Please don't toss out "Iraq". That old throw away line was childish during Bush's years and just as tired now. Iraq had no bearing either.
A throw-away line for a throw-away war.
You know, once upon a time, we had a presidential candidate who is very gung-ho about science. He even won most of the votes. I suppose that invalidates your conclusion.
You need to recognize that there are very specific segments of the population who are actively hostile to science, and pandering to them using words they can understand is what gets their votes. Their weight in the polls dumbs down everything for all of us.
It has nothing to do with the "inner core" and everything do with morons who watch their favored pages and revert anything and everything that undoes the axe they ground in it. Most people's time is more valuable than that of the cultists, conspiracy theorists, fanboys, and ideologues who make up the bulk of the editors.
The inner circle's flaw is that they don't enforce standards of credibility, not just of the editors, but of the sources used to cite information into the encyclopedia.
Prohibiting real world trades is both laughable futile, and self destructive.
No it isn't, because every game that lets people hawk make-believe goods is a laughing stock. No one is going to get on the e-peen treadmill when some joker can just buy his way to the top. The hard-core play these games because they suck at acquiring wealth and status in the real world.
What part of the word tinkering don't you understand? When was the last time you signed a use contract before you were allowed to buy a machine?
And if you think their business model is awful, your primary avenue of activism is to not buy their product.
No it is not, it is to educate people about why the DMCA is so stupid, to pressure lawmakers to change the eff'ing law. That market triumphalist "vote with your wallet" is a such a pathetic, submissive cop-out. Most people will never have buying power more powerful than their vote. We aren't lobbyists.
Nonsense. Blocking them like that prevents them from cutting you off on the right. It's controlling the situation. While it might drive the douche into a greater rage, and hence be more likely to do something stupid to cause an accident, it keeps him safely behind you.
And face it, this situation only presents itself in thick traffic. This is not a case of someone wanting to go faster, it is the case of someone trying to leapfrog as many cars as possible, evidence of a dim mind that believes that progress is made not with velocity but by the number of cars passed.
That's what every other mobile operating system does. Apple is essentially suggesting that they are less competent.
Remember how they were playing up the "security flaws" of the other mobile devices, to rationalize not having an SDK, then to rationalize having a closed SDK, and yet, every jailbreak technique roots the device. The iPhone is demonstratively the least secure mobile device out there.
Isn't it funny how the religionists keep whining about antagonistic and mean atheists are, and how that is their primary rebuttal to the arguments of public intellectuals like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, and yet, given the free hand to manipulate the government, they go and pass laws like this. They'd do it in America too, have done it in the past, if not for that pesky First Amendment and the strident efforts of "militant" atheists and civil rights organizations.
Good god, man, have you seen a mathematician's code? It's worse than that of electrical engineers!
Programming is a craft, and it requires study, it requires practice, and it requires a holistic perspective. It is more akin to architecture than mathematics, despite the fact that is so heavily reliant on mathematical theory.
Has anyone else noticed this as a shibboleth of WoW-haters? I can't help wondering if there is some sort of deep neurological structure that makes certain people immune to the uncanny valley effect of supposedly "realistic" video games, as if they are in some way autistic. Perhaps they see it all as an abstraction, so that the lack of jumping and the environment-on-rails nature of Guild Wars doesn't feel constricting, and the insta-port towns conform to a conception of the game as a graph of objectives points, and not a virtual place to inhabit and explore.
The more complicated a product gets, the more technical acumen is required to put it together. Bad Web sites are built by people who know how to code HTML and JavaScript but don't understand how people use the Web. Bad software is written by people who are experts at knowing how a computer works and how to write code to make it do what they want, but no idea about how regular people behave and how those people expect to interact with that software.
This is bullshit. Bad websites are built people who barely know how to use HTML and Javascript, but believe that the more HTML and Javascript you use, the better the website is. Slashdot, Digg, Gizmodo, Endgadget, Facebook, MySpace - they're all fucking horrible. People believe that because Google can pull it off, they can too. They believe that because they have very fast machines, everyone else does too. The believe that "moar interactive" == "awesome website", and that the more iframes you can pull into one page makes it a "mashup" and very "Web 2.0".
Do you see that kind of shit on the Apple website? Of course not! Apple doesn't succeed because of "design", they succeed because they have production values. They don't tolerate "good enough", they don't fixate on technology because it is new, they don't march to the beat of an ideological imperative. They believe in themselves, and they do what they want because they like it, on the assumption that their tastes are like everyone's tastes. Apple does not live by focus groups. Apple doesn't hold "design" over "technology", they hold "simple" over "complicated". The design wankers attach themselves to Apple's coattails because they can't differentiate between pretty technology and well executed technology. They don't understand technology, so they make a religion out of design so their priests can have something to lord over the unfashionable nerds.
Do you know why so much open source software sucks? It's because the programmers suck! They don't measure themselves against any standard of excellence. They stop when something works, ignoring the fact that it doesn't work well. It's plain old slob apathy. They're not getting paid for it, they can't be fired for failure, so what do they care?
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Let me guess - you were pissed when someone told you Starship Troopers was satire.
At least this movie has power armor. You've got that going for you.
If it were steady, you'd be able to see the subtle flaws that make it obvious that the CG characters are composited.
Please don't toss out "Iraq". That old throw away line was childish during Bush's years and just as tired now. Iraq had no bearing either.
A throw-away line for a throw-away war.
You know, once upon a time, we had a presidential candidate who is very gung-ho about science. He even won most of the votes. I suppose that invalidates your conclusion.
You need to recognize that there are very specific segments of the population who are actively hostile to science, and pandering to them using words they can understand is what gets their votes. Their weight in the polls dumbs down everything for all of us.
In this case, BMO is throwing stones.
Fixed that for you.
