How about stop using archaic old paper notes? Here in Australia we invented a plastic polymer for our currency which is next to impossible to counterfeit. It has transparent windows in it and holograms and all sorts of complicated stuff that only a govt would be able to reproduce. You can't rip it with bare hands and you can put in in washing machine and it comes out like new. American money by comparison is so primitive that it's laughable. Last time I was there on holiday it felt like I'd gone back in time to the 70's with your crappy old notes.
In the 20 years I've lived here I've never heard of counterfeit notes, that is until this week when someone got some out but the copies were so lame it blatantly obvious they were fake.
I see no problem with regulating airline seating. It is clearly a problem that gets raised quite frequently, even resulting in a few diverted flights recently. If the average distance between seats is smaller than the average length between a person's hip and knee, then someone has to step in and sort it out. The Airlines aren't doing it, so sooner or later we're going to get a plane rage incident that result in the loss of life (seriously - we've had case of people going completely off the rails mid-flight over this).
Here is the deal, criminals are criminals. Period. All the rules and regulations in the world won't prevent them from being criminals.
That's not true. In fact you're completely wrong. Criminals are not the Dr Evil types in the movies who just love doing bad stuff. It is precisely this thinking that makes solving the problem of criminal behaviour so tough. Criminals are usually regular people who simply found an opportunity to make some easy profit by breaking the rules. That's all it is. And the easiest fix is regulations to make compliance and easier path than defiance.
Interesting story. I find it ironic that you mention Humboldt County as I was channel surfing just the other night and came across a show called Pot Cops or something. It is set in Humboldt County, and the entire show revolved around these stupid cops chasing their tales trying to bust pot growers despite the fact that the growers had permits for medicinal marijuana. The attitude of the cops was startling. They were visibly angry that they couldn't get these people into jail, and kept calling them criminals despite the fact that everything they were doing was legal. One guy had even been to court a few and found innocent each time. They still arrested him again anyway just because they are bullies. As someone who lives on the other side of the world I couldn't believe how stupid these cops were. So blatantly wrong with their interpretation of the law, and just looking for excuses to push people around, and all of this on camera! Seriously, fuck the police.
As a customer, with children, I'd like to at least see a non-violent option, even if it is a parental control switch that changes guns to paintball guns or laser tag or something.
There must be some concept that involves the same skills as an FPS, but without the murder and super high end graphics that people want?
I've got an idea for him, an FPS that has no violence that is suitable for kids as well as adults. Just like what the Simpsons did for TV. It was enjoyable for everybody and as such became the most successful show in TV history.
I won't let my kids play any current FPS because of the violence part, so they're stuck with Portal. But I'd love for them to develop the intense spatial awareness skills, and fine motor skills of using a mouse and the WASD keys that only FPS can give. What about something cartoony that has humour (sort like Duke Nukem but without the gore)? Surely there is a whole market just waiting for a good FPS that doesn't rely on murdering people?
Or more importantly contact you local member. Contrary to popular belief, politicians will listen, you just have to put it across the right way (ideally with the support of some local industry heavyweights)
Until FB change it back again without telling you. Seriously fuck FB. How do they even still exist? Surely like the myriad of IM apps that sprung up when ICQ first got popular, someone can make the stripped-back, bares-bones, post sharing app that is just enough like FB to be usable, but with all the crap that makes it suck. I'm sure most people would be happy with an app that allows to connect to people, post comments and pics and that's pretty much it. I thought G+ was going to come to the party, but my god that is the worst pile of stinking shit I've ever come across (not really, Lotus Notes will always own that title).
No, not really. Saddam was responsible for the deaths of millions of Iraqis.
I'm pretty sure the invaders had US flags on their uniforms...
We do indeed have to put up with lots of bad people in power. But holding our noses while contending with him ceased to be an option.
No it didn't, containment was working up until Bush decided to try and be a hero and blame Iraq for 9/11. Despite it being plainly obvious that Bin Laden and Hussein were enemies. Invading was the greatest gift we could've given the Islamic fundamentalists.
He invaded Kuwait,
Oh please. He was a friend of the US at the time and had permission from the White House to invade. It was only the worldwide condemnation that forced the US to rescind it's support and try and be World Police. The correct course, as with China, Vietnam, Russia, Zimbabwe, Libya etc etc is to contain and isolate. Invading was a colossal error and we will pay the price for that blunder for at least the next 20 years. George W Bush will go down as stupidest president ever because of it.
The current Middle East situation, which has been going on for centuries is an example of how history can be re-written depending on who won. This was the analogy I believe the other poster was making about LoTR. Don't get bogged down in the analogies, the main point here is that the difference between terrorist and freedom fighter is only who wins the war. We think ISIS are terrorists, Hobbits thought Orcs were terrorists, The British Monarchy though Americans were terrorists at one point in time. If you are learning history, this is probably the most important lesson to begin with.
