<spoiler> Press up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start during the end credits to enable "ghost mode" and try to beat your best time! </spoiler>
So put a hard drive in the system requirements. If the game is good enough, core system owners will buy the HD. Sure, it's a bigger risk since you're limiting your market, however that risk is mitigated by the fact that you won't have to compromise on the quality of the game. (Although I wonder what percent of core 360 owners don't have, or have plans to buy, a hard drive).
Actually, the idea behind totalitarianism is that people need every aspect of their lives governed. A dictatorship is frequently the most efficient means of achieving a totalitarian state, but it is not required, and not all dictators are totalitarian.
As far as I'm aware, he didn't threaten to shoot anyone.
And he wasn't charged either.
And I remember a time where the only person you couldn't threaten to shoot was the president.
Actually, you can't even joke about it. As for "regular" people, threatening to harm/kill is easily translated into assault as long as something (anything really) emphasized your threat. A raised fist can be assault. Waving a gun. Threatening to run someone down and pointing to the truck you're supposedly going to do it with. Of course, the subject of this diatribe wasn't doing any of that, which is probably why he wasn't charged with anything.
The Navy didn't commission The Village People, they just tried to get the rights to use their song after it became popular. As payment, they provided the use of a ship and some sailors for filming the video, which caused a PR backlash.
Also, to address the sibling poster, this guy played the sailor, this guy played the construction worker, and neither of them appear to be dead.
Sorry for letting facts get in the way of an otherwise good joke though.
I don't really like having my car damaged and/or dealing with the inconvenience of driving a POS rental with cigarette burns and god-knows-what stains on the seats. It's very rare that I have anyone behind me to begin with, because I'm just not a slow driver, but in the event that I'm on, say, a two lane road with someone in front of me and a tailgater behind me, I tend to just tap the brakes enough to illuminate the brake lights. Usually that works, but if it doesn't, I do the brake hard/accelerate hard combo (if they're far enough away). If that still doesn't work, then I just find somewhere to turn off for a minute to let them pass. As the GP mentioned, he still tailgates, so there's no point in seriously inconveniencing myself just to try to teach someone else a lesson that probably won't work anyway.
what you should reply is, "Bullshit, how could it be any dumber than a talking paper clip?"
Pfft, that's just giving him ammunition.
Possible responses:
"I don't know *how*, but if this is repeatable, we'll have to rethink the laws of physics." "Are you kidding? Clippy came up with that idea during Beta 1. We ALREADY fixed that bug." "Because, unless there's something you've neglected to mention, it doesn't include nookie!"
That's just a platitude people use to make themselves feel better. The truth is, what "goes around" rarely "comes around," unless you believe in an afterlife. I'm not implying that actions don't have consequences, rather that the consequences are frequently borne out by other people. Naturally, if the injustice becomes too grievous, then legal or vigilante actions become more likely, but if you impose on a lot of other people just a little (take spam, for example), rather than imposing a lot on a smaller group or a single individual, then your actions are unlikely to result in particularly negative consequences, (which is why spam exists.) In fact, the mere fact that society needs to create laws and consequences is evidence, in and of itself, that the cliche is incorrect -- if it was, we'd have no need for these things because people would get what they deserve.
Take Mr. Gates for example. Even if a backlash comes, as you predict, it won't likely affect him. He's got enough money now that his biggest challenge is deciding what to do with all of it. Even in the unlikely event that Microsoft stock crashed in the next 10 years, he'd still have enough money that maybe he wouldn't be giving any more away. And that would actually be a negative consequence for the benefactors of his charity.
At any rate, if being nice was effective, we'd have cheerleaders in boot camps instead of drill sergeants, and life coaches instead of prisons. People often need to be confronted (in a -- wait for it -- confrontational manner) in order to a) be sure they know what they're doing, b) get them to rethink a situation, and/or c) motivate them. Item C is especially true in cases where people have all of what they need and much of what they want (which is most people in first world countries such as ours). Nobody will chase a carrot when they have a steak right in front of them.