It has nothing to do with the "inner core" and everything do with morons who watch their favored pages and revert anything and everything that undoes the axe they ground in it. Most people's time is more valuable than that of the cultists, conspiracy theorists, fanboys, and ideologues who make up the bulk of the editors.
The inner circle's flaw is that they don't enforce standards of credibility, not just of the editors, but of the sources used to cite information into the encyclopedia.
Where are the fanboys defending this stupidity? Oh, wait, it isn't an Apple product.
Prohibiting real world trades is both laughable futile, and self destructive.
No it isn't, because every game that lets people hawk make-believe goods is a laughing stock. No one is going to get on the e-peen treadmill when some joker can just buy his way to the top. The hard-core play these games because they suck at acquiring wealth and status in the real world.
Frankly, this sentiment disgusts me.
Your disgust amuses me. Please, tell us more.
How do we know you're not in the employ of Putin himself? Answer the question, eldavojohn! Produce your birth certificate!
No, it is still fanboy complaining.
Apple isn't just the new Microsoft. Apple is the new Mary Whitehouse and Thomas Bowdler.
What part of the word tinkering don't you understand? When was the last time you signed a use contract before you were allowed to buy a machine?
And if you think their business model is awful, your primary avenue of activism is to not buy their product.
No it is not, it is to educate people about why the DMCA is so stupid, to pressure lawmakers to change the eff'ing law. That market triumphalist "vote with your wallet" is a such a pathetic, submissive cop-out. Most people will never have buying power more powerful than their vote. We aren't lobbyists.
That doesn't change the fact that the game itself is not really an accurate meter to measure how good you are at video games.
Ah, now we see the origin of the unsubstantiated whining. "I have a high gamer score on XBox but I get my ass kicked in WoW! WoW must be broken!"
Nonsense. Blocking them like that prevents them from cutting you off on the right. It's controlling the situation. While it might drive the douche into a greater rage, and hence be more likely to do something stupid to cause an accident, it keeps him safely behind you.
And face it, this situation only presents itself in thick traffic. This is not a case of someone wanting to go faster, it is the case of someone trying to leapfrog as many cars as possible, evidence of a dim mind that believes that progress is made not with velocity but by the number of cars passed.
Thank you for validating my mental model of the kind of person who drives like that. Your rage and frustration warms my cold, black heart.
That's what every other mobile operating system does. Apple is essentially suggesting that they are less competent.
Remember how they were playing up the "security flaws" of the other mobile devices, to rationalize not having an SDK, then to rationalize having a closed SDK, and yet, every jailbreak technique roots the device. The iPhone is demonstratively the least secure mobile device out there.
Isn't it funny how the religionists keep whining about antagonistic and mean atheists are, and how that is their primary rebuttal to the arguments of public intellectuals like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, and yet, given the free hand to manipulate the government, they go and pass laws like this. They'd do it in America too, have done it in the past, if not for that pesky First Amendment and the strident efforts of "militant" atheists and civil rights organizations.
Based on how many mistakes doctors seem to make, I don't think that qualifies you to be trusted on anything.
Based upon the effluence of moronic filth posted by Anonymous Coward, you are not qualified to say anything, on any subject, ever.
You forgot warp drive and space elevator.
WoW is going to go quietly into the night.
No, it will have two more expansions (80-90, 90-100), and end with the death of Sargeras.
The marketing for their new MMORPG will begin in earnest right around the time the raiding guilds can kill him.
Blizz loves milking their cash cows, but they also understand how to keep their audience clamoring for more.
They should teach math instead.
Good god, man, have you seen a mathematician's code? It's worse than that of electrical engineers!
Programming is a craft, and it requires study, it requires practice, and it requires a holistic perspective. It is more akin to architecture than mathematics, despite the fact that is so heavily reliant on mathematical theory.
Old timer makes wild extrapolation, maybe the old really are feeble minded.
Says the UID circa 1999.
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Has anyone else noticed this as a shibboleth of WoW-haters? I can't help wondering if there is some sort of deep neurological structure that makes certain people immune to the uncanny valley effect of supposedly "realistic" video games, as if they are in some way autistic. Perhaps they see it all as an abstraction, so that the lack of jumping and the environment-on-rails nature of Guild Wars doesn't feel constricting, and the insta-port towns conform to a conception of the game as a graph of objectives points, and not a virtual place to inhabit and explore.
This is bullshit. Bad websites are built people who barely know how to use HTML and Javascript, but believe that the more HTML and Javascript you use, the better the website is. Slashdot, Digg, Gizmodo, Endgadget, Facebook, MySpace - they're all fucking horrible. People believe that because Google can pull it off, they can too. They believe that because they have very fast machines, everyone else does too. The believe that "moar interactive" == "awesome website", and that the more iframes you can pull into one page makes it a "mashup" and very "Web 2.0".
Do you see that kind of shit on the Apple website? Of course not! Apple doesn't succeed because of "design", they succeed because they have production values. They don't tolerate "good enough", they don't fixate on technology because it is new, they don't march to the beat of an ideological imperative. They believe in themselves, and they do what they want because they like it, on the assumption that their tastes are like everyone's tastes. Apple does not live by focus groups. Apple doesn't hold "design" over "technology", they hold "simple" over "complicated". The design wankers attach themselves to Apple's coattails because they can't differentiate between pretty technology and well executed technology. They don't understand technology, so they make a religion out of design so their priests can have something to lord over the unfashionable nerds.
Do you know why so much open source software sucks? It's because the programmers suck! They don't measure themselves against any standard of excellence. They stop when something works, ignoring the fact that it doesn't work well. It's plain old slob apathy. They're not getting paid for it, they can't be fired for failure, so what do they care?
A serial Mouse Systems mouse with a middle button. Goes along great with your IBM Model M keyboard.