2. People (like me) who actually own Baytrail Android Tablets and have seen what they can do first hand (hint: for $150 I got a tablet that's flat-out better than an iPad Mini. I also get the warm & fuzzy feeling of supporting the only Android hardware vendor in the world that supports Linux with both money, developers, and gobs of GPL compliant driver code).
It's easy to make a competitive tablet when the parts are free or -- worse yet -- when the manufacturer gets kickback for using Intel chips.
Fortunately, it's an unsustainable business model, so maybe you should cherish this moment of smug before it disappears.
Handful? I'll match you one-for-one any day of the week.
I very much doubt it.
Oh, and citations needed for your claims, since you state official statistics, I want to know what official statistics, where they are, and who sponsored their collection.
I definitely call bullshit on that. Men are harassed in Law (did you know that men are not considered guardians of their own legitimate offspring in England?), men are harassed in the workplace (some jobs you can't get if you have a penis - simply because you have a penis), men are harassed constantly, and IT IS WORSE if you're white and straight because that makes you a legitimate target for militant feminists.
Speaking as a straight white male.
Speaking also as a white straight male, I can wholeheartedly say that you are completely and utterly full of shit.
Trollish man-children are definitely *feeling* harassed for being trollish man-children during this "debate", and isn't that what's most important, how you feel?
I happen to think the story is relevant and within Slashdot's general purview. And I get the strong sense that you identify with the GamerGate trolls, since (a) you're objecting to this article for no apparent reason, and (b) you're posting as an anonymous coward.
we perform a service for society akin to that peformed by record or film studio executives - we watch shitty movies and listen to shitty music, so you don't have to. you may call it peacocking, but if you think there's value in predicting the future of the culture - and shaping it - i'd suggest that hipsters play a useful role in society.
Which breed of crazy? Fuck you, I'm stealing everything you have crazy? Yeah, I made the move. We're small, 23 jobs, but that's 23 jobs that CA threw away with the fuck you taxes, and all of the same shitty school and drug problems.
Sounds like you made the right move. That is, good riddance. Glad you're gone.
I'd love to be up somewhere a bit farther north like Ukiah, or Willits CA.
The weather up there isn't the same. The SF bay has a fairly profound effect on the weather around the bay area (the infamous "microclimates") and that changes pretty radically just immediately outside of the hills that surround the Bay Area.
That said, the weather in San Francisco proper -- the 7x7 city itself, plus a few of the cities immediately to the South -- pretty much sucks balls. It's cold in the summer, and kind of drizzly and blah in the winter. Silicon Valley weather, on the other hand, is (IMHO) the very best weather anywhere in the US, full stop. There's a reason the valley was referred to as "Valley of the Heart's Delight" before the silicon fabs moved in.
I've been hearing some version of this story for over twenty years. It's generally just wishful thinking by disgruntled California conservatives or yahoos in flyover states. In other words, it's bunk. The fact is that California is still the most populous state in the nation, and in fact could lose quite a few people without any significant impact to the state. Honestly, it might even help -- there are too many people on the roads here and not enough housing to live in.
You know, California and Florida both have more than their fair share of crazy people. The main difference comes down to what flavor of crazy you're talking about. In California, it's an asset. In Florida, it's fucking frightening.
So no. I would not move from the Bay Area to Florida.
Not according to the anti-gg people. According to them, gamers are apparently very organized, plotting and conspiring on Internet message boards to doxx and attack those women. Briannu Wu even, during one interview, accused her interviewer of trying to make a hit piece on her. For daring to ask questions.
Okay, let's assume for a moment that this constitutes a conspiracy, and not a mob. I don't agree, but for the sake of argument I'll put that aside.
How stupid do you have to be to plot a conspiracy on a public message board, where there's an electronic trail of evidence?
The characterization of gamers conspiring to form gamergate to attack women is a much bigger conspiracy than the one about journalists conspiring to write articles to attack gamers.