If we're talking body tolls, then George W Bush is responsible for the deaths of more Iraqis than Saddam. But it's all relative, the current state is set to drag on for another couple of decades primarily because the ruthless fist of Saddam is not there to keep it in check. Sometimes we have to learn that there is no good option, only bad or really bad. I believe we would've been better containing Saddam than the current mess we have.
The first part of my comment was context for the second part. A "loaner" can be treated like a part. If I'm a retailer, I stock a handful of loaners of popular models, then on each sale I offer "loaner insurance" to cover the cost of keeping these devices in stock. This is how we did it in Ag land with spares, so could use the same model in retail land for loan phones.
Not sure why you think his history won't be good. All the egos that got squashed with his rise will be forgotten in time. If his plan is to genuinely improve the lives of others, with programs such as eliminating polio then history will indeed be very good to him. Name any great person of history and I bet they did a lot worse things than Bill Gates ever did, all of which gets forgotten. If your version of evil is overpriced software licensing then you have lived a very privileged life.
This is true for most people. Last time I checked, poor people don't have the best record of not killing each other either. But I'd much rather have some one in charge who knows how to succeed, than someone who doesn't...
You are missing the point. Everything is relative, and LoTR the makes a good analogy. You naturally take the Hobbits as being good, and Orcs being bad,yet forget that the story is told from the point of view of the Hobbits because they were the victors. Just like we think we are right, and Middle Eastern "Terrorists" are bad. They think they are right and you and your family are Orcs rampaging across Middle Earth/East while they struggle for "freedom". If you pay closer attention to fiction, you find most of the good authors are actually telling an alternative story. Animal Farm is not really about Animals you know...
Let's just put this into perspective since you may be the very person Bill is targeting with his improvement of historical education. Railroading you into buying some extra software license has to rank up there as the most pacified rise to power in human history. Compared with say murder, torture or genocide which is pretty much how everyone else got there. Given those options, I'll choose Bill's way every time.
You avoided the question, what economic damages? I know some nerds got their noses out of joint because Bill's vision of IT was different than their own, but seriously to make omelet you have to break a few eggs. If you want to crusade against a fat cat, then I suggest you look up Rupert Murdoch. That is Satan himself. While Bill is out there trying to improve lives, Rupert is actively supporting wars in the Middle East and murdering children. If you have some hate for rich guys, let's at least see a bit more balance toward those who deserve it most.
Same here. I fall asleep reading a book cold, but after watching a 'based-on-fact' movie, I can spend the next week reading all about it and learning what actually happened compared to the dramatised version on screen. I'm sure there are lots of people out there like me, who struggled with the type of learning methods rather than the subject matter, and hence get bored and caused trouble instead.
Bill is a smart guy, I'm sure he's not just doing this to sell more copies of Windows 8.
Trouble is that the specific detail of totally foreign concepts (in pace and time) is boring to kids. Perhaps we should team up with Hollywood to create some blockbuster history films (300, Gladiator, Master and Commander etc) then use these as a base for lessons. Even if the film is mostly crap, it gives a good starting point to conceptualise the time, place and physical limitations that history was faced with. I know I learnt a lot after watching 300, not so much from the movie itself, it was mostly spaghetti, but it sparked the interest in how the real events unfolded, and gave the foundation for understanding all the logistical challenges each side face leading up to, during and after the battle.
In his live shows he has massive amounts of loops and tracks that he never releases to the public that he can use so that his shows are fresh different almost every time
Pretty much. Seems like with Linux on the Desktop, incumbency is vastly underestimated, and the horse has already bolted with TCP/IP.
Driving on the Right/Left might not be optimal, but it incumbent and it's too entrenched to change.
I say call him on it. We learnt from Post Cold War that the Ruskies talk a big game, but a lot of their infrastructure was falling apart. I'd be willing to bet a few small countries in the Middle East that if they went head to head with the rest of the world, they would lose.
The question is, is war actually bad? And before you go off half-cocked, sure it's bad for the people directly in the war-zone, but there are examples were war has then brought unheralded prosperity (ie WW2 might have sucked for the participants, but it was beneficial for a lot of other humans. In fact the most prosperous period of human history is the the Post War era, precisely because of WW2)
So yeah maybe there might be a big war, and we'll pay the price, but our grand-kids will probably have much more peaceful lives because of it.
Not the end my friend, the start of the next epoch of humanity. Things need to get worse before they get better, and a proper war (none of the Vietnam/Iraq type fluff, I'm talking full scorched-earth occupation) to wipe out all the trouble makers in the middle east is a good start. If the area in and around Israel was to be nuclear contaminated for the next thousands years, it would be a net gain for the rest of us.
