Is it false advertising if they trump up attributes which cannot be measured (because they don't exist)? My diamond lined ethernet cables give taller ones and rounder zeroes than the next leading brand!
Hmm, at the time I purchased I hadn't looked at a lot of other brands, so I just assumed other brands offered similar. I expect to purchase a newer model in the next few years... hopefully someone will have picked up the slack by then.
I could understand this in an english class maybe, trying to teach presentation skills. But I actually encountered the same bullshit approach in a fourth-year university lecture on real-time systems. The class was divided into groups of 3, and each were given half a lecture period to teach a section. Besides the fact that many students lacked any presentation skills and had troublesome accents, most groups ran over time. My group never presented because we were one of the last few chapters and there were too few remaining lecture periods.
Look for "professional" model TVs. I purchased my current panasonic 720p 50" plasma from on online retailer (8 years old now) for a little bit cheaper than a similar sized, normal-featured retail model. It is just as you described, except that instead of dedicated ports, it actually has three interchangeable "input" cards that you can purchase and install on the back. My model came with an HDMI card and a component card, and I additionally purchased a composite card to support older consoles. Still works great. It is similar to the product linked by ihtoit... I'm not at home so I don't have the model number.
why not just use a button to begin voice commands?
My assumption would be that they are trying to sell a product that is advertised as "hands free". It is a TV after all... if you have to push a button you might as well hit the other one or two to set your channel.
Yup. If you hear a new song, chances are very high that you can immediately acquire that song easily and legally through one of many different distribution channels available. If you see a movie trailer for a recently released movie, your only legal option is the theatre. The business model of the two mediums are wildly different.
I also bought my cable modem from an electronics retailer when I signed up with TekSavvy. The ISP will actually give you a discount on account activation if you buy it directly from them for a similar price, which I assume is them passing on the product markup. Things could be better, but it is not so bad as the GP paints it. Definitely better than the US overall.
The CRTC makes some mistakes, but at least they are helmed by a public servant, while the FCC is currently run by telco lobbyist. Yeah "we" are really jealous.
What's news-worthy is that, despite releasing these reports, the government refuses to actually do anything about them.
That's not true at all. The current government been undermining Statistics Canada since taking office. Soon the quality of data surrounding these issues will be so poor that they can just say the problem doesn't exist anymore.
This is very true. When my wife first got her BB she was ecstatic about being "in the BBM club" with her friends who had BBs, and this in an era when you only got 75 free texts with a minimal phone plan. BBM wasn't available for either iPhone or Android then, but I definitely would have picked it up if it had been. BB milked their proprietary messaging service as long as it was popular, and only put it on other platforms when their market share started shrinking. Now they fault other companies for doing the same thing.
Now my wife still has a BB but no longer gives a shit about BBM. Just like no one will care about iMessage when the iPhone finally starts losing share, nor will it draw any users back to the iPhone.
Car enthusiasts who were also audiophiles were surveyed to find out what they thought about the synthesized engine noise. They all complained that the sound wasn't pure enough without Monster cables delivering the full spectrum of "whooshiness" to the speakers.
It worked for Netflix, it will probably work for Amazon. They are buying the content from actual film studios rather than producing it themselves, so it just comes down whether or not they can buy shows that will be popular. Some of the "Netflix-original" content is pretty good.
But it is ridiculous for the pope to equate someone standing in front of you throwing insults at you and someone publishing insults in a paper. In the former case the insults are thrust upon you and you have to go out of your way to avoid those insults - it selfishly degrades the quality of your life. In the latter case the insults are on paper and you have to go out of your way to see it and be insulted. Unless someone can make the argument that Charlie Hebdo forced people to see/read their publication (beyond it being displayed at a newstand), the pope's stance just serves to limit completely valid forms of expression.
The only "person" who can bring an action that has any weight behind it is the US Government, or some other person who has been directly harmed.
And the US government has also failed to publicly show actual harm, haven't they? Though I suppose they could always just say "We were harmed because -REDACTED-".
My bad. Revised question: Do you think that general healthy policy should be based on your own personal anecdotes, or on years of statistical evidence about the efficacy of flu vaccinations?
Just curious, to which lab did you send your viral samples for verification that the flu strain was different from the one you were vaccinated against? Also, did you know that the typical flu symptoms last 3-7 days? Sounds to me like your immune system was able to overcome the virus thanks to the vaccine increasing your immune response to it.