Of course there are exceptions, and examples of people who go to far, or productive employees who leave; maybe even entire staffs who leave, but there's no perfect strategy. Being a confrontational leader -- being a dick -- *is* generally effective, like it or not.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. - William Ellery Channing
I think that rather than fixed limits, the recipient of any procedure which negligently caused significant debilitation where the condition itself would not have, should be entitled to the projected remainder of their living expenses, plus change. That is, the balance of their mortgage (or projected rent), car loan, health insurance, projected utility bills, food, gas, and maybe up to $50k extra. That would be well under a million dollars for most people; probably well under $500k. Do people *deserve more*? Possibly, but not at the expense of everyone else who has to pay for healthcare. People should be taken care of, but they should not be lottery winners.
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Google is coming to Belgium and each and every lawer and court will dismiss this as unlegal.
That may not be unpossible, but it's definately illikely!
The only way we could be considered parasites is if we consider the Earth to be a living organism. Since the Earth does not reproduce, metabolize, grow, or do any of the other things we consider to be basic functions of life, it's hard to buy that definition. We may exploit the resources at our disposal, but that is not the definition of parasitic behavior. Any life, left unchecked, would eventually use up all of the resources available to it, and in the process, create an environment unsuitable for its own survival. Fortunately, we have the benefit of consciousness and foresight, things which viruses do not possess, and may yet avoid causing our own extinction.
I believe the quote was referring to managers who are constantly doing the work themselves instead of delegating (and I know a lot of us are guilty of this because we'd rather do the work ourselves and know it's done right). For example if, every time there's a network problem, the IT manager goes and fixes it himself instead of sending someone, then he's probably hurting the company. He's overtaxing his time and availability to take care of bigger problems that techs don't have the authority and/or knowledge to. He's demonstrating a lack of trust in his subordinates, in which case, why are they working there and/or why is he in charge? It's not saying that a leader shouldn't step in to remedy a situation when other measures have failed.
Drank it? When I was hanging out with him, he would shoot whiskey into his neck with a syringe!
Anyway, one time I was with Jobs in the back of a pickup truck, along with a live deer. Jobs goes up to the deer and says, 'I'm Steve Jobs! SAY IT!' Then he manipulates the deer's lips in such a way as to make it say, 'Stevejobs'... It wasn't exactly like it, but it was pretty good for a deer!
Guess what? There have always been reasons for "sad realizations" and there always will. You can wallow in self-pity over the state of world events, or you can deal with it, fix what you can, and don't worry about the rest.
The worst part about the lead-free solder is that most of them have melting points that are so high you can damage the components by trying to reflow the joints. Trying to wick that sh!t is a pain in the ass too. Or a pain in the fingers, to be more accurate, since the wick will get hot enough to burn 5-6 inches away, and holding it any farther away is an exercise in futility. I just had to replace an inductor on a tuner card a few days ago, and if the component hadn't been broken already, it would have been by the time I was done removing it. Fortunately they still sell leaded solder in the hardware store (at least in the 3rd world where I live.. but they also sell freon, thank God:P), so putting in the new component was painless.
The recipient was at a RJE line and had to type her answer on a punch card to send it back..
Bah.. that's nothing. Back in 1830, my girl and I used to send each other messages on punch cards that we'd put in our looms to weave out the messages, and we had to punch the holes manually! Unfortunately, I mispunched a critical hole on card 3 of my marriage proposal, and as a result the shuttle flew out of the loom, tragically killing my would-be fiancee. To this day I get all choked up when I so much as look at a hanging chad.
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I beat WoW ages ago.
<spoiler> Press up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start during the end credits to enable "ghost mode" and try to beat your best time! </spoiler>
So put a hard drive in the system requirements. If the game is good enough, core system owners will buy the HD. Sure, it's a bigger risk since you're limiting your market, however that risk is mitigated by the fact that you won't have to compromise on the quality of the game. (Although I wonder what percent of core 360 owners don't have, or have plans to buy, a hard drive).
