Are you autistic? Is this all theory to you? Empathy that can be controlled can be ignored. The humanization of objects is not dangerous - the dehumanization of people is.
You can refuse to pay for those. T-Mobile has never given me flack about it, and will block those numbers from sending you SMS in the future.
Granted, they allow these spammers to use their network in the first place (and even add fraudulent charges to your bill), so it isn't like they have integrity, they just don't want to lose a customer.
Will you people get off it? No one has brand loyalty to Sony but you fanboys. There are no hordes of people itching to get a PS3 the second they can find one. People simply do not give a shit, because all they really care about is the games.
The adoption curve will probably look exactly like the 360, and both systems will have disappointing numbers until they lower the prices.
You'll probably find that whichever party has the most populist appeal in any given time period has the most corruption, simply because they'll be forgiven when caught. Politics does not select for honest people.
That's why you judge them by their competence and their values, which is where the Republicans have been sucking quite hard lately. So keep the faith, freeper! Maybe soon the Democrats will have enough power to be blamed for something.
There are no shades of gray because both sides are answers to a nonsensical question.
Choice is a process, but to call it deterministic is to believe you can predict the future. The choices a person make are the product of the history of the universe up until that very moment a choice is made. To predict the future is to simulate the entire universe, which is equivalent to *being* the universe.
trying to force their (wrong) model of an OS onto the Palm APIs.
The Palm API is not the OS. The actual OS is hidden from you, because you're running in the 68k emulation environment. The "right" model people are trying to shoe-horn their apps went obsolete with the original Macintosh.
The Symbian development tools are far worse, and thanks to Nokia, that operating system has the widest deployment out of all of them.
It's not the tools or the devices so much as the fact that we're forced to write code for an API based around cooperative multitasking. Programmers are willing to jump through all kinds of hoops to get code on device, it's part of the macho appeal of embedded development. But when you've got to fundamentally rearchitect how you solve a problem just to keep your UI from freezing up... that's just 'effing lame.
Why does sticking a cell transmitter inside a PDA somehow make it not a PDA? Does putting an ethernet card in your computer make it a "network appliance"? Just call it a "smartphone" or a "mobile device" if you're so hung up on terminology. Remember, these things are general purpose computers, and many of them exceed the performance of PCs ten years ago. They are "phones" the same way your desktop computer is a "document editor" and a "web browser". Even the freebies you get for signing a contract is still a computer, only one that underpowered and locked down by the network operator.
And BlackBerries are every bit as programmable as Palm devices, though you don't have direct access to the hardware.
Have you ever wondered why the biggest Microsoft-hating website around prefers the 360? Here's a hint: it ain't the price, and it ain't the technology.
I think that in America, there is a long history of beliving that education is our salvation
And being the most powerful nation in the world somehow invalidates that sentiment?
Education *is* the salvation, our very history is proof of that. But there is also a strong tradition of anti-intellectualism masquerading as anti-elitism in this country, and as our wealth encourages laziness and the expectation of success, that sentiment is now the stronger force. The failure of throwing money at a problem as a substitute for interest and participation, and actually understanding the problem, does not invalidate the solution.
Where is it in my interest to do so, if I do not accept your premise that I am somehow inherently obligated to?
Because if you don't, I'll take it anyway. Sharing, like private property, is a human convention that evolved to avoid wasteful violence.
But that is beside the point. It is in your interests to participate because you'll have more in the system than outside it. Your only "obligation" is the terms of the license of the software involved.
They're not starving artists, they're a company that needs to pull a profit to keep people employed and to (hopefully) develop new and better products.
You do realize this attitude is antithetical to their whining about the conditions of the market? Oh noes! Making money has gotten hard now that our competition is emulating our successful strategy! It's not fair!
I say pile on the cheap-shots. Only undeserving douchebags employ loser-talk while they're fucking the prom queen.
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> > Is that why I can only use my iTunes music with my iPod?
> How bizarre. I can use ripped music from CDs on my iPod just fine.
This, ladies and gentlemen, demonstrates all you need to know about the Apple fanboy.
Are you autistic? Is this all theory to you? Empathy that can be controlled can be ignored. The humanization of objects is not dangerous - the dehumanization of people is.
Empathizing with things that don't have feelings makes no sense.
Do you give that lecture to every child who hugs her teddy bear?
Yeah, empathy is a bitch. It'd be nice if we could properly contextualize it at will. Then we could just turn it off permanently.
What is the world coming to? I read this thread to hate on Microsoft, and I end up laughing at a desperate Sony fanboy.
It's a Wii-Sixty world, baby, and you're late to the party.
Right. Because broken infrastructure doesn't matter in an emergency situation. Tell that to the people trying to phone their family.