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How about stop using archaic old paper notes? Here in Australia we invented a plastic polymer for our currency which is next to impossible to counterfeit. It has transparent windows in it and holograms and all sorts of complicated stuff that only a govt would be able to reproduce. You can't rip it with bare hands and you can put in in washing machine and it comes out like new. American money by comparison is so primitive that it's laughable. Last time I was there on holiday it felt like I'd gone back in time to the 70's with your crappy old notes. In the 20 years I've lived here I've never heard of counterfeit notes, that is until this week when someone got some out but the copies were so lame it blatantly obvious they were fake.
I see no problem with regulating airline seating. It is clearly a problem that gets raised quite frequently, even resulting in a few diverted flights recently. If the average distance between seats is smaller than the average length between a person's hip and knee, then someone has to step in and sort it out. The Airlines aren't doing it, so sooner or later we're going to get a plane rage incident that result in the loss of life (seriously - we've had case of people going completely off the rails mid-flight over this).
Here is the deal, criminals are criminals. Period. All the rules and regulations in the world won't prevent them from being criminals.
That's not true. In fact you're completely wrong. Criminals are not the Dr Evil types in the movies who just love doing bad stuff. It is precisely this thinking that makes solving the problem of criminal behaviour so tough. Criminals are usually regular people who simply found an opportunity to make some easy profit by breaking the rules. That's all it is. And the easiest fix is regulations to make compliance and easier path than defiance.
Interesting story. I find it ironic that you mention Humboldt County as I was channel surfing just the other night and came across a show called Pot Cops or something. It is set in Humboldt County, and the entire show revolved around these stupid cops chasing their tales trying to bust pot growers despite the fact that the growers had permits for medicinal marijuana. The attitude of the cops was startling. They were visibly angry that they couldn't get these people into jail, and kept calling them criminals despite the fact that everything they were doing was legal. One guy had even been to court a few and found innocent each time. They still arrested him again anyway just because they are bullies. As someone who lives on the other side of the world I couldn't believe how stupid these cops were. So blatantly wrong with their interpretation of the law, and just looking for excuses to push people around, and all of this on camera! Seriously, fuck the police.
As a customer, with children, I'd like to at least see a non-violent option, even if it is a parental control switch that changes guns to paintball guns or laser tag or something. There must be some concept that involves the same skills as an FPS, but without the murder and super high end graphics that people want?
I've got an idea for him, an FPS that has no violence that is suitable for kids as well as adults. Just like what the Simpsons did for TV. It was enjoyable for everybody and as such became the most successful show in TV history. I won't let my kids play any current FPS because of the violence part, so they're stuck with Portal. But I'd love for them to develop the intense spatial awareness skills, and fine motor skills of using a mouse and the WASD keys that only FPS can give. What about something cartoony that has humour (sort like Duke Nukem but without the gore)? Surely there is a whole market just waiting for a good FPS that doesn't rely on murdering people?
Or more importantly contact you local member. Contrary to popular belief, politicians will listen, you just have to put it across the right way (ideally with the support of some local industry heavyweights)
Until FB change it back again without telling you. Seriously fuck FB. How do they even still exist? Surely like the myriad of IM apps that sprung up when ICQ first got popular, someone can make the stripped-back, bares-bones, post sharing app that is just enough like FB to be usable, but with all the crap that makes it suck. I'm sure most people would be happy with an app that allows to connect to people, post comments and pics and that's pretty much it. I thought G+ was going to come to the party, but my god that is the worst pile of stinking shit I've ever come across (not really, Lotus Notes will always own that title).
No, not really. Saddam was responsible for the deaths of millions of Iraqis.
I'm pretty sure the invaders had US flags on their uniforms...
We do indeed have to put up with lots of bad people in power. But holding our noses while contending with him ceased to be an option.
No it didn't, containment was working up until Bush decided to try and be a hero and blame Iraq for 9/11. Despite it being plainly obvious that Bin Laden and Hussein were enemies. Invading was the greatest gift we could've given the Islamic fundamentalists.
He invaded Kuwait,
Oh please. He was a friend of the US at the time and had permission from the White House to invade. It was only the worldwide condemnation that forced the US to rescind it's support and try and be World Police. The correct course, as with China, Vietnam, Russia, Zimbabwe, Libya etc etc is to contain and isolate. Invading was a colossal error and we will pay the price for that blunder for at least the next 20 years. George W Bush will go down as stupidest president ever because of it.
The current Middle East situation, which has been going on for centuries is an example of how history can be re-written depending on who won. This was the analogy I believe the other poster was making about LoTR. Don't get bogged down in the analogies, the main point here is that the difference between terrorist and freedom fighter is only who wins the war. We think ISIS are terrorists, Hobbits thought Orcs were terrorists, The British Monarchy though Americans were terrorists at one point in time. If you are learning history, this is probably the most important lesson to begin with.