Let's see.. $995M / (37.5M * 0.9 people) = $29.48 per person.
Not exactly a get rich quick scheme, especially if you've got a subscription to pay.
Actually, the idea behind totalitarianism is that people need every aspect of their lives governed. A dictatorship is frequently the most efficient means of achieving a totalitarian state, but it is not required, and not all dictators are totalitarian.
No.
As far as I'm aware, he didn't threaten to shoot anyone.
And he wasn't charged either.
And I remember a time where the only person you couldn't threaten to shoot was the president.
Actually, you can't even joke about it. As for "regular" people, threatening to harm/kill is easily translated into assault as long as something (anything really) emphasized your threat. A raised fist can be assault. Waving a gun. Threatening to run someone down and pointing to the truck you're supposedly going to do it with. Of course, the subject of this diatribe wasn't doing any of that, which is probably why he wasn't charged with anything.
Oops, he said the Policeman. Still, he wasn't the sailor, and he's not dead.
The Navy didn't commission The Village People, they just tried to get the rights to use their song after it became popular. As payment, they provided the use of a ship and some sailors for filming the video, which caused a PR backlash.
Also, to address the sibling poster, this guy played the sailor, this guy played the construction worker, and neither of them appear to be dead.
Sorry for letting facts get in the way of an otherwise good joke though.
I don't really like having my car damaged and/or dealing with the inconvenience of driving a POS rental with cigarette burns and god-knows-what stains on the seats. It's very rare that I have anyone behind me to begin with, because I'm just not a slow driver, but in the event that I'm on, say, a two lane road with someone in front of me and a tailgater behind me, I tend to just tap the brakes enough to illuminate the brake lights. Usually that works, but if it doesn't, I do the brake hard/accelerate hard combo (if they're far enough away). If that still doesn't work, then I just find somewhere to turn off for a minute to let them pass. As the GP mentioned, he still tailgates, so there's no point in seriously inconveniencing myself just to try to teach someone else a lesson that probably won't work anyway.
what you should reply is, "Bullshit, how could it be any dumber than a talking paper clip?"
Pfft, that's just giving him ammunition.
Possible responses:
"I don't know *how*, but if this is repeatable, we'll have to rethink the laws of physics."
"Are you kidding? Clippy came up with that idea during Beta 1. We ALREADY fixed that bug."
"Because, unless there's something you've neglected to mention, it doesn't include nookie!"
What goes around, comes around.
That's just a platitude people use to make themselves feel better. The truth is, what "goes around" rarely "comes around," unless you believe in an afterlife. I'm not implying that actions don't have consequences, rather that the consequences are frequently borne out by other people. Naturally, if the injustice becomes too grievous, then legal or vigilante actions become more likely, but if you impose on a lot of other people just a little (take spam, for example), rather than imposing a lot on a smaller group or a single individual, then your actions are unlikely to result in particularly negative consequences, (which is why spam exists.) In fact, the mere fact that society needs to create laws and consequences is evidence, in and of itself, that the cliche is incorrect -- if it was, we'd have no need for these things because people would get what they deserve.
Take Mr. Gates for example. Even if a backlash comes, as you predict, it won't likely affect him. He's got enough money now that his biggest challenge is deciding what to do with all of it. Even in the unlikely event that Microsoft stock crashed in the next 10 years, he'd still have enough money that maybe he wouldn't be giving any more away. And that would actually be a negative consequence for the benefactors of his charity.
At any rate, if being nice was effective, we'd have cheerleaders in boot camps instead of drill sergeants, and life coaches instead of prisons. People often need to be confronted (in a -- wait for it -- confrontational manner) in order to a) be sure they know what they're doing, b) get them to rethink a situation, and/or c) motivate them. Item C is especially true in cases where people have all of what they need and much of what they want (which is most people in first world countries such as ours). Nobody will chase a carrot when they have a steak right in front of them.