You think it's better for all deer to starve rather than some deer to be hunted by humans?
Yes, because the selection pressure is beneficial. Humans, unlike other animals, prefer to kill the most fit.
You can refuse to pay for those. T-Mobile has never given me flack about it, and will block those numbers from sending you SMS in the future.
Granted, they allow these spammers to use their network in the first place (and even add fraudulent charges to your bill), so it isn't like they have integrity, they just don't want to lose a customer.
Pop quiz, hotshot. Fully describe the quantum state of your brain. You have the Plank time interval. Go.
Woah. My noodle is twisted.
Will you people get off it? No one has brand loyalty to Sony but you fanboys. There are no hordes of people itching to get a PS3 the second they can find one. People simply do not give a shit, because all they really care about is the games.
The adoption curve will probably look exactly like the 360, and both systems will have disappointing numbers until they lower the prices.
You'll probably find that whichever party has the most populist appeal in any given time period has the most corruption, simply because they'll be forgiven when caught. Politics does not select for honest people.
That's why you judge them by their competence and their values, which is where the Republicans have been sucking quite hard lately. So keep the faith, freeper! Maybe soon the Democrats will have enough power to be blamed for something.
There are no shades of gray because both sides are answers to a nonsensical question.
Choice is a process, but to call it deterministic is to believe you can predict the future. The choices a person make are the product of the history of the universe up until that very moment a choice is made. To predict the future is to simulate the entire universe, which is equivalent to *being* the universe.
trying to force their (wrong) model of an OS onto the Palm APIs.
The Palm API is not the OS. The actual OS is hidden from you, because you're running in the 68k emulation environment. The "right" model people are trying to shoe-horn their apps went obsolete with the original Macintosh.
The Symbian development tools are far worse, and thanks to Nokia, that operating system has the widest deployment out of all of them.
It's not the tools or the devices so much as the fact that we're forced to write code for an API based around cooperative multitasking. Programmers are willing to jump through all kinds of hoops to get code on device, it's part of the macho appeal of embedded development. But when you've got to fundamentally rearchitect how you solve a problem just to keep your UI from freezing up... that's just 'effing lame.
Why does sticking a cell transmitter inside a PDA somehow make it not a PDA? Does putting an ethernet card in your computer make it a "network appliance"? Just call it a "smartphone" or a "mobile device" if you're so hung up on terminology. Remember, these things are general purpose computers, and many of them exceed the performance of PCs ten years ago. They are "phones" the same way your desktop computer is a "document editor" and a "web browser". Even the freebies you get for signing a contract is still a computer, only one that underpowered and locked down by the network operator.
And BlackBerries are every bit as programmable as Palm devices, though you don't have direct access to the hardware.
Thanks for setting yourself up for that...
Have you ever wondered why the biggest Microsoft-hating website around prefers the 360? Here's a hint: it ain't the price, and it ain't the technology.
I suppose you think Wal-Mart should be carrying this, because, after all, there is a lot of bad fiction with racist themes?
The third rule is, get over it.
We're here, we're psychotic millenialists, get over it!
People like you are the walking stereotype that drive me toward social darwinism.
But on the point, isn't it tragic how this LAMP website was forced upon you?
I think that in America, there is a long history of beliving that education is our salvation
And being the most powerful nation in the world somehow invalidates that sentiment?
Education *is* the salvation, our very history is proof of that. But there is also a strong tradition of anti-intellectualism masquerading as anti-elitism in this country, and as our wealth encourages laziness and the expectation of success, that sentiment is now the stronger force. The failure of throwing money at a problem as a substitute for interest and participation, and actually understanding the problem, does not invalidate the solution.
Where is it in my interest to do so, if I do not accept your premise that I am somehow inherently obligated to?
Because if you don't, I'll take it anyway. Sharing, like private property, is a human convention that evolved to avoid wasteful violence.
But that is beside the point. It is in your interests to participate because you'll have more in the system than outside it. Your only "obligation" is the terms of the license of the software involved.
"I could've been something, but the stupid people and girls were holding me back!"
They're not starving artists, they're a company that needs to pull a profit to keep people employed and to (hopefully) develop new and better products.
You do realize this attitude is antithetical to their whining about the conditions of the market? Oh noes! Making money has gotten hard now that our competition is emulating our successful strategy! It's not fair!
I say pile on the cheap-shots. Only undeserving douchebags employ loser-talk while they're fucking the prom queen.
I think I found his source: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?st ory=11555
He fails to mention the part about an estimated four million sales in the last three months.
Why would anyone buy an XBox when the 360 has been in stores for a year?
I just bought a PS2 to play Guitar Hero. It is inferior to the original XBox in every respect but game selection.
Don't expect Microsoft to be hampered by exclusivity contracts this time around.