't doomed from the start... and this lawsuit is vindication and a retrieval of investment on a bad business idea in an unstable market. Please remember, with freedo comes responsibility, and usually, most jerks insulate their lives and practices with lawyers. Twenty-three people might have had a beef with them, but honestly, there are probably 23 people I can think of off of the top of my head that would love to see me burn personally as well, and I go out of my way to avoid bad opinions. These things are unavoidable. They didn't ruin the company.
You are saying that there should be accountability for people who post stock tips or opinions anonymously on the internet and cause people to lose money? WHAT, ALL OF THE SUDDEN THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE FACT YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN TRUST A COMPLETE SET OF STRANGERS THAT DON'T IDENTIFY THEMSELVES? Please, ctrl-alt-del your mind and reformat, your sense of accountability needs to be reset.
Honestly, if the cops were chasing after the REAL CRIMINALS as you say, we would be up to our eyeballs in petty theft, burglary, and other non-viloent offenses SO FAST THAT YOU MIGHT END UP HAVING TO GET A GUN TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY FROM EVERYONE COMING AND TAKING IT FIVE MINUTES LATER. It proliferates the idea of "ah, screw it" when it comes to things like drunk driving, speeding with a bus with kids in the back, dangerous negligence, etc. The gig with the libertarian no-drug enforcement issue is that drugs are bad. I mean this. 80% of all violent crime is committed under the comission of or influence of drugs. Drugs are the core reason why we kill each other right now; youmight be able to handle drugs, most people can't. That is the unfortunate fact. Deregulating them will cause pandemonium. More dropouts, more stealing, more desperate street killings, even if legal. Keep in mind that drugs make you into a person that loses inhibitions or behaves in an abnormal way. You don't need to be in that state when you find out that your wife wants a divorce. Cops are good people, they are protectors. Most cops are not crooked, so don't assume that they are. The officer in Cinci probably thought that he was reaching for a gun. If he shot someone intentionally in the back, he WILL GO TO JAIL. In Indiana, a state trooper went to jail for killing a man in a vehicular accident when he was angry and driving in a negligent fashion. HAVE SOME FAITH. And keep in mind that a cop got shot at in Cinci the other day, probably preventing looting and other petty crimes that you say they shouldn't be enforcing.