If they don't shut down the unpopular music sites, sharing unpopular music will become popular.
Now you may be asking yourself, "If unpopular music becomes popular, then wouldn't it not be unpopular?" Well of course it would, but all music started out as unpopular, and eventually became popular. It's entirely possible that it goes from unpopular, to popular, to unpopular, and back to popular. Just like John Travolta. As you can see, if John Travolta is popular, they must shut down unpopular music sites.
I don't have a storm cellar converted into a bunker, I don't amass piles of firearms, and I'm not paranoid that I'm going to have to survive a nukular winter.
But it just seems foolish to me to throw nuclear reactors up into the air when our track record for keeping rocketry in one piece is not the best. Two out of four space shuttles agree: our quality control is second to most.
Unlike Earth,the Moon has no erosive capabilities to smooth the edges of rocks or dust. As a result the lunar dust has arms that stick out, like Velcro, and sticks to everything.
So we start eroding the moon. How hard can that be?!? Create an atmosphere, bring some water, don't plant anything*. In a few years you have perfectly safe eroded dust.
*Note that not planting anything is not an actual step, but listed for cautionary purposes.
So saying, "In my opinion, this is just the sort of company that would beat children in sweatshops, and the president looks like he slaughters babies between bouts of animal cruelty," would be okay. But saying, "Their workers have potty mouths," would not?
The real-world analogue to this situation would be somebody paying $1000 for a litle plastic sword or a card with a picture on it or something..
It's about the prestigue associated with owning it, rather than the usefulness of the item itself. If little plastic swords or cards with pictures on them were exceedingly rare in the real world (baseball cards come to mind), then people would be paying top dollar for those as well. There's nothing new about that, and if it's crazy, then everybody who keeps up with the Jonses is just as delusional. Which isn't to say they aren't crazy, just that it's not as shockingly uncommon as we'd like to think.
People pay lots of money for things with little or no utilitarian function all the time. In fact, the more it costs, the less likely it is to be performing a useful function. Diamonds, jewelry, fashion, fast cars, big cars, big houses, second houses, high end stereos, big screen TVs, alcohol, caviar, sculpture, paintings, autographs(!), haircuts, manicures, peticures, dogs, cats, rims, and so on, and so on. The less utilitarian it is, the more prestigious it is. The person who paid for the sword was interested in impressing his peer group, just like (almost) everyone else.
I don't think the range is really an issue. There are plenty of places where personal space is nonexistant. Crowded bars, baggage pickup, sitting next to someone on the bus.. There are already plenty of opportunities to get very close to people without it looking strange. Pickpockets have been exploiting these places for as long as there have been pockets. Now they just wouldn't need to actually make physical contact.
The same reason communists had to be a part of every security discussion in the cold war, and Englishmen had to be a part of every security discussion in the Revolutionary War, and Frenchmen had to be a part of every security discussion in the.. er.. scratch that last one.
A better analogy would be a leaving all your windows and doors open with a sign on the lawn saying, "I'm not paying attention to what's going on, but I'm trusting nobody will come in my house while I'm gone."
Does this software actually perform? In the release notes, the previous update claims perfermance increases of 300%. Has anyone actually tested the latest release of COS to see how it compares to PPC?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not about to buy a copy of this ripoff, I'm just wondering if they're actually improving on the design, or if it's all just a bunch of hot air.
Now that this has been posted to/., will it be a dupe when they post a new story in 5 minutes that says, "Debian leadership election receives highest turnout ever -- and Cowboy Neal wins!!"
It is illegal to try to violently overthrow the government, make no mistake.
What about playing recordings of Ben Stein until the government falls asleep? Come to think of it, Ben Stein could just show up one day, pretend to greet old friends, and then just never stop talking until everyone's asleep. That man is a threat to national security!
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Next time you hear something Buzzing around when you're at a family picnic you might think twice before swatting it could be an expensive action.
Or, like the poster, you might only have time to think only once before swatting becomes expensive. Better to just swat immediately.
5 minutes ago:
Slashback: Electioneering, Blimps, Shuffling
Posted by pudge on Thursday April 07, @10:20AM
from the like-a-rolling-stone dept.
Now:
Slashback: Electioneering, Blimps, Shuffling
Posted by timothy on Thursday April 07, @10:20AM
from the like-a-rolling-stone dept.
Who is this mysterious pudge? And why was he quickly and quietly removed as the author?
Imagine, though, all the auto accidents below as the world's Asian fetish types come out of the woodwork and gaze upward instead of forwards.
I don't think the four of them that actually go outside will make that much of a difference. Especially since two of them don't even drive.