My sister in law recently commented on a friend's post about Wakefield's effect on vaccination rates. She talked about how she didn't believe in the flu vaccine since it's "just a crapshoot" and that the government "can't do math right" so how could they pick the right flu strain to vaccinate against. Many friends provided a very calm and rational explanation about how she was misunderstanding what vaccines are, statistical risk, and herd immunity. She went on to say that that healthy lifestyle choices and vitamins were far more effective, etc (interesting because both she and her children are obese). This is also a woman who takes her 4 year old daughter to the chiropractor.
How do you even begin to educate someone like that?
Just look at the URL for that second link "illegal-alien-minors-spreading-tb-ebola-dengue-swine-flu". When you actually look at the article there is no mention of ebola. I bet the original had ebola in there too, but they figured the numbers for that were too readily available for anyone to swallow the bullshit.
I bet there are many ways to cut down on CO2 production that have an overall negative impact on society - some obvious, others not so obvious. Converting food crops to gas crops seems like one of the obvious ones, right up there with "Save energy by cooking your pork at half the recommended temperature".
People who live in these more civilized countries read this shit about the US and simply scratch their heads. The numbers alone are mind-boggling to people whose entire annual medical expenditure is usually under $100, and frequently 0.
I really do scratch my head. I honestly cannot fathom what it must be like to live in a society where if I break my leg or get seriously ill I might have to choose between treatment and paying the rent.
It only tops out at 10 billion if undeveloped countries continue to develop and other population trends continue. I saw this TED talk a while back, and what I didn't like about it is the sense of "Everything will magically work out, just relax and don't worry about it" it exhumed. The decline of population growth is relatively new, and has mostly come about by chance rather than any concentrated effort by humans. 40 years from now we could be back to uncontrolled growth again (maybe genetic designer babies will cause a worldwide boom). I think as nonrenewable resources become more scarce, the current population will start to seem more and more unmanageable.
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Obligatory: http://xkcd.com/292/
Is it false advertising if they trump up attributes which cannot be measured (because they don't exist)? My diamond lined ethernet cables give taller ones and rounder zeroes than the next leading brand!
Hmm, at the time I purchased I hadn't looked at a lot of other brands, so I just assumed other brands offered similar. I expect to purchase a newer model in the next few years... hopefully someone will have picked up the slack by then.
I could understand this in an english class maybe, trying to teach presentation skills. But I actually encountered the same bullshit approach in a fourth-year university lecture on real-time systems. The class was divided into groups of 3, and each were given half a lecture period to teach a section. Besides the fact that many students lacked any presentation skills and had troublesome accents, most groups ran over time. My group never presented because we were one of the last few chapters and there were too few remaining lecture periods.
Look for "professional" model TVs. I purchased my current panasonic 720p 50" plasma from on online retailer (8 years old now) for a little bit cheaper than a similar sized, normal-featured retail model. It is just as you described, except that instead of dedicated ports, it actually has three interchangeable "input" cards that you can purchase and install on the back. My model came with an HDMI card and a component card, and I additionally purchased a composite card to support older consoles. Still works great. It is similar to the product linked by ihtoit... I'm not at home so I don't have the model number.
why not just use a button to begin voice commands?
My assumption would be that they are trying to sell a product that is advertised as "hands free". It is a TV after all... if you have to push a button you might as well hit the other one or two to set your channel.
On a Watch List? That's a paddlin'.
Yup. If you hear a new song, chances are very high that you can immediately acquire that song easily and legally through one of many different distribution channels available. If you see a movie trailer for a recently released movie, your only legal option is the theatre. The business model of the two mediums are wildly different.
I also bought my cable modem from an electronics retailer when I signed up with TekSavvy. The ISP will actually give you a discount on account activation if you buy it directly from them for a similar price, which I assume is them passing on the product markup. Things could be better, but it is not so bad as the GP paints it. Definitely better than the US overall.
The CRTC makes some mistakes, but at least they are helmed by a public servant, while the FCC is currently run by telco lobbyist. Yeah "we" are really jealous.
What's news-worthy is that, despite releasing these reports, the government refuses to actually do anything about them.
That's not true at all. The current government been undermining Statistics Canada since taking office. Soon the quality of data surrounding these issues will be so poor that they can just say the problem doesn't exist anymore.