That's not a conspiracy, that's a rowdy mob of angry pimple-faced man-children pumped up on testosterone and caffeine. When they turn 25, or maybe even 30, they'll realize what idiots they were at this point in their life. Right now, though, they're just screaming at the top of their lungs about "ethics in game journalism" while the rest of us are laughing at them.
This is nonsense. People conspire all the time. That's why we have whole categories of crime called "conspiracy to commit...". Governments conspire all the time too (e.g. the "Five Eyes" conspiring to spy on everyone).
I didn't say conspiracies don't exist, I said they're generally a very poor explanation for most phenomena. Occam's razor holds that all other things being equal, the simpler explanation is more likely. The simpler explanation here is that there isn't actually any significant ethics problem with the gaming press, and "the press" (both gaming, tech, and even mainstream) have ignored these claims because there is nothing substantial to back them up.
Then I watched as the gaming media turned and attacked their own readers. Ignored the facts. Ignored the gamers crying "hey, wait, this is unethical!" and instead smeared them as anti-feminists. That made me reevaluate my thinking. I realized that the media really is biased towards the left. You only hear about how evil white men are.
Or maybe -- just maybe -- you're wrong. I doubt you ever paused for even a moment to consider the possibility, but rational people remain rational by carefully considering their own bias before they go accusing large groups of engaging in a conspiracy theory. And this is the crux of my argument here: conspiracy theories are generally a very poor explanation for any given phenomenon, and are almost always proven not to exist in the long run. Generally, when people start spinning out conspiracy theories, they are either (a) bad actors intent on riling up a gullible audience, or (b) suffering cognitive dissonance, using conspiracy theories as a crutch instead of admitting that they are in fact mistaken.
For the record, my post is an example of condescension, and definitely not ad hominem. If I had called the AC a fucking coward for posting anonymously, then that would have been an example of an ad hominem attack.
You are proving the parent poster's point by using ad hominem, and in cruel derogatory fashion no less, in attempt to disrupt the core points of his writing without actually refuting any of it.
Post under your real slashdot ID and I might take you seriously. Posting as a coward, no. You're not actually worth debating in any proper fashion.
The fact that you had to post this as an AC speaks volumes. It says to me that you're not actually willing to attach your name -- or even a friction' slashdot alias -- to your repugnant ideas.
But no. Because the perpetrators were extreme leftists, they're afraid that the scandal might give folks like Fox News and Limbaugh political ammo*, so there was a complete media blackout, the likes of which I've never seen before (not a SINGLE article detailing the corruption, on ANY tech/gaming site, for a week). Another part of the blackout was blanket censorship in user forums/comments, up to and including reddit and--no bullshit--4chan. IMO this censorship of users merely discussing the scandal is still the most oppressive (and damning) anti-GG measure of all.
This paragraph tells me that you're probably suffering from cognitive dissonance, and are now fabricating conspiracy theories to explain your version of reality, instead of acknowledging that your closely-held beliefs are simply flat-out wrong.
It's okay, dear. Sit down and rest your head for a bit. Maybe you'll be okay after you've had a nap.
Their base models are very discrete and very durable too.
Durable, sure. I would dispute the discrete part. Actually, I would suspect anyone who suggested such that they should lay off the crack pipe. Rolex watches are about as discrete as Rob Ford. Just about as much class, too.
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Are you brave enough to post this kind of tripe under your own slashdot ID?
Magic Eight Ball says "no way, Jose!"
2. People (like me) who actually own Baytrail Android Tablets and have seen what they can do first hand (hint: for $150 I got a tablet that's flat-out better than an iPad Mini. I also get the warm & fuzzy feeling of supporting the only Android hardware vendor in the world that supports Linux with both money, developers, and gobs of GPL compliant driver code).
It's easy to make a competitive tablet when the parts are free or -- worse yet -- when the manufacturer gets kickback for using Intel chips.