If we're talking body tolls, then George W Bush is responsible for the deaths of more Iraqis than Saddam. But it's all relative, the current state is set to drag on for another couple of decades primarily because the ruthless fist of Saddam is not there to keep it in check. Sometimes we have to learn that there is no good option, only bad or really bad. I believe we would've been better containing Saddam than the current mess we have.
The first part of my comment was context for the second part. A "loaner" can be treated like a part. If I'm a retailer, I stock a handful of loaners of popular models, then on each sale I offer "loaner insurance" to cover the cost of keeping these devices in stock. This is how we did it in Ag land with spares, so could use the same model in retail land for loan phones.
Not sure why you think his history won't be good. All the egos that got squashed with his rise will be forgotten in time. If his plan is to genuinely improve the lives of others, with programs such as eliminating polio then history will indeed be very good to him. Name any great person of history and I bet they did a lot worse things than Bill Gates ever did, all of which gets forgotten. If your version of evil is overpriced software licensing then you have lived a very privileged life.
This is true for most people. Last time I checked, poor people don't have the best record of not killing each other either. But I'd much rather have some one in charge who knows how to succeed, than someone who doesn't...
You are missing the point. Everything is relative, and LoTR the makes a good analogy. You naturally take the Hobbits as being good, and Orcs being bad,yet forget that the story is told from the point of view of the Hobbits because they were the victors. Just like we think we are right, and Middle Eastern "Terrorists" are bad. They think they are right and you and your family are Orcs rampaging across Middle Earth/East while they struggle for "freedom". If you pay closer attention to fiction, you find most of the good authors are actually telling an alternative story. Animal Farm is not really about Animals you know...
Let's just put this into perspective since you may be the very person Bill is targeting with his improvement of historical education. Railroading you into buying some extra software license has to rank up there as the most pacified rise to power in human history. Compared with say murder, torture or genocide which is pretty much how everyone else got there. Given those options, I'll choose Bill's way every time.
You avoided the question, what economic damages? I know some nerds got their noses out of joint because Bill's vision of IT was different than their own, but seriously to make omelet you have to break a few eggs. If you want to crusade against a fat cat, then I suggest you look up Rupert Murdoch. That is Satan himself. While Bill is out there trying to improve lives, Rupert is actively supporting wars in the Middle East and murdering children. If you have some hate for rich guys, let's at least see a bit more balance toward those who deserve it most.
Same here. I fall asleep reading a book cold, but after watching a 'based-on-fact' movie, I can spend the next week reading all about it and learning what actually happened compared to the dramatised version on screen. I'm sure there are lots of people out there like me, who struggled with the type of learning methods rather than the subject matter, and hence get bored and caused trouble instead. Bill is a smart guy, I'm sure he's not just doing this to sell more copies of Windows 8.
Trouble is that the specific detail of totally foreign concepts (in pace and time) is boring to kids. Perhaps we should team up with Hollywood to create some blockbuster history films (300, Gladiator, Master and Commander etc) then use these as a base for lessons. Even if the film is mostly crap, it gives a good starting point to conceptualise the time, place and physical limitations that history was faced with. I know I learnt a lot after watching 300, not so much from the movie itself, it was mostly spaghetti, but it sparked the interest in how the real events unfolded, and gave the foundation for understanding all the logistical challenges each side face leading up to, during and after the battle.
In his live shows he has massive amounts of loops and tracks that he never releases to the public that he can use so that his shows are fresh different almost every time
Deadmau5 himself says otherwise: "We all hit play"
Who would've thought, history has demonstrated the Saddam wasn't such a bad guy after all...
Pretty much. Seems like with Linux on the Desktop, incumbency is vastly underestimated, and the horse has already bolted with TCP/IP. Driving on the Right/Left might not be optimal, but it incumbent and it's too entrenched to change.
I say call him on it. We learnt from Post Cold War that the Ruskies talk a big game, but a lot of their infrastructure was falling apart. I'd be willing to bet a few small countries in the Middle East that if they went head to head with the rest of the world, they would lose.
The question is, is war actually bad? And before you go off half-cocked, sure it's bad for the people directly in the war-zone, but there are examples were war has then brought unheralded prosperity (ie WW2 might have sucked for the participants, but it was beneficial for a lot of other humans. In fact the most prosperous period of human history is the the Post War era, precisely because of WW2) So yeah maybe there might be a big war, and we'll pay the price, but our grand-kids will probably have much more peaceful lives because of it.
Not the end my friend, the start of the next epoch of humanity. Things need to get worse before they get better, and a proper war (none of the Vietnam/Iraq type fluff, I'm talking full scorched-earth occupation) to wipe out all the trouble makers in the middle east is a good start. If the area in and around Israel was to be nuclear contaminated for the next thousands years, it would be a net gain for the rest of us.