This is very true. When my wife first got her BB she was ecstatic about being "in the BBM club" with her friends who had BBs, and this in an era when you only got 75 free texts with a minimal phone plan. BBM wasn't available for either iPhone or Android then, but I definitely would have picked it up if it had been. BB milked their proprietary messaging service as long as it was popular, and only put it on other platforms when their market share started shrinking. Now they fault other companies for doing the same thing.
Now my wife still has a BB but no longer gives a shit about BBM. Just like no one will care about iMessage when the iPhone finally starts losing share, nor will it draw any users back to the iPhone.
Car enthusiasts who were also audiophiles were surveyed to find out what they thought about the synthesized engine noise. They all complained that the sound wasn't pure enough without Monster cables delivering the full spectrum of "whooshiness" to the speakers.
It worked for Netflix, it will probably work for Amazon. They are buying the content from actual film studios rather than producing it themselves, so it just comes down whether or not they can buy shows that will be popular. Some of the "Netflix-original" content is pretty good.
But it is ridiculous for the pope to equate someone standing in front of you throwing insults at you and someone publishing insults in a paper. In the former case the insults are thrust upon you and you have to go out of your way to avoid those insults - it selfishly degrades the quality of your life. In the latter case the insults are on paper and you have to go out of your way to see it and be insulted. Unless someone can make the argument that Charlie Hebdo forced people to see/read their publication (beyond it being displayed at a newstand), the pope's stance just serves to limit completely valid forms of expression.
This is all courtesy of US' DMCA law. DRM Ink and toner cartridges DRM Keurig 2.0 coffee makers
So if someone uploads The Hurt Locker to your Keurig, Hollywood can file a DMCA take-down request with the manufacturer?
The only "person" who can bring an action that has any weight behind it is the US Government, or some other person who has been directly harmed.
And the US government has also failed to publicly show actual harm, haven't they? Though I suppose they could always just say "We were harmed because -REDACTED-".
My bad. Revised question: Do you think that general healthy policy should be based on your own personal anecdotes, or on years of statistical evidence about the efficacy of flu vaccinations?
Just curious, to which lab did you send your viral samples for verification that the flu strain was different from the one you were vaccinated against? Also, did you know that the typical flu symptoms last 3-7 days? Sounds to me like your immune system was able to overcome the virus thanks to the vaccine increasing your immune response to it.
My sister in law recently commented on a friend's post about Wakefield's effect on vaccination rates. She talked about how she didn't believe in the flu vaccine since it's "just a crapshoot" and that the government "can't do math right" so how could they pick the right flu strain to vaccinate against. Many friends provided a very calm and rational explanation about how she was misunderstanding what vaccines are, statistical risk, and herd immunity. She went on to say that that healthy lifestyle choices and vitamins were far more effective, etc (interesting because both she and her children are obese). This is also a woman who takes her 4 year old daughter to the chiropractor.
How do you even begin to educate someone like that?
Just look at the URL for that second link "illegal-alien-minors-spreading-tb-ebola-dengue-swine-flu". When you actually look at the article there is no mention of ebola. I bet the original had ebola in there too, but they figured the numbers for that were too readily available for anyone to swallow the bullshit.
I'm not drunk, I have ptosis you insensitive clod!
I bet there are many ways to cut down on CO2 production that have an overall negative impact on society - some obvious, others not so obvious. Converting food crops to gas crops seems like one of the obvious ones, right up there with "Save energy by cooking your pork at half the recommended temperature".
People who live in these more civilized countries read this shit about the US and simply scratch their heads. The numbers alone are mind-boggling to people whose entire annual medical expenditure is usually under $100, and frequently 0.
I really do scratch my head. I honestly cannot fathom what it must be like to live in a society where if I break my leg or get seriously ill I might have to choose between treatment and paying the rent.
It only tops out at 10 billion if undeveloped countries continue to develop and other population trends continue. I saw this TED talk a while back, and what I didn't like about it is the sense of "Everything will magically work out, just relax and don't worry about it" it exhumed. The decline of population growth is relatively new, and has mostly come about by chance rather than any concentrated effort by humans. 40 years from now we could be back to uncontrolled growth again (maybe genetic designer babies will cause a worldwide boom). I think as nonrenewable resources become more scarce, the current population will start to seem more and more unmanageable.