Fortunately, it's an unsustainable business model, so maybe you should cherish this moment of smug before it disappears.
Handful? I'll match you one-for-one any day of the week.
I very much doubt it.
Oh, and citations needed for your claims, since you state official statistics, I want to know what official statistics, where they are, and who sponsored their collection.
You first.
I definitely call bullshit on that. Men are harassed in Law (did you know that men are not considered guardians of their own legitimate offspring in England?), men are harassed in the workplace (some jobs you can't get if you have a penis - simply because you have a penis), men are harassed constantly, and IT IS WORSE if you're white and straight because that makes you a legitimate target for militant feminists.
Speaking as a straight white male.
Speaking also as a white straight male, I can wholeheartedly say that you are completely and utterly full of shit.
Trollish man-children are definitely *feeling* harassed for being trollish man-children during this "debate", and isn't that what's most important, how you feel?
Fixed that for you.
I happen to think the story is relevant and within Slashdot's general purview. And I get the strong sense that you identify with the GamerGate trolls, since (a) you're objecting to this article for no apparent reason, and (b) you're posting as an anonymous coward.
we perform a service for society akin to that peformed by record or film studio executives - we watch shitty movies and listen to shitty music, so you don't have to. you may call it peacocking, but if you think there's value in predicting the future of the culture - and shaping it - i'd suggest that hipsters play a useful role in society.
DO NOT WANT.
I love it. Hipster-hate, in all it's forms, is the latest new thing! It's the latest trend.
Which makes you a hipster. And if you were disparaging hipsters *before* it was cool, the you are definitely a hipster.
Quick, get on board the hipster-hate train, before it becomes uncool!
I think someone hit a nerve.
I agree. If only we could get these yahoos to believe it is all bunk too.
So much written about so little. They've been beating those drums for literally decades, and yet California somehow still stands.
Makes you think maybe there's more to the story than the constant California-is-doomed narrative.
Which breed of crazy? Fuck you, I'm stealing everything you have crazy? Yeah, I made the move. We're small, 23 jobs, but that's 23 jobs that CA threw away with the fuck you taxes, and all of the same shitty school and drug problems.
Sounds like you made the right move. That is, good riddance. Glad you're gone.
I'd love to be up somewhere a bit farther north like Ukiah, or Willits CA.
The weather up there isn't the same. The SF bay has a fairly profound effect on the weather around the bay area (the infamous "microclimates") and that changes pretty radically just immediately outside of the hills that surround the Bay Area.
That said, the weather in San Francisco proper -- the 7x7 city itself, plus a few of the cities immediately to the South -- pretty much sucks balls. It's cold in the summer, and kind of drizzly and blah in the winter. Silicon Valley weather, on the other hand, is (IMHO) the very best weather anywhere in the US, full stop. There's a reason the valley was referred to as "Valley of the Heart's Delight" before the silicon fabs moved in.
I've lived in Dallas. I now live in the Bay Area. Guess which one I prefer?
Hint: the one that's not full of racist motherfuckers.
[desperately tries to think of something snarky to say about Dan's sig]
I got nuthin'.
I've been hearing some version of this story for over twenty years. It's generally just wishful thinking by disgruntled California conservatives or yahoos in flyover states. In other words, it's bunk. The fact is that California is still the most populous state in the nation, and in fact could lose quite a few people without any significant impact to the state. Honestly, it might even help -- there are too many people on the roads here and not enough housing to live in.
You know, California and Florida both have more than their fair share of crazy people. The main difference comes down to what flavor of crazy you're talking about. In California, it's an asset. In Florida, it's fucking frightening.
So no. I would not move from the Bay Area to Florida.
Not according to the anti-gg people. According to them, gamers are apparently very organized, plotting and conspiring on Internet message boards to doxx and attack those women. Briannu Wu even, during one interview, accused her interviewer of trying to make a hit piece on her. For daring to ask questions.