Of course there are exceptions, and examples of people who go to far, or productive employees who leave; maybe even entire staffs who leave, but there's no perfect strategy. Being a confrontational leader -- being a dick -- *is* generally effective, like it or not.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
- William Ellery Channing
I think that rather than fixed limits, the recipient of any procedure which negligently caused significant debilitation where the condition itself would not have, should be entitled to the projected remainder of their living expenses, plus change. That is, the balance of their mortgage (or projected rent), car loan, health insurance, projected utility bills, food, gas, and maybe up to $50k extra. That would be well under a million dollars for most people; probably well under $500k. Do people *deserve more*? Possibly, but not at the expense of everyone else who has to pay for healthcare. People should be taken care of, but they should not be lottery winners.
Google is coming to Belgium and each and every lawer and court will dismiss this as unlegal.
That may not be unpossible, but it's definately illikely!
The only way we could be considered parasites is if we consider the Earth to be a living organism. Since the Earth does not reproduce, metabolize, grow, or do any of the other things we consider to be basic functions of life, it's hard to buy that definition. We may exploit the resources at our disposal, but that is not the definition of parasitic behavior. Any life, left unchecked, would eventually use up all of the resources available to it, and in the process, create an environment unsuitable for its own survival. Fortunately, we have the benefit of consciousness and foresight, things which viruses do not possess, and may yet avoid causing our own extinction.
Even better: It's made out of fire. Burning it only makes it work better!
I guess you'd better tell that to our fireplace.
Maybe they should invest in something that would be a positive benefit for everybody, like a gym. Or maybe a daycare facility, or a food court.
I don't exercise, have kids, or eat, you insensitive clod!
You can't please all the people...
I believe the quote was referring to managers who are constantly doing the work themselves instead of delegating (and I know a lot of us are guilty of this because we'd rather do the work ourselves and know it's done right). For example if, every time there's a network problem, the IT manager goes and fixes it himself instead of sending someone, then he's probably hurting the company. He's overtaxing his time and availability to take care of bigger problems that techs don't have the authority and/or knowledge to. He's demonstrating a lack of trust in his subordinates, in which case, why are they working there and/or why is he in charge? It's not saying that a leader shouldn't step in to remedy a situation when other measures have failed.
You were a homeless guy? But now you're a homeless..?
Nevermind. I don't want to know.
Drank it? When I was hanging out with him, he would shoot whiskey into his neck with a syringe!
... It wasn't exactly like it, but it was pretty good for a deer!
Anyway, one time I was with Jobs in the back of a pickup truck, along with a live deer. Jobs goes up to the deer and says, 'I'm Steve Jobs! SAY IT!' Then he manipulates the deer's lips in such a way as to make it say, 'Stevejobs'
Wikipedia agrees with this.
Wikipedia agrees with whoever edited it last.
Cancel.
Guess what? There have always been reasons for "sad realizations" and there always will. You can wallow in self-pity over the state of world events, or you can deal with it, fix what you can, and don't worry about the rest.
The worst part about the lead-free solder is that most of them have melting points that are so high you can damage the components by trying to reflow the joints. Trying to wick that sh!t is a pain in the ass too. Or a pain in the fingers, to be more accurate, since the wick will get hot enough to burn 5-6 inches away, and holding it any farther away is an exercise in futility. I just had to replace an inductor on a tuner card a few days ago, and if the component hadn't been broken already, it would have been by the time I was done removing it. Fortunately they still sell leaded solder in the hardware store (at least in the 3rd world where I live.. but they also sell freon, thank God :P), so putting in the new component was painless.
I get your point, but where can we find large quantities of powdered unicorn tusk?
The recipient was at a RJE line and had to type her answer on a punch card to send it back..
Bah.. that's nothing. Back in 1830, my girl and I used to send each other messages on punch cards that we'd put in our looms to weave out the messages, and we had to punch the holes manually! Unfortunately, I mispunched a critical hole on card 3 of my marriage proposal, and as a result the shuttle flew out of the loom, tragically killing my would-be fiancee. To this day I get all choked up when I so much as look at a hanging chad.