If they don't shut down the unpopular music sites, sharing unpopular music will become popular.
Now you may be asking yourself, "If unpopular music becomes popular, then wouldn't it not be unpopular?" Well of course it would, but all music started out as unpopular, and eventually became popular. It's entirely possible that it goes from unpopular, to popular, to unpopular, and back to popular. Just like John Travolta. As you can see, if John Travolta is popular, they must shut down unpopular music sites.
I don't have a storm cellar converted into a bunker, I don't amass piles of firearms, and I'm not paranoid that I'm going to have to survive a nukular winter.
But it just seems foolish to me to throw nuclear reactors up into the air when our track record for keeping rocketry in one piece is not the best. Two out of four space shuttles agree: our quality control is second to most.
Unlike Earth ,the Moon has no erosive capabilities to smooth the edges of rocks or dust. As a result the lunar dust has arms that stick out, like Velcro, and sticks to everything.
So we start eroding the moon. How hard can that be?!? Create an atmosphere, bring some water, don't plant anything*. In a few years you have perfectly safe eroded dust.
*Note that not planting anything is not an actual step, but listed for cautionary purposes.
Anyhow... you'd think at very least slashdot could get it right. Irony abounds today.
Well if that ain't the cat calling the porcupine furry.
So saying, "In my opinion, this is just the sort of company that would beat children in sweatshops, and the president looks like he slaughters babies between bouts of animal cruelty," would be okay. But saying, "Their workers have potty mouths," would not?
Offtopic!?
You guys suck. I'm sticking to jokes about ducks.
B.S.
I was born in '76, and my 30th birthday isn't for another year damnit. Don't steal what little youth I have left.
Duke Nukem Forever goes gold!!!
The real-world analogue to this situation would be somebody paying $1000 for a litle plastic sword or a card with a picture on it or something..
It's about the prestigue associated with owning it, rather than the usefulness of the item itself. If little plastic swords or cards with pictures on them were exceedingly rare in the real world (baseball cards come to mind), then people would be paying top dollar for those as well. There's nothing new about that, and if it's crazy, then everybody who keeps up with the Jonses is just as delusional. Which isn't to say they aren't crazy, just that it's not as shockingly uncommon as we'd like to think.
People pay lots of money for things with little or no utilitarian function all the time. In fact, the more it costs, the less likely it is to be performing a useful function. Diamonds, jewelry, fashion, fast cars, big cars, big houses, second houses, high end stereos, big screen TVs, alcohol, caviar, sculpture, paintings, autographs(!), haircuts, manicures, peticures, dogs, cats, rims, and so on, and so on. The less utilitarian it is, the more prestigious it is. The person who paid for the sword was interested in impressing his peer group, just like (almost) everyone else.
Then get a new one? What do you do if you rip your passport?
The coating is pretty durable. You almost have to scratch it on purpose.
I don't think the range is really an issue. There are plenty of places where personal space is nonexistant. Crowded bars, baggage pickup, sitting next to someone on the bus.. There are already plenty of opportunities to get very close to people without it looking strange. Pickpockets have been exploiting these places for as long as there have been pockets. Now they just wouldn't need to actually make physical contact.
The same reason communists had to be a part of every security discussion in the cold war, and Englishmen had to be a part of every security discussion in the Revolutionary War, and Frenchmen had to be a part of every security discussion in the.. er.. scratch that last one.
Not if it's coated with a scratch resistant, er.. coating.. like BluRay plans to use. CDs take time to load and spin up though.
A better analogy would be a leaving all your windows and doors open with a sign on the lawn saying, "I'm not paying attention to what's going on, but I'm trusting nobody will come in my house while I'm gone."
Apparantly only jokes degrading men are ontopic.
You said it was only a microprobe before I left you.
Does this software actually perform? In the release notes, the previous update claims perfermance increases of 300%. Has anyone actually tested the latest release of COS to see how it compares to PPC?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not about to buy a copy of this ripoff, I'm just wondering if they're actually improving on the design, or if it's all just a bunch of hot air.
Now that this has been posted to /., will it be a dupe when they post a new story in 5 minutes that says, "Debian leadership election receives highest turnout ever -- and Cowboy Neal wins!!"
Right.. that's why I said, "pretend to greet," when his real objective would be much more sinister.
That gets my vote for worst joke.
Ever.
It is illegal to try to violently overthrow the government, make no mistake.
What about playing recordings of Ben Stein until the government falls asleep? Come to think of it, Ben Stein could just show up one day, pretend to greet old friends, and then just never stop talking until everyone's asleep. That man is a threat to national security!
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