Okay, let's assume for a moment that this constitutes a conspiracy, and not a mob. I don't agree, but for the sake of argument I'll put that aside.
How stupid do you have to be to plot a conspiracy on a public message board, where there's an electronic trail of evidence?
The characterization of gamers conspiring to form gamergate to attack women is a much bigger conspiracy than the one about journalists conspiring to write articles to attack gamers.
That's not a conspiracy, that's a rowdy mob of angry pimple-faced man-children pumped up on testosterone and caffeine. When they turn 25, or maybe even 30, they'll realize what idiots they were at this point in their life. Right now, though, they're just screaming at the top of their lungs about "ethics in game journalism" while the rest of us are laughing at them.
This is nonsense. People conspire all the time. That's why we have whole categories of crime called "conspiracy to commit...". Governments conspire all the time too (e.g. the "Five Eyes" conspiring to spy on everyone).
I didn't say conspiracies don't exist, I said they're generally a very poor explanation for most phenomena. Occam's razor holds that all other things being equal, the simpler explanation is more likely. The simpler explanation here is that there isn't actually any significant ethics problem with the gaming press, and "the press" (both gaming, tech, and even mainstream) have ignored these claims because there is nothing substantial to back them up.
Then I watched as the gaming media turned and attacked their own readers. Ignored the facts. Ignored the gamers crying "hey, wait, this is unethical!" and instead smeared them as anti-feminists. That made me reevaluate my thinking. I realized that the media really is biased towards the left. You only hear about how evil white men are.
Or maybe -- just maybe -- you're wrong. I doubt you ever paused for even a moment to consider the possibility, but rational people remain rational by carefully considering their own bias before they go accusing large groups of engaging in a conspiracy theory. And this is the crux of my argument here: conspiracy theories are generally a very poor explanation for any given phenomenon, and are almost always proven not to exist in the long run. Generally, when people start spinning out conspiracy theories, they are either (a) bad actors intent on riling up a gullible audience, or (b) suffering cognitive dissonance, using conspiracy theories as a crutch instead of admitting that they are in fact mistaken.
Which one are you?
For the record, my post is an example of condescension, and definitely not ad hominem. If I had called the AC a fucking coward for posting anonymously, then that would have been an example of an ad hominem attack.
You are proving the parent poster's point by using ad hominem, and in cruel derogatory fashion no less, in attempt to disrupt the core points of his writing without actually refuting any of it.
Post under your real slashdot ID and I might take you seriously. Posting as a coward, no. You're not actually worth debating in any proper fashion.
The fact that you had to post this as an AC speaks volumes. It says to me that you're not actually willing to attach your name -- or even a friction' slashdot alias -- to your repugnant ideas.
But no. Because the perpetrators were extreme leftists, they're afraid that the scandal might give folks like Fox News and Limbaugh political ammo*, so there was a complete media blackout, the likes of which I've never seen before (not a SINGLE article detailing the corruption, on ANY tech/gaming site, for a week). Another part of the blackout was blanket censorship in user forums/comments, up to and including reddit and--no bullshit--4chan. IMO this censorship of users merely discussing the scandal is still the most oppressive (and damning) anti-GG measure of all.
This paragraph tells me that you're probably suffering from cognitive dissonance, and are now fabricating conspiracy theories to explain your version of reality, instead of acknowledging that your closely-held beliefs are simply flat-out wrong.
It's okay, dear. Sit down and rest your head for a bit. Maybe you'll be okay after you've had a nap.
Their base models are very discrete and very durable too.
Durable, sure. I would dispute the discrete part. Actually, I would suspect anyone who suggested such that they should lay off the crack pipe. Rolex watches are about as discrete as Rob Ford. Just about as much class, too.
5) You have class and style. You want to look GOOD, and it makes for a nice accoutrement.
# 4 is rare. #3 affects half the population of the world. # 1, 2, and 5 apply to pretty much everyone.
C'mon, that's not fair. This is slashdot